Vol 2 Chapter 5: Fire Ladybug

On the third morning when I entered the mountain, the team reached the big glacier. It is said that there is a very low-lying small basin nearby, and the destination of our trip is that basin. Since it is a confidential task, I cannot find a local guide to lead the way (in fact, no one knows the way). I can only look for the destination in the chaotic contours by making rough military maps.
The big glacier is composed of three parts, with a large fall, a steep slope, a maximum altitude of more than 6,000 kilometers, and the snow will not change for thousands of years; It reaches hundreds of meters, and the lowermost part is lower than the average altitude of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It sinks into the earth like a fissure. The warm atmosphere here forms a rare green belt. At the lowest point, the altitude sickness has also eased. If you want to continue to go deeper into the Kunlun Mountains, you must pass through the valley under the big glacier.
Before departure, engineers warned everyone that marching beneath the glacier could not make a loud noise, otherwise it would cause an avalanche and be buried alive below.
Everyone did not dare to take a breath, but the accident happened on the way. In the process of going down from the glacier to the valley, an engineer from Beijing stumbled and fell off the glacier. In the oasis underneath the glacier, we found his corpse that had fallen apart. The female geological prospector Luo Ning and his colleague in a unit, seeing this tragic situation, could not help but want to cry.
A geological expert named Wang quickly covered her mouth with her hand and whispered, "Don't cry out loud."
Luo Ning buried his head deeply in Wang Gong's arms, sobbing painfully. The instructor took the lead off his hat and said goodbye to the companion's body, and then Gawa and I gathered his body together and buried it in a bag. This engineer was with us for less than three days. I only knew that he was from Beijing, and I didn't even know his name. I died silently.
The big man used an engineer shovel to gently dig up the dirt on the ground, digging a few times, and suddenly a big blue fireball flew out of the pit he dug, with a basketball size, hovering in the air twice Just rushed into the crowd, the members of the squad hurried to dodge.
The fireball landed on the ground, and the blue flame gradually extinguished. It turned out to be a strange-shaped little ladybug. The whole body was like red transparent crystal, and the wings were crystal clear. You can see the translucency inside through the transparent carapace. The internal organs, where there seems to be a faint flame flowing, seemingly unspeakable and mysterious.
Everyone looked at each other and wanted to ask what kind of bug it was. But no one can give an answer, probably a species that has not yet been discovered. Wang Gong leaned over curiously, pushed the deep myopia glasses on the bridge of his nose, and excitedly pinched the ladybug like a red flame with two fingers, carefully watching carefully. However, at this moment, his fingers in contact with the ladybug were ignited by a blue flame. In an instant, the majestic flame engulfed his body, and a large layer of singular foam was instantly filled on the skin, and then burned again. Rotten, the myopia on the bridge of the nose burned and fell to the ground, and he also fell on the ground in pain and twisted and struggling.
We wanted to save him too late. His screams burned by the fire demon sounded through the valley, and everyone heard no chills, and it seemed that he would not breathe for a while.
Some people wanted to use a shovel to extinguish the flames on his body, but the burn area on his body has reached 100%, which is a deep burn. Even if the fire on his body is temporarily extinguished, deep in the Kunlun Mountain, where there is no medical treatment, I am afraid It ca n’t survive for an hour or two, is n’t that making him suffer alive?
This scene of a living person being burned by fire is too cruel. Luo Ning dared not look at it again, turned her head over, her expression froze, covering her ears, opening her mouth, and wondering whether she wanted to cry or shout. . The youngest Kobayashi was also terrified, hiding behind the big man and shaking his body.
The second squad leader took out his pistol and wanted to help Wang Gong to end his pain. It was really unbearable to see him suffer so much, and he would yell and continue to cause an avalanche.
The instructor held down the hand that the second squad leader was pulling the bolt and whispered to him: "Can't shoot, use a bayonet, let me come."
There are tens of thousands of tons of snow on the top of the mountain that hang over the big glacier, and any noise can cause disastrous consequences. Now the only thing we can help Wang Gong is to put a bayonet in his heart and mouth, let him die happily.
Without delay, the instructor took the bayonet type five or six semi-automatic rifle from a warrior, said softly, I couldn't help the comrade, and closed his eyes and inserted the army thorn into Wang Gong's heart. Wang Gong finally stopped tearing The cry of the heart-splitting lung fell to the ground and no longer moved, and the flames on him continued to burn.
The instructor just wanted to draw the bayonet out of his heart, and the strange blue flame suddenly ignited, and even followed the bayonet and passed up from the rifle's body.
The speed of the flame was so fast that even the blink of an eye didn't arrive. People hadn't seen exactly what happened, and the instructor's whole body was already swallowed by the blue flames.
Like Wang Gong, the instructor struggled and screamed in pain. Everyone knows the instructor too well. He is definitely a tough guy. Although his appearance is weak, his endurance and perseverance are up to the standards of the best professional soldiers. Only knowing how painful it was to be burned by that strange fire would make him whine.
The second squad leader raised his pistol with tears in his eyes, and now he ca n’t control whether it will cause an avalanche. It is really unbearable to watch the instructor suffer again. Just when he was about to pull the trigger, the instructor with fire all over his body suddenly said: I ordered ... neither of you should shoot ... quickly take comrades out of here ... "
Although the pain of the instructor was unbearable, his consciousness remained awake. He realized that his scream may cause an avalanche. In order to stop making a sound, he reversed the red-burning bayonet and inserted it into his heart. After a long time, his body was burned into a thin pile of ashes.
The remaining members of the squad were staring at this magnificent and tragic scene with pain. Everyone clenched their fists tightly, clenching their teeth, trying to hold back the tears that were swirling in their eyes, and some people ’s lips were themselves Bite it.
There is no sound in the valley quietly, and the blue sky above the head is reflected on the ice of the big glacier, which gives people an illusion. There seem to be two identical skies in this world, it is not clear which one is above, which one Under. The magnificent beauty like fairyland is full of strange and horrible atmosphere.
There were two piles of ash on the ground. Just a few minutes ago, they were still alive, but now they turned into a small pile of ash, burning no bone residue. If it were not for witnessing all this, who can believe that such a thing will happen in the world.
Suddenly, a blue fireball flew out of the ashes left after Wang Gong was burned. It hovered in the air facing everyone. It seemed to be choosing the next target. Its speed was extremely fast. Within the range of the attack, no one is sure to escape. There was a slight vibration in the air, which was the sound of this weird ladybug shaking its wings and flying.
Now the squad has lost three people, all of which are the most important members. As the leader of the team, two other engineers have been sacrificed. The remaining two engineers, one is the surveyor Luo Ning, and the other is Shanghai. Liu Gong of the Geological Prospecting Institute seems to be unable to complete the task this time.
The instructor was gone, and the soldiers lacked the backbone of their hearts, but almost everyone had the same idea in the face of this magical blue fireball: "I would rather be buried alive by an avalanche than by this ghost thing. Burned to ash. "
Several airless soldiers had raised their guns and aimed at ladybugs in mid-air. The second squad leader suddenly took a step forward and said to everyone: "Comrades, the instructor sacrificed, now I am the captain! I ordered you all to give Am I going to go back to life without a hit? "
I understand what the second monitor wants to do. He wants to sacrifice himself for other people to evacuate to gain some precious time. I grabbed his arm and choked, "No, you are not a party member. Why should you go? I'm going."
The second squad leader pushed my hand away: "You little Hu, you are not even a member of the league. I told you not to learn to speak, you won't listen if you don't talk." The ground rushed to the ball of fire hanging in the air.
The second squad leader stopped as soon as he rushed out two steps, and an incredible scene appeared in front of us. The weird ladybug that radiated flames changed from one to three, each of which was the same as the original. Only the same size.
One of the three blue fireballs went straight to the second squad leader, and the other two slammed into the crowd like lightning. Including the second squad leader, the cook Zhao, and the correspondent Xiaolin, were all hit by the fireball, and the whole body burned At the same time, they uttered a terrible cry at the same time, twisting and struggling on the ground, trying to roll out the fire on their bodies.
A horrible thing happened. When the soldiers were too nervous when they were facing the fireball, they had all opened the safety locks of the firearms, and the bullets in the magazine were all loaded.
Correspondent Kobayashi was only sixteen years old. He lacked the courage and psychological tolerance of the instructor and the second squad to face death, and the diabolical fire burned his reason. Under the pain of being bitten by the flames, the semi-automatic rifle in his hand went off. "Answer answer ...", three other comrades were hit by stray bullets shot by him and fell into the pool of blood.
Things went in the worst direction. The instructor would rather commit suicide than let us shoot, but in the end the gun still rang. Although it is terrible to be attacked by strange firebugs, the occurrence of an avalanche means the disaster of extinguishment of the top. One of the members of the squad is one, and no one can live. In the valley below the big glacier, shouting may only cause a 30% chance of causing an avalanche, but the gunshot, 200% will have the most terrible consequences.
Seeing the ill-conscious Kobayashi rifle fire, stray bullets accidentally killed three comrades, I had no time to think about it, I clenched my teeth, took three shots of the rifle in my hand, and knocked down Kobayashi and the second monitor And Lao Zhao.
The sound of the rifle bullets reverberating in the valley. Because the valley is very narrow, and the ice wall of the big glacier is like a natural big speaker, gunshots, shouts, and crying sounds hit the valley. Another wave of echoes is endless.
I haven't been freed from the pain of shooting my comrades in my hand for a while. My brain is full of the sounds and smiles of their life. I suddenly felt that my head was cold before I recovered, and I touched it with my hand. It turned out to be a snowflake Landed on my forehead.
The sun was shining in the sky and it was impossible to snow. My heart sank, and the first thought that came to my mind was: "Finally avalanche."
At this time, a blue fireball flew from each of the three dead comrades who were still burning. At this moment, there is no longer any need to worry about shooting. Gawa's marksmanship is the most accurate among the members of the team. He picked up his rifle, did not aim, and raised his hand for three shots. Each shot was in the middle of the fireball. In the center, the ladybug inside is far from the bullet's caliber, and the entire body of the worm is hit by the bullet, and the flame disappears.
After this brief and brutal conflict, there were eight soldiers in our class, plus a total of ten men in the second squad and the instructor. Only three soldiers, including the big man and Gawa, are still alive. And Luo Ning two intellectuals.
There was more and more snow falling on the top of my head, the rumbling sound came from the sky, the whole valley was shaking, I raised my head and looked up, the snowboard above rolled up the storm, like a white tsunami , Rolled down to us overwhelmingly.
The big man pulled me a hand and shouted: "Lao Hu! Mom is a bastard. What else are you looking at at this time, hurry up!"
Our position is in the middle of the valley. The avalanche will surely fill the entire valley, and there is no place to run at all, but at this juncture of life and death, humans will always instinctively struggle for the last time.
Luo Ning was already terrified and fainted. The big man carried her on his shoulders. The two of me and Gawa dragged Liu Gong, dragging and pulling to the opposite side of the big glacier, hoping to fall down in the snow. Before, climb to the slightly higher hillside opposite to fight for this last line of life.
In the most desperate moment, we did not throw away the gun in our hands. The gun is part of the life of a soldier. Throwing away the gun means throwing away the honor of the soldier. But nothing else could be taken care of, all the equipment was thrown away, and the backpack was untied and thrown away, but it was too late in a hurry, and the five survivors rushed to each other.
The avalanche came too fast, rows of mountains swept over the sea, and the valley shook the mountains for a while.
I have heard people talk about the avalanche before, but I never imagined that there was such a powerful silver wave between heaven and earth. Everyone's heart was ashamed, and even if he had two more legs, he could not escape.