Arctic survival, starting in hell at minus fifty degrees Celsius

Sun Chengwu lay on the ground, inching his way toward the reindeer.

We let it escape last time, but we won't let it get away this time.

The cold air kept penetrating his lungs, and his hands were almost completely frozen from lying on the snow.

He had to stop and breathe on his fingers to warm them, lest he lose his grip on the knife later.

Sun Chengwu was very nervous, and he kept praying that the reindeer would not find him and would not run away.

Gradually, Sun Chengwu approached the reindeer and came within ten meters of them.

Despite being injured, the reindeer remained alert. It immediately stopped moving, pricked up its ears, and scanned its surroundings with its eyes.

Sun Chengwu hid behind a big tree, his body almost buried in the snow.

But the reindeer, having heard some noise, began to paw restlessly at the snow with their front hooves.

Sun Chengwu realized that it wanted to escape, and without hesitation, he suddenly sprang up from the snow and ran wildly toward the reindeer.

The moment the reindeer heard the sound, they took off running.

Even with a limp, it is still very fast.

Sun Chengwu chased after him at top speed, the cold air he inhaled making his lungs ache and causing him to wince in pain.

As the distance continued to close, Sun Chengwu finally approached the reindeer.

He immediately raised his spear and plunged it into the reindeer's soft belly.

Awooo...

The reindeer let out a cry as its belly was pierced by a stone spear, and blood flowed out.

Stimulated by pain, it ran even faster.

However, with the stone spear embedded in its abdomen, the faster it ran and the more violently it struggled, the larger the wound became.

As the reindeer passed a tree, it suddenly turned and the stone spear struck the tree beside it.

Awooo...

With a mournful cry, its abdomen was completely torn apart, and its intestines spilled out.

The reindeer swayed and fell to the ground.

Sun Chengwu chased after the reindeer, pounced on its body, pulled out his military knife, and repeatedly stabbed it in the reindeer's throat.

Pfft... Pfft...

Sun Chengwu ignored the scalding deer blood spraying onto his hands and face.

He only stopped when the reindeer died, then sat on its back, panting heavily, a ferocious smile on his face.

Sun Chengwu wiped the blood off his face haphazardly, leaving five red finger marks, making him look like a savage from a primitive tribe.

He rested briefly, his breath freezing on his eyebrows.

Sun Chengwu took out his military knife and slowly cut open the reindeer's belly, removing its internal organs and filling its belly with snow.

The purpose of this was to prevent the body from decomposing.

This reindeer weighs five or six hundred pounds and needs to be moved in several trips. The first trip will definitely involve moving the most nutritious internal organs.

For wild animals, internal organs are the first part they eat.

Sun Chengwu placed the internal organs in the snow and rubbed them to wash away as much blood as possible.

Pieces of ice had frozen onto the internal organs, which Sun Chengwu lifted up and carried on his shoulder.

After hesitating for a moment, Sun Chengwu threw the entrails on the ground, turned around, grabbed the deer's hoof, took out his military knife, and cut open the deer's ankle.

He was looking for the deer's sinews.

As a medical school graduate and intern, although I didn't know the anatomy of a deer, I still accurately located the deer tendons thanks to my knowledge of animals gained from multiple dissections.

He was worried that the smell of blood would attract brown bears, so he took the deer tendons away in advance to make bows and arrows, thus giving them the means to hunt bears.

Sun Chengwu pulled out four deer tendons in succession, along with their internal organs, and disappeared into the vast snow.

On the way back, Sun Chengwu realized that he had chased the reindeer for more than 500 meters.

On the road, which was covered in white snow, the sound of squirrels stomping on the snow could be heard from time to time overhead.

Apart from that, all that could be heard was his breathing and footsteps.

After walking for more than an hour, Sun Chengwu was exhausted. Lactic acid in his muscles took effect, making his hands and feet feel heavy and painful.

Sun Chengwu had to stop and sit down to rest in the snow.

He removed the entrails and buried them in the snow to prevent passing animals from smelling them.

After a short rest, Sun Chengwu set off again.

When he returned to the camp, almost seven hours had passed since he left.

The group was extremely anxious because they couldn't find Sun Chengwu.

Lin Can went into the mountains several times to follow in Sun Chengwu's footsteps, but she dared not continue after going too deep into the mountains, worried that she would miss Sun Chengwu.

If she gets lost in the mountains again, leaving behind a helpless Su Wanqing and two disabled people, that would be true despair.

Left with no other choice, Lin Can could only make the calmest, and also the most heartless, decision: to wait.

However, she also decided that if Sun Chengwu was not seen by 5 p.m., she would go into the mountains to look for him.

Fortunately, Sun Chengwu returned at noon.

She ran over to meet her from a distance.

Upon seeing the internal organs hanging from Sun Chengwu's body, Lin Can couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "These internal organs... what did you manage to catch?"

Upon seeing Lin Can, Sun Chengwu threw his internal organs onto the snow, lay down on his back, and felt dizzy and weak from exhaustion.

He said weakly, "Get me something to eat."

He gritted his teeth and persevered all the way back, taking several breaks along the way.

Reaching the second half of the journey, I only managed to get back by sheer willpower.

Upon seeing his companions, his anger dissipated, and he could no longer get up.

Lin Can immediately dragged the entrails back to the camp, started a fire, and boiled the few remaining foods they had.

When Su Wanqing saw Sun Chengwu return, she quickly ran over and took out a small handful of nuts.

This is what she saved by not wanting to eat it herself.

She handed it to Sun Chengwu and said, "Eat some first to fill your stomach. The broth will take a while to cook."

Sun Chengwu didn't stand on ceremony; after all, they had found a new source of food.

Ignoring the blood on his hands, he took it and stuffed it all into his mouth, chewed it a couple of times, and swallowed it.

When thirsty, I would grab a handful of snow and put it in my mouth.

It turned into water in a short while.

However, his body heat was also dissipating rapidly, and he wouldn't dare to eat snow if he weren't near the camp.

In the frigid Arctic, eating snow to cool down can be deadly.

After eating something, Sun Chengwu's hypoglycemia symptoms improved considerably, and with Su Wanqing's support, he staggered back to the camp.

Sun Chengwu reminded him, "We have to go together this afternoon. Except for Zhao Na, whose leg is injured, Huang Shi, you should go too."

I killed a reindeer, and the meat needs to be brought back before dark.

Upon hearing the word "reindeer," everyone's mouths dropped open in astonishment.

After holding it in for a while, Huang Shi gave a thumbs up and said, "Brother Sun, you're awesome."

Lin Can asked in surprise, "How did you do that?"

Sun Chengwu recounted how he caught a rabbit, discovered an injured reindeer, and chased after it.

Although his description was plain, the more so, the more deafening it became to the ears of the crowd.

For modern people, the idea of ​​hunting a reindeer weighing five or six hundred pounds only exists in novels and movies.