After confirming that Zhang Heng and Song Jia would be going back with them, the two Inuit did not waste any more time and immediately returned to the van.
Since Olay's injury had not yet recovered, Alicia was the one driving.
When Song Jia opened the back door, the first thing that came into view was Satchu's face. The art museum's curator gave her a neurotic smile. He opened his mouth to say something but could only make a series of vague sounds. That was because his mouth was gagged, and his hands and feet were tied. He was also secured to the seat by a seatbelt and two ropes.
"He's not very obedient. As soon as you left, he started shouting something about R 'yleh … The master of R' yleh is back. That's the only way to make him behave," Alicia explained.
Song Jia had goosebumps all over her body when she heard Satchu's smile. When she thought about sitting in the same carriage with him for the rest of the journey, she felt an inexplicable sense of panic.
Fortunately, Zhang Heng, who was behind her, said, "I will sit with him. You can sit at the back."
"Don't worry, we won't be driving for too long. When we reach the tundra, we will change our mode of transportation."
Song Jia got into the car and sat in the last row. Strangely enough, when Zhang Heng sat next to Satchus, the latter suddenly became well-behaved. He no longer had that creepy smile on his face and muttered something inconceivable. Instead, he shrank back desperately, like a well-behaved primary school student who met his class teacher.
When Alicia saw that everyone had boarded, she started the car as well.
After that, Song Jia realized that the carriage had suddenly fallen into silence.
Alicia was focused on driving while Zhang Heng sat in his seat, looking at the street outside the window. No one knew what he was thinking. Even Ole, who had always been very friendly to her, did not speak at this moment. He sat in the front passenger seat, looking a little worried.
Yesterday's events had completely exceeded his imagination. He had lost an important sacred artifact and his closest friend. Then, he had been betrayed by his tribesmen, besieged by a group of fanatics, and almost died in a trap. Then, he had heard an extremely bizarre and horrifying story from Satchus … Even Ole, who had always been known for his bravery and fearlessness, could not help but worry at this moment. He did not know if the Shamans, who were declining day by day, could defeat the powerful Evil Spirit under the Tundra.
Now, he urgently needed to consult a wise man, and there was no better candidate than Alicia's teacher, Kuna. Kuna was now the most powerful shaman among the Inuit. If it was her, she would definitely be able to find a way to retrieve the sacred relic and deal with the evil spirit.
Although that was what he was thinking, Ole did not know why there was always a feeling of unease in his heart. Even when the girl he adored sat not far from him, he did not move, like a block of wood, he did not move.
And compared to Song Jia, Alicia who was next to him worried him more.
Since last night's incident, although Alesia looked the same on the surface, Ole could feel that there was a flame burning in the depths of her heart. When she was born, her parents were killed by a group of fanatics. After that, the group of fanatics was also frozen into popsicles by the blizzard that Kuna summoned.
But Alicia obviously did not want to let go of the mastermind who caused all this. After she became an adult, she began to investigate the whereabouts of the mastermind and the evil spirit, and this time, she was finally closer to the answer than ever before.
On the other side, Ole looked at the Chinese man sitting behind him through the central rearview mirror. Zhang Heng had always been full of mystery, and Ole still did not know his origin. He did not know what drove this Chinese man to travel thousands of miles from that distant eastern country to come here. Fortunately, the other party did not seem to be malicious, and it seemed that he was also the enemy of the evil spirit.
Right, Satchu seemed to have mentioned before that there were also traces of those fanatics in Tibet, but looking at Zhang Heng, he did not look like a lama. Ole's imagination ran wild.
…..
The van had driven more than 300 kilometers out of Nuuk, and at the end of the road was a mine. From here, there was no more road to be repaired, and the van began to slow down. As the ground became bumpy, other than Satchu who was firmly trapped in his seat, the rest of the passengers grabbed the safety handrails on the roof.
Alicia drove for about an hour, and the snow on the road began to increase. Zhang Heng knew that they had arrived at the edge of the ice field. During this time, Alicia made two more calls. When the van stopped again, Zhang Heng saw the dogs and the sleigh, and two Inuit holding a phone.
Ole and Alesia jumped out of the car and hugged the two Inuits one after another. After that, they introduced Zhang Heng and Song Jia to each other. When they went back to the car and pulled Satis out, they realized that he had wet his pants.
"This is as far as the van can go. We will have to take the sleigh for the rest of the journey," Alicia said.
Zhang Heng looked at the snow next to him. There were three sleighs, and correspondingly, there were three teams of dogs, and each team had about 14 to 16 dogs. Alicia simply divided them into groups. She and Song Jia sat on one sleigh, while Zhang Heng and Ole sat on the other. One of the remaining two tribesmen brought the crazy Satchu, and the other didn't go with them. He wanted to drive the van back to Nuuk.
Although Zhang Heng had skied on a sleigh before, it was his first time riding a dog sled. It was the most primitive form of transportation in Greenland, and the principle wasn't complicated. Zhang Heng observed from behind for a while, and he basically memorized all of Ole's operations. However, if he wanted the sled to go where he wanted it to go, he had to cultivate a rapport with the dogs, and it wasn't something that could be done overnight.
Ole wasn't a very talkative person, and he spoke a different language from Zhang Heng. So, he just kept his head down and drove the dogs forward. It would take about two and a half hours to reach Alesia's tribe, and only the six of them were left on the road.
Fortunately, the scenery along the way was not bad. Although the snow and ice looked a little monotonous, it was this monotony that made people feel the magnificence of nature. Ole took a deep breath, and some of his previous worries dissipated. Shamanism was originally a religion that paid attention to harmony with nature. Not only did the Inuit youth not feel uncomfortable being away from human habitation, but he also felt more at ease than in the city.
PS: Sorry, there was a bug in the previous chapter, and it has been modified. Open the directory, find the previous chapter, and long press to download it again. Sorry for the trouble.
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