Chapter 889 Unexpected (25)
The female hunter did not sleep well that night.
There were many factors that disturbed her sleep quality, such as the howling of the blizzard, the anxiety in her heart, the gaze and whispers of the "devil" outside the house. She spent the whole night in a light sleep. Every crackle of the firewood in the stove would make her eyelashes tremble, and the translucent eyelids were full of people walking and whispering.
This process was very torturous, and the torture ended with an uncontrollable exclamation in the morning of the next day.
Hearing the exclamation that was close to a scream, the female hunter jumped up from the thick fur immediately, took off the wooden bow in a half-kneeling position, drew out an arrow, put it on the bowstring, aimed at the source of the scream, and drew the bow. The fatigue of her whole body seemed to be injected into the wooden bow ready to go through the shrinking and expanding spine.
But after seeing the source of the scream that the bow and arrow were aimed at, she was stunned and slowly put down the wooden bow in her hand.
At the window of the wooden house, Dusha, wearing a bear fur hat, was excitedly leaning on the window sill with both hands, and she was looking out of the open wooden window and chattering something. In the wooden bow of the female hunter, a few snowflakes from outside the window drifted in with the wind, fell on the floor of the wooden house, and were melted by the temperature brought by the fire.
The blizzard stopped.
After realizing this, the female hunter immediately put away the wooden bow and walked quickly to the wooden window. Even Dusha, who had been sarcastic and wanted her to die immediately, didn't want to pay attention to her now, and was fully devoted to the joy of the blizzard stopping.
The cuckoo clock pointed to seven in the morning. Adam, an American who had been on the last shift to keep watch until now, did not show any signs of depression. On the contrary, he was extremely excited to look at the dark world outside the window where the sky was not bright, but the roaring wind and snow had disappeared.
The most surprising and relieved thing is that with the end of the blizzard, those golden-eyed "devils" also disappeared. No ghosts could be seen in the dim coniferous forest. Everything disappeared with the blizzard. Those whispers and black outlines were like illusions in the snowstorm.
"This is true." The hunter's face also surged with joy.
"When did the blizzard stop?" Vika, who also woke up and found this scene, also asked happily.
"Half an hour ago, it suddenly became smaller. I thought it was an illusion at first. I waited by the window for a long time and found that the blizzard really became smaller!" Adam's face was all rosy, highlighting a beaming joy.
"Where are those things?" The hunter asked hurriedly.
"They disappeared with the blizzard. When the blizzard was about to end, they retreated into the depths of the coniferous forest. When the blizzard ended, there was not a single one left."
"Those monsters can only appear in blizzards?" Dusha asked.
"Not necessarily, it may only appear at night, just like the legendary vampires." Adam, an American who is a veteran vampire fan, put forward his own opinion.
"I said that the blizzard here usually does not last more than three days." Compared with the blizzard, Vika was more concerned about the disappearance of the group of demons. He breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help saying.
After saying that, he looked at the KGB lieutenant colonel beside him. Everyone looked at the iron tower-like man vaguely. After all, it was him who "alarmist" at the beginning that the blizzard might not pass for several days. As a result, they found that the lieutenant colonel's expression at this moment was not embarrassed or relaxed at all. Instead, it was as deep as a pool of water as always, and the eyes under the dark eyebrows stared at the depths of the coniferous forest without blinking.
"Okay, now that the blizzard is over, we should consider leaving here." Adam hurriedly said to smooth things over. He seemed to be afraid that someone would suddenly say something weird, which would make the lieutenant colonel unhappy and cause a conflict. Now their top priority is to escape from here.
"How far is this place from the town? I got lost here and don't know the distance." Adam looked at Vika and the female hunter, two locals.
"Two hours' journey. It's okay in the forest. If it's on the road, considering the deep snow on the road after the blizzard, it will probably take about three to four hours." Vika calculated and said.
"Five hours to be conservative. We still have wounded to deal with." The female hunter suddenly said.
"You want to take him with you?" Vika frowned subconsciously and looked at the old hunter who was still lying on the kang.
"Is there any reason to abandon the wounded now?" The female hunter would never back down in this regard. After the blizzard and the crisis of the devil faded, there was still no room for easing the conflict between her and Vika, the bandit.
Vika didn't quite understand what was wrong with this woman's brain. She shot her sister's hand with a bow and arrow, but he didn't fight back. He shot an old man who had nothing to do with the other party, but the other party was fighting with him. Are the young people in Moscow now brainwashed by the main theme of justice?
"The round trip is very long, more than ten hours, he may not be able to hold on for that long, and I think he needs the most comprehensive treatment in the town to get out of danger." The female hunter stared at Vika and his sister Dusha, who looked indignant, "This is also your chance to redeem your sins."
"Redemption your grandma" Dusha cursed as expected.
Although she cursed fiercely, she didn't say anything about splitting up, because everyone knew that the only town nearby was Verkhoyansk. No matter how they went, the destination was the same place. If they split up, someone would have to take a detour, but after what happened last night, no one wanted to leave the main group and go alone.
Before arriving at the town, the people in this wooden house were still a community of destiny.
"Okay."
The KGB lieutenant colonel who had been silent spoke up. He looked up at the window and said, "It's still early now. It's not dawn yet. Let's leave when it's dawn. Take the wounded with us. He can still be saved. The five-hour journey is not long. We have a whole day. It's not a big problem to take turns carrying the wounded on a stretcher."
"Okay." Vika glanced at the KGB lieutenant colonel, took a deep breath and admitted that he was a coward. Behind him, Dusha was still muttering and cursing.
"Prepare breakfast first. If you want to carry people to the town on foot, you must ensure sufficient physical strength." Lieutenant Colonel Andre turned his head and left the window. "I have a feeling that this matter will not end so easily."
He spoke in a deep voice, but this time no one took his words seriously. They all thought it was just alarmist.
After all, the other party had just brought them the fear that the blizzard might not stop for a long time yesterday, but the facts slapped them in the face early this morning. No matter how serious the lieutenant colonel was or how terrifying his voice was, he could not bring them a sense of crisis.
But there are always exceptions, such as the female hunter, who looked at the back of the lieutenant colonel and asked one more question, "Are you worried about encountering any trouble on the road?"
The lieutenant colonel looked back at the female hunter and nodded.
Adam, who was helping Vika move the cabinet in front of the wooden door, heard their conversation and looked towards the window with some insight. The deep coniferous forest outside was still shrouded in darkness before dawn.
It was not difficult for him to understand what the two people were talking about as "trouble" - the group of demons that came with the blizzard hid in the depths of the coniferous forest when they left, so are they still hiding somewhere in this forest now?
After getting the lieutenant colonel's answer, the female hunter thought about it and picked up the large glass jar on the cabinet that was pushed past her. When Adam saw what was in the large glass jar, he was so scared that he stepped back several steps and almost bumped into Vika's sister, because the large glass jar contained the Arctic viper.
The female hunter put the glass jar next to the stove, and opened the lid of the jar with the help of the firelight and fished the poisonous snake out of it with his bare hands. Even though the female hunter was wearing gloves, Adam was terrified watching this process. After all, if a snake bites in such a place, there is no place to find serum.
"Snakes are cold-blooded animals. They usually don't wake up during hibernation. Many snakes are even eaten alive by mice during hibernation." The female hunter saw Adam's twitching expression and took the time to explain.
As she said that, she pulled out the dagger next to her fur boots and cut off the head of the Arctic viper with one knife. The sound of the knife was terrifying. After that, she poked at the triangular head of the Arctic viper, cut the skin on both sides of the head, behind the eyes, and above the corners of the mouth, and began to pick and search. Anyone who has had some experience with snakes can see that this is to collect snake venom.
Hunters have many ways to collect snake venom, generally dead collection and live collection. In winter, when poisonous snakes hibernate, the latter method is obviously not very useful. The former method is to kill the live snake, remove the venom gland from its head, and press it lightly with fingers to expel the venom, just like the huntress did.
Soon, a shallow layer of milky white foamy liquid accumulated in a bowl next to the stove. The huntress put down the quiver on her back and carefully coated the arrowheads of each arrow in it with some venom.
"Just in case." The huntress looked at the strange expressions of others and explained, "Who knows if we will encounter those things on the way back to town."
"Do you think this snake venom is useful for those things?" Adam asked curiously.
"I would rather make a mistake than do nothing." The huntress shrugged, "It is most normal to resist when disaster strikes, right?"
Vika held the hunting rifle, and his sister beside him was secretly afraid of the huntress's words, and spit in a low voice and cursed the huntress for her crow mouth.
At this time, there was also some movement from the fire bed. The female hunter looked over and found that the little girl who had slept all night finally woke up. The tightly wrapped fur coat drooped behind her, revealing her pretty face that was a little red due to the low temperature in the morning. The little boy in her arms was still snoring. Judging from his red cheeks, he was probably suffering from a severe cold.
"We will leave at nine o'clock as soon as it is completely light." Lieutenant Colonel Andre, who was not far away, withdrew his gaze from the fire bed and gave an order.