That's why he argued with her in such a childish way.
You still have to stroke the hair along the way.
Try to calm him down.
Maybe her sweet words worked, or maybe Xintala was worried about Zab and others, he thought about it for a while and finally accepted the proposal.
Several people came out of the tent together and found that Zabu and his group had already left.
There were 12 people left in the camp besides them. They were the fourth group to go up the mountain. They were too tired to leave immediately and had to rest here first.
Just in time, Xintala found these people and told them to rest and not to follow him again.
"Because someone has to pass on the message!"
He said so.
"Now I have decided. I will go find Zabu and the others. We will definitely bring back all the missing people!"
"Then you guys can run a trip for me!"
“Pass these experiences and information back to the town, and let Polly contact the Sara people. We still need help.”
When he said this, these people were willing to listen.
They immediately said that it was no problem and that the responsibility of delivering the information would fall on them.
"Let's go."
Sintara led the remaining packhorse moose out of the animal pen and separated out three moose.
Xia Yibing and Heidi were each riding a moose. The former reached out to Hitzfeld and pulled her up to sit in front of him.
In this way, the three of them only needed to ride two moose.
The remaining moose can be used as "spare horses".
Save energy or something.
If all else fails, you can kill it and eat the meat.
that's it.
Xintara took the lead and formed a small team with them, following the footprints left by the large group in the snow, hoping to meet up with the crowd as soon as possible.
The main force had not been walking for long, and they were chasing at full speed. Within ten minutes, they had already seen their tail.
"It's them--"
Cintara shouted, sounding very anxious.
"How dare they go in this direction..."
"Damn ancient witch...don't move yet!!"
Without waiting for their response, Xintara took the lead and rode the strongest packhorse forward.
direction?
Is there something wrong here?
Xia Yibing wanted to chase after him, but Hitzfeld raised his hand to signal her not to move for the time being.
The sky was still dark, so the girl simply took off her blindfold, turned her head in the wind and snow with a pair of heterochromatic eyes, trying to see clearly the unknown horrors hidden in the darkness.
The visibility of the coal lamp was probably only five or six meters.
Xintala had to use the flashlight we gave him to illuminate the tail of the team. Those figures were our companions, right?
I can't see anything in the darkness...
How did he know it was "this direction"?
Curious, Hitzfeld immediately thought that the only thing she could use to identify the direction and location here was the ground covered with snow and ice, so she took out her small flashlight and shone it on the ground. Sure enough - she saw some of the exposed ice surface, some of which had conditions and colors that were subtly different from the surrounding area.
What does this mean?
Why did he ask us to hold still for now?
Just then, Hitzfeld heard a loud cry coming from the darkness ahead, from the direction where Sintara was chasing.
There was infinite panic mixed in with their exclamations, as if they had suddenly encountered something extremely terrifying and ferocious.
"What on earth is this..."
They really had no intention of moving, but the next moment, a strong vibration spread from the front... The ice surfaces of different colors collapsed into caves after being affected by the vibration, and the moose Heidi was riding happened to step on one of the caves!
"Lie——"
They only heard half of the curse, and Heidi disappeared completely.
"She'll be fine!"
Hitzfeld looked back to emphasize.
A great Ice Orchid Tree Man... As long as Heidi could react and turn her hands into vines to grab the ice wall, she could climb up by herself.
"Don't worry about her!"
"Go forward!"
Hitzfeld let the woman steer the moose forward.
She insisted on seeing it.
What is hiding ahead?
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They all say they want three in one, so here it comes!
Chapter 31 Aurora (Two in One)
Time goes back three minutes.
Xintala rode a pack horse, and the light of his small flashlight pierced the night like a sharp sword, firmly nailing him to the very end of Zab's team.
The light was too dazzling in the dark night, which undoubtedly attracted the attention of those people. Many people slowed down and turned back. Because the light was too bright, it caused a small panic.
The principle is similar to that of a high beam... When the light source in the distance is too strong and too dazzling, staring straight at that light will make it difficult to see other scenes clearly.
Gradually, Xintala caught up with the last person.
He was a sturdy man with a plush fur hat. In the last second, he pulled out a spear and shouted for everyone to be alert. In the next second, when he saw Xintara clearly, his face changed and he showed surprise.
"Sintara!!"
"By the Ice and Snow, I knew you wouldn't abandon us!!"
“Don’t say so much now!” Xintala’s face was not looking good. He almost drove his packhorse to ram the man’s horse from the side and yelled at him: “Let more people follow me! We can’t stay here for long!”
"Why?" The man's face changed. "Sintara! Aren't you here to support us?"
"I support you! But you must follow me first!" Xintala was almost roaring, "Look at the ground under your feet! What is hidden under this layer of snow!!"
The man was stunned and forgot to get off his horse for a moment. But there were many people listening to the conversation nearby, some of whom were walking slowly with their horses. They immediately kicked away the snow on the ground and found that the ground under the thick snow was not rocky!
"It's ice!" they screamed in panic, "Oh my God! There's ice below!"
The man who was confronting Sintara instantly got goosebumps.
He remembered a legend on the ice field, its name was 'Living Ice Cave'.
The Arctic glaciers are not entirely formed by ice. There is a section of mountain underneath it, which is the ground that has been uplifted by the movement of the earth's crust.
This uplift phenomenon is considered unscientific by experts because it does not actually form a mountain, and the uplifted surface itself is full of potholes and contains many mysterious cavities.
It is this kind of thing that has become the "base" and "skeleton" of the Arctic glaciers. The ice, snow and sea water have washed and covered here for hundreds and thousands of years - perhaps even longer, eventually forming a glacial wasteland.
All the people who have come to the Ice Lake to hunt have been told some common sense, including that they must walk along the spine of the glacier. This is not only to identify the direction and prevent getting lost on the vast ice field, but also to prevent the most terrible ice field collapse.
In mild cases, the collapse will only form a few ice tunnels.
But if the situation develops further upwards, the collapse will quickly spread.
Because many places originally have no rock ground as foundation, they are hollow, with cavities underneath. It's just that the snow accumulated all year round has frozen into a thick layer in the belly of the mountain, and then covered with snow, so it's hard to distinguish them just by stepping on them.
Once this place starts to collapse, a large area will collapse.
The man heard from an old hunter in the town that the most dangerous natural disaster on the ice field, apart from the "wild ice storm" that blocked the sky and the earth, was the "living ice cave" that could move by itself.
Why is it called "Living Ice Cave"?
Why does it sound like a living thing and can even move on its own when it is clearly a natural disaster?
Of course, this is because a considerable portion of this damn glacial wasteland is made up of ice and snow!
Only part of it is land-based, the rest is ice and snow, that's inevitable! Over time, the accumulation of snow will eventually cause the weight of the snow in some areas to overwhelm the underlying glaciers!
This will also collapse! The topography of this glacier changes subtly every year! Some edge areas collapse and the more central areas become the edges. There is even a miraculous scene - the snow and ice in some of the middle cavities collapse, causing the ice in the middle to separate from the main body of the glacier. They are no longer a whole with the huge glacier, no longer have such a large weight and mass, and will be instantly floated by the cold sea water at the bottom, looking like an iceberg rising out of thin air on the ice field!
No matter how experienced a hunter is, he would not dare to boast that he is familiar with every path on the glacier. This natural wonder is so mysterious and so changeable, just like a kaleidoscope, always showing a new look.
As his thoughts turned back, he suddenly realized that things were getting serious.
Damn Zabu...he actually brought everyone to a terrain that was suspected to be a "living ice cave"!
Fortunately, Xintala caught up with them. Fortunately, he was experienced enough to see that... The most important thing to do now is to organize everyone to leave here quickly! They can't delay any longer!
"Bubul, take everyone to evacuate!" The man shouted at his companions, then turned to look at Xintala: "Zab and the others are ahead... follow me! We must inform them about this!"
The completely different orders immediately caused doubts and noise in the team, but as curses such as "You're a living hell!" and "You're still looking for death here!" spread, most people didn't care about who to obey and followed others to take a detour.
"Zab!"
Led by the man, Xintala came to the front of the team and saw Zhabu riding on a pack horse, almost leaning against Geyeso next to him.
This does not mean that they have a close relationship. The wind is strong and the snow is heavy on the ice field. If they want to communicate through the masks, they either have to shout loudly or lean against each other and whisper.
Zab turned around and saw that it was Xintala, and there was a look of great surprise in his eyes.
There were compelling reasons for breaking up with Xintala. If possible, who wouldn't want to have an elder brother or an old guide in the team?
"Zab...you!"
Xintala was just about to say that it was dangerous here and they should leave quickly, but the next second he saw a group of glacier goats nearby.
There are probably about thirty of them...but the question is where do these sheep come from?
"We met them on the way!" Zabu rode up to them, untied his mask and shouted, "We were very careful! We took them with us after we confirmed that they were probably okay! After all, they can be used as food!!"
"You are crazy!!!"
Sintara himself had never thought that one day he would be able to make such a loud sound, "How dare you - leave them behind and follow me! Now! Quick!"
Did I do something wrong…?
Zabu was also a little panicked at this time.
He disagreed with Sintara only because he wanted to save his son. He actually admired this "bear man" who could be written into legendary stories.
He knew that when it came to survival experience on the ice field, ten of his people combined could not match Xintara alone, and he would never joke at such a critical moment. There must be something he did wrong, and it was undoubtedly his own fault.
"Everyone listen to him! Quick!"
Without caring about the ancient witch's emotions, Zab immediately returned to the role of "deputy" and helped Xintala spread orders just like before.
"Here comes the light!"
"There's light in the sky!"
Shouts were heard from the team behind, and the few people in the front could not help but look up, and found that a "green ribbon" suddenly appeared in the pitch-black darkness of the polar night.
Its entire body is made up of a curtain of light, like a masterpiece created by God himself. It is magnificent and even seems to be slowly wriggling as if it has life.
It is "divine light".
As descendants of an ancient tribe that has lived in the Arctic for generations, not only Xintara, but everyone here knows what that thing is.
The Sara people had warned them more than once that it was not "divine light" but "aurora", just a natural celestial phenomenon, but the Ice Lake people still insisted on calling it "divine light", and regarded it as guidance given by the Ice and Snow Goddess to the lost.
When Sintara saw the "divine light", he felt "very lucky" at first.
He didn't care about the ice goddess, he didn't believe in these things. But this kind of light - when it appeared on a large scale in the night sky, it really made it easier for them to see the road, which was beneficial to them, and he had no reason to hate it.
At this moment, he breathed a sigh of relief, squinted his eyes and looked up at the "light band", thinking that it was a good thing that Zhabu did not lead people deep into the ice cave. Now there was not even a small-scale collapse, so they should be able to leave safely.
