Sapporo is only 140 kilometers away from Asahikawa city, but the wind and snow in Hokkaido at the end of December was really severe, so several people were delayed a lot of time on the road.

Enter Asahikawa City, located in central Hokkaido.

This no longer has the bustling scenery of a metropolis like Tokyo and Sapporo, but is as sparse and low as a rural street market.

It seems that the entire urban population here is only 330,000.

On a snowy day in late December, there were almost no people on the snow-covered road.

The shops I occasionally encounter are also closed.

Sakakihara Suzu originally said that she would be able to replenish her supplies and rest as soon as she entered the city, but she didn't expect that she would have to continue driving to the city center.

Everyone stopped temporarily to rest and clean the snow on their cars and luggage.

"Hi~ It's so cold... Why does this place look like a ghost town? Where are the people?"

"The further north you go, the less populated it becomes, not to mention that we have to go to Lake Kussharo next, where there are fewer people."

"Ah? There are even fewer people over there..."

Raku Sakakibara tied chains to the tires to prevent them from slipping. "After all, the population of Sapporo, the largest city in Hokkaido, is only 1.1 million. People in Hokkaido are basically concentrated there. The further west you go, the fewer people there are."

"What's Asahikawa's rank?"

"Asahikawa ranks second in Hokkaido."

"Ah?! It looks just like the small towns around Tokyo... Is Hokkaido so poor?"

Tianhai Qimingyue, who was parking the car and taking a rest at the other end, reached out and brushed off the wind and snow on his leather jacket, and explained:

"Hokkaido's population is dispersed and is dominated by agriculture, fishery and forestry. These traditional industries are facing considerable competition and market challenges in the context of globalization and technological development. Many regions have also failed to successfully achieve industrial diversification, resulting in overall

The economy is unstable. Coupled with five months of winter every year and extreme weather, Hokkaido's overall development is lagging behind."

"Oh." Sakakihara Suzu listened half-consciously.

Raku Sakakihara suddenly turned his head, looking through the helmet lenses and the snowflakes floating in the air, "Alzu, I'm going to test you on a question, which happens to be geography knowledge."

"What?"

“What is Sapporo’s main source of income today?”

"yes......"

"It's the tourism industry." Amami Nozuki poked her head out from behind Sakakibara Suzu. Her head was enlarged even though she was wearing a white helmet.

"Yuki got the answer right." Raku Sakakihara suddenly narrowed his eyes in the helmet, "A. Suzu——"

"I...I...didn't think of it for a moment! Haha~" Sakakihara Suzu smiled and said haha, her eyes slowly moved to other places.

Tenkai Nanamigetsu took over, "The entire Hokkaido, except for the Sapporo metropolitan area, is very poor. The land here is barren, and it can only be supported by selling resources and underdeveloped tourism. The population is also aging very seriously, so

The urban area here looks like an ordinary small town."

"Have all the young people gone to Tokyo?"

"That's right."

"Isn't that similar to our hometown?"

"My sister-chan is wrong. Matsuyama City has a good geographical location and an excellent climate. You only need to compare it with the urban area to understand that Matsuyama City's development is much better than Asahikawa."

Tokyo is full of high-rise buildings, and you can also see many high-rise buildings in Sapporo.

Asahikawa is basically a wide flat land...

In other words, it's desolate.

Driving into the city center, there is finally a supermarket still in operation.

A few people went in to replenish supplies, and taking advantage of the fact that it was just past noon, they continued towards Kussha Road.

The further I rode my motorcycle, the more I realized that Hokkaido's road administration really has no money...

National highways are getting narrower and narrower, and the roads are getting worse and worse.

There are basically cracks on the cement, and sometimes there are even potholes.

At first glance, it seems to be in a state of disrepair. Most probably no one has even complained, right?

...

Leaving the city and driving out of Kamikawa Town, you are basically in the wilderness.

For a long time, I couldn't see the shadow of other cars. There was a mountain on the right, and a mountain on the left. If I kept going, it would still be a mountain.

The scenery along the way is only white with snow. Occasionally, there are trains making a clanging sound, flying quickly in the distance against the wind and snow.

A few people did not dare to drive fast in the heavy snow, so they could only move forward slowly and slowly.

Until Ah Ling stopped in front.

Raku Sakakihara saw the brake lights on the rear of Alzu's car in front of him through the gray wind and snow.

He also stopped the car and turned off the engine. After checking that Qiyue and Liuli were behind him, he took off his mask and shouted to A Ling in front:

"What's wrong!"

...

A few seconds later, Ah Ling's voice came back through the cold snowy wind.

"Brother! There's a lot of snow ahead! There's no road!"

No way?

Raku Sakakibara exchanged a look with Nanami Nanami, and then started the motorcycle again.

Raku Sakakibara drove to Suzu Sakakibara's car, stretched out his hand to wipe the snow on his helmet, and looked forward through the helmet.

Sure enough, there was a lot of snow.

The road was blocked by heavy snow.

The trees beside the national highway are integrated with the road surface, and the thickness of the snow is estimated to be about one and a half meters.

There is no way to drive through this thickness.

Sakakihara Suzu looked around for a while, unable to make up her mind: "What should we do?"

"What should we do? Let's take a detour."

"Then we won't be able to reach Kitami City at night?"

Sakakihara Raku silently stared at the road blocked by snow, spitting out white mist, and said lightly: "Thank God for being able to reach Ryuhei."

Reluctantly, several people had no choice but to turn back and head south on National Highway 242.

The road conditions here are good, but not very optimistic either.

Sure enough, after driving for less than an hour... the road was blocked by snow again.

"Brother?"

"Let's change again. Here Liuli will lead the team, and I will follow the team leader. It's snowy, so don't get separated."

"oh."

However...

This time, less than fifteen minutes later, the road was blocked again.

"The snow is too heavy, it's not an option to continue like this." Tianhai Qimingyue saw the seriousness of the situation.

"What about the previous National Highway 211?"

"Sister, haven't you noticed that the road is getting narrower and narrower? We have walked through the snow several times. If we go back, I'm afraid the road over there will also be blocked."

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Going out on a snowy day is definitely not a good idea.

It was starting to get dark, and Sakakihara Suzu was a little nervous:

"...Brother, how about...finding a way back to Asahikawa City?"

Raku Sakakihara glanced at the time on his watch, then at the sky, and said, "It's too late. We can't even go back on National Highway 211. How can we still find the way back to Asahikawa? Moreover, the GPS signal here is not good."

"How about we find a place to set up camp?"

"I really want to, but it's hard to say whether our small camp can withstand such a heavy snow day."

"...What should I do? I have two bars of oil left."

"Let's go further and see if we can find an abandoned wooden house or school to set up camp."

...

Helpless, a few people could only dig out the snow in front of them a little and continue moving forward...

The scenery on the road is quite beautiful, with pure white snow.

Especially occasionally, you can see a large white mountain in the distance hidden in the wind and snow.

It's just that it's getting darker and darker, and the temperature is getting lower and lower.

Unconsciously, everyone drove into a village road that was not shown on the map.

I continued along the village road and didn't see any villages.

Just at the end of the village road, we drove into a mountain road.

This road was also not displayed on the navigation. Sakakibara only knew that the group of people were currently on a curve halfway up the mountain, with a cliff on the side of the road.

Amami Kuriuri, who was in charge of taking the lead, stopped the car in front. Sakakihara Raku followed. She then turned around nervously and said:

"Lejun, my mobile phone has no signal. Do you have one over there?"

Sakakihara Raku quickly took off the phone from the phone holder and took a look, "Nothing either."
To be continued...