The snow was getting bigger and bigger, and the windshield of the car was completely covered by snow, so I couldn't see the situation outside.
Chen Xu broke a piece of chocolate and stuffed it into his mouth. Hearing the howling wind outside, he couldn't help thinking of the typhoon that had no warning a month ago. I have already somewhat understood the content hidden behind the name of this dream world.
"It turns out that "Survival at the End of the World" doesn't just refer to the disappearance of human beings in the world. There are still many natural disasters behind. When the dream is about to end, it may be the real end of the world."
He sighed, unscrewed the lid of the thermos, and poured out a cup of hot water. Looking at the water mist coming out of the cup, his brows became more and more wrinkled.
Now, he was caught in a dilemma. If the snow didn't stop, the final result would be to freeze to death. The food he brought can last for three to five days at most.
And ten kilometers nearby, there are no buildings. If he leaves, since he doesn't know how to ski, he only brings skates, which are useless in the snow. In such heavy snow, he might die faster.
To him, this is just a dream, so let's die, at most it's just an early end to the dream.
But-
"If I die, what will Luo Xiyun do?"
He murmured, "Besides, I haven't put her to sleep yet, how could she just die like this."
That's right, in the past few months, he has been so angry with such a woman, how can he be reconciled if he doesn't sleep with her
He ate the rest of the chocolate in two bites, drank a glass of water, lay down on the seat, and prepared to recharge his energy. When the hailstorm stopped, he left here and walked back.
...
This wait is one night.
The hail stopped in the evening, but it was more dangerous to go out at night, so Chen Xu waited another night.
After dawn, he was ready. Before setting off, he cooked a steaming bowl of instant noodles. After eating and drinking enough, he opened the car door and left without looking back in the wind and snow.
He can be said to be fully armed, wearing thick mountaineering winter clothing, goggles, a trekking pole, and a backpack behind him.
"It's very windy."
As soon as Chen Xu went out, he felt the wind was unimaginably strong, and every step he took was extremely strenuous. There was a thick layer of snow on the ground, which made it more difficult to move forward.
At this time, he could only grit his teeth and move forward.
In the wind and snow, there is a vast expanse of whiteness everywhere, and it is difficult to distinguish the direction. When he walked for a while, he only glanced at the compass so as not to lose his way.
As he walked, Chen Xu couldn't help feeling a sense of loneliness in his heart. Perhaps it was only after losing that that he knew how to cherish it, and he was even more eager to see Luo Xiyun.
It was also at this time that he realized how important Luo Xiyun's company was to him these past few months.
Without her presence, would he really be able to admit this huge sense of loneliness by himself until now
He is just an ordinary person, even if he is more introverted, he doesn't like to make friends, and prefers to be alone. He is still a normal person, an inseparable part of human society. There is no way he can survive if he is isolated from the whole society alone.
...
A few hours later, Chen Xu stopped for the fifth time, took out a piece of chocolate with difficulty from his pocket, bit off the outer packaging with his teeth, and ate it whole.
Then, he took the thermos bottle from the side of the backpack, poured out the little water left, and drank it all in one gulp.
He threw away the empty thermos and looked up. The wind and snow at this time were smaller than when we set off, and the visibility was also higher.
The surrounding terrain has not changed in any way.
"I must have walked ten kilometers." He roughly guessed that as the snow continued to fall, the snow on the ground became deeper and deeper, and with the exhaustion of physical strength, the speed became slower and slower.
"Before it gets dark, we should be able to walk out of this ice."
He rested for a few minutes, feeling that his heavy legs were rapidly losing heat, so he didn't dare to delay, so he stepped forward and continued to move forward.
After walking for a few more hours, the ten pieces of chocolate in my pocket were all eaten, and the hot water in the two thermoses was also empty.
tired.
At this moment, he only had one feeling, as if his legs were not his own, and he was just walking forward mechanically. He kept gasping for breath, and his lungs were burning, as if he was about to gasp out of his throat.
Gradually, his eyes began to darken in bursts.
"No, you have to stop and rest for a while."
His reason told himself that his body had reached its limit.
Just then, he noticed the outlines of some buildings not far ahead. The spirit couldn't help being lifted, and finally walked out of the ice.
It's easy to have a building, you can hide in it and have a good rest for a while, and eat something to restore your strength.
At the thought of this, new strength was born in his body, and he walked towards the building.
After another dozen steps, the outline of the building became clearer.
"Keep going." He took a deep breath, encouraging himself.
He took another step, and suddenly, his toes hit something and he lost his balance. At this moment, his physical strength was exhausted, and he couldn't adjust at all, so he fell headlong like this, and after falling, his body kept rolling down.
"Oops."
He was startled. Along the way, there is an unusually flat ice surface. He didn't expect that there was a slope here. Rolling all the way down, there was a bang on his forehead, and he hit a hard object, and his eyes stared for a moment.
Finally, he rolled to the bottom of the slope, trying to open his eyes, but his vision was completely occupied by a patch of red.
"It's over."
He tried his best to stay awake, but his consciousness kept sinking, and he finally lost consciousness.
...
"Why hasn't that bastard come back yet?"
On the day Chen Xu left, at around eight o'clock in the evening, Luo Xiyun felt a little uneasy when he saw that he hadn't come back yet.
In the past few months, Chen Xu often drove out, but never spent the night outside. This was true even during their Cold War.
"Is he up to something again?"
she thought grimly. During the day, she had already discovered that the heating in Chen Xu's room was working well, but the plug was unplugged. He dared to lie to her that the heater was broken, causing her to spend the past two days tidying up the utility room.
As time went by, she became more and more uneasy, until twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, she had to realize that something might have happened to Chen Xu.
That night, she sat on the bed, covered with a quilt, but her heart was cold. She seems to have returned to the first month. The surrounding darkness, like a bottomless abyss, swallowed her bit by bit.
"Chen Xu..."
And only this man, who often makes her gnash her teeth with anger, can give her the strength to resist this kind of loneliness in this empty world.
In this way, she sat withered all night.
Until dawn, she stood up abruptly.
She is going to find him.