Everyone else's attention was focused on the wolf corpse. At this moment, they were reminded and discovered that there was an extra ice cave here.
However, they had the same idea as Hu Bayi, and they all believed that the ice cave was related to the disappearance of the wolf corpse.
This sudden change disrupted the plans of Chen Ziyan and others, so he had to take everyone out of the fortifications again and go outside to check the situation.
Fortunately, the wind and snow have subsided now, which means that the wolves are unlikely to attack again tonight, otherwise going out rashly will be a huge safety hazard.
After arriving at the ice cave, they discovered that although there was only a small hole on the ice, there was actually a huge ice crevice underneath.
Chen Ziyan did not use a flashlight to challenge the ice crevice, but directly brought a searchlight. However, even the searchlight's ultra-long range could not allow them to see the bottom, which shows how deep the ice crevice is.
But when he cast his searchlight on the nearly vertical ice wall of the crevice, Chen Ziyan's eyes suddenly froze, and he saw several scarred giant wolf bodies hanging there in a way that went against the laws of nature.
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When Wang Kaixuan saw this scene, he thought that these giant wolves were still alive, so he raised his head and shot them without thinking.
This time the fat man was so fast that Hu Bayi next to him didn't even think about stopping him.
The sound of bullets coming out of the barrel alarmed the wolf carcasses hanging on the ice wall. They all turned their heads to look up. But just like that, everyone at the edge of the ice cave felt a chill go down their spines. At the same time, they also saw these giant wolves.
The strange state of the corpse.
It can be clearly seen through the beam of the searchlight that the corpses of these giant wolves have been changed beyond recognition at this moment. The entire head has turned an eye-catching pale white, and it also presents a bloated and swollen posture, and all the sharp teeth are exposed outside the gums.
, the eyes and nose have long since disappeared.
Chen Ziyan said that the current appearance of this thing is really more ferocious than the zombie dogs in movies in previous lives!
A vivid fantasy brought into reality series!
However, Chen Ziyan and the others were not given too much time to observe. The strange wolf corpses below quickly turned their heads and began to crawl deeper into the ice crevice.
In the blink of an eye, these giant wolf corpses escaped from the range limit of the searchlight beam and hid in the deep darkness that was difficult to reach.
"These wolves must have raised their corpses, right? I've heard people tell the story of the big rice dumplings with white hair on the snowy mountains!" Wang Kaixuan guessed.
"Eighty percent it's not a corpse..." Black Glasses shook his head, and then said in a deep voice: "This has completely transformed into another species!"
This situation is more disturbing than the so-called exhumation.
Although he has experienced many similar things, such weird situations are rare.
Chen Ziyan didn't say anything, but took out a cold firework and threw it down. It seemed that he wanted to test the depth of the ice crevice in front of him again.
But after the cold fireworks fell, there was some effect at first, but as the cold fireworks fell, they could only see a smaller and smaller bright spot, until this weak bright spot was completely swallowed up by the darkness below, and there was no trace of it.
Can you see something of value?
Not to mention the depth of the crevasse, we didn’t even see much of the conditions along the way.
"This should be connected to the underground. It may be the so-called underground world." Hu Bayi expressed his guess.
Chen Ziyan nodded slightly: "It should be."
Compared to Hu Bayi's somewhat confident guess, Chen Ziyan is very sure of what is below.
After all, he knows very well what the situation is like in this place, that is, the current season and climate are suitable, but he can't feel anything.
But during the melting period, which is the most vulnerable stage of the main glacier, this place is not the endless glacier like it is now. What you will see at that time will be countless natural ice buckets, ice leaks, ice crevasses, and many artificially constructed ones like before.
Ice Cave, there is nothing wrong with saying that the ice at that time was like a hornet’s nest.
So now that there is an ice crevice that leads directly to the ground, it is actually not that difficult to accept.
As the legendary "Sea of Disaster", accidents of this level now can only be regarded as sprinkles, and are completely within the acceptable range.
This is also the fundamental reason why Chen Ziyan chose to come at this time, because at this time, it will not be difficult to break the ice due to the cold wave, and he does not have to worry about the thin ice falling into the bottomless abyss anytime and anywhere. It is the best time.
The right time to take action.
"Huh?" At this moment, Hu Bayi suddenly exclaimed: "This ice crevice... seems to lead to the location I guessed before?"
The meaning of this sentence is not difficult to understand. It means that this ice crevice is likely to pass by the area where the nine-story demon tower is located.
As soon as Hu Bayi said these words, everyone's interest was immediately aroused. If this is the case, it means that they will have one more choice next, and it is a choice that can save a lot of time.
Regardless of where this ice crevice is connected, as long as it really passes through the area where the nine-story demon tower is located, it is equivalent to directly opening the road to the nine-story demon tower from the side, which is easier than digging from the ice surface.
Much more.
However, we can only wait until tomorrow to verify whether this thing is feasible.
After taking a few more glances at the sudden ice crevice, Chen Ziyan and the others did not stay any longer and quickly returned to the fortifications.
Now that the wind and snow have completely stopped, if their guess about the source of the wind and snow is correct, it means that the wolves will not make any moves tonight, so the few of them did not wait any longer and began to take turns to rest in an orderly manner. In the blink of an eye, it came to the next morning. Chen Ziyan and the others simply tidied up and ate something. Then, under the leadership of Hu Bayi, they went to the location he had obtained through Tianxing Feng Shui last night and began to search further. The location calculated by Hu Bayi was not far from the fortifications, only about thirty meters, and he had arrived within a few steps.
"Master Chen, this should be the area." After Hu Bayi studied it for a while with the ancient silver eye, he circled an area of about ten square meters, raised his head and said to Chen Ziyan.
With the help of the ancient silver eye and the golden tower coordinate map, although there is no way to directly locate the location of the nine-story demon building, we will not only get a general area. Now this kind of expansion is the most correct.
However, not everyone can do this. If it weren’t for Hu Bayi, the golden captain, the scale of this circle would have to be expanded at least ten times.
"Then let's start." Chen Ziyan was also very satisfied with the result and nodded.
He is not a complete layman, and he knows what it means that Hu Bayi can narrow the scope to this extent.
What else can he say about this?
Now that the general area has been drawn, it’s time to take the next step!
Immediately everyone started to work. They first put aside the equipment they carried, and then cleared away the snow in this area. After the dark blue ice layer below was exposed, they evenly applied ginger juice on it.
After the ginger juice has penetrated, you can start digging.
While waiting for the ginger juice to penetrate, Chen Ziyan also briefly explained the information he knew about Xue Maitreya.
An ancient horror legend has been circulating among the nomads in the snowy areas. According to legend, in the majestic and mysterious snow-capped mountains, there is a kind of monster living under the ice. Whenever it is quiet at night, this kind of monster will come out of the ice and sneak around.
Loot the recently deceased corpse.
The monster will get into the corpse and manipulate the corpse to start moving. This manipulated corpse will bite all creatures it can see. As more humans and animals are devoured, the occupied corpse will become larger and larger. But to maintain this situation, nutrition must be replenished at any time. If it is not replenished within a few days, the swollen corpse will shrink again. At this time, the monster inside the corpse will re-burrow into the ice and hide, knowing how to find it.
It will not appear again until the next suitable target.
And because this kind of corpse occupied by monsters looks like a chubby snowman from a distance, the people in the snowy area named it Xue Maitreya.
After telling this legendary story, Chen Ziyan added: "It is said that seven hundred years ago, Xue Maitreya once caused a huge disaster, causing countless casualties to the people in the snowy area. This is mentioned in "The Biography of the Supreme Master Tsongkhapa"
Detailed records."
Wang Kaixuan frowned and asked: "Mr. Chen, you haven't made it clear yet. What on earth is this Xue Maitreya?"
Although he has not read many books, he also knows that this statement is unreasonable.
According to Chen Ziyan's meaning, doesn't it mean that this Snow Maitreya will expand without limit after receiving sufficient nutritional supplements?
If this were the case, then there would probably be no other living creatures in this snowy area.
"Is this Xue Maitreya not a separate individual? Perhaps the so-called expansion is not a change in the body, but more Xue Maitreya gathering together?" Shirley Yang put forward her own idea.
She felt that this behavior pattern was very similar to that of some special fungi, or maybe some special insects.
And she feels that this guess is more realistic than the unlimited expansion of the body.
"That's unknown." Chen Ziyan shook his head slightly.
He has never personally come into contact with Xue Maitreya, and all he knows is from his previous life. How can he know what the principle of this thing is.
"Does Xue Maitreya have any weaknesses?" Black Glasses asked.
Compared with how Xue Maitreya swells up, he is more concerned about the weaknesses, because it is related to their vital interests.
"In terms of weaknesses... Xue Maitreya has two weaknesses. One is that they can only move at night and do not dare to show up during the day even if it is windy and snowy. The second is that they are particularly afraid of salt." Chen Ziyan said slowly.
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Big salt.
Hu Bayi was stunned when he heard this.
If he remembered correctly, there seemed to be a bag of this stuff among the supplies they carried. Unexpectedly, it was used on Xue Maitreya.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at Chen Ziyan and asked: "Master Chen, have you already had Xue Maitreya here?"
Other than that, Hu Bayi couldn't think of any other explanation.
Chen Ziyan did not hide anything, and nodded lightly: "Although I am not sure whether I will encounter him, Xue Maitreya has appeared a lot in recent years, so I have made some preparations just in case."<
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In fact, before coming here, Chen Ziyan really thought about Xue Maitreya, but after entering the mountain, a series of things came up, which made him ignore it for the time being.
Even if the original plot is not mentioned, Chen Ziyan will bring something to prevent Xue Maitreya. After all, there have been many accidents in Kunlun in the past two years. The geological team, the archaeological team, the exploration team, and it is said that there is also a multinational mountaineering team.
There were problems in the Kunlun realm, and the culprit was Xue Maitreya.
Especially after the accident of the last mountaineering team, it is said that all the nearby forces were mobilized and they searched the mountain for five days before giving up.
Chen Ziyan was already paying attention to this information when he planned to come to the Snowy Region, so he knew about it.
Under such a premise, he will naturally not come unprepared. Anyway, bringing a bag of salt will not increase the load much. It is fine if you don't use it, but as long as you use it, you will make money!
"This is really good. Each of us can share some. If that Xue Maitreya dares to come again, I won't make Fatty into a skinny person and make him want to bulge. I asked Fatty if he did it!" Wang Kaixuan!
After hearing this, I was immediately eager to try.
Hearing that he was carrying targeted weapons, he was no longer afraid at all, and now he wished he could just fight with the opponent.
"Okay, please save it for me." Hu Bayi suppressed the guy helplessly, then looked at the ice and said: "The ginger juice has almost seeped out, we can start working."<
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It's useless to say anything else right now. It's more important to clear the ice here first. It's more important to determine the specific location of the nine-story demon tower.
Others heard the words and saw the ice surface, and found that it was really like that. Although it only took a short time, the ginger juice had completely penetrated into the ice surface.
One thing brings down another, it’s really not just talk!
Now that the time has come, everyone immediately stopped hesitating. After leaving Shirley Yang to pay attention to the surrounding movements, they worked together to start digging out the ice.
Several people were very energetic, and with the help of ginger juice, they dug very quickly, and the ice in this area was lowered by several meters in a short time.
When they dug five or six meters, a large piece of wood similar to a Qilian log appeared in front of them.
After cleaning up the area around this piece of wood, we saw that there was no solid ice underneath, but had been replaced by a special structure that combined square wood, round wood, and rammed earth.
When you see this, you can tell that the subsequent civil work will probably be more troublesome than digging through solid ice.
Fortunately, they had a lot of manpower and prepared enough tools. Although it was a little more troublesome, it was not a big obstacle. After digging for about half an hour, they finally reached the edge of the nine-story monster building.<
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Looking at a small piece of the nine-story demon tower in front of him, Hu Bayi turned to look at Chen Ziyan and asked: "Mr. Chen, should we continue digging downward, or start from the ice crevice?"
There is no doubt that the current situation has reached the time to make a decision.
If you choose to start from the crevice, there is no need to put in more effort here.