After more than ten hours of bumps, Su Qiubai finally arrived in Xining, and then bought a ticket to Golmud non-stop, and after more than half a day, he finally arrived at his destination Golmud.

Su Qiubai found a hotel to live in, and decided to buy some mountaineering equipment first, although he has spiritual power to protect his body, and he does not have to be afraid of the cold climate of the snowy mountains, but some mountaineering equipment is also a must.

Because Golmud is a necessary place to go to Kunlun Mountain, many mountaineering enthusiasts will go to climb Kunlun Mountain every year, so there are many shops selling mountaineering tools here, and in less than half a day, Su Qiubai bought all the equipment he needed.

He didn't buy a full set of equipment like a professional climber, after all, the burden of carrying those things was too heavy and it would be a burden for him. So he bought only tents, sleeping bags, ice axes, ropes, goggles, lights, and some high-calorie food, and as for clothes, he bought a random set of sweatshirts from a small shop on the street for easy movement.

After getting ready, Su Qiubai rested in the hotel for one night, and took a taxi to Kunlun Pass the next day.

In the taxi, the driver saw that he was carrying a huge mountaineering bag, guessed that this was another person who came to climb Kunlun Mountain, and asked, "Young man, go mountaineering?" ”

Su Qiubai replied casually, and then said: "I think you seem to be a novice, how can you act alone in mountaineering, this snowy mountain is very dangerous, if you don't have a companion, it's easy to have an accident." ”

Su Qiubai didn't want to divulge too much information, so he replied, "My companion has already arrived first and is waiting for me at the mountain pass." ”

The driver nodded when he heard this, so he didn't ask more, but told him about some things to pay attention to when climbing the mountain, and said all the way, although Su Qiubai knew that he was out of kindness, he also listened to it like a fight.

In order to express his gratitude, Su Qiubai paid double the fare when he got out of the car, and finally escaped the chatter of the driver.

When he arrived at Kunlun Pass, there was still some distance before he officially entered the mountain, and there were no taxis willing to enter this section of the road, so Su Qiubai had to walk.

With his skills, walking this distance on foot is nothing at all, so after walking for a long time, he has officially entered the Kunlun Mountains.

He first arrived at the world-famous Yuxu Peak, here, he also saw a lot of mountaineering teams, but he did not come to tour, naturally he was not in the mood to see the scenery of the famous mountain, but directly bypassed the Yuxu Peak, to the depths of the Kunlun Mountains.

The deeper you go, the cooler the surroundings become, and as the altitude increases, the concentration of oxygen decreases.

Su Qiubai first protected his body with his true qi to prevent himself from being invaded by the cold, and then adjusted his breathing rate to quickly adapt to the surrounding environment. The spirit fox has been sleeping in his backpack, it was originally a spirit beast from the snow-capped mountains, and this cold is naturally nothing.

After all, the mountain road is difficult to walk, and Su Qiubai does not dare to use light power arbitrarily in order to save energy, so most of the time he walks honestly on foot, and the speed is naturally not much faster.

Three days later, Su Qiubai saw that the snow on the surrounding mountains was getting thicker and thicker, and the weather was getting colder and colder, and he estimated that he had entered the depths of the mountain range, and it was difficult to see traces of human activities here, because ordinary people did not dare to enter the snow mountain so deep, which was more dangerous than going deep into the desert.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Su Qiubai didn't dare to be careless, so he found a flat place and set up a tent.

After eating a piece of compressed biscuits, Su Qiubai sat in the tent and practiced the trick of defying the sky, now he is not willing to waste even a little time, and he will seize the time to cultivate whenever he is free.

After the spiritual power in his body had been running for a few weeks, Su Qiubai was suddenly awakened by a strange noise.

There was a sound of rustling outside the tent, like the sound of something crawling on the ground, Su Qiubai was a little puzzled, could it be that there were any unknown creatures in this snowy mountain?

He was not afraid, so he turned on the camping lamp next to him, and then quietly rubbed to the door of the tent, listening carefully to the noise outside.

The creeping sound seemed to be coming towards his tent, and gradually, as if it was already close to him, it suddenly stopped.

Su Qiubai was puzzled, the tent in front of him suddenly recessed a piece, it was pressed by something, and then looked at the thing that pressed the tent, it turned out to be a person's hand!

It turned out to be a person! Seeing this, Su Qiubai hurriedly opened the zipper of the tent, and sure enough, he saw a person lying in front of his tent.

Su Qiubai stepped forward and pushed him, but found that he had passed out, so he had to get him into the tent first.

After using spiritual power to wake up the man, Su Qiubai asked, "Are you here to climb the mountain?" What's going on, why are you only one person? He remembered the taxi driver telling him that climbers rarely travel alone because it was dangerous.

"Thank you for saving me." The man thanked him first, "When it was almost dark, a snowstorm suddenly fell in the mountains, and my teammates and I were separated, and I don't know where they are now. ”

Su Qiubai was a little strange when he heard this, because he hadn't encountered any snowstorms along the way, and this person and his teammates shouldn't have been able to go far after they were separated, how could there be a snowstorm on one side and so calm on the other side in such a short distance?

However, he didn't know much about the climate of the snowy mountains, so he didn't suspect that person, after all, he didn't have a reason to lie to himself.

"As far as I know, this is already the depths of the Kunlun Mountains, ordinary mountaineers shouldn't dare to go so far, why do you want to come here?" Su Qiubai asked.

After pouring a few mouthfuls of water given to him by Su Qiubai, the man replied: "We are not an ordinary mountaineering team, but an expedition team, our purpose is not to climb the mountain, but to explore the depths of this Kunlun Mountain. ”

Su Qiubai thought to himself, these people are really not afraid of death, they know how dangerous it is here, and they have to come to risk themselves, but they can't blame others if something happens.

"So what are you going to do now? Go to your teammates? Or go back the way you came? Su Qiubai asked, but he also felt that with his own strength, he was afraid that he would not be able to do any of them.

The man really fell silent, and only after a while did he say gloomily: "My equipment is all with my teammates, if I don't have equipment, I'm afraid I won't be able to go far and die in this snowy mountain." ”

Su Qiubai sighed, although this person died purely by himself, but he really couldn't do it if he didn't save him.

"Forget it, if you want, just follow me, it's best if you can meet your teammates on the way, if you can't, I'll take you down the mountain when I'm done." Su Qiubai said helplessly.

When the man heard this, he was overjoyed and said movingly: "Thank you!" Thank you! If I can go down the mountain alive, what the benefactor wants, as long as it is within my ability, I will be satisfied! ”

Su Qiubai waved his hand and said, "I didn't save you to repay you, and you don't have to take it to heart." It's not too early, so go to bed. ”

After saying that, he pushed his sleeping bag in front of the man and motioned for him to sleep.

Only then did the man notice that Su Qiubai was only wearing a set of sportswear! Looking at himself again, a full set of mountaineering clothes, and several layers of warm clothes inside, are still frozen and half dead, who is this person sacred? This ability to keep out the cold is also too scary!

Su Qiubai saw his eyes and knew that he was startled by his outfit, so he fooled him and said, "I have been trained since I was a child to have the ability to withstand the cold that ordinary people don't have, so you don't have to make a fuss." ”

When the man heard this, he nodded, but he was embarrassed to use Su Qiubai's sleeping bag, so he shirked and said, "I slept in my benefactor's sleeping bag, so where do you sleep?" It's okay, I'll just sleep outside, I'm not afraid of the cold. ”

"Don't benefactor call me, just call me Su Qiubai. I didn't need that sleeping bag originally, it's still too hot to sleep in, you can use it, you're welcome. Su Qiubai said.

The man twisted for a long time, looking at Su Qiubai's outfit, he really didn't look afraid of the cold, so he was no longer polite, and finally got into Su Qiubai's sleeping bag, and said before going to bed: "By the way, Brother Su, I haven't told you my name yet, my name is Xie Zhongyuan." In fact, he looked a few years older than Su Qiubai, but out of respect, he called him Brother Su.

Su Qiubai nodded, but didn't say much, Xie Zhongyuan also closed his mouth with amusement when he saw this, and went to sleep honestly.

After dawn the next day, Su Qiubai woke up Xie Zhongyuan, and after the two had a simple breakfast, they put away the tent and went on the road again.

Along the way, Xie Zhongyuan rushed to help Su Qiubai get things, but Su Qiubai couldn't resist him, so he had to go with him. And he was very curious about the spirit fox in Su Qiu's white bag, and he touched it again and again along the way, as if he liked it very much.

When Linghu first saw Xie Zhongyuan, he seemed to be very interested in him, and sniffed around him for a long time, there seemed to be doubt in his eyes, but there was no hostility. Su Qiubai saw that this person could be trusted by Linghu, so he was even more relieved of him.

After walking for another two days, Xie Zhongyuan couldn't resist the climate in the mountains anymore, and his face was frozen blue.

Seeing this, Su Qiubai couldn't hide his ability, so he had to tell him that he knew some qigong and could help him improve some of his ability to resist the cold, and then he gave him his true qi, Xie Zhongyuan suddenly felt a warm current in his body, which quickly spread to his whole body, and he didn't feel cold at all, and he was even more like a god to Su Qiubai for a while.

When the two of them walked halfway to a low peak, Su Qiubai suddenly stopped, because he saw something strange.

In front of him seemed to be a long-abandoned camp, buried by snow, only the tops of a few tents were exposed, and the snow looked old and very sturdy to the touch.

"There are still people in this place, but since the tent is left here, no one must have gone out." Su Qiubai said.

But the expression on Xie Zhongyuan's face at this moment was a little strange, his eyes flashed with a strange light, and he stared at the roofs of those tents for a long time before he said in a trembling voice: "This...... It's like...... It's my teammate's tent ......."

Su Qiubai was stunned when he heard this, how could this be possible? Xie Zhongyuan and his teammates had been separated for just over two days, and the snow on the tent looked like it had been years to say the least.

Without waiting for Su Qiubai to speak, Xie Zhongyuan had already wielded an ice axe to dig the frozen hard snow, and Su Qiubai had no choice but to follow when he saw this.

The two of them chiseled for a long time, and finally cleared the snow out of a big pit, but Su Qiubai dug and dug it, but suddenly stopped.

Because he saw a man, a corpse, to be exact.

It seems that he guessed correctly, and the owners of these tents did indeed die here.

The two of them dug hard for a while, and finally cleared the area, there were five corpses in total, because they had been buried in the ice and snow for many years, the corpses were very well preserved, and their faces were even faintly recognizable.

After seeing the true faces of several corpses, Xie Zhongyuan sat down on the ground with a depressed expression.

Su Qiubai frowned and asked, "They can't really be your teammates, right?" ”

Xie Zhongyuan nodded, but did not speak.

This is really incredible, the hardness of the ice and snow just now will never be formed in a few days, for the sake of today, the only way to look for these people is to see if these people have left any other clues.

Leaving Xie Zhongyuan there to mourn his friends, Su Qiubai rummaged through several tents alone, but accidentally found a lot of food, all kinds of canned food, compressed biscuits and the like, it seems that they did not die from running out of ammunition, so why did they all die overnight?

After rummaging through all the tents, Su Qiubai finally found a useful clue - a diary.