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Chapter 429 Maybe the idea was wrong from the beginning

"As for what you asked about... the specific reasons why those people disappeared."

Feng Jingzhao was silent for a moment, and when he spoke again, his tone was much lower.

"We still don't even know how those people disappeared."

"Although the glacier zone was dangerous before, there were no problems in the safer camp areas."

Feng Jingzhao said: "Especially the place where the group of people from the Lanyan tribe got into trouble."

"Uncle, you came from there, so you should know that the ice there is very thick and is in the leeward area behind the iceberg."

"There are aggressive predators in the glacier belt, such as ice wolves and ice bears. Even if they occasionally appear there, they will definitely stay away from a large group of humans."

"So theoretically speaking, they shouldn't have been attacked by wild beasts."

"My mother and I went to the scene of the accident and checked it out. The ice there was clean. There were no traces of blood, fighting, or bodies being dragged."

Feng Jingzhao said: "Besides, they had the accident at night. They were camping in the wild, so they would definitely set up a tent and bring a lot of miscellaneous things with them."

"But those things are gone, too. It's as if they disappeared out of thin air. Even if the predators that live on the glacier really attack, they will only attack humans. It's impossible for them to take away all their things."

"So, judging from the traces left on the surface, we can basically rule out the possibility that they were attacked by animals on the ground?"

Su Shixia tried to summarize.

Seeing Feng Jingzhao nodded in agreement, she asked, "If it's not a problem on the ice, then could it be that the problem is under the ice?"

"Before, I heard from my second brother that there is a very scary creature under the glacier called the Toothfish King."

Su Shixia asked: "Could they have encountered something like this?"

"Uncle, what did you say to Aunt?"

Feng Jingzhao looked at Feng Qiyu with a condemning look.

"Although the toothfish kings are scary, they never come ashore on their own initiative."

"And they only target those large schools of fish as prey."

"Although sometimes the toothfish king does mistake the fish we catch with the fishing nets for prey and attack them, as long as the fishermen on the shore abandon the fishing nets immediately when they realize something is wrong, the toothfish king will not bother them again."

Feng Jingzhao knew that Su Shixia and Xiao Qinzhan had probably heard a lot of exaggerated rumors about the Toothfish King from Feng Qiyu, so he immediately explained to them seriously:

"The toothfish king is very aggressive, but it has no interest in humans."

"Once upon a time, a tribe went out fishing and encountered the Toothfish King. When all the fish were about to be swallowed by the Toothfish King, someone refused to give up and held on to the fishing net. As a result, he was swept by the Toothfish King's great force and fell into the ice cave where the net was lowered, and fell into the glacier water."

"Everyone who was still on the ice at the time thought that the person who fell into the water was dead and would be eaten by the toothfish king."

Feng Jingzhao said: "Even if the toothfish king didn't eat him, if other ferocious fish under the glacier attacked him, he would definitely die."

"But, the amazing thing is that the Toothfish King has no interest in the person who fell into the water."

"And the other aggressive fish around were afraid of the toothfish king, so they didn't dare to get close to it. So, the man was lucky enough to survive and was even unharmed, except for some frostbite from falling into the water."

After Feng Jingzhao finished speaking, he did not forget to blame Feng Qiyu.

"Uncle, since you've said all this, why haven't you explained it to Auntie yet? The Toothfish King doesn't eat people, and it doesn't come ashore?"

"I mentioned at the time that the toothfish king couldn't go ashore, but your aunt didn't listen carefully."

Feng Qiyu defended himself without blushing or breathing heavily. Su Shixia turned her head and glanced at him, "But you didn't tell me that even if a person falls into the glacier water, the toothfish king will not eat him."

"Second brother, stop quibbling and admit it. You did it on purpose."

Su Shixia snorted, "You were just exaggerating at the time, trying to scare Zhan'er."

While Feng Jingzhao and Su Shixia were talking about business, little Qinzhan had been sitting obediently beside them, quietly drinking his glass of milk.

When he suddenly heard Su Shixia say his name, his little head hadn't even figured it out yet. When he figured out what was going on, he immediately glared at Feng Qiyu angrily.

"Second uncle! You lied to me again."

“This is not a lie.”

Feng Qiyu raised his hand and touched his little head.

"I just thought those things were not important, so I didn't explain them to you clearly."

“Those aren’t the point either.”

Feng Qiyu was afraid that Xiao Qinzhan would pursue the matter further and get really angry with him, so he wisely changed the subject.

"I didn't explain it in detail before, but Zhao'er just said everything that needed to be said."

"Based on the habits of the Toothfish King, even if something happened to the Lanyan Tribe, the problem was under the water, and it was not the Toothfish King that attacked them."

Feng Qiyu said, his eyes fell on Feng Jingzhao, "Zhao'er, is this what you mean?"

His voice was not loud, but it contained a hint of threat.

Feng Jingzhao knew that Feng Qiyu was anxious for him to get over this matter quickly, so he nodded cooperatively.

"Yes, that's exactly what I meant."

"Moreover, my mother and I have deduced that there is another reason why the people of the Lanyan tribe were not attacked by underwater fish."

Feng Jingzhao said: "The place where the Lanyan tribe rests at night is a safe area, so there are no ice caves near their camp."

“No matter how powerful those underwater fish are, it is impossible for them to crawl out of the ice cave at night and crawl so far on the glacier to the camp of the Lanyan tribe to attack them.”

"So, the problem may indeed be underwater. But what exactly happened is still a mystery."

“Perhaps, the idea was wrong from the beginning?”

Su Shixia's words made Feng Qiyu and Feng Jingzhao focus their attention on her.

She swept her eyes over the two of them, spread her hands and said, "As you know, this is my first time in Northern Xinjiang, and I don't know much about everything in Northern Xinjiang."

"I just analyzed it from my usual perspective."

Su Shixia said: "A group of people slept on the ice at night. The animals on the ice didn't dare to attack them because of their large numbers, and the fish under the ice couldn't come up and hurt them."

"But they mysteriously disappeared overnight. Not only did they disappear, but everything else disappeared as well."

"Then...could the problem be with the ice?"

Su Shixia stomped on the ice.

"For example, if the ice surface cracks, they will all fall into the glacier below the ice surface."