Chapter 19: The Mark of Olympus
The helicopter crossed the Tarim Basin, and at the end of the dark red sand dunes of fish scales was the Kunlun Mountains, which were stacked with mountains and winding like giant dragons. More than 2,000 years ago, the canyon where Li Dan encountered was the Nalengrad Canyon, which was later called the "Valley of Death" by the world. It's a stunning and intoxicating place, but it's known for its horror and mystery, which is why it's rarely set foot in the world, making it a haven for wildlife.
Yuan Suping looked ahead from the porthole of the helicopter, and saw from afar the two sisters of Yuzhu Peak and Yuxu Peak, which were covered in silver, looming in the clouds and mist, and the south pass of the Leng Grad Gorge was about 100 kilometers north of these two sacred mountains.
"It's almost there, the magnetic field in the canyon is very strong, and it is unstable, which may make the electronic equipment of the helicopter malfunction, let's go down to the pass and change to the off-road vehicle to enter!" Yuan Suping said to Chu Fei, who was piloting the plane.
The plane landed at the pass, and Chu Fei showed his ID to the armed police stationed at the pass, and borrowed a military "warrior" off-road vehicle. Yuan Suping, Qin Yingzhou and a group of 5 people took the "warriors", passed through the checkpoint, and walked through the winding mountain road. The four fields are vast, the sun hangs in the clear blue sky, and the snow-capped mountains float silently in the distant sky like a silver hat. The vast plateau is filled with a polar primitive and desolate atmosphere, all of which can't help but make people feel inexplicably lonely.
"Get off the highway ahead." Yuan Suping said suddenly.
"Okay!" It was Chu Fei who was driving, he said and pulled the steering wheel, went out from the forked path in front, and drove for a while, the mountain walls on both sides gradually moved away, and the canyon became open. In the wilderness with sparse sand artemisia, a group of black wild asses galloped by, and the dust turned into colorful clouds in the sun. At the turn of the path, there was a huge boulder hanging in the air, a black eagle was standing there, this eagle was a meter long, standing motionless on the stone, Qin Yingzhou could even feel that it was staring at them.
"It's crazy!" Qin Yingzhou said in his heart.
The eagle suddenly flew into the air, stretched its neck and legs in the air, spread its large claws, and swooped down to pounce on a hare that was being chased by a wild fox, and the rabbit was too frightened to run anymore. The wild fox took advantage of the situation to take the lead, and it was about to catch the rabbit. But the eagle swept the ground, stretched out its claws and grabbed the fox, and then shook its powerful wings and soared into the air, grabbing the fox in the air. The fox struggled desperately, and as soon as the eagle let go of its claws, the fox fell from the sky, and immediately fell to its death, inevitably becoming a delicacy for the eagle.
"The praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind!" Qin Yingzhou sighed.
"The law of survival, naturally!" Chu Fei answered.
When Yuan Suping heard this, his heart moved, and he secretly looked at Chu Fei.
A "warrior" of the same model chased to the fork in the road, Zhao Chenyu got out of the car, looked around, found rut marks on the road, got back into the car, and started the "warrior" to drive towards the road.
"How do you know the path they're taking?" Joe asked.
"I saw the wheel print, it hasn't been long since it passed, it's too late to catch up!"
Zhao Chenyu said and stepped on the accelerator deeply, and the "warrior" sped on the bumpy path, raising heavy dust.
A hazy white fog appeared in front of him, blocking the view.
"It's here!" Yuan Suping said, grabbed a roll of rope next to him, and then pulled the door and got out of the car.
Descending the rope to the bottom of the cave, the hot spring inside is bubbling and bubbling, and the hot air rises to the mouth of the cave, meeting with the cold air outside, forming a white mist, which is the scene I just saw.
Qin Yingzhou looked around, and as far as his eyes could see, it was exactly the same as the scene he saw in the "dream" last time, more than 2,000 years of time compared with the eternity of heaven and earth, but it was only a moment, leaving very little trace on this isolated place.
Yuan Suping glanced at Chu Fei, pulled Qin Yingzhou and continued to walk into the passage.
"You be careful of Chu Fei." Yuan Suping reminded Qin Yingzhou in a low voice.
He ...... Any questions? Qin Yingzhou looked back at Chu Fei and his two subordinates who were following behind, they were whispering something.
"I'm not sure, it doesn't hurt to be careful!"
"That's right...... It's in front," Qin Yingzhou saw the flat stone slab in the center of the cave, and there was nothing on it, "They are really not there anymore!" ”
Yuan Suping didn't speak, walked over quickly, squatted in the place where the two transparent Martians were originally lying, and gently stroked the stone with his fingers. The stone is covered with a thin layer of dust.
Qin Yingzhou walked over, and when he was about to walk to Yuan Suping's side, he heard her voice stop him.
"Don't come here!" Yuan Suping's tone suddenly became cold, and Qin Yingzhou was so shocked that he seemed to be petrified.
Yuan Suping's fingertips seemed to sense something, and she blew out a strong breath to blow away the thin layer of dust on the stone; Where her fingers touched, there were shallow scratches, and if you looked closely, it was a carved flower, and the lines looked like daffodils.
"Hearthstone carving ......," Yuan Suping muttered to himself.
"Base, base, I'm Colonist One, and the information receiving code is a Hearthstone carving, please check."
"Su Ping, look, the Hearthstone Carving!"
Yuan Suping's voice echoed in Huilong's mind, and he suddenly saw himself and Huilong climbing on the stone wall of Mount Olympus, and Huilong pointed to the white hearthstone carving not far above his head. The Hearthstone Carving only grows on the stone walls of Olympus, and her father tells her that in ancient times, the Martian continent had not yet been discovered, and that Martian Homo sapiens lived on the island of Olympus, thousands of miles away from the continent. One day, Mount Olympus, a sacred mountain that had been silent for hundreds of millions of years, suddenly erupted, pouring endless amounts of lava into the sea, steaming up huge waves that almost completely submerged the island of Olympus. Just when everyone was about to despair, the gods descended and threw themselves into the crater, his blood extinguishing the volcano. Soon, the stone walls were filled with white flowers, which the Martians named Hearthstone to remember this sacred and great moment.
"This is a divine flower forged by the blood of the gods." Every time Yuan Lu tells this story to her daughter, she will end with this sentence.
"We've finally seen the true face of the Divine Flower!" Yuan Suping and Hui Long climbed under the divine flower and sat down on a protruding stone. Half of the sunset falls in the sea, half hangs in the sky, layers of phosphorescent light ripple out, and the red sunset reflects each other, beautiful.
Yuan Suping closed his eyes, and the evening breeze with the smell of the sea passed through his ears, itchy, warm and comfortable.
"Su Ping......" Hui Long called softly.
Yuan Suping opened his eyes and saw that Hui Long's fingers were slowly changing, and finally turned into a white hearthstone carving.
"Wow, I can finally conjure it!" Yuan Suping smiled happily, and straightened his face again after a moment, "You must not do this in front of others...... Don't let anyone know that we're different! ”
"I know, I'm just for you!"
Hui Long said, pinching off the flowers that his fingers had turned into, and his hand was missing a finger.
"What are you doing!" Yuan Suping took Hui Long's hand, his eyes were full of pity, "One finger is missing!" Does it hurt? ”
"You like divine flowers, and I can't pick them for you, so I'll give you one more, as long as you're happy, what does it matter if I have one finger less!" Hui Long smiled innocently.
"You're so stupid!"
"Give!" Hui Long handed the flower to Yuan Suping.
"Hui Long...... I'm sorry! Yuan Suping stroked the hearthstone carving carved in the stone, and muttered to himself.
"Yuan Suping!" Chu Fei approached, and with a broken drink, Yuan Suping was pulled back from his memories.
Yuan Suping looked up and saw that Qin Yingzhou had collapsed to the ground, and Chu Fei's body was slowly becoming blurred, and in a moment he became Huilong's appearance.
"Hui Long!" Yuan Suping got up suddenly, rushed over and hugged Hui Long, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have locked you up here in the first place...... I ......"
Hui Long pushed Yuan Suping away and looked at her indifferently.
"I'm not Hye-long, I'm just borrowing his body!"
"You...... You are symbiotic! ”
"That's right! Hand over the energy box! Otherwise......" A cold light shone out of Aisheng's eyes.
"How else? You get out of Hye-ron's body right away! ”
"This can't be, now I am Huilong, Huilong is me, regardless of each other!"
"You haunting ghost! Why can't you drive you back to Mars after two results! ”
"It's very simple, because before you set off, I implanted a receiver in Huilong's head, and I can upload my brain information at any time to control this body!"
"You...... You despicable villain! Yuan Suping pointed at Xiangsheng, his fingers trembling slightly.
"Enough scolding! I'm telling you, as long as I want, I can upload the virus at any time and make Huilong's consciousness disappear completely! If you don't want me to do that, hand over the energy box right away! ”
Yuan Suping's face was gloomy, and he slowly approached Xiangsheng.
"Stop! If you move again, I'll upload the virus immediately! Xiang Sheng said sharply.
Yuan Suping was stunned.
"Put her down!" Aisheng shouted at the two men.
Two of his subordinates walked up to Yuan Suping, one locked her neck, and the other took out an electric baton.
"If you move again, I will immediately let Huilong die without a place to be buried!" Xiangsheng saw that Yuan Suping wanted to resist and warned sharply.
"Huilong ......" Yuan Suping closed his eyes, tears rolling down from the corners of his eyes.
The electric baton stabbed Yuan Suping's waist, and the electric light stabbed, instantly spreading all over Yuan Suping's body, she shook a few times and fainted to the ground.
Xiangsheng walked over and searched for the energy box tied to Yuan Suping's waist, and with a slight turn, the energy box glowed with a blue glow.
"Hahaha......" Xiang Sheng smirked smirked.
After a moment, Xiangsheng stopped laughing, stretched out his palm, shook it a few times, and his palm turned into a long knife that shone with cold light.
"Su Ping......" Qin Yingzhou woke up and called softly, but his body still couldn't move.
The cold light flashed, Xiangsheng's hand rose and fell, and Yuan Suping's neck was brushed with a knife edge, the head had been separated from the body, and the optical fiber of the incision was still flashing with a hint of light.
Xiangsheng bowed down and grabbed Yuan Suping's hair, and walked towards the entrance of the cave with his head in his hand.
Qin Yingzhou opened his mouth and shouted silently: "Su Ping...... Su Ping ......", a mouthful of blood gushed out, and then he fainted.
"Mr. Xiang, what to do with Qin Yingzhou?" The subordinate asked at the back of Xiangsheng.
"Take him, he's still useful!" Xiangsheng didn't look back.
The two subordinates carried Qin Yingzhou and followed Xiangsheng, leaving Yuan Suping's remnant body lying alone on the stone slab.