The cigarette butt that had not yet been extinguished was thrown out of the window and was left far behind by the speeding wheels, Zhang Ze raised the window and looked at the continuous snow-capped mountains outside the car and said.

"Qinli Snow Mountain is the highest peak of the Kashi Mountains, with snow cover for many years, and the average temperature is around zero. The only way we want to go to Qinli Snow Mountain is Kashi Town, and Hongdou is in that town, right? ”

Mishima snuffed out the cigarette from the corner of his mouth and threw it out of the window and said.

"The picture that Toyoya Yu gave me was taken by Red Bean in front of a bar called Snow Mountain, and she was probably there."

"Bars? Both sisters love to drink. ”

"Yu Toyoya learned to drink later. Her sister drank red beans to help the shrapnel in her head stop. ”

Zhang Ze asked in surprise.

"She's got shrapnel in her head?"

Well, it was left behind to save me and Fluttershy, and thankfully shrapnel is small and not lethal, but it's also hard to get out of your head because of its small size.

Hearing this, Zhang Ze became silent. The car is moving, and so is time. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, and the howling north wind stirs up the snowflakes and glides across the car like a knife, giving a silent warning. At night, Zhang Ze changed to the driver's seat, and the outline of the brightly lit town in the distance was reflected in the headlights, Zhang Ze shook Mishima next to him and said.

"We'll be there soon."

Mishima looked sleepily at the town outside the car window, then looked at his watch and said.

"It's so brightly lit at 2 a.m., isn't it?"

Zhang Ze had been driving and hadn't noticed the time, and after Mishima said this, he glanced at the time in the car and said.

"yes. Could it be that today is some special day in this town? ”

Mishima shook his head, lit a cigarette and handed it to Zhang Ze, lit one himself, and said.

"I looked online about the town."

Mishima opened his mobile phone to look up information about Kashi Town on the Internet and said.

"Today is not a special day, don't think about it, you'll know what's going on in a while."

Zhang Ze looked at the navigation and said.

"It's about half an hour away."

Mishima took a deep breath of cigarette and fell asleep, he took out his saber and carefully wiped it with a cloth, reflecting a purple light from the blade in the moonlight, and through this layer of light, it was as if he heard the roar of the blade as it was quenched.

Zhang Ze flicked the cigarette ash, looked at Mishima who was wiping the knife, and said.

"That dagger from before me was as sharp as that."

"Can you show me?"

Zhang Ze smiled and continued.

"In Lao Fang's place, that dagger was originally the treasure of the Fang family, and we only recently learned that its name was Luo Blade, and only in Lao Fang's hands can the full strength of that dagger be stimulated."

Mishima asked with his saber retracting from its scabbard, then coughing.

"Why are you willing to give everything for Fang Fan?"

Zhang Ze couldn't help but say excitedly.

"Good guy, what you said is too ambiguous, I and Lao Fang are innocent."

Mishima laughed and waved his hand.

"It's the wrong thing I asked."

"I see what you mean. In fact, I don't know why, for a while I thought that only men and women would have that kind of desperate giving, but then I met Lao Fang, and there seemed to be an invisible gravitational force on his body that dragged me to his side. Later, he and Yuehan took in the unconscious Wanli, and took care of her meticulously, when Wanli was in danger, they were even more anxious than me, I don't understand this feeling, but..."

Zhang Ze couldn't speak, and gestured with one hand in the air, trying to express his emotions in this way. At this time, Mishima answered.

"Family."

Zhang Ze snapped his fingers immediately after hearing this and said.

"That's right, it's what family feels like. Wanli and I are both orphans taken in by Long Feng, and we have depended on each other since childhood. I never thought that I would find the feeling of family in people other than Wanli in my lifetime, but when I met Lao Fang and Yuehan, that feeling of family appeared, so I cherished them so much. ”

Mishima looked at the corners of Zhang Ze's slightly raised mouth and said.

"You can't help yourself."

Zhang Ze laughed. At this time, Mishima glanced in the rearview mirror and noticed that a car was following them, so he asked vigilantly.

"Zhang Ze, when did this car appear?"

Zhang Ze restrained his smile, looked in the rearview mirror and said.

"I don't know, maybe I just came, right?"

"Impossible, right? There is a straight road here, with a high mountain and a cliff on the other, could this car have fallen from the sky? ”

"Maybe we didn't notice it when we were chatting, you were too nervous."

At this time, the car behind switched back and forth between high and low beams, Mishima said.

"Let's pull over and see what they're doing."

Zhang Ze parked the car on the side of the road, and the car behind him parked behind Zhang Ze's car. Immediately got out of the car, a man dressed in ordinary clothes, who looked very much like an agency cadre. He walked over and knocked on Mishima's car window, Mishima pulled out his saber and hid it in his thigh, as long as the other party did anything wrong, he could immediately kill him. Mishima lowered the window and said with a smile on his face.

"May I ask how to get to Kashi Town?"

Mishima said vigilantly.

"It's coming soon."

The man said with a clear look of excitement.

"Really? That's great. ”

At this time, Zhang Ze said.

"You don't have a local accent."

The man explained.

"My family and I came here for a vacation, but the mobile phone ran out of battery and the navigation could not be used, and the car broke down just now, fortunately I know a little bit of car repair technology, otherwise there is really no way."

Zhang Ze didn't look like the man was lying, so he asked tentatively.

"In addition to snow and ice in the barren mountains and mountains here, how can you come here for a vacation?"

The man said with a long sigh.

"Hey... It was my son who wanted to see the snow, and the doctor said he had less than three months to live. He has loved snow since he was a child, and I wanted to take him to see the most beautiful snow scenes before he left this world. ”

As soon as the words fell, a woman ran over and said.

"Husband, come quickly, my son is sick."

The husband and wife hurriedly ran back to the car, and at this time, Mishima pulled the car door and got out of the car, Zhang Ze asked.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm going to see who they are."

With that, Mishima walked towards the car behind him. Zhang Ze thought about it for a moment in the car, he hadn't seen any broken down cars on the side of the road before, but he immediately thought about it, maybe he didn't notice it. At this time, Zhang Ze found that Mishima actually got into the car, and the car behind him stopped next to Zhang Ze's car, and it was Mishima who was driving, he said.

"I'm driving, they're taking care of the kids in the back seat, and I'll keep up with you."

Zhang Ze glanced at the back seat of the car, and found that the boy in the back seat was pale, the husband and wife were full of sadness, the boy was nesting in his mother's arm at this time, and the sweat beads and rapid wheezing on the boy's forehead could be seen in the faint light of the car lamp, and then the man took out a needle and injected it into the boy's body, but the boy did not show signs of improvement. Zhang Ze turned his head and tightened his grip on the steering wheel, then started the car and continued to drive towards Kashi Town, with Mishima following all the way. About ten minutes later, the two cars stopped at the entrance of Kashi Town, Zhang Ze got out of the car and looked at the town's sign, which said, 'Kashi Town welcomes every friend' Zhang Ze nodded at the three islands in the car.

When Mishima got out of the car, the husband and wife were very grateful. Mishima returned to the car, and Zhang Ze asked.

"What's wrong with that little boy?"

"I don't know, I didn't ask. What's wrong? ”

Zhang Ze thought about the boy's face just now, and said lightly.

"That boy doesn't look like a living person."

Mishima was shocked unconsciously, and argued.

"How is it possible, I heard the boy calling Mom and Dad."

"I hope you heard me right."

Zhang Ze first found a small supermarket that sells department stores, generally like this kind of department store not only sells department stores, but also sells some information that outsiders want to know. The boss is a local, so it is a little difficult to communicate, and the boss who Zhang Ze even wrote with a gesture finally understood what Zhang Ze meant and said.

"Legend has it that the cold ice of the sealed world is indeed in Qinli Snow Mountain, and many people have come here to look for cold ice before, and it is rumored that drinking cold ice water can lead to immortality, and there are also rumors that there is a peerless beauty frozen in the ice. But the exact location of the ice has never been found, but I have some clues, but I can't remember it a little. ”

The boss touched his chin slyly and looked at the two with a grin. Zhang Ze took out a few banknotes from his pocket, put them on the counter, and said.

"Does that reckon make you remember something?"

The boss looked at the banknotes on the counter mountain with glowing eyes and said.

"I remember, at sunrise, when the sun passes over the top of Qinli Snow Mountain, the shadow of a woman will be reflected on the largest ice wall of the snow mountain, and through the ice wall is the location of the ice."

"Where is this ice wall located?"

The boss suddenly held his forehead and made a thinking gesture, Zhang Ze was about to take out the money again, but was pressed back by Mishima, and then stepped forward and grabbed the boss's collar with his left hand, pressed his head on the counter with his right hand, and pulled out the saber with his withdrawn left hand and stuck it on the counter, saying.

"Don't take an inch."

The boss suddenly panicked.

"I remembered, remembered."

Mishima let go of his hand, the boss got up from the counter and tidied up his clothes, Zhang Ze noticed that he carefully touched the table with one hand, and just as Zhang Ze was about to remind Mishima, an alarm suddenly sounded in the shop. Zhang Ze and Mishima looked at each other, and suddenly the door of the small shop was kicked open by several strong men with five big and three thick, and the man led by him spoke in the local dialect, probably meaning to ask the boss where the troublemaker was. The boss pointed at Zhang Ze and Mishima, and then several strong men rushed towards the two.

Although the strong men are burly, where they are the opponents of Zhang Ze and Mishima, they don't need Zhang Ze to make a move, and Mishima only took less than 10 seconds to solve all the strong men. Zhang Ze looked at the strong man on the ground who was wailing bitterly, and said to himself.

"Tut-tut, why are you so impulsive?"

Zhang Ze closed the door of the shop, moved a chair and sat in front of the boss, and said.

"Can you say that this time?"

The boss said tremblingly at the counter.

"You have offended the Mandrill Gang here, you just wait for death."

Zhang Ze put the fangs in his hand against the boss's throat and said.

"I don't care if he's a mandrill or a goblin, you tell me where the ice wall is."

The boss was frightened by Zhang Ze's fangs and said.

"That ice wall is on the ice ditch north of Qinli Snow."

Zhang Ze let go of the boss and asked.

"The ice wall is on the ice ditch on the back of the snowy mountain?"

"Hmm."

"You're not lying?"

"It's true, I don't dare to lie to you."

Zhang Ze and Mishima opened the door and left, and at this time, they happened to bump into a family of three who came in a car at the door, and the man greeted him warmly.

"What a coincidence."

Zhang Ze asked lightly.

"Is your son alright?"

"It's okay, the situation is stable. I'm going to buy something to eat. ”

When the man saw the strong man who fell to the ground and wailed due to the deformation of the joints, he did not show a look of horror, but took a few breads on the shelf plainly, and then asked the frightened boss how much it was, and said to Zhang Ze with a smile after paying.

"The child has a bad appetite, so he can only eat this."

Zhang Ze looked at the man and reminded.

"You forgot to look for money."

"Oh, yes, yes, yes."

The man went back to get the change and then got into the car, just now the man's series of actions were seen by Zhang Ze and Mishima, and the two exchanged glances and then got into the car. At this time, it was 4 o'clock in the morning, Zhang Ze returned to the small supermarket, found the boss and asked.

"What time does the sun rise here?"

The boss saw that Zhang Ze was back again, and he was so frightened that he almost fell, and said.

"About half past five."

Zhang Ze was just about to turn around and leave, and then came back and asked.

"Why are you still lit up in the wee hours of the morning, don't you all sleep?"

The boss sighed and said.

"It's a town that never sleeps, and everyone in the town doesn't sleep all day and all night."

"Why is this happening?"

"A few years ago, a group of people came here who claimed to be an expedition, but later found out that they were here for the ice. The group went up the snowy mountains overnight, and then they built a laboratory on the snowy mountains to survey the location of the ice, and bombed the snowy mountains, causing countless avalanches and destroying many houses and livestock in the town. Then the lab exploded inexplicably, and it caused a magnetic storm, and since that magnetic storm, everyone in the town has been suffering from a strange illness that doesn't sleep. ”

"And where have all those people gone?"

"Those people disappeared after the magnetic storm."

Zhang Ze took out a few more banknotes from his pocket and put them on the counter, and said.

"You know, you have to cooperate like this in the future? This is your compensation, and if someone comes to inquire about us, you pretend not to know, understand? ”

The boss nodded vigorously and put the bills on the table into his pocket. Zhang Ze returned to the car and said to Mishima.

"The sun will come out in a while, and we won't be in a hurry today, so let's find a place to settle down first, and by the way, inquire about the news of red beans."

Mishima nodded in agreement, then let out a long yawn. At this time, a couple of young people walked over, they kept looking at Zhang Ze and Mishima in the car, Zhang Ze looked at the pair of young people through the black window film, and suddenly Zhang Ze noticed that a blue light flashed on the girl's face. Zhang Ze subconsciously rubbed his eyes and asked.

"Mishima, did you see that?"

"What?"

"I just saw a blue light flash on the girl's face."

"Did you drive all night? You come down and I'll open it. ”

Zhang Ze and Mishima exchanged seats, Mishima sat in the driver's seat and twisted the key, and the car started slowly. Zhang Ze sat in the passenger seat, constantly thinking about the blue light on the girl's face. I couldn't help but muttered to myself.

"This town is so weird."

The car slowly stopped in front of a hotel called Dongliang and Xialiang, Zhang Ze looked at the signboard of this store and said.

"It's cool in winter and cool in summer, which means it's cold sooner or later. Mishima, how did you choose such an unlucky hotel? ”

Mishima didn't speak, and pointed to the shop next to him. Zhang Ze took a look at the situation, and it turned out that next to this hotel was the Snow Mountain Bar, which was the bar in the photo. Mishima pressed the lock button and said lightly.

"Have a drink and get a good night's sleep."

At this time, Zhang Ze saw a sign in front of the hotel that there was no vacancy, and he muttered in his heart, there are very few tourists coming and going in this place, and the scale of this hotel must have at least about 50 rooms, how can there be no rooms? He said to Mishima.

"Look at that sign."

Mishima looked at it and said.

"There are no vacancies yet, so let's go and see if there are vacancies elsewhere."

Mishima said that he was about to get in the car, Zhang Ze hurriedly grabbed him and said.

"What are you doing?"

"I'll find another one."

"Big brother, please think about it, there are very few foreign tourists here, and no one sleeps here, it was very strange to have a hotel, isn't it even more strange that there are no vacant rooms now?"

Mishima thought for a moment and said.

"That's right. Then let's ask. ”

Zhang Ze and Mishima pushed the door into the hotel, and a guest was lying in the bar watching a video, and when he heard someone coming in, he said without even raising his head.

"There's no room, please go back."

Zhang Ze smiled and said.

"What are you looking at? It's so interesting, show me too. ”

The woman was attracted by his split-and-flare conversation, and she looked up at Fang Fan and Mishima. Zhang Ze looked at the hostess with a smile on his face at this time, and Mishima put on a poker face. The waitress looked at the two of them again and said impatiently.

"What's the matter?"

Zhang Ze held the counter with both hands, looked at the waitress with bright eyes, and said softly.

"I want to open a room."

The hostess, who was originally impatient, actually had a blush on her cheeks, and quickly avoided Zhang Ze's fiery eyes. To be honest, Zhang Ze's appearance belongs to the middle and upper class, as long as he doesn't commit two mistakes, he is also very manly. The hostess whispered.

"No... There is no room. ”

Zhang Ze leaned his upper body forward, and asked in a gentle voice.

"There's no one sleeping here, so how can there be no room? Are there outsiders? ”

The hostess didn't know what to say for a while, and then Mishima saw the registration book in the bar, and he was curious that there was still a handwritten registration book in the hotel, and when he looked at it again, he found that there was no computer at the front desk of the hotel. Mishima said.

"Can I take a look at this?"

The waitress immediately changed her face when she faced Mishima and said coldly.

"No, you can't."

At this time, Zhang Ze looked at the shelves in the bar and said with mineral water for sale.

"Can you give me a bottle of mineral water?"

The waitress glanced at Zhang Ze's eyes that were full of electricity at this time, and then nodded with a red face, Zhang Ze suddenly glanced at Mishima, and when the waitress turned around, Mishima took out the registration book in the bar, and then turned around and went out.

Mishima immediately got in the car and flipped through the register, while Zhang Ze stayed at the bar and continued to flirt with the hostess to distract her. Mishima found in the register that all the rooms were indeed occupied, but there was no registration of any identification information, only the check-in time. It seems that there is no useful information in the register, and Mishima hides the registration behind him. When he entered the hotel again, he found Zhang Ze and the waitress chatting happily on the sofa, Mishima put the registration book back in its place, and then coughed vigorously. Zhang Ze got up and said to the waitress when he heard the sound.

"See you in the evening."

After saying that, Zhang Ze walked towards Mishima, and when he went out, he shook the key in his hand, Mishima asked.

"Don't say you gave up your life for it."

"How is it possible, I am dedicated to Wanli, both physically and mentally. What is found in the register? ”

Mishima said disappointedly.

"Nothing but check-in time."

"What is the check-in time?"

"Five years ago."

At this time, Zhang Ze immediately went back to the waitress and asked.

"Did you have a group of people who claimed to be on an expedition a few years ago?"

"yes, how do you know."

"Do you remember when it was?"

"I think it's around 2015."

Zhang Ze paused, pointed to the registration book and said.

"The people who live here are all from the expedition team, right?"

Suddenly, the waitress's expression changed, and the eyes that were originally admiring and adoring became as cold as ice, and she said faintly.

"Why are you in such a hurry that you can't wait until the evening?"

As soon as the words fell, the roller shutter door of the hotel suddenly fell, and Zhang Ze and Mishima immediately entered a state of alert. At this time, the waitress leaned against the shelves in the bar, and the shelves suddenly flipped over, and the hostess disappeared. Fog suddenly released from the ceiling, Zhang Ze and Mishima hurriedly covered their mouths and noses, Mishima picked up the stool next to him and smashed it at the glass, which was actually bulletproof. At this time, the two felt more and more weak and weak, and finally passed out in the lobby of the hotel. At the same time, the trunk of the black SUV parked in front of the hotel opened, revealing a pair of clear and bright eyes from inside.