Arctic survival, starting in hell at minus fifty degrees Celsius

Zhao Na clutched her twisted left leg, rolling and howling in pain in the snow, tears streaming down her face.

"My leg...my leg is broken!"

Wang Yu! Save me! Please, don't leave me!

Wang Yu had already reached the edge of the woods. Upon hearing Zhao Na's shout, he only paused slightly without turning his head. Instead, he ran even faster and disappeared into the darkness in the blink of an eye.

Sun Chengwu didn't stop walking and caught up to the edge of the woods in just a few steps.

Huang Shi and Lin Can followed immediately. Su Wanqing hesitated for a moment, then gripped the wooden stick in her hand and followed as well.

Despite her broken leg, Zhao Na continued to crawl desperately forward in the snow, trying to escape the crowd.

She trembled all over, her face covered in cold sweat mixed with snow water, and she let out suppressed cries of pain.

She heard footsteps approaching behind her and was terrified.

Looking back, he saw that Sun Chengwu had caught up and was climbing forward even faster.

"No...don't come any closer! I was wrong! I was really wrong! Please, please let me go!"

She cried out incoherently, desperately digging at the snow and dead branches with her hands, dragging her broken leg forward a little further.

The excruciating pain and limited mobility caused by her broken leg prevented her from moving quickly. Sun Chengwu caught up with her in just a few steps.

Zhao Na felt despair, and a surge of resentment and unwillingness rushed to her head.

She suddenly stopped crawling, half-propped herself up, and screamed at the top of her lungs, filled with resentment, towards the dark forest where Wang Yu had disappeared:

"Wang Yu! You bastard! You beast! You just abandoned me and ran away!"

You said you'd protect me for life! You said you'd never abandon me no matter what!

You liar! You bastard! You deserve to die a horrible death!

As she cursed, she grabbed whatever was at hand and threw it haphazardly into the darkness.

"I gave up so much for you! And you actually...you actually...ah!" Zhao Na was completely desperate halfway through her outburst.

Wang Yu ran further and further away, showing no intention of turning back to help her.

Zhao Na tried to move her body again, but the broken leg was pulled, and another wave of excruciating pain struck her. She screamed in agony and collapsed completely into the snow, leaving only wailing and intermittent cursing.

"You bastard...you'll die a horrible death...I'll haunt you even as a ghost...waaaaah..."

Sun Chengwu stood a few steps away from her, his stone spear hanging at his side, coldly watching her.

Huang Shi and Lin Can also arrived. Looking at Zhao Na, who was in a sorry state on the ground, their expressions were complicated.

Su Wanqing turned her face away, unable to bear to look any longer.

Seeing Zhao Na clutching her broken leg and wailing in the snow, Huang Shi spat out a mouthful of saliva: "Damn it, serves her right!"

That bastard ran fast!

Brother Sun, what should we do with this woman?

"Just leave it here to fend for itself?"

Lin Can frowned, remained silent, and looked at Sun Chengwu.

Although Su Wanqing felt reluctant, she knew that now was not the time to be soft-hearted, so she pursed her lips and stood behind Lin Can.

Sun Chengwu stared at Zhao Na, who was already on the ground and was on the verge of a mental breakdown, with cold eyes, but did not make a decision immediately.

He looked back at the faint firelight of the camp, then at the pitch-black, perilous forest.

Wang Yu ran away, but this woman has a broken leg; she'll surely die if left here.

But he also found it hard to bring himself to kill Zhao Na.

After all, he still retained a sliver of humanity.

"Take him back first." Sun Chengwu paused for a few seconds before speaking, "Ask her where Wang Yu might be hiding. We have to find him. I can't sleep peacefully with someone watching me from the shadows."

Sun Chengwu stepped forward, ignoring Zhao Na's screams and struggles, and together with Huang Shi, each on one side, roughly dragged her up from the snow.

When Zhao Na's broken leg was touched, she let out a pig-like scream, but no one showed her any pity at that moment.

The two men half-dragged, half-carried her back to the campfire.

Back in the firelight, Zhao Na collapsed to the ground, drenched in sweat from the pain.

Was she in a sorry state at this moment? Perhaps she realized her predicament and was just sobbing softly.

Lin Can handed her a wooden cup of warm water, but Zhao Na didn't even look at it; she just curled up and trembled.

"Speak,"

Sun Chengwu sat by the fire and looked at Zhao Na, "What happened after you ran away?"

In this freezing weather, you couldn't possibly be homeless, otherwise you would have died long ago.

Where did Wang Yu go?

Zhao Na initially just cried and didn't say anything.

Huang Shi kicked a nearby rock impatiently, making a sound. "Damn it, you're asking for it, aren't you!"

Zhao Na shuddered in fright, and finally spoke haltingly, her voice hoarse and numb with despair:

"After we got separated, we wanted to find a warm place, but we got lost."

The snow was falling heavier and heavier, and we almost froze to death.

We finally found a cave, and inside... there was some kind of animal droppings inside.

We survived for several days on that meager food, eating snow when we were thirsty...

And then I saw you guys.

I told you I needed your help because Wang Yu said he wanted to steal it.

He said that if we voluntarily leave the group, you definitely won't be friendly to us, and you won't help us...

It's all his fault, not mine. You have to believe me!

She looked up at Sun Chengwu through her teary eyes, then at the others, and cried, "We really had no other choice. We were all starving to death."

I know we were wrong, I shouldn't have helped him hit you.

Please, please give me some food.

Give me a way out. I want to live. I don't want to die.

My legs... my legs hurt so much... waah..."

As she spoke, she reached out to grab Sun Chengwu's trouser leg again.

Sun Chengwu coldly kicked her hand away.

After listening to Zhao Na's tearful account, Huang Shi's face showed a complex expression.

Starving to the point of eating feces, that's just too tragic.

Lin Can sighed, feeling a pang of sympathy.

Su Wanqing's eyes reddened, clearly as she recalled her previous situation.

If she hadn't met Sun Chengwu, she probably would have had an even worse life than Zhao Na.

They might already be dead somewhere, their bodies eaten.

"Brother Sun..."

Huang Shi looked at Sun Chengwu, his tone hesitant.

Sun Chengwu remained expressionless. He stood up from the fire, walked to the stomach pouch containing the food, and took out the two remaining small pieces of roasted seal meat and a handful of cracklings.

He didn't hand it to her, but instead turned around, walked up to her, and squatted down.

Sun Chengwu asked, "Want to eat?"

Zhao Na nodded vigorously and swallowed.

Sun Chengwu said expressionlessly, "Tomorrow at dawn, go into the woods and gather firewood yourself. One bundle of firewood is enough for one bite to eat. If you find any food, give me half of what you bring back, and you can keep the rest. I don't support idlers here, much less ungrateful wretches."

Zhao Na froze for two seconds, then cried out, "My leg is broken..."