Doomsday rat

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Chapter 540 Rescue

"Boom... Boom..." Before I opened my eyes, I heard knocking in my ears. The sound came from outside the house, and there was no one on the kang.

Put on your clothes and get off the kang, looked at the pot on the stove, there was only a little water in it.Looking at the toilet she had used last night, Zhuma's face blushed immediately, and she quickly picked it up and opened the door.

A burst of white light made it impossible to look directly, and it took a few seconds to open the eyes.The blizzard stopped, but the snowflakes were still falling, the sky and the earth were white, and the woods in the distance were also dyed white.

The entrance of the hut was even more excessive. The snow was half a meter thick, but someone had shoveled a gap in the middle, and two rows of footprints were deeply imprinted on the snow and meandered to the left.There was a big tree stump, and a man in only a coat was chopping wood with an ax.

His whole body was steaming, and the snowflakes were melted immediately when they fell, turning into water, which wet his hair and shirt.Every time he raised the ax high and struck down, he would exhale a long, thick and rich breath.This reminded Zhuma of the men in the village who chopped wood in the same way.

My mother once said that the easiest way to judge whether a man is strong is to watch them chop wood, regardless of their size or just their muscles.

The thicker, thicker, and farther the breath he exhales when chopping wood, the stronger the man will be, not only in his flesh and bones, but also in his internal organs.If you want to get married, you must marry such a man, so that you won't suddenly get sick and die one day.

Zhuma had received special training to seduce men, but those were all monks in the ascetic order, so they could only be regarded as training partners. After a long time, she never regarded them as men at all.There are very few men who have really been in close contact. After all, she was only a ten-year-old girl when the zombie disease broke out, and she didn't have the heart to think about such things.

But now she felt that all the men in Biresbi village were stronger, because he exhaled the most, like a locomotive, puffing far away.Moreover, his movement of chopping wood is also very beautiful. The muscles in his back are not bulging, but they have a shape of lines, which are constantly changing with the rise and fall of the axe.

"Is that a tattoo?" After staring at it for a long time, Zhuma gradually turned her eyes away from the man's muscle lines, and looked at the whole body.

He is tall and slender... Hey, why is there a face on the back?That's right, it's just a face. Through the sweat and snow-wet jacket, there is indeed a faint face reflected.

"...You are a little pervert, standing in the snow and peeking at men in underwear, you are not afraid of freezing your wounds!" I was desperately focusing, trying to see through the fabric to see clearly what was painted on that face, and suddenly another picture The face came into view, still grinning and smirking.

"Bah... not serious!" Zhuma was blushing, especially when she realized that she was still holding the urinal, her expression became even more embarrassing, she quickly lowered her head and limped towards the other side of the wooden house while leaning on the wall .

"Don't go far, get some clean snow and go back and boil the water!" Hong Tao looked at the twinkling eyes of the little nun, and suddenly remembered the painting on her leg last night, and couldn't help laughing.

No matter at what time, even if the blood is almost drained, as long as there is still a breath, he is very happy to see others in embarrassment, it is really a heartfelt happiness.

"It's good morning, Bires... giggling..." The little nun suddenly turned her head and shouted when she was about to reach the corner of the room, and then swished to hide behind the wall, letting out a crisp laugh.

"Huh... It's immoral to seduce the elderly!" Looking at the childlike performance of the woman and hearing the silver bell-like laughter, Hong Tao felt his whole body was full of vitality, especially the central area.

But he still can't get over the hurdle in his heart, always afraid that one day his identity will be discovered, and whoever is closest to him will eat melons with him at that time.

The breakfast was richer, and Hong Tao opened a bag of individual rations, which still tasted like curry chicken.But he didn't eat much, he just made a cup of coffee and continued to eat compressed biscuits and jerky.

"This is sick food. If you can recover sooner, I will be happier than eating big fish and meat. Eat more, don't save, we have a lot of food, it's best to eat what you can't take away!"

Faced with Zhuma's doubts, Hong Tao explained the facts and reasoned back, and then began to wash clothes.I washed the clothes that Juma had changed and the two layers of clothes he was wearing, and hung a climbing rope to dry in the house.

"Start when the snow stops. You can't be idle during this time. This is a walking stick. Get used to it after eating. Walk around the house fifty times. Remember, you can only use one leg. Don't use your legs too hard!" After breakfast, Hong Tao picked up two trekking poles and announced in a serious tone that the holiday of the sick was over.

Although Juma wasn't used to the man who was friendly and gentle last night suddenly becoming so strict, she didn't object.She is not a delicate girl, and physical fitness and military training are daily compulsory courses.Although my leg is injured now, I can still walk with crutches.

In addition, she could also understand the man's intentions, not intentionally torturing herself, but doing adaptive training, so that her body could adapt to this cold climate as soon as possible, and the feeling of trekking in the snow for a long time.

It snowed heavily for another day and a half, and finally stopped on the third night.During this time, in addition to eating as much as possible and doing more outdoor hiking activities, the two of them also made a small sled and two pairs of snowboards with branches and wire.

Hong Tao is also an expert on how to travel long distances in the snow.Moreover, he is an expert in soil, and he can achieve his goal without using modern technology at all, and only relying on materials readily available in the mountains and forests.

This technology is useless in the old world, just buying some finished products is a hundred times better than what he made.But at this time, it will be of great use. One more skill is one more life.

The injury on Zhuma's leg was also recovering well. Hong Tao checked it carefully when changing the dressing the next night. There was no redness, swelling, fever, or gray lines. It should have passed the critical period.

"Poor Teacher Fang, did I kill him?" When the two packed up and stood together in front of the sunny cabin and were about to leave, Zhu Ma mentioned Fang Wenlin again.

"He was already dead from the moment he ran away with you. I guess he will be killed in the big nun's plan eventually, and only you and the two children can escape. In this way, there will be no proof of death, you Say what."

"With the entire hunting process and Camilla's identity as a cover, the rebels have to treat you with courtesy even if they have doubts. If there is a chance, I really want to meet your bishop and big nun, they are all characters! "

Hong Tao was also very sad about Fang Wenlin's death. He was a good man, a pure good man. He raised two unrelated children in an almost cannibalistic environment with little effort and saved two lives.

This kind of love for human beings is unmatched by most people.I have saved people before, but all of them are based on the advantage and profit, at least not infringing on my own interests.Compared with Fang Wenlin, he is superior and inferior. His nobility does not lie in saving others, but in sacrificing himself.

Of course, I don't envy Fang Wenlin's quality at all, let alone regret my choice.Since ancient times, good people don't live long. If you sharpen your head and become a bad person, you will always be accompanied by bad luck. If you show more kindness, you will die without a place to die.Some people should be noble by nature, and some people are not worthy of being noble, and they cannot be forced.

But in order to express his respect for the noble man, Hong Tao dug the pit and buried Fang Wenlin's body in it again. A lot of stones were built for Mr. Fang to build a small pile of Nima, which was as tall as a person, and the word "good man" was also carved on the stone slabs.

Hong Tao had nothing to do with the bear's corpse, so he had to shovel snow and bury it first. It was estimated that after another snowfall, it would be frozen solid, and it would not attract other animals to bite until it opened in spring.

Speaking of which, this new type of zombie virus that can cause animal mutations really can't spread. Although it can't stop the trend of spreading, it's a good thing to slow it down a bit. It's better than nothing.

As for why the bear didn't mutate when it was alive but had the ability to spread, and why it mutated after being killed, Hong Tao couldn't figure it out.He was a Mongolian doctor at best and knew little about the field of medical research.

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"Look! The eagle is catching the rabbit!" Since leaving the wooden house, Zhuma's emotions were quickly melted by the sun, and she became a young girl who loves to talk and laugh. Be amazed at everything you see.If Hong Tao is willing to explain, she is more willing to listen.

"The heavy snow caught the small animals a little off guard. Their food was covered and they had to venture out to find something to eat...Look, these are the footprints of sheep or deer, and they have also gone down the mountain!"

Hong Tao is not a dull person, so of course he welcomes someone to chat with.Isn't it just a waste of time to drink more water, everything else may be lacking here, but there is no shortage of water, which is everywhere in the mountains and plains.

"Can you find it?" Looking at a string of unknown footprints in the snow, Zhuma cast another admiring look.This man is almost catching up with the mountain god. He knows everything about every plant and tree in the forest like the back of his hand.

When will the grass bloom and bear fruit, whether it has medicinal properties and toxins; what is the name of the animal, what environment does it live in, and whether the meat is good or not, all of them are explained clearly.

Not just for facts, but for comparisons with similar animals in other regions.If you want to say that you are fooling around and bragging, this thing is too good to make up, even if you are a real herdsman, you can't travel to so many places, and you can't herd sheep abroad.

"Hush...listen carefully!" Hong Tao stopped suddenly and grabbed Zhuma by the neck.The snowshoes he made are very interesting. They say that there are two pairs, and they can indeed be used by two people, but in fact they can only be counted as one and a half pairs.

He bound Juma's injured right leg to his own left from the knee up, sharing a snowshoe with both legs.When walking in this way, I don't have to support her, and I don't make it difficult for her injured leg to step on it.As long as you can get a little familiar with the rhythm, you can walk like playing a game without affecting the speed too much.

Juma adapted very quickly, and it didn't take long to fully match the rhythm of the man. It was as if the legs of the two were growing together.It's just that when to go and when to stop is still not up to the level of tacit understanding.

"Gunshots!" He listened carefully, but found nothing. He simply pulled off the hood to expose his ears and listened harder. His brows immediately frowned.

There was a faint, short sound, a bit like knocking on a stone, a bit like knocking on a tree trunk, and a bit like a shotgun.In this case, she instinctively chose the last option.

"Shh, it's not gunshots, it's male argali goats bumping each other with their horns in order to grab their daughter-in-law. Every year at this time of year, argali goats gather on the mountainside. The females watch while the males compete. Whoever wins will mate. right."

"Animals don't have to worry about it. Just be careful not to be eaten. Exercise your body and grab a beautiful daughter-in-law and you will win in this life. Looking at people, they started fighting from kindergarten, and kept fighting until they closed their eyes and died. We have to continue to fight for a good place to bury it.”

This kind of sound can't be heard in the training ground. If he hadn't been wandering in Xinjiang for so many years, Hong Tao would have immediately regarded this sound as a gunshot.But at this moment, he is not emphasizing how to distinguish various voices, but is feeling, why is it so tiring to live.

"But even if you win, you don't seem to have much interest in ewes!" Juma's answer was quite ambiguous, as if teasing, but in fact she was really confused.The reason why she was chosen by the big nun is not because she is very intelligent, let alone talented as a spy, but because she is beautiful, both sisters are very beautiful.

Over the years, I have learned from the big nun how to show my charm, and make full use of my beauty and body as a weapon, but this weapon has failed for two consecutive nights.

The two lived in an isolated wooden house and slept on the same bed, but the man did not do anything excessive other than scribbling on his leg with a piece of charcoal.Even though he had hinted it many times, he seemed to understand it, but nothing came to light.

Taking a step back, even if you haven't received any training, you won't be able to use your body as a weapon proficiently. Shouldn't a man have something to think about just based on his appearance and figure?

"...You are not a good student, you didn't pay attention to the lecture. Do you understand the estrus period? Argali don't fight all year round, they only enter the estrus period in early winter!"

Hong Tao knew that he would face this problem sooner or later as long as he rescued him, but he didn't expect it to be so quick and straightforward. As a girl, don't you know how to be reserved!

"It's ugly..." Zhuma was taken aback by the words, which were too explicit.

"Hehehe, don't talk about it, your temper is so good, if you are another person, you should call me a hooligan... It's done, you don't think about me anymore, let's talk about the Redeemer and the Penance, no matter what I don't care. I want to hear it. The art of war says knowing yourself, knowing the enemy, and winning every battle, the more I know, the safer we will be."

Hong Tao should have asked these things a long time ago, but he never asked, because he didn't want to get too close to the Redeemer or any of the rebels.Saving people is all about saving people, it doesn't matter if you know something.I thought it was sending two sheep to the other side of the mountain to sell for a high price, anyway, I would have to go this way if there were two of them.

But now I have to ask, and I have to ask clearly.Her own blood was flowing in her body, let alone whether this blood was noble or not, anyway, it was not low enough to serve the redeemer.

"Anna is actually not a bad person. She and Jiang Yang came from Xi'an, and they listened to Zhao Bin for everything..." I don't know if it's because of blood, but Zhuma's sense of trust has obviously increased a lot, and she didn't ask anything. Let's talk about the situation of the big nun Anna.

However, like most women, it is difficult for her to focus on one thing or one person, and it is easy to go astray when talking about it, expanding the scope of attack.

Fortunately, Hong Tao didn't have a clear goal, so let's listen to it.While chatting and walking, two people walked in three rows, rested for 10 minutes an hour, and walked about [-] kilometers in more than six hours.

Unlike the more gentle mountainside, the slope here becomes steeper and steeper, ending at the lowest point between the two peaks.In Chinese, this kind of terrain is called mountain pass or pass; pass is called Daban in Mongolian.Since Mongolia once ruled many areas in Central Asia and East Asia, it is also called Daban in ethnic languages ​​such as Tibetan and Uighur.

Hadamuz Daban, at an altitude of 3600 meters, is the highest point of the Shate Ancient Road and the first pass through the South Tianshan Mountains from north to south.God is kind sometimes, and specially made a threshold to warn mankind:

If you are struggling to climb even here, it is best to go back the same way, because the road ahead is more difficult, don't lose your life in vain!

The two were walking on three legs, and they were sprinting towards Hadamuz Daban along the snow slope.If there is no snow accumulation process, it can be simpler. No matter how steep the slope is, there are footholds to step on.But the snow really turned the steep slope into a slope, and there was no foothold along the way.

"Zhao Bin looks... gentle... In fact, he is the most sinister... cough cough cough..." Zhuma is in good spirits and is still chattering about the characters. The characters have changed from Anna, Jiang Yang, Waker, It talked about the real leader of the Redeemer, Bishop Zhao Bin.

"Let's take a break, talk less, take a small breath, and the frequency should be faster..." The altitude of more than 3000 meters will not cause any reaction to Hong Tao, even if he exercises a little bit.But hearing Zhuma's panting sound, the girl probably didn't have much altitude training, and she started to put on the bellows.

"Can we climb up?" Zhuma didn't try to be brave, but gasped for breath, but her mouth still didn't stop.

"I'm sure we can't climb up with this..." Hong Tao tucked his head into his coat and lit a cigarette, dragged the sledge to help Zhuma sit down together, and began to untie the rope tied around his legs.

"Hey, why did you throw it away? It's still good!" Seeing the man take off all the snowshoes and throw them aside casually, Zhuma was a little puzzled.After walking this day, she was quite satisfied with this two-person and three-legged exercise method, as if she hadn't had enough fun.

"Wow..." Hong Tao took out a sheepskin bag from his backpack, and he didn't know what was in it. He threw it on the snow and made a sound of metal clashing.

"Is this an animal trap?" Zhuma picked up the bag and untied the leather strap to look in. It was indeed metal, and it looked weird. It was very apt to describe it with criss-crossed teeth. In her impression, there was only one thing covered with sharp points. Steel teeth.

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"Oh... so it was worn on the feet!" But soon she realized that this thing was not a bear trap. The man picked up one and put it on the bottom of the boots. After tightening a few rubber boots, the soles of the feet A circle of steel thorns grew.

"These are crampons. With them, we can walk on the ice." Having spikes on bare feet was not enough, Hong Tao took out four hammer-like things from the sheepskin bag, shortened the trekking poles, Screwed on the head of the stick is the ice axe.

"Wait here, I'll go up and explore the way first!"

Putting on crampons, an ice ax in each hand, snow goggles, gloves, safety belts, and a full body of quick hangers, rock plugs, pitons, and two rolls of climbing ropes on the back, the herdsman Biges turned into a mountaineer again , Clanking up the snow slope.

For rock climbing, Hong Tao hadn't tried it too deeply in his previous lives, he just stayed at the level of being able to use equipment and understand some basic common sense.But it should be enough to face most of the terrain and landforms. In real life, there are very few opportunities to use the superb skills like freehand rock climbing.

Hadamuz Daban, to put it bluntly, is a mountain pass eroded by glaciers.It may have been a cliff in the past, but it was chosen by the glacier. As a result, the constantly moving ice blocks ground the mountain made of rocks into a big gap.Let's talk about water, it's hard to say whether it's soft or hard.

Daban is about 200 meters wide, with cliffs on the left and right sides, but there is a steep slope in the middle. If you want to cross Daban, you have to climb up the steep slope.At this time, the snow on the slope has not frozen, and it is a pit when you step on it.But the rocks under the snow are already frozen, and it is really difficult to go up without crampons.

"Ka Ka Ka... Dang Dang..." The main reason why Hong Tao didn't like rock climbing was because he was afraid of getting tired.

This thing is purely self-abuse. Every time you take a step, you have to use an ice pick to chisel the ice shell a few times to make sure that the foothold is not loose, and then kick it hard with crampons, so that the sharp steel claws can firmly grasp the ice and rocks.

With a distance of less than 200 meters and a steep slope of almost 70 degrees, Hong Tao had to stop to catch his breath after climbing more than ten meters, and shook his hands vigorously to let more blood flow, and at the same time he had to pay attention to the strong wind.

The mountain pass is basically a wind outlet, and the feeling of going down the slope is not very obvious, and the wind is stronger as you climb up.Halfway through the climb, Hong Tao was slapped on the slope by a sudden gust of wind. Fortunately, the ice ax in his left hand got stuck in the crack of the rock. Otherwise, the tens of meters of climbing would have been in vain. In case of hitting a rock, the consequences are unpredictable.

"Your mother...Your mother..." As a last resort, Hong Tao could only resort to scientific and technological methods, took off a rock plug, and stuffed it into the rock gap where the owner's ice ax was stuck just now, making a relatively strong protection point.

Then tie the climbing rope to the safety belt and throw it through the steel ring of the rock plug for Juma to hold.In this way, no matter whether you will stumble and fall when you climb up again, the pull of the safety rope will not drag you to the end.

Climbing up from here, Hongtao dared not take it too far. Protective points were built on the rock every ten meters or so. Large gaps were plugged with rocks, and small gaps were drilled in with pitons.A small section followed a crooked route, gradually approaching the top of Daban.

"Hey, I'm going to Nima..." When Hong Tao hooked his ice ax to the rock and poked his head out of the highest point of Daban, intending to take a look at the results of his two hours of tossing, he started cursing again facing the scene in front of him. .

I thought climbing Daban would be a big victory, but I didn't expect it to be just the beginning.The real smooth road is only a few hundred meters ahead, and then there is a gray-white crack that can't be seen at a glance.

Glacier, Muzarte Glacier, the Crimean said that this is also Mongolian, meaning a white valley.In fact, it's not white at all, and it doesn't look like ice from a distance. It's not too gray, like snow and soil mixed together.

In addition to the color, its shape is more likely to be daunting.The surface is full of large and small gullies, like a large pile of broken glass gathered together, and there is almost no way to pass between the high and low.

But no matter what, you have to climb up Daban before you are eligible to challenge the glacier, so Hong Tao has to climb down after fixing the climbing rope.It's useless for him to go up alone, there are three big backpacks and a big living person below!

With the help of safety ropes on the way down the mountain, it is much easier to do a little bit of protection than climbing up the mountain. As long as your feet don't slip, you don't have to worry about safety issues.

"Can I go up?" But Zhuma at the bottom of the mountain didn't think so. She could see the appearance of the man climbing up just now. It's so hard for a strong person. Her leg was still injured and she couldn't do it too hard. One leg doesn't seem to have much confidence.

"You can't go up by yourself, I'm pulling the rope below, just step on your feet and climb up!" Even if Zhuma has good legs, Hong Tao doesn't think she can go up by her own ability.

But it's different now. With the safety rope, I can help share part of the strength.Theoretically speaking, it is possible to go up with ice picks in both hands without legs. After all, this is not a cliff.

In fact, Zhuma's performance was much better than expected. This smart girl found a trick, specially stepped on the place Hong Tao had just stepped on, and used the dug-out depression to climb up in step.On the way, I was only blown to the ground twice by the wind, but with Hong Tao pulling the rope underneath, there was no serious problem except for some pain from the fall.

But the next link was the most tiring. Hong Tao had to carry the three large backpacks weighing forty to fifty kilograms one by one.Even with the protection of the safety rope, you don't have to worry about slipping and rolling, but you can go back and forth three times with a real load.

"Set up, set up a tent..." When the last trip arrived, Hong Tao's hands could no longer hold the ice ax, and his gloves were wet, which would freeze immediately when the mountain wind blew.Not only the gloves, but also the clothes all over the body were soaked in sweat. If they couldn't be changed immediately, they would soon freeze into popsicles.

"Hiss, hiss... I believe you are the ancestors of the American army..." Zhuma was very capable, nailing the ground by himself, and when Hong Tao calmed down a little, the two joined hands to set up the tent.The first thing Hong Tao did when he got in was to take off his clothes. After less than 10 minutes in the cold wind of the mountain pass, his underwear almost froze.

"Come, come, let the uncle give you a hug... Hey, don't let it go outside, it's better to open your heart!" After taking off the blanket, Hong Tao shamelessly invited Zhuma, insisting on hugging him , and had to untie the coat.

Zhuma didn't treat the man as a hooligan, and even if the hooligan was frozen like this, he wouldn't be able to flow.Knowing that a man needs warmth, she generously unbuttoned her winter jacket, hugged each other face to face, and even rubbed the man's ears and face with her hands.

"...Why do you have a tattoo of Mickey Mouse's head on your back?" Sitting in the man's arms, with his face on his shoulders, he naturally saw the tattoo on his back.I didn't see it clearly at first, but I stretched my head out to look again and finally got it, but it got even more confused.

"Hey, don't satisfy your curiosity, wrap the blanket tightly!" In fact, Hong Tao has already recovered, and there will be nothing wrong with changing into new underwear at this time.But don't take advantage of the bastard, he firmly doesn't want to be a bastard, so he has to hug him a little longer.

The night was really stormy, the small tent was deformed back and forth by the wind, being squashed and blown crooked for a while.Fortunately, the material and workmanship are not false, otherwise it would really be frozen into a popsicle.

But the tent is still not very comfortable. The altitude here is already 3600 meters. Except for snow and stones, there is ice. It can be said that there is no grass.Naturally, there was no firewood to burn, and there was only a small gasoline stove that could barely melt the snow and make some hot chocolate.

"Ka Ka Ka...Boom...Gudong Gudong...嘡嘡...嗖..." After eating and drinking, the two quickly got into the sleeping bag, but no matter how tired their bodies were, they couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning.There is only one reason, besides the howling wind, there are all kinds of weird sounds outside, such as weeping and complaining, sleepless.

"Are the ghosts in the mountains crying?" No matter how strong Zhuma was, she couldn't help thinking about it. She poked out half of her face from her sleeping bag, her eyes rolling around.

"It's the ice that's cracking... I really don't know how the princess and Tang Seng got there. I guess it will be better after spring." Hong Tao knew what was making the noise, and he couldn't sleep either.That kind of sound didn't just come in through the ears, it was transmitted directly to the brain along the vibration of the mountain body, and it was useless to plug the ears.

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