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"Cherokee" along the road all the way to the west, they soon saw the majestic figure of the Animaqing Snow Mountain in the distance, the Anima Qing Snow Mountain is the highest mountain in the headwaters of the Yellow River, also has the largest glacier at the source of the Yellow River, known as the "water tower of China", it and Yushu's Gaduo Juewo, Tibet's Kailash Pochin, Yunnan's Meili Snow Mountain and known as the four sacred mountains of Tibetan Buddhism. "Ani" means the Tibetan old man in the Amdo region, and "Maqing" means the largest mountain at the source of the Yellow River.

At some point, there was a cold freezing rain in the sky, and the rain and melted snow crisscrossed the grassland, making the road slippery and muddy.

The rain is getting heavier and heavier, there is no one on the grassland, the sky is covered by large dark clouds, the clouds are very low, it seems to be above everyone's heads, so low that it seems to be pressed down soon, Han Jiang, who is in charge of driving, looked out the window and couldn't help cursing: "The first two days were fine, why did it rain freezing on the day we set off?" ”

Tang Feng also felt strange, "Yes! Such heavy rain on the plateau is rare in itself, and it is even more abnormal to have such a heavy rain this season. ”

Han Jiang frowned and stared out the window, without making a sound, he turned his head to look at Makarov behind him, this old man is good, no matter the wind and rain outside, he just sleeps, Han Jiang couldn't help laughing: "Look at the old horses and cows, just fall when you get in the car." ”

"I think he is quite in line with the habits of the elderly, the years urge people to get old, after all, the body is not good." Tang Feng couldn't help but sigh.

A few people were talking, suddenly, the body shook violently, and then it didn't move, Han Jiang whispered: "Oops! The car stalled. ”

He restarted the "Cherokee", the engine started, but the car still didn't move, Han Jiang immediately realized that this was not as simple as the engine turned off, he stepped on the accelerator to the maximum, and the car shook again, still didn't move, "It's really unlucky, the car is stuck in." Han Jiang finally said what everyone was most worried about.

Tang Feng and Xu Renyu jumped under the car and braved the rain to check, only to find that the originally peaceful grassland had now turned into a land of Ze, low-lying places, where the rain flowed arbitrarily and merged into streams, and the rear wheel of their "Cherokee" inevitably fell into a low-lying difficult mud pit.

Seeing this scene, Tang Feng sighed: "In recent years, this grassland has been too seriously damaged, because of overgrazing, rotten collection of Cordyceps has caused grassland degradation, and the prairie has become a muddy pond when it rains. ”

"Alright, now is not the time for you to study, hurry up and push the cart." Han Jiang yelled at Tang Feng.

Han Jiang's roar woke up Makarov, who was sleeping soundly, and the old man opened a pair of sleepy eyes to see, and immediately understood what was going on, he jumped out of the car unequivocally, and also pushed the cart behind with Xu Renyu and Tang Feng. Han Jiang started again, he drove at full speed, Tang Feng, Xu Renyu, Makarov, the three of them worked hard together, pushing the cart behind, but except for being splashed with mud, there was no progress.

Tang Feng was at a loss for a while in the rain, and finally Han Jiang remembered the shovel they carried, which was originally used to find the 'black-headed stone room', but unexpectedly, it came in handy now, Han Jiang jumped out of the car, took out the shovel from the trunk, and dug a few times in front of the mud pit that the rear wheel had sunk into, and then, ordering Tang Feng to drive, he and Lao Ma and Xu Renyu worked hard again, and finally pushed the car out of the mud pit. However, they had no excitement to overcome the difficulties, because the three of them were already splashed with mud from head to toe.

Everyone returned to the car, Tang Feng restarted the "Cherokee", he turned on the headlights of the car, and with twelve points of caution, he looked ahead, walked to a higher place, and cautiously continued to run west.

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Three hours later, they left the freezing rain behind them and entered the embrace of the Animaqing Snow Mountain, where the sky was bright and the sky was blue, and the snow-capped mountains not far away were clearly visible, which was different from the weather just now.

"The climate on the plateau is really changeable, just now it was still wind and rain, but now the sky is clear." Tang Feng sighed.

"It's called sunrise in the east and rain in the west." Xu Renyu said with a smile.

"You two better rest, I'm afraid you won't even have the strength to speak later." Makarov, who fell asleep again after getting into the car, suddenly spoke, scaring Tang Feng and Xu Renyu a lot.

The two looked at this strange old Russian man in a daze, and at this time, Han Jiang also said: "What the old horse said is very reasonable, don't you two feel that the altitude here is getting higher and higher?" You'd better save your energy, and later, even if I tell you to speak, you probably don't want to talk about it. ”

Hearing this, Tang Feng and Xu Renyu obviously felt that the air here was getting thinner and thinner, so the two of them honestly shut their mouths.

No one in the car said anything, the terrain was getting higher and higher, and there was a tall steep slope in front of the "Cherokee", Tang Feng tried to climb this steep slope by car, but failed, the height and slope of this steep slope had exceeded the limit of the "Cherokee", Tang Feng retreated the car, took out the map and GPS, and checked the road they had walked, "It should be right!" Tang Feng muttered as he stared at the latitude and longitude displayed on the GPS.

Han Jiang looked at Tang Feng and didn't understand what Tang Feng was talking about, suddenly, Tang Feng put away the map and said to everyone: "I checked just now, the route we took is correct, this is close to the Area A we have determined, this steep slope car can't pass, we should walk into the mountain." ”

"It looks like the time has come to really test us." After Han Jiang finished speaking, he took the lead in carrying his backpack and was about to jump out of the car.

Yes, the time has come to really test them. The four of them nibbled on some dry food in the car, served it as lunch, and then got out of the car. As soon as they got out of the car, they immediately felt the cold and thin air here, none of the four people spoke, according to the plan that had been made long ago, Han Jiang was in front, Tang Feng was close behind, Makarov was third, Xu Renyu was at the bottom, and the four people took all their equipment and began to march towards the hinterland of Animaqing.

They quickly climbed over the steep slope, and under the steep slope was a bare black rock, "a sign of global warming, and the bare rocks, which were originally part of the snow-capped mountain glaciers, are now exposed." Tang Feng couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Han Jiang pointed ahead and said, "Not bad!" According to the information of the land department, this should be part of the snow-capped mountain glacier, but this is only a low-altitude mountain, not the kind of snow-capped mountain with perennial snow. Hehe, it's a good thing for us that there is no snow, if I am not wrong, we are going to Area A, it should be behind this mountain, this is the easiest way to get to Area A. ”

After more than an hour, they crossed this not very high mountain, as they expected in advance, there was a big col under the mountain, the mountain they climbed was the lowest one around, and the other three sides were tall and steep, perennial snow-capped mountains, everyone slowly walked into the col, and then they saw that inside the col was a large piece of flat terrain, but it had been seriously degraded grassland.

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The grassland in the col should have been a land of abundant water and grass, but now although there are still a few traces of grass on the surface, but more are exposed large black rocks and gravel, the four of them carefully descended to the bottom of the col, looking around, there are no people, no livestock, the degraded grassland, so quiet that people are a little frightened, the four people turned around in the col, and did not find any caves here, there are just some more abrupt rocks.

"Isn't this Zone A? Why didn't you find anything? Tang Feng wondered.

Han Jiang compared the latitude and longitude, and said with great certainty: "This is the Area A we determined before, it won't be wrong, let's search carefully again." ”

Tang Feng searched carefully, but still found nothing, but he suddenly found something strange next to a large piece of bare rock, he stepped forward to take a closer look, it turned out to be an artificial building ruins, Tang Feng excitedly exclaimed: "Come here, I found the remains of the building." ”

After Han Jiang came over to investigate carefully, he was first surprised, and then disappointed: "This is a building relic, but it is a modern architectural relic, and it will not be more than thirty years at most. ”

At this time, Tang Feng also saw the doorway, this architectural remains are not left over from ancient times, and it is obvious that they are the remains of modern house foundations.

"At least it shows that people have built houses here, or even lived here." Tang Feng also wanted to save some face for his discovery.

Han Jiang looked around, it was dark early on the plateau, and it was already a little dark at this time, so he decisively ordered: "Everyone take this as the base point, work in pairs, search separately, make the last effort, no matter what you find, after half an hour, you must return here, we must return to the car before dark." ”

Everyone knew in their hearts what it would mean if they couldn't get out of here at night and return to the car, which meant that they would completely surrender their fate to Animaqing Snow Mountain.

Tang Feng and Han Jiang were in a group, Makarov and Xu Renyu were in a group, and the four of them went separately to look for it, Tang Feng and Han Jiang searched every corner of the mountain col, and did not see a trace of relics related to the legendary "black-headed stone room", but Han Jiang found a pile of neat white bones on a meadow, Han Jiang recognized at a glance that these were not human bones, they should be the bones of some kind of large animal, what kind of large animals are there in this place? After Tang Feng checked it, he speculated: "Could it be the bones of a yak?" ”

After being reminded by Tang Feng, Han Jiang took a closer look at the large skeleton that suddenly appeared in front of him, and judged: "Well, it should be a yak's, but in such a desolate place, how could a yak skeleton appear alone?" ”

Tang Feng couldn't judge, he looked around again, suddenly, a gust of wind blew, rolling up a lot of sand and stones, so that Tang Feng and Han Jiang couldn't open their eyes, and after the wind passed, Tang Feng only felt that this place was getting more and more weird, so Tang Feng suggested to Han Jiang: "Let's go back early!" I'm afraid there won't be anything to be found here! ”

Half an hour later, Tang Feng and Han Jiang returned to the agreed place, and Xu Renyu and Makarov also returned to the agreed place on time.

Tang Feng stood on the ruins of the building and said, "However, we are not without gains, and I can now speculate on the secrets of this building." ”

"The secret of architecture?" Tang Feng's words immediately aroused the interest of others.

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Tang Feng took a breath and explained: "Yes, the secret of the building, I found that the rocks in this place are bare, and the only grass left on the ground is full of rat holes, this is the kind of pika that is common in this alpine grassland, they are huge, extremely reproductive, and have great damage to the grassland, you see......"

Everyone followed Tang Feng's fingers and saw a huge pika coming out of the rat hole, "Look at the grass not far from our feet, there are more than ten rat holes on one square meter of grass, I really can't imagine how many rat holes there will be in this seriously degraded grassland in this col alone?" ”

"What does this have to do with the remains of this house?" Xu Renyu asked.

"Judging by the age and style of the house, these houses should have been built by herders, but later because of overgrazing here, Cordyceps was dug up, causing pikas to run rampant, and the grassland was seriously degraded, so the owners of these houses were forced to move out of here, and we will see the remains of these buildings today." Tang Feng replied.

"It seems that our so-called Area A is wrong, misled by the remains of these modern houses, but these herdsmen are also funny, grazing is actually put in this mountain col, it is cold here, far away from the outside, even if the pasture is good, it should not come here!" Xu Renyu's words were full of disappointment and incomprehension.

"I can't believe that this is already a very remote and inhospitable area, and the herders have to give up because of the degradation of the pastures, so where can these herders go?" Makarov was also concerned about the fate of herders.

"Dr. Xu seems to have been abroad for a long time, you don't know here, you don't know the herders here, their life is really difficult, they are forced to find here, but their arrival has destroyed the already fragile environment here." Tang Feng was talking when suddenly, a huge pika climbed up from his feet, and Tang Feng was so frightened that he screamed. Han Jiang just wanted to help Tang Feng get rid of the pika, but unexpectedly, a larger pika actually climbed on his lap......

Just when the pika climbed on the bodies of Tang Feng and Han Jiang, there were also pikas that climbed on the bodies of Xu Renyu and Makarov, Tang Feng used all his strength and threw out the pika on his body, Han Jiang pulled out the dagger and stabbed at the pika that had climbed up, Han Jiang's dagger was impartial, and it was stabbing on the fat body of the pika, but at this time, more and more pikas were coming out of the rat hole and surrounding the four people, seeing that they were about to be surrounded by thousands of pikas, Han Jiang decisively shouted to everyone: "There are more and more of these guys." Fast...... Move towards the steep slope. ”

Tang Feng and Han Jiang pulled out their pistols, "Bang! Bang! Bang! Several shots were fired, and several pikas that had crawled to their feet were killed one by one, but the herds of pikas continued to wriggle towards them, and the four of them struggled to jump out of the pika's encirclement and run up the steep slope.

Makarov and Xu Renyu had already run up the steep slope, Tang Feng and Han Jiang were fighting and retreating in the back, Tang Feng quickly ran out of a magazine, he replaced it with a magazine, and continued to shoot, but he knocked out the front one, and more pikas rushed forward behind, and the bullets in the magazine were almost used up. At this time, Han Jiang touched the only * on his body, and he gently threw it, "Boom!" With a loud bang, hundreds of pikas, which were still alive just now, were blown to pieces, and Tang Feng and Han Jiang also ran up the steep slope when they saw the opportunity, but when they looked back, they found that those hungry pikas were stepping on the corpses of their companions and continued to climb up the steep slope......

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Tang Feng and Han Jiang struggled to climb up the steep slope, and Han Jiang shouted at Tang Feng as he ran: "I now know what happened to that yak corpse?" ”

"Nonsense! I know that, too. After Tang Feng finished shouting, he felt a dizziness in his brain, "Lack of oxygen!" This damn altitude sickness! Tang Feng cursed secretly in his heart.

Makarov and Xu Renyu had already taken the lead in climbing the steep slope, and Han Jiang also climbed up in embarrassment, leaving only Tang Feng ...... Tang Feng seriously underestimated altitude sickness, because he ran too fast just now, and the strong altitude sickness made Tang Feng dizzy again, stepping on the soft sand, his feet seemed to be disobedient, Tang Feng only felt that there was a black pressure behind him, running fast, and violent altitude sickness...... Suddenly, Tang Feng's eyes were dark, his feet slipped, and the whole person fell on the steep slope, and his body slid down rapidly.

Tang Feng tried his best to control his body, his hands were scratching the steep slope, hoping to catch something that could support him, but there was nothing on the steep slope except for fine gravel, Tang Feng relied on his body to increase friction with the sand and gravel on the steep slope, slowly, Tang Feng's body finally stopped sliding, stopped on the steep slope, the gloves on his hands had been worn out, and his whole body was sore, Tang Feng looked back, and the herds of pikas were still climbing up the steep slope, The vanguard of the pika was about to bite his heel, he trembled, woke up, and desperately charged again towards the steep slope, the pika chased closely, and on the steep slope, Han Jiang, Xu Renyu, and Makarov stretched out their hands together, ready to meet Tang Feng.

The last section of the steep slope is particularly steep, Tang Feng looked up and saw three arms, he was already very close to them, if he slid down again this time, he would definitely become the belly of the pika, it was too late, Tang Feng thought of this, closed his eyes, jumped up, and at the same time stretched out his arms and grabbed upwards, hoping to catch a life-saving straw, he caught it......

When he opened his eyes again, he found that his body was already suspended in mid-air, and under him, there were groups of pikas rushing towards the steep slope, just because the steep slope was too large, the pikas climbed up and slid down again, Tang Feng looked up, it was a pair of thick and powerful arms that dragged him, yes - it's an old horse! Although Makarov grabbed Tang Feng's arm, Tang Feng's body was very heavy, and Makarov alone was unable to pull him up, Han Jiang and Xu Renyu also grabbed Tang Feng's arm together, and the three of them tried their best to pull Tang Feng up.

The pika did not climb up again, and everyone calmed down a little, but the strong alpine reaction immediately hit the four people, dizzy all the way, vomiting, the four of them supported each other, stumbled and finally retreated to the bottom of the mountain, inhaled the oxygen brought, and rested for a quarter of an hour, Han Jiang recovered, he thanked Makarov for saving his life, and said to everyone: "It seems that Area A is not the place we are looking for, it is about to get dark, we have no opinion on spending the night here tonight, right?" ”

Tang Feng looked at the dead and silent mountains around him, felt frightened, and asked Han Jiang: "Here?" Aren't you afraid that those thousands of pikas will turn us into a pile of bones? ”

Han Jiang glared at Tang Feng, but he didn't say anything, he reactivated the "Cherokee", along the edge of the snowy mountain, slowly drove west, and soon, they came to a flat meadow, and there was a trickle flowing from the snowy mountain next to the meadow, "I don't want to run today, let's do it here!" It's a bit windy, but it's close to a stream, so it's more important to observe. Han Jiang parked the car, observed the surrounding terrain, and finally decided to spend the night here tonight.

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The four of them got busy, Xu Renyu and Makarov set up a mountain tent and put on a moisture-proof mat, Tang Feng and Han Jiang set up a portable gasoline stove and made a pot of dinner.

Tang Feng looked at the map and first said, "Since this is not the location of the Blackhead Stone Chamber, then the possibility of Area B has greatly increased. ”

"Looking at it this way, it's very likely that the Blackhead Stone Chamber is in Area B." Xu Renyu speculated.

"But judging from the map, Area B is more than twenty kilometers away from here, and it is already close to Dawu Town, the capital of Goluo Prefecture, where could the black-headed stone chamber be?" Tang Feng questioned.

Han Jiang understood Tang Feng's question and said, "Tang Feng, do you think that the party members would not be willing to go far and climb over Anima Qingshan from a place farther away and higher altitude?" ”

"Yes, Zone B is much more difficult than Zone A, both in terms of altitude and on the road." Tang Feng said worriedly.

"Yes, Tang Feng's question is not unreasonable, we first have the greatest hope for Area A, but have you ever thought about it, Area A is not very high in altitude and the road is not difficult to walk, there are often local herdsmen nomadic here, if the black-headed stone room is really here, I'm afraid it would have been discovered a long time ago?" Han Jiang analyzed.

After listening to Han Jiang's analysis, Tang Feng nodded and agreed, "The captain is reasonable, in this way, our original analysis is biased, and the black-headed stone room must be in the depths of Animaqing Snow Mountain, an inaccessible place." ”

Everyone's opinions were agreed, and after dinner, Han Jiang instructed: "Tomorrow we have to catch up with more than 20 kilometers of mountain road, this is not a smooth road, I don't know what problems we will encounter on the road, and then we have to enter Area B, so everyone hurry up and rest, we will set off early tomorrow morning." ”

Tang Feng spent the night in the plateau for the first time, and he thought that he would lose sleep again tonight, but the bumps and fatigue of the day made him quickly enter his dream.

The four of them slept until the middle of the night, when they were suddenly awakened by a strange sound, the sound came from an animal, distant and poignant, and Makarov quickly heard this familiar voice: "It's a wolf howl, and there are wolves here!" ”

Everyone was shocked, Han Jiang vigilantly took out his pistol, but Makarov said: "However, this wolf howl seems to come from far away. ”

"Since it's far away, don't worry, let's keep sleeping!" After Xu Renyu comforted everyone, he lay down again.

But Tang Feng was not at ease, walked out of the tent to check, as soon as he probed, he deeply understood the severe cold of the plateau in the middle of the night, hurriedly returned to the tent, got dressed, and was fully armed, before he walked out of the tent again, on the plateau in the middle of the night, the cold wind was howling, cold and biting, there was no trace of moonlight, except for the terrifying wolf howl, there was a dead silence all around.

Tang Feng observed outside the tent for a long time, but did not see the shadow of the wolf. He returned to the tent and found Xu Renyu, who had fallen asleep just now, and sat up again, Tang Feng asked him, "Doctor, why don't you sleep again?" ”

"You're so tossing, plus altitude sickness, and you're still sleeping a fart?" Xu Renyu complained.

Looking at it again, Han Jiang and Makarov didn't sleep either, Tang Feng sighed and said, "If you can't sleep, you have to sleep!" Otherwise, how can you have energy tomorrow? ”

But when Tang Feng lay down again, he regretted what he had just said, because he himself was tormented by severe altitude sickness and couldn't sleep. Another hour passed, and Tang Feng knew that there were still people in the tent who were not asleep, so he asked in a low voice, "Who else is not asleep now?" ”

"Me!" Han Jiang, Xu Renyu and Makarov replied almost simultaneously.

Tang Feng turned over and sat up, and said, "Since everyone can't sleep, in my opinion, it's better to set off now." ”

So, under the headlights of the "Cherokee", everyone braved the cold and worked together, and soon cleaned up, as soon as Han Jiang stepped on the accelerator, this improvised patchwork expedition team hit the road again.

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Tang Feng cautiously continued to drive along the edge of the snow-capped mountain, until the sky was bright, he saw clearly, it turned out that they had unconsciously driven into a canyon, on both sides of the canyon, there were continuous snow-capped mountains, below the snow line, also exposed large areas of black rocks, only near the bottom of the canyon, there was green grass, on the grass, a trickle, looming, from time to time.

"Cherokee" walked through the bottom of this canyon at this time, and after driving in the canyon for a while, Tang Feng suddenly found that at some point, snowflakes were floating in the air, which was the situation he was most worried about, but this was also almost certain that they would encounter this trip, Tang Feng whispered: "It's terrible, it's snowing!" ”

The snowflakes outside the car window were fluttering, and soon covered everything around, and slowly, Tang Feng found that the stream that had been accompanying them was gone, he stopped the car, took out the map and GPS, and the electronic compass, and determined the direction again, "That's right!" According to the map, this canyon is the closest road to Area B. ”

Tang Feng had been driving unconsciously for three hours, Han Jiang took over him, and continued to drive the "Cherokee" along the canyon, Han Jiang fully learned the lesson of yesterday's driving, and drove over one after another undulating small mounds, and struggled to move forward in the canyon covered with gravel, and for another two hours, there was a ramp with a large slope in front of him, Han Jiang stepped on the accelerator and rushed towards the ramp, "Cherokee" climbed up the slope, everyone obviously felt the rise in altitude, Han Jiang silently recited in his heart over and over again, " Don't have a problem with your car! Don't go wrong! ”

The car did not have any problems, and carried everyone to the top of the slope smoothly, but after turning over the slope, there was a series of undulating mountains behind, and the "Cherokee" went all the way over the mountain, and after driving through the last pass, it showed everyone a more magnificent canyon in front of everyone.

Han Jiang stepped on the brakes and parked the car at the pass, all four of them jumped out of the car, and Tang Feng muttered: "Such a magnificent canyon, is it the B area we are looking for?" ”

After comparing GPS and military maps, Han Jiang confirmed: "This is the B area we determined before." ”

After Xu Renyu observed the terrain with a telescope, he said to everyone: "If this is Area B, then the black-headed stone chamber we are looking for should be in this canyon." You can see the two sides of the canyon, the snow-capped peaks towering, and at the end of the canyon, there is a modern glacier that stretches down from the snowy peaks, which is a relatively closed environment, absolutely deep, and can only be entered through the canyon we just entered, and I am sure that very few people have ever been here. ”

But as soon as Xu Renyu finished speaking, Makarov suddenly retorted in a low voice: "Hmph! Very few people have been here, what do you think is that? ”

Everyone looked in the direction of Makarov's finger, and the three of them were all stunned, especially Xu Renyu, who had just sworn that "few people have come here", was stunned, because just where Makarov's finger was, a red Coke bottle was faintly revealed in the white snow next to the pass!

"Holy! This...... Is there a Coke bottle here? I'm really convinced! Xu Renyu patted the roof of the car and said angrily.

Tang Feng sat in the snow disappointed, "I think we ran in vain again, there must be nothing here like Area A, there will be a Coke bottle, which immoral ghost lost it?" Don't talk about public morality at all! I guess we'll find instant noodle pockets and leftover bread later! ”

When Han Jiang saw the Coke bottle, his mind was also "buzzing", and he immediately thought of two possibilities: one is that there are ordinary tourists or travelers who have been here, and the other is ...... The second possibility made him shudder, and that was the group of men in black who had been chasing them! Whatever the possibility, it would be a heavy blow to their plans!

At this time, Makarov said what Han Jiang was most worried about, "Could it be our group of 'old friends'?" ”

Makarov's words made Tang Feng and Xu Renyu's hearts tremble, and Han Jiang said: "This is also what I am most worried about. Either way, it's not good news for us, I looked at the Coke bottle, it should have been discarded not long ago, if it was just abandoned by ordinary tourists and travelers, it means that this place is not inaccessible, and it does not meet our judgment of the blackhead stone room; If it was discarded by the men in black, it would be even more sinister! At worst, the gang may have already gotten their hands on the second jade interstitial. ”

"If that gang gets the second jade interstitial, then everything we did will not be in vain!" Tang Feng gasped in disappointment and said.

"According to my original assumption, we have received the guidance of the Great Lama, and we have the geological data of the Animaqing area, as well as other convenient conditions, we should have more advantages than our opponents, but now I have no bottom in my heart......" Han Jiang did not continue.

"Alright, anyway, we're here, let's take a look at this canyon." Makarov proposed.

Han Jiang nodded helplessly, and then looked at the scenery in the valley with a telescope, no one was seen, and no suspicious signs were found, Han Jiang put down the binoculars and instructed Xu Renyu and Makarov: "This time, you two will stay in the car, and Tang Feng and I will go down and take a look." ”

"Why?" Makarov was puzzled.

"Because those men in black could appear at any moment, understand? The mission of both of you is to protect the car and equipment, and if we don't have the car and equipment, we will wait to freeze to death and be trapped in the mountains! As Han Jiang spoke, the snow became heavier and heavier.

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Makarov and Xu Renyu left behind the guard car and equipment, while Tang Feng and Han Jiang braved the wind and snow to walk into the canyon.

After walking hard for more than an hour, they finally came to the huge glacier at the end of the canyon, Tang Feng faced this magnificent glacier, speechless, he was deeply shocked, and kept muttering to himself: "It's so shocking, it's so beautiful!" ”

Han Jiang tugged at his sleeve and said disappointedly, "Let's go, there's no way to find anything here." ”

But Tang Feng was unmoved, and involuntarily took a few steps forward, and Han Jiang shouted, "What are you going to do?" The glaciers here are unstable, beware of avalanches! ”

But Tang Feng didn't seem to hear Han Jiang's warning, and continued to walk towards the huge tongue of ice in the glacier, and Han Jiang said angrily behind him: "I order you to come back!" ”

Tang Feng stopped this time, and Han Jiang shouted again, "Come back!" But before Han Jiang's voice fell, Tang Feng shouted at him: "Look, there's a hole here!" ”

Han Jiang was suddenly shocked! Hole? Could it be the black-headed stone chamber they were looking for? He didn't care about the avalanche, ran two steps, and came behind Tang Feng, but at this moment, Tang Feng suddenly took two steps back sharply and crashed into Han Jiang's body, Han Jiang felt that Tang Feng was a little wrong, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Tang Feng didn't answer, just slowly raised his stiff arm and pointed to the hole on the rock wall, Han Jiang followed Tang Feng's arm and saw that on a large black rock close to the bottom of the valley, there was indeed a small hole, but--But inside this black hole, two green lights faintly flashed......

"It's a wolf!" Han Jiang broke out in a cold sweat.

"Snow wolf! This is the real Snow Wolf! Tang Feng muttered to himself.

Han Jiang and Tang Feng took two steps back at the same time, the two green lights in the cave became clearer and clearer, Han Jiang observed for a while, and judged: "This is a pregnant she-wolf, there should be other wolves around here!" ”

As soon as Han Jiang's words fell, not far away, there was a terrible wolf howl, the she-wolf was not afraid, staring at the two uninvited guests in front of her, and suddenly howled, as if echoing with the wolves not far away.

"Shall we run?" Tang Feng came to his senses and proposed.

"Nope! We can't run, we have to retreat slowly. Han Jiang tried his best to keep his composure.

"Do you think this cave could be a black-headed stone chamber?" Tang Feng asked Han Jiang.

"This is for you, you are an expert!"

"Experts? I haven't seen any black-headed stone chambers either, have I? Tang Feng's words trembled visibly.

"I don't see it! This hole is very small, and it doesn't match the legendary black-headed stone chamber! ”

"Yes! Legend has it that the entire clan of the Wuzang clan escaped the storm in the black-headed stone room, which shows that the black-headed stone room should have a relatively large space. Tang Feng judged with what little reason he had left.

Han Jiang nodded, and said, "Let's think about how we can withdraw, right?" ”

"Don't you have a gun?" Tang Feng reminded.

Han Jiang then remembered the gun he brought, and he touched the gun on his body, yes! With a gun, it should be able to deal with this pregnant she-wolf, but the wolf pack that may appear at any time made Han Jiang give up the idea of shooting, and he should not use the gun unless he has to.

The sky was covered with large dark clouds, the snow was falling heavier and heavier, Han Jiang and Tang Feng slowly retreated, slowly away from the black cave entrance, away from the magnificent glacier, when they retreated to a place where the she-wolf could no longer be seen, the two turned around and quickly ran towards the "Cherokee" on the pass.

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Don't care about dizziness, don't care about slipping, don't care about mountain reaction, Tang Feng and Han Jiang are very clear that they want to leave here before the wolves appear, the two of them finally returned to the pass with rolling and climbing, Makarov and Xu Renyu in "Cherokee" saw that the two were so embarrassed, I don't know what they saw in the canyon, they hurriedly helped the two into the car, and asked with concern: "What did you see?" ”

Tang Feng had been tortured by the mountain reaction and was speechless, and Han Jiang also intermittently popped out a few words from his mouth: "Wolf...... Wolf! This is not the place we are looking for, so get out of here! ”

"Is it the howl of wolves we hear at night?" Xu Renyu immediately understood what was going on, and hurriedly started the "Cherokee", a beautiful reverse, and turned the front of the car, but just when Xu Renyu was about to step on the accelerator to the maximum and was about to rush out, he was stunned by the scene in front of him, "Squeak-" A piercing brake sound spread throughout the valley!

Xu Renyu was lying on the steering wheel, and through the windshield, he saw that right in front of them, under the pass, on the ramp when he came, in the heavy snow, a lonely snow wolf stood in front of the car!

The people in the car were stunned, this was a beautiful wolf, the snowflakes had dressed it up in silver and white, and the fur on his body was one with it, it blocked the way of the "Cherokee", raised its proud head, and let out a terrible howl at the cloudy sky.

Tang Feng heard this howl, trembling, this is a scene that he will never forget, under the continuous snow mountain, in the heavy snow, this lonely snow wolf stands proudly and independently, standing on the hillside, "What is it going to do?" Why block our way. Tang Feng muttered.

"Because we have violated its territory! It's the king here! Makarov suddenly explained.

Whether Makarov's explanation is correct or not, everyone is aware of the hostility of this snow wolf towards them.

The wolf and the "Cherokee", to be precise, should be a wolf and four people, and they have been in a stalemate, and the snowflakes falling from the air have gradually covered the path they came......

"If I don't go again, I can't tell the way I was going!" Xu Renyu reminded everyone.

"What do you say?" Han Jiang asked Xu Renyu rhetorically.

"Bump it over!" Xu Renyu said.

Everyone has no idea about Xu Renyu, and no one can estimate the consequences of colliding!

"Let me come!" Saying that, Tang Feng and Xu Renyu exchanged seats, sat in the driver's seat, he stared ahead, tightened the steering wheel, and started the car, Tang Feng slowly reversed the car backwards for a while, twenty seconds later, Tang Feng stepped on the accelerator suddenly, and drove straight to the snow wolf on the ramp, the speed was getting faster and faster, the headlights of the "Cherokee" emitted a strong light, honked, and accelerated again, but the wolf on the opposite side was not afraid, motionless, and looked directly at the speeding car in front of him.

Just when the other three thought that Tang Feng was going to hit the wolf, Tang Feng suddenly slammed on the brakes, and there was another piercing brake, and the "Cherokee" stopped steadily in front of the snow wolf, only two meters away, and the "Cherokee" was about to hit the snow wolf!

Two meters! The car and the wolf fell into a confrontation again, this is a closer confrontation, the snow wolf's eyes emitted two green lights, and the strong light from the "Cherokee" headlights, shooting directly at each other, the car and the wolf held each other like this for five minutes, and finally the "Cherokee" turned off the headlights and was defeated!

Tang Feng reluctantly began to reverse, and Xu Renyu asked Tang Feng with a little contempt, "Why didn't you crash over?" ”

"Because they are the masters here, we are just guests, how can there be guests......"

Before Tang Feng could finish speaking, Xu Renyu interrupted him: "Okay! Good! You're your guest, and I see how you're going to get there. ”

Tang Feng didn't pay attention to Xu Renyu anymore, he observed the surrounding environment while reversing, when he stopped the car, Han Jiang leaned next to Tang Feng and pointed to the hillside on the right side of the ramp, Tang Feng immediately understood, and instructed Makarov and Xu Renyu: "You sit down, we are going over!" ”

After that, Tang Feng stepped on the accelerator and rushed towards the wolf from the ramp again, Makarov and Xu Renyu thought that Tang Feng had made up his mind this time to hit the snow wolf blocking the way, but just when the "Cherokee" approached the wolf, Tang Feng slammed the steering wheel and rushed onto the snow-covered hill next to the ramp, the hillside was at a 45-degree angle to the ground, and the "Cherokee" body was almost tilted over, completely sliding on the left side of the two wheels.

"Cherokee" bypassed the wolf on the ramp, Tang Feng turned the direction again, and drove the car back to the ramp, this series of actions were all completed in less than half a minute, and the people in the carriage were turned upside down, and they didn't react at all; The snow wolf on the ramp turned around quickly, and when the people in the car looked behind him, he saw the wolf with his head up, and let out that familiar and terrifying howl again.

Tang Feng slowed down slightly, got down the ramp, and drove towards the canyon where he came, he kept looking in the rearview mirror, watching the snow wolf still standing in the wind and snow, until the snow wolf disappeared in the rearview mirror......

10

"I hope I don't run into wolves again!" Tang Feng said with a sigh of relief.

"But I have to tell you with regret that as long as we are still in the mountains, there is a high probability that we will encounter wolves, because wolves are not solitary animals, they will be at least a pack." Makarov admonished.

"Yes! There must be more than two wolves howling at night, but how can we only encounter two wolves here? What about the other wolves? Xu Renyu said suspiciously.

"Maybe it's just two lone wolves in the group, the real wolves, we haven't met them yet!" Han Jiang speculated.

Han Jiang's words made everyone shudder, and the four of them looked at each other, no one knew when they would encounter these wolves again? No one knows why they have guns, cars, and are so well armed, and why they are so afraid of these wolves?

In the carriage, there was silence, Han Jiang caught a glimpse of Tang Feng's thoughtful appearance, broke the silence and asked Tang Feng, "What is the elementary school thinking?" Scared? ”

"Scared? No! No. I suddenly thought of someone! Tang Feng replied.

"Alone? Who? It can't be Liang Yuan, right? Han Jiang deliberately quipped, wanting to ease the tense atmosphere in the car.

But Tang Feng said solemnly: "I saw that wolf just now, and suddenly I thought of Yuan Hao!" ”

"Yuan Hao? The founding emperor of Western Xia! Why did you suddenly think of him? Han Jiang was surprised.

Tang Feng explained: "Because there is such a story recorded in the wild history, Yuan Hao's mother Wei Mu is the daughter of the Wei Mu family of the Dang Xiang Hao chieftain, she first married Yuan Hao's father Tuoba Deming, and soon after the marriage, she gave birth to Yuan Hao, at that time, the party Xiang people were under the leadership of Deming's father Xiping Wang Tuoba Jiqian, the strength was still very weak, after Wei Mu gave birth to Yuan Hao, the party was attacked by the Tubo people, the attack of the Tubo people hit the party people very hard, and the Tuoba family was all broken up, Jiqian and Deming led their clansmen to finally break out of the siege of the Tubo people, but found that Wei Mushi and Yuan Hao, who was still in infancy, were gone. ”

"Gone? And then? Makarov found himself now increasingly interested in the history of China, especially the history of Western Xia.

"In the melee, Wei Mu was robbed by the Tubo people, and the Tubo chief fell in love with Wei Mu's beauty, so he took Wei Mu as his queen, and Wei Mu was a weak woman who was unable to resist, so she became the queen of the Tubo people, and later gave birth to a son for the Tubo chieftain."

"It's amazing, this Wei Mu is not only the queen of the party people, but also the queen of the Tubo people." Makarov lamented.

It is not surprising that most of the nomads on the Eurasian continent had the custom of robbing marriages in the early days, and Genghis Khan's empress Polti was also snatched away by the beggars and gave birth to Genghis Khan's eldest son, Uchi. These peoples are all descendants of wolves, and it is not surprising that they rob relatives. Tang Feng explained.

"What about Yuan Hao?" Makarov asked.

"Yuan Hao was still an infant child, in the melee, he was abandoned in the wilderness, his grandfather relocated, his father Deming, packed up the remnants and returned to the original camp, but they couldn't find Xiao Yuanhao, everyone thought that Yuan Hao was dead, but Yuan Hao was not dead, he was saved by the wolf!"

"Saved by a wolf?" Makarov's face was full of surprise.

"Yes, the wolf found this child, I don't know why, the wolf not only did not eat Yuan Hao, but saved him, just like the 'werewolf' in your ancient legends in the West, Yuan Hao drank wolf milk, so he did not starve to death, but he did not become a werewolf later, but returned to the party, this eagle wolf did not eat, and Yuan Hao, who grew up drinking wolf milk, grew up to become a generation of heroes in the Megatron Desert. Therefore, many people believed at that time that Yuan Hao had wolf blood flowing in his body, which not only gave him the quality of perseverance, but also created his brutal character in the future, Yuan Hao later forced his biological mother Wei Mu to death, and exterminated the Yeli family that made great contributions to the establishment of Western Xia, including his queen Yeli clan, so whenever someone cursed Yuan Hao, he would say that he was not a human, but a fierce wolf! And when these words reached Yuan Hao's ears, the wolf nature in his body would be unprecedentedly stimulated. ”

"Listening to you say this, combined with the image of Yuan Hao in the historical records, I think that the founding emperor of the Western Xia Dynasty is the incarnation of a wolf, and he has many wolf characteristics on his body." Makarov said.

Xu Renyu thought about it and said: "When you say this, I also remember, Yuan Hao did drink wolf milk to survive, these emperors and monarchs of all sizes in Chinese history, I'm afraid only Yuan Hao grew up drinking wolf milk!" ”

"Not bad! Only Yuan Hao alone, I look at the history of the party members, before Yuan Hao, they were often bullied by other tribes, such as Tibet, Uighurs, Khitans, etc., all of them did not want to cut a knife on the party members, including the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, and also wanted the party members to be called ministers and tributes. However, Yuan Hao changed all this, he not only eliminated the Uighurs, drove away the Tibetans, but also fought against the Song Dynasty and the Khitan several times stronger than himself, if the party members before Yuan Hao were a group of sheep to be slaughtered, then the party members after Yuan Hao were no longer sheep, but a group of wolves! Tang Feng said.

"According to what you say, it was Yuan Hao who gave the party the spirit of the wolf!" Han Jiang said with a smile.

Tang Feng nodded, suddenly interrupted everyone, and said, "You guys sit down, I want to take a shortcut and get out of this canyon as soon as possible." With that, the Cherokee sprinted straight up a hillside beside the canyon.

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"Cherokee" climbed over two low mountains, and only then did it stop the violent bumps, and Han Jiang asked Tang Feng: "Are you taking the right road?" ”

Tang Feng looked at the GPS and electronic compass, and affirmed: "Don't worry, the road will not be wrong!" You guys better think about what to do next, no matter what wolf nature he is or not, our first goal is to find the blackhead stone room as soon as possible and find the second jade interstitial! ”

Han Jiang looked at the map and said worriedly: "I don't know what to do now, we are hoping that the largest area A and B have not found the black-headed stone room, it seems that we are going to start again." ”

"Could it be that all this is a legend in the first place?" Xu Renyu said suspiciously.

"Nope! This is impossible, this is a secret that the Muzang family has kept for generations, and they even cost their lives for this secret, so it can't be wrong! Everything we have experienced before proves that this ancient legend is not a legend, but history, so we have no reason to doubt it. Tang Feng refuted Xu Renyu's question.

"It's not just that there is no reason to doubt, but that we can't and must not doubt, because that would shake our resolve, which I must not allow." Han Jiang's words temporarily dispelled everyone's doubts.

Tang Feng thought while driving, and muttered to himself, "What's the problem?" ”

"Maybe we were wrong in the first place." Han Jiang said suddenly.

"Wrong?" Everyone didn't understand Han Jiang's words, and they all stared at Han Jiang with puzzled eyes.

Han Jiang explained: "Tang Feng, you and Professor Luo agree that the black-headed stone chamber should be in the relatively low east of the Animaqing Snow Mountain, have you thought about this inference? ”

Tang Feng suddenly came to his senses, "You mean...... Professor Luo and I both inferred wrongly, the black-headed stone chamber is not in the eastern part of the Anima Qing Snow Mountain, but in the western part of the Anima Qing Snow Mountain? ”

"I didn't say that you and Professor Luo were wrong in their inference, I just said that it was possible, there was such a possibility." Han Jiang Road.

"Now that I think about it, it's entirely possible!" Tang Feng affirmed Han Jiang's speculation, but soon he fell into doubts again, "But...... But I really can't imagine that the party members will climb over the towering and precipitous snow-capped mountains in the west of Animaqing Snow Mountain? ”

"Maybe they had no choice but to be hunted down by the Mongols, they might have been attacked by the local tribes, or some other reason?" Makarov speculated.

"Anything is possible, we need to contact the headquarters again now, so that the headquarters can pass on the detailed geological data of the western part of the Animaqing Snow Mountain to us for study." Han Jiang said.

Tang Feng listened to Han Jiang's words, nodded, and said, "Not bad!" The two of us thought of going together, so I didn't continue along the canyon to return to the original path. ”

Han Jiang immediately understood Tang Feng's intentions and continued: "So you now cross out of the canyon and continue to drive west, your target is Dawu Town, Maqin County, the capital of Qinghai Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. ”

"Hmmm! My idea is to go to Dawu, take a rest first, and at the same time contact the headquarters to re-study all the geological data about Animaqing Snow Mountain, and then determine the next plan! After Tang Feng finished saying his thoughts, everyone agreed, and Tang Feng suddenly added without a head: "But, be fast!" After speaking, Tang Feng sped up the speed of the car and advanced at full speed towards Dawu.

When it was dark, the "Cherokee" slowly drove into the town of Dawu......