Lu Mingfei Returns from Monster Hunting

Chapter 273 It's Coming (4K)

Chu Zihang's words made Caesar stunned, but he quickly realized it.

Usually field expedition teams going to the Arctic like to hire Inuit people because they are familiar with the Arctic terrain and have excellent cold resistance.

Someone once said that if a well-equipped scientific expedition team member goes out of the team and acts alone, it is difficult to survive three days in the North Pole.

But an Inuit can live in the polar regions for a month with only a few sled dogs and a dagger.

The European expeditions that went to the Arctic expedition in the early years basically believed in this principle. At that time, if an experienced Inuit guide could be found, the chances of surviving the polar expedition would increase linearly.

So it wasn't anything special that the man and his children were Inuit.

For the Inuit, arctic exploration was simply dangerous work they had to do in order to get paid to support their families.

One of the reasons why they are desperately engaged in such a high-risk steel industry is to save their children from suffering and become the next "Inuit guide dog".

What made Caesar curious was how Chu Zihang could distinguish their Inuit identities.

"You deliberately covered the child's eyes when you came out of the well, because you didn't want him to see his father's body?"

"En." Chu Zihang nodded.

"Have you thought of your own father?" Caesar questioned, "What kind of person is your father? I haven't seen much."

"A bad husband, but a qualified man." Chu Zihang replied.

His tone was very flat, exactly the tone of a man gossiping after drinking, but it was faintly heavy.

Caesar also said in a casual tone: "I feel like my father is the same way. Do you sometimes feel better without him?"

He knew that Zihang didn't want to talk too much about this topic, but the more the other party wanted to hide things, the more Caesar wanted to clarify.

After all, everyone has been fighting against each other for two or three years at school. It would be too boring if you don't know the basics.

"There is a difference between being and having nothing." Chu Zihang said softly, "Everyone needs proof of their own existence. This proof may be your parents, your friends, or your lover. They need you, so you Just exist. If no one needs you, you have no meaning in existence."

After listening, Caesar was silent. This is really a profound philosophical proposition. What he hated most in his life was philosophy.

And he is different from Chu Zihang, he always believes in his own existence.

As for why he can be so convinced of his own existence...

Because Gattuso's family has so much money that they can't count in a lifetime?In fact, Caesar himself didn't know how much money his family had. He was not interested in money, because money became an illusory figure when it reached a certain level.

Because of Nono?Of course, this is a good reason, but considering that they are not married, this reason is not convincing.

Because of mother?The woman named Gullweger has been dead for too long, and in Caesar's memory, her face has begun to blur, leaving only a smiling face like Mona Lisa.

His father, Pompey, had always been very reliable.

Although he is a walking human planter and a typical irresponsible scumbag, whenever Caesar is in crisis, Pompey always appears in time.

It's as if something happened to the child at school, and the father who always said that he was busy and had business to discuss and couldn't come to the parent-teacher meeting fell from the sky, and waved his big hand and said that my son would not be wrong.

Even if he didn't know who was wrong, his son would never be wrong anyway.

Pompey had always trusted him so much.

Caesar rubbed his chin in thought.

It turns out that the one who can prove his existence the most is actually the Papa Stallion that he doesn't like very much?This conclusion made him want to cover his face involuntarily.

Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps from far to near, and Rebalco walked to the card table, interrupting the heart-to-heart game between the Kassel duo.

"The child is awake!"

……

When the three rushed to the medical room, the accompanying ship doctor who looked like a butcher just came out of it.

"The child is awake?" Chu Zihang asked.

"He fainted from hypoglycemia, and he woke up after dripping some glucose. The physical examination is also done, and all the indicators of the body are normal. He has received some radiation, but it is not serious. There is no high-intensity radioactive material in that well."

The doctor said, pushing the door of the medical room open.

Caesar and Chu Zihang looked in through the opened gap at the same time. In the middle of the medical room was a sterile room made of tempered glass, which was probably used for emergency surgery.

There was a dim yellowish reddish light in the sterile room, and in the corner where the light couldn't reach, there was a small human figure curled up.

She had long black hair and dull eyes.

"It's a girl?" Caesar was a little surprised.

There was also an inaudible wrinkle in the corner of Chu Zihang's eyes.

Although he had hugged the child not long ago, he didn't realize that she was actually a girl.

But don't blame him. At that time, the girl was wearing a coat made of wild animal fur, her face was covered with oil, she looked more like a little monkey jumping out of a mud puddle.

When the two of them observed the girl, she was looking at a corner of the sterile room, and it was clear that there was nothing in that corner.

The girl's eyes were wide open, motionless, like a frightened puppet doll.

In her hand, she still tightly held a grenade that would never explode.

"Before I took a bath, I thought she was a little boy." The doctor said, "I realized it was a girl after I washed it, but it's not as young as I thought, about twelve or thirteen years old."

"Who bathed her?" Caesar looked at the doctor warily.

People in most countries are disgusted with copper mines.

"She washed it herself! She washed it herself!" The doctor also knew that he had been misunderstood, and quickly explained, "I just prepared hot water for her and put her in the bathroom. I also have a daughter!"

Several people reluctantly believed his explanation.

The doctor patted his head and complained: "Besides, no one can touch her, she's like a little arctic wolf."

Caesar asked suspiciously, "What request?"

"Her physical indicators are quite normal, but she has some mental problems. I guess it is a stress disorder." The doctor whispered, "A teenage girl, after going through those things, it is hard not to leave a psychological impression. trauma."

"No wonder she ran away as soon as she saw us." Rebalco nodded, "Maybe she can't even trust humans anymore?"

"Highly excited and alert, accompanied by light or heavy hallucinations, in her cognition, we may be no different from beasts, and even we are hideous ghosts in her eyes."

The doctor pointed to the grenade in the girl's hand: "So I gave her that thing as a pacifier. The explosive part has been dismantled, it won't explode, but as long as you get close to it, she will pull the string."

Hearing this, Caesar was silent for a long time.

When the only thing a person can trust in this world is the hand grenade, is it the same as what Chu Zihang said, meaningless?
"You can't ask anything in this situation, right?" Schneider's unique voice came from behind.

He also rushed over immediately when he heard the news.

Of course, several people gathered here not just to care about the girl's physical condition, but to know the details of when their entire team died.

After all, judging from the corpse and the recording is too one-sided.

The doctor shook his head: "She hasn't said a word since she woke up."

"How long will it take to recover?" Schneider asked again.

"The onset of this disease is relatively sudden, but recovery is not difficult. The time may be long or short, about half a month to a month~" the doctor said.

Schneider sighed silently.

Half a month and a month is really fast for the patient to recover, but their time for hunting the Dragon King is limited.

It is already summer now, but the temperature in the polar regions is getting lower day by day.

The extremely abnormal weather made him understand that the longer this task was delayed, the more difficult it would be.

The Arctic Ocean is so big, assuming this is Niord's home, the possibility of him cruising around is not ruled out.

If this is the case, half a month and a month are enough for him to fly to Canada.

But they couldn't forcefully interrogate this child who was on the verge of collapse with drugs, that would undoubtedly be mental torture.

What's more, the daughter of a guide is not very old, and the information she can provide is probably limited.

"Take good care of her."

After thinking about several plans, Schneider ruled them out one by one in his mind. In the end, he had no choice but to give up, and asked the doctor softly.

The others followed and left, only Chu Zihang took a last look into the crack of the door, but with that look, he noticed something strange.

Caesar, who was in front of him, had already taken two steps, turned his head and found that Chu Zihang's expression was wrong, and stepped back to look in through the crack of the door, and was immediately stunned.

The little girl who looked like a puppet raised her head, and her big blank and frightened eyes were staring at them.

No, to be precise, she was staring at Chu Zihang.

It is obvious that Caesar and Chu Zihang are basically in the same position, and logically it is impossible to tell which person the girl's visual focus is on at such a distance, but for some reason, Caesar's intuition tells him that the little girl is looking at Chu Zihang sail.

It seemed that in the eyes of that little girl, the noble heirs of the Gattuso family did not exist.

She looked at Chu Zihang, only at Chu Zihang.

No one could ignore that look, Chu Zihang and Caesar looked at each other, pushed open the door decisively and walked in.

Caesar quietly closed the door behind him.

In this way, from the little girl's point of view, this conversation was only between her and Chu Zihang.

Chu Zihang came to the tempered glass door of the sterile room and squatted down, putting his hands on the glass.

The two just stared at each other through the glass for a long time.

Probably wanting to say something, the little girl crawled over cautiously.

This made Chu Zihang feel a bit like watching a first-class protected animal in a zoo.

The little girl was lying on the tempered glass door, still staring at Chu Zihang blankly, as if examining him.

Those eyes are like two small mirrors, the pupils can see people thoroughly, which is daunting.

Chu Zihang did not have much emotional fluctuations, and said softly, "My name is Chu Zihang, and I am from an Arctic expedition team. We have no malicious intentions and will not hurt you."

He didn't know what language the little girl would speak, so he used the most common English.

For a long time, the little girl didn't respond, maybe she couldn't understand English, maybe her spirit blocked her brain from external information.

Chu Zihang has a bit of a headache. Besides English, he can speak Chinese, French, German and other major languages.

But it would be foolish to say that to an Inuit child encountered in the Arctic.

Just when he didn't know how to communicate with the other party, the little girl spoke.

"Tali..." Her voice was very soft, as if she was breathing. If Chu Zihang hadn't had perfect hearing, he would have even ignored her voice.

It was the first word the little girl had uttered since she was rescued.

It's a pity that Chu Zihang didn't understand.

Tali?Is it her name?
Caesar, who was listening with a "sick weasel" outside the door, didn't understand either.

Because it was the voice of a big family, his language attainments were extremely deep. Others were proficient in two or three languages, while Caesar could be proficient in two or three language families.

Compared with Chu Zihang, his language knowledge is more comprehensive.

But he had never heard of the word Tali, and the pronunciation and spelling did not match any of the languages ​​he was familiar with.

"Tali..." the girl repeated the word.

Caesar thought of something and immediately took out his phone.

"eva, search for all spelling combinations of the pronunciation of Tali for me, in the language databases all over the world!"

He instinctively realized that this was an important message.

A mysterious word, possibly from Longwen, did that girl hear the words of a certain king?
When they were in Japan, they also used this function of eva. At that time, eva deciphered the three characters "高天原" within ten minutes.

But this time Eva gave a reply in less than half a second.

"Tali means 'snow' in Eskimo."

"Eskimo language?" Caesar was taken aback for a moment, and then he came to his senses.

hell!How did he become so dull all of a sudden.

The girl was Inuit, and of course she spoke Eskimo.

But what does "snow" mean?
Here is the North Pole, there is snow everywhere, what is there to be curious about?
"This word in Eskimo language is usually used to name people, especially women." Eva continued, "Add to that, Inuit people usually have more than one name, and their formal names basically follow the names of their ancestors. Tali like this The names are all used as nicknames, and are called among family members."

The corner of Caesar's mouth twitched, so the girl told Chu Zihang Tali, was she just saying her name?
Because Chu Zihang once jumped at her desperately, so he was the only person she trusted on this boat?

"Tali is her name." Caesar whispered into the headset.

Both wore wireless headsets for covert calls so they could keep in touch at all times.

"Tali, I will protect you." Knowing this, Chu Zihang said softly to the girl.

He doesn't know Eskimo, so he speaks in English.

Logically speaking, the girl shouldn't understand, but just as Chu Zihang finished saying this, the girl suddenly burst into tears.

That sad expression is touching.

She spoke eagerly in Eskimo, but Chu Zihang frowned and couldn't understand.

But Caesar's pupils outside the door suddenly dilated.

Because Eva on the phone immediately translated that sentence, what the girl said was...

"Go! It's coming!"

(End of this chapter)