The temperature in the pit quickly rose. Ye Qiong took off his animal skin coat again, wearing a close-fitting animal skin vest underneath, and worked hard to dig coal.
Now, on the outside of the big pit, Ye Qiong has used charcoal fire to melt it, creating an area with the big pit as the center and extending two meters outward on all sides.
The melted snow water will automatically flow downhill. Ye Qiong built a ten centimeter-high slope at the edge of the pit to prevent the snow water from flowing in.
As the amount of charcoal fire increased, the temperature above the pit became higher and higher. In the pit, Ye Qiong only used the dug hole and did not put coal in other areas.
Just climbing up and down like this, Ye Qiong was already so busy that he began to sweat, and the ice and snow above melted faster and faster. The melted snow water gathered together and formed a small stream of water.
These water flows downstream. If all the snow in this area is melted, a small lake will definitely be formed in the valley at the bottom.
It is worth mentioning that in the coming spring, the lower reaches of this valley will indeed become a small lake, which will store a lot of water for Ye Qiong and his tribe. It will play a great supporting role next to the coal mine.
Ye Qiong was busy until noon, and then he heard shouts from afar.
Tang Ying came with the warriors from the tribe to provide support.
The leader of the team this time was Ronling. As soon as he heard that Ye Qiong was trapped in the avalanche, he immediately pulled over all the soldiers he could mobilize, a total of seventy people.
After simply communicating in the most primitive way of communication for a while, Ronling followed Ye Qiong's instructions and led the soldiers around to the bottom of the highest peak of the Dinglong Mountains, and then led the team from the side to reach the Dinglong Mountains.
Moving in the direction of 45 degrees, he dug towards the hole where Ye Qiong was.
Most of the tools in the hands of the soldiers are used to mine stones and clay soil. Facing the snow, they are a bit uncomfortable. The snow is very light, and the tools are heavier. If the frequency is accelerated, there will be a sense of force.
It feels like there is no place to use it.
In the afternoon, the second wave of support arrived, and Ye Tianlong brought Da Kui over.
With the help of an adult long-tailed bear that is more than five meters tall, the speed of tunnel digging instantly went up a notch.
The soldiers are now following Ye Qiong's instructions. The tunnel they dug is very wide, five meters wide, and can allow two carriages to pass through at the same time.
Although the soldiers were puzzled by Ye Qiong's order, they did not ask why. Under the leadership of Ronling, they worked hard.
However, after Dakui arrived, they had no choice but to take a back seat, because all of them together could not dig as fast as Dakui himself if they dug from the front.
So more than seventy people followed Dakui and squeezed the snow dug out by Dakui on both sides to strengthen the passage.
Now Dakui and Daidai are the main combat forces, while Ronling leads the soldiers to provide support, which is very similar to the scene of hunting Warcraft in the summer.
Humans and gibber bears have relied on each other for countless years, and the tacit understanding between them cannot be expressed in words.
They worked until night, and the soldiers did not stop. Instead, they started taking shifts, allowing the passage to slowly advance forward.
At the same time, Ye Qiong was also digging coal, using the temperature to break through the snow. The speed was much slower than Dakui's digging speed, but it was very stable.
Dakui needs to rest when he is tired from digging, but the burning of coal is very long-lasting.
The huge pile of snow, like a huge mountain, stood between Ye Qiong and Rongring.
Now in the direction where Ronling and the others are directly connected to Ye Qiong, the height of the snow is about 20 meters on average.
If you want to dig a five-meter-wide tunnel, you must open the top snow farther to the outside, so the amount of work is much larger than imagined.
From noon to evening, Ronling and the others, led by Da Kui, advanced a distance of two hundred meters.
Ye Qiong, on the other hand, used the burning of charcoal fire to advance about thirty meters by himself.
On the ground, there are charcoal fires piled up together in a straight line. The ones connected to the big pit at the beginning have been extinguished, but the ones along Ronngling and the others are burning vigorously now.
The passages dug by Ronngling and the others were straight, but what was melted by the temperature on Ye Qiong's side were arc-shaped passages with the charcoal fire as the center, like many gourds connected end to end.
Every time an area was melted, Ye Qiong pushed the charcoal fire pile forward a certain distance.
Just work like this for a while and rest for a while. When you are hungry, you will eat some dried meat. When you are thirsty, you will stuff a few mouthfuls of snow into your mouth.
At night, Ye Qiong had to go to bed, and the soldiers continued to dig in shifts.
Ye Qiong has no intention of letting the Mustang King out of the pit. If Ye Qiong helps, the Mustang King can climb out of the pit. But if this guy climbs out, not only will he be unable to help,
On the contrary, it might cause more trouble, so Ye Qiong thought it would be better to let him stay in the pit.
Starving for several days is something the Mustang King must accept. Ye Qiong can only guarantee him a water source. There will definitely not be anything nearby that the Mustang King can eat. If he keeps digging, he may encounter edelweiss. It all depends on luck.
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As for dried meat, Mustang King will not eat it for the time being. After all, it is a herbivore, but if it continues to be hungry for another day, it will not be guaranteed...
So Ye Qiong still had some dried meat left.
By the next morning, Ye Qiong and Mustang King had been trapped here for two days. Ye Qiong's food was guaranteed, but Mustang King was obviously a little wilted.
Ye Qiong was not in good spirits, so he tried feeding it dried meat, but Wild Horse King just sniffed it and didn't eat it.
Ye Qiong didn't force it, placed the dried meat next to Mustang King's head, and continued working.
Throughout the day, Ye Qiong continued to advance the passage to a distance of almost forty meters.
On the Ronling side, under the leadership of Da Kui, they advanced more than 400 meters day and night. From a distance of three kilometers, there were still just over two kilometers left.
At night, Wild Horse King still did not eat dried meat, but gnawed some snow cubes that Ye Qiong had taken.
After burying the charcoal fire, Ye Qiong wrapped himself in an animal skin coat and fell asleep.
Ronling and the others are still continuing to move forward.
Early the next morning, after Ye Qiong got up, he could already hear the movements of Dakui and Ronling in the distance. Although it was very small, as the distance gradually shortened, communication became more and more convenient.
But I still have to shout at the top of my lungs.
By the evening of that day, the distance finally exceeded half, with one and a half kilometers left.
Ye Qiong had also finished eating his own dried meat, but he still didn't touch the piece next to Mustang King's head.
Ye Qiong's principle is that if something is given out, he will not take it back unless there are special circumstances.
The dried meat Ye Qiong has been given, which can save the life of the Mustang King. It is up to him whether he eats it or not. According to the current digging speed, if nothing happens, it will take at least a day and a half to get through.
If there is a snowstorm, it will be troublesome...