Chapter 0556: The Dusty Sacred Mountain
The problem at the foot of Kunlun Mountain seems to be worse than we imagined.
After listening to what Gesang said, several of us glanced at each other and saw the solemnity in each other's eyes.
What was it that attacked the villagers?
Beast?
Not like!
According to Gesang's description, those things left a large footprint, it should be some monster walking upright, the size of the footprints has reached more than 50 yards of human shoe size, it seems that the lower plate is very stable, the explosive power should be extremely strong, and the speed is particularly fast, from entering the stable of the captive livestock to attack the cattle and sheep, to the herdsman discovering, the whole process should be less than a minute, and as a result, in this minute, they can kill the cattle and sheep, and leave directly with the cattle and sheep on their backs, the speed and strength should have reached an amazing point! Running with a sheep on his back, this can be understood, a sheep weighs dozens of pounds, even some powerful middle-aged men can do it, not to mention anything else, among the people I know, the cannon can do it with a sheep on his back and run wildly like walking on the ground. However, there are cattle and horses in the herdsmen's lost livestock, and the cattle and horses are no exception after being attacked, and they are carried away directly, which is a bit scary. Still running fast?
The power of this thing...... I'm afraid it's far more than people!
Dressed in black hair, he likes to attack cattle and sheep, and sometimes people!
At the beginning, this reminded me of the black murderer, that is, some big zongzi with no Taoism, but later Gesang's statement made me give up this view.
Because this kind of thing is intelligent, and it haunts in groups, and if nothing else, it should be social creatures.
Obviously, the black murderer can't be a social creature.
So...... What is it exactly?
A few of us glanced at each other, and we both saw the puzzle in each other's eyes.
"Could it be...... Some mountain spirits? ”
Suddenly, Xuan Chen said with some hesitation: "Kunlun Mountain has a special environment, it will give birth to some unusual things, some animals because they live in the spiritual treasure cave, it is not impossible for them to become sperm collectively, I have seen such a situation in Qilian Mountain before, in some low bush areas, a litter of monkeys collectively become sperm, the body size has changed greatly, extremely brutal, eating raw people, the local herdsmen are miserable, that is, I also wasted a lot of effort to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots of that nest of monkeys!" ”
How many of us look at each other, and the animals are collectively made into essence? It sounds appalling, but it can't be ruled out!
"Dark clouds have obscured the sun, the eagle can no longer soar, and the entire sacred mountain grassland has fallen into silence and death."
At this time, Gesang actually cried, whimpered, and said in a trembling voice: "I leave this time, I don't know when I will be able to go back." ”
Blame, just blame your bad luck!
I sighed inwardly and asked Gesang what they were going to do next.
Gesang said that they plan to think west from here, and finally enter the Ali no man's land, they have a relative there, said that the Ali no man's land is not bad this year, now go all the way to that side, and there is still time to prepare the forage for the winter, and get through this winter first.
Ali no man's land......
I gasped slightly, we are here to the Ali no man's land, and we have to continue to march along the Xin-Tibet line in the direction of Tibet, and the road behind will be even more difficult. Especially the piece of the dead man's ditch, can they really say two things, the climate of that place is too bad, maybe it is a blizzard in the morning, and it is a black storm at night, the weather alone is a man-eating beast, and there is no bone residue left that can swallow people in the blink of an eye, just a dead man's ditch spreads for more than 300 kilometers, with an average altitude of 3,500 kilometers and a maximum altitude of more than 6,500 kilometers, can you imagine what the situation is? It's hard to breathe, don't look at it, it's July and August, the snow still doesn't melt all year round, and the most important thing is that this place can't be found on the map, that is to say, there is nothing to refer to the direction, go into the way nine out of ten, from ancient times to the present, there are countless people who have died in that section of the road, or why is it called the dead man's ditch? In the early days of liberation, a cavalry division of the Republic of China fled to that place, and after sleeping overnight, a cavalry division became a cavalry company, and overnight, some were buried alive, and some were frozen to death.
Moreover, Gesang and their arrival at the end of the Xin-Tibet line is still not a relief, and there will be several no-man's lands waiting for them, and then they can reach Ali!
This road is a road of death.
I haven't walked there, but I have analyzed the topography here before I came, and it is not good to say, when Gesang and they come to Ali, I am afraid that people and animals will almost die.
"Otherwise, don't go to Ali just yet."
After hesitating for a moment, out of kindness, Gesang and I said: "I can't hide it, the thirty or forty people who died in your pastoral area are all our people, we came here this time to solve the matter here, if you can trust us, you might as well wait for us in this place first, if we can solve the problem there, you will go back, if you can't solve it, then you go to Ali again, anyway, it won't take much time, don't delay your harvesting of autumn grass, what do you think?" Otherwise, this road is too difficult in the mountains and deserts! ”
"Solve the problem?"
Father Tsering, who had been silent, suddenly looked up at me, his old face under the bonfire flashed with surprise, and he smoked a dry cigarette, I originally thought that he was going to say a few words of worship or gratitude, but after holding back for a long time, Youyou gave me a sentence: "My eagle-like son Tashi can't deal with the mountain god, with the two taels of meat on your body, it's not enough for the mountain god to stuff his teeth, Han family boy, you better get out of here quickly, there's no need to give your life!" ”
Ga!
At that time, Zhang Jinya's deflated three people laughed loudly at the throat of the male duck.
Not only did he laugh, but the people on our side laughed unscrupulously, as if it was good for them to eat deflated.
These people don't laugh at it, even Tsering's father's stupid son Tashi, who is like an eagle, is on the side "hey, hey, hey".
My whole person is not good, so I kindly reminded Tsering's father, but I was severely despised and depressed to the extreme.
But I can't be like an arrogant old man, can I?
After hesitating for a moment, I said to Father Tsering: "Anyway, my suggestion has been given to you, how you choose is your business, if you think that you can migrate to the Ali region with so many cattle and sheep, then you can go, I just remind you out of kindness!" ”
After speaking, I got up and took Lin Qing and Chen Yu and them towards our tent, and they also left the table in Tsing Yi, mainly because they were a little tired after a day's journey, and they had to hurry tomorrow morning after resting.
This night was the first time I slept in a tent in the Tibetan wasteland, with my head resting on the ground, occasionally turning on a flashlight in the tent, and I could see the endless sky, and the scenery was very beautiful. But this sleep is not very good.
Cause?
Simple!
Because I got in the tent and listened to the wolf howl all night!!
I could feel that there were at least dozens of wolves wandering and watching in the vicinity of our camp, and it was really unsound to sleep in this environment, and I tossed and turned until it was nearly twelve o'clock before I finally closed my eyes, and at three or four o'clock in the middle of the night I was alarmed by a fierce burst of gunfire, and when I got out of the tent, I saw that it was the wolves who had launched an attack in the middle of the night.
This is the first time I have seen wolves on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, it is really huge, dozens of wolves are going hand in hand, killing sheep together, the scene is very terrifying, Tashi and a few herdsmen are shooting wildly with double-barreled shotguns, it is at this time that I saw Tashi's fierceness. This wolf, there is a saying that they have a copper head and an iron bone tofu waist, that is to say, their heads are very hard, even if they are smashed with stones, they can't be smashed to death at once, as a result, Tashi's fist, one punch can kill a wolf, and it can directly smash a brain to burst, the fierce wolf is like a kitten and a puppy in his hands, caught on the ground and hung up, and several of us who saw it were straight-eyed, and even the Yungui Gu King couldn't help but exclaim in the end - what a warrior!
Originally, we were hesitant to go up to help, but there were Tashi there, and the wolves retreated in less than five minutes, the whole process was very short, but it was also very tragic, a herdsman on Tsering's side was bitten, and more than a dozen sheep were taken away, but there were many wolves that were killed, not to mention about 20, and finally Tashi was piled together and skinned by wolves.
Father Tsering told us that these wolves had actually followed them all the way, and they had followed them all the way from Kunlun Mountain, and finally they couldn't stand the hunger anymore and started to attack, and what they had expected for a long time was not a big problem, so let's go back to sleep in the tent with peace of mind.
After this time, we have a very deep understanding of the treacherous environment of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and we seem to have more enemies this time. In short, I fell asleep with my heart in my mind this night, and when I woke up the next day, it was already past seven o'clock.
As a result, when we came out of the tent, we found that Father Tsering had come with all his thirty or forty family members, including the shepherds, all of whom were standing outside our tent.
When I saw that Tsering's father was still stained with dew, I thought that he had been standing outside all night, and I was a little puzzled, so I asked, "Daddy...... What are you? ”
"Young man from the Han family, Dad is here to apologize to you."
Father Tsering told me, "Although the attack of those wolves last night was expected by me, it also made me understand some things. This year, there are frequent wolf disasters in all parts of Tibet, and we have only just walked more than 100 miles, and we will have losses. ”
I raised an eyebrow: "So ......"
"I decided to trust you, I really don't want to lose another family member."
Father Tsering's face was very solemn, and then he pushed Tashi in front of us and said, "I'm going to let Tashi go with you, what should be faced should always be faced, Tashi has experience and has dealt with mountain gods, having him go with you, can help a lot!" ”
We thought it all together, and it was true, we needed a local guide like Tashi, and this man was very strong, full of energy, and a good helper, so we agreed.
Then, our group was entertained by my father, drank butter tea, brought some yak beef jerky, supplemented some rations and set out on the road.
But this time we didn't drive, because Tsering Dad said, to the Kunlun Mountain Pass, and then to the lower reaches of the Nalengrad River, our car is not good, it is not as convenient as riding a horse, so we simply left the car in Tsering Daddy, Dad gave us all the best horses in the family, one person two horses, a horse equipment and food, a horse to ride, so that it can also ensure the mobility in the mountains, and it is convenient to run away when encountering anything, it is better than driving to go, otherwise when you arrive at Kunlun Pass, the car is basically finished, The trek on foot was too hard.
From here to the lower reaches of the Nalengrad River in Kunlun Mountain is already very close, more than 100 kilometers, we set off on horseback early in the morning, all the way fast horses galloped in the plains, and then arrived at the plains under Kunlun Mountain at about two o'clock in the afternoon, the running that is called an egg hurts chrysanthemum tight, I ran so far on horseback for the first time, the thighs are worn out of the skin, Zhang Jinya is more miserable, all the way with eggs, said that he has a stomachache when he is stuck......
But we were struck by the sight of the plains!
It's really deserted, and the meadows are fertile, but there are no people for thousands of miles, only some things left over from the time when the herders left, which looks like a shocking feeling.
"Squeak!"
At this time, Gu King Bai Invincible suddenly let out a few insect chirps, which came very abruptly, and I heard it clearly, and I noticed that there was an insect similar to a cicada coiled around Bai Invincible's neckline, but it was all golden, and it was the weird insect that was chirping.
As soon as he heard the chirping of this insect, Bai Wushu raised his eyebrows at that time and said softly, "There are a lot of dead people here. ”
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