Stealing Pens: Travelers from the End of the World

Fortunately, Qin Yuchen didn't really want to find out the reason.

The pain in his head slowly disappeared, and he finally relaxed his brows and asked about the situation here: "Is there anything?"

"Yeah." Zhang Qiling saw that the man's expression had eased, so he put down his finger and pointed at the ropes.

"There are quite a lot of hot springs here." Qin Yuchen looked in the direction of his finger, passed the hot spring and saw the rope, then took a quick glance at the surrounding environment and said.

"What about you?" Zhang Qiling nodded, agreeing with Qin Yuchen's words, and asked.

"It's a dead end, we can't get through." Qin Yuchen said.

The passage he was walking through was much easier to walk through than the gap on Zhang Qiling's side. However, after only a few steps, Qin Yuchen saw that the road ahead was completely blocked by rocks and snow.

It was impossible to go forward, so he decisively turned back to find Zhang Qiling.

Qin Yuchen had no intention of studying those ropes, and there was nothing else worth exploring here.

Zhang Qiling found another passage in the corner.

This passage is made of ice, almost vertically downward. The ice is very thick and the surface is very smooth, through which you can vaguely see the rocks underneath.

There is also a rope next to the passage, hanging in the passage, with no end in sight.

The front end is tied to a man-made stake.

This saves a lot of trouble.

Qin Yuchen cut the rope that had become damp, tested the stability of the pile, and secured it before taking out a new rope from his backpack and tying it on.

After doing all this, they held the rope tightly and slid down directly by sitting or lying down.

When you descend to a certain height, the passage changes from ice to rocks.

Qin Yuchen explained the situation to Zhang Qiling. He waited until the person above him stopped before tightening the rope, exerting force with his feet, climbing up the wall and turning himself around.

He slowly loosened the rope and reached the rocky area. After finding his foothold, he quickly moved down a few meters before raising and shaking the flashlight.

When we walked out of the passage, there was no snow left where the flashlight shone.

As far as the eye can see, there are caves formed by huge rock groups. There are water droplets seeping out from the cracks in the rocks. In some places, there are too many water droplets, which gather into a small stream.

Qin Yuchen and Zhang Qiling separately searched the area near them.

After finding that there was no danger, Qin Yuchen jumped onto the big rock next to him and prepared to rest for a while before setting off again.

The temperature here became damp and cold again, and the clothes moistened by the fog lost their warmth effect, so Qin Yuchen had to change into new ones, and also changed into a new scarf and hat.

Qin Yuchen put away the flashlight, and when Zhang Qiling came over, he took out a new coat and handed it to him, then opened a can and sat aside to eat.

"Take a rest for a while." Qin Yuchen said.

He bit a plastic spoon, raised his head and stared at Zhang Qiling changing his clothes without blinking.

"Okay." Zhang Qiling responded, put on his clothes and tactical gloves, folded his clothes and stuffed them into Qin Yuchen's backpack.

"Want some water?"

"Need not."

Qin Yuchen saw him take out a water bottle from his backpack and shook his head to signal him to drink it himself.

"There's some food in the bag, you can eat some too."

After saying that, as if he wasn't sure whether Zhang Qiling would take it or not, Qin Yuchen simply leaned over, opened the mouth of the backpack, dug out some food from the bottom, and stuffed it all into his arms.

"...can't finish it." Zhang Qiling was a little helpless. He held the backpack for someone with one hand and put the other hand in his arms. On his arms were food bags of various sizes.

"It's okay, just stuff it back if you can't finish it." As he said that, Qin Yuchen took out his watch and checked the time.

It was just after four in the afternoon.

"Yo, it's been almost a month and a half since we left home."

There are three displays on the watch dial, one for time, and the other two for date and temperature.

Qin Yuchen stared at the date, estimated the travel date, stuffed the watch back into the backpack, and said.

He doesn't like wearing watches, bracelets or other things like that. He always feels like something is restricting his wrists and makes him uncomfortable when he moves, so he always keeps them in his bag.

Later, with the advent of 007, it became much more convenient to ask about time.

I just happened to be rummaging through my backpack at the moment, so I thought of taking a look.

"It's winter now." Zhang Qiling said.

They came to Motuo in late autumn and now welcomed early winter in the snow-capped mountains.

"Yeah." Tan Yuchen chuckled, "Another year."

"Yeah." Zhang Qiling put the extra food back and sat next to Qin Yuchen.

After eating, Qin Yuchen chatted with Zhang Qiling about some random topics.

Zhang Qiling listened quietly, and if he encountered a question raised by Qin Yuchen, he would answer slowly and gently.

When facing each other, they always have infinite patience and will never feel bored no matter what the other person does.

Even if they are meaningless things or questions.

Just like now.

Qin Yuchen asked: "Do you want me to go in this time?"

Zhang Qiling withdrew his empty gaze and immediately shook his head.

“I’m still quite curious.”

Zhang Qiling looked at Tan Yuchen.

Sure enough, there is more to what Qin Yuchen said.

"Inside the bronze gate of Changbai Mountain is a..." Tan Yuchen paused for a moment and swallowed the dirty words in his mouth, "So I am also curious about what is here."

"..."

Zhang Qiling just looked at Qin Yuchen quietly. He said he was curious, but his eyes were calm and it was impossible to tell what he was curious about.

"organ."

But he still gave an answer.

"Curious." Qin Yuchen repeated it again, with his hand on the side of his face, tilting his head and smiling at Zhang Qiling.

Zhang Qiling exhaled lightly, curled the corners of his lips, looked into Qin Yuchen's eyes and answered seriously: "Well, then I'm curious."

★——

After resting for about half an hour, Qin Yuchen and Zhang Qiling walked forward one after the other.

The rocks were of different heights, and they had to bend down or kneel down to crawl over them from time to time, so the two of them couldn't walk side by side.

Qin Yuchen followed Zhang Qiling with his head down. Before they had walked for long, Zhang Qiling stopped. His body was tense, and the light of his flashlight was focused on one spot.

Then, there was the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground.

Zhang Qiling's eyes flashed and he ran over quickly.

Qin Yuchen also quickly followed.

He had no idea of ​​the situation ahead, and his vision was limited just now, so he could only vaguely sense that there was danger.