Chapter 252: The Queen Mother's Curse
Although the road is bad, the view ahead is enticing. White clouds dance in the blue sky, snow-capped mountains beckon in the distance, and fairies bathe in the Yao Pond.
After several twists and turns, I finally passed through several dangerous glacier forks, and looked back, the scenery is so beautiful!
Zhang Tianyuan and the others chatted about the day, and they were a lot happier when they were in a hurry, as if they had forgotten the fatigue on the way and the dangers they might encounter.
"By the way, One-Eye, where are we going this time?" Zhang Tianyuan asked.
According to some experts, that place is likely to be the place where the ancient river flows, and there may be a large number of rough stones, if you want to find a vein, it is the most suitable place to go there, but it may be a little dangerous, but it doesn't matter, after the vein is discovered, someone will naturally open up this road of colored jade. One-Eye replied.
"I heard Master Kurban say that the Shihezigou Jade Mine is located on the top of a peak in Shihezi Mountain, nearly five thousand meters above sea level. For the Kunlun jade pickers, this is a place full of fatal temptations and unknowns. The white jade, white jade, and green jade produced here have a fine texture, rich variety, and large size, which is a high-quality material, which is basically the same as Hetian jade, and many of them also reach the standard of mutton fat white jade. In particular, its emerald green, soot, and gray-purple varieties are extremely rare in Hetian jade. However, no one has ever succeeded in discovering jade there, so the task is actually quite risky. Sima Yi said in a deep voice.
"I see, but someone has to take the first step, the first person to eat crabs. Maybe it's us, I'm really going to make a fortune, and I won't forget a few of them. Zhang Tianyuan said with a smile.
"Then Consultant Zhang will have to take care of it. Kun Zhou laughed.
"It's a small thing. But how far is it from Death Valley now? Getting around there is a big deal, right?" Although Zhang Tianyuan was curious, he didn't want to go to Death Valley, unless he didn't want to die.
"It's not far ahead, and there's still about half an hour to go, so I just hope that the wind and sand won't blow, otherwise I won't be able to hurry. One-eyed looked at the sky, and it was already gloomy. So he was a little worried.
The camel neighed, full of pride, Zhang Tianyuan and others in order to strengthen their courage. I actually sang a song. Walking in the desolate wilderness of the deep mountains and ravines.
"Shhhh One-Eye said in a low voice.
"What's wrong?"
"I've heard that wild yaks are often seen here, and people can collide with people when they see vehicles intruding into their territory, so be extra careful. We can be quieter. Just be quiet. One-Eye replied.
Zhang Tianyuan gasped. I didn't expect this place to be full of dangers, so it looks like I can only keep my mouth shut and continue on my way, otherwise something might really happen.
Not far from the mountain gate, a wilderness was littered with stone chips. Is the stone tablet engraved with scriptures, or incantations, the uneducated one-eye can't understand it, and I really want to ask a piece to go back to study, but I'm afraid of incurring bad luck.
Zhang Tianyuan squatted there and studied for a long time. It was terrifying to find that he could recognize these never-before-seen words in his word appreciation skills. The stone tablets actually wrote "Those who trespass into the valley die", "The Holy Land of the Queen Mother, outsiders must not enter, otherwise they must be cursed" and the like, some of which are blurred, Zhang Tianyuan can't recognize the bad, but seeing this ghost thing in the wilderness still makes people's hearts furious.
At this time, a yin wind struck, and there was a vulture's cry in the distance, which was terrifying, and the Shinra flying in the air also screamed hurriedly, as if something was going to happen, Zhang Tianyuan didn't dare to stay longer, and beckoned everyone to hurry up and move on.
After all the hardships, it seemed that he was about to reach the valley of death, but he came to the end of the road, and even the one-eyed could not recognize the way, with the glacier on the left and the mountains on the right, and there was no way out. Zhang Tianyuan and the others had to find another way out, so Alpha volunteered to climb the mountain to find a way.
As soon as he climbed halfway up the hill, he saw a yak appear in the distance, Alpha exclaimed, and ran down the mountain with a rolling belt, shouting as he ran: "Yak herd, hide quickly!"
As soon as everyone hid, they saw a group of yaks rushing to the place where they had been, and then ran away like black devils.
Poor Alpha was just a little late in dodging, so his ass was pushed up, and a wound came out, and he screamed in pain.
After the yaks had gone away, Gulzana hurriedly took off Alpha's pants and helped to treat the wound.
At this time, I don't care about the difference between men and women, of course, healing is important.
"Thankfully, there's Gulzana, otherwise I don't know what to do, Alpha, you can ride a camel next. Zhang Tianyuan said, he also inadvertently touched Alpha, and conveyed some earth qi to Alpha's wound, he had to make this young man get better, otherwise, it would still be very troublesome.
Perhaps they were really cursed by the words on those stone tablets, Zhang Tianyuan and others trespassed into the Holy Land of the Queen Mother without authorization, which angered the Queen Mother. She saw that after these people got rid of the yaks, they called for a sandstorm that covered the sky. I saw the sand and dust rolling, covering the sky and the sun.
In this way, the already unrecognizable path is even more difficult. Fortunately, Zhang Tianyuan's mobile phone has GPS navigation, so that they will not be completely disoriented. However, the strong wind almost blew the luggage rack off, and the camel also hid in the col and knelt down, so it had no choice but to stop halfway to reinforce the luggage and rest by the way.
At first, One-Eye was worried that the wind and sand would last too long, but fortunately, the wind and sand only lasted for a few minutes before stopping, and although everyone was about to become natives, fortunately there was no danger.
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After the dust had passed, the people went to the nearby stream to wash themselves, but they did not dare to delay any longer, and set out at once, for it was necessary to get around Death Valley before it got dark, otherwise danger might come again, and it would be more dangerous than ever.
In front of Death Valley, the yak herd and the wind and sand seem insignificant.
The group of six continued on their way, before it was almost dark. Finally made it to Death Valley. It's really eerily quiet, and the wind blows, and it still gives you a creepy feeling. Especially when it comes to the words on the stone tablets before, let alone Zhang Tianyuan, even a person like One-Eyed is scared.
When the wind blows, you can see all kinds of debris in the middle of the grass, including animal corpses, discarded shovels, shotguns and other tools, and even complete human skeletons, which is really strange to see.
Not far from the branches of a tree. A corpse hung there, several vultures were eating carrion, and the corpse's eyeballs were gone. The empty eyes stared at this side, as if they were asking for help, and as if they were cursing, wanting Zhang Tianyuan and them to accompany him.
Suddenly. A thunderclap rang out. Rapid lightning struck the tree, and amazingly, the original vultures and corpses were gone.
"What the hell!" Zhang Tianyuan swallowed, it was the first time he had encountered such a bizarre thing.
"Hallucinations, must be hallucinations. Sima Yi muttered in his mouth, not daring to look over there again.
"Get out of here, every summer, Death Valley is full of water and grass. The birds are singing and the scenery is very beautiful. This is a great time to travel. However, very few people come in here. It's because there are frequent thunderstorms in the summer, and they happen in a flash, leaving a miserable scene in the neighborhood after a blink of an eye.
In addition, this area is an ideal grazing ground due to its green grass, and has been used as a grazing ground by horseback riding people since ancient times. But once struck by lightning, the herdsman must be mentally prepared to burn people and livestock to death.
There are very few towering trees and living creatures in this canyon, including people and livestock, and if they do, they are the target of lightning strikes, leaving behind knocked down trees and killed people and animals. For this reason, there are tombs built by various ethnic groups here for the dead of their own people who strayed into this place.
Curiously, sometimes the bodies of cows, horses or people struck by lightning disappear without a trace. It is said that in 1976 a man passed by with thirteen camels carrying goods, but they were all gone. One-Eye said worriedly.
"Oh one-eyed, don't say it, it's already weird and scary, and when you say that, my legs and stomach tremble. "Although Gulzana is a woman, she is still scared enough.
"Don't be afraid, it shouldn't be a supernatural phenomenon, science can explain it now. Zhang Tianyuan comforted Gulzana and said.
The crowd did not dare to stop when they spoke, as if they would be sucked in by the devil's death ground as soon as they stopped.
"Hmph, scientific explanations? It's useless, the scientific expedition team hasn't come here once or twice, although there are a lot of explanations, but in fact they are just guesses, and there hasn't been a reliable one. Alpha snorted coldly and said.
Zhang Tianyuan didn't ask why, it was better to hurry around Death Valley now, and it was not too late to chat after leaving this ghost place.
One-eyed is at the front, but fortunately, there is very little vegetation and very few trees, so it doesn't have to be too hard to open the way.
When everyone bypassed the valley of death, they found that everyone had collapsed and had to find another place to rest, so the psychological fatigue and fear of this person were far more terrible than the physical ones.
Obviously, they still have a body, but they are just because they were too nervous just now, so they will collapse at this time.
"Alpha, what happened when you just said that a scientific expedition team had come to Death Valley to investigate?" Zhang Tianyuan felt that the danger had passed, so his curiosity came and asked.
Alpha did not refuse, he told Zhang Tianyuan in detail what happened when one of the expeditions entered the Valley of Death, of course, these things were also told by others.
In the nineties of the last century, in order to uncover the mystery of Death Valley, the scientific expedition team of the Xinjiang Geological Bureau braved the danger of being struck by lightning in summer to break into the canyon for investigation.
The shepherd followed the trail of the horses, and finally found them on the seventh day, but when he realized that he had reached the legendary valley of death, he couldn't help but shudder. At this time, he saw the herd of horses fleeing into the depths of the canyon. In order to recover the horses, he no longer cares about his own safety. Just as he was about to chase the horses, he happened to meet the scientific expedition team. The expedition team warned him that it was too dangerous to enter the canyon in the summer, and advised him to leave it as much as possible. The shepherd told the expedition team that he was chasing the horses, and had to break into it out of desperation. After saying that, the shepherd hurried into the depths of the canyon.
The expedition continued their investigation, and a few days later, they noticed that the herdsman's horse had reappeared nearby, but they had not seen the herdsman who was supposed to be together. In order to see what was going on, the expedition team followed the horse's footsteps, and found the corpse of the shepherd facing the sky not far away, and his face was completely blackened. Also, for some reason, he fell in a position of holding a gun and preparing to shoot. (To be continued......)