The three of them identified the direction, and after the military brother's palace, Zhang Meng and Ye Jiu quickly chased in front of everyone in the direction of their escape.

Along the way, the three of them didn't bother to take care of the kappa and thunder bats behind them, and it wasn't until they went up the snowy mountain and saw them that the three of them took a breath.

After not being so nervous, the three of them slowed down their pace.

"I have a feeling that those things aren't really kappa......" Zhang Meng said as she bent over, held her knees, and gasped.

Hearing Zhang Meng say this, the two turned their heads to look at Zhang Meng, waiting for Zhang Meng's next explanation.

"Isn't there a fixed form in the history books about what the kappa looks like? And we came across these things, although they were roughly similar to what Raiko described, but the most obvious shell on its back was not. Zhang Meng said.

"Maybe because they don't have a fixed form, every eyewitness who sees them has a different description!" Ye Jiu looked ahead, took a deep breath and said.

"Although everyone may describe it differently, it doesn't mean that even such an obvious back turtle shell is mistaken, right?" Zhang Meng shook his head and said, "I think they may be some unknown creatures, just like the things in the Classic of Mountains and Seas." ”

"Ugh."

"Kissing, rampant, turtle...... Aren't these things like we've never seen before? Zhang Meng frowned and said: "The climate here in Tibet is so abnormal, and it is not impossible that there are still creatures that we don't know. ”

"Ah Meng is right!" Just as the three of them were resting, a clear response came from the side of the snowy mountain.

"Who?"

The nerves of the three of them immediately tensed, Ye Jiu also held the fast snow knife in his hand again, and the military brother on the side even aimed his gun at the snow mountain.

Hearing this sudden voice, Zhang Meng's heart tightened at first, but he reacted instantly and said, "Don't do it, it seems to be Laizi." ”

Hearing that Zhang Meng said that it was Laizi, the two immediately stopped.

Zhang Meng took the opportunity to shout: "Laizi, is it you?" ”

Hearing Zhang Meng's words, Laizi turned out of the snow mountain and came to the three of them.

"Why did you turn around and come back again?" Seeing Lai Zi's uncertain expression, Zhang Meng's heart sank, and he hurriedly asked, "Second Uncle, Xiaolou, Fat Man, Third Uncle, they won't have an accident, right?" ”

"It's fine." Raiko said.

"Then why are you here?" Zhang Meng asked.

Lai Zi raised his head and said: "Originally, we followed the Snow Girl all the way away, and we did find a way out of the valley, and we left marks for you along the way, but suddenly we heard a loud noise, and the mountain collapsed and cracked, and everyone was afraid that you would not find the mark we left, so they sent me back to pick you up." ”

"Oh." Zhang Meng nodded, looked up and explained: "There was a landslide in the mountain, and it was the military brother who used a detonator. ”

"What about the thunderbats?" Lai Zi looked at Zhang Meng and Ye Jiu, who looked a little miserable, and asked in confusion, "How did you eliminate those thunder bats?" ”

"Where are we exterminating." Zhang Meng chuckled.

"It's not you, who is that?" Laizi said with a somewhat surprised expression.

Hearing Lai Zi's inquiry, Zhang Meng retold Lai Zi about the scene just now, and finally said with a smile: "The landslide you encountered may have been triggered when Brother Jun used it to blow up the minefield." ”

"What do you mean by kappa?" Lai Zi looked up and saw Zhang Meng's somewhat puzzled expression, and added, "I want to confirm." ”

Hearing Lai Zi say that he wanted to confirm, Zhang Meng turned his head ignorantly and asked softly: "You say that, do you mean that you know this thing?" ”

"If it's as you described, I've remembered something." After speaking, Lai Zi looked up at the sky and said with a contemplative expression: "There is a legendary creature in southern Tibet called Blue. ”

"Blue?" Ye Jiu frowned, as if he remembered something.

"What kind of creature is that?" Zhang Meng asked.

"Legend has it that Bru is a lizard-like unknown creature that grows in the valley of the Chiro River in southern Tibet, among the local Apatani people. The legend of this creature has always been circulated. Raiko said.

"What legend?" Zhang Meng asked curiously.

"It is said that when the ancestors of the Apatani first arrived in the Chiro Valley, it was mainly inhabited by the marshes of Blu. They felt that the land was fertile and the climate was pleasant, so they decided to settle down here. Due to frequent clashes with Blue, they drained the water from the swamp to eliminate Blue. After the drainage was completed, most of the blues died, and only a few of them escaped into areas with springs. ”

Later, a young girl from the Apatani tribe was fetching water, and she happened to see a blue, and finally the tribesmen who knew about it sealed the whole mountain spring. Since then, no one has seen Blue ......," Yoriko said.

"Didn't anyone find them again?" Zhang Meng asked.

"Yes." Lai Zi nodded and said: "In 1948, the British zoologist Charles went to southern Tibet to look for Bru's cunzài, and then the Austrian anthropologist Hermendorff also mentioned this lizard-like monster for the first time in one of his articles about the Apatani people. ”

Zhang Meng smacked his tongue.

"In the academic world, the occultist Hojvelman classified the bru as a lizard like the Komodo dragon, and they recorded sightings based on fossils found in India, which Hojverman believed may have come from the Brahmaputra River, the birthplace of the Mekong River, and the Tibetan Plateau is where the Brahmaputra River originated."

"So, I think these blues do look like lizards." Zhang Meng thought about the appearance of those things, nodded and said, "But it doesn't look like it, it's a bit like a fish and a child." ”

In fact, some people believe that it is a giant lungfish, which explains why Blue is able to hide at the bottom of the lake during the dry season. But the scientist didn't take Blu's neck and forked tongue into account at all. Raiko said.

"So, I remember." Zhang Meng recalled: "Those brus should not be big, they have limbs like children, and they are like a kind of reptile, they have three rows of short spines on their backs, sharp claws on their feet, bowl-shaped marks on their heads, and their tongues are indeed forked. ”

"What color is the skin?" Raiko asked.

"Dark blue." Zhang Meng said.

"Then you can't be wrong, the appearance is exactly like what the scientists described, the color of the blue is dark blue with white, and in the dry season they hide in caves deep in the swamp, and in the rainy season the swamp turns into a lake, and they come out to play like children."

Lai Zi said stupidly: "Fortunately, they appeared in time to save you." ”

"Hmm." Ye Jiu nodded.

"It's a blessing in the midst of misfortune." Zhang Meng said helplessly.

"Huh?" Lai Zi seemed to hear the hesitation in Zhang Meng's words, and looked at Zhang Meng puzzled.

"No, I mean ......" Zhang Meng paused, and then explained: "I think the appearance of this group of blues will not be so simple." I always have a hunch that we might meet them again on the road ahead. ”

"What do you mean?" Laizi asked suspiciously.

Seeing that Laizi was a little confused, Zhang Meng continued to explain: "According to what you say, Blue's living area needs to have water, even if there are lakes here, but we haven't seen the spring in the Rangler Canyon after all. ”

"Just because you don't see it doesn't mean you don't." Brother Jun replied thoughtfully.

Hearing this, Lai Zi explained: "What Brother Jun said is not unfounded, according to the records of relevant data, the place where we are now is one of the distribution areas of China's permafrost. The permafrost is up to hundreds of meters thick, and it is easy for a huge solid ice reservoir to form underground. When summer comes, the upper permafrost near the surface melts, creating underground dives and dark rivers. ”

"It's just that the ground is hidden by the deep green grass that people can't easily spot it. When people and animals enter by mistake, once the grass and ground collapse, the underground river will pull people and animals into the bottomless abyss, and even make them drift away with the current, so that even the corpses cannot be found. This is also the possible reason why some missing people and animals are completely missing. ”

"Permafrost?" Zhang Meng said thoughtfully.

"According to what you just said, didn't this group of blues appear when the snow melts and suddenly appears in the permafrost, and then they all wipe out the thunderbats?" Raiko said.

"But they appeared just in time, didn't they?" Zhang Meng shook his head in disbelief and said: "Judging from the allusions of Lei Ze and Zhen Lei Tai, this group of thunder bats is obviously a trap set by Taoists, how can it be easily wiped out by a group of blues?" ”

Seeing that Zhang Meng didn't believe it, Lai Zi also paid attention to it: "You mean, not only thunder bats, but even these blues are raised by the Daomen?" ”

"That's right." Zhang Meng nodded and said.

"But why would they attack their own people?" Lai Zi looked back at Zhang Meng puzzled and said, "This is completely unreasonable, right?" ”

"Perhaps there is something bigger awaiting us." Zhang Meng pondered: "After all, we don't know the true strength of these Blues yet, but judging from the legends, this group of Blues is fully capable of fighting humans. ”

"A few thunder bats are enough for me, if there are more unknown blue ......," Raiko said with a pensive look on her face, worried.

"Forget it! Now that we've escaped, don't think about it anymore! Zhang Meng saw that he had brought Lai Zi into pessimism, and hurriedly said with relief: "Catch up with the fat man, and we will make plans again." ”

"Okay." Yoriko nodded.

Brother Jun and Ye Jiu also brought their equipment, and after resting, they set off again.

The four of them didn't say anything on the road, and followed the marks left by Laizi halfway, and quickly chased after the fat man and the others, but they didn't go far before everyone walked to a foothill where no one had tracked.

Without waiting for Zhang Meng, Brother Jun, and Ye Jiu to speak, Lai Zi, as the leader of the way, looked around blankly, and looked back from time to time to see the road.

"Lai Zi ......" Looking at Lai Zi with a blank face, Zhang Meng also seemed to realize something, and hurriedly asked: "No, ......"