Volume II, Chapter 15
Sun Tao said: "Old Zhou, he is a coward, he is timid and afraid, but we are not afraid, let us go to meet this snow beast and avenge this poor falcon." ”
Rama was stimulated by everyone, and finally couldn't help it, and suddenly took the shotgun on his back back in his hand, revealing a hideous look on his face, and hissed: "I'm not a coward, I'll go with you to find the snow beast and avenge Dabai!" ”
Zhou Kesheng saw that Rama was really excited, and he was secretly happy in his heart, but his face showed a solemn look, and he nodded slowly: "Okay, this is the man, then let's set off immediately to hunt down the snow beast, Rama, you have to make it clear, what kind of beast is this snow beast, and why is it regarded as the messenger of the devil in the snow mountain?" ”
Xiao Ling secretly admired Zhou Kesheng's methods, if he hadn't used the death of the snow eagle to stimulate Rama just now, Rama would have turned back and gone down the mountain, and now he has aroused Rama's blood, using the power of hatred, so that he will not be so afraid and timid when facing the snow beast.
Hearing Zhou Kesheng mention the snow beast, Rama's eyes once again flashed with fear, but he quickly gritted his teeth again, and the hatred in his eyes drowned out this trace of fear.
"I haven't seen the snow beast with my own eyes, but the old people in the village say that this is a kind of messenger of the devil in the snow mountain, more terrible than the lion and tiger, once it appears, it will bring death and disaster, but what the snow beast looks like, no one has seen it with their own eyes, the only thing they know is that it walks in the snow and will leave these three-toed paw prints, which is what we see now."
Zhou Kesheng sighed and nodded slightly.
Hu Shengzhe looked at Wang Lei and said, "Old Wang, do you know what kind of animal this snow beast is?" ”
Wang Lei is a zoologist, and when it comes to understanding animals, no one among them knows more than him.
Wang Lei let out a breath, carefully looked at the paw prints left on the ground for a while, then shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of such an animal as a snow beast, unless I see its appearance with my own eyes, I may be able to recognize it." ”
Wang Lei even knew many strange birds and beasts recorded in the ancient books of the pre-Qin period, and if he really saw this snow beast, he might be able to recognize what species it was.
Although Rama said that this snow beast was terrifying, everyone did not think so, at most it was just a powerful beast, for the scientific expedition team members who had experienced the underground world of the Luobu Desert and encountered so many terrible beasts, the snow beast was far less terrifying than this snow-capped mountain.
Sun Tao and the others helped Rama bury the body of the snow eagle on the spot.
Rama made a mark and prepared to wait for the return trip to dig up the body of the snow eagle and bring it back for burial.
After burying the snow eagle, Rama carried a shotgun and led the team forward, followed by the others.
Everyone followed the paw prints left by the snow beast, and as they went deeper, the snow became deeper and deeper, and the wind gradually increased, and the originally sunny weather gradually became worse.
Rama, who led the way in front, was always vigilant, and he followed the paw prints left by the snow beast in the snow, hoping to find the messenger of the legendary snow-capped mountain devil and avenge Dabai.
The three-toed paw prints stretched all the way forward, with no end in sight.
Suddenly, a snow mound twenty or thirty meters high appeared in front of him, and the three-toed paw prints stretched straight up along the snow mound, reaching the top of the snow mound, and suddenly disappeared.
Rama let out a sigh, his equipment was not as good as Xiao Ling and them, but walking in the snow to chase these three-toed paw prints, his speed was faster than the others, and everyone was almost thrown away by him, making him deliberately slow down many times and wait for everyone to keep up.
Seeing the three-toed paw prints disappear on the top of the snow mound, he immediately raised his shotgun.
Almost at the same moment, everyone saw a strange white creature appear on the top of the snow mound in front of them.
This strange creature with a white goat-like head, a wolf-like body, a fox-like tail, and eagle-like claws, was now crouching proudly on the top of the snow hill, condescendingly observing the people approaching below.
When Rama saw this strange creature, he immediately raised his shotgun, and Sun Tao and the others who followed him also raised their guns one after another.
A thought came to everyone's minds, this strange white creature must be the messenger of the Snow Mountain Demon that Rama said, the snow beast that killed the Snow Eagle.
In addition to Rama, Sun Tao and the guns in their hands are all equipped with silencers, and they are not afraid that shooting will cause an avalanche.
It's just that as soon as everyone raised the guns in their hands, the strange creatures on the snow mounds shook their bodies and disappeared.
"Is this the Snow Beast?" Zhou Kesheng and Wang Lei walked up and asked Rama.
Rama said with some resentment: "I haven't seen what the snow beast is like with my own eyes, but looking at the paw prints left on the ground, it should be it, but unfortunately it escaped." ”
Originally, he was full of fear of the legendary snow beast, but as the snow beast suddenly disappeared and fled, his fear of this snow beast was slowly decreasing.
Pang Yan took the camera, took two photos of the snow mound, and said with a regretful face: "It's a pity that I couldn't capture its appearance." ”
Hu Shengzhe said: "Lao Wang, now you can see it, what kind of animal is this snow beast?" ”
Wang Lei muttered: "This should be the alien beast Mu Mu mentioned in the ancient books of the Pre-Qin Dynasty, this Mu Mu is hermaphroditic, it is said that this Mu Mu is jealous and likes to ambush and kill other creatures that think they are more beautiful than themselves. ”
Everyone looked at each other when they heard this, Xiao Ling couldn't help but be a little amused, and said: "In this way, it thinks that the snow eagle looks better than it, so it attacked it, but I don't know what its aesthetic point of view is based on." ”
I thought that this peony was strangely shaped, and it was really not beautiful, but as for the snow eagle, it was very handsome, and it seemed to be able to understand if it ambushed the snow eagle out of jealousy.
Zhou Kesheng glanced at Rama and said: "Rama, now I understand, there is no messenger of the devil in this world, the real name of this so-called snow beast is Mumu, it is just a beast, no different from lions, tigers and leopards, just because it is extremely rare, it is difficult for ordinary people to find out, it will be rumored to be so bizarre." ”
Rama shook his head and said, "This is the messenger of the devil, not an ordinary beast, you don't understand. As he spoke, he looked up at the sky, his face becoming more and more gloomy.
Zhou Kesheng saw that Rama was stubborn, so he didn't bother to explain anymore, anyway, the main purpose of hiring him was to count on him to bring himself and others into the holy mountain, and the other Zhou Kesheng didn't bother to care about him.
The strange beast disappeared, and the three-toed paw prints left behind were also broken on the snow hills, and everyone could only give up the pursuit for the time being, bypass the snow hills in front of them, and continue on their way.
As we continue to go deeper, the terrain gradually steepens, and if you want to approach the six holy mountains, you need to climb over the Gonggelke Snow Peak, which is not easy and takes a lot of time.
Half an hour later, a glacier appeared in front of everyone, which was hundreds of meters high, like a knife cutting an axe, rising straight from the ground, very steep.