Everest

Shen Biwen sat on the snow for a while before he gradually calmed down and his breathing became steady. He looked at Geng Aiqing fixedly, and the fragments left by him when he was conscious after the accident flashed through his mind. He finally believed in this Not an unreal dream.

Geng Aiqing didn't dare to breathe all the time, and could only express his resentment with fierce eyes, but who knew that Shen Biwen's expression changed from confusion to disbelief, and in the end, there was a trace of tenderness in his obsidian eyes , Geng Aiqing felt his heart beating wildly, he almost couldn't help himself to go over and give Shen Biwen another hug, but when he got close to him and saw the reflection of himself in Shen Biwen's eyes, he suddenly woke up, awkward Avoiding his sight, raised his voice and cursed: "Look at that!"

It's a pity that he said without momentum, his voice was completely hoarse.

Sensing that something was wrong with him, Shen Biwen moved immediately and wanted to hand him his oxygen mask, but when he moved, he felt a stabbing pain in his back, and immediately arched his waist uncontrollably, Geng Aiqing was frightened With a jump, he hurriedly crawled over, endured the headache, and asked anxiously, "What's wrong?"

Shen Biwen shook his head, took off the oxygen mask and handed it to him.

Geng Aiqing pressed the oxygen mask back, and said calmly: "You take it, the oxygen is not enough anyway."

Shen Biwen was taken aback, Geng Aiqing pulled him down as if nothing happened, pressed on his back, and asked softly, "Where does it hurt? Is the bone broken?"

Shen Biwen took his hand and pulled him away, staring at him: "What did you say?"

Geng Aiqing tried her best not to shake her voice so much: "This is the only one, your oxygen tank has run out of oxygen."

"Then..." Shen Biwen opened his mouth, suddenly he didn't know what to say, no oxygen?He knew better than anyone else what it meant to have no oxygen at such an altitude. He looked at Geng Aiqing's expression of pretending to be calm, but his trembling fingers revealed his mood, and Shen Biwen began to resent himself again.

"It doesn't matter." I don't know if I have figured it out, Geng Aiqing didn't care about the headache and sore throat, and said seriously, "I have always thought that I would kill myself sooner or later if I did this haha."

Shen Biwen covered his mouth, then took off the oxygen mask and put it on his face, while holding his breath and looking at him.

Geng Aiqing didn't refuse either, took two mouthfuls of oxygen carefully, and said with a smile: "That's fine, let's use up this bottle together."

Shen Biwen looked at him and nodded sadly.

"Don't make such an expression..." Geng Aiqing didn't dare to look directly into his eyes, for fear that his own weakness would fall into his eyes, "Actually, the lack of oxygen is not too uncomfortable, and hallucinations can occur, maybe in hallucinations... ...It's nothing, I had hallucinations before..."

Shen Biwen slowly wrapped his arms around his shoulders and hugged him again.

Geng Aiqing sniffed heavily, put her chin on Shen Biwen's shoulder, and continued: "...I also hallucinated to see someone holding an oxygen cylinder here...ah!!" Shen Biwen was caught again Geng Aiqing pushed away, and he looked at Geng Aiqing, only to find that Geng Aiqing was pointing behind him with a horrified expression, unable to speak completely tremblingly, Shen Biwen turned his head and glanced, his pupils shrank, and saw that they were not far behind In the snowdrift, half of an oxygen cylinder was exposed, and on the head of the oxygen cylinder, a white arm holding the oxygen cylinder was also exposed in the snowdrift.

An incredible thought flashed in Shen Biwen's mind, he turned around slowly, kept Geng Aiqing behind him, and then crawled over cautiously.

Geng Aiqing grabbed his arm and asked in surprise, "What are you doing?"

Shen Biwen pursed his lips, shook his head, patted his hand reassuringly, and then firmly grasped the oxygen bottle in his hand. With a little force, the arm holding the oxygen bottle was released and turned into a The holding posture hung down in the snow. The moment Shen Biwen got the oxygen bottle, the weight of the oxygen bottle made his eyes turn red, and he almost couldn't hold it.

"Shen Biwen?" Geng Aiqing called out in doubt.

Shen Biwen returned to him, put the oxygen mask removed by Geng Aiqing on the oxygen bottle, and then silently replaced the oxygen mask on Geng Aiqing's face. Geng Aiqing didn't know what happened, but subconsciously breathed After taking a sip, he widened his eyes and showed a surprised expression.

"I rely on this to be true?!"

Shen Biwen put his oxygen mask on his face and smiled for the first time.

"What's going on?" Geng Aiqing asked, pointing to the exposed arm.

Shen Biwen sighed slightly, with a sad expression on his face. He went back to the arm and pushed away the piece of snow. Even though he knew it might be a corpse, when he actually saw it, Geng Aiqing still couldn't bear it. Taking a deep breath, he took a closer look and finally understood why Shen Biwen's expression was so sad. Judging from the appearance of the corpse, it was also a climber.

Then Geng Aiqing and Shen Biwen cleared away the snow around the corpse, and then saw the whole body of the corpse. It was a middle-aged woman with a European appearance. I don’t know if it was because the time of death was not long or because Due to the low temperature of Mount Everest, her face has almost no signs of decay. She curled up and slept on the ground, probably to resist the cold. She was surrounded by scattered climbing tools. In addition to the oxygen cylinder they got, she also had a Geng Aiqing went to check the oxygen bottle, and found that the bottle was empty.

"This...why?" Geng Aiqing was a little strange, and couldn't help asking, why did you leave a bottle of oxygen cylinder unused?

Shen Biwen didn't answer him, but turned out his sleeping bag, and then glanced at Geng Aiqing. Geng Aiqing hesitated for a moment, but went over to help him put the corpse into the sleeping bag.

"It should be a victim." Shen Biwen's voice was exactly the same hoarse, very deep, "She fell to this place alone, without rescue."

Geng Aiqing didn't speak.

Shen Biwen said in a low voice: "She was carrying two oxygen cylinders, and the rescue did not come after one bottle was inhaled..."

Geng Aiqing's eyes widened.

Shen Biwen paused for a while before finishing what he had to say: "... If I guessed correctly, her other bottle should be reserved for the next climber who fell here. She didn't rescue, maybe that person can Rely on this bottle of oxygen, etc. to rescue."

Geng Aiqing, who was carrying the bottle of oxygen, suddenly felt a little difficult to breathe.

"This...how is this possible?" Geng Aiqing murmured.

Shen Biwen shook his head: "I don't know, this is just one of the possibilities."

No matter what she wanted to do with the bottle of oxygen she left behind, the bottle of oxygen saved Shen Biwen and Geng Aiqing after her life was lost in the snow and ice of Mount Everest. personal.

Thinking of this, Geng Aiqing's expression was a bit complicated. He looked at the sleeping bag that had been sealed by them, and then at the majestic mountains. The snow had stopped silently at some point, only the cold wind was blowing There was a whirring blowing around them, and the snow mountain returned to silence and tranquility. So many people climbed this snow mountain one after another, but for this mountain that has stood here for millions of years, there is only a glacier that does not melt all the year round And the rock is eternal, and the limited life of human beings is not worth mentioning.

But even so, there are still so many people who bet their lives to challenge this mountain. Each of them has the same determination and courage as the dead lady. The reasons for climbing Mount Everest are different. , but what they want to see together is probably to stand on the top of the highest mountain in the world and take a look at the world that is wider for weak human beings.

Geng Aiqing felt that she seemed to understand what Shen Biwen had said to him.

The so-called determination to climb Mount Everest.

When Geng Aiqing looked towards the top of Mount Everest full of pride, Shen Biwen had already packed his luggage, came over and patted him on the shoulder, and asked, "How many meters up can I reach the rope you mentioned?"

Geng Aiqing came back to his senses, he thought for a while: "It's less than three meters away, we can go to the left when we reach the nearby position, and the climbing ladder is on the left! Just keep going up!"

Shen Biwen nodded and did not speak.

Geng Aiqing felt that something was wrong with his expression, but he didn't think too much about it.

Before officially starting to climb, Shen Biwen's oxygen ran out, so they had to get very close during the climbing process so that they could share oxygen. Now, most of the burdens are borne by Geng Aiqing.

"Does this look like when we were doing freehand rock climbing?" Geng Aiqing was still in the mood to joke.

Shen Biwen nodded.

"At that time, I really thank you." Geng Aiqing forced a gap up and climbed up, smiling.

Shen Biwen looked at his smile, feeling sore in his heart.

"Why don't you talk? Save the oxygen?" Geng Aiqing pulled him up a little bit and took a breath of oxygen, "This oxygen is enough, the second step is only four meters, you talk Ah, I'm so fucking nervous."

Geng Aiqing wasn't kidding, they didn't have any protection, they had to climb over this section of the mountain wall with bare hands, find the ropes and climbing ladders, and find the correct position, if they were not careful...Geng Aiqing didn't dare to think anymore, suppressed the fear in his heart for a few minutes point.

Shen Biwen had already climbed to a position a little above him at this time, and when he heard Geng Aiqing's words, he said slowly: "Be careful with oxygen, it's not enough to go back to camp C3 with this little oxygen."