Destruction and construction, these two words seem contradictory, but in fact, they can be said to be complementary. For example, how can a newborn child be created without destroying a girl's chastity? Or, how can a new China be built without destroying the old society? I've gone too far, let's not talk about national affairs, my sin, my sin.

It is said that back then, when Saruman's clone failed to excavate on this terrifying ice peak, he ordered the orcs to fetch snow from afar, boil water nearby, and deliver the water to its destination before it froze, then pour it on the mountain to make it condense into ice, thus forming a road to the summit.

Although doing so was extremely costly, and countless orcs froze to death and were injured, the most labor-intensive task was transporting firewood up the mountain, and incidentally building wind shelters. As for snowflakes, they were everywhere, which was always better than carving out a road bit by bit on the ice peak.

However, this method of road construction also buried great hidden dangers. The ice layer foundation poured later would obviously be much weaker, completely incomparable to the material of the ice peak itself that had been solidified for thousands of years, and could even be said to be quite fragile.

Even when this winding mountain road was not in use, orcs would often sweep away snow and clear fallen rocks on it to avoid landslides. But at this time, millions of tons of ice and snow rumbled past, like a giant waterfall pouring down, stirring up thousands of feet of snow dust below, and the thunderous roar resounded through the sky, deeply injecting into the deep ravine below.

The winding mountain road was inevitably impacted. The thick ice layer foundation first showed inconspicuous cracks, then gradually became clearer, and finally became as dense as a spider web, until it was completely overwhelmed and collapsed! Arousing soaring snow dust!

The two sides of this desolate valley are both ten-thousand-foot ice walls, as smooth as mirrors, even able to reflect human figures. The bottom of the valley is piled with皑皑 white snow. The aftermath of the avalanche on the mountain walls still has lingering charm, and sporadic collapses occur from time to time, with the sound of crashing constantly ringing out.

Apart from that, everything was silent, with only the cold wind whistling past from time to time, bringing out a mournful sound like ghosts crying and wolves howling.

Suddenly, the ice and snow at the bottom of the valley stirred a few times, and a frozen red hand stretched out from it. This hand kept digging left and right, loosening the surrounding snow, then gritted its teeth and used all its strength to pull itself up, grabbing onto a rock that could be used for leverage. It was Fang Senyan who had been swept into the bottom of the valley by the avalanche.

Because this exertion had exhausted his last strength, his mind buzzed, and a blank space appeared for a moment. He lost his strength and fell to the soft snow, gasping for breath.

At that time, the mountain road was destroyed by the avalanche, and Fang Senyan himself fell involuntarily. Fortunately, the huge ice rock above his head was also part of the mountain, extremely hard, and did not collapse with the avalanche, otherwise even if Fang Senyan had nine lives, he would have died here.

The soft snow at the bottom of the ice valley had accumulated for who knows how many years. After the broken ice rock boardwalk fell, it stirred up a large cloud of snow dust and sank into the bottom of the valley. Although Fang Senyan was frightened a lot during the fall, he only suffered some scratches and was also buried under the snow.

Being buried by snow sounds terrifying, but it is completely different from being buried by soil. If you are buried by soil up to your chest, you will suffocate and die in a few minutes because you cannot breathe. The same is true for falling into water.

The texture of snow is soft. Even when people are completely buried, there will be many pores with air in them, which can support breathing for a considerable period of time.

As long as you calm down after being buried, be bold and careful, the chances of survival are very high.

Moreover, Fang Senyan was not buried very deeply after falling. After recovering, he tried his best to dig upwards, so he was able to return to the snow in time. He fell face down on the snow, breathing heavily, exhaling large clouds of white mist. Although there was still a burst of pain in his chest, it had become less intense, only some dull pain.

Fang Senyan breathed for a while and then climbed up. Following the position in his memory, he began to dig frantically with his hands and feet. Before long, Fang Senyan dug the still semi-conscious Wuge girl out of the snow. At this time, Reef also broke out of the snow, also wiped his face with snow, and breathed heavily.

After Fang Senyan thought about it, he planned to continue digging next to him to rescue the dwarf, because he really wanted to know what the son of Sauron was holding in his claws, but the panting Reef stopped him and shook his head slightly:

"That guy is hopeless. I saw this dwarf being frightened when the avalanche came. He ran around and was crushed by an ice rock."

Fang Senyan took a few deep breaths, and he suddenly said astringently:

"Then did you see those berserkers?"

Reef was stunned and said:

"I learned from these guys to avoid the snow."

The two suddenly looked at each other, and saw vigilance and precaution in each other's eyes. "... I can survive the avalanche by imitating the actions of those berserkers, so the probability of these berserkers surviving is very high! Under the current circumstances, the two of them are already frozen, hungry, and exhausted, and it is absolutely impossible to support a fierce battle.

After the two understood this, they soon discovered that the snow surface not far away was trembling slightly, as if something was about to break out of the snow. Fang Senyan immediately picked up the semi-conscious elf girl and took the opportunity to touch her upturned little butt, called Reef and immediately turned around and ran away without looking back. Although walking in the soft snow was very uncomfortable, they quickly left here along the valley.

But only ten minutes later, the snow on the distant ground began to heave again, and then

Three berserkers broke out of the snow one after another, and the particularly stout and hideous berserker leader was among them. In the face of the power of heaven and earth like an avalanche, experience is certainly important, but luck is the decisive factor. Although the berserkers made the most correct response plan, most of them still died under the crazy torrent of ice and snow.

The three berserkers were tightly bound with a sturdy animal skin bag, which was not lost even in the avalanche. The bag contained the necessities for survival in the snow, obviously they had prepared in advance to pursue the escaped prisoners in low temperatures for a long time.

Looking at the two clear footprints left by Fang Senyan and the others on the snow, the orc captain Apoo grinned in place, smiling mysteriously and confidently. He was not in a hurry to pursue, but rubbed his body fiercely, until his whole body turned red, then he looked up to the sky and let out a crazy roar, which echoed back and forth in the deep valley for a long time without dissipating.

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Wading through the snow may look poetic and picturesque, but it is by no means an easy task. Every time you step down, the snow will cover your thighs, and you have to laboriously pull it out to move forward with difficulty, which is extremely exhausting.

The snow covering the surface cleverly covers up the original terrain. Those dangerous pits and deep valleys are covered by snow. It is very likely that the place that looks like flat ground will fall into a snow nest and be buried alive.

Fortunately, after Fang Senyan and the others had been walking for a while, they found that the valley ahead was becoming narrower, and the snow under their feet began to gradually thin, finally revealing the gray rock ground. Only some scattered snow was sparsely piled up. The surface of the rock here had a slight metallic luster, which gave people an extremely hard feeling. The wind was also obviously much stronger, and they even had to bend down to reduce the wind resistance when walking.

After arriving here, Fang Senyan and the others obviously accelerated their pace. Although they were also very tired at this time, they also knew that the footprints left on the snow were very inappropriate. If the berserkers were really not dead, they could easily find them.

So after arriving here, the two gritted their teeth and continued to move forward, only feeling that the valleys on both sides were getting narrower and narrower, and finally could only accommodate two or three people walking side by side. However, when they turned past the front pass, their eyes suddenly lit up.

They saw that the valley ahead suddenly widened, like a unfolded scroll. Although the two sides of the valley were still steep cliffs, the open space in between seemed to be as wide as a plain. Large pine forests grew in it, and many of the pine trees were still topped with white snow, looking extraordinarily vigorous.

After wading in the white snow for a long time, they finally saw the long-lost green, and Fang Senyan and the others naturally breathed a sigh of relief. With a forest, at least they would no longer leave obvious footprints on the ground. In addition, for the two who could not open the storage space and therefore lacked supplies, this also meant prey, bonfires, concealment, and an opportunity to get rid of the pursuers behind them.

The most thing the two did after entering the forest was to carefully check the ground, looking for pine cones that might have fallen on the ground, from which they could take pine nuts as food. In this cold environment, eating pine nuts with high oil content can not only effectively reduce hunger, but also provide a lot of heat for the body.

A full half an hour passed, and the two had entered the pine forest for nearly seven or eight miles. They found a lot of pine cones, but they had not eaten a single pine nut. For some reason, the pine cones found by Fang Senyan and the others were all empty. There were not even any pine nuts in them.

As they went deeper into the pine forest, the previous joy and excitement in the two's hearts had long since faded, and an unspeakable eerie meaning replaced it, shrouding their hearts.