It is the main trunk of the mountain system in western China, starting from the east of the Pamir Plateau in the west, traversing XJ, XZ, and extending to Qinghai. It is very majestic. As the first sacred mountain in Chinese folklore, it has been known as the "ancestor of mountains" and "dragon vein" since ancient times.
It is also the celestial mountain of Chinese Taoism. There are countless records about Kunlun Mountain in history. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Great Wilderness Western Classic" describes Kunlun Mountain like this: "South of the West Sea, on the shore of quicksand, after the Red River and before the Black River.
The big mountain is called Kunlun Hill. There is a god with a human face and a tiger body, with writings and tails, all of which are white. Below it is surrounded by abyss of weak water, and outside it is a mountain of flaming fire. Things are thrown around, and some people wear them.
Sheng, tiger teeth, leopard tail, the cave is called the Queen Mother of the West. Everything on this mountain is..."
In the hinterland of this sacred mountain, there is an extremely mysterious and chilling canyon, which is the Nalengrad Canyon. It is named because it is accompanied by the Nalengrad River. It runs east-west and is connected by the main ridge of Kunlun and Qi.
Lianxue Mountain covers the north and south. The average altitude here is close to 4,000 meters. It is cold in winter and dry in summer. The peaks in the distance are covered with ice and snow, and the river in front of you is crystal clear and rippling. It is a beautiful and beautiful place.
Beautiful wonderland.
However, this beautiful canyon has a terrifying nickname that goes against this style - "Death Valley"!
The reason why people give it such a title is that countless people and livestock that strayed into it have never returned, and it has even become the tomb of many explorers who entered here in awe. And the mysteries hidden behind each of these deaths are
, which is even more horrifying. I don’t know since when, a saying began to spread among the herdsmen living outside the Narengrad Gorge: They would rather let the cattle and sheep starve to death in the Gobi Desert because there is no fertile grass.
Dare it enter this mysterious and lush valley of death!
Although Katz was not an explorer, out of the call of his sacred mission, he drove an off-road vehicle rented from a local travel company alone, crushing clusters of low splendens and splendens along the Nalengrad River.
The bumpy gravel slowly drove into this uninhabited and mysterious place.
Not long after entering the river valley, he couldn't help but be astonished by the sight before him: everywhere he looked, there were piles of human relics and animal bones scattered here and there, and occasionally he could see a few lonely graves.
There were crows standing on some of them, and bursts of desolate cries echoed in the empty valley... Under the bright sunshine, Katz seemed to feel an eerie evil spirit squeezing towards him from all directions.
Katz is a European Jew who has now settled in the United States. He has fair skin, thin cheeks, and thin lips that are almost invisible when closed. No one who knows him knows his exact age, but only based on his face.
Judging from his physical appearance, he is about thirty or forty years old.
In fact, Katz is much older than that!
After driving for several hours, Katz felt a little tired, so he stopped to rest. It was summer, the sun was shining in the Nalengrad Valley, and the grass on the bank was green and lush.
Looking from afar in the canyon, at the end of the river, the snow-capped mountains stand on the horizon, majestic and sacred.
He sat by the river and found a smooth stone, sat on it and ate something.
There was deathly silence all around. A gentle breeze blew from the valley, mixed with some indescribable smell, like rancid smell or blood.
He finished the food, drank some more water, and was about to get up and return to the car when he suddenly saw something covered with dark gray hair standing on a grassy slope dozens of meters away, and a pair of blood-red, ferocious beasts.
eyes are staring at him tightly!
Wild Wolf!
Katz couldn't help but tremble in his heart, and suddenly broke into a cold sweat! This was the first time in his life that he encountered the threat of wild beasts in such an uninhabited and wild land!
The wild wolf began to slowly approach him, but it did not immediately show a violent attack. It seemed that it was the first time it encountered a human and it did not dare to pounce on him rashly.
While Katz was watching the hairy monster approaching him step by step, he glanced at the jeep more than 10 meters away from him with his peripheral vision. Although he had prepared a shotgun and put it on the car when he entered the valley, he
Will he have enough time to run back to the car to get the gun? He is worried that as long as he runs towards the car, the wolf will definitely pounce on him quickly. Therefore, he does not dare to act rashly, but keeps his feet firmly on the ground.
Make fists with both hands and stare at each other closely, preparing for a life-or-death fight.
However, the strange thing is that the wild wolf seemed to suddenly feel some kind of intimidation, perhaps it was contained by some invisible energy field around Katz. When it approached only three or four meters away from Katz, it stopped.
.
In the empty and silent river valley, at this moment, two animals of different species stand opposite each other. One wants to capture prey, while the other does not want to become a victim.
The two sides were in a stalemate for about a few minutes. Katz saw that the wolf's eyes began to change slightly. The original ferocity and ferocity had gradually disappeared, replaced by a kind of timidity and fear; then, its eyes
His limbs began to tremble slightly, and then he lowered his head, as if sniffing something around.
Katz didn't understand what the beast was afraid of, so he didn't dare to let down his guard and continued to stare at it. He knew in his heart that the more he did now, the more powerful he would have to show - even though his
His legs are already weak - he must hold on!
After another minute or two, the wild wolf finally turned around and left angrily. It walked a few steps, turned to look back, walked a few more steps, and turned to look back again. It looked like it was reluctant to leave, but also looked back.
Helpless look.
Katz still stood motionless. It wasn't until the wolf had gone far that he picked up his legs, which were as heavy as lead, walked quickly to the jeep, quickly opened the back seat door, and took out the gun
He fired the shotgun and loaded the bullet. When he turned back and looked in the direction of the wild wolf, the guy had already disappeared.
He slumped down on the pedals of the Jeep in exhaustion and let out a long breath...
It has been more than 300 years since Katz was born. He belongs to a type of human race that no one knows about on earth yet - immortal people!
The immortal human race is a branch of human beings on earth, and was also born in ancient times. While living together with ordinary humans, the civilization of this special population has also evolved simultaneously. The biggest difference between immortal humans and ordinary people is that due to their innate
They have a perfect genetic structure, so all of them will never get sick from bacterial infection, and even if they suffer non-fatal wounds, they can heal themselves quickly without affecting the functions of life; some of the immortal people have long-term
Those who do not need to convey information to the same kind through language and body, but can achieve it with their own thoughts. The real threats to the lives of immortal people are wars, natural disasters and individual accidents. These are the things that cause their life process to come to an abrupt end.
The root cause of stopping.
At the beginning of the 15th century, the Byzantine Empire, which had experienced thousands of years of glory, began to shake. A group of immortal people who had lived in Anatolia for a long time spontaneously established a secret group - the "Anu God Society". The God Society was initially only
There are dozens of members, presided over by several elders, who are respected as "elders". The god will pray for the continuation of eternal life through the annual ceremony of worshiping the creator god. All members regard themselves as creators.
The son of the World God, everyone has extremely firm and sacred faith in the "Anu God Society". After that, with the invasion of the Ottoman Empire, the Byzantine Empire suffered a disaster, and the "Anu God Society" had to move around
, during this period, more and more immortal people continued to join the church. By the beginning of the 20th century, the number of members had reached hundreds. The presiding officer of the church also evolved from one or two elders in the early days to a group of nine elders.
The "Anu God Society" has always adhered to the purpose of not fighting nature or human beings, assisting each other, and keeping secrets. However, as wars and massacres between different religions and different races on the earth have intensified year after year, especially
It was the war catastrophe that ravaged Eurasia in the 1930s and 1940s, which resulted in the death of more than half of the members of the Society of Gods. As a result, the elders began to realize that what they faced was no longer just praying for God's blessings on immortal people.
And more about how to deal with future unexpected disasters that may endanger the continued survival of this sacred population.
There is a secret cave halfway up an inaccessible snow-capped mountain deep in the Death Valley of Kunlun Mountains. After the end of World War II, the elders of the "Anu God Society" have been living and holding worship ceremonies here.
Katz entered Death Valley alone this time just to receive the secret instructions from the Elders.
Katz parked the jeep at the foot of the mountain, hiked up the mountain along the path, and found the cave where the elders of the "Anu God Society" were located.
The entrance to the cave is only the size of a garage door and is surrounded by protruding rocks. It is difficult to find it without looking from the front. However, because Katz was guided entirely by his thoughts, it was easy to find.
As soon as Katz approached the cave entrance, a bearded man in herdsman clothes suddenly appeared and stopped in front of him. The bearded man looked at Katz sternly, and the dagger hanging on his waist seemed to show some kind of intimidation.
Katz judged that this person must be the guardian of the cave. He spread his hands, looked directly into the bearded man's eyes, and conveyed his identity and purpose to the other person through his thoughts. After a brief communication of thoughts, the bearded man stretched out his fingers and crossed his hands.
In front of his chest, he bowed deeply to Katz and motioned for him to follow him in.
The space at the entrance of the cave is not large, it looks long and narrow, and extends gently downward. After walking a few dozen meters, the inside begins to become spacious. Katz discovered that although the light from outside cannot shine here, the surface of the surrounding rock walls is faintly visible.
It emits bright light, as if it has been coated with a layer of luminous agent; you can clearly see the artificially paved stone steps under your feet. The streams emerge from the rock peaks on both sides and converge into an underground river on one side of the stone steps, flowing silently.
Flow.
Katz followed the bearded man for about 100 meters, and suddenly he saw a light in front of him - it was like a "hall", almost the size of a basketball gym, with a high clearance, large bluestone slabs on the ground, and the rock walls on both sides were like knives.
It was cut vertically and neatly. There were some unknown luminous objects at the top of the cave, similar to LED light strips, which illuminated the entire space. In the center of the hall, stood a thick stone pillar nearly 10 meters high.
, connected to the roof of the cave. The stone pillar is carved with a divine object that winds upward - its body is like a giant python, but its head is similar to the image of the "human god" in Sumerian murals.
This stone pillar is the totem of the Creator God in the consciousness of immortal people. Members of the "Anu God Society" call it "Amoada". The elders of the God Society hold a worship service for it every year. p>
Although Katz has long been a member of the "Anu God Society", this is the first time he has entered the headquarters of the God Society, and it is also the first time he has stood in front of "Amoada". He looked up at the mighty creation god in front of him.
, the consciousness seemed to be purified in an instant.
He stretched out his fingers, crossed his hands in front of his chest, bowed deeply to "Amoada", walked around it again, stretched out his fingers again, crossed his hands in front of his chest and bowed deeply - this is eternal life
The sacred ritual of people worshiping "Amoada". After that, Katz walked to the depths of the cave. The nine elders of the "Anu God Society" were waiting for him there at the moment.
The members of the elders of the "Anu God's Society" are all elected by the older immortals in the God's Society. However, age is not the only criterion for the selection of elders by the God's Society. More depends on their experience, wisdom and experience.
Therefore, the current chief elder of the elders is a "middle-aged man" who is only a few decades older than Katz. His name is Jacob and he is from Norway.
He moved here with the elders in the mid-1930s.
Jacob is not tall, but has a majestic appearance. He is wearing a blue-gray coarse cloth robe with cuffs tied up, like a saint. Due to the long-term cave life, his face looks a little pale, and there is a high bridge on his nose.
A pair of gold-rimmed glasses, with a deep gaze reflected from behind the lenses, and a thick long beard that stretches all the way to his chest, but is well trimmed and stylish. Anyone who faces him can feel a sense of majesty and respectability.
Seeing Katz's arrival, Jacob left his seat and walked to him, gently took one of his hands, conveyed his greetings to him with his eyes, and then turned around and led him towards the elders.
The elders of the "Anu God Society" have already felt the crisis coming, and they need Katz to complete a special mission...