"Ever since we saw the shadow on the tent, Beck and I had been on edge. We had no idea what kind of monster that thing was, where it had come from, or what it might do to us. Because I had spent so much time hunting with the Inuit, I had developed the illusion that I knew this ice field well enough. But the Inuit shamans always said that one must hold nature in awe, because you never knew how many secrets were buried between heaven and earth. I had always dismissed those words, but after that night, I finally realized how shallow my understanding had been."
"If it hadn't been for this expedition, I never would have known that such terrifying creatures existed in this world. More importantly, I had no idea how to deal with it. Its tentacles moved swiftly, and once they wrapped around you, there was no escape. Yet bullets from a distance seemed unable to do it much harm, and with the blizzard covering it, it was practically without weakness. Every time it came, all we could do was gamble on luck. But luck could not favor us forever, and none of us knew who would become the next victim when it returned."
"It wasn't just us. I could sense that the scientists were also becoming unsettled. The geologist and meteorologist both went to see Mr. Taim, hoping to immediately end the expedition and return to Nuuk. But like mine, their requests were rejected. The Chinese Theologian Couple, on the other hand, appeared the calmest. No, perhaps calm wasn't the right word. I didn't know whether it was just my imagination, but the woman actually seemed somewhat excited. She kept talking with her husband, though they were speaking Chinese, and no one else in