Xixia dead book

Chapter 53: Legend of the Undead in the Book of the Dead (53)
【No.20 Conquer the Glacier】

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The journey went smoothly. Han Jiang took over from Tang Feng. As soon as it was dark, Tang Feng and his party arrived at Dawu Town, Maqin County, the capital of Qinghai Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.Ordinarily, as the capital of the Golok Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, it can also be regarded as a prefecture-level administrative unit, but on this desolate plateau, Maqin County, the capital of the Golok Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, is just a small town with a few hundred households. "Dawu" means "the place where the horses are lost" in the local Tibetan language. This small town is located in the hinterland of Animaqing Snow Mountain. Most of the people in the town are Tibetans, and occasionally there are some Sichuanese who do business here.Of course, there are also donkey friends from all over the world who admire Anima Qing's name.

However, when Tang Feng and the others came, the tourist season had already passed. As soon as it got dark, the whole town quickly quieted down.The Cherokee drove slowly on the streets of Dawu Town. It was the first time for the four of them to come here. Tang Feng searched for hotels where he could stay, while Han Jiang drove the Cherokee leisurely on the streets.

"Hey! There is a hotel open here, you can go and ask." Tang Feng pointed to the hotel on the side of the road and shouted, but Han Jiang ignored Tang Feng at all, driving past the hotel, Tang Feng complained, "You've been going around this town, what are you going to do?"

"Han is looking at our 'old friends', have they come here too?" Makarov answered Tang Feng for Han Jiang.

Makarov's words reminded Tang Feng, yes!Now is not the tourist season. In this desolate plateau town, if there are outsiders coming, it is easy to tell.

Just as Tang Feng was thinking, Han Jiang stopped the car suddenly.Tang Feng took a closer look, and there was a Land Rover off-road vehicle parked outside the door of a small hotel. The hotel door was open, the lights of the Land Rover were flashing, and several figures were coming in and out of the hotel...

Han Jiang winked at Xu Renyu and said, "You are a stranger, go ask who those people are?"

Xu Renyu received the task, jumped out of the car, and walked over pretending to be a traveler... After a while, Xu Renyu returned to the car and reported: "Several donkey friends from Beijing drove all the way from Tibet and are going back to Beijing. .”

"Donkey friend? Coming from Tibet? From Tibet to Beijing, why don't you take the national highway and come here?" Han Jiang maintained a high degree of vigilance, and he was even prepared to deal with the group of people who suddenly pulled out guns from the car Prepare.

"Oh! I asked, and they said they came here specially from Huashixia to see Animaqing Snow Mountain. Of course, they can only look at it from a distance, because it is generally not allowed to climb Animaqing in this season. Snow mountain."

This explanation is reasonable, but Han Jiang still can't rest assured. He observed the group for a while, and finally confirmed that they were indeed a group of inappropriate donkey friends. Then he slowly started the Cherokee and drove back to the hotel that Tang Feng mentioned just now. forward.The reason why he chose this hotel was because the hotel had a yard where parking could be parked. At the same time, Han Jiang also saw the satellite dish on the roof of the hotel.

Han Jiang parked the Cherokee in the yard, and the four of them jumped out of the car and walked into the deserted hotel.The hotel is not big, and the conditions are not good. The owner is from Sichuan, but he is quite enthusiastic.Apart from the four of them, there were no other guests in the hotel.

While looking around, Han Jiang asked the boss vigilantly: "The business is so deserted, why are you still persisting here?"

The boss shook his head and replied: "The tourist season is over now, and there are no guests. I'm just about to pack up and go back to my hometown! It's a coincidence that you guys are here. If I come in two days, I may not be here."

"So we're lucky!" Tang Feng laughed.

"Yes! You are lucky, haha!" said the boss.

Han Jiang asked the boss again: "Are there any outsiders in the town these two days?"

"There are a few groups of foreigners. They mainly go to Tibet for business, and there are very few tourists." The boss replied.

It seemed that the men in black hadn't come here, at least not before.After hearing what the boss said, Han Jiang thought to himself.

The boss took the four of them to the room on the second floor, which was a room for four people, just enough for them to live in.The boss went down to prepare meals for them, Han Jiang closed the door, checked it carefully, and sat down on the bed after making sure that there was nothing wrong with the room.

Tang Feng knew that Han Jiang was always on guard against the men in black who were chasing and killing them, but he always felt that Han Jiang seemed a little too nervous.Seeing that Han Jiang had been busy for a long time without getting anything, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Captain, I think you are too nervous! We came out of Maqu this time, along the way, except for the Coke bottle that appeared unexpectedly, we didn't see the group of black clothes at all. People's shadows, I don't think they came here at all."

"Don't take it lightly, according to past experience, they may appear at any time!" Han Jiang warned.

But Tang Feng retorted: "It's not that I underestimate the enemy. If you think about it carefully, the black cloud led us out of the Seven-color Brocade Sea. We mobilized so much information and equipment non-stop and entered the Animaqing Snow Mountain. The men in black , I guess they don't know the situation of the Heitou Shishi at all, at least not as much as we have. Taking a step back, even if they know about the situation of the Heitoushishi and the second jade screen, they are not as quick as we are. Speed, how could it be here before us?"

Han Jiang couldn't listen anymore, and said to Tang Feng in a strong tone: "I don't know how much information that group of people have about the Heitou Shishi, and I don't know if they have come here, but I believe I have raised them for so many years. The intuition of success! You have to believe me, the more we relax, the more likely our enemies will appear!"

As soon as Han Jiang finished speaking, there was a sudden knock on the door. Everyone looked at each other and became alert by coincidence.

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Han Jiang heard the knock on the door, drew out his pistol vigilantly, walked to the door, and asked, "Who?"

"Guys, the food you want is ready! Are you coming down to eat, or do you want me to bring it up?" The hotel owner's voice came from outside the door.

It turned out to be a false alarm.Han Jiang put away his pistol and replied, "We'll come down and eat later."

The four of them went down to the first floor and saw that the boss had prepared a table of dishes for them. After a closer look, they were all red Sichuan dishes.The four of them hadn't had a hot meal for a day, so they quickly wiped out the table of meals, including Makarov, who was not used to chili peppers, and was eating very deliciously at the moment.

Tang Feng asked the boss some more information, especially the situation of Animaqing Snow Mountain.When the boss heard Tang Feng asked Animaqing Snow Mountain, he quickly waved his hands and said, "This season is not the time for mountain climbing, so please don't go to the snow mountain, otherwise accidents will happen! Moreover, to climb Animaqing Snow Mountain, you need to go to Xining to go through the formalities. , Only in a team can we go!"

Tang Feng smiled and said, "We're just asking casually. Of course we won't go climbing this season."

Although Tang Feng vehemently denied that they were going to climb the mountain, the boss might have seen the mountaineering equipment they were carrying, so he kept persuading them not to go, and told everyone about the failure of climbing Animaqing Snow Mountain. It was terrible. The avalanche, the sudden change of weather, and the legend about the mountain god... After listening to what the boss said, everyone's heart was covered with a layer of haze.

Back in the room, Tang Feng and Han Jiang connected with Zhao Yong again and asked Zhao Yong to collect detailed geological data for them in the western area of ​​Animaqing Snow Mountain.Zhao Yong took the order, and Han Jiang ended the connection.Looking at Tang Feng, Xu Renyu and Makarov, the three of them were tired, but Han Jiang couldn't let everyone sleep. He arranged for himself, Tang Feng and Xu Renyu to take turns on duty to prevent accidents.

Both Tang Feng and Xu Renyu thought he was too suspicious, but they had no choice but to carry out the order.The night passed safely, and in the early morning of the next day, Zhao Yong sent them the information Han Jiang needed, and everyone gathered in front of the computer to check it carefully.A suspicious area has been marked on the three-dimensional topographic map sent by Zhao Yong. When everyone was surprised, Zhao Yong explained: "This is the result of an overnight study by Professor Luo and I. The marked area is the most likely to find the black head stone chamber. This suspicious area is located in the snow-capped mountains more than 30 kilometers northwest of the main peak of Animaqing Snow Mountain 'Maqinggangri', which is very similar to the area described in the ancient legend, and even better than the area A we identified before. And Area B, hope is great!"

"Greater hope than District A and District B?" Everyone was puzzled.

Zhao Yong explained: "Because of the combination of satellite photo analysis, we found traces of artificial buildings in this area. Although there are not many and very unclear, it is enough to explain everything. Think about it, the altitude of this area is higher than that of areas A and B." The area is all high, and it is not suitable for human beings to survive for a long time, so how can there be relics of artificial buildings there?"

"There is only one possibility, that building was built for some specific purpose!" Tang Feng speculated boldly.

"A specific purpose?" Han Jiang wondered.

Tang Feng further speculated: "For example, the ancients used commemorative buildings for sacrifices."

"On such a high snow mountain?" Xu Renyu was surprised.

"No! It's not on the snow-capped mountains, but here!" Tang Feng pointed to the corresponding position on the topographic map and explained, "From the topographic map, it's not on the snow-capped mountains, but surrounded by snow-capped mountains." This is very similar to the legend of the Dangxiang people. From the picture, the altitude here is much lower than the surrounding snow-capped mountains, but there is no road leading to this area. If you want to enter this area, you have to climb over the snow-capped mountains.”

"Will the party members build the Blackhead Stone Chamber at such a high altitude?" Makarov couldn't believe it either.

Tang Feng smiled and said: "Old Ma, let me correct a small mistake in what you said just now. If the Heitou Shishi is really here, then it is not the party members who built the Heitoushishi here, but the Heitoushishi. !"

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"The Blackhead Stone Chamber is here?" Makarov was even more puzzled.

Tang Feng explained: "According to the words engraved on the jade screen, combined with the records of other documents, the Dangxiang Qiang people have been hunting at the foot of the Animaqing Snow Mountain since ancient times, in the grasslands and forests of the Baihe River Basin, in the sight of the Dangxiang Qiang people. As far as they can reach, Animaqing Snow Mountain is the highest mountain they can see. In the remote ancient times when the productive forces were underdeveloped, the Dangxiang Qiang people would naturally worship this mountain, and they would probably Use some existing caves on or near the snow-capped mountains to transform them and build the so-called "black-headed stone chambers" to commemorate their ancestors and gods. This will answer your previous question. Because the black-headed stone chambers are originally made of caves It was modified by the special geological structure of this kind, and in addition to satisfying the worship of the Animaqing mountain god, so it is understandable that the black-headed stone chamber appeared at such a high place."

"So, the Blackhead Stone Chamber is used to worship the mountain god?" Makarov asked again.

Tang Feng explained: "The worship of Animaqing Snow Mountain has actually been widespread until now. For example, the local Tibetans think that Animaqing Snow Mountain is a sacred mountain, and Tibetans call Animaqing "Bokawajian". Gong' is one of the nine gods who created the world. Among the 21 gods and snow mountains that Tibetans believe in, Animaqing ranks fourth. He is responsible for the mountains and rivers in the Amdo area and is the protector of the local people. Before, I saw a portrait of the Animaqing mountain god in a Tibetan home in Qinghai. The Animaqing mountain god was dressed in a white helmet, white armor, and white robe, riding a white horse under his crotch, and holding a silver gun in his hand. Many Tibetans in Qinghai believe that the God of Animaqing mountain has superb martial arts skills and boundless mana, and can cast down demons and eliminate demons. Therefore, many Tibetans can often be seen traveling thousands of miles, braving the wind and snow, devoutly coming to Animaqing Snow Mountain to walk around the mountain to pray for blessings .”

"Worshiping mountain gods, isn't this a kind of primitive polytheistic worship?" Xu Renyu interjected, smoking a pipe.

"You can also say that. But with all due respect, Dr. Xu, you don't understand the beliefs of the local Tibetans, and their persistence is beyond ordinary people's imagination. You must not think that this is some kind of 'primitive polytheistic worship' and think that This is very ignorant, and this kind of worship can last for thousands of years, which in itself shows the strong vitality of this kind of belief."

"Okay! I can't say no to you. Even if this belief has strong vitality, what does it have to do with the Blackhead Stone Chamber?" Xu Renyu asked.

"Of course it's related. As I said just now, the local people have a long history of worshiping the Animaqing Snow Mountain God. I also said before that the original residents here are Dangxiang Qiang people, so we have every reason It is believed that the local people's worship of Animaqing Snow Mountain is the inheritance of the tradition of the Dangxiang Qiang people. More importantly, the Animaqing Snow Mountain is not only a sacred mountain for the early Dangxiang Qiang people, but also a great She is also the original birthplace of the Dangxiang Qiang people, so the Animaqing Snow Mountain has special significance for the Dangxiang Qiang people.”

"But now there are no traces of any party members in the local area!" Xu Renyu doubted.

"That's right! For so many years, the relics of the Dangxiang Qiang people have never been found in the Animaqing Snow Mountain. That is because the history of the Dangxiang Qiang people here in the early years is too long. If there are, then it is only possible that we are looking for them. The Blackhead Stone Chamber!" Tang Feng said.

"Since we've mentioned this, does that mean that Area C is very likely?" Han Jiang asked suddenly.

"I still can't believe it. The altitude in Area C is too high. From the map, we have to climb at least one snow mountain to enter Area C. I don't believe that those party members could enter such a remote, desolate, high-altitude area. "Xu Renyu expressed his opinion.

"It's really unbelievable." Makarov also shook his head and said.

Han Jiang turned his gaze to Tang Feng and asked, "Tang Feng, what about you?"

"I can't be sure, all this has indeed exceeded our imagination!"

After Tang Feng finished speaking, Han Jiang said angrily: "The co-author said so vigorously just now, but in the end you don't believe it yourself!"

"It's not that I don't believe it. What I said just now are just my inferences. Although I think my inferences may be in line with the facts, this inference is really shocking, so I can't be sure." Tang Feng argued.

Han Jiang's face darkened, and he concluded: "Okay, I don't need to ask you. My rule is that as long as there is a glimmer of hope, we must go for it, so we must go to the mysterious C area to see! And the three of you , It's too late to quit now! Throw away your illusions and get ready to hit the road!"

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After Han Jiang finished speaking, it was inconvenient for everyone to say anything more.Han Jiang looked at the information sent by Zhao Yong again, and found that there was very little information about Area C, except for those few blurred satellite photos, and a [-]D topographic map that Zhao Yong deduced based on some data, nothing else up.

Han Jiang asked Zhao Yong suspiciously: "About the information on Area C, why is this all?"

Zhao Yong explained: "There are really few, because we only have so much information, let me introduce you to Animaqing Snow Mountain. Animaqing Snow Mountain was once called the 'mysterious Ani Maqing', because in 1926, when an American climbed the main peak of Animaqing Snow Mountain, he was at the position of 4900 meters. He estimated that this place was 3600 meters away from the peak, so this American wrote a book and declared that The Maqing Snow Mountain is 8500 meters high. Later, another American climbed the Animaqing Snow Mountain, and his final data said that the Animaqing Snow Mountain was 9000 meters high.”

"9000 meters high? Isn't that higher than Mount Everest?" Makarov said in surprise.

"Yes! If Animaqing Snow Mountain is really 9000 meters high, it is really higher than Mount Everest. Therefore, Animaqing Snow Mountain was once mistaken for the highest peak in the world! But in fact, the two American peaks Everyone is wrong, Animaqing Snow Mountain is not that high, its main peak 'Maqinggangri' is composed of three peaks above 6000 meters above sea level, the highest peak is 6282 meters above sea level. Around 'Maqinggangri' There are also 18 peaks above 5000 meters. These high mountains are covered with continuous snow and ice, which have not melted for many years. During this period, glaciers are developed and the mountains are steep. And the C area you are going to, although you do not need to climb the snow-capped mountains, it is more difficult and more difficult. It is sinister, because there is a lack of information here, and there is no trace of modern people's presence at all!"

(End of this chapter)