Trembling At A High Altitude

An anxious wait.

And worries about the black bear suddenly rushing out of the woods.

There was no time to check, and Liu Hui had no idea how much time had passed.

But it might have been half an hour already.

Anyway, the time she had been apart from Li Teng felt incredibly long.

The wind was getting stronger.

Just then, a rumbling sound suddenly came from the east.

Like thunder.

However, there was only snow in the sky, no lightning seen.

The rumbling sound grew closer and the ground seemed to start vibrating.

Liu Hui tried hard to look eastward, even climbing to the top of a rock to look that way.

Finally, she could see clearly.

She saw Li Teng running desperately.

Behind him followed a group of at least dozens, perhaps hundreds of zombies, running after him like a train.

The blowing blizzard accelerated their pursuit.

If Li Teng were not careful, he could fall in the snow and then be torn apart by the hundreds of zombies behind him.

She didn't know why he had provoked the zombies in the east.

Nor did she know what had happened, why he had attracted so many zombies.

As Liu Hui hesitated whether to go forward to help, she saw Li Teng rush into the bear-infested woods, leading the horde of over a hundred zombies in with him.

At that moment, Liu Hui suddenly understood.

He was using the power of the zombies to deal with the black bear!

She was thoroughly impressed. Such a strategy he had thought of!

The question was, under the assault of both the black bear and the zombie horde, could he make it out alive?

As the wind and snow drew nearer, and as it grew darker, Liu Hui's mood plummeted to rock bottom.

It seemed that the strong man had finally gotten himself killed.

Or rather, had been killed by the unscrupulous director and screenwriter together.

Leaving just her alone in this vast snowy field, facing the approaching blizzard by herself.

She was going to die here today.

Just when Liu Hui had completely lost hope, Li Teng walked out from the woods.

Seeing Liu Hui, Li Teng waved at her from afar, signaling her to come over.

Seeing that Li Teng was still alive filled Liu Hui with an indescribable excitement; she hurriedly ran towards him.

Just like that year when she was three in the desert, thinking her dad was gone and crying in despair, and then seeing her dad appear in the distance, she ran towards him while still crying.

Li Teng was very tired, completely exhausted, but he seemed very excited.

He led Liu Hui into the woods, taking advantage of the fading light before nightfall, he guided her deeper into the forest.

In the forest appeared the bodies of zombies, more and more, and then even more dismembered and mangled zombie corpses, until finally he brought her beside the bloody mangled corpse of the bear.

From the scene, one could tell just how brutal the previous fight had been.

Throughout the process, Liu Hui also essentially formed a picture in her mind.

Li Teng had lured the horde of zombies into the forest, and the sudden appearance of a black bear charged in. Just as the zombies and the black bear were about to encircle him, Li Teng climbed a tree, then the zombies and the black bear engaged in a fierce fight.

Although the black bear was bold, squashing a large number of zombies, it couldn't withstand the overwhelming numbers and their fearless charges, eventually dying under their siege. Li Teng, who had come down from the tree, killed the remaining few zombies one by one.

This part of the forest, known for bear sightings, was now safe.

Liu Hui couldn't help but admire Li Teng's wisdom and courage.

Some might conceive such a strategy, but lack the capability to execute it.

And some who could execute it might not possess his wisdom.

No wonder he was considered to be a show-off.

He was formidable, surpassing normal human understanding of what one can be.

"Just over a hundred meters more, and we can exit this forest. There's an abandoned watchpost situated in a sheltered spot among the mountains, which can serve as our camp tonight," Li Teng said, showing the map to Liu Hui in the last light before nightfall.

"Let's head out," Liu Hui nodded.

However, Li Teng didn't set off immediately. He took out a dagger, found a rock, and sharpened it vigorously before starting to carve out the hind legs of the bear killed by the zombies.

"No way! Are you planning to eat this bear meat? It's full of zombie virus!" Liu Hui quickly realized what Li Teng was doing.

The bear was covered in bites from zombies, making it easy to imagine how much virus was in its wounds.

"Viruses are all protein structures; except for prions, other viruses coagulate and lose activity when heated. Once we get to the campsite, we should be able to find some fuel. As long as we cook the meat well, it should be edible. Besides this bear, I suspect we won't find any other food nearby. If we want to survive, we'll have to eat this," Li Teng shook his head.

Although Liu Hui was still somewhat reluctant, she didn't say anything more.

Li Teng was right; this bear was probably the 'kind' food prepared by Director Yuan for them.

If they weren't capable of hunting this bear, they would have to spend the night hungry and cold.

Moreover, they were likely to face longer hunger tomorrow if they hadn't reached Area C by then, possibly starving to death on the way.

If anyone objected, the director would certainly say, "I did provide food! Such fresh bear meat! Who's to blame if you couldn't eat it?"

Dragging the two bear legs, Li Teng and Liu Hui set off again, passing through the last hundred meters of forest until they finally arrived at their campsite for the night, an abandoned watchpost.

After a careful inspection confirmed there were no living humans or zombies or other dangers inside, Li Teng brought Liu Hui in to scavenge.

There was nothing—no ammunition, no food, and no fuel.

Not to mention beds, tables, or chairs.

It was just a few empty rooms.

They didn't even find a lighter.

Director Yuan clearly had no intention of providing any supplies.

If a game dared to do this, it would be Hell difficulty; players would probably quit early on.

Unfortunately, this was a script they had to follow no matter how tough it got, so Li Teng and Liu Hui had to grit their teeth and keep going.

"You rest for a while. I'll go find some firewood and try to start a fire," Li Teng called out to Liu Hui before leaving the watchpost.

The sky had already turned completely dark.

The blizzard had also set in.

Inside the watchpost, the temperature was probably around ten degrees below zero Celsius. Outside, it had dropped to about minus twenty degrees.

Liu Hui couldn't bear to think about how terrifying the world outside was now.

At least in such weather and environment, she didn't have the courage to step out the door.

But that man, he just walked out into it.