Arctic survival, starting in hell at minus fifty degrees Celsius

Lin Can packed the tent into his backpack, looked up, and explained to him.

"Everyone's worldview and values ​​are different, and the values ​​they have been taught since childhood are different. You don't need to care what they do, as long as they can take responsibility for their actions."

He didn't morally blackmail us into helping him.

They didn't steal our food, they just took some bones that we didn't want.

The food was a gift from us.

He said he would repay it, and I believe that if he comes back alive, he will definitely repay it.

Do you have any other questions?

Huang Shi understood. "You mean, he knew he was going to die, but he still went back, right?"

Lin Can nodded thoughtfully, "If that's how you want to understand it, then it's fine too."

Su Wanqing brewed needle leaf tea, then ground the nuts into powder and cooked a pot of thick porridge.

The taste is hard to describe.

But the taste is alright.

Sun Chengwu put down the still-smoking fire tumbler, took a bite of nut porridge, and exclaimed, "The ancients were truly ingenious; they could even invent the fire tumbler. I've been studying it for a while now, and all I can do is make the fire burn a little slower; it's far from achieving the long-term storage capabilities of the fire tumbler."

This one I made will only last three days at most, unless I keep adding fuel.

When Sun Chengwu made it, he added fuel oil, resin, sawdust, and cotton wool.

Soaking sawdust and cotton wool in fuel oil will keep the fire from going out.

The resin can accelerate combustion and create flames after the lid is opened.

Although it was made a bit crudely, it was still usable and the embers were preserved.

Seeing Sun Chengwu and Lin Can's actions, Huang Shi asked in confusion, "Are you... leaving?"

Sun Chengwu explained, "Our camp has been discovered, and after you cleared out that squirrel's nest, it certainly won't be stupid enough to come back. There's also a brown bear nearby, so it's not worth keeping it around."

Better safe than sorry, let's leave. Anyway, we're looking for Inuit people. If we eat the nuts we find sparingly, they should last at least three days.

If you're just maintaining the body's most basic energy levels, seven days is sufficient.

Lin Can chimed in, "That's right, exactly."

Su Wanqing didn't think too much about it; wherever Sun Chengwu went, she would go too.

As a woman who had no skills whatsoever, she knew very well that what she needed to do was not to cause trouble.

Huang Shi slammed his fist on his head in frustration, hating his own slow reaction. "Looks like I was the only one who didn't realize it."

After the meal, Sun Chengwu covered the fire with snow to prevent it from starting a fire.

Don't assume that snow and cold weather will prevent forest fires.

Conversely, the drier the climate, the easier it is for trees to catch fire.

Sun Chengwu also considered setting the entire forest ablaze; once the fire started, it would definitely be noticed by satellites.

They won't have to worry about heating for a while.

Perhaps we can find some burned animals in the forest to eat.

But if you think about it carefully, in an environment like the Arctic, each tree takes decades to grow to the height of a tree in the south in just one year.

It's unknown how long it took for a forest of this size to form.

If a fire were to burn it down, it would inevitably cause damage to the Earth's ecosystem, and it could take hundreds of years to recover.

Moreover, the trees here are not dense, so burning only burns a small area and will not cause much of a stir.

Even if international teams come to help with the firefighting, they may not be able to find them.

Finding them doesn't necessarily mean you can save them.

If it is discovered that they set the fire, they may face international condemnation.

With the development of online media, if they are doxxed, not only will they be condemned internationally, but their families will also suffer cyberbullying.

Sun Chengwu is not an environmentalist; he simply weighed the pros and cons and felt that the disadvantages outweighed the advantages.

Some things are okay to do, and some things are better left undone.

Even if he dies here, he'll accept it.

Lin Can is a travel blogger and a very smart one; she must have thought about it too.

The reason she didn't bring it up is probably because she had the same thought.

Su Wanqing probably didn't expect this.

Huang Shi, he might have thought about it, but he just didn't have the guts.

After tidying up, Sun Chengwu picked up the charcoal from the snow, which could be used to start a fire next time.

In certain extreme cases, it may be edible.

The four continued along the forest, and along the way, Sun Chengwu saw a grouse and an Arctic musk deer.

The musk deer is over two meters tall at the shoulder, and when it stands there, it looks like a small truck. If it swings its two antlers casually and bumps into a nearby tree, the snow on the tree will fall down in a flurry.

Unfortunately, he had no weapons on him, otherwise Sun Chengwu would have really wanted to try hunting the musk deer.

One musk deer could feed the four of them for two months.

At least we can get through the coldest period.

Snowflakes continued to fall from the sky, and the snow on the ground grew deeper and deeper, making it increasingly difficult for them to walk.

Instead of heading up the mountain, they walked along the mountainside.

After a while, the sound of waves came from ahead. The ice field below the mountain had turned into a vast ocean at some point, with ice floes floating on the surface and glaciers occasionally collapsing from the shore.

Boom!

The glacier slid into the sea, creating huge waves. Two seals swam to the shore and hopped along the bank, their paws flashing.

Su Wanqing's eyes lit up, and she pointed at the seal, shouting, "Look, it's a seal!"

What Sun Chengwu saw was not a seal, but food.

If you can't hunt musk deer, you can always try hunting seals.

He and Lin Can exchanged a glance, and Lin Can shook his head. "Seals are too big, with thick skin and a thick layer of fat. They can't be killed without special weapons."

Sun Chengwu desperately needed the oil from the seal's body. He put down his suitcase, wrapped his general's knife around a tree branch to make a makeshift spear, and headed down the mountain.

"I'll give it a try."

Wading through the heavy snow, Sun Chengwu arrived at the foot of the mountain.

Near the sea, there wasn't much snow. Occasionally, a few pieces of ice floes would wash ashore on the black pebble beach, forming a continuous stretch that was slippery and difficult to walk on.

The two seals must have been passing by, tired from swimming, and came ashore to rest for a while.

Since walking wasn't an option, Sun Chengwu simply lay down on the ice and slowly moved towards the two seals.

At this point, one of the seals went back into the water.

Their bodies slid from the ice into the sea, as smooth as Dove chocolate on a rainy day.

The other one followed closely behind.

Seeing that his prey was about to escape, Sun Chengwu immediately stood up and threw his spear at the seal that was lagging behind.

Ding!

The dagger pierced the broken ice, sending ice shards flying.

The seal was startled and slipped into the water.

Sun Chengwu walked over, picked up the spear, and saw a seal peeking out from underneath.

He thrust the seal forcefully into the seawater, and it sank, its black silhouette disappearing further and further into the distance beneath the ice.