Arctic survival, starting in hell at minus fifty degrees Celsius

Sun Chengwu neither forced those who failed nor punished them.

Since it was just last-minute preparation, he wouldn't be too demanding if they did their best.

With preparations complete, Sun Chengwu began his mobilization efforts.

He had originally intended to say something, but before he could speak, the men in front of him were already filled with fervor.

During this period, they spent most of their time in their rooms with nothing to do, and they felt restless and bored.

Playing cards can get boring after a while. There are no cell phones or internet here, so people sleep all day long, leading to many people experiencing disrupted sleep schedules.

This trip, ostensibly for hunting, was more of a relaxation trip for them.

Because some people failed to forge their harpoons, the original plan of two people per group was changed to three people per group.

The person with the greatest strength is chosen to practice throwing, while the other two are ready to grab the rope and pull back any escaping seals.

The seals are also doing well. Every day from 1 to 2 pm, during that hour or so of sunshine, they climb onto the ice and roll over to sunbathe.

Then they went into the water to hunt.

They will come back once more around 9 or 10 pm, rest briefly, and then leave again.

Sun Chengwu guessed that their habitat was probably not here, but far away.

Because the sea is frozen over and covered with small icebergs, fish schools are migrating, and seals need to swim further to find food.

This is where they take a short rest.

Sun Chengwu was worried that things might change if the fish moved to a different location, and the seals might not come back.

So after only two days of hasty training, Sun Chengwu began preparing for the hunt ahead of schedule.

Just then, the hemp rope was almost ready, and each person could get more than twenty meters.

On the ice, it's not easy to get within 20 meters of a seal. Seals are very alert and will quickly slip into the water at the slightest sound.

So during this waiting period, Sun Chengwu didn't do nothing.

Aside from those practicing harpoon throwing, Sun Chengwu pulled the remaining two-thirds of the group onto the ice and cleared a path between the seals' resting area and the shore.

The snow piled up to form shelters.

Seals have excellent hearing; even the slightest sound of footsteps in the snow can alert them. Therefore, Sun Chengwu required that everyone's shoes be covered with animal skins when they went out.

With the hair on one side and the snow cleared away, it makes almost no sound when you step on the ice.

The only thing to be careful of is not to fall.

As we've lived through this era, many people's shoes are no longer wearable, or some people feel they won't be cold on the plane and will be in a beautiful country after landing, so they wear high heels or flats.

As a result, many people's feet were frostbitten and they developed chilblains.

Initially, they wrapped their feet in clothes, but as they caught more prey, Sun Chengwu had Zhao Na lead people to make shoes out of animal hides.

The Arctic is covered in snow, so walking on it won't hurt your feet, and animal hides are even warmer.

They were used to walking on the snow in animal skin shoes, and their ability to maintain balance was relatively good.

Before setting off, Sun Chengwu reminded everyone, "Be careful when you walk, don't fall."

If you accidentally fall, everyone stop and don't make a sound, understand?

Everyone nodded.

Sun Chengwu waved his hand, "Let's go!"

This time, Sun Chengwu mobilized almost all the men in the camp.

The original group consisted of Da Hei and Er Hei, along with the more than twenty people from the later integrated Bearded Camp, and the more than ten people who were later merged from Xu Hui's group.

All of Li Mu's men were sent by Sun Chengwu to the Hazara villages because they were too unstable.

After what happened with Boss Zhou, Sun Chengwu was glad he did what he did; otherwise, if this group had caused trouble, he would have been in serious trouble.

More than forty people walked towards the ice in a grand procession.

As Sun Chengwu approached the beach, he spotted black seals lying lazily on the white snow, their bellies rolled over.

They've been resting here recently and haven't encountered any danger, so their alertness has dropped to a minimum.

The group slowly made their way towards the seals' resting place along the cleared ice path.

As they entered the ski slope, they walked crouching low, their figures completely hidden by the snow on either side.

The ice surface is transparent, and the bottomless, icy blue seawater below is visible. Occasionally, you can see a few fish swimming under the ice. This wonderful experience gives you the illusion of being in an aquarium.

They moved more than 200 meters, taking more than ten minutes. Several seals glanced warily in their direction, then swam into the water and disappeared.

However, most of the seals remained unaware and stayed on the ice.

The sea breeze is from the opposite direction, so the seals can't smell their scent.

When they got within about twenty meters, Sun Chengwu raised his hand, signaling everyone to stop.

He took out the harpoon and nodded.

Everyone nodded in unison.

They poked their heads out together and aimed at the pack of seals.

By this time, even if the seal notices, it will be too late to escape.

The seal looked up and saw a bunch of heads peeking out from behind the snowdrift.

The spotted seal quickly emitted a series of "ooh ooh ooh" sounds as a warning, and ran towards the sea.

But it was too late.

A dozen or so harpoons were hurled at the group of seals.

Puff puff……

Only two harpoons missed; the rest hit the seal's body.

The seal, in pain, frantically fled underwater.

During the escape, three harpoons broke off their barbs due to insufficient forging or quenching, causing the seal to escape.

But the remaining nine harpoons remained firmly stuck inside the seal's body.

The rope tightened instantly.

The two men holding the rope stepped on the snowdrift, leaned back, and pulled the seal back.

The harpoon thrower immediately stepped forward, pulled out a short knife from his waistband, and swiftly stabbed the seal in the neck in front of the seal that was being held back.

They didn't know where the seal's artery was, but they figured if they stabbed it a few more times, it would eventually cut.

Some seals tried to fight back, and some were bitten and injured.

The ice surface was stained red with blood, which dripped into the seawater, and beneath the surface, a large number of seals fled.

Just then, Sun Chengwu saw several black fish fins breaking through the waves and rushing towards them.

Sun Chengwu felt a chill run down his spine and shouted, "Retreat!"

The fish's fins, carrying a large amount of seawater, crashed into a break in the ice.

With a loud crash, the ice shattered into pieces, and the seals that had just escaped into the sea were left dazed and confused.

Beneath the waves, a black killer whale opened its massive jaws and bit off a seal, causing blood to burst onto the surface of the water in a gruesome display.

The orca pod relentlessly pursued the seals, who had escaped Sun Chengwu's hunt and were once again facing annihilation.