(377) Revelation of the Savages
When the whistle stopped, there was still silence around. But for some reason, everyone present seemed to feel a strange tense atmosphere.
Suddenly, a strong wind blew, and the snow particles on the ground were swept up by the wind and hit the face, making people feel a slight sting. Qu Shuang and Long Yonghua unconsciously stretched out their hands and blocked them in front of them.
"The weather on this plateau is really terrible!" Long Yonghua said with some annoyance.
"It's so strange that the wind is coming!" Qu Shuang said, and a heart hung up.
Unlike Qu Long, in the face of the sudden wind, Yang Shuoming and Zhenji Zhuoma were extremely calm. The two stood side by side, standing still in the wind.
"They're coming." Yang Shuoming looked closely ahead and said.
"How can Hanzhi be sure that they are coming?" Qu Shuang heard Yang Shuoming's words and couldn't help but ask.
"Zhou Yi said: 'Respond with one voice and seek each other with the same breath; The water is wet, the fire is dry, the clouds are from the dragon, the wind is from the tiger, and the saints are all visible. Yang Shuoming said as if joking, "Did Xiaobai forget? ”
"If you look at this 'wind from the tiger', stay here for a while, I'm afraid it's a big guy!" Qu Shuang patted the snow flakes on her body and said with a wry smile.
After a while, the wind and snow seemed to become weaker, and Zhenji Zhuoma squeezed Yang Shuoming's hand and pointed ahead.
"Here we are." Yang Shuoming looked in the direction of her finger and nodded.
Qu Shuang's eyes widened, trying to see what was in the snow in the distance, but still found nothing, at this time some snow flakes stained his round glasses, he took them off, wiped them a few times, and when he put them back on, he felt a gust of fishy wind blowing in his face.
Qu Shuang raised his eyes and saw that in the wind and snow in the distance, there seemed to be three vague figures that were rapidly getting bigger.
Realizing that the legendary "mountain god" had appeared, Qu Shuang couldn't help but hold his breath.
Three huge humanoid shadows slowly emerged from the wind and snow.
At first it was vague, however, as the "mountain gods" approached quickly, their images became clearer and clearer.
Their heads are covered with long, tousled hair, and their bodies are covered in white fur except for their faces. Their foreheads are low and sloping back, their eyebrows are very prominent, the bridge of their noses is low and wide, their jaws are reclined, their necks are short and thick, their whole heads are stretched forward, as if they are half-bowed, their bodies are tall and extremely strong, their arms are long, and their legs are shorter in comparison. And slightly bent, they ** their bodies, they didn't hold anything in their hands, and their faces seemed to look at the few people standing in front of them with a look of contempt.
"It turns out that the mountain god is a Himalayan snowman." Yang Shuoming said to himself, his eyes flashing with indescribable excitement, "It's really good." ”
He had reason to be excited, because what stood in front of him was not the specimens and photographs that were indistinguishable from the naturalists in his original time and space, but living entities. Every nerve in his body was tense, and he knew that he was experiencing a historic moment.
Three huge snowmen heard the sound of Yang Shuoming's human bone flute, they should have run from the mountain quickly, these snowmen are very clever, they may have sensed the danger, when approaching the woods, they suddenly stopped, the three people stood there back to back in the shape of "Pin", their fists clenched, looking around, after making sure that there was no danger, they strode into the woods and came to Yang Shuoming and others.
In the face of this terrible monster, several Tibetans were all frightened and prostrated to the ground, but Yang Shuoming and Zhenji Zhuoma did not have the slightest fear, but walked up to them.
Long Yonghua looked at the snowmen in horror, his hand involuntarily touched the gun on his waist, the snowmen also seemed to feel that there were so many pairs of eyes watching their actions around them, they slowly walked to the center of the clearing, while walking, kept looking left and right, maintaining a high degree of vigilance, as soon as there was a wind and grass ready to fight, but the surrounding was still a deathly silence, they gradually settled down, and the expression on their faces became less hideous.
The tallest snowman at the head saw Yang Shuoming and Zhenji Zhuoma, and jumped in front of the two of them, Yang Shuoming and Zhenji Zhuoma looked at each other and smiled, and invariably winked at the snowman, tilted his head, and looked at the raw beef and grain piled up in the clearing.
The snowman turned his head suddenly, and at this time the other two snowmen also found the food, and jumped over impatiently, they found so much sumptuous food, and they were very excited, and one of the snowmen turned his head and made a low, distinct voice to the snowman standing in front of Yang Shuoming.
"They...... There is even a language! Qu Shuang turned his head and said to Long Yonghua excitedly, "They have language!" ”
At this time, Long Yonghua's palms were full of sweat, although he knew that his subordinates were ready to fight and deal with these monsters that might bring danger, but it was the first time in his life that he faced such a creature that survived in harsh natural conditions, and in his experience, such a powerful monster comparable to a tiger and bear could not be put down with a few shots.
The leader snowman seemed to understand why these foods appeared here, he looked at a few people in the forest, turned and strode towards the two companions, and the other two snowmen had surprised expressions, they and the leader snowman talked to each other in that deep language, and kept gesticulating.
"Do you know what they're talking about? Dolma? ”
Yang Shuoming's "supercomputer eyes" recorded the sounds of the snowmen, and he asked Zhenji Zhuoma while looking at the display under his eyes with interest.
Jenji Zhuoma shook her head, her gaze always resting on the snowman who was the leader.
"They're discussing whether to call in someone to help bring the food back." "This shows that their population should be quite large." ”
"Yes! In a place like this, it should be an extraordinary joy for them to find so much food at once. Qu Shuang heard Yang Shuoming's words and said behind him.
Soon, after the snowmen had discussed, one of the snowmen turned around and ran back along the road with lightning speed. The snowman led by him came back to Yang Shuoming, leaned over, and brought his big furry face in front of Yang Shuoming.
He seemed to know that Yang Shuoming was the leader of this group, and his blood-red eyes stared at Yang Shuoming tightly, and kept letting out a heavy snort.
Yang Shuoming froze down, opened his mouth, and tried to say a few words in the language of the snowman according to the prompts of the "supercomputer eye", and when he heard Yang Shuoming actually say the language of the snowman, Zhenji Zhuoma, Qu Shuang and Long Yonghua couldn't help but be surprised.
The expression on the snowman's face was completely soothed, he showed a weird smile to Yang Shuoming, looked at the few people in front of him again, turned around and walked away, Yang Shuoming noticed that when his gaze fell on Zhenji Zhuoma, there was a rare hint of tenderness, and he couldn't help but be surprised.
After a while, the snowman who had left returned, and this time with him were several other snowmen, both men and women, who all had expressions of surprise on their faces when they saw the food in the clearing.
The snowmen began to carry the food in the open space on their backs, and when they saw that the snowmen were about to leave, Jenji Zhuoma suddenly walked over.
A female snowman wearing a bear's skin noticed Zhenji Zhuoma, came to her with a smile, saw the beautiful Tibetan girl, the female snowman actually stretched out her hand and picked up the necklace on her chest, Zhenji Zhuoma seemed to understand the meaning of the other party, untied the necklace, and put it in the hand of the female snowman. The snowwoman seemed to be very happy, laughed happily with her mouth wide open, and took off the bear skin from her body and placed it in the hands of Jenji Zhuoma.
Seeing this astonishing scene, Qu Shuang and several Tibetans opened their mouths wide in surprise.
After a while, the snowmen carried the beef and grain, and disappeared into the wind and snow like a gust of wind, as they had always been.
Seeing the snowman disappear, Long Yonghua let out a long breath, and only then did he realize that his shirt was soaked with sweat.
The members of the ambushed expedition came out of their hiding places one after another, and Long Yonghua noticed that many of them also looked nervous and surprised, obviously they had also seen these snowmen for the first time.
At this time, Qu Shuang was completely free of the nervousness and anxiety he had when he first arrived, and he had completely fallen into the excitement and excitement brought about by a major scientific discovery.
"Hey, do you see their hands? Hanzhi, their thumbs are quite developed, and they are very separated from the other four fingers, which are out of the ape's palm, but basically similar to the human hand. ”
"Yes, their vertebrae are much straighter than apes, and their legs are straighter and longer than apes." Yang Shuoming replayed the image he had just scanned in his eyes and nodded.
"Do you see any of them holding rocks in their hands? It was a stone tool made of stone chips, which belonged to scrapers, which proved that they belonged to the Paleolithic Age, just like the ape-man found in Zhoukoudian in Yanjing. Qu Shuang said excitedly, "And look at that bear skin, there are burnt marks on it, which proves that they are already able to use fire!" ”
"You Qu Xiaobai go back, you can write a paper." Yang Shuoming nodded with a smile and came to Zhenji Zhuoma's side.
"The leading 'mountain god' is the one who saved you, isn't it?" Yang Shuoming saw the stunned appearance of the Tibetan girl and asked softly.
Jenji Zhuoma nodded, "He still knows me, I know." As she spoke, tears flowed down her face.
"What's wrong?" Yang Shuoming asked with concern.
The Tibetan girl shook her head and did not speak again, but looked with tears in her eyes at the direction in which the snowmen had disappeared, her eyes full of sadness and anxiety.
Yanjing, Xiyuan, "Renhe" Institute of Biochemical Science and Technology.
At this time, Lin Hongmin, who had just arrived here, looked at the head of the strange man soaked in the alcohol tank, picked up the relevant materials on the table, and looked at it.
“…… Is it possible that an ancient ape-man, which lived about a million years ago and is considered to have been extinct for a long time, is still alive today? With such questions, we consulted the relevant documents and found that from the beginning of the Warring States period to the present, there are endless records of the 'savages' on the Kang-Tibet Plateau. Over the course of more than 2,000 years, many people have seen 'wild men', and the depictions are roughly the same: tall and with brown or white fur. We believe that the savage in this record may be the 'mountain spirit' and 'mountain god' in Tibetan legends, and in fact the kind of ape-man who lived a million years ago. ”
"Two or three million years ago, at the beginning of the Quaternary period in geology, the upward movement of the Himalayas had already begun, but in general, the rate of ascent was relatively slow, and the terrain in this area was still relatively flat, the climate was warm and pleasant, and the forests were dense, so it was natural for ape-man to appear here. Since about a million years ago, the Himalayan orogeny has gradually intensified, rising at a rate of 120 cm to 130 cm per 100 years, which makes the current Kang-Tibet Plateau a veritable 'roof of the world'. As the altitude increases, the climate becomes cold and dry. Mountains and mountains, covered in snow and ice. The apes who live here are forced to migrate to other places. However, in the warm zone of the deep valley of the Kanger Mountains, in the isolated primeval forest, it is likely that there are still ape-people who miraculously survived, but due to the isolation of the environment and the conservative way of life, their constitution and culture did not move forward, but basically came to a standstill, and they can be said to be the one who went astray in the process of moving from ape to man, and faced the danger of extinction. The remnants of such ancient fossil animals in the complex terrain of the Kham-Tibet Plateau are not unique. For example, the giant ape and the giant panda (i.e., the giant panda) that once lived at the same time as the ape-man have descendants that have survived to the present ......."
After reading the information in his hand, Lin Hongmin's eyes fell on the person in the alcohol jar again, and at this time, he remembered his experience in the jungle of Myanmar.
After he handed over the report, it was quickly highly valued by the relevant departments, and not long after, he himself was sent to Yanjing along with all the relevant materials collected at that time.
He knew that from now on, an epoch-making scientific research project had quietly begun.
It's just that now he didn't expect that his discovery would be applied to the military first.
The phone on the table rang, Lin Hongmin picked up the receiver, and a pleasant female voice came from inside.
"Professor Lin, please come over for a moment."
Lin Hongmin heard the voice of the famous medical scientist Liu Xiangyun, and he knew that her research might have results, and he couldn't help but feel a burst of excitement in his heart.
Lin Hongmin came to Liu Xiangyun's laboratory, and at this time, there were some experts and scholars he didn't know around in front of the dissection table.
"How's the rest? Professor Lin? Seeing that Lin Hongmin's eyes were a little dark, Liu Xiangyun asked with a smile.
"Okay." Lin Hongmin replied simply, and then went straight to the point, "How is it?" Got a result? ”
"Yes." Liu Xiangyun nodded, "We dissected this person and found that his body structure is indeed different from ordinary people. ”
"Could it be that he really ...... Savages? Lin Hongmin asked with some hesitation.
"I can't say that, after all, we don't know exactly what a wild man looks like." Liu Xiangyun said, "This person should not be considered a wild man, although his body hair is very heavy, but it does not cover the whole body like the legendary wild man, judging from his main characteristics, he should still be regarded as a person, but he is much stronger than ordinary people." ”
"I can't agree with your explanation, Koyanagi." An older scholar with glasses shook his head and said, "Do you see, his bones are very thick, his body is much taller than that of ordinary people, his palms and soles are also unusually wide, pay attention to his toes, they are very long, very wide, these are all unusual things, and according to the race data we know now, there is no kind of person like him." ”
Lin Hongmin recognized the older scholar as Wang Yuanshi, a well-known Chinese anthropologist, and did not interject.
"Then he can't be a savage." Liu Xiangyun said, "It's still a mystery whether the wild man exists now. ”
"I'm not saying he's a savage, but I suspect that he probably has extraordinary blood in him." Wang Yuanshi said, "And the source of this extraordinary human bloodline, of course, may also include some legendary humanoid creatures. ”
"You mean, this man's father may be a wild man?" Liu Xiangyun asked in some surprise.
"I have read Professor Lin's report carefully." Wang Yuanshi said, "From the report on the performance of this person in battle, it is more a reflection of a primitive beast surname brute force, and bloodthirsty impulse, normal people, even if they are on the battlefield, will not behave so violently." ”
"His violent performance must have been influenced by high-purity opium tincture." Liu Xiangyun said, "You know, he should be a big addict. “
"Of course, opium tincture does play a certain stimulating role, but his furious power comes not only from opium, but from himself." Wang Yuanshi said, his heavy eyebrows twisted into two black bumps, "A descendant born after the mating of a savage and an ordinary person." ”
"Descendants of savages and ordinary people?" Listening to Wang Yuanshi's words, the people in the room were shocked.
"I don't know what the purpose of the researchers in that mountain laboratory is to conduct such crazy research," Wang Yuanshi said, "I am worried that the appearance of such a monster will bring unimaginable disasters to ordinary people." ”
"That's right." Liu Xiangyun nodded, "Such a monster is difficult to subdue even the fighters of the special forces, let alone ordinary people." ”
(To be continued)