Rewind time, July 7 of the lunar calendar, 10:30 in the morning.

At the foot of Kunlun Mountain, under the old crooked neck elm tree at the entrance of Dayu Village.

Yu Daqian carried an easel on his back, carried dry food and a large pot of boiling water, and insisted on going up the mountain to sketch despite the dissuasion of the villagers.

"Baby! I can't help it! "Uncle Ma, a trembling neighbor, who was a hunter when he was young, had heard the strange sound on the mountain with his own ears, and was trying his best to dissuade Yu Daqian from going up the mountain.

Aunt Li, Aunt Wang and other villagers also dissuaded one after another, and some even blamed Yu Daqian for not listening to the old man and suffering a loss in front of him.

"Folks!" , Yu Daqian's heart choked for a while, and he was a little speechless, "Thank you, don't worry!" I'll be back safely! ”。

Yu Daqian saw that this was not very convincing, and said nonsense: "I have practiced kung fu, and I still have defensive tools, and it is not certain who is afraid of wolves when they encounter them."

"Baby! It's not a wolf, it's a ...... That's it! Uncle Ma seemed to be very taboo, and replaced the one he wanted to say with that one.

When Yu Daqian heard this, he couldn't help crying and laughing, and sighed in his heart: "The teacher is really right, it's terrible to have no culture, how can there be ghosts and gods in the world, poor fathers and villagers, scare me with this."

Thirty-six strategies, go for the best policy. Yu Daqian finally ignored the dissuasion and waved his hand to the villagers who shook their heads in disappointment: "Don't worry, everyone, I'll come back when I go to explore the way."

Yu Daqian actually didn't think it was as simple as exploring the way. He once walked home too late from school and slept sleepy next to an ancient tomb pile, what did he do all night, and he was afraid of this unfounded legend?

He planned to stay on the mountain for a few nights, painting the sunrise and sunset of Kunlun Mountain, the majestic and steep mountains, and the beautiful scenery of paradise.

Besides, I came with a mission this time, and I have to go back in less than a week, so if I don't complete the sketching task, how can I repay Professor Lin for his kindness......

"It is difficult to walk, it is difficult to go to the sky". When Yu Daqian climbed halfway up the mountain, he really felt the meaning of this sentence.

That's tired! Legs and necks! Thighs! Spine! Nape! Yu Daqian even felt that even his scalp was tired.

"Grit your teeth and hold on! You can't be a deserter! Yu Daqian, who had gulped and drank two large mouthfuls of water, leaned against a boulder and gasped, constantly cheering himself up.

Taking advantage of the rest, Yu Daqian observed the surrounding terrain environment, in a concave area, full of towering ancient trees, strange-shaped boulders, there is no suitable place for sketching, and he has to continue to climb up.

But things seem to be starting to get worse.

The higher you climb, the steeper it becomes, the colder the weather becomes, and you can see a thick layer of snow halfway up the mountain, and the temperature drops to below zero, and the exhaled breath instantly turns into a white mist.

"I wish there was a fire to roast!" But Yu Daqian knew that half of the mountainside was full of trees, and once the consequences of a fire were unimaginable, he had to go out of the middle of the mountain and go to a place where there were no trees, and then make plans.

Yu Daqian continued to grit his teeth and move forward.

Sweat seeped from the collar and froze instantly, and the collar of the down jacket froze into hard lumps, creaking when walking.

At dusk in the afternoon, Yu Daqian walked out of the forest area halfway up the mountainside, and in front of him was the steep part of the mountain, and the snow was getting thicker and thicker, with a thickness of several meters, and there were ice cracks from time to time, and if you were not careful, you would be buried in it.

Yu Daqian saw some frozen deer and hare carcasses along the way, presumably frozen to death for a long time, and there were no cold-tolerant carnivores like polar bears to eat.

Looking back, under the white expanse, is a lush coniferous forest, "this mountain is really magical, a mountain has four seasons", Yu Daqian sighed.

Seeing a boulder from a high place not far ahead, Yu Daqian was ready to climb it to see if he could occupy a high position and sketch a picture of the scenery in front of him.

With a lot of effort, Yu Daqian grabbed a hard trunk-like thing and climbed the boulder with difficulty.

As his eyes gradually adapted to the environment, Yu Daqian rubbed his eyes, took a closer look, and instantly his scalp was numb, and he saw something he didn't want to see in his life - a frozen female corpse!

What I grabbed just now was not a branch, but the calf of the frozen female corpse......