Chapter 1324 Retreat
Chapter 1324 Retreat
Everyone was looking down at their clothes, trying to sweep out any snow that had seeped in through the cracks.
It's so cold now that even speaking feels like being frozen; any warmth is a luxury, and they need to make sure they don't suffer from hypothermia.
In this situation, if hypothermia occurs, death is almost certain.
Tang Tang controlled her breath and took a slow, deliberate breath, trying to ignore the snowflakes that seemed to be everywhere in the air.
"What do we do? It's so cold here... and it's getting dark."
They weren't even wearing adequate outdoor extreme cold gear. Once it got dark and started snowing or windy, even the toughest mercenaries would freeze solid.
Without a tent, you can't camp; without a sleeping bag, you can't keep warm...
King took a deep breath, then carefully and very slowly got up, looked around at the white mess, and whispered, "We need to go down."
Tang Tang stood up and nodded, saying, "The avalanche was very loud, and it was impossible for others not to notice it. Once the people in the villa receive the news, they will come to the rescue immediately."
The only thing that comforted Tang Tang was that they were not short of money, and the rescue speed could only be accelerated by their financial power.
Tang Tang looked at the others and said in a low voice, "Look on the bright side, at least we're still on the ski slope, and this ski slope is close to the bottom of the mountain."
They had slid downhill at high speed while fleeing for their lives, so they should be in a lower position now.
“We have to move on,” W said, having long since abandoned his fragile persona. His face, once like that of an ancient Greek youth, was now filled with a coldness, and the unpredictable ruthlessness that had once lingered in W’s earlier days was gone.
“We can’t just pin our hopes on rescue,” W said. “The situation is unclear right now, so self-rescue is the most important thing.”
Ghost exhaled and went outside, turning to look at the others with an extremely direct tone, "But I must say first, we don't have any professional equipment. This ski slope is no longer a ski slope; it's filled with countless blocks of ice, rocks, and even random trees and the like."
In low temperatures, these things will freeze immediately after rolling together, resulting in a rugged terrain with almost no foothold.
"If you're not careful, you might trip and fall, and if you roll straight into the pile of rocks, you'll be dead."
The snow-capped mountains are not what people imagine; they are not covered in thick white snow and look sacred and peaceful.
fake.
In reality, snow-capped mountains have very little vegetation due to year-round snow cover. Much of what is exposed are various strange and bizarre rock formations, and sometimes there are no paths at all, requiring one to climb through the rock formations.
And that's already considered good. Just imagine... if snow covered the rocks, and someone wanted to walk across the snow, only to find themselves surrounded by rocks that they couldn't even see, they might slip and tumble down...
“It could also be an ice crevasse caused by an avalanche,” Land whispered. “If you fall into an ice crevasse, you won’t even have a complete body.”
"
In the current situation, it's almost as if they can't even protect themselves.
King looked at Tang Tang and extended his hand to her, saying, "Hold my hand as we walk. If anything happens, I'll hold you back."
Tang Tang looked at King, smiled slightly at him, then shook her head and slowly said, "No."
King was taken aback, then heard Tang Tang say, "Everyone, walk in a line. I'll go second to last, Zhou Sheng, you go last."
Wang Feiyan immediately said anxiously, "Tangtang, if the last person tries to pull someone, the weight will be too great, and you will get hurt!"
Jiang Ran also looked at Tang Tang with some concern.
This is completely different from lifting the king; if you fall suddenly, you could easily strain your arm.
"I'm fine," Tang Tang said firmly, her gaze calm and composed. "Believe me, no one is more suitable than me."
She looked directly at King, "You know that, don't you?"
King stared at Tang Tang for two seconds, then seemed to have made a decision and slowly nodded, "Yes."
Tang Tang is number 1, and Tang Tang can only do better than King can do.
Tang Tang also believed in her own abilities. She wasn't being arrogant; she knew very well that among everyone present, her strength was the most formidable.
After all, Tang Tang's experience with the system's transformation and the transformation done by King and others in their laboratory were on completely different levels.
"That's decided then," Tang Tang said decisively. "Don't waste time, let's retreat first. If anyone is too tired, they can take turns behind me!"
Those who follow behind Tang Tang will not suffer any major consequences even if something unexpected happens. Tang Tang arranged for Zhou Huai to follow her first, naturally because Zhou Huai had a broken arm.
He was the most seriously injured of all.
Zhou Huai was also very clear that now was not the time to care about saving face. His most important task now was not to become a burden to the team... especially not to drag Tang Tang down.
Therefore, a quiet and gentle smile appeared on Zhou Huai's pale face as always. "Okay, then I'll follow behind Tangtang first."
Tang Tang then looked at Wang Feiyan and said firmly, "And you, you need to take care of your shoulder injury too. Come over here after we've been down there for a while!"
Wang Feiyan sighed somewhat dejectedly. Tall and big, he inexplicably resembled a dejected dog, but he nodded obediently, "I know, I know, Tang."
……
The descent begins; those who have never climbed a snow-capped mountain cannot possibly understand the difficulty involved.
When Tang Tang and the others left, they didn't pay any attention to the corpse that had appeared out of nowhere. Soon, as they descended, the corpse gradually disappeared.
Just over ten minutes after we descended, a gust of wind picked up, scattering snowflakes like fog, which greatly impaired visibility.
Even if everyone is extremely careful with every step they take, it is still impossible to avoid slipping or losing balance.
Fortunately, all the men present were in excellent physical condition; if any of them had been in slightly worse physical condition, they would probably have already started to struggle.
Behind Tang Tang was Zhou Huai, and behind Zhou Huai was Tang Guo, the system's avatar.
The system told Tang Tang in her mind that it had activated the ability to ignore presence, and that others would subconsciously ignore Tang Guo's existence, so Tang Tang didn't need to care.
Tang Tang had complete confidence in the system, and the system said that after a while it would set Tang Guo as a simulated human, and the system's consciousness would return to Tang Tang's mind.
"Depend on."
Suddenly, the group swayed. Tang Tang exerted force and grabbed Song Mu's clothes in front of her, which immediately stabilized the swaying of the group.
[One more chapter, but it'll probably be a bit late. Mainly because the puppy I bought for Fanfan arrived today. After picking it up, a whole bunch of things happened, and I really didn't expect so many unexpected things (facepalm).]
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