Hearing the fat man say that we had discovered the entrance to the Worm Valley, I and I raised the telescope hanging on our chests and looked in the direction he said. After adjusting the focus, we saw a large field of yellow and white wild flowers and trees under the hillside in the distance.
, there are groups of golden swallowtail butterflies shuttled among the flowers. These butterflies are not small, flying around in groups, never leaving the flower trees.
He exclaimed: Those flowers should be Phalaenopsis. Unexpectedly, they attracted so many golden swallowtail butterflies, golden-banded swallowtail butterflies, and even rare golden-threaded large colorful butterflies. It was like the Garden of the Gods in the Aegean Sea in ancient Greek myths and legends.
There are golden leaves blown by the sea breeze.
I know nothing about butterflies, so I spent a long time looking through the binoculars. Except for butterflies and wildflower trees, I didn’t see any valleys or valleys. The plant layer here is really too thick, and all the topography is obscured.
It is so tight that it is impossible to tell which is the valley and which is the stream. Viewed from above, all you can see are the dense vegetation that is unique to the Tropic of Cancer. What is higher does not necessarily mean that the terrain is high, it is because of the plants.
The growth is uneven. The virgin forest here is very different from the primitive forest in Daxinganling that we are familiar with.
As the saying goes: The trees in the forest are more beautiful than the wind. The height of the crowns of the trees in the Daxingan Mountains are all about the same, and the trees can work together to withstand strong winds. And here is located in a place surrounded by two rivers and three mountains, and the basin and valley in the middle are low-lying.
, In addition, because Yunnan has the same four seasons and there is no monsoon season, the lower the terrain, the more serious the moisture is. The temperature remains at right throughout the year, and there is not necessarily a wind all year round, so all kinds of plants grow to their heart's content. Underground
The water resources are abundant and the air humidity is extremely high. Plants can grow as they want without any consideration. This results in thick-stemmed vines, woody and herbaceous epiphytes in the forest growing at different heights according to their own characteristics.
They are scattered and scattered. The tallest one is the famous sky-gazing tree in Yunnan. Originally, this kind of big tree only existed south of the Tropic of Cancer. However, due to the unique environment in this mountain valley, there are actually many sky-gazing trees growing there.
Only a few relatively large pools are not covered by plants, and there are many places in the deep and secluded areas that are shrouded in clouds and mist, making it difficult to see what is going on from a distance. You cannot rashly enter the forest from there just by relying on a few groups of large golden butterflies.
.The environment here is so complex that it is difficult to figure it out using common sense.
The human skin map was drawn in the Han Dynasty. It has been two thousand years since it was passed down to the present day. The topographic and landform features marked on the map have changed greatly. Except for some specific markers and locations, the human skin map and mask can no longer be used.
The forest under Longshan Mountain for more precise reference.
According to the blind man, their group of mountain-unloading warriors entered the Bug Valley decades ago with homemade explosives. They saw a large group of butterflies in the Bug Valley, which is the front section of the valley formed by the Snake River, but who can guarantee that the Bug Valley
Butterflies will not appear in other places outside. Therefore, it is not yet possible to determine where the entrance to the Worm Valley is. We must find another location mentioned by the blind man. There is a remnant wall in the Worm Valley, which was built by manpower on the Snake River.
The ancient wall seemed to be a dam, which was used to cut off the water flow when the tomb of King Xian was built in the lake. After King Xian was buried, it was demolished and the water dragon halo in front of the tomb of King Xian was restored.
Only by finding the remaining wall can it be used as a basis for confirming the location of the Worm Valley. The safest way is to do the same as the group of Xieling warriors back then. After leaving Zhelong Mountain, they do not enter the forest first, but follow the direction of the mountains towards
Looking for the Snake River, a tributary of the Lancang River in the north, and then following the Snake River into the valley, you can ensure that you will not go astray and that you will be sure of your direction.
Fatty proposed another way, which is to re-find the artificial canal in Zhelong Mountain and search for the Snake River along the ancient river course. However, due to heavy rains in the upper reaches of the Lancang River, the waterways in Zhelong Mountain have become interconnected and have changed.
It is complicated and may even change its course and flow underground. The old river channel has long been completely covered by plant soil, so the method mentioned by the fat man is not feasible.
The three of them discussed for a while and looked at the time. It was 3:30 in the afternoon. We had not rested since we entered Zhelong Mountain on a bamboo raft around 9 am, so we decided to use the place as a relay point and rest for 20 days.
minutes, and then head north, trying to find the entrance to Worm Valley before sunset, then camp there and enter the valley early tomorrow morning.
We found a slightly flat hillside to sit down and took out some bait cakes and beef to satisfy our hunger. As a result, the fat man talked about those piranhas and remembered that the mountain pools were full of bright red blood, which was similar to the blood pools in the legendary hell, which made me also
I lost my appetite. I suddenly felt a shiver in my heart. What if those fish with teeth faster than saws also swam into the Snake River? But with those guys in the water, we can't get into the tomb of King Xian from the water.
Said: There is no need to worry about this aspect. I used to work as a photojournalist for a geographical magazine, and I have read a lot of relevant information about wild animals and plants. The saber-toothed viper fish is found in Myitkyina, Laos, India, and in the 20-degree area near the Tropic of Cancer in the Americas.
It exists in all waters within.
Among them, ancient India has the most. Buddhist scriptures record that during the Asoka period in India, there was a year when saber-toothed vipers caused a catastrophe. At that time, there was a great flood of the Ganges River that had not happened in a century. An underground river in the Eastern Ghats Mountains poured into a nearby building.
City, countless people and animals in the city were buried in the belly of fish.
The ancestors of this sword-toothed viperfish can be traced back to the tiger-toothed fish in the water during the post-glacial age. That kind of fish lives in the ocean and has a light device on its body. A large group of tiger-toothed fish can kill the overlord of the ocean in an instant.
Whales. Later, due to the great devastation of the sub-glacial period, these creatures were gradually cruelly eliminated by nature, and their descendants, the sabertooth viperfish, also evolved into freshwater fish.
Although knife-toothed viperfish are very powerful, they have a huge weakness. These fish can only live in relatively low-temperature water. Near the Tropic of Cancer, only the cold waters in dissolving caves are suitable for their survival. There is a species of fish that has no eyes.
There are a lot of hard-shell shrimps, but they are still not enough for the sword-toothed viperfish to eat, so they often kill each other. After September every year, only 1% of the huge number of sword-toothed viperfish will survive.
Survive to survive until the final spawning period.
The full moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival every year is the spawning period for sabertooth vipers. They cannot survive in areas that are too hot, but the reason why they live near the hotter Tropic of Cancer is to eventually spawn in large numbers in areas with high water temperatures.
After spawning, the sabertooth viper will die immediately. The eggs will grow in the warmer water for a period of time and turn into fry, and then they will swim back to the cold waters to continue to survive. It is the end of June now, and it is also the most popular period for the sabertooth viper.
During the active period, it is rare to see such a large number of sabertooth viperfish.
In addition, because the sabertooth viperfish has relatively high requirements for the living environment and has a very large demand for food, in recent decades, there have been signs that it will gradually become extinct.
The most important thing is that this season is not the spawning period, so there is no need to worry about them swimming back out of the cave. However, you need to be careful when going back. The waterways in Zhelong Mountain have recently become interconnected due to heavy rainfall.
If you follow the original route when you go back, you may encounter them in a certain section of the river in the cave.
After listening to the detailed explanation of the sword-toothed viperfish, the fat man and I were a little relieved, and we would leave the matter of going back until we think about it. The fat man felt that he had shown a bit of cowardice just now, and hoped to regain his face, so he said to me and
: These smelly fish and rotten shrimps can make a lot of noise. The reason why I think they are a bit like that is because the Chairman once taught us that we should pay attention to the enemy in tactics.
Said: These fish are nothing to worry about. I just kept thinking about the human figurines hanging upside down in the river. Their function seems not to be as simple as feeding the pythons, but their tricks are very strange and it is really hard to guess. Fortunately,
There is a group of sabertooth viperfish that appeared accidentally. Otherwise, it is hard to say what would have happened. We have already encountered so many troubles before entering the Worm Valley, so we must be careful and cautious every step of the way.
I nodded and said: This fight is notoriously difficult to defeat. Now that we are here, we must use what we have learned in our lives to compete with it. I patted the back of my neck and said: Even if it is just for this, I will do it.
I had to risk my life to play with this big one.
Both the horseman and the fat man looked solemn. This fight was a matter of life and death. There was no retreat for the horse racing on the cliff, and they could only succeed, not fail.
We rested for a while and took out the map with the contour lines of Zhelong Mountain. This map was extremely simple and had a very large error. We cleared the compass, redetermined the altitude and orientation, corrected the map, and marked the orientation of the exit. Three
The people then continued to set out in search of the Snake River.
The Lancang River basin is extremely wide, running through the entire territory of Yunnan from north to south, and flowing directly into Vietnam; however, in the Vietnamese basin, it is called the Mekong River. These contents are of course needless to say. In Yunnan alone, the smallest branch of the Lancang River is ours.
The Snake River we are looking for. This river bypasses a section of Zhelong Mountain. It flows rapidly and has a very large drop. Some sections of the river pass through underground or swamps in the jungle, and some sections of the river turn sharply down the mountain, with one waterfall after another.
The river is full of huge whirlpools, which cannot be passed by all kinds of boats; and because it is extremely winding and winding, it is named Snake River. The local Bai people call it Jie Laluodang, which means the evil spirit suppressed by the snow-capped mountains.