It took me about half an hour to walk to this location from my house. Alex first noticed what appeared to be a snowdrift, but upon closer inspection, he discovered that it was actually a sled with four people sitting on it, who were almost completely hidden by the snow. There were still a few sled dogs lying on the ground before the sled arrived, and they were all frozen to the ground.
Alex stepped out of the sleigh trembling and made his way slowly to the snowdrift. Virat kept a close eye on Alex, presumably to ensure that Alex did not get into any accidents.
Alex squatted down and brushed away the snow that had fallen on Samantha and her mother's faces as they stood in the snow. It was as if the little girl, who was still calling her uncle with a sweet voice that morning, had closed her eyes all the time. Her mother continued to hold her tightly in her arms, as if she wished to use her arms to help the little girl retain a little heat in her body. However, it is clear that doing so is counterproductive.
The elderly couple sitting next to them hugged with their eyes closed, and they maintained this position until they died of natural causes.
The little girl still had a sweet smile on her face, and her cheeks were even a little flushed from the sun. Despite the fact that she appeared to be asleep, as if she would open her eyes in the next moment, she threw herself into Alex's arms with a smile on her face and said, "Alex, please hold me." "Uncle, we've returned with the fish, and we'll be having a fragrant roast at noon. You are permitted to consume fish."
It is true that people who are frozen to death experience no pain. Virat, who was standing behind Alex, said in hushed tones: "The process of putting people to death by freezing them is divided into two stages. As a result of the sensitivity to external stimuli, the skin and subcutaneous blood vessels constrict, and blood is directed to the deep layers of the body in order to reduce heat loss. As body temperature drops below 30 to 26 degrees Celsius, however, the cerebral cortex loses its ability to regulate body temperature, and the deep body's warmth is depleted, as is the ability to breathe. It is expected that the blood will flow to the skin's surface, and that the cold blood on the skin's surface will flow to the deep part of the body; as a result, the temperature in the deep part of the body drops rapidly, while the temperature on the skin's surface drops slowly, the skin will feel extremely warm... As a result, people who are frozen to death, prior to death They don't feel cold at all; instead, they feel warm, and they die in the heat."
"Look, they were smiling right up until they died, and they died without any pain," Vlakovich said again and again.
Alex's face has always remained blank, with no signs of emotion or expression changes over time. Alex didn't appear to be paying attention to what Virat was saying. Alex strode over and over Samantha's little face, feeling the heat drain from Samantha's little face bit by bit, feeling the cold drain from Samantha's little face bit by bit, and finally seeing Samantha's little face solidify and turn into a small face. Alex had the symbol permanently etched into his brain.
Alex was trembling from head to toe. "Uncle, this is a gift I gave you," Samantha said in a tender and sweet voice that Alex could still hear in his ears: "Uncle, this is a gift I gave you." Additionally, he appeared to be thinking about her mother's somewhat restrained words: "Mr. Alex, you must please tell us anything you require." He also appeared to have picked up on the hearty and kind laughter of the elderly couple: "Young man, come and have some dinner."
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Several voices are heard in Alex's head at any given time, but the people who own those voices are always present. Alex also had a clay reindeer that looked like a donkey that Samantha had made for him at the expense of sleeping in his pocket. In his hands, the temperature of Samantha's fingertips seemed to be able to be sensed from the object when he touched it. Samantha was also wearing a string of pearl necklaces that Alex had given her as a birthday present. The pearls still appeared to be perfectly clear, but... everything was different, everything was different, everything was different.
Alex knelt down in front of Samantha's family, and he couldn't keep the tears from streaming. Sophia, who was standing behind Alex, reached out her hand, as if she wanted to assist him, but she ultimately refrained from touching him. Sophia just stood there staring blankly, her eyes turning red.
Alex hasn't shed a tear in a very long time. he hasn't shed a single tear since his son Alex was a year old Alex, on the other hand, was crying like a child at this point.
"I killed them, I killed them!" says the narrator. Alex burst into tears.
Several members of the town's population gathered to console Alex. According to them, Alex was not to blame for the death of the Samantha family, which was caused by an unexpected shift of weather conditions, for which the family had not been prepared... However, only Virat was aware that Alex did not mean what he said.
Alex was disgusted with himself.
In order for it to not be so cold here, and for it not to be so bad weather to occur, the Samantha family would not perish if I could solve the puzzle that Director Brad had left earlier and allow the sun to warm up again.
Alex also started to hate Brad a bit.
"Brad, what was it about me that drew your attention? What was it about me that you liked? I'm not particularly bright, and my logical reasoning abilities and professional knowledge are not particularly strong; why did you choose me to assume this responsibility? Why don't you appoint someone who possesses extraordinary wisdom to carry out this task? What? Ever consider that many people will die in vain as a result of your actions, when they could have been made immortal instead?"
Alex appeared to be holding his breath in his chest, but he was unable to exhale.
The sound of Virat's cold voice reached Alex's ears at this point: "Alex, if you don't want any more people to die tragically, try to cheer me up and don't make me look down on you."
"Without a doubt, you can cry and collapse, but who should be held responsible for your shoulders after you have collapsed? This is a puzzle that only you and no one else can solve, and no one else can help you. No matter how much you want to Collapse, you must first solve the puzzle! if you are still a man Alex, please take a stand for me!"