Embrace the light

Starting from the cave, the nine people used utensils to pack enough ice and snow to freeze fish and shrimp.

It has been cloudy for three consecutive days, and the temperature has not risen above zero, so the fish and shrimp can be kept fresh for a longer period of time.

On the fourth day, everyone could finally see the azure snowfield clearly with their naked eyes.

"Looking at it this way, that area is quite beautiful." Yang Na said.

Xiao Ting said: "It doesn't matter if the end is land or sea, I just hope there is more food there."

Rao is saving again and again, and the fish and shrimps caught are about to bottom out, and they need new food sources.

After continuing to trek for four days, everyone was finally able to get out of this stretch of mountains and enter the blue snow field.

The snow here is different from that on the mountain. The snow is dry and dense, and the snow is easily compacted when you step on it. Standing on the one-meter-thick snow, the snowflakes just reach your ankles.

Before going down the mountain, everyone took out their phones one after another, zoomed their cameras to observe all directions of the snow field, and finally chose to go straight.

After walking about 5000 meters, Captain Zhou and Zhang Minglin tried to dig down the hole, but after digging down about one meter, they could no longer dig. The bottom was not frozen soil but frozen ice, which was cold and hard, and there were no chisels or shovels. Utensils such as it are difficult to continue digging down.

Alva said worriedly: "If we walk and the ice and snow melt, will we fall into the sea?"

Captain Zhou said: "Looking at the thickness and hardness of these frozen ice, it should not be formed in one winter. If my guess is correct, this should be a glacier continent."

Yang Na said: "Have we come to the North Pole of this planet?"

Zhang Minglin said, "Maybe. Whatever it is, as long as we can find a source of food, it doesn't matter if we are in the heart of the earth now."

Alva said, "Correct answer."

Although the ice and snow were so dense that walking on it was similar to walking on land, Heng still untied the seagrass wristbands and tied them around their waists to prevent accidents.

The suitcases of several people are of the type with relatively high pulleys, so there is no need to carry the suitcases, and they can be pulled and slid directly on the snow.

"Actually, apart from food and accommodation, we should be about the same as in Snowy Planet now. It's all the same ice and snow." Ian said.

Heng replied: "Well, they are all the same."

Ian smiled, the important thing is that he and Heng are together, so it is a strange journey whether he is on the snowy planet or this desolate star.

Yang Na said: "When we get to the beach and we can guarantee food access, let's build a snowman and have a snowball fight. Anyway, we want to have fun with the ice and snow when we go to Snowy Star, and we can still do it here."

Xiao Ting said: "Well, when we don't have to worry about food anymore, we can do something to entertain and relax."

Everyone moved forward with good aspirations, but not everything went as expected.

The sky suddenly began to snow heavily, and there was no place to hide from the level of the sky.

Fortunately, Ian, Yang Na, and Xiao Ting each have an umbrella, which can be used as a cover for the time being.

Yi An naturally walked with Heng, and the two shared an umbrella.Yang Na and Xiao Ting shared one, and Xiao Ting gave the other to Captain Zhou.However, Yang Na and Xiao Ting's umbrellas are girls' umbrellas, and the umbrellas are not big enough to barely cover half of the bodies of Captain Zhou and Zhang Minglin.

In the end, Captain Zhou voluntarily withdrew from the umbrella, and said to his thin friend, "Brother, you and Minglin should share one, it's enough to cover both of you."

The snowflakes are dry and will not wet the clothes and hats when they fall on the body, so the three people walking in the snow have no other major impact except for shaking the snow off their bodies from time to time.

"Heng, are your hands sore? Shall I hold an umbrella for a while?"

Heng replied, "I'm not tired, I'll be fine."

Walking in the ice and snow is actually not interesting.

Yi An couldn't help but think of a sentence: Walking and walking, the two of them will grow old together.

He looked back at Captain Zhou, Alva and Fatty who had grayed their heads together, and smiled.

Heng was puzzled and asked him: "What?"

Ian then said to Heng what he thought of, and Heng paused, removed the umbrella from the heads of the two, and moved it back five seconds later.

This is a childish and romantic scene that Heng rarely sees. Ian helped him pat off the snowflakes falling from his head and body, and then patted off his own.

But he still followed Heng's meaning and said, "We've also grown old together."

Yang Na walked behind the two of them, and shouted unhappily: "Hey, you two, can you stop throwing dog food all the time. That means my boyfriend is not here, otherwise I must be more beautiful than you."

Yi An asked: "Did you go to Snow Snow this time to meet up with your boyfriend?"

Xiao Ting revealed, "I had a fight with her boyfriend, so I took me out to relax."

Yang Na pursed her mouth, wanting to cry, "I'm sorry, I would have known better if I hadn't lost my temper, and now I've made you a savage with me."

Xiao Ting hugged her shoulders and squeezed, "Okay, did you see that I blamed you? Do you still remember that when we were young, our dream was to be savages, to travel freely in the deep mountains and old forests, and to be unrestrained."

Yang Na rubbed her nose, "That's right, then you have to thank me for helping you realize your dream."

Xiao Ting slapped her on the back, "Give some color and open the dyeing room."

The heavy snow didn't stop until evening, so we could only camp in the open air on this white glacier.

After dinner, there are still more than three hours before the break.

Ian suggested to Heng, "Let's build a snowman."

Heng nodded, took Ian's backpack, and the two went aside to play with making snowmen.

Just for entertainment, of course, you can’t waste electricity, so Ian turned on the mobile phone to delineate an area, piled up a diameter of about one meter, and a height of about ten centimeters. After the bottom came out, the lights were turned off, and the two began to pile up blindly in the dark. .

In the dark, the two of them worked together to build the snowman higher and higher. During the process, they inevitably collided with each other, but Ian had a great time.

At this moment, all worries and troubles can be put away, and he can just concentrate on playing with Heng.

Yi'an is cheerful and laughs lightly from time to time, like a carefree and happy child.

Yang Na leaned her head on Xiao Ting's shoulder, "Tingting, I miss my stinking treasure so much."

Xiao Ting sighed, "I miss my parents and my brother."

Captain Zhou said: "You guys can go play together, young people, let's move more."

Yang Na asked Xiao Ting: "Are you going to play?"

Xiao Ting said: "Let's play, it's boring to be idle anyway, and it's still a bit cold after sitting here for a long time."

The two didn't go to Yi'an and Heng's side, they consciously chose a place away from them.

The thin friend said, "Let's play in the snow too? It's really cold to sit in the open air."

The fat man laughed at him: "Your small body with little meat just doesn't gather heat."

"Are you going, you two?"

Alva shook his head, "I'm not full and I'm still hungry, so I must not waste calories."

The fat man also said: "Go and play by yourself, don't go far."

The thin friend was about to go to play in the snow alone, Zhang Minglin stopped him and said, "Let me go with you, it's time to do some exercise."

The two went in a direction away from the other two groups and started playing snowball, competing to see who could roll the biggest snowball.

On this desolate glacier, everyone strangely picked up the joy of childhood.

Ian pressed the snowman's body very tightly. He originally wanted to build a cone, but Heng probably had never seen the shape of a snowman. In the end, the snowman's body was built into a standard cylinder with a smooth and flat surface.

Anyway, it's just entertainment, don't need to pay too much attention.When the cylinder was built to a height of about 1.7 meters, Ian called to stop, and then began to prepare the snowman's head.

Rolling the snowball to about fifty centimeters in diameter, Ian pushed the snowball to Heng's side.

"Heng, can you feel if the snowball I rolled is round?"

"En." Heng responded, and silently trimmed Ian's snowball in the dark.

Now there are no idle utensils that can be used to make eyes, noses, and mouths, so Ian directly put the round head on top of the body.

"You're done."

Hearing Ian's cheers, Captain Zhou came over with the flashlight of his mobile phone, and saw the snowman heaped up by the two in the dark.

"Isn't this snowman too abstract? If you didn't say it before, I really can't see that this is a 'person' haha."

Ian responded with a smile, "It's just for fun."

Ian took out his mobile phone and took two photos of the snowman, then held Heng's hand, and the two went back to the suitcase and sat down.After playing for a long time, my whole body feels warm.Ian took off his gloves to touch Heng's hand, and Heng felt that he took off his gloves without wearing them, and the two skins touched each other, warming each other.

Ian likes the feeling of holding Heng's hand very much. Heng's fingers are slender and well-defined, which is his favorite type.Moreover, Heng's palm is dry and warm, making people feel at ease when holding it.

He squeezed Heng's palm with his thumb, and Heng grabbed his naughty thumb and rubbed it.

Although the two had just become a couple not long ago, their physical contact was very natural.Ian thought, maybe because Hengben has always been tolerant of him, he is also very dependent on Hengben.

The time between lovers is silent and sweet.

Ian's shoulders and Heng's were leaning together, feeling each other's existence in the dark. Not far away, there were the chatter of Uncle Zhou and Alva, the laughter of Yang Na and Xiao Ting, Zhang Minglin and Shouyou not losing each other. Slogan, today is a rare and lively night.

When Ian was about to rest, the sky began to snow again.

"We sleep back-to-back on one suitcase," Ian suggested. "The other suitcase sits upright next to us, with the umbrella attached to the handle."

This way of sleeping will definitely make you restless, and you will probably have back pain when you wake up tomorrow morning.

Heng said, "You sleep in my arms, and I hold an umbrella."

Ian shook his head, "Don't. Every time I say take turns, I sleep until dawn, and you don't wake me up."

Ian set the alarm clock on his mobile phone, but every time Heng would quietly turn it off in advance.

After thinking about it, Heng opened the suitcase, took out all the clothes inside, and then buckled the suitcase with the mouth down and the body up, and then piled all the clothes on the suitcase to make a simple sofa.

"Lie down and try first." Heng said to Ian.

Ian replied with a smile: "Our suitcases bear the weight they shouldn't have to bear in their lives."

Lie down carefully. Although this sofa bed is narrow, it is much more comfortable to lie on it than to sit and sleep all night.

Yi An patted the other side, inviting Heng to sleep together.

Heng used the accumulated snow to build a snow mound [-] centimeters in front of Ian's head, and inserted the umbrella into it so that the umbrella could cover their heads and chests.

Using scarves as pillows, the two of them covered their upper body with their own thick down jacket, and their lower body with another thin down jacket, and kept the snow boots on their feet, so they fell asleep in a warm atmosphere.

Just pray that the snowflakes are not too big, especially if there is no strong wind, so that you can sleep peacefully all night.

Yi'an moved slightly closer to Heng, and Heng embraced him and hugged him tightly.

"Go to sleep."

"Ah."

Ian buried his head on Heng's shoulder and neck, and slowly fell asleep.

There was no dream all night, and when I woke up again, it was already the morning sun.

Everyone woke up one after another and began to shake off the thick snow covering their bodies.

Yang Na sighed and said: "Fortunately, this is dry snow. If it is wet snow, it will freeze me."

Zhang Minglin smiled: "We have been very lucky this way. Although there are constant snowflakes here, we haven't encountered a big snowstorm. Otherwise, this flat glacier really doesn't know how to resist it."

Ian brushed his teeth with dry snow mixed with a little pure water, listening to everyone's morning discussion, thinking about how to deal with bad weather later.

After Heng Xian finished washing, he returned to sit on the "sofa bed" for the two of them, and began to eat breakfast.

After washing up, Ian sat next to Heng, and took out a melon seed crisp and a milk stick from his backpack to eat.

There is no need to ask other teammates how much food is left, you can estimate how much food is left in their hands from the amount they eat each meal.

Ian chewed on the shortbread and looked at the other three groups, and it turned out that the ones with the least amount of food were Alva and the others.

Alva and Fatty were chewing a frozen fish in small bites, trying to trick their stomachs by chewing.

After breakfast, Heng came to the snowman they had built last night. He jumped onto the snowman's shoulder with a run-up, then took out his mobile phone and began to observe the distance.

Ian didn't bother him. After eating breakfast and drinking water, he began to organize the suitcases of the two of them, refolding the clothes and putting them in.

After getting off the snowman, Heng said to Ian, "We are very close to our destination."

Yang Na was very happy when she heard this, "Really? That's great!"

The rest of the people were also very happy. Seeing that victory was in sight, they even moved faster.