Arctic survival, starting in hell at minus fifty degrees Celsius

Sun Chengwu took off his clothes, first gently wiping himself with seawater, then fell into the sea, holding his dry clothes, pants and shoes above his head, and swimming towards the slope with his other hand holding his suitcase.

The icy seawater sent a shiver down Sun Chengwu's spine. His head buzzed, his vision went black, and all his senses went numb.

He couldn't even feel the cold; he just felt himself shivering uncontrollably, his limbs wouldn't obey him, his lips were trembling, and his teeth were chattering.

He dared not immerse himself in seawater for too long, as the low temperatures could easily cause frostbite and permanent damage to his organs.

This time, Su Wanqing didn't wait for Old Man Xu to kick her; she closed her eyes and jumped down after Sun Chengwu.

After Su Wanqing fell into the water, she stood upright, feeling as if countless needles were piercing her body from the icy seawater.

She screamed in surprise, lost her grip on the suitcase, and nearly sank in.

Fortunately, at the last moment, Sun Chengwu grabbed her wrist and dragged her onto his suitcase.

Old Xu followed closely behind, not only holding his own suitcase tightly, but also dragging Su Wanqing's suitcase over.

The three of them huddled together, kicking the water as they swam toward the shore.

Behind them, many survivors followed Sun Chengwu's martial arts and fell into the sea.

They might not have Sun Chengwu's physical fitness; many of them were hungry, and the cold water shock caused them to faint on the spot.

If you're lucky, your friend will rescue you.

Those who are unlucky will sink into the sea, and when they float back up, they will be under some ice floe and eventually drown.

Nature is fair; it treats every survivor fairly.

Sun Chengwu couldn't feel anything below his neck; his kicks were mechanical, and he couldn't even feel his calves.

Twenty minutes later, Sun Chengwu reached the edge of the slope.

From a distance, the ice surface appears to be level with the sea surface, but upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that the ice surface is a full half meter away from the sea surface.

Normally, I could easily climb that half meter with a gentle push.

But now, it seems like an insurmountable chasm, one that can't be climbed no matter what.

Old Xu's stamina surprised Sun Chengwu. The old man performed even better than him in the icy seawater. Although he was also cold, he was not as numb as he and Su Wanqing.

Sun Chengwu gritted his teeth and said to Old Man Xu, "We'll drag you up first, and then we'll pull you up after you're up."

He helped Old Xu climb onto the suitcase, supporting Old Xu's legs with both hands.

Old Xu pushed off with his feet and climbed up.

His body was covered in ice and snow, and he cried out in pain, "Damn it, I'm freezing to death!"

Old Xu rubbed his thin, bony body. He had no clothes to wear, and when the cold wind blew, his teeth chattered.

It's colder outside the sea than inside it.

Old Xu didn't forget that Sun Chengwu and Su Wanqing were still soaking in the seawater, so he immediately reached out and grabbed Su Wanqing's arm.

Sun Chengwu lifted Su Wanqing from below and pushed her ashore.

Su Wanqing screamed as her feet touched the ice and began running across it.

Old Xu grabbed her and said, "Girl, don't run anymore. You'll get cold no matter how you run. Quickly pull Xiao Sun up."

Su Wanqing curled up and reached out her hand to Sun Chengwu.

With the help of the two men, Sun Chengwu climbed ashore.

As soon as he got ashore, a cold wind blew, making it even more biting cold, and Sun Chengwu had some difficulty breathing.

The wind felt like a knife, or a steel needle, piercing into his very bones.

Despite the pain, Sun Chengwu lay on the ice and dragged the suitcases up one by one.

Airplane fuel is not waterproof, and most of the fuel mixed with seawater in their suitcases leaked out.

But at least some of them can be preserved.

Sun Chengwu dried himself off and wrapped his clothes tightly around himself, but the chill still kept seeping in through the gaps in his clothes.

Based on the knowledge I learned from the textbook, he should be suffering from hypothermia.

Looking at Su Wanqing, she also looked half-dead, her face pale, her lips white, and there was no color in her skin.

But looking at Old Man Xu, his face was rosy and he looked radiant. He wasn't even wearing any clothes; he was just standing there in the freezing snow.

Upon seeing this scene, Sun Chengwu had a bad feeling.

He immediately grabbed Old Man Xu, pulled the clothes over his body, and shouted to Su Wanqing, "Quick, help! Hold him down!"

Old Xu was extremely excited at this moment. He took off the clothes that Sun Chengwu had put on and cursed loudly, "Are you trying to make this old man die of heat, you little brat?"

"No, no, take it off!"

broken!

When the human body is hypothermic, it will compress all its energy to raise its body temperature.

This results in a situation where, even though a person is almost frozen to death, they can still feel extreme heat.

Its defining characteristic is taking off its clothes.

This is why many people, before freezing to death, will unusually take off all their clothes.

No wonder Old Xu acted so strangely in the seawater; it turns out he was suffering from severe hypothermia, and his body activated its protective mechanism.

Once this protective mechanism is lost, Old Xu's organs will fail due to hypothermia, ischemia, and hypoxia, and multiple areas of his body will suffer necrosis.

Even modern medicine is powerless to reverse this situation, let alone in such a freezing and snowy place.

Sun Chengwu pounced on Old Man Li, pinning him to the ground, and shouted to Su Wanqing, "Help him get dressed!"

At this point, Sun Chengwu wasn't sure if he could save Old Man Xu.

But at least give it a try.

Soon, Sun Chengwu had wrapped Old Xu up like a dumpling, and even took off one of his own clothes and put it on Old Xu's head.

At this point, Old Xu had completely lost his mind and was struggling incessantly.

At this moment, more survivors followed behind. Following Sun Chengwu's method, they helped each other climb out of the sea.

Sun Chengwu turned to them and asked, "Does anyone have anything that can start a fire?"

Since the fuel wouldn't start, he had to rely on other things.

The survivors rummaged through their bags.

Just then, a girl with frozen hair pulled a small bottle of perfume out of her bag and asked, "Will this work?"

Sun Chengwu didn't know either, so he could only say, "Let's give it a try!"

At that moment, someone else took out a small bottle of hairspray. "I have this."

Sun Chengwu's eyes lit up. "That's a good idea!"

Sun Chengwu said, "Everyone took out a dry piece of clothing and piled them together."

Everyone was freezing cold. Without fire, at least half of the people present would have died.

The remaining people will also die within three days due to excessive body temperature.

In order to survive, no one contradicted Sun Chengwu's words at this moment. In the extreme cold, they had almost lost their ability to think. If someone could still give them orders, they would do so immediately.

This is the instinct for survival, and the brain's last struggle to stay alive.