Xixia dead book

Chapter 56: Legend of the Undead in the Book of the Dead (56)
【No.20 Three Sections Black Stone Room】

1
The sunrise on the snow-capped mountains is exceptionally magnificent!Tang Feng, Han Jiang, and Xu Renyu stayed up all night. Before dawn, the three of them wrapped their bodies in sleeping bags and sat up.Tang Feng only felt a splitting headache and weakness in his limbs, but he didn't know why, when he saw the rising red sun, he became inexplicably excited!
"I have seen the sunrise on Mount Tai and Huangshan before, but I have never seen the sunrise on such a high snow mountain. Maybe this is the only chance in this life!" Tang Feng said excitedly.

"Hehe, not bad! I'm afraid this is the only time in my life. It's a pity that my camera was buried by that damn avalanche yesterday, but fortunately, my baby is still there!" Xu Renyu complained and took out his He smoked a pipe leisurely.

"Forget it, maybe we will have the opportunity to watch the sunrise on the snow mountain. Look at the sun, it should be a good day today, which is helping us to act!" Tang Feng said.

"The brighter the sun is, the more we must be careful of avalanches!" Han Jiang leaned back on the cliff, raised his head to the sun, and said, staring at a string of necklaces held high in his hand.

Han Jiang's words were not unreasonable. Tang Feng and Xu Renyu were worried. Once the temperature rises and the snow melts, it is easy to cause an avalanche.

"Isn't this the string of human bone rosary beads of the great lama? How could it be in your hand?" Tang Feng recognized that the thing in Han Jiang's hand was the human bone rosary of the great lama.

"When the men in black attacked us, I went to pull the Da Lama to lie down, but he refused to dodge. Although he was shot several times, he continued to chant sutras. At that time, his string of human bone rosary beads fell, and I Pick it up and keep it in the bag. I found this thing when I was packing the backpack just now." Han Jiang explained.

"So that's the case, does Heiyun know?"

Han Jiang shook his head and said, "I haven't told her all this time, for fear that she would be sad. I'll return it to her after I go back this time."

"Huh? What is this?" Tang Feng suddenly found a copper coin with a square hole on the human bone rosary in Han Jiang's hand.

"A copper coin?" Han Jiang asked suspiciously.

"So it was on the rosary?" Tang Feng asked.

"Yes, when I got this string of rosary beads, I found a copper coin tied to the rosary. It seems that this copper coin has some history, but I haven't bothered to take a closer look. Now, where is this copper coin? In which generation?"

"Tianqing treasure money?" Tang Feng read a few words on the copper coin softly, and then said to Han Jiang, "The words on this copper coin are Xixia characters, which proves that this is a Xixia coin. As far as I know, The coins of Xixia have always been rare, and they are very precious!"

"However, it is not surprising that the Great Lama owns this Xixia coin. It may have been passed down from his ancestors." Han Jiang guessed.

"It should be like this. If I remember correctly, the coin with this year name should be minted by Huan Zong Chunyou, the sixth emperor of Xixia. It is completely reasonable and reasonable for the grand lama's ancestor to pass down this coin."

When several people were talking, Makarov woke up. Han Jiang put away the human bone rosary and said jokingly: "Old horse, you are really good! None of us fell asleep, but you slept soundly. You are worthy of being an old man." Agent!"

Makarov rubbed his sleepy eyes, recalling what happened last night, he was actually the same as he was in the tunnel in the colorful sea of ​​brocade last time, and it was the distant past that brought him to sleep again, this is a good solution to insomnia Method!Makarov was thinking wildly, when suddenly, from the valley in the distance, there was another howl of wolves, which was particularly mournful in the depths of the snow-capped mountains.

The four of them stared wide-eyed and looked at the surroundings nervously. They found nothing but white around them! "How can there be wolves here at such a high altitude?" Tang Feng asked in surprise.

"That's right! I didn't hear a wolf howling all day yesterday, so why did I hear it again early this morning? It's really bad luck!" Xu Renyu complained as he stubbed out his pipe.

Han Jiang listened for a while, and comforted everyone: "Judging from my experience, these wolves are quite far away from us. Don't worry, everyone, hurry up and eat something, and get ready to go."

Just like that, the four of them, accompanied by howling wolves, ate some dry food and set off on the road again.

2
Fortunately, the weather was fine throughout the morning. Apart from the occasional sporadic snow falling down on Glacier No. 2, there was no such terrible avalanche as yesterday.

Near noon, the four of them finally reached the end of the glacier.This is a steep ridge, and after turning over the ridge, there is another big snow slope. You can't see the situation under the snow slope, but you can only see the peaks of the snow mountains in the distance, which are extremely magnificent under the refraction of the sun.They seem to have entered a pure white fairyland that has never been disturbed by anyone. They are so close to the blue sky, and everything around them is white and spotless.

The four of them proceeded cautiously down the snow slope and walked for about two hours. Although they still couldn't see the situation under the snow slope and didn't know what was waiting for them ahead, it seemed that everything was going well.Han Jiang was still walking in front, and Tang Feng followed closely behind, but Tang Feng gradually lost his strength and staggered, getting farther and farther away from Han Jiang who was walking in front... Just when Han Jiang's figure was about to disappear When Tang Feng was in sight, suddenly, he heard Han Jiang shouting in front of him: "Be careful! There is a cliff ahead!"

"Cliff?" Tang Feng woke up suddenly. He, Xu Renyu and Makarov rushed a few steps to Han Jiang's side.Tang Feng took courage and leaned over to look down the cliff. There is actually a cliff standing thousands of feet high here?Just one glance already made Tang Feng tremble with fear, because he didn't see where the bottom of the cliff was at all.

Sitting in the snow in despair, Tang Feng said dejectedly, "How can there be such a high cliff here? Could all our hard work be in vain!"

"How could it be in vain? We still have this. Fortunately, it was not buried by the avalanche yesterday!" Han Jiang said, taking out a bundle of climbing ropes, as well as safety belts, descenders and other equipment.

Tang Feng looked at the equipment and asked Han Jiang: "What are you doing? Do you want us to descend by rope?"

"Besides, is there any other way?"

"But we don't know anything about the situation below. How high is the cliff? Do we have enough rope? Is there a place where we can anchor halfway? What will we encounter after we go down? We don't know anything! "

Han Jiang was stunned by Tang Feng's series of questions.yes!They don't know anything!This is not an ordinary cliff, and there may be branches and shrubs available in the middle. This is the Daxue Mountain. There is nothing but snow and hard rocks that may fall at any time!

"I'm now beginning to believe that no human has set foot here since ancient times. Think about it, such a harsh environment, such a difficult path, it is impossible for ancient people without modern equipment to enter. This is the mysterious C area, it It is mysterious because no one has ever set foot here, but its mystery is just that, there will be no black-headed stone chamber here, because the ancients can't get in at all!" Xu Renyu suddenly expressed his speculation.

Xu Renyu's speculation is fatal, and it is enough to shake the morale of the army!Han Jiang stared at Xu Renyu and frowned, but he didn't say anything, because at this moment, he was the only one to bear the responsibility.Han Jiang was silent and began to prepare the equipment for rappelling. Looking at Han Jiang's firm eyes and skillful movements, Tang Feng and Makarov were moved, and they also joined Han Jiang's preparation work.

Han Jiang first made a simple rappelling, and after observing the situation under the cliff and the surroundings, he went up and introduced to everyone: "We are lucky. Although there are no branches and bushes here, there is a tree about 80 meters below the cliff. The protruding cliff, it can be used as a descent station for us. As for the situation further down, I have no way of knowing, I can only descend to the protruding cliff first."

The four discarded everything they didn't need, put on their safety belts, and after checking each other, Han Jiang set an anchor on a giant rock on the cliff and slid down the cliff first.A quarter of an hour later, Tang Feng, Makarov and Xu Renyu descended in sequence after confirming that Han Jiang had safely reached the first landing station.

When everyone arrived at the first landing station safely, Han Jiang reset the anchor point.Suddenly he found that Tang Feng and Xu Renyu had slipped down with gloves on, and he said angrily, "Didn't I tell you before? You are not allowed to wear gloves when rappelling! I know it's cold now, but compared to your little As far as life is concerned, this coldness is nothing!"

Only then did Tang Feng and Xu Renyu realize that rappelling with gloves on is easy to slip, so they hurriedly took off their gloves.After Han Jiang yelled at them, he slid down first again.Everyone lay on the edge of the cliff, watching Han Jiang's figure gradually disappear from sight, everyone's heart was tugged. Ten minutes passed, ten minutes passed, half an hour passed, and Han Jiang still didn't respond.Tang Feng was extremely anxious. He was about to rush down the cliff to call out to Han Jiang, but Makarov covered his mouth and warned him in a low voice: "Don't shout! The snow here is very fragile and may collapse at any time! "

Tang Feng held back, swallowed the words back into his stomach, and continued to wait anxiously.After more than ten minutes, they finally heard Han Jiang's voice coming from under the cliff.The three people descended one by one according to the actions just now, and after about 10 minutes, they came to a protruding rock again.Tang Feng thought this was probably the second descent station, but it was not a very long distance. Why did it take Han Jiang so long?
3
When Tang Feng saw Han Jiang again, Han Jiang was lying on the snow, took off his helmet, rubbed his head vigorously, and was in a daze. Tang Feng asked with concern: "What happened to you just now?"

"I was hit by a large piece of snow and almost knocked me out! It happened that there was a recess in the cliff, so I hid in that recess and waited for a long time until I was sure the snow had finished falling before I landed here!"

After Tang Feng heard this, he felt scared. If there was another piece of snow avalanche and hit Han Jiang because of his loud shout just now, Han Jiang would be in dire straits.

According to the previous method, everyone used the rope to descend twice, and then their feet landed on a relatively solid ground, to be precise, it was a solid ice surface.

Tang Feng looked around and asked Han Jiang: "We have come to the bottom of the cliff, this should be the mysterious C area?"

"I don't know, but I think it should be!" Han Jiang was also observing the surrounding environment, but found nothing.

Tang Feng raised his head and looked at the cliff they descended by rope just now, as well as the high snow peak. Even he himself couldn't believe that there was such a great potential in his body that he could successfully cross the snow mountain and glacier!Next, in this mysterious zone C, what will greet you?

Tang Feng, Han Jiang, Xu Renyu and Makarov took a short rest, sorted out the necessary equipment, and moved forward again.Tang Feng looked around and found that there were three cliffs around them, only a small snowy slope ahead.The four of them climbed up the small snow slope, and suddenly they saw a large snowfield surrounded by mountains. To be precise, it should be a large mountain depression surrounded by snow peaks.

"I'm sure now that this is the mysterious C area we're looking for." Han Jiang murmured softly. "Yes! The environment here is similar to that shown in the satellite photos. Mysterious Area C, has anyone been here for thousands of years? This...it's so quiet here." Tang Feng was shocked by the tranquility here .

Makarov opened his mouth exaggeratedly, took a deep breath, and said, "The air here is really good! And, do you feel it? The altitude here seems to have dropped a lot, and my altitude sickness has completely disappeared!"

Several other people also felt that the altitude here has dropped significantly. Tang Feng said again: "Not only has the alpine reaction disappeared, but the temperature here seems to have risen. Although the surrounding is still a world of ice and snow, it is not so cold anymore."

"It's not surprising. The environment here is relatively closed, and it is easy to form a relatively independent small environment." Xu Renyu speculated.

"What does the rise in temperature mean? Have you thought about it?" Tang Feng asked.

"You thought of the legend that the great lama said." Han Jiang also thought of it.

"Yes, in that legend, when the party members were hit by a snowstorm and were about to be buried in the ice field, they found the black head stone room, which was as warm as spring." Tang Feng explained.

But Xu Renyu said: "This doesn't explain anything. Only by finding the black-headed stone chamber can we prove the authenticity of the legend!"

The four of them walked down the snow slope while talking, and after walking more than a hundred meters on the snow field, Tang Feng suddenly remembered something: "In addition to finding the black head stone chamber, I also want to see where the No. 1 glacier in the photo leads to. Where? Is it possible to reach here as well?"

"Stop thinking about it, we'd better find the black head stone room and get the jade screen, and then leave this ghost place quickly. Who knows when there will be another snowstorm here, then we won't be able to get out." Xu Renyu said worriedly .

Everyone stopped talking and continued to move forward. Tang Feng reminded the others: "Everyone should pay attention to the ground. Satellite photos show that there are artificial building relics on the surface of Area C. The heavy snow two days ago, It is possible to bury all the architectural relics, but if there are architectural relics, even if they are buried by snow, they will leave clues on the surface, so everyone must pay attention.”

Tang Feng's reminder made everyone focus on their feet.Suddenly, Tang Feng found some strange traces on the snow. Everyone gathered around the snow. Han Jiang drew the strange traces on the snow with his hands, and speculated: "This looks like a paw print. It may be left by some kind of animal." of."

"Animals? Will there be animals at such a high place? Can you tell what kind of animal it is?" Tang Feng asked.

"Judging from the paw print, it is not a bird or the like, it can only be left by a relatively large mammal. But because this paw print was left at least a few days ago, the heavy snow two days ago covered the paw print , so I really can't see what animal stayed behind, maybe it was a snow leopard, or maybe it was a wolf!" Han Jiang judged.

"Wolf? Those wolves have been here too? Could it be that they also jumped off the cliff? It's incredible!" Xu Renyu said.

"Many alpine animals can fly over walls, such as the precious snow leopard." Han Jiang explained.

"Snow leopard? Forget it! Now I hope that this group of wolves stayed behind. Wolves are easier to deal with than leopards!" Xu Renyu shook his head helplessly.

"If we really encounter these animals, they will not be easy to deal with..." Han Jiang was talking, Tang Feng suddenly interrupted him, pointing to the snow in front of him and said in surprise, "They don't necessarily come in by flying over the eaves. Look here, there are still such paw prints!"

(End of this chapter)