Chapter 403: Your Condolences
When everyone returned to the base camp, it was twelve o'clock noon and the original team of three had expanded to eleven people.
That's right, eleven people.
After Bifang rescued Saito, the detector reacted again at 5,400 meters. As a result, it was like digging for the Calabash Brothers. There were seven brothers on the vine. One of them died on the spot, and the other six suffered varying degrees of injuries, but they were still able to walk.
At that time, the altitude was not far from the base camp and had left the Khumbu Glacier range, so Bifang asked the six of them to support each other and walk together.
As for why four plus six equals eleven people, it was because Bifang also found an old acquaintance, one of the two Sherpa guides who untied the rope and escaped.
As for the other one, unfortunately, Bifang has not been found and his life or death is still unknown...
After the Sherpas were dug out, and he heard that Bifang and the others not only survived but were even unharmed, he was completely suffocated.
When she saw the camp not far away, she burst into tears.
If he had not untied the rope and followed Bifang, he might not have lost a leg and his best friend.
As the only strong laborer in the family, one can imagine the impact of losing a leg on the entire family.
Unfortunately, there is no if.
Bifang didn't know what to say to comfort him when he saw this. He didn't blame the other party in his heart. As a wilderness adventurer, he understood best how much influence instinct could have on a person.
He patted the other person's shoulder and comforted him: "Stay alive. Staying alive is the best outcome. There is still hope. Your mountain god must have let you live for a reason. Look forward."
Everyone in the team looked at the crying Sherpa in silence, shedding tears. They also had companions who died in the avalanche.
[Three lives! This is the first time I’ve seen such a person…]
[Natural disaster…]
[It would be nice if there was something like in James Bond movies that pops up like an airbag when encountering an avalanche]
【Come on, go fuck yourself! 】
[To be honest, this avalanche gave me a bigger shock than the last time I saw that group of human traffickers]
The moment they saw the camp, a man with gauze wrapped around his forehead fell to his knees in the snow, his body shaking continuously, which scared his teammates next to him.
"Thank you, thank you, I'm alive, I'm back alive, thank you."
"It's okay, it's all right. It's what we should do. Get up quickly." Bifang was stunned for a moment, then quickly went over to support him.
At this time, everyone around also reacted. Thinking of the scene of the avalanche at night and the despair of being buried, they all shed tears.
"If we had waited for rescue, we would have died long ago. You are greater than God!"
"God bless you, God bless you."
"It's okay. It's really okay."
The audience was also moved when they saw this scene.
【This is what an adventurer is! 】
[Sir is right, Adventurer Fang is awesome! ]
[Male god, my male god, hehe]
[So handsome that I drool ]
[What is Nantong? ]
[With great ability comes great responsibility. I will give you a spaceship*1. — All my pocket money for this month! ]
At the same time, the people who stayed behind in the camp and the climbers who had not yet set out also saw Bifang and others not far away.
"That is..."
One climber narrowed his eyes in disbelief.
There was an avalanche last night, but due to the unstable situation, no one dared to act on their own, let alone climb the mountain, especially the Khumbu Glacier. When the sun rose in the morning, the glacier was very unstable and it was all white. Apart from the occasional broken garbage blowing by, there was no one in sight.
There are people on the mountain now?
It seems like quite a lot.
Out of kindness, the man put his hands on his mouth, making a trumpet shape, took a deep breath and shouted: "Hey, avalanche! Avalanche! Don't climb! Danger!"
Apparently, the climbers thought Bifang and the others were just some rich kids trying to observe the avalanche up close. But the next moment, a figure rushed out from beside him, followed by a second, and a third...
"Here it comes, big news, big news!"
"Quick, it's GOD·FANG! GOD·FANG!"
The climber was confused, so he reached out and grabbed a person, and asked hurriedly, "Who is this? Do you know him?"
“FUCK! Don’t pull me!” The third man who rushed out swung hard , trying to shake off the climber, but the climber was so strong that the man couldn’t shake him off once, twice, and three times in a row. Seeing that his companions had already rushed up, he hurriedly explained, “This is a survivor of the avalanche, who saved himself!”
"Survived, saved themselves?" The climber was stunned. He had heard of avalanches and had seen them several times, but he had never heard of anyone successfully saving themselves from an avalanche and coming back alone. Even if there were any, they were very rare and had only appeared in the news. At least he had never seen it before, and so many people?
Wait, these people all successfully rescued themselves?
The climber wanted to ask more, but the man did not give him the chance. Seeing that he could not get rid of the other person, he simply took off his coat and ran out.
"What's going on?" The climber was completely confused.
Not only the climbers and onlookers, but Bifang was also confused. When he arrived at the entrance of the camp and saw several people rushing towards him, he thought they were the other party's family members. But when he saw the microphone in their hands, he felt that it was not the case.
"This is a reporter? Are you kidding me?" As the little prince of entertainment news, Yao Jun was very familiar with this situation, but he couldn't imagine it. "The rescue team hasn't arrived yet, how did they get here?"
Jarrett saw it more clearly: "The lives of rescuers are also lives. The mountaineering association has to consider whether the mountain is stable, the cause of the avalanche, whether there will be secondary disasters, whether rescue , and then formulate a rescue plan. But paparazzi don't need to do that. As long as there is money to be made, does danger matter?"
As they were talking, reporters in groups of three or four had already surrounded them. After all, this was the Everest Base Camp. Although there were reporters, due to the harsh eyes, there were not many of them. Bifang pushed them away lightly.
All kinds of languages bombarded me, including Nepali, English, Hindi, and even Chinese.
"Please move aside, please move aside. Someone is injured and needs to rest as soon as possible."
"GOD·FANG, GOD·FANG, I am your idol. Can you tell me what you think of your self-rescue, which has been praised by netizens as a textbook example?"
"I just want to lie down and watch now, please move aside."
"God Fang, as a rescuer, how do you feel?"
"I feel for your mother."
"Excuse me, can you speak English?"
"I thank your mother."
"I'm sorry, my mother has passed away."
Bifang: “…”
After a long pause, when Bifang didn't know what to say, another round of scolding came from behind the reporter.
"Get out of here, everyone! We are from the mountaineering association! Don't disturb the injured from resting!"
Thank God.
Bifang breathed a sigh of relief. Although he really wanted to chase these sticky people away, he really didn't have the extra energy.