Embrace the light

It was just dawn, and everyone woke up one after another.

The flying snow had stopped, and Heng turned over the snow wall with the help of the suitcase.He had just tested the firmness of the snow wall, and turned up after confirming that it could bear his weight.

Seeing Heng standing on a two-meter-high snow wall, Ian raised his head and opened his arms below. If Heng accidentally fell, he would immediately catch him.

Heng took out his mobile phone and carefully checked the situation in all directions.Looking down at Ian with a faint smile, he jumped off the snow wall after Ian stood aside.

"Go in this direction."

It was still Heng and Yi'an who took the lead, and everyone moved in the direction Heng said.

The few people who had run out of food naturally had no breakfast to eat. Seeing that their morale was sluggish, it was hard for them to say anything to encourage them.

"If you walk faster, you should be able to reach the beach tonight."

"Really!" Alva was surprised, "Isn't it a lie?!"

Ian said: "Never lie. Let's talk about whether it is true or not, you will know at night."

Yang Na laughed happily, "It turns out that yesterday was the No.80 difficulty."

"Let's go, let's go, I have been dreaming for several days that I was picking up fish, shrimps and crab shells on the beach by the sea." Zhang Minglin said bitterly.

Hope is just ahead, everyone cheered up, and the pace of walking became much faster.

At lunch, Ian gave each of the other five men half a milk stick. The victory is in sight, and I just hope that everyone can hold on.Cookies are small, but slightly better than nothing.

Zhang Minglin said gratefully: "When I catch fish and shrimp tomorrow, I will return some more to you Ha Yian."

Ian nodded, holding a handful of clean snow in his hands. He originally planned to put it in the water glass, but he couldn't help sticking out his tongue and licking it.Thinking that eating snow like this is quite interesting, Ian licked two more mouthfuls.

However, Heng took out his mobile phone and took a photo of Ian who was eating snow. Yian looked at Heng in puzzlement, "Heng?"

"Like acacia." Heng handed the snapped photo to Ian to see.

Ian laughed, thinking of the little acacia that he hadn't seen for a long time, and wondered how much it had grown during this period.There is no signal on the mobile phone or smart watch, and he cannot receive intimate feedback from Mino.

There was no rest after lunch, and the group wanted to reach their destination before sunset.

The wind and snow in the afternoon was stronger than in the morning, but it was much better than yesterday.

As we walked, the road ahead was no longer flat, the terrain began to undulate, and the surface of the snow layer became uneven.

Yang Na asked weakly: "We won't be walking into a mountain again, will we?"

Alva also had the same concern. This time, without waiting for others to answer, he trotted a few steps and climbed onto a raised ice rock with the highest altitude within a radius of two kilometers. A look of surprise gradually appeared on Shi Shi's face, and suddenly he hurriedly took out his mobile phone to check it with the camera.

"The sea! It's a blue sea! I see it!"

Responding to Alva, it was Fatty and Zhang Minglin who also excitedly rushed up the ledge. Looking into the distance, they also saw the cradle of life, which was the deep blue sea.

"It's really the sea!"

"The sea!!! It's the sea!"

The cheers of Zhang Minglin and Fatty infected the others. After the three of them got down, they were no longer afraid of the twists and turns of the road ahead.

Although the road is bumpy and bumpy, but because there is a clear destination in mind as a guide, no one complains about suffering, tiredness, or fear.

When the sun was setting, everyone finally reached the blue sea that they had been thinking about.As if to celebrate the completion of the group's goals, the snow has slowly stopped unknowingly, and the wind has also become gentle.

The coast is winding and rugged, and the sea near the coast is covered with thin ice. The blue sky and the sea reflect each other, and everyone is in a blue space.

Seeing Yang Na holding the sea water with her hands and preparing to take a sip, Captain Zhou stopped her and said, "Don't touch it yet, let me test it."

Obviously, seawater is not directly drinkable. The measuring instrument shows that the salt content exceeds the standard, but there are no elements harmful to the body.

Although the sea water was bitingly cold, but when they actually touched the icy cold, everyone was like withered grass that was born against the spring breeze, and finally really began to glow with vitality.

"Let's find a shelter first, and we'll explore the sea and the coastal glaciers tomorrow," Heng said to Ian.

There is not much soft snow here, so it is not easy to build a snow house, but the uneven terrain is still very convenient to find shelter from the wind and snow.

The place everyone chose to stay overnight is in a crevice of ice and rocks 3000 meters away from the coastline. The place is not wide, but it is better than shelter from the wind.

It was late at night, but everyone was so excited that it was difficult to fall asleep.Although he was hungry, his spirit seemed to be outside his body, and he was no longer affected.

Ian didn't fall asleep either, lying on the suitcase, looking at Heng with his folded arms resting on his side face.

"If there are fish and shrimp in the ocean, there will also be wild animals on the shore."

"Ah."

"Should we take turns keeping vigil? If a wild beast strikes, we'll find out as soon as possible."

Heng said, "No, I'll wake up naturally if there is any movement. Just sleep peacefully."

"But you won't be able to rest well."

"No." Heng squeezed Ian's shoulder twice, "Sleep obediently."

In the early morning of the next day, everyone got up later than before, and the sun was already high above the horizon.Although the temperature is about ten degrees below zero today, there is a breeze and no snow, which is a good weather for going out to explore the road.

When we came to the coast again, after breaking several thin ice near the shore, we waited for a few minutes before everyone began to look into the sea.

No animals or plants were found nearby, so the nine discussed to divide into two groups and set off in two directions along the coast.

Looking towards the center of the sea, the blue waves are rippling, and occasionally the tip of an iceberg stands above the sea surface, but no fish school is seen swimming or jumping on the water surface, and no flying birds pass by in mid-air.

At noon, Ian, Heng, Yang Na, and Xiao Ting had walked along the coastline for several hours.Now the four of them came to a bay. The bay was formed by towering glaciers on both sides. The bottom of the glacier extended thick ice blocks on the sea.This sea area is obviously very deep, and the sea water is blue-black.Standing on the edge of the thick ice, the four smashed the nearby thin ice before returning to the coast for lunch.

Ian and Heng shared half a piece of chocolate, and Ian suggested to Heng: "How about weaving a fishing cage without a scarf?"

Yang Na said: "The ocean is vast and deep. If the other five people are not here, it would be too small for the four of us to weave the scarves into a fishing net. Brother Heng has seaweed ropes, why don't we try fishing?"

"Then what are you going to use for the hook?"

Yang Na snapped her fingers, took off her hat and scarf, and took two silver earrings from her ears.

"use this."

Heng looked at the calm sea, listened attentively, and was surrounded by silence.At present, the hope of finding animals on land is even smaller, so try to catch them from the ocean first.

Yang Na's earrings are hook-style. After taking it, Heng tested the toughness and sharpness of the earrings. Then he took out a rough stone from his backpack and rubbed it back and forth. The tip of the earrings quickly became as sharp as a needle.

After making sure that the flesh could be easily pierced, Heng treated the earring again, and then tied the small ring at the other end with seaweed.

After the fishhook was made, Ian took out a small piece of fish meat, or dried fish meat, from the biscuit jar, and Heng took it, tore a bit and threaded it on the fishhook.The bait was ready, and it was necessary to make fish buoys. Heng and the three of them looked up and down carefully, but they did not find anything that could be used.

"Is there still a buoy missing?" Xiao Ting asked, seeing Heng nodded, and she took out a pink embroidered handkerchief from her pocket. This handkerchief is made of silk and is very light and can float on the sea. Tie this to the seaweed and use it as a buoy."

When you are ready, Heng throws the hook far forward.

He stood on the edge of the thick ice and tried to fish. The three of Ian waited here for more than ten minutes, but seeing that there was no movement on the buoy, they prepared to continue to investigate.

Heng didn't stop Ian from leaving his side, and asked him to put the suitcase and fish fillet cans on his side, just put on the backpack and the armrests.

I chose a winding path with a gentle slope and climbed up. The terrain within one kilometer of the destination is generally flat, and the shore is about 20 meters high from the sea surface. The nearby sea surface is slightly rippling and does not freeze.

The few people didn't intend to go far, and walked along the coastline for more than half an hour to observe, and returned to Heng without any special discoveries.

"Fish?" Seeing a long black strip swimming in the puddle behind Heng, Ian was surprised at first and then exclaimed in surprise, "Heng is great! We really caught a fish!"

A fish about forty centimeters long and fifteen centimeters wide is shaking its tail in a snow pit filled with sea water. bar.

Yang Na stroked the back of the fish gently, as carefully as if stroking a peerless treasure.God knows that a series of delicious fish dishes such as pickled fish, sweet and sour fish, steamed fish, boiled fish, squirrel fish, spicy fish, etc. have been exhausted in her mind.

Xiao Ting was about to speak when she saw Heng was quickly taking back the seaweed. When he made a lifting motion, a larger black and white fish was caught. This fish was [-] times the size of the first fish .

When Heng was taking the hook from the fish's mouth, the fish struggled to open its mouth wide. Only then did Ian see clearly that the fish actually had two rows of pointed but sharp teeth.

Xu had the first experience, and Heng took the fishhook cleanly and neatly, without being hindered by the fish's teeth.

Ian checked the dried fish in the biscuit jar and found that they had all been used up. It seemed that things were not going well for Heng.

But fortunately, there was a good harvest, and when the bait was used up, they could go home.

Heng wrapped the big fish in the scarf that he made fishing nets in the cave before and put them in his backpack. When he was about to get the small fish, Yang Na raised her hand to stop her, and said to Heng with a smile: "Brother Heng, you can let me carry the fish on your back." with this fish?"

Heng glanced at her, and Yang Na's eyes were sincere and expectant, as if asking for a good job.

Ian said: "Let me carry it, the fishy smell will stain you."

Girls are generally clean and beautiful, and now there are only two men in the audience, he and Heng, and of course they have to contract the work.

Yang Na shook her head like a rattle, "No, no. It's so delicious, ah no, how can you despise the smell of other people's fish? Of course, you must cherish it and carry it well."

Ian laughed and didn't fight any more.

Yang Na flattered the little fish as if she was talking to herself, then shook off the water from its body and put it into her backpack.

The four of them went back along the way they came, this time they went straight to the gathering place, so they arrived at the place at 05:30.However, at this time the other five people have not come back.

Ian said, "Let's clean up the fish while it's still light."

Heng nodded and said, "Don't kill fish to clean up around here, the smell of blood may attract other things."

He took Yi'an and the three to a downwind place more than 2000 meters away. He did not go to the shore when killing the fish. The fish scales, gills, internal organs and fish blood were not discarded, and Heng collected them in fresh-keeping bags.

"Why do you want these? Are you just going to eat without food?"

Heng replied to Yang Na, "Make fishing bait."

The two fish were not cleaned directly in the sea. Heng took the seawater from the water bottle and poured it into the snow pit. Ian and Yang Na washed it in the puddle.

Yang Na asked: "Should the snow water also be collected?"

Heng shook his head, "It's to prevent the smell of blood from attracting some ferocious creatures in the sea."

Ian said: "We have to bury the blood later. Animals on land should also be guarded. Next time we go fishing, we'll dig out the snow and sprinkle it on the lower hooks as loose bait."

Heng touched the back of Ian's squatting head, "Yes."

Slice the fish, rinse it several times, and then bury the bloody snow pit.Heng washed the scarf in sea water and wrung it dry, then spread a thick layer of clean snow on it and compacted it, and then put the fish on it.

Returning to the parking place again, there are five figures gradually approaching not far away.

The four of them didn't shout loudly, and waited until the five of them approached before they began to greet each other.

"How is it? Did you find anything?" Yang Na searched the backpacks of the five people.

Zhang Minglin smiled and covered his backpack, "I really found some good things."

"Let me be healthy!" Yang Na fluttered her hands and signaled Zhang Minglin to bring the backpack.

Zhang Minglin didn't hold back anymore, and took out a round object from his backpack.

Ian took a photo with his mobile phone and saw clearly that it was an egg.

"Egg?"

Captain Zhou nodded, "A total of more than ten caves were seen, and there were no guards nearby. We didn't greedy too much, and only took five eggs."

The five eggs were all intact, with a radius of about ten centimeters, and the eggshell tentacles were still warm.

Ian thought it was amazing, and asked Captain Zhou, "Did these eggs be found nearby?"

Captain Zhou shook his head, "No, it's half a day's journey from here."

"The egg is still warm."

Heng stretched out his hand to take the egg held in Ian's hand. The tentacles were indeed warm. It seemed that the shell of this creature gathered heat so that it dissipated slowly.

Alva said: "It tastes better when it's hot. It's been a long time since we had hot food."

Ian said: "Let's eat the fish first. We caught two fish in the sea today, and they have been cleaned."

The nine people entered the garrison, and Heng took out the fish fillets. After Captain Zhou measured that they were not poisonous, he divided each of them into six slices, so that he and Ian still had more than 20 slices to store.

Heng is a "hero", so several other people have no objection to his distribution. After all, he was not a member of the collective distribution system before.

Heng touched and rubbed the pad of his left index finger a few times, and the pain continued to pass.To get something, you have to give something.

Although initially obtained a new food source, but still can not be willful.Tonight each person only eats about one or two pieces of fish, and the rest is stored away.

During the dinner, it was dark all around, and everyone sat in a circle and talked about what they saw during the day.

As for the warm eggs, they were not left idle in the backpack, but were used as a heater.

Ian held the eggs in his arms, one person and one egg warming each other.

"Shall we set off together tomorrow, or will we still split into two groups?" the fat man asked.

Heng said, "Let's go together. Go in the direction where we are fishing today."

"Why not in the direction we are going?" Alva said.

Yang Na gave him a white look, "Brother, you are so stupid. The egg you brought back is still warm, what should I do if I meet my parents tomorrow?"

The fat man was puzzled, "There's nothing to be afraid of, come and catch one, come and catch a pair!"

The thin friend poured cold water: "Then how about a group?"

"Forehead......"

Not waiting for the fat man to say anything, Yang Na smiled respectfully, "Haha, that's what it means. I don't know the size of the other party. If a group of ostriches and crocodiles come, we won't be able to run away."

While sleeping at night, Ian had a sudden whim, and took a photo of the inside of the egg with the light of his mobile phone, but he couldn't see anything inside, probably because the eggshell was too thick.

"Heng, what kind of egg do you think this is?"

Heng shook his head, "I don't know, just don't belong to a beast."

Ian carried the round eggs into his arms, "Will they follow Captain Zhou and his scent?"

"possible."

But it's dark, and it's not convenient to drive overnight, I just hope that there will be no beasts in this place at night.