Everest

An oxygen tank made both of them have to be exposed to low oxygen in most cases, and the only thing they could do was to talk less, stop talking, keep themselves breathing as much as possible, and let a mouthful of oxygen It can persist for a longer time, but even so, Geng Aiqing can see that Shen Biwen's face is getting paler and paler, and his breathing is gradually getting a little uncontrollable. Shen Biwen's eyes are full of bloodshot eyes. Going up in extreme pain, Geng Aiqing couldn't do anything, because he knew that in Shen Biwen's eyes, he himself was in almost the same state.

It was close to nine o'clock when he was about to reach the top of the second step. Geng Aiqing took a deep breath of oxygen, and before putting the oxygen mask on Shen Biwen's face, he leaned over and let Shen Biwen's mouth drop a short Then he gritted his teeth and was about to climb up directly, but at this moment, the rope tied around his waist was suddenly pulled from above, and Shen Biwen, who was also tied to the rope, obviously felt it too. With this shock, he looked at Geng Aiqing with a hint of surprise on his face.

Geng Aiqing also looked up suspiciously, and met Lin Sheng who happened to poke his head out.

"..."

Lin Sheng reacted much more than he did. While pulling the rope upwards, he turned his head and shouted, "Sister Yong! It's them! They're coming up! Sister!" His voice was already completely hoarse, and it broke in the end. , Then there was another sound of footsteps above, and the rope being pulled by Lin Sheng added more strength.

After being dragged up by them, Geng Aiqing was still a little unresponsive. The half hour he had agreed with Uncle Pei had already passed, and Geng Aiqing never thought of the possibility that they would be waiting on it. He was already prepared to meet again when he climbed to the summit, so when he saw Lin Sheng, he was stunned. Lin Sheng and Yong Ke hurriedly put on new oxygen masks for them, watching Their eyes were a little red.

Geng Aiqing felt as if she was being choked, and sat up reluctantly, wanted to say something but didn't know what to say, opened her mouth, but her eyes turned red first.

Lin Sheng looked back and forth between him and Shen Biwen for a few times, and finally couldn't control himself and rushed over to give Geng Aiqing a huge hug. Geng Aiqing almost vomited blood when he didn't check for a moment, and cursed weakly: " Relax, I'm going to vomit..."

"Spit it up..." Lin Sheng's voice was muffled, "It's better than death..."

Geng Aiqing sighed. He knew that if something happened to him, Lin Sheng would be the one who blamed himself the most. Lin Sheng was his friend for many years, and he was the one who brought him to this snow-capped mountain. Of course, if there was enough time, he would at least Say goodbye to Lin Sheng, but things happened too fast, and he didn't have time to explain too much. Facing Lin Sheng, he still felt a little unspeakably guilty, so he could only pat Lin Sheng on the back, hoping to comfort him. he.

"You must tell me what happened later..." Lin Sheng whispered in his ear.

"kindness?"

Lin Sheng let go of him, and said with a serious expression: "Remember to make it clear, I'll write it down and write the manuscript."

"..." Geng Aiqing kicked him away with great effort.

Lin Sheng was not angry either, and went over to hug Shen Biwen again.

It was only then that Geng Aiqing noticed that apart from them and Lin Shengyongke, Pei Lei and Luosang were no longer there. He was a little puzzled and asked, "Where are Uncle Pei and Luosang?"

Shen Biwen whispered: "They should have left first."

I don't know if he was afraid of their discomfort, but Yong Ke hurriedly explained: "We waited together for a long time, until Brother Pei decided to leave after the wind and snow stopped, because none of us knew about your situation, Lin Sheng insisted on saying Waiting for you to come up, but Brother Pei has more things to think about...not to mention..." Yong Ke stopped talking, with a trace of worry in his eyes.

Shen Biwen interrupted her: "What's more, Uncle Pei's health has been bad, hasn't he?"

Yong Ke froze for a moment, then nodded heavily.

Geng Aiqing listened for a long time before grasping the point: "What do you mean? Uncle Pei's cough is still not healed?"

Speaking of this, Lin Sheng said anxiously: "What a fart! It's even more serious. I insisted on waiting for you because I wanted Uncle Pei to rest more. After we came up, he coughed so much that he couldn't speak fully. Sister Yong and I wanted to persuade him He, but you also know that Uncle Pei didn't listen at all, and in the end there was no other way but to let him go first, we were afraid that he might be in danger, so we let Luosang go with him!"

Geng Aiqing and Shen Biwen looked at each other, and they both saw a trace of fear in each other's eyes. From the beginning of the climb, they were both closest to Uncle Pei. It can be said that the two of them were very clear about Uncle Pei's physical condition. In fact, they also had doubts. Ever since Uncle Pei started coughing, his temper has become a lot stronger, and he has become very...anxious. Although it is true that climbing Mount Everest is racing against time, his appearance is indeed a bit too anxious to move forward. Uncle Pei has always been the safest one among them. There may only be one such situation, and that is that Uncle Pei may forcefully climb to the top regardless of his health.

Judging from Sister Yong's performance, she was obviously aware of it.

Geng Aiqing was a little anxious: "Sister Yong, why didn't you stop him!"

Yong Ke was stunned for a moment, and his eyes were a little sad: "How can I stop him from climbing to the top? This may be the last time he comes to Mount Everest, I..."

I can't bear it.

"No matter what, you can't die!" Lin Sheng finally heard something was wrong, and said angrily.

The three people present were shocked. Geng Aiqing looked at Shen Biwen with complicated expressions, while Yong Ke turned his head and looked at the road ahead. Shen Biwen didn't look anywhere, but said calmly: "Everything is ready, we are now Let's go, hurry up, maybe we can catch up with Uncle Pei and the others, let's see his physical condition."

Geng Aiqing withdrew her gaze, carried her things on her back silently, looked at the summit of Mount Everest Langma in the distance, and sighed for a while.

Shen Biwen walked up to him and gently held his hand.

The next climb was still difficult. At around 8800:44 noon, they finally approached the third step at an altitude of [-] meters. The vertical distance from Mount Everest was only [-] meters. Crossing three big snow slopes is not difficult compared to the previous road, but after several hours of continuous climbing, the rocks that are getting harder to walk and the snow that is getting deeper and deeper, no one else can The exhaustion that cannot be relieved is preventing them from continuing to climb.

But when they got here, they still didn't find Pei Lei and Luosang, and even the mountaineering team that came up earlier than them disappeared.

It seems that they are the only people on Mount Everest who are staggering forward.

Geng Aiqing couldn't hold it anymore, he felt his whole body was soft, every step he took in the snow, he felt that he was going to sink and never be able to lift up, but at the end he was still able to exert his last strength Pull out your legs and go to the next step. No one talks, no one helps, everyone is dragging their tired bodies and moving forward slowly. The third step is not difficult to climb, but the "zigzag"-shaped forward route But it was exhausting, and Geng Aiqing felt that he couldn't support it anymore.

"Shen Biwen..." He called out weakly.

Shen Biwen, who was walking in front of him, looked back at him when he heard the voice, and asked him how he was doing.

Geng Aiqing shook his head and stopped.

Shen Biwen stepped into the snow, grasped the road rope with one hand, and stretched out the other hand towards him. Geng Aiqing gritted his teeth, still grabbed that hand, and continued to move forward.

pain.

Every time Geng Aiqing took a step, she was thinking, persevere, persevere, live on.

It's 12:30 to cross the third step, everyone is suffering, but they can't stop because they are running out of time.

Each snow mountain has its own "closing time". After that time, there will not be enough time to descend, and the danger of returning will be incalculable. Therefore, according to the original plan, they should reach the peak at noon and return, but due to the The delay left them only an hour and a half.

Just when everyone was about to move forward with all their strength, they suddenly heard a strange sound coming from the front, as if someone was talking.