Arctic survival, starting in hell at minus fifty degrees Celsius

The man with the hooked nose raised his hand and slammed the butt of his rifle into Sun Chengwu's face.

Sun Chengwu fell to the ground, covering his face, which was bruised.

Sun Chengwu got up, staring coldly at the hook-nosed man.

The man with the hooked nose sneered, "You underestimate us too much. Do you think you can fool us with such a trick?"

He wasn't killed this time out of respect for the clan leader.

There will be no next time!

As he spoke, he waved his hand again, and Ollie and the other two were pushed out bound.

Upon seeing Ollie, the chieftain could no longer remain calm and quickly explained, "This matter has nothing to do with them!"

The man with the hooked nose sneered, "How do I know if you're telling the truth?"

We've been working together for so many years, and you've sent me a time bomb.

If he passes the message out, our entire flight path will have to be changed, and you won't see us for at least three years.

I've already shown them extraordinary mercy by not killing them.

Now I'm giving you two choices: either pay the ransom and redeem them.

They can stay on the ship if we give them a deposit, and we will send people to monitor them.

If they even think of escaping, we'll kill them immediately and throw them into the sea to feed the sharks!

The chieftain pleaded, "They're just children, they know nothing. I'll give you the ransom!"

Sun Chengwu said, "I'll pay the ransom."

He didn't want to lose the friendship of the Hadza people because of this.

He did make a mistake; he underestimated the smugglers.

But he wanted to go home, and he had no choice but to.

At least the current outcome isn't that bad.

The man with the hooked nose grinned and said, "You Chinese are quite loyal."

Nine hundred catties of krill.

Sun Chengwu can't produce it right now, "I can use other meat to offset the cost."

The man with the hooked nose said, "One pound of meat is worth two pounds of krill."

Sun Chengwu could still produce over 400 jin of meat.

He agreed, "Okay!"

At this moment, the hook-nosed man suddenly said, "Actually, I know who you people are."

Six months ago, a plane crashed in the Bering Strait, and the whole world is searching for clues about it.

However, the Arctic Ocean is too vast and too cold, and the crash site is in the deep sea. Despite spending a lot of money, countries have not been able to find any clues about the plane.

Later, China used the black box and satellite to locate the plane in a trench. They spent three months salvaging it and found half of the plane and more than 30 bodies that had been gnawed down to bones.

The first half of the plane was completely undetectable.

People across the country are constantly providing clues about the wreckage of the plane, believing that it broke apart in the air, leaving only the rear half.

I never imagined that you people would survive, and even live for so long.

I'm starting to admire you guys.

Upon hearing this news, Sun Chengwu's head buzzed, and he quickly asked, "You know about this?"

The hook-nosed man scoffed, "Of course we know, and we know why you let him on board."

But I will not let your plot succeed. If they know you are here, they will look for the ship that sent the message, they will find us, and our route will be exposed.

If you behave yourselves, you can live here with the Hadza people until you die.

"If you disobey, you must send a message back: the next time I return, it will be to take your lives!"

As he spoke, the hook-nosed man raised the muzzle of his gun.

The cold muzzle of the gun was pressed against Sun Chengwu's forehead, and it was pushed hard. "Chinese kid, do you understand?"

Sun Chengwu really wanted to explode at that moment.

But even in a fit of rage, all that's left is bloodshed.

At this point, he could only endure it and look for other ways to get back.

He gritted his teeth and forced out a voice, "Okay, I understand."

The man with the hooked nose grinned, put away his pistol, and said, "I enjoy talking to intelligent people. As a reward for your obedience, you can have Dals' life back."

Remember, there must be no next time.

The man with the hooked nose left, reminding everyone, "You have one month to prepare the ransom. We will return one last time before the polar night fully descends a month later."

The polar night begins in September and ends in complete darkness in November.

The darkness can last from two to four months, depending on the distance from the center of the Arctic Circle.

During this period, no ships will approach Antarctica.

After the darkness ends, there will be a two-month period of polar night, followed by the arrival of polar day in April of the following year.

Sun Chengwu and his group were very lucky; they arrived at the Arctic during the midnight sun.

If it were polar night, they would have no hope of survival.

Sun Chengwu personally carried Dars back to the village.

Although he had long guessed that Darss's chances of success were very low, and had also considered that Darss might die, he was prepared when he volunteered himself.

But seeing Darss being tortured like this, Sun Chengwu still felt very sad.

More than feeling sad, I feel guilty.

After the examination, Sun Chengwu found that Darss had hundreds of wounds of all sizes on his body, his right eye was blind, his tongue was cut off, he only had three teeth left, all his fingernails and toenails were pulled out, and his left little finger was missing a section.

Besides these, there were many minor injuries.

Dars was so weak that he looked like he might die at any moment. It could be said that Sun Chengwu used 300 catties of krill in exchange for a corpse.

Even if it's a corpse, Sun Chengwu will replace it.

He couldn't let his brothers risk their lives, nor could he collect their corpses.

Sun Chengwu asked the clan chief to vacate a room for them. Since Sun Chengwu had paid the entire ransom, the clan chief still gave them face, even though the matter was caused by Sun Chengwu's people.

At least Ollie and the others are alright.

Sun Chengwu started a fire to warm the house, boiled water, and began to treat Dars's wounds.

Most of these wounds were soaked in seawater, and the salt residue prevented them from healing and caused them to become infected.

To treat it, the wound needs to be slowly cut open to remove the rotten and hardened dead flesh inside.

This process is comparable to being slowly sliced ​​to death.

Dals was very weak, and he even fainted twice from the pain when his flesh was cut.

Sun Chengwu dared not handle too much at once, worried that Darss's body could not withstand it, and if he went into shock, there was almost no chance of saving him under the current conditions.

Meanwhile, he cooked a pot of meat broth on the stove, removed the meat, and added moss and pine needles to simmer it again.

Although Darss's body needs to eat meat to replenish energy, he is currently very weak, and drinking meat broth is not easy for his stomach to digest. Instead, cooking plants with meat broth can accelerate his recovery.

When Dals was conscious, Sun Chengwu gave him some soup, which helped him regain some color and strength.

However, his severed tongue still prevents him from speaking normally.

Even with only half a tongue, one can still produce sounds and speak, but that requires training.