"Is this a long journey?" Tian Peng wiped the ice slag condensed from the sweat on his face and exhaled a breath of cold air. After walking for more than half a day, the half of the mountain peak was still at the end of the horizon, and the distance seemed to have never gotten closer.
"This is unscientific." Liu Canghai also let out a breath and said in confusion: "According to the visual distance, we are only about fifty kilometers away from the mountain. We have walked such a long distance, why does it seem that the distance is so small?
Nothing has changed?"
Ye Ya continued, and she said coldly: "That's because the mountain peaks we see are reflected by the light in the mist. The actual distance is probably even further."
Liu Canghai suddenly understood and nodded repeatedly. Ye Ya's words made sense.
The terrain in Yugu is relatively gentle, and the temperature is relatively high. Wearing thick warm clothes, many team members will have thin beads of sweat on their foreheads. Of course, the high temperature is only relative to places outside the valley. The temperature here
It is still at minus ten degrees Celsius. What is strange is that although the temperature in the valley is low, there is not a single snow or ice crystal in it.
Liu Canghai was most interested in the geographical features here. After a period of hysteria, he agreed with Ye Ya's judgment and believed that the jade in this Jade Valley was an extraterrestrial object. It was not the product of geological movements, but had been subjected to glaciers for a long time.
Due to erosion and other reasons, it finally formed what it is today.
However, Chen Ziyun did not agree with Liu Canghai's judgment. He believed that these valleys were not formed naturally, but were dug out by humans.
But Chen Ziyun could not find any evidence to prove this idea. He carefully inspected the jade on both sides of the jade valley and found no traces of digging. But if you can't find it, it doesn't mean it is impossible. The same jade valley is enough to make people wonder.
Well, it would be sensational to say that this jade valley was actually opened up by man. Until modern times, mining jade in deep mountains has been a very troublesome thing, and many jade miners still followed the methods of thousands of years ago.
The old method of mining jade is to set fire to the jade, then water it, and use the thermal expansion and contraction of the jade to break.
If we use this method to dig out a jade valley, how many people will be needed and how much time will it take? Moreover, in this cold and barren place where even plants are rare, how can the food support the daily consumption of so many laborers?
Therefore, this kind of judgment can only appear in Chen Ziyun's own thoughts. If he says it, Liu Canghai will refute him completely; even Wang Xiaowu, who has always supported him unconditionally, will not believe his words.
Finally, the outline of the indigo in the distant mountains gradually became clear, but the surrounding environment also changed significantly. In the place where I walked before, except for the jade ore that could not be seen at a glance, there was nothing else.
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But at this time, Chen Ziyun could clearly see that many jade stones were covered with a thin layer of vegetation. Chen Ziyun knew these vegetations. Some were plateau meadows, but there were also a few broad-leafed plants.
Plants are obviously not native to the cold zone of the plateau. They can only be seen at least in areas below three thousand meters above sea level.
Chen Ziyun frowned slightly. Looking at these plants scattered everywhere, he couldn't figure out why these plants appeared in this place. However, these plants soon became inconspicuous.
"What are these white flowers?!"
"Skeletons! So many bones!" There was a brief commotion in the team.
Chen Ziyun also noticed this. On the vast ground, many places were covered with white bones, and many of the bones were covered with vegetation. It seems that these plants were able to grow because of the nutrients of the corpses.
Chen Ziyun was greatly surprised. In the cold and dry area of Yugu, it was very difficult for corpses to rot. It was unknown how many years these corpses had existed in these places before they became like this.
Chen Ziyun approached a corpse that was not too broken apart and carefully identified it. Wang Xiaowu also got off Wukong's shoulders, put on gloves, and inspected the bones on the ground.
Soon another team member discovered that in addition to corpses, there were also a large number of weapons on the ground. Most of the weapons were copper and stone products, and the stone tools were mostly jade products, mostly sharpened jade spears and jade axes.
The copper weapons were severely decayed. Chen Ziyun believed that these weapons had existed for a long time and had many impurities, so they were severely decayed.
"There was a war here!" Chen Ziyun said slowly. After half an hour of confirmation, he and Wang Xiaowu had found nearly 300 skulls that had not completely decomposed, and this was only a small part of the countless skeletons.
"Almost all of these people died in the battle!" Tian Peng checked some bones and found that many of the corpses had signs of broken bones in the vital parts. At the same time, he also found some supporting evidence from the lying posture of the corpses.
He made his own judgment. He even found a small piece of metal on a bone.
"Why would someone start a war here? Is it to compete for jade mines?" Wang Xiaowu looked a little confused. She continued: "These people have been dead for at least more than a thousand years, and in this environment, from the time they used
Judging from the weapons and the degree of decay of the bones, the era may be much older. In such a place where the ambient temperature is low and constant for a long time, it is very difficult for corpses to decay. In more cases, the possibility of mummification is higher.
Thousands of years ago, although jade could be said to be a very precious treasure, on the plateau, a piece of jade was probably not as valuable as a highland barley tree, so what's the use of robbing it?"
Chen Ziyun nodded, looked at the distant mountain peak, and said, "Maybe the answer needs to be found there."
The half of the mountain peak was still silent in the distance. But after everyone got close to it, they realized that the mountain peak was so huge and majestic. What is strange is that when looking at the mountain peak from a distance, part of what is seen is a circle.
, but there is a cliff on one side, which looks thrilling. Like the mountain peak, it seems as if a part of it was cut off by the gods with a sharp tool.
That's not all, the most weird thing is that the mountain peak is surrounded by clouds and mist. Countless clouds and mist are rolling around the mountain peak. From a distance, it looks like a legendary fairy mountain. But the clouds and mist
Deep in the depths, the darkness that appears from time to time makes people's hearts tremble.