Arctic survival, starting in hell at minus fifty degrees Celsius

Sun Chengwu had originally thought that a fierce conflict would break out between the two groups that had just fought, but to his surprise, the next day, the two sides started to put their arms around each other and joke around.

Baldy and Williams became friends after a fight, and they developed a mutual respect for each other. Unable to determine a winner in their fight, they decided to learn from each other.

Williams studied Russian, Baldy studied English, and they also studied Chinese together. They studied even harder every day than Sun Chengwu did when he was preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination.

This led to a rapid improvement in their language skills, and they quickly mastered some everyday vocabulary.

Of course, they're still a long way from having a real conversation, since no one is a genius like Ataya.

After Ataya left the Hadza village, she would sit at the entrance of the camp every day, staring blankly eastward for a long time.

She is already proficient in multiple languages ​​and can communicate with everyone without any problems.

She achieved in just one month what Sun Chengwu had worked on for three months.

Sun Chengwu sat down next to Ataya and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Ataya snapped out of her daze and saw Sun Chengwu.

Sun Chengwu was like another older brother to her, not only teaching her a lot of new and interesting knowledge, but also broadening her horizons.

Now, her thoughts are no longer confined to a small village.

She said, "I miss my brother."

Do you think he'll die?

Sun Chengwu was stunned for a moment, then said, "No, your brother is very smart and cunning. He won't get into trouble so easily."

Ataya asked doubtfully, "Slippery?"

It was another unfamiliar word she had never encountered before.

Sun Chengwu explained, "It means being very smart, able to detect crises quickly, and able to run away fast."

Ataya responded with an "oh," her worry lessening considerably. "My brother is very cunning; he'll definitely be able to run away if he's in danger."

Sun Chengwu glanced at the glacier to the east. After several heavy snowfalls, the glacier was covered with snow, looking like a thick cotton candy.

He stood up and asked, "I'm planning to go up there, do you want to come with me?"

Ataya asked, "What's over there?"

Sun Chengwu smiled and said, "You have an older sister over there."

Ataya didn't quite understand what her sister was doing on the glacier.

From a young age, her parents told her not to climb glaciers carelessly, because there are many deadly crevasses underneath, covered with snow. If you step into one, you will fall into a crevice in the glacier.

She frowned, like a little adult, "It's dangerous up there, there are holes that eat people."

Sun Chengwu nodded and replied, "I know, but I have this."

He took out the map that Lin Can had painstakingly completed.

Ataya didn't quite understand what Sun Chengwu meant, but out of trust in him, she followed him anyway.

It took the two of them more than two hours to climb to the mountainside of the glacier.

Because of the snow, Sun Chengwu was extra careful, repeatedly checking the location of the pits on the map.

Even so, he would take a two-meter-long pole and repeatedly poke at the snow to make sure no new holes had formed underneath.

After half a day of climbing, the two arrived at the location where Lin Can died.

Sun Chengwu stopped, cleared the snow around the blood cave with a pole, sat down nearby, and glanced into the cave.

It was still unfathomably deep inside.

But Sun Chengwu seemed to feel a gaze upon him.

He looked towards the cave entrance and asked, "Lin Can, is that you?"

For a fleeting moment, Sun Chengwu thought Lin Can was still alive.

But then he shook his head. At such a height, and for such a long time, whether it was the temperature, the food, or the injuries, Lin Can wouldn't survive.

Ataya didn't quite understand why Sun Chengwu was suddenly so sad.

She asked疑惑地问道, "Is that woman a good friend of yours?"

Sun Chengwu hummed in agreement, "Not really. Actually, I didn't have much interaction with her, but we did go through life and death together."

After going through those things, our relationship became closer.

Ataya then asked, "What does 'to live and die together' mean?"

Sun Chengwu explained, "We went through some very dangerous things together, where we could have died at any moment."

I survived, but she fell.

That's why I miss her so much.

Ataya didn't quite understand. "Death is a release, a return to the embrace of our ancestors, so why be sad?"

Sun Chengwu found it difficult to explain to her, so he could only tell her in the simplest and most understandable way, "This is part of our culture. Just like your tribe has some differences in lifestyle compared to other tribes, so do we."

Ataya nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

The things her brother said today were very strange; they were things that Sister Su Wanqing would never teach her.

She also began to think deeply about what Sun Chengwu had said.

Sun Chengwu lay in the snow, saying goodbye to Lin Can. "Lin Can, I'm sorry, it's very likely that I won't be able to come and see you for a long time."

We need to leave here temporarily; we don't know how long this trip will take.

We plan to look for a new campsite after New Year's Day.

Once we find it, we will move it.

It might be a few months, or it might never come back.

But I promise, if rescue comes, I will definitely come back to see you.

If I am able to do so in the future, I will try to bring your remains home.

You may be lonely for a while afterward.

Sun Chengwu took out some food that he had prepared in advance from his clothes.

"These krill and meat were hard to eat during that time, and you couldn't bear to eat them."

They want to give the food to us men, and they even say that we did more work than you.

Keep these for yourself.

Lin Can, we barely spoke a few words when you were alive.

Unexpectedly, after you passed away, we've started talking more.

Sun Chengwu got up and exhaled a puff of white breath. His hands and feet were a little sore from lying still for so long.

Especially in my toes, I felt a sharp pain, which is a sign of frostbite.

He said sadly, "Lin Can, I have to go now. See you next time."

Sun Chengwu took Ataya back to the camp.

In contrast to Sun Chengwu's disappointment, the camp was bustling with activity.

Christmas is just around the corner, and New Year's Day is also coming soon.

Originally, some people suggested celebrating the two holidays together, but there was a lot of debate about whether to celebrate New Year's Day or Christmas.

Sun Chengwu had no intention of changing other people's culture, so in the end they decided to separate.

After all, many people in China celebrate Christmas quite often.

For Sun Chengwu, Christmas was just about eating an apple, but for these Europeans, it meant eating turkey, Christmas trees, bread, and so on.

Instead of turkey, we used wild pheasants that we used to hunt.

There was no bread, but there was white flour from the Hadza people, which could be used to make steamed buns.

They don't have yeast, so they can't ferment.

As for the Christmas tree, the bald man had already led his men to cut it down three kilometers away.