Chapter 62: Encountering Snow Quicksand and Capturing Snowy Owl Poachers
After the Alaskan dog had eaten and drunk enough, Bai Shao returned to the sled and asked, "Can we go now?"
The Alaskan dog raised its head and barked, then puffed out its chest and said, "Sit tight! Guys, run!"
The sled runners rolled through the thick snow, speeding past and stirring up the broken snow on the glacier.
Stationmaster Ji gripped the reins tightly and said, "Good boy."
Ji Shuoxue sat on the haystack with mixed feelings, feeling the whistling of the cold wind, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
Bai Shao's voice drifted in the wind: "What do you want to ask?"
Ji Shuoxue really wanted to know how Bai Shao did it, but her integrity and dignity prevented her from speaking. She turned her face away, pretending not to care and not looking at Bai Shao.
Sudden.
A muffled sound and a buzzing sound came from the distant mountain top. The silence of the Arctic was broken by the deafening sound. Then, it was like a rolling earth dragon, raising a terrifying layer of white line, and an endless white wave came from far away.
The leading Alaskan dog raised its ears and growled at the dark sky. The entire dog team became restless and ran even faster.
Stationmaster Ji remained undaunted and directed the dog team to move to the side: "It's an avalanche... run faster!"
Ji Shuoxue clutched the sled guardrail tightly. "There's been no sun lately, and no snow either, so there's no way a lubricating layer can form. How could the snow structure become unstable?"
Snow Quicksand moves at an extremely fast speed, destroying all obstacles along the way and proving with its actions that it can conquer this land.
Stationmaster Ji took the time to turn around and comfort the two people: "Fortunately, we are now at the foot of the mountain, so we shouldn't be affected too much by the avalanche."
Having said that, Stationmaster Ji still didn't dare to take the risk and urged the Alaskan dogs to speed up.
Snow quicksand, carrying ice and rocks, rushed down with unstoppable momentum. The flying snow dust hit their faces, as icy as cold rain. The sled almost flew into the air due to the bumps. Finally, the sled lost control and overturned, but the avalanche stopped at this moment, and they were washed away for several meters by the snow at the tail.
Stationmaster Ji pushed away the snow that had buried half of his body and asked, "Is everyone okay?"
Bai Shao protected Ji Shuoxue: "We are fine."
Ji Shuoxue broke free from Bai Shao's protection and ran out of her arms with a blushing face. She adjusted her mask and looked at the dog team distressedly: "Ah, they are injured."
The Alaskan dogs had their tongues hanging down and their abdomens heaving violently. Some of their paws were bleeding, and some had their hind legs entangled by broken reins.
Although it looked miserable, they survived after all. They had left the rolling snow and fog behind them and completely distanced themselves from death.
Ji Shuoxue looked at the white torrent with a sense of fear, and said shyly in the direction of Bai Shao, "Thank you."
Bai Shao didn't hear the voice but could understand the lip reading. She smiled and accepted the thanks from this awkward girl.
After calming down, Ji Shuoxue suddenly lowered her head. If she hadn't come to pick up Bai Shao today, she planned to go hiking with her father. If they were still on the mountain at this moment, she couldn't believe what kind of accident would happen.
Ji Shuoxue wanted to thank Bai Shao even more. She brushed off the snowflakes on her body and muttered, "Now that's good, let alone sending you to the filming location, it's even a problem for us to get back to the Arctic Station."
Bai Shao said calmly, "Then we'll find an animal to take it."
Ji Shuoxue subconsciously retorted, but froze mid-rebuttal: "What kind of animal would come to pick us up... an animal?"
Stationmaster Ji simply bandaged the Alaskan dog's wound, stood up and looked around, trying to find a signal, but did not hear the conversation between Bai Shao and Ji Shuoxue.
Ji Shuoxue looked puzzled: "What animals are you looking for? Alas, they can't run anymore."
[I feel dizzy and almost suffocated. Can someone save me?]
Bai Shao waved her hand in response to Ji Shuoxue, then listened attentively, trying to find the source of the sound.
Ji Shuoxue thought Bai Shao was just boasting, until Bai Shao dug a baby Arctic hare, known for its speed, out of the snow. With its small ears and nimble limbs, the Arctic hare usually runs away when it sees someone, but today it nestled obediently in Bai Shao's arms.
Ji Shuoxue was full of questions: "???"
[Good man, you don’t want to eat rabbit, do you?]
Bai Shao stroked the Arctic hare's smooth fur and said, "Of course not. We are trapped here and have no signal. I just want to ask you for a favor and pass on the message."
The Arctic Hare tilted its head: [What can I help you with?]
soon.
The Arctic hare understood what Bai Shao was asking it to do, and it resisted with every fiber of its being: "Attracting snowy owls? Isn't that going to kill me!?"
Bai Shao soothed him, "I promise you'll be fine."
The Arctic hare looked scared, but finally chose to believe Bai Shao. There was no other way, as it had never felt such a gentle aura on anyone.
To be specific, if you are as loving as a rabbit mother and as reliable as a rabbit father, you will definitely not hurt the rabbit!
The Arctic hare puffed out his chest: [It’s on the rabbit.]
Not long after.
A snowy owl flew overhead.
The Arctic hare standing against the wind lost its courage. It hopped and skipped towards Bai Shao, and then, frightened, hid in Bai Shao's arms: "Can't see me! Can't see me!"
The snowy owl has a round head without ear tufts, a golden iris, and a snow-white body, similar to an owl.
The Snowy Owl, with its excellent hearing and sense of smell, flew down towards Bai Shao, and only when it got close did it discover the gunshot wound in its leg.
Ji Shuoxue was so nervous that she was babbling incoherently: "A male snowy owl? They have never attacked humans before. It must be the Arctic hare in your arms. Let it go!"
The Snowy Owl was injured, but still moved very fast: [I need to eat enough before I can continue looking for a wife.]
Bai Shao held the Arctic hare and leaned slightly to avoid the swooping snowy owl. "Let me make a deal. I'll help you find a wife, and you'll let this rabbit go, and then you can bring a message to the rescue team."
Snowy owls are solitary birds, with only two pairs per square kilometer. If we lose this one to lead the way, who knows how long it will take for the next one to appear.
Gotta make friends with this snowy owl!
Ji Shuoxue looked like he was wondering who was crazy. Bai Shao was actually negotiating with a hungry snowy owl. Not to mention whether the snowy owl would attack or not, why would the snowy owl listen to him?
Just see.
The Snowy Owl gave up the attack and landed on the snowdrift: "Did you know that my wife was kidnapped by humans?"
Bai Shao's face darkened slightly.
She was not a prophet, so she naturally didn't know that Snowy Owl's wife had disappeared because she had been kidnapped. She thought that Snowy Owl was in love just like her parrot.
The Snowy Owl looked frustrated: "It's so cold, I don't know how long my wife can survive hungry, and those humans won't help us hatch the eggs."
The Arctic hare raised its furry little paw: [You are miserable, and the rabbits are miserable too. Can you please not eat rabbits?]
Snowy Owl sneered: [No.]
The baby Arctic hare burst into tears.
Bai Shao frowned. "Who took him away? Which direction did he run to?"
The Snowy Owl shook its head. It didn't know that all humans looked the same to it. But it knew where the group of humans were going, so it raised its wings and pointed north.
Ji Shuoxue watched Bai Shao and Snow Owl communicate smoothly, and the shock on her face was gradually replaced by confusion. She didn't bother to ask Bai Shao why she could understand animal language, and analyzed.
"It must be a poacher, but we can barely save ourselves, how can we possibly save a captured snowy owl?"
Bai Shao was also thinking about countermeasures. The current situation was indeed not very good.
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