Doomsday Totem

Chapter 425
The sun is still hot in early August, shining on the rice fields in the mountains, steaming wisps of translucent water vapor.Standing on the top of the mountain and looking around, the rice in the field is green and green, fluttering in the wind, while the ears of rice are heavy and have begun to turn yellow slightly, showing signs of a bumper harvest.

Among the mountains in the Far East, the Qin Family Village was as quiet as ever, apart from the occasional cock crowing and dog barking, or a long mooing of a cow, there was no other movement.

In the evening, Qin Baoshan took another look at his rice, picked up his hoe, and walked towards the house.Although he is the head of the village, he still has to do some farm work in this remote mountain village, otherwise he would have nothing to do.

After a while, Qin Baoshan climbed up a short slope, and stood in front of a big rock that was split in half by some kind of sharp tool. Then he lowered his head and walked a few meters thoughtfully. In front of the Qin family's mansion on the top of the mountain, I pushed open the double red lacquered gates and returned home.

"Old woman, I'm back." Qin Baoshan said while putting the hoe in a corner of the courtyard.

"Go and wash your hands, the food will be ready soon." His wife poked her head out of the kitchen and shouted at him.

"Dad is back~" "Dad, I'll get you water." "I'll get you a towel." Qin Baoshan's sons and daughters surrounded him.

"Okay, okay, you are all good kids." Qin Baoshan took the water from his fifth son and the towel from his younger daughter, and squatted in the stone-paved courtyard to scrub.

"Dad, I'll get you an undershirt." The fourth daughter said. "Eh, good."

Not long after, after scrubbing and changing into a white vest, Qin Baoshan, surrounded by his children, came to the wooden table in the kitchen and sat down.

"Dad, I'll fan you." "Dad, I'll give you sugar water." "Dad, I'll give you a massage."

Seeing that the children were very enthusiastic today, Qin Baoshan knew that they must have something to ask for, so he smiled and said: "If you have any requests, just say it."

"Dad, we want to take advantage of the summer vacation to go to the town to play with the third sister." "I want to go too." "Yeah eh~"

The sons and daughters chirped and begged, Qin Baoshan glanced left and right, then said solemnly, "Your third sister is learning skills from a great master, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, you can't disturb her now. "

"The last time Niuwa came back from the town, didn't you say that the third sister is already a disciple of the Fire Horn Temple? Listen to him, the third sister has a high status, and there are monks protecting her wherever she goes." We're just going to see Third Sister, and we don't bother her." "Yes, yes, we'll just take a look."

"No!" Qin Baoshan frowned and refused loudly.

"Old man, why are you talking so loudly? I'm not afraid to scare the children, so I just went to see the girl, what's the matter?" Mother Qin came over aggressively and said with a spatula in one hand and akimbo in the other.

"What do you know? You have long hair but short knowledge. If I say you can't go, then you can't go!" Qin Baoshan insisted without changing his face.

"Okay! Old man, you are paying less and less attention to me now..." Qin's mother was about to lose her temper when there was a light knock on the door.

"Dong dong dong... dong dong dong..."

"Who is it?" Qin Baoshan and his wife looked at each other, and then asked loudly.

"Dong dong dong..." The visitor didn't seem to hear Qin Baoshan's voice, and continued to knock on the door.

"Here, wait." Qin Baoshan pulled the fourth daughter who was about to open the door, picked up a pole by the door, and walked over.

"crunch..."

Opening the door, there are two people dressed in gray robes and hoods to hide their appearance. Judging from their size, they should be two men.

"You are..." Qin Baoshan hesitated with a look of guard on his face.

"Uncle Qin, it's me." A familiar voice came out from the hood, and Qin Baoshan was startled, he hurried out of the way, and beckoned the two of them to enter the door.

"Why are you here?" Qin Baoshan asked nervously after closing the door quickly.

In the courtyard, the two lifted their hoods one after another, revealing two young faces.One has firm lines, eagle-like eyes with a sharp cold light; the other has soft lines, eyes like pools, deep and indifferent, calm and elegant.

"This is my friend, the guard in front of the fire of the ancient temple, Zhao Wenke." Tie Slag introduced.

"Hello, Chief Qin." Zhao Wenke clasped his fists in both hands, bowed his head and said in an ancient manner.

"We're passing by here on business..." Tie Zha just said halfway, Qin's mother and Qin Baoshan's children surrounded him.

"Oh, it's iron slag, hurry up, come in and eat something, the food is still hot~" Mother Qin greeted warmly, she was still very rare for this wealthy son-in-law.

"Hello, big brother." "Brother Tie~" "Hello, brother~" a man and two women called sweetly, and Tie Slag smiled and nodded in return one by one.

"Come, come, come in and talk." After Qin Baoshan pushed his daughter and wife back to the kitchen, he brought them to the living room.

After brewing tea and serving some pastries, Qin Baoshan asked the two of them why they came.

"We are going to go to the depths of the mountains, but we lack relevant experience and need to ask you for advice." Tie Slag said.

"Hmm..." Qin Baoshan lowered his head and pondered for a while, then raised his head, stared at Tie Slag and asked, "Where is the exact location?"

"From here to the southwest, about [-] kilometers." Tie Slag said.

"Hiss..." Qin Baoshan couldn't help taking a breath, and after a while, he said, "Our ancestors have never been that far, the altitude there is too high, not only the temperature is below minus [-] degrees, the air It is also very thin, and humans cannot survive there, you..." Qin Baoshan frowned, hesitated for a while, and then said, "Do you have to go?"

"We must go." Tie Slag said firmly.

"Then you have to bring enough oxygen cylinders and oxygen-generating equipment. If you are in a state of hypoxia and low temperature for a long time, your body organs will gradually die." Qin Baoshan said.

"I'm a seventh-level psyker, and I'm protected by Power Armor, so it shouldn't be a problem?" Zhao Wenke asked.

Qin Baoshan was startled at first, and took a look at Zhao Wenke. After all, seventh-level psykers are not Chinese cabbage, and they are not usually seen at all.Then, he shook his head and said: "It's useless, the transmission oil in the power armor will gradually solidify if you stay at low temperature for a long time, unless you can keep the power armor running, including when you sleep, you will wake up the next morning. Come, and you will find that the power armor cannot be activated."

"En." Zhao Wenke nodded, expressing his understanding.

"Also, there are some ancient creatures living on the snow-capped mountains. They are much stronger than black tigers, and some of them can even fight against the holy ranks among humans. If you encounter them, you may not be able to escape under the conditions of lack of oxygen and low temperature. .”

"No matter what, we have to go." Iron Slag said calmly.

Seeing Tie Slag's firm attitude, Qin Baoshan pondered for a long time, finally patted his thigh, and said: "Well, leave the equipment to me, I will be responsible for purchasing the necessary supplies, and then organize the Orion, take you three thousand kilometers away, and then station there, waiting for you to come back."

"Okay..." Tie Slag nodded, and asked again, "How much does it cost?"

"There's no need for money. Last time you brought a lot of gold and silver jewelry, I'll use that money to buy things for you." Qin Baoshan said with a big wave of his hand.

"This..." Tie Slag hesitated and looked at Zhao Wenke.The latter understood immediately, and took out two coins emitting a faint purple light from his arms, and stuffed them into Qin Baoshan's hands.

Looking down, the coin is half the size of a palm. It is neither gold nor silver. It is made of a very special material. It is engraved with intersecting war hammers and long staffs. Below it is a pot of flames, surrounded by a circle made of rice, honeysuckle, lotus root, and sweet potato. Wreath made of vines.

"Ancient coins!" Qin Baoshan cried out.

Zhao Wenke nodded, one ancient coin can be exchanged for 880 eight gold coins in the ancient temple.But in fact, ancient coins are far more than this value. Due to their scarcity, they can usually be sold for more than a thousand gold coins.

"No... I can't take it..." Qin Baoshan murmured with dull eyes, as if talking to himself

"We are ordered by the ancient great prophet to go to the depths of the distant mountains to explore the past history, please accept it." Zhao Wenke said.

"We are our own family, don't be polite to me." Tie Slag pressed Qin Baoshan's shoulder, then grinned and said.

"Okay..." Qin Baoshan sighed and said, "Then store it with me first, and you can take whatever you want in the future."

Afterwards, under Qin's mother's arrangement, the two had a sumptuous farm meal, including stir-fried braised pig's feet with red pepper, stir-fried beef with coriander and celery, braised spicy chicken in oil, salted egg and mustard pork slice soup, and stir-fried cabbage heart with lard residue. Then I took a warm bath comfortably.After changing his clothes, Tie Slag said that Zhao Wenke and Zhao Wenke could just sleep in the same room, and there was no need to arrange two rooms, which made Qin's mother doubt for a while.

"You two big men sleep in the same room?" Mother Qin asked in surprise.

"Yeah, what's the matter?" Tie Slag asked with a blank face.

"No...it's nothing..." Mother Qin quickly shook her head.

After Tie Slag entered the room, Qin's mother quickly walked to the living room, pulled Qin Baoshan to a corner, looked around, and then whispered in his ear: "Old man, Ke'er's man wants to sleep with that man for a while." Room, is this normal?"

"Ah!" Qin Baoshan was taken aback immediately. This news even shocked him even more than when Princess Shengdian came to Qin's Village.It's fine for my daughter to be someone else's mistress, but at least she's still a normal man.It's all right now, not even a normal man...

Just when the couple was worrying about gains and losses, in the side room, Tie Slag and Zhao Wenke were sitting at the wooden table, discussing things while drinking the farm wine that Qin Baoshan had just dug out from the cellar.

"In the past few days, Biqinglan has repeatedly urged me to get in touch with William of the Reinhardt family. I really don't understand what her intention is." Tie Slag said with a frown.Even though he couldn't figure out her purpose, he knew that Bi Qinglan would never help him.

"Judging from the current situation of the Snake Clan and the political situation in Silver City World, her intentions are obvious..." Zhao Wenke said with a warm smile.

"Tell me." Tie Slag made a "please" gesture.

(End of this chapter)