Cloud Thinking

Chapter 42: How can there be any overnight hatred between father and son?

The door opened, and the warmth stored up all night rushed out from the crack of the door, giving Judith and the others, who had been blown by the wind and snow all night, hope of survival. But then, the face that appeared from behind the door froze their smiles on their faces.

"I was wondering why it sounded so familiar, it turns out to be our seniors." Helia also thought the voices were familiar. When she opened the door, she found that it was the team that had robbed her but was severely fooled by her. A smile immediately appeared on her face.

"Beleyi!!!" Mirang got angry when he saw her face. He subconsciously clenched his fists and wanted to rush up, but was stopped by Judith.

"Can we go in first to get warm? We've been walking outside all night and finally found this place." Judith said politely. He stepped aside slightly to let Helia see his teammates trembling like sieves behind him, especially the two girls, who were huddled like quails with no blood on their faces.

"Come in." Helia opened the door without hesitation and stepped aside to let them in.

Lydia woke up everyone else in the room. The room was small, and if five more people came in, they wouldn't be able to sleep lying down. They had to sit up wrapped in the still warm quilts and clothes, standing by the stove like cocoons. When Helia looked over, everyone yawned.

After everyone entered the house, Helia closed the door, walked to the stove and added some more firewood, then signaled her teammates with her eyes to sit closer to make room for others.

After Judith entered the room, she began to observe the situation inside the house and Helia and the others. It seemed that they had arrived here very early and even slept for a long time. Unlike them, they were running around in the wind and snow and might die outside if they were not careful.

Helia grabbed a quilt from Drummond, picked up the clothes she and Lydia had covered themselves with before, and threw them to Judith who was standing in the corner, "This was originally in the room. Since you are here, I will share some with you."

Judith touched the quilt and clothes that were still warm in her hands, frowned for a while, then looked up and replied, "Thank you."

"No need. Although I don't like you guys very much, I'm not cruel enough to let you freeze to death outside." Helia sat down next to her and patted the empty seat near the stove. "Come sit over here. It's warm here."

"Are you so kind? Is this a trick?" Mirang didn't trust Helia. He was cheated once last time, so of course he learned his lesson this time.

"This is a survival competition. Everyone should live safely for seven days. This is what the organizers hope to see." Helia was speechless at the intelligence of this big guy, but she still explained seriously, "Although there are some grudges between us, it is not so big that we have to take each other's lives. In this case, there is no need for us to treat each other like enemies."

"Of course, we are also feeling guilty for deceiving you in the last game, so don't worry about us doing anything wrong."

Judith considered the current situation and finally decided to trust Helia once again, "Sashaman, Winnie, go sit by the fireplace and take a rest." Those were two girls in their team, one was a healing magician and the other was a magician, both were quite tall, and when the two of them sat down, the fireplace seemed even more crowded.

"We will leave at daybreak. If you need to rest, this room is for you," Helia said.

"Thank you." Judith said again, but this time he felt that his thanks were a bit perfunctory, so he added: "I will not take back my previous promise. If you need my help after the game, you can come to me. I will help you if I can."

"Wow, you really can't judge a person by his appearance. I didn't realize you were such a good person." Helia laughed. Although her words sounded mean, her tone was flat, so the provocation was not so strong that people would want to rush up and punch her.

The reason why her emotions are so stable now is, firstly, because she did not get enough sleep and was still a little sleepy, and secondly, because she had just experienced a warm moment with Lydia. She does not have a split personality, so of course she would not be gentle and gentle one moment and furious the next.

Helia brought two cups of steaming, milky white liquid and handed them to Sashaman and Winnie. The two looked at each other, then looked at Helia in confusion, a little hesitant, and did not dare to take it.

"It's water soaked in milk cubes. Drinking it will warm you up. You must be hungry too. This is what we found in this room. We drank it last night. I guarantee it's fine." Helia explained, then looked at the three men who were still shivering in the corner, "Ladies first, is that okay with you?"

"Did you replace your soul in your shell?" Mi Rang pursed his lips and asked.

"I just feel sorry for you guys," Helia replied, "Besides, you're wary of us, and we're wary of you. People on both sides don't trust each other, and no one can sleep well. It's a waste of such a warm house."

"Besides, there is no such thing as an overnight grudge between father and son. Don't you think so, my dear son?"

Mirang was so angry that he was speechless. Helia was still the same Helia, she was still so mean!!!

The atmosphere in the room was very awkward. Drummond and Britney were awake and wary of each other; Judith and Mirang were still staring at them with wide eyes. The magic swordsman huddled in the corner was too tired and fell asleep against the wall with his sword in his arms. Kalzer was still dozing off due to lack of sleep, and Lydia was with him.

Helia started chatting with the two girls who were also warming themselves by the fire. They had no conflicts with Helia, and with the friendship of the cup of hot milk, they quickly became familiar with each other, talking and laughing, which made those who were still on guard against each other look like fools.

It was about 7:30 when the sky started to brighten. Helia and the others packed up, discussed with Judith, picked up some things that were originally in the house, and prepared to leave and continue on their journey. Judith's teammates, the two girls, were too tired and had fallen asleep.

"The igloo is extremely hard to find. If you leave now, you'll most likely have to spend the night outside. After all, this is a survival competition, so it's no problem even if we hide here together until the seventh day." Judith said some extra advice as she sent them out.

"We need to find someone. We have agreed to cooperate with other teams and we cannot break the agreement." Helia tightened the scarf around her neck. This was a fashionable item she found in the house. It was not only windproof but also beautiful. Others also put on more or less warm clothes.

Judith's eyes widened in surprise. He thought Helia was a complete bastard who would use any means to win. Cheating and fraud were her usual methods. But he didn't expect that such a swindler would risk being buried in the wind and snow for a so-called agreement and continue to move forward.

"Well, good luck to you." Judith waved at their receding backs as a farewell.

"Come on, you're not the goddess of luck, it's useless!" Helia said with a smile, turned around and waved at her, "But thank you for your blessing, go back and rest!"

They are indeed competitors, but in addition, they are also classmates and partners who may fight side by side in the future. In the case of non-complete conflict of interests, it is correct and reasonable for them to coexist peacefully and help each other. What does it look like to fight and kill each other all day long?

"Beleyi, you're not usually so kind, are you?" Drummond said. He meant that he let Judith and the others into the house without any blackmail, and even gave up the warm house like that, which was really inconsistent with Helia's character in the past.

"We can't beat them. We already knew this from the last match." Helia replied. With the survival points and elimination points at 2:1, fighting them would be a loss. They couldn't wipe out the other team without losing any members. They might even be wiped out by the other team. This would be of no benefit to both sides. Instead of fighting each other, it would be better to sell them out.

"I thought you were fearless." Drummond laughed.

"You are brave but not brains, you go fight?" Helia rolled her eyes at him, thinking that this man really couldn't keep his mouth shut. It would be better if the wind blew a little harder, so that he would eat more and stop talking nonsense.

The next day, the snowstorm was even stronger, and the north wind blew on their faces, which was really uncomfortable. And just as Judith said, it would be difficult to find a place within a few miles to stay warm overnight. Everything was white, with a few green plants occasionally, but they were soon dyed white by the snow.

The snow reflected light, which hurt their eyes. They had to cover their faces with clothes, leaving only a gap to see the road. They didn't know if their luck had run out in the last game, but they followed the beam of light and finally came to a huge piece of floating ice. Going further ahead was the freezing cold sea water.

"Do we need to use the magic of walking on water to get over there?" Britney asked.

"No, let's take a detour." Helia refused without thinking, "Who knows what's hidden in the seabed? If we get attacked, it will be difficult to escape."

The journey was estimated to be three days, and because of the detour, it was unknown how long it would take. Moreover, Beavis and the others might not be willing to come to find them, after all, it was too far away. Rather than risk being eliminated to find them, it would be better to find a place to hide. In other words, they might even go further and further away, and Helia might not be able to catch up with them.

But even so, she was unexpectedly persistent and never said from beginning to end that she would give up looking for them.

"Originally, we cooperated to ensure our survival rate. Since the two sides are so far apart, the risk of meeting up is far beyond our estimation. Why do we still insist on looking for them?" Drummond supported Kalzer, who could hardly walk, and for the first time expressed his dissatisfaction with Helia's choice.

"I don't like breaking promises I made myself," Helia replied simply.

"You are risking our lives." Drummond frowned, thinking that Helia was acting too impulsively and dictatorially this time.

"Dramon, even if we stay in the house all the time, the food will run out. If we want to survive until the seventh day, we must go out and move around." Brittany intervened to mediate between them. She said mediating, but in fact she was speaking for Helia. "Instead of wandering aimlessly in the snowfield, it's better to find someone to go with you. Maybe the situation there is better than here."

"But you have to consider the situation of our team, right? If we keep walking day and night like now, I'm afraid that all of us will be eliminated before we even see them." Drummond said angrily.

"I'm sorry, I am indeed being stubborn now." Helia explained, "I hate it when others betray me, and I also hate it when others break their promises to me, so I don't want to become the kind of person I hate."

Drummond looked at her in silence. Although he was very angry, he could not say anything to accuse her. Seeing everyone arguing, Karl coughed twice and said weakly: "I can still walk. I want to follow the captain to find them..."

Even the weakest guy in the team said so, and Drummond had no choice. Lydia always stood on Helia's side, and what Britney said just now also showed that she stood on Helia's side. What could he do alone? Of course, the minority obeyed the majority, and continued to move forward.

Because they didn't find the igloo, they had to spend the night outside. Britney knew magic that could defend against the wind and snow, but the problem was that it consumed too much magic power and was very energy-consuming. If they hadn't found the igloo, Helia wouldn't have wanted her to work so hard.

They built a fire next to a haystack. This was a place sheltered from the wind, so they wouldn't be blown by the wind all night and become stiff corpses in the morning. And with Britney's magic, they took turns to keep watch. Although it was a bit difficult, at least they could rest for a while and replenish their energy.

But without enough sleep to eliminate fatigue, this fatigue will accumulate little by little and then drag down the whole person. Karl Ze had a fever on the third day, and they had to slow down to find a place to rest. In the end, they only found a rabbit hole underground that could avoid the wind and snow.