Everyone who goes down there is terrified.
One step away could mean a final separation. Just like the unknown, life is filled with fear and uncertainty. High in the mountains, the elusive treasure is like life's goal, a beacon in the darkness, guiding us forward.
Whoever advances in the darkness will fall in the darkness.
Among those who were struggling to move forward, someone accidentally fell to the ground. He missed a step and almost rolled down the cliff. Fortunately, the branches growing nearby blocked his steps and slowed down his falling speed.
"Hurry up and pull me up." The man who missed the step reached out to his companion in panic. A companion next to him immediately grabbed him. "Be careful, hold on to me."
With the help of his companions, the man narrowly escaped death.
He sat there in a cold sweat, his legs going limp with fear from the thrilling scene he had just witnessed.
"Rest where you are." Duan Changsheng looked at the man's pale face and simply ordered the team members not to move for the time being.
"Captain Duan, we can't go on like this. The snow is too heavy." One of them looked at the man sitting there gasping for breath, and he was also frightened. He had almost missed a step several times, but he had narrowly escaped death.
After witnessing what had just happened, everyone felt a pang of sadness. Everyone had experienced missing something several times, and only by being extremely careful could they save their lives.
Looking at that person, they also thought of themselves. If they hadn't been careful, they might have experienced the same thing as that person. There is only one life, and there is no chance of saving it.
They were still one hill away from the peak. If it weren't for the heavy snow, people with fast steps might have reached the peak in an hour or two. But the heavy snow stopped them, and they had frequent accidents after walking less than 50 meters.
"Changsheng, what should we do?" Several people close to Duan Changsheng looked off into the distance worriedly. They absolutely refused to give up. It was a difficult task for a team of 117 to make it this far, with only 31 remaining. They had worked so hard to get here, and with their goal so close, giving up now would be like watching a cooked duck fly away.
Duan Changsheng was not one to give up easily. His years of military service wouldn't let him succumb to hardship. Looking at the nearby hilltop, he gritted his teeth, thinking of the large commission that was about to be within his grasp. Now, if the remaining thirty-one people could return safely, the bonus they would receive would be twice as much as they had originally expected.
"If anyone of you wants to give up, just raise your hand right here. Of course, you'll automatically give up the prize money. The rest of you will get your share." Duan Changsheng looked at the people below and said firmly towards his goal, "We've come this far. As long as we get it, we can have a good meal and a hot shower when we get back. I will never give up."
Seeing Duan Changsheng's decision, the others looked at each other. They thought that they had come this far and had survived many dangers. Only the last hurdle was left. If they gave up at this time, they would go back and watch others get a lot of money, but they would get nothing. After thinking about it, they gritted their teeth and followed.
It's just that they are all holding each other, and if one of them encounters an accident,
People who move forward together walk slower, but the sense of security in the team is invisibly improved by several levels.
Duan Changsheng led everyone towards the mountain step by step, cutting through countless thorns and pushing away the overwhelming snow. Finally, they reached the icy peak.
"It's still about ten meters from the top, but it's all ice." Someone looked at the thick layer of ice, feeling a little strange. Other places were covered in heavy snow, and even if it was difficult to walk, it was still possible to get here. But why was the weather so strange here? Under the snow were not the thorns we had stepped on along the way, but thick, hard ice.
"Get some tools and knock down some suitable places to climb."
Duan Changsheng looked at the thick layer of ice and thought of a solution.
Soon, the small, bowl-shaped pits appeared before everyone. The people behind followed the footsteps of the people in front, stepping on the pits and moving upwards.
The mountain was not very steep, but because of the thick layer of ice, each of them had to walk almost diagonally against the mountain wall.
"Ah!" A person accidentally slipped and fell off the ice. The people next to him had no time to reach out and grab the person, and they watched him fall directly into the cliff.
In the valley, only the dying man's scream could be heard, which kept echoing in the valley, torturing people's ears and souls over and over again. People who received this great stimulation were trembling all over, and they wanted to stick to the mountain wall, for fear that they would step on empty air and fall down.
Death, once again approached them.
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