Tomb Raider's Notes of Qilin City Lord

Chapter 89 Fried Mountain
089 Chapter 89 Exploding the Mountain

As soon as the weather was polished the next day, we started to continue walking up the mountain range.

Wu Xie knew in his heart that judging from Shunzi's question yesterday, he should have known that we were not ordinary hikers. At the very least, no tourist would rush so frantically.But let him guess what exactly we do.

The road on the mountainside is sloping in many places, and there are snow-covered mountains thousands of feet high overhead. The snow is very loose, and it is very easy for avalanches. We are afraid of wind and vibration. In short, we are very fragile, and we cannot even talk loudly. .

The snow on the road is too thick. The snow layer of thousands of years is almost empty underneath. Sometimes people are buried in the snow, and the thick snow can reach their chests. This is a place where few people come. If you are alone and have no one to help you, you will not be able to get out, and you may be buried alive.

They got some long ice picks, and we took the ice picks and dug them into the soles of our feet bit by bit, and walked forward cautiously.Every step I took, the little brother walked first and then I walked. He kept holding me tightly with one hand.

The fat man walked the fastest because he had experience in snow adventures before, so he walked in front this time.

The altitude here is high, and they all suffered from altitude sickness. Several people's tongues started to feel numb. This time the amulet was upgraded, and my brother also asked me to use my spiritual power, which was really a big help. Otherwise, I would think that with my small body It will be delayed again.

Chen Pi Asi sometimes changed the direction of travel. After passing the snowy road on the mountainside, we entered an ice-covered zone with huge snow slopes on both sides.

I heard Wu Xie say that because there is no sunshine all year round, the snow here looks like frozen soil.

The slope of the mountain here is getting steeper and steeper, and the temperature is extremely low. Inside, we finally saw the location of the Longtou Cave of Chenpi Asiding. It is a steep cliff that is almost at an acute angle of [-] degrees with the mountain, covered with snow-capped mountains. Snow.

We continued upward, one by one, staggering our bodies as much as possible, and began to use ice picks and hammers to climb toward the steep slope.

Climbing a steep slope is different from walking, which consumes more physical energy. Chen Pi Asi climbed for a while, but his physical strength reached the limit and he could no longer climb. Lang Feng had to carry the old man on his back.

The moment I saw this big slope, my heart collapsed. It was so hard for me to walk even on flat ground. This slope was simply impossible... I stood there blankly, looking at this slope that I really couldn't climb by myself. The little brother looked at the road ahead, bent down and said to me: "Come up." I still obediently lay on his back and hugged him tightly, feeling warm in my heart, just because I had to work hard for him again.

After about three hours of trekking, we finally reached the snow slope. At this time, Wu Xie was completely relying on conditioned reflex to follow the fat man forward.

The fat man was the first to arrive, and now he had reached his limit. The queen who stepped on the snow was a little confused. He even pretended to step hard on his feet, opened his hands and said to us: "This is for me personally." It's just a small step, but for Captain Mo Jin, it's a damn leap." Then he lay down in the snow, motionless.

Wu Xie almost collapsed, his legs became weak involuntarily, and he began to slide down. Pan Zi tried to pull him up, but he couldn't pull him up even after several pulls, and Pan Zi himself rolled to the ground.

Wu Xie hit the snow hard with his ice pick and got stuck. Others fell to the ground one after another, gasping for air and looking around.

The fat man squinted his eyes and looked at me lying on the little brother's back, but he couldn't help but whisper: "Girl, I think you are the most blessed."

I whispered in my little brother's ear: "Brother, you must be tired too, please put me down first." Looking at everyone's looks, the little brother must have needed a rest, so he put me down. Okay, but he seems a little tired. After all, this road is difficult to walk, and he has to carry me on his back. I tugged on his arm, and he looked at me lightly. I immediately put my arm around his waist and pulled him away. Hug him, he didn’t know what I was going to do, he looked at me blankly, I closed my eyes, rested my head on his heart, and made a small gesture behind his back. I can’t control the glass beads yet, but I can still bring the restorative power of Little Foxtail to him, and share it with him so that he can be less tired and feel more comfortable.

He slowly felt a warm current slowly flowing from my body holding him to him. Suddenly he was surrounded by the warm current. After a while, the fatigue was relieved. His soft eyes lowered his head slightly and looked at me. , stretched out his arms to hug me, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

But in the eyes of the rest of them, what they saw was just two people spreading dog food in public. The fat man fell in the snow and looked at the two of us. He grabbed a snowball and threw it at me: "Hey, I know you two are good, take it easy." Take it easy, the sugar content is too high." The snowball hit me. I was only paying attention to my little brother and ignored him. He grabbed another one and threw it over. This time, the hit was a little high, and the snowball flew towards my head. Come over, the little brother reached out to catch it and crushed it. The broken snow slipped from his fingertips. The little brother glared at him coldly. The fat man immediately pretended that he had done nothing and nothing happened. He raised his lips and didn't dare to be naughty again.

Wu Xie was really exhausted, but he still shook his head and smiled at the scene in front of him.

After being stunned for a while, I raised my head and looked at him and smiled. He kept looking at me, touched my head, took my arm and walked aside.

They rested for a while and then began to look at their surroundings. This snow slope was a huge area, with almost no dividing lines on the left and right, if it weren't for Chen Pi Asi to guide them.You will feel that everything is the same. The snow on the top is very smooth, with only a few black bare rocks standing out.

Sansheng Snow Mountain is on our left at this time, and we are much closer to it. The top of the mountain is covered with white snow, and the entire mountain stands tall and majestic. The white top and black rocks appear to be steeper than other surrounding peaks. The setting sun reflects Above, a strange light blue mist enveloped the entire mountain, with an ethereal air.

While panting, Ye Cheng said with emotion: "It's so beautiful. No wonder they say that Penglai Wonderland is not as good as Changbai. It's worth climbing for so long."

Several people were rough people, but they were all intoxicated by the beautiful scenery in the surrounding sunset and sighed repeatedly.

When Wu Xie was about to take out his camera and take a picture of this rare and beautiful scenery, suddenly the fat man patted him and asked him to look over.

Wu Xie looked in the direction pointed by his finger and saw that the younger brother had knelt down and bowed his head respectfully towards the Three Saints Snow Mountain in the distance.The originally expressionless face showed a faint, very sad look.I stayed by his side quietly and looked at him quietly. His kindness to me made me forget for a moment that I was one step closer to that place. But now I thought of it again. My nose felt sour and my heart tightened. I couldn't help it. My eyes were a little moist, but I just held back from crying.

Wu Xie and Fatty were shocked. For some reason, he knelt down in front of the snow-capped mountain and gave a very respectful salute. He seemed to have some special feelings for this mountain.

After prostrating, he returned to his indifferent look. He stood up and pulled me towards the bare rock on one side. He led me to climb up and let me rest against him while he closed his eyes and meditated.

Wu Xie was confused, but he couldn't help but become curious. This stuffy oil bottle was really hard to see through. Little Xun seemed to know what these two people were hiding.

Wu Xie looked at the two of us and thought to ourselves. Everyone knew who the little brother was along the way, especially the few of them, so no one asked him what was going on. Even if they knew he would not answer, the same goes for the girl. Same thing.Judging from the looks in Chen Pi's and Ah Si's eyes, they were obviously very puzzled.Only Shunzi didn't take it seriously, probably thinking that Menyouping was also a Korean.

Everyone had their own thoughts and took a rest while watching the scenery. After a while, we all recovered our physical strength. The fat man lit up the smokeless stove, and the younger brother took me down from the bare rock to everyone's place, where we started to make tea. Keep warm, but I found that since just now, my mood has hit rock bottom again, and I can't get it up.

My little brother has naturally noticed my mood changes a long time ago. He loves me and dotes on me, but he can't give up what he is looking for. That is the only thing he is persistent about. He also knows that I understand him and will not Preventing him from searching, but never giving up guarding him, he knew that I was changing my mood for him, and he wanted to comfort me, but he knew very well that as long as he kept going, he would not be able to comfort me, and he was also very conflicted.

I was eating in a daze. I ate very little and finished it quickly.

The little brother saw that they also heated the wine, which was quite a lot. The little brother took a cup, and they thought he wanted to drink it, so they asked him to pour it by himself.

The fat man took a look and said, "Hey, do you want to take a bite too?"

When Wu Xie saw that he had poured a full glass, he thought that this glass must be more than two taels. He had never seen him drink seriously, so he usually didn't care. In the current environment, this would be a bit too much, but he didn't dare ask.

It turned out that he didn't want to drink it himself. He took the hot wine and handed it directly to me. I looked at him and said "Huh?", meaning what are you doing for me?I blinked and looked at him timidly, thinking to myself, this is high-strength liquor, and it has been heated, so it is very strong, please don't make trouble... I stretched out my little hand, shook my head, and pushed it out gently, but his His eyes were extremely serious, which made me a little confused.

Is this because I'm not happy because I'm in a bad mood, so you want me to drink to drown my sorrows?Stop making trouble, I don’t know if the last three characters mean “sorrow gets worse”.When I saw that this cup was full of people, I couldn't tell how many taels it was, but it was definitely more than one tael. If I drank this cup, I would definitely pour it. I looked at him and shook my head.

Wu Xie, Fatty and Pan Zi glanced at each other and said nothing, staring blankly.

The two people in front of me looked like parents forcing their children to take extremely bitter Chinese medicine. The younger brother touched the cup and tested the temperature of the wine. It should be that the temperature was just right and he handed it to me, which probably meant " Hurry, it will cool down in a while, don't leave any ink marks!" He looked at me with an increasingly serious expression. I looked at the three of them and winked at them, meaning why are you three just sitting there and not saving me? !As a result, Wu Xie didn't dare to stop him, the fat man shook his head, Pan Zi sighed, and my heart skipped a beat.

I looked at my little brother again. I don’t know whether it was nervousness or fear, maybe both. I was breathing quickly, my heart was beating so fast, and I seemed to be shaking a little. I was thinking about what you are doing. Look carefully, why are you still staring? As for me, I don’t seem to have made any mistakes, don’t scare me. Just thinking this, he sighed, suddenly stretched out his hand and pinched the back of my neck, and then poured it into me, just like that The first time I was forced to drink coconut wine was normal, but this time it was so cruel and the pinching hurt me so much that I couldn't resist at all. The three of them almost stared out of their eyes when they looked at it. They didn't dare to breathe. Wu Xie opened his mouth wide and looked dumb. , the fat man grinned and scratched his nose, while Pan Zi frowned and expressed his helplessness.

After drinking this large glass, the alcohol rushed through me and I almost didn't open my eyes. The spicy taste made me cough hard. After drinking it, I shrank into a ball. He was afraid of choking me, so he quickly patted me after finishing the drink. Instantly, a surge of heat surged up, as if I was on fire. My throat and stomach felt like they were about to melt away. I looked at him pitifully, holding back tears. After a while, I started to get excited. I reached out softly to grab him. After a few moments of wandering, my eyes blurred and I fell into his arms.

Wu Xie took a breath and asked, "What are you doing, Menyou Ping?"

The little brother said calmly: "She needs to rest."

The three of them found Menyou Ping's answer very unbelievable, and showed surprised expressions at the same time. The fat man said slowly: "Just rest when you have a rest. You are too cruel. This old man has a big cup. This is very high. It's still hot wine, you pour it in now, look at her like that, when will she wake up?" Wu Xie thought, in this kind of environment, would it be a problem if you knocked her out, but then she thought After thinking about it, forget it, let's not talk about it. My brother will definitely protect her. Maybe Menyouping senses Xiaoxun's uneasiness and really wants her to have a solid sleep.

The little brother held me tightly in his arms and sat there quietly with no expression on his face. He kept staring at me intently and stopped talking.

Fatty Hu rubbed his face, and the three of them looked at each other again, not wanting to ask any more questions, so they all took a few sips of hot wine to calm themselves down.

Shunzi was very dedicated. After a while, he began to tell them the legend of Changbai Mountain. He said that the Little Saint Snow Peak, the Great Saint Snow Peak and the mysterious Three Saints Mountain here were a snow mountain in the prehistoric era. Dayu When I was controlling the flood, I passed by here and struck it twice with a magic blade, turning one mountain into three.

He heard from his grandfather that after going up to these three snow-capped mountains, you can see the Three Saints Peak and the Great Saint Peak on the Little Saint Snow Peak, but on the Great Saint Peak, you can only see the Three Saints Peak and not the Three Saints Peak. Little Holy Peak.The most peculiar thing is that on the Three Holy Mountains, in addition to the two large and small holy peaks on both sides, you can also see behind the Three Holy Mountains, facing it far away, there is a towering one even more majestic than the Three Holy Mountains. The snow mountain is called Tianti Peak.That mountain is shrouded in clouds and mist all year round, and its true appearance is hidden. It is said that there is a ladder on the mountain, which can lead directly to the Heavenly Palace. It is the passage between the human world and the fairyland. If the sky is high and the air is clear, you can see the ladder between the ladder peak and the big and small holy mountains. The rainbow-like glow is like a painting drawn by a fairy pen, it is beautiful and strange.

The fat man felt a little confused after hearing this and said: "This legend must be wrong. The Tiangong is obviously on Sansheng Mountain, so why did it go to Tianti Peak? The person who passed down this legend must have something wrong with his eyesight."

Monk Hua thought for a moment and shook his head, then explained in Changsha dialect: "No, I studied this legend before coming here. I guess this may be a mirage formed by the refraction of the snow on Tianti Peak and the surrounding snow-capped mountains when the Yunding Tiangong was built. Because of the Tiangi Tiangong, The peak is foggy all year round, and the heavy fog becomes a reflective curtain, printing the image of the Yunding Tiangong hidden in the fog, as if the Tiangong is really in the sky."

Wu Xie explained to the fat man in Hangzhou dialect: "The phenomenon of mirages mostly occurs in desert lakes. It is very rare to occur in snowy mountains. I'm afraid it's not accidental. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that this is the source of dragon veins. This phenomenon is in Feng Shui. It’s called “Shadow Palace.”

They spoke in dialect, but Shunzi couldn't understand and didn't pay attention.After talking about the scenery, Shunzi said: "It's getting dark soon. Let's take a moment to take a rest and eat something. There's no way to set up a tent here, and it might be windy at night. We have to hurry up and find a tent before dark." A relatively flat place will do.”

As he said this, he poured tea and distributed it to everyone. He wisely stood far away to eat something and rest.

Wu Xie looked at his watch. There was still more than an hour before the sun went down. The time was long or short. He had rested enough. It seemed it was time to get down to business. The surroundings were covered with snow. If there were any burials here, The mausoleum must have been buried in the snow, and the entrance should be in the snow layer under their feet. However, they were inexperienced and didn't know where to start, so they had to gather around Chen Pi Ah Si to discuss it.

After so many days of intense trekking, Chen Pi Ah Si still hadn't recovered. Lang Feng handed him the wine gourd and asked him to take a few sips of the wine.Monk Hua rubbed his back to promote the flow of his blood. After a while, his expression gradually softened, but his whole body was still depressed. When they asked him, he only looked around slightly. Shan Zhi said feebly: "The location of the treasure cave is right under our feet. I have no good idea. Let's put down a few shovels and see what's under the snow before we make a plan."

They were all busy, digging with shovels, and after a while they made more than a dozen holes. However, almost all the shovels were knocked into the snow slope for about five or six meters, and they couldn't knock anything. The fat man ran to help, and used Even with brute force, I could only get a little bit in. Every time I pulled it out, I would see that nothing had been brought up with the shovel.

Monk Hua looked at the shovel head and found a little ice crystal stuck to the shovel tip. He said to them: "Underneath is a glacier surface formed by frozen soil and ice. It is as hard as concrete and cannot be penetrated by a shovel."

The fat man asked: "It has been snowing here for thousands of years. If the snow accumulates too much, it will turn into ice. Do you think the burial tomb will be frozen in the ice below?"

This should obviously be the case now. Luoyang Shovel has no choice but to do nothing for the time being.They thought for a while and decided that they might only use explosives to clear the snow, but this was a dangerous move.

Monk Hua squeezed Xue and said, "I have explosives, but look above our heads. Would it be suicide to set off a bomb here?"

Wu Xie raised his head and looked up. Above it was a towering snow cliff that stretched back and forth, connecting the entire Hengshan Mountains.As long as there is a small explosion, the whole mountain will shake, and the entire snow layer will slide down. If a chain reaction is formed, we will be like a few ants underneath, and everyone will sleep here forever.After thinking about it, I still felt it was inappropriate and said, "This is too risky. I would rather spend some time shoveling it with a shovel."

Pan Zi said: "Little Third Master, we only used explosives because we ran out of time. If we had time, we would wait until summer. We have to give it a try anyway. Third Master is still waiting for us to go."

Monk Hua waved his hand and asked everyone to listen to Lang Feng's opinion. Lang Feng felt that what Pan Zi said was still possible, and he was an expert in this area and was sure of it.

The fat man asked: "Are you sure? This is not a tomb explosion. We are now setting off firecrackers in the tofu, letting you blow a hole in the tofu, but it cannot be seen on the surface. This is a delicate job."

Monk Hua looked at them and pointed at Lang Feng: "Don't look at him. He usually doesn't speak. This guy is a 20-year-old miner. He started blasting holes when he was 14 years old. He flattened no less than [-] mountains. It's a good idea for the old man. He has only been in the industry for a year, and he is already known as the God of Guns. When it comes to explosives, no one is better than him."

Pan Zi opened his eyes wide and said, "Are you the artillery god?"

Lang Feng scratched his head in embarrassment: "It's all given by colleagues, it's just a nickname."

Monk Hua said to him: "You don't have to be modest. You have to use your expertise on such occasions." Then he turned to us and said: "Lang Feng has not missed it so far. When he explodes something, he says it will explode into several pieces." A few slices, I absolutely believe him, since he said so, I think I can give it a try, do you have any opinions?"

Fatty has experience in snow exploration, and he naturally knows how terrible avalanches are. Fatty is one of ours, so he is waiting for Wu Xie to express his stance.

Wu Xie thought about it and realized that there was really no other way. There was no way out at this time, so he felt guilty and nodded to the fat man, let's fight!

Hearing this, the little brother frowned and looked in their direction, just in case. He looked at the surrounding environment and determined a safer place. He helped me up and waited to see their situation.

After Wu Xie and the others agreed, Lang Feng and Ye Chengcheng began to prepare, exploring caves and preparing explosives. Wu Xie looked at it very seriously.

Shunzi, who was drinking tea on the side, went crazy when he saw this scene. He had seen pilgrims planting national flags, he had seen poachers sneaking out at night, and he had also seen people crossing the border illegally, but he ran up after all the hardships. It must be the first time I took out a detonator to blow up a mountain.He ran over and stopped Monk Hua, shouting: "What are you doing? Boss, you are crazy!"

Before he could finish speaking, Lang Feng knocked him out with a pickaxe behind him. Shunzi fell to the snow and was dragged aside after him.

Wu Xie felt a pain in the back of his head just looking at it. He thought that being our tour guide was miserable enough, not only walking a lot but also getting beaten.But thinking about the matter of blowing up the mountain, no one would be able to bear it. After all, he still has to hang out here.It would be impossible to continue working without knocking him unconscious.

The fat man asked Monk Hua: "What shall we do with this kid in the future?"

Monk Hua said: "Ignore him for now, we have to rely on him to go back, take him to the underground palace, and just leave him aside. Then give him more money. What else can he do?"

Lang Feng's performance was extremely professional and he almost didn't let Wu Xie and the others interfere. He worked alone. The detonators were arranged according to a model of a force-bearing structure. He waved everyone to climb to the bare rock in case they were waiting. A chain reaction enveloped us all.

Wu Xie originally thought that the sound of the detonator exploding would be loud. Unexpectedly, when Lang Feng pressed the detonator, there was no sound at all. The smooth snow suddenly cracked, and large swaths of snow poured down the slope like waterfalls. , the slope suddenly became steeper, and there was nothing under our feet.

However, this pouring did not last long. The rolling snow stopped, and a large uneven and turbid white mixed layer of ice and snow was exposed under the snow slope.

The fat man closed his eyes on the side, thinking that there was no explosion. Wu Xie shook him. He opened his eyes and looked at it, and said in surprise: "Ah ha, there is really no sound. It's amazing."

Everyone immediately looked up uneasily. Except for a little bit of snow above their heads that fell due to lack of support below, there seemed to be no problem. After waiting for a while, no big looseness was seen, and they gradually felt relieved.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he relaxed, a piece of snow suddenly hit Lang Feng's head.

The faces of several people changed. The fat man hurriedly waved his hands and whispered: "Shh!"

I saw an inconspicuous but chilling black crack gradually appearing on the snow slope about 100 meters above my head. It was slowly bursting, and countless small cracks were spreading on the snow layer.As the cracks spread, small pieces of snow rolled down and hit all around them.

Wu Xie suddenly felt cold all over and knew something had happened.

It seems that Lang Feng's reputation as the "God of Guns" is coming to an end today.

The little brother knew something bad was going to happen, so he quickly carried me on his back.


(End of this chapter)