Chapter 196: Death Canyon
Sitting in the car, Wang Chuyi told me that this old man had inadvertently broken into Death Valley forty years ago, when he took a dozen yaks, dragging goods, ready to go to the delivery of goods, when he walked to Death Valley, he didn't know, but the road that he often walked, became very unfamiliar, and then he lost his way, stayed in Death Valley for seven or eight hours, and finally a yak pulled him out of it, and all the other yaks were gone.
Then Wang Chuyi told me some rumors about Death Valley, and according to legend, the shepherds living in the Kunlun Mountains would rather let their cattle and sheep starve to death on the Gobi Desert because they had no fat and grass to eat, rather than let them enter the ancient and silent valley of the Kunlun Mountains.
This valley is the Valley of Death, which is covered with wolf fur, bear bones, hunters' steel guns, and lonely graves on barren hills, conveying an eerie smell of death to the world.
At this time, the convoy suddenly stopped, Wang Chu and I hurriedly got out of the car to check, only to see the car carrying the old man parked aside, the old man got out of the car, knelt on the ground, speaking Ulu Ulu in his mouth we don't understand Tibetan, the expression is very sacred looking at the mountains in the distance, every time he finishes a paragraph, he will kowtow, and then the whole body is on the ground, his hands are stretched forward, his palms are open upward, very religious, this action lasted about a dozen times, the mercenaries on the side seemed to be impatient to wait, and they had to stop it by thousands, was pulled by the ghost mouse Lao Jiuyi.
At this time, the young strong man explained in broken Chinese, "The mountain in front of us is our sacred mountain, and it is also the only way to enter the valley of death. ”
After listening to him, the ghost mouse Lao Jiu nodded, signaled the mercenaries around him not to interfere with the old man, and got into the car himself.
I and Wang Chuyi stood in place, until watching the old man do all the things, before returning to the car, the temperature at the foot of Kunlun Mountain is very low, just standing outside the car for a while, I feel cold, although the car is on the heating, but it is still a long time to ease up, and remember that when the old man prayed for us just now, almost the whole body was close to the ground, such an old man, must have frozen, and he felt sorry for him for two seconds.
After about five or six minutes, the convoy began to move slowly again, this time obviously much faster than just now, Wang Chuyi drove the car and said to me, "On the seat behind you, there are some old newspapers, all about Death Valley, you can take a look." ”
I reached out and grabbed the newspaper from the back seat of the car, there were not many newspapers, only three, the first of which contained a long report about a group of horses from the Alar Ranch in Qinghai Province in 1983 who had strayed into Death Valley because they were greedy for the fat grass in the grain. A herdsman ventures into a valley in search of horses. After a few days passed, the people did not appear, but the herd of horses did. His body was later found on a hill. His clothes were torn, his feet were barefoot, his eyes were wide open, his mouth was wide open, and his shotgun was still in his hand, and he looked like he was dead. Puzzledly, no injuries or signs of assault were found on his body. Shortly after the tragedy, the geological team working nearby was also attacked by Death Valley.
In July of the same year, when it was extremely hot outside, a snowstorm suddenly fell near Death Valley. A roar of thunder accompanied by a blizzard suddenly came, and the cook of the exploration team stationed at that time fainted on the spot. According to the cook's recollection, when he heard the thunder, he immediately felt numb all over his body, his eyes turned black, and then he lost consciousness. When the team members went out to work the next day, they were shocked to find that the original loess had turned into black soil, like ashes, and all the animals and plants had been "killed".
After reading these reports, I had a deeper understanding of this Death Valley, I picked up the walkie-talkie, and said to Huzi, who was following our car, "Huzi, send me the information in the notebook." ”
After a loud sound came from the walkie-talkie, Huzi's voice sounded, "Damn, it's been a long time since the signal is out, it's up to you to come and get it yourself." ”
Helplessly, I asked Wang Chuyi to stop the car, took out the laptop from Huzi's car, and said to Wang Chuyi, "We also did some work when we came, Huzi and I both worked in the geological team before, and we got out the investigation records of the geological team about the Kunlun Mountain Death Valley." ”
As I spoke, I opened the notebook and read the information on it to Wang Chuyi.
"The Valley, or Death Valley, has a very pronounced magnetic anomaly, and it is widely distributed, and the deeper you go into the valley, the higher the magnetic anomaly. Under the action of electromagnetic effects, the charges in the clouds are affected by the magnetic field of the valley, which causes the clouds to discharge, making it a mine-rich area. ”
After I finished reading this paragraph, Wang Chuyi turned his head to look at me and said, "I didn't expect that you guys are quite powerful, and you can get such core information." ”
I smiled and said, "There's something more core." ”
This phenomenon of thunderfall occurs only in the valley of the middle reaches of the Nalengrad River, that is, in the valley of Death, as if thunderclouds have been sucked into the canyon and concentrated.
According to the geological team's measurements, there is a strong magnetic force of 1,000-3,000 gauss near the top of the mountain in the Death Valley area.
Moreover, the strata in the middle reaches of the river were formed by volcanic activity in the Triassic period, and their main components are strongly magnetic basalts, which are found in most areas. It is also very likely that the lightning falls are due to the fact that the geomagnetic field is too strong.
In addition, the humid air flow here in summer is easily blocked by the Kunlun Mountains, concentrated in the valley, and due to the influence of charged convective clouds or thunderclouds overhead, the atmospheric electric field on the surface of this area is enhanced, often causing the same tip discharge phenomenon as the St. Elmo fire.
Wang Chuyi frowned, opened the skylight of the Land Rover, looked up and said, "This place seems to be God's forbidden area, I hope we can enter it safely." ”
I put my notebook aside, looked at the moving vehicles, and silently prayed in my heart that there would be no accidents, and then turned to look at Huzi's car behind me, and the convoy was like a silent giant snake, winding forward.
Wang Chuyi suddenly asked me, "I don't understand a little, this animal is generally very spiritual, especially to geology, weather, very sensitive, since the valley of death is a thunder and lightning area, why are there animals going in?" ”
I smiled and explained, "Repeated thunderstorms have left Death Valley lacking tall trees. But because of this, the grass is lush, so cattle and horses like to go in to feed, and once the discharge phenomenon is caused, cattle, horses and people are conductors, and naturally become the target of lightning strikes. ”
At this moment, suddenly the car shook violently, and the whole body began to jolt, I quickly grabbed a bunch of handles, buckled the seat belt, and asked, "What's going on?" ”
Wang Chuyi frowned, and said, "It seems that there is no road, we are driving on the rocks now, if we change to an ordinary car, I am afraid that it will be ...... long ago" Before Wang Chuyi's words fell, I heard a rumble behind me, and turned my head to look, only to see Huzi's car overturned on its side on the ground, and it was still sliding.
I leaned up and looked, only to see that the direction of the tiger car was a huge crack, and it was very deep underneath, if the car slid down, the tiger would definitely die.