Embrace the light

The two did not dare to go too far, and explored for about 3000 meters along a cleared path.

The terrain in this direction is flat, and the land covered by heavy snow is frozen solid. The bottom of the snow layer is mixed with dense withered grass, but these grasses are all short and short. It is better to say that this place is a continuous lawn than a grassland in the past.

Wearing the thick down jacket, down hat, cashmere scarf, waterproof down gloves, and waterproof ski boots prepared for the trip to the snowy stars, Ian felt that he had become a big blue bear on the snow field, still panting kind.The body is busy with work, and the mood becomes lighter.

"Heng, did you find anything?" Seeing that Heng was looking somewhere ahead, Yi An asked him aloud.

Heng shook his head, this snow field is too big, I'm afraid the environment will still be the same if we walk tens of kilometers further.The snow cover is not thin, and there is no river to be seen.What makes Heng feel strange is that there are no trees here, and even the weeds are very short, as if there are no tall plants here at all.

"Then shall we go back? See if the rest of the starship is awake? Especially the two pilots, I hope the starship is not critically damaged, so maybe they can take us back to the original on the route."

"Well, go back."

It crashed in this uninhabited place. Fortunately, the starship did not suffer major damage, and there were no tragic casualties among the passengers. What is even more fortunate is that the oxygen concentration on this planet is sufficient.All in all, things are looking good so far.

The snow surface is pure and white, without human or animal footprints.With short grass and no trees, there is no source of fruit or vegetables.If the Starship cannot take off normally, return home or wait for rescue, how to get food is the biggest difficulty they will face.

The two pulled each other back and forth, and returned to the location of the Star Aircraft one after the other.

Before arriving at the starship, three people could be seen standing beside the starship from a distance, all wearing starship work uniforms, they were two pilots and a flight attendant.

Seeing Yi An and Heng coming back, the three of them stopped and asked, "Are you looking for a way? Did you find anything?"

Ian replied: "No, there is a large snow field in front of it, and it is so white that you can't see the edge at a glance. Is the Starship aircraft damaged? Can it take off or return?"

One of the middle-aged male pilots holding a wrench sighed, "There is no plane crash, and we have exhausted all our luck. The head and bottom devices of the Star Aircraft were seriously damaged and could not take off again. Now only Can wait for rescue."

Heng asked: "Can you contact God Star?"

His and Ian's mobile phones have no signal at all, and the same goes for Ian's tablet and smart watch.

Kong Shao shook his head: "This should not be an empire star, and there is no empire communication signal. We even suspect that this is an undiscovered planet."

"How long will the Starship still be able to provide power and heat?"

The younger male driver replied: "If you save some money, it will take two or three weeks."

During the conversation, three male passengers got off the Star Airlines plane, and they looked in a bad mood.

In fact, before Ian and Heng came back, everyone in the Xinghang plane woke up one after another, and then there was a burst of quarreling and crying.

Passengers blamed the driver's mistake for causing the accident, but the young driver patted his chest to assure that he was absolutely operating properly. This was just an accident caused by a space shock, and no matter which driver was in charge of the operation, he could do nothing.

A few calm passengers tried to persuade each other. After all, the accident had already happened, and arguing was useless. It would only waste energy and increase fear.

The pilot and the flight attendant put on fleece and thick work shoes and came out to check the situation of the Starliner. There was also a flight attendant in their work team, but when she fell, her head was severely concussed, and she is still resting dizzily with.

In fact, the stewardesses and stewardesses on Star Airlines are not just flight attendants, but the stewardesses are accompanying medical staff, and the stewardesses cook good meals.Although in most cases, they can't use these two skills.

After Mr. Kong slowly recovered, he checked everyone's physical condition one by one. There was no serious injury, and they were all symptoms of body aches, dizziness, and drowsiness, and they would gradually recover naturally.

The passengers who disembarked wanted to find a place to solve their personal physical problems. Although there was a toilet in the Star Airlines plane, if there was no rescue in a short period of time, it would undoubtedly cause a foul-smelling environment.

Ian and Heng couldn't help with the inspection and repair of the Starship, so they boarded the Starship.The temperature regulator is not turned on in the Starship aircraft, and everyone has already changed into thick and fleece clothes and shoes.

Returning to the original seat, before Ian sat down, he heard someone call "Ian?"

Ian followed the reputation and saw that it was Alva.

Although the relationship between the two is "bad", but in the current situation, there is nothing to worry about.

"Ah."

Alva frowned, looking very unhappy, Ian didn't look at him any more, took his seat after taking off his backpack.

"Heng, are you thirsty? Hungry?"

Inside the Starship aircraft, most of the people are eating now, some of the rest are resting with their eyes closed, and some are in a daze.

"En." Heng took out the water glasses for the two of them from his backpack, unscrewed Ian's and handed it to him. Ian thanked him and took it.

The water cup is a smart thermos cup, which Ian specially prepared for the trip of the two of them.If you connect cold water inside, it will turn into a cup of plain water after 5 minutes, and the temperature will slowly drop after 3 minutes after reaching the boiling point.

The two each took two cookies and ate them. Ian chewed on the sweet cookies and looked around. Hearing that he could not return, everyone should be at a loss, but there seemed to be no other way than to be silent and wait.

"Heng, what should we do next? Should we stay where we are and wait for rescue? Or go out and find our way?"

Heng replied, "Go out. If you can't find people, then look for food."

"Still going in the same direction as before?"

"Towards the mountain."

After resting in the Starship for half an hour, the two took their suitcases and backpacks and went out again.

The two drivers were packing up their toolboxes, and they had repaired everything that could be repaired. As for other scrapping damage, they were helpless.

"Excuse me, are you the captain?" Ian walked up to the two and asked the older-looking pilot.

"Yes." The uncle nodded, "My surname is Zhou."

"Uncle Zhou, we checked the situation here before." Ian pointed to the south, "The front is deserted, without vegetation, animals and rivers. So we want to climb the mountain to see what's going on on the other side of the mountain, but the bottom of the mountain The snow is too thick, and we need to clear a trail together to go up..."

Captain Zhou took a look at the short mountain. The short mountain looks to be about 300 meters high. The slope on this side is relatively gentle, and the situation on the other side is unknown.

"Let me organize it, alas." The captain sighed, "They were angry at us just now, I don't know if they will listen to me."

The reason why Ian approached the captain was because he looked around. Among these people, only the captain seemed to be the oldest, and the rest were mostly young people in their 20s. The two couples with children should be around [-].

Now that the New Year is approaching, very few older people travel to Aixuexing. One is because of the cold climate of Aixuexing, and the other is because of the ice and snow. Elderly people with bad arms and legs will be a disaster if they fall.

"Or do you have any other ideas, Uncle Zhou? Let's talk about our plans together, discuss them before implementing them."

Uncle Zhou said: "The three of us originally wanted to clear the snow that covered the starship, and then walk around. Since the two of you have walked so far and still haven't found anything, let's go up the mountain. Let’s go and have a look. While the physical strength is still strong and the weather is good today, I will check both sides of the mountain, maybe there will be life on the other side of the mountain.”

Uncle Zhou and the flight attendant went up to call everyone, and another younger pilot was still clearing away a little snow left beside the Starship.

Seeing Ian and Heng carrying luggage, he asked suspiciously, "Do you have to carry your own luggage when you go in and out? Wouldn't it be very tiring?"

Ian shook his head, "No, our luggage is not heavy."

This is the truth. In order to travel lightly, the two of them only brought two sets of shoes and clothes each. The suitcase looks big because the winter clothes are fluffy and take up space.And now the two of them have already put on a set, and replaced the thin ones and put them in the suitcase.

"Well, it's right to have a sense of crisis. Everything is fine now, and it's hard to say what will happen in the future." Flight attendants only have two sets of shoes and clothes, one thin and one thick.

Ian said: "I am Ian, this is my brother Heng, what is your name?"

"Dick."

The mobilization of Captain Zhou and the stewardess was very successful. Except for the two children and the flight attendant who was resting, the rest of the Star Air plane got off.

Everyone was wearing thick gloves, and some people were holding books, magazines, snack boxes, drinking bottles, etc. as tools for clearing snow.

First of all, it is necessary to clear a road up the mountain. The closer to the foot of the mountain, the thicker the snow will be piled up.What everyone wants to clear is the new snow on the upper layer. The new snow is loose and fluffy, and it will sink directly if you step on it.The snow below is frozen a little bit harder, and it won't sink if you step on it.

The captain uncle and the driver Dick took the lead in cleaning up, followed by Ian and Heng, who put the suitcases on the snow on the side that did not need to be cleaned up, with their backpacks still on their backs.

Just like this, you scratched me, praised him, threw her, and everyone was busy with work.Seventeen people worked together and finally cleared a path up the mountain after an hour.

But the mountain road is still difficult to walk. The snow on the slope is thinner than the bottom of the mountain, and it is still about one meter deep. It is very strenuous to walk up the snow.

Everyone stood outside the Starship aircraft and rested for 15 minutes. During this period, everyone discussed and divided into four teams to explore the way, one team in each direction in the southeast, northwest and four directions.

Everyone's mobile phones have no signal, and smart devices can't contact the outside world. Now they can only support themselves and get familiar with the surrounding environment as soon as possible so that they can survive here better.

Because it takes about [-] hours to travel from Imperial Capital to Snowy Snow, the amount of food stored on the plane and brought by everyone is not large.At a glance, it is covered with snow and desolate. What to survive after the food reserves are exhausted is the worry on everyone's mind.

The first team to go up the mountain consisted of five people, the captain, the air captain, Ian, Heng, and Alva.

Seeing that Ian and Heng kept their suitcases and backpacks in their hands, Alva said: "What are you two doing? Showing off your strength? Or are you just starting to be wary of others stealing things? I saw that you have been carrying your belongings with you all the time. , making us very untrustworthy."

Ian replied to him: "We don't think it's too heavy or tired, we just like to carry it with us, and you are quite lenient."

Ian's suitcase has already been picked up by Heng to carry it. Although he really doesn't think it will be troublesome and tiring to carry it, Heng is still willing to care and take care of him after his confession, and he is willing to accept it.

Alva didn't continue talking, and after giving Ian a supercilious look, he walked forward quickly.

Trekking in the thick snow, the soles of the feet will make a "creak-creak-" sound. There are five people with ten feet, and the movement and movement are intermingled and overlapped, which is still a bit noisy.

Trekking upwards is quite exhausting. Fortunately, Ian and Heng often exercise in good physical condition, and the current intensity is not bad for both of them.

After walking for almost an hour, we reached half of the low mountain. The snow surface along the way was very clean without any traces.

Kong Shao said with some disappointment: "I didn't even see a pheasant or a hare along the way."

Captain Zhou patted him on the shoulder, "Maybe the heavy snow has lasted for several days and just stopped last night. With such a thick snow, it will be difficult for small animals to come out and move around. Most of them should hide in their caves and wait for the heavy snow to melt."

Ian said to Heng: "Heng, have you found anything?"

Heng said, "No."

"Actually, no movement is considered a good sign. If there are traces of small animals, there must be beasts. Now that the snow is thick and prevents them from moving, we have become safer accordingly."

Seeing that Ian has been very calm since he woke up, and he always expresses and hints to comfort him along the way, Heng feels a little funny.

"Feeling tired?" Heng asked Ian.

Ian shook his head, "You probably won't be able to run these few days. Clearing snow and mountaineering can be considered as alternative sports. Heng, give me a suitcase, I won't get tired carrying it."

But Heng didn't return it to Ian, he still carried the suitcase and followed Ian up one step at a time.