Arctic survival, starting in hell at minus fifty degrees Celsius

Sun Chengwu never expected to meet the bald man here. This man was the lost Russian he had rescued last time.

He looked at the familiar faces and asked, "What are you all doing here?"

Sun Chengwu did not see Su Wanqing and the others; there were only a dozen or so people in the cave, all of whom were Russians.

The bald man stood up, walked over and put his arm around Sun Chengwu, laughing loudly as he said, "After we left last time, we wanted to bring our people to join you, but we got lost."

Later, they encountered a polar bear.

We originally intended to eat that polar bear, but who would have thought it would be so ferocious? We couldn't defeat it, and it chased us all the way here.

I thought I was going to die.

Fortunately, there is a cave here.

It's warm here, so we'll stay here for now and plan to go out and find you again in a while.

"By the way, what are you doing here?"

Sun Chengwu could understand most of what the bald man said, and for the parts he couldn't understand, he could guess from the context and still get it pretty close. "My companion has gone missing."

I followed the footprints and found this place.

The bald man thought seriously for a while and asked, "I think I've seen your companions before. Two days ago, when we went out hunting, we saw a group of people crossing the ridge."

One of the women and one of the men looked familiar.

I wanted to help.

They saw us as if they'd seen a ghost and ran away in a panic.

The bald man spread his hands and said helplessly, "Brother, it's really not that I don't want to help you, it's just that they ran too fast."

Sun Chengwu stared at the bald man, recalling the arrow marks he'd found on the tree trunk, and asked, "You really didn't know?"

The bald man was a little unhappy. "Hey, bro, are you doubting me?"

"If I really catch them, you will definitely see them; we have nothing here."

Sun Chengwu also felt that the bald man had no reason to lie to him.

However, the footprints did indeed follow them to the Great Rift Valley, and there were indeed traces of arrows left at the scene.

Sun Chengwu reassured him, "Don't get agitated. I'm not doubting you; I'm just asking."

The bald man put his arm around Sun Chengwu's neck and said, "It's fate that we've all met. Let's eat first, and we'll talk after we finish eating."

The bald man handed Sun Chengwu a piece of dried meat.

Sun Chengwu's pupils contracted the moment he saw the dried meat.

This is their meat.

Sun Chengwu was very certain, absolutely certain.

Because they didn't have time to cut the jerky, the women did it.

The meat was frozen solid, and the women weren't strong enough, so the cut edges had many irregular knife marks.

Of course, based solely on this, Sun Chengwu was not certain that this was their flesh.

Also, the size of the meat pieces and how to preserve them.

Sun Chengwu and his team did not preserve raw meat. Instead, they first rendered the fat to extract the oil, and then froze the remaining meat for preservation.

The oil can be eaten or used to make oil lamps.

Meat scraps can be used to make soup or eaten directly. The remaining oil and protein can still provide the body with the energy it needs.

Surely all these coincidences can't all be just coincidences?

Sun Chengwu calmly took the food, took a bite, and tentatively asked, "Which way did they run off to?"

Sun Chengwu kept his eyes fixed on the bald man's.

The bald man's gaze darted around, and he said, "They ran down the mountain."

Sun Chengwu nodded.

He's currently in someone else's camp; acting rashly would put him in danger.

He stood up and said, "In that case, I won't disturb you any longer."

I need to find my companions; they're in danger, and I can't stay here and waste time.

The bald man was taken aback for a moment, then nodded.

But then, one of the Russians, a burly man who looked like a brown bear and was covered in hair, spoke up, "Hey, wait a minute."

Sun Chengwu's hand was already on the hilt of the knife.

His heart also jumped into his throat.

If all else fails, we'll have to take action.

The burly man said, "Lev, tell him the truth."

The bald man hesitated for a moment before saying, "Sun Chengwu, actually your men... should already be dead."

Don't get your hopes up too high; I saw them fall off the cliff with my own eyes.

Sun Chengwu whirled around, staring intently at the bald man, and asked, "What did you say?"

The bald man took a deep breath and began to explain, "Actually, I just lied to you. They didn't run away; something happened to them."

When we found your people, many of them were already injured.

It was too dark, I didn't see the murderer, I only saw people chasing them.

They ran towards the Great Rift Valley.

Then someone fell off the cliff.

I wanted to save them, so I fought off the pursuers. But when I turned around, they were gone.

These foods are yours.

Since we found that none of your people were there, we brought the food back.

We...we lacked food, and that's why we kept it from you—we wanted to keep the food for ourselves.

Feel sorry."

When Sun Chengwu heard the news, his head buzzed.

It would be better to tell him that Su Wanqing and the others had been arrested by them.

Sun Chengwu stared at the bald man and asked, "Are you sure they all fell off the cliff?"

The bald man shook his head. "I don't know. I saw many people fall off the cliff. Maybe some are still alive."

But we've searched the surrounding area and haven't seen anyone alive.

Sun Chengwu took a deep breath, his face ashen. "Who attacked them?"

The bald man shook his head again, "I don't know, I didn't see it clearly."

The burly man said, "Sun Chengwu, I've heard Lev mention you before. Our two countries, China and Russia, have always had a very good friendship."

After thinking it over, I feel I shouldn't keep it from you.

Consider this food a loan from you; we will definitely return it.

Sun Chengwu didn't know whether he should trust them.

There are no witnesses here, so even if they killed his people and fabricated this lie, he wouldn't be able to tell if it's true or false.

He didn't believe everyone was dead.

The priority now is to find the survivors.

Sun Chengwu looked at Da Bai and Xiao Bai; now they were the only ones he could rely on.

Sun Chengwu didn't say much and led the Hadza people outside.

After Sun Chengwu left, the bald man looked at the burly man and said helplessly, "Boss, didn't you say you'd keep it from him?"

The burly man said, "He's not stupid; he's already figured out that the food belongs to those people."

Rather than continuing to hide it and play the villain, it's better to do him a favor.

Anyway, this has nothing to do with us; we just found their food.

Did you notice his expression just now?

There must be someone very important to him among those people.

If we can help him, we will gain his friendship, which is far more valuable than these foods.

The bald man nodded, seemingly understanding, "Should I go help him?"

The burly man said, "Take your men and go help him out. Start by showing him some goodwill."

I believe that no matter the final outcome, he will thank us.

The bald man agreed, "Okay."