Hu Tu went to pack up his equipment without saying a word, I saw that he knew that there was no room for negotiation, either climb the mountain with a weight, or go home, Mei Liu and I glanced at each other, and coincidentally chose the former.

Packing up equipment is also a science, before there was a car to travel, when preparing things is naturally the more complete the better, now the mountain road is rugged and the car can't drive in, some things that are not so necessary, and the equipment with duplicate functions should be abandoned.

It took about an hour to sort out the equipment, and in the end, Mei Liu and I carried a weight of 15 kilograms per person, and Hu Tu was in good physical condition, with a weight of nearly 20 kilograms, most of which was drinking water and food.

The rest of the things were loaded into the car and then locked, and the group of three began to walk through the meadow towards the first mountain, on the way I tried to make a few phone calls to the trapped people, Liu Yunsheng and Liang Shuang's mobile phones were turned off, Hao Jian's mobile phone was able to get through, but I don't know why no one answered.

Not long after we came to the foot of the mountain, the sparse vegetation gave people a dying feeling, the earthy yellow sand can be seen everywhere, I was pleased that the slope of the mountain was relatively gentle, Mei Liu tightened his backpack and asked, "Can't we go around the mountain from both sides?" Why do you have to go over the mountain? ”

Hu Tu was thinking about the hiking route, and replied casually when he heard this: "The mountain around Wucun is called Yuejiling locally, a total of more than 20 mountains overlap and surround each other, and it looks like layers of petals from the sky. ”

"Are we afraid of losing our way with this?" Mei Liu took out the compass and shook it.

Hu Tu chuckled and replied helplessly: "This is the land of ecstasy, haven't you noticed that the soil here is a little red?" There's a huge hematite mine underground, and the magnetic field is so disordered that even birds can't fly, and your compass is long gone. ”

Mei Liu glanced at the compass and found that this was indeed the case, but he still didn't want to climb the mountain, so after thinking about it, he suggested: "I also know a way to use the watch and the sun to determine the direction!" ”

Hu Tu pointed to the sunset on the horizon: "The sun will go down in another hour, and we will definitely not be able to reach the fog village at that time, and we don't have to think about stargazing, because the fog behind this mountain is so heavy all year round that we can't even see the sky at the foot of the mountain." ”

Mei Liu was about to talk about stargazing, but he suddenly showed an embarrassed expression when he was robbed, I patted him on the shoulder to show comfort, and then walked up to Hu Tu and asked casually: "You seem to be familiar with the situation in Fog Village, have you been here before?" ”

"No," Hu Tu shook his head: "Wucun is a relatively special existence, so the feng shui masters of Dongqing know a little bit. ”

I nodded in a sudden understanding, Hu Tu had already chosen the route to climb the mountain, and took the lead up the hill with a hello, followed by Mei Liu and I.

The soil on the hillside is dry and loose, and it is not directly to the instep when I step down, it is difficult to walk in this kind of place, and I have a sweat before I reach the halfway up the mountain, and the backpack of more than ten kilograms has been dropping me backwards, I can only hunch my waist and walk up in an almost crawling posture, and after a while, I feel that my waist and legs are not my own.

Later, I watched Hutu's back, almost mechanically lifting and landing, and the light around me gradually dimmed, until the last ray of light dissipated, and we finally reached the top of the mountain.

When I came to a relatively flat place, I collapsed on the ground and began to gasp for breath without caring about my image, and the thought of two more such mountains to climb in the back made me feel a little twisted in my legs.

It took me five or six minutes before I finally felt alive again, and I took off my backpack and sat up, trying to ask Hutu where to go next, but I was speechless by what I saw!

In front of me is a large area of rich white mist, like the clouds in the sky falling down, the area is so large that you can't even see the edge, the sea of fog surging up with the wind in the mountains, like a big pot of boiling milk, more than a dozen mountains appear and disappear in the sea of fog, like a mysterious archipelago on the sea, if I don't see it with my own eyes, I won't believe that the fog can be so thick!

Hutu was standing two or three paces away from me, and he also took off his backpack and put his hand on the pergola to look into the distance, and when I saw that his expression was not quite right, I tentatively asked, "Is there any trouble?" ”

"It's not a problem, but it's a bit difficult," Hutu replied with a puzzled expression, "The arrangement of these hills is not the same as I know, we ...... Maybe I climbed the wrong mountain. ”

"What do you mean?" I was stunned for a moment, and my heart said should I go down and climb again, right?

As if to see what I was thinking, Hutu waved his hand and explained, "There is no need to go down the mountain, but we will change the route for the next time, and it will be a little easier than the previous route." ”

"That's a good thing, why are you so sad?" Mei Liu asked suspiciously.

Hu Tu pursed his lips as if he didn't know what to say, and after a while he continued: "The route over the mountain was relatively safe before, but we climbed the wrong mountain, and now we can only go from the Stone River, which is the road that originally went out of the fog village, and then the landslide blocked the road, so that the geological situation is very complicated, and the slightest carelessness may cause a secondary landslide to bury us all in." ”

Mei Liu's face turned white all of a sudden, and he blinked his eyes twice and pretended to be calm: "Actually...... I think the activity is also very good, why don't we go down the mountain and climb again? ”

"I don't care," Hutu shrugged his shoulders and looked at me, "what about you?" ”

I pondered for a while and didn't answer immediately, human beings are the weakest and helpless in the face of this kind of natural disaster, it stands to reason that I shouldn't risk my life, but the amount of exercise to return the same way is too great, I feel my brain hurting just thinking about it, and when I hesitated, a crisp ringtone suddenly sounded on the top of the mountain, and I was stunned for a moment before I realized that it was Hao Jian's mobile phone!

"Look! They might be nearby! I shouted and began to carefully distinguish the direction from which the bell came, and Mei Liu and Hu Tu also squinted their eyes and listened carefully,

The ringtone was very faint, it was easy to be muffled by the wind, and it took us a lot of effort to determine the general direction, Hu Tu went down the hillside into the sea of fog, and after a while, he returned with a mobile phone, and I recognized it as Hao Jian's mobile phone at a glance!

I had a "buzz" in my head, and suddenly realized a serious problem, this mobile phone also sent me a text message last night, it must have been left here after that, but this location is already very close to the top of the mountain, why didn't they just come out, and also sent a text message to me to give up the rescue? This doesn't make sense!

It was very cold at the top of the mountain at night, and the cool breeze gave me goosebumps, and I rubbed my face vigorously to drive away those messy thoughts, and took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Let's go to the Stone River!" ”