Chapter 419: Chapter 419
The snow grew thicker and thicker, impacting their march, the cold wind on the snow mountain cut like a knife, stinging the face painfully. The old squad leader ahead turned around and shouted:
"Comrades! Watch your step!"
The snow on the mountain had already reached above their shins, making it impossible to see the road conditions underfoot as they trudged along.
Some soldiers’ legs had already cracked from the cold.
With each step, as they pulled out their legs, what was lifted was snow stained with blood, forming a long red mark on the rugged snow mountain.
In the snow mountain, with temperatures below ten or twenty degrees Celsius.
They relied solely on thin military uniforms and leggings to forge ahead... Those red marks were soon covered by wind and snow.
The old squad leader and platoon leaders placed the explored markers in prominent places, to show the main force behind them which way to go.
The team in front stopped, the old squad leader shouted:
As he said this, he reached out with the stick in his hand and probed downwards.
The snow beneath the old squad leader suddenly collapsed! Googlᴇ search novel_fіre.net
His entire body slid uncontrollably downward.
The two soldiers behind him quickly grabbed hold, and the soldiers behind them also reacted quickly and caught on.
Only then did the old squad leader not fall.
When they pulled the old squad leader up, everyone looked at the fracture zone in front of them with a mixture of surprise and uncertainty.
They had just walked on the edge of life and death.
The old squad leader gasped for breath:
"This path is impassable."
No one had any objections.
They immediately changed direction.
The team marched for about another two hours, and the sky was gradually getting dark.
However, the snow mountain ahead still showed no end.
Liu Chen’s heart was cold as ice; if they spent the night here, wouldn’t they freeze to death?
As he thought about this, he took out a marker and stuck it in the snow.
But the marker in his hand suddenly fell down.
Liu Chen glanced down and suddenly realized something was wrong. His right hand had already turned purple-black from frostbite, and his fingers were completely numb.
He had just brought out the marker, not even holding it up.
It was simply because all sensations, including pain, had been minimized, so he hadn’t noticed.
the Blue Star viewers in the live broadcast room were unsettled, and those with medical knowledge conveyed their thoughts to Liu Chen.
[This is severe frostbite! If it’s not treated, the fingers will necrose!]
[Hypothermia in the snow is a silent killer... fingers turning black is already a late-stage symptom.]
[It’s over, given the current situation, amputation might be necessary!]
[Forget about amputation, the streamer might not even make it down, possibly freezing to death on the snow mountain.]
[There are three ways to save the streamer’s hand: 1. Stop moving, 2. Warm the hand, 3. Emergency hospital treatment, but the streamer doesn’t have these options right now...]
Rescue methods for the hand exist, but it’s obvious there isn’t the condition for it now.
The situation now is that they’ve climbed the snow mountain for half a day; they can’t stop, they can’t go further, and they can’t go back. Forget about warming up, emergency medical aid isn’t available here.
We can say that Liu Chen’s hand is definitely beyond saving.
Liu Chen also didn’t know what to do, having cleverly crossed the Jinsha River and captured Luding Bridge, would he really freeze to death here?
The young soldier behind him saw Liu Chen placing the marker and then dazing off, so he went up to him:
"Brother Liu, you..."
Liu Chen suddenly came back to his senses, quickly planted the marker, and tucked his hand into his chest:
"It’s nothing, let’s keep moving."
After saying this, he continued to move forward.
But as it was getting darker, they still hadn’t found a safe spot for the night.
As the sun set, the temperature plummeted.
He didn’t know how long they had been climbing.
Liu Chen estimated that they must have reached almost 4000 meters, inspecting the surrounding environment.
A sudden sound of something falling into the snow came from behind him.
Liu Chen turned around to look.
There was only a human-shaped outline in the snow, and the soldiers around him and Liu Chen hurried over.
They brushed away the snow and pulled the soldier out from inside.
It was the young soldier who had called Liu Chen "Brother Liu" earlier. His face was already livid, lips purple, showing apparent symptoms of high-altitude reaction and frostbite.
The young soldier was already in a state of confusion.
His hand trembled as he reached into his pocket, pulled out a piece of hardened dry food, and handed it to Liu Chen, trying weakly to say something.
But his arm finally drooped powerlessly.
Liu Chen looked at the piece of dry food in his frostbitten hand in silence, while the others also saw Liu Chen’s frostbitten hand.
They moved the young soldier aside, covering him simply afterwards.
Someone wanted to check on Liu Chen’s hand, but Liu Chen merely waved them off, looking at the dry food the young soldier handed over, he contemplated.
He took out his piece of dry food from his pocket as well, and handed it to the old squad leader.
The old squad leader was taken aback:
Liu Chen gave a wry smile:
"I may not be able to go any further."
"Better to leave them for someone else."
Although the scenario could dull various pain and sensations, they were only blocked; the body remained the same. Liu Chen felt that his body was becoming somewhat uncontrollable.
And at this moment, the snow mountain hadn’t solidified, it was unlikely he could continue.
The old squad leader was silent for a moment, then nodded heavily and accepted the rations.
The team continued to march forward.
But Liu Chen’s situation was getting worse, even though all sensations had been minimized.
But after being frostbitten, his body began to stumble along instinctively.
Liu Chen felt unable to control his body, even though the settings were as low as possible; the kinds of pain he shouldn’t be feeling seemed to have surpassed the limits of his body.