Tang Sancheng raised his legs and ran towards the glacier. The ice surface was very clean. The paintings that he had tampered with disappeared and the ice surface was very smooth! It was morning now and the temperature was very low. There was no reason for it to disappear so quickly. Subai had seen a ghost!
"Are you still going?" Cui Ying asked as she was seeing everyone off.
"Go!" Subai said, "I want to go even more."
Tang Sancheng nodded: "Let's go."
Cui Ying watched everyone leave, feeling a little weird in her heart. She folded her hands in front of her chest: "This is so weird!"
After walking about a hundred meters, I saw two small forks, one going left and one going right. There was a simple wooden sign on the left side - Ice Lake, and there was nothing on the right side.
No, the road was also very narrow. Without any hesitation, everyone walked to the right. About half an hour later, a peak like a pencil piercing the clouds appeared in front of them. They had to cross this peak to reach the Mountain Cocoon.
Subei took a breath: "This mountain is so weird."
Fortunately, there is still a mountain trail for everyone to climb, eliminating the pain of climbing with bare hands. It is easier to walk at the beginning. The higher you go, the colder the air becomes and the stone surfaces turn into ice. The most terrible thing is that the mountain trail is not wide in the first place.
disappeared, and they had only climbed a third of the way. Yue Qing stopped first. Even all the preparations for cold protection could not prevent the cold air from invading. The soles of his feet were fine, but the most uncomfortable thing now was his hands, which he kept shaking.
Hands: "How high are you now?"
"About six thousand meters." Subai said, "I'm afraid it will still be about one thousand meters to the top."
Tang Sancheng raised his head and looked at the mountain above his head: "There is no way, now we have to climb up on foot."
Subo fixed the oxygen bottle in place. As the height increased, the air became thinner and the breathing frequency became higher and higher. He could still support it now, but if he went one thousand meters higher, the oxygen bottle would probably come in handy.
Su Bai looked at the solid rocks on the mountain, grabbed them with both hands, and used force with his feet. Climbing does not rely on brute force, but on skill. Once the rhythm is found, the speed of climbing will increase significantly. Subo now found
Following this rhythm, before he knew it, he was following Bai Moxuan closely.
Bai Moxuan was also secretly surprised. He was born in the Tianshan Mountains and seemed to be born with a talent for mountain climbing. However, this boy Subai followed closely behind him and came to Mount Everest. His potential seemed to be completely stimulated. The blood of the Dragon Clan should not be underestimated.
Astonished, Bai Moxuan secretly competed with Su Bai, speeding up his movements and reaching the top of the peak first. Standing here, looking down, he couldn't see anything!
Subai behind him was panting: "How is it?"
"See for yourself." Bai Moxuan said, "You can't see anything."
Su Bai's heart suddenly went cold. They only rested twice along the way. They were just waiting for the moment they climbed to the top of the mountain. Reality hit them cruelly. Su Bai looked down and saw white steam at the foot of the mountain. What?
He couldn't see clearly either, so he breathed a sigh of relief: "It's just that I can't see clearly, it doesn't mean I can't see anything."
Yue Qing was sucking oxygen for a long time, and then finally took a breath. Seeing that Su Bai seemed to be fine, he couldn't help but said: "I didn't expect that I was the only one who used the oxygen bottle."
Subai was also surprised: "I don't feel any discomfort today. I can't see clearly down there now. The temperature will be higher at noon, so it should be different by then."
Tang Sancheng agreed. Although there was already snow under his feet, the temperature at noon would always be higher. He sat down on the ground, took out the compressed biscuits in his backpack and ate them: "There is no rush now, just wait."
Su Bai also sat down and took out the thermos pot. As soon as the water in the pot came out of the spout, it was cold to the bone. With the second sip, Su Bai had experience. There was no gap between the mouth and the spout, so he took a sip.
Warm water: "The person who appeared in front of me was definitely not a human being."
"You can see ghosts for a long time, but the guide can't." Yue Qing said: "And there are not many women climbing mountains, so it should be easy to find them. Now the conclusion is almost the same."
"She looks like Su Su." Su Bai's mind was a little confused: "At first glance, she looks like the same person. However, grandma said that Su Su has been reincarnated, so it can't be her."
Bai Moxuan finished eating the biscuits in his hand, but he felt uncomfortable in his throat. In this environment, eating anything was like chewing on ice cubes. He seemed to be leaning leisurely on a stone: "Some things will go naturally, but always
Something unexpected happened."
Finally at noon, Tang Sancheng looked down again, and saw that the mist below slowly dissipated, revealing the true face below little by little, "It's out, it's out..." Tang Sancheng said nervously: "Look!
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There is a very huge cocoon-like landform at the foot of the mountain. It should be sunken. At its edge, there is still a white light. Yue Qing gasped and took out his mobile phone to take pictures immediately. Thanks to his quick hands, he was taking pictures.
The mountain cocoon only appeared for thirty seconds before it was covered again by a layer of mist, making it completely invisible.
The cocoon was no longer there, but the picture on Yue Qing's phone was still there. The four of them studied it and finally found that the cocoon was very huge. From their current height, they could still take photos of such a size. Its original size was evident in the photo.
The most eye-catching symbol is the strange stone pillar. Subai said: "As long as we find this stone pillar after we go down, we have found the cocoon."
With the goal in mind, Subai was more motivated, and it was as if he had a plug-in when going down the mountain. However, when they descended to the mountain peak, a whole day had passed. The sky was darkening and the wind was blowing stronger. Although there was no snow falling, the temperature
But it fell very quickly. Although he had thick cold-proof clothes, he couldn't stop the wind from blowing into his body. He couldn't see the stone pillars when he looked over. Yue Qing suddenly knelt on the ground with one knee. Su Bai said nervously: "How's it going?
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"I feel weak." Yue Qing apologized: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect that I was so useless."
"Don't force yourself, find a place to spend the night first." Tang Sancheng couldn't help but stamp his feet: "The nights here are no joke."
Bai Moxuan said nothing, and ran out like an arrow. He returned not long after: "There is a cave in front, I can barely squeeze in for one night."
Su Bai carried Yue Qing behind him: "I won't let anything happen to you."
Yue Qing felt hot in his heart: "I'm sorry, I thought I was here to help you, but I ended up holding you back."
Su Bai's eyes were hot and he couldn't cry. His tears would turn into ice. The cave that Bai Moxuan found was about two hundred meters ahead. It had a small entrance and he could barely squeeze in while carrying a heavy mountaineering bag and an oxygen bottle.
As soon as Yue Qing sat on the ground, he started to inhale oxygen, avoiding the wind.
, but the temperature was not that high. Seeing Yue Qing's complexion turned pale, Subai rolled his eyes, took out his own sleeping bag and put it on Yue Qing's body, then took out Yue Qing's, and wrapped Yue Qing tightly with the two sleeping bags.
, Yue Qing smiled bitterly and said: "How can this be done? How are you going to sleep at night?"
"I'll just sleep next to you." Suba said, "You must be hungry. I'll try to heat the food now."
Bai Moxuan said angrily: "It's freezing and snowing, where are we going to find dry firewood?"
Subo patted his oxygen tank and said, "Don't we have this? Look at me."
Oxygen is the best combustion accelerant, and metal has the function of conducting heat. Su Bai took out a can and a lighter, and put the three together. The metal can began to heat, and the frozen food inside melted. With this heat, Su
Bai gave the can to Yue Qing: "Be careful of burning it and eat it quickly, otherwise it will freeze again."
Tang Sancheng was completely impressed by Su Bai. This kid had completely taken over the dominant position this time. His mind was clear and his care for his companions was even more practical and useful. Tang Sancheng's stomach growled: "Give me one too."
Su Bai energetically prepared food for everyone, but at the cost of completely depleting the oxygen in his own oxygen bottle. Yue Qing had the heat and food to supplement his face, and his face improved a lot. Yue Qing threw the sleeping bag to Su Bai: "
Tomorrow will be the real thing, have a good rest."
Subai didn't refuse. Without a sleeping bag, how could he survive the night?
The four of them got into their sleeping bags. Fatigue immediately hit them. Subai fell into a deep sleep almost as soon as they got in. The sound of the wind outside the cave did not affect their sleepiness at all. Snow fell outside the cave. The wind direction suddenly changed, and there was snow and wind.
The wind blew into the cave, but another gust of wind blew over, counteracting this gust of wind, and the white snow no longer drifted into the cave...
Subai let out a long breath in his sleep, seemingly having a sweet dream. This sweet dream was interrupted by Yue Qing's excited voice: "Hey, get up quickly and look!"
Subai trembled, got out of his sleeping bag, and immediately put on his cold-proof clothes: "Oh my god, boy, what's your name so early in the morning?"
When he got out and saw the stone pillar, he jumped up: "Oh my god, stone pillar!"
The stone pillar seemed to be right in front of me, but it took me two full hours to walk there. As I got closer, I realized that the stone pillar was very wide and the patterns on it were shocking. "This should be a totem pole." Tang Sancheng said: "
But it is different from ordinary totem poles. You see, there are people worshiping this strange beast on it, but when they turn around, there is a scene of killing the strange beast. Come here, start cooking, and then devour..."
Su Bai looked at the patterns on the stone pillars intently, and with just a few strokes he vividly depicted the piety of the people worshiping, but when he turned around, the scene of these people frantically hunting exotic animals was full of murderous intent, and the eagerness while cooking was also full of murderous intent.
However, when he was alive and devouring, his feelings of awe and anticipation were also particularly eye-catching. Su Bai was attracted by the strange beast. The little beast looked like...a dragon? Su Bai said blankly: "What are they eating?"
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"I don't know." Tang Sancheng said, "A little snake with two tails? Or a little dragon? What I'm sure of is that it must be a totem beast."
The so-called totem means that people in primitive times regard certain animals, plants or non-living things as their relatives, ancestors or protective gods. They believe that they have a supernatural power that can protect themselves and can also obtain their strength and skills. Totem
The beast is the animal that these people regard as a protector.
"I don't understand. Aren't totem beasts regarded as precious beings? Why should we prey on them?" Suber asked inexplicably.