Chapter 391 My spirit is growing stronger day by day!
There was no car on the road in the early morning. A jeep was speeding away, blowing away the yellowed newspapers beside it.
Sherpa, chairman of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, was sitting in the passenger seat at the time, hammering his thigh frantically. It was clearly the moment when the avalanche occurred, but now he was unable to give any instructions because of a problem with his mobile phone!
"Fuck, fuck, fuck, what the hell is going on!?"
Sherpa's cell phone was completely out of service. He could not make any calls or answer unfamiliar calls. Once the call was connected, he was told to speak in a foreign language he could not understand. The flood of information made his cell phone completely useless.
Not only Sherpa, the chairman of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, but many authorities’ phones were bombarded with calls, many of which were even cross-ocean calls!
Damn, phone bills are free?
On average, each person was bombarded with at least a hundred phone calls. With so many busy lines, some people's communication systems were semi-paralyzed!
How exaggerated?
This has led many officials to wonder whether this is the way of warfare in the information age, Gulf War 2.0?
Has any country declared war on Nepal?
Check the caller location...Fuck, is the world declaring war on us, or are we declaring war on the world?
It wasn't until the telecommunications company sent a notification that everyone understood why this happened.
"Anchor!? How can an anchor have such great power? Can you find a more reliable reason? How did a good-for-nothing like you get in ?"
The head of the Tourism Bureau pounded his desk and roared loudly. He looked angrily at the staff who stayed in front of him, and his face turned almost the color of liver.
Since it was the mountain climbing window period, Landon had been sleeping in the office almost all the time for the past month. He even put a single bed in the revolving door so that he could react immediately if something unexpected happened.
The previous two persons in charge were dismissed due to ineffective rescue operations, and the time span is extremely similar.
Since 2014, there have been three avalanches on Mount Everest, and this is the fourth one!
Landon didn't want to be fired for the same reason, but now his subordinates told him that because his orders could not be passed on to the rescue team?
The employee who was sprayed with spit sat on a wooden chair and didn't dare to refute, or even wipe it off. He hurriedly took out his mobile phone and handed it to Langdon, saying with a flattering smile: "Boss, you can use mine. No one will bother me with mine."
Just as he finished speaking, a shrill cell phone ringtone rang out.
Langdon's heart skipped a beat. The clerk beside him quickly hung up the phone: "It was an accident. It was an accident."
Buzz buzz buzz...
Looking at his cell phone that was vibrating again, Langdon was speechless. It was over. Even the staff's cell phones had been affected.
The clerk laughed awkwardly and long-pressed the power button to turn off the phone: "Boss, don't worry too much. Although the call can't be connected, the rescue team has also received the news. They must have set out to rescue now. It's just that the regular message can't be sent out. There is still no problem with the military."
Langdon looked up at the ceiling and felt dizzy. He almost fainted.
Finished.
His job is not secure.
[Nepalese Embassy phone number: **************************, Nepal Mountaineering Association Chairman phone number: **************************, Tourism Bureau phone number: **********************************, Police Chief phone number: **********************************, …]
In Bifang's live broadcast room, a barrage of comments appeared repeatedly, with numerous phone numbers densely recorded on it, reminding more than four million viewers that they can call the above numbers.
Yes, more than four million viewers, a number that the Langya platform has never had before!
From 3.2 million to over 4 million viewers, it took only five minutes, surpassing all other live broadcasts. The news of an outdoor anchor encountering an avalanche while climbing Mount Everest had spread on countless social media platforms. People from all over the world continued to pour into the live broadcast room, whether they knew Fang Shen or not, they were all attracted by the explosive point of the avalanche live broadcast.
At this time, the number of people online at the Langya website soared rapidly and exceeded six million!
Shark has 15 million daily active users and Tiger Tooth has 11 million daily active users. Excluding different time periods, only the peak period can have more than 6 million viewers in the same hour. At this time, just because of one anchor, the active number of Wolf Tooth directly increased to 4 million!
How can this be a host?
It's clearly a walking hurricane!
No other anchor can achieve this level. Bifang has broken through the upper limit of live streaming. The realm he is in is completely different. In other words, no matter where he is now, he can attract such a huge amount of traffic!
In the Internet age, traffic is king. Even if someone offered 100 million yuan to poach Bifang, no one would find it strange.
Fang Shen's live broadcast room is like a tornado on the Internet, sweeping across the world and attracting a steady stream of onlookers.
[Brother 666! How come all these phone numbers were found? And the director Xiao Mi, damn, which director is this? This wave of social death. ]
[Chinese and English bilingual version, which country's talents are from? ]
[I heard from the guy next door that it was a hacker from an ugly country... It's hard to understand that such a big guy is also a fan of Fang Shen]
[You never know who the fans watching the live broadcast are (funny)]
[With four million people, it is reasonable for some hackers, killers, agents, and spies to appear, right? ]
[How long has it been? Five minutes, right?]
[To be precise, it has been four minutes and fifty-seven seconds. One third of the golden time has passed. During the time I was typing, another seven seconds have passed. Now it is five minutes and four seconds.]
[Lao Bi is so unlucky, what is the reason for the avalanche? Mount Everest has collapsed four times in the past ten years, right? ]
[Someone must have been plotting against our god! ]
Just as everyone was arguing fiercely, a pinned announcement suddenly appeared in the live broadcast room. The enlarged red font made all the arguing viewers calm down quickly.
"Please remain calm and wait patiently for the results of the rescue operation by Nepali authorities. Please do not make phone calls to harass the rescue workers and cause unnecessary losses."
After the Langya staff issued the notice, they quickly received a response from Nepal.
The situation has eased.
"Phew, that's good."
Vice President Liu Yawen wiped the sweat from his forehead, grabbed the teacup in the living room and drank water in big gulps. The sudden situation woke him up from his sleep and almost soaked half of his back.
After the telephone line explosion occurred, the Nepalese officials immediately found out the cause and quickly contacted Langya to issue this notice. Finally, the situation improved.
Looking up at the clock on the wall and the rapidly ticking second hand, Li Yawen's heart began to beat faster. It was even more torturous than waiting for the results outside the operating room.
Every second carries the possibility of life slipping away, perhaps in the form of a lower body temperature, slower breathing, or weaker heart beats.
"Damn it, come back alive!"
"Hey, Boss, the show is on!"
"Start broadcasting, who will start broadcasting?"
"Fang Shen!"
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"Can you still hold on?"
Tenzin dug frantically to expand the space in the snow. Every collision felt like hitting a concrete wall. He took a deep breath of oxygen and turned back to ask Bifang. The other party did not use an oxygen cylinder, so it was really hard to be assured of Bifang's condition. Unfortunately, nothing could be seen in the dark space. Tenzin could not be sure of the other party's situation. He could only call him every once in a while to make sure that the other party was still conscious.
Once the other person loses consciousness, he must be allowed to breathe oxygen at all costs, Tenzin thought.
In the narrow space, Bifang gently pushed Tenzin to indicate that he was conscious.
After receiving the response, Tenzin immediately turned around and continued digging.
"Hurry, hurry, Lama Qin, Lama Qin, let everyone survive!"
In the frantic digging, Tenzin's fingers were so frozen that he could hardly straighten them. He could only dig stiffly relying on his arm strength, and pulled the rope every once in a while to ensure that he was digging in the correct direction.
The space in the snow expanded and became larger, but there was not much more oxygen.
There is a large amount of air between the originally sparse snowflakes, which is the reason why most people who encounter an avalanche can survive for fifteen minutes. In the initial period of time, the buried people are not short of oxygen. If there is a complete lack of oxygen, death will occur within a few minutes. However, although there is oxygen between the snowflakes, the thick snowflakes prevent the air exchange between the internal space and the external space, which also causes the oxygen to become less and less.
Tenzin had an oxygen tank, and Bifang could also reduce oxygen loss through inactivity. However, as the space expanded, the snow walls around him were compressed, and the air exchange became less, making the already limited time even more tense.
Bifang lay flat on the snow, trying his best to empty his mind, not thinking, not worrying.
Oxygen is the first necessity for human life activities. The weight of an adult's brain is about 2.5-3% of his body weight, but its oxygen consumption accounts for 25% of the body's total oxygen consumption!
At this point, the goal is clear, and the direction of survival is also clear, so you must temporarily "shut down" the brain to reduce energy consumption.
In the quiet and narrow space, Bifang closed his eyes and felt his heartbeat gradually slowing down.
The heat radiation was reflected on the snow wall and then reflected back, and the temperature slowly rose. Tenzin's forehead was covered with sweat, but his hands were as cold as ice. He grabbed the rope and pulled it hard again.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
A cough suddenly sounded in the dark space.
"Ha, Mr. Bi, we found it!" Tenzin was overjoyed!
"Go on, everyone else, keep digging!"
Bifang opened his eyes, quickly stood up, stroked the snow wall, and came to Atenborg. He was about to put on Tenzin's extra oxygen cylinder, but he didn't expect that Atenborg was already wearing one.
After taking a breath of oxygen, Attenborough righted himself and then leaned aside.
"How is it, are you okay?"
Aidenburg grabbed Bifang's arm and shook his head, then realized that he couldn't see. He put down the oxygen tank and said weakly: "It's okay. You have to trust the survival experience of a nearly 100-year-old man."
The moment he was buried in the snow, Attenborough crossed his arms over his chest, trying to create as much space as possible through his mouth, nose and chest for breathing. Not only did he not lose consciousness, but he also took out the oxygen tank with great difficulty, buying himself some time to survive.
As he spoke, Atenburg felt dizzy, and thinking of the big eagle he had seen, he asked weakly: "What on earth is going on? How did you do it?"
"It's the Eagle Head Ice Slope." Bifang also sat down and dug out the Aidenburg. The narrow space expanded again. "When I was climbing the ladder, I saw an Eagle Head Ice Slope by the moonlight. It was very close. When the avalanche came, I led you to rush over there. Now it seems that the result is good."
When an avalanche occurs, running down the mountain is actually very dangerous, which both Attenborough and Bifang are well aware of.
Throwing away the load and running to the side may increase your chances of survival. If there is nowhere to escape, find a nearby cover such as a rock and hide behind it.
The Sherpa who untied the rope and ran down the mountain alone with only the backpack was in greater danger.
"No wonder, I thought I was hallucinating before I died, or it was a druid."
Attenborough smiled, thinking of the scene he saw before he was buried. It was an unimaginably large eagle. He thought it was a god who appeared to save him.
Unfortunately, there are no gods, so they have to rely on themselves for everything.
"Cough, cough, cough, cough."
Attenborough coughed violently again. After all, he was a 90-year-old man. How could he be safe and sound after encountering an avalanche?
Bifang not only felt guilty, but if he hadn't made the suggestion: "I'm so sorry, if it weren't for me..."
"Don't say that!" Attenborough interrupted Bifang immediately, his voice even sounding a little angry. "I am an old man, a 90-year-old man, but don't underestimate me because of this. My experience is even greater than that of most people on this earth. I participated in World War II, worked as a corporate executive, crossed the Amazon rainforest with the natives in a canoe, walked through the Sahara Desert, and now I am standing on the highest peak on this earth. Mr. Bi, I am not a coward, do you know that? My body is shrinking, but my spirit is growing stronger. No one can easily influence my judgment. Do you think your suggestion of a few words can really affect my decision?"
"No! Absolutely not! It is I who want to come and I who want to go. You have only made a certain degree of judgment on my health."
After saying this in one breath, Attenborough lay down weakly and took several breaths of oxygen. He stretched out his left hand, took off his thick gloves, and rubbed his old palms in the darkness, the cold snow, the soft clothes, and the clean face.
Attenborough's hands touched Bifang's cheek, eyebrows, eyes and nose.
There is nothing up there, no oxygen tanks, no tears, only perseverance.
What a young, handsome and elastic face! If I were fifty years younger, I would probably be like this too.
"You are still young, kid. You haven't used an oxygen tank yet. I understand your determination, and I hope you can understand mine. So, don't say such things. There is not much oxygen left. You have to save your energy and bring all of us back."
"Take everyone back."
Bifang held the old man's right hand and whispered affirmation.
"must."
