Chapter 138: Avalanche
The further you go, the cooler it gets. Zhou Yu glanced at Wei Ya, who was trembling in front of him, and took off his coat to cover her. Snowflakes were floating in the sky, and the surroundings were white. The old horse stepped on the icy ground, and his feet were a little slippery, and he stumbled so frightened that Wei Ya hurriedly grabbed the horse's mane.
"That, is it Destiny Peak?" Zhou Yu pointed to a white-headed snow-capped mountain in front of him, which stood out among the mountains. Because, the other peaks are conical and it is cylindrical.
"It should be, it should be. It's good, it's cold! Carney, I'm so cold! Looks like I'm going to fall asleep! ”
"Don't sleep, don't fall asleep!" Zhou Yu patted the back of the little guy's head hard. Every few minutes he filmed her, just for fear that she would freeze to death on horseback without knowing it.
With more effort, the Metropolitan Governor turned over and dismounted, leading the reins of the horse and walking on the side. This slushy horse walks slowly, and it must be lightened. Step by step, he kept putting his hands in front of his mouth and blowing hot air, it would be a terrible thing if his joints were frozen and necrotic.
"Weiya! Weiya! At the foot of the Destiny Peak, Zhou Yu patted the child hard. Fortunately, she is still conscious.
"There's no road ahead, we need to climb up." Zhou Yu pointed to the cylindrical peak that went straight up and down.
Standing at the foot of the mountain, the Metropolitan Governor was able to take a closer look at the true face of Destiny Peak. It doesn't look like a natural mountain, but rather like a huge water tower, with a circumference of about a kilometer. From the bottom to the top, it is about 100 meters high, and the corners are cut and polished very neatly and roundly, even if there is a thick ice and snow cover, it is difficult to hide its artificially carved atmosphere.
Looking up at the sky, the left and right sides of Destiny Peak pulled the "curtain" made of two white ice edges, like a young girl embracing the entire Thorasia with open arms. The ice peaks are connected to the left and right peaks, like a waterfall that rushes down 3,000 feet. The two "curtains" are dazzling, reflecting the light of the sun, and if you stare at it for a few seconds, it seems to have a sense of grabbing people's souls.
"Good, beautiful!" Wei Ya snorted her palms, rubbed hard, jumped her feet, and pointed at it from time to time. The little guy had never been so close to a snowy mountain.
Zhou Yu sighed, the snow-capped mountains are beautiful, but if an avalanche occurs, it will be terrible. In this place, the most likely cause of avalanches is sound. Therefore, the safest way is to step on one step at a time and then go, plus don't make a sound.
The Metropolitan Governor made a gesture for Wei Ya to wait where she was, and went to investigate herself. Strange, standing under the peak of destiny tentacles. The texture of this mountain peak is not stone, soil, or ice, but is made of concrete-like material. Zhou Yu closed his eyes and thought for a long time, where had he seen it.
That's right, I thought. It is the building material of the dam in "Ambilight", and it is also the material used in the snail house of Sullivan. Thinking of this, he was even more convinced that this mountain, which should be called a tower, was the work of a human being. But what was the purpose of building such a tower in this wild place, in the extreme arctic cold of Soracia? Is it for the sake of sentry?
At the bottom of the "ice curtain" on both sides, Zhou Yu circled the tower for half a circle, and found nothing abnormal. So smooth and vertical, there is not even a groove protrusion, how to climb? Stick your ears against the ice wall, it hurts.
Suddenly, he felt a rumbling, booming sound from inside the tower, and the ice ballast on the façade fluttered and fell, as if there were huge monsters moving inside the tower.
"Come here!" Zhou Yu beckoned and motioned for Wei Ya to hurry up and hide here. This girl was also clever, and ran over and got into his armpit with a smoke. Zhou Yu's back was close to the tower, trying his best to ensure that there were no dead spots within his reach, and he stared nervously at the snow and air in front of him to prevent a sneak attack.
A "boom" came from his left front, which should be in the middle of the tower's base. It's just that Zhou Yu is now sticking to the ice curtain, and his vision is blocked by the tower base and he can't see the situation. He protected Wei Ya with one hand, took out the dagger from his arms with the other, and his steps became lighter, approaching the semicircular cat's waist.
Suddenly, the scene in front of him startled him. There was a person in front of him, five big and three thick with his back to him, wearing a kind of clothes that were not leather or cloth, and he looked very thick and warm. The man cursed as he walked forward to the snowy place.
There was a sound of him urinating.
The man was chattering, and his eyes were stunned. Oops, Zhou Yu's heart tightened, and his gaze stopped on the old horse standing in front of the tower. Saying that it was too late, the Grand Governor hurriedly dodged and took a step back, hiding in the shadows. Sure enough, the peeing man looked around vigilantly, and after noticing nothing unusual, he rubbed his eyes with his freshly urinated hand and stared at the horse in confusion.
Whether it is friend or foe, you need to subdue him first. Thinking of this, Zhou Yu squeezed Wei Ya's hand, shook his head behind him, and signaled her not to come out. Then he took advantage of the fact that the man was circling around the horse and sprang out.
"You..." Before the second word could be spoken, Zhou Yu slashed at his neck with a knife, and this person fell softly into the arms of the Metropolitan Governor. The Metropolitan Governor, who was full of ambition and succeeded in the sneak attack, just wanted to turn around and make a victory gesture towards Wei Ya's hiding place. The scene in front of him made him unable to laugh anymore.
It turned out that behind the Metropolitan Governor, where the stunned man came out, stood his two companions, watching the scene of the sneak attack in amazement. Because the two of them were in the blind spot of his vision just now, they didn't take it into account when they attacked. Oops, why are you so careless? Most of the governors' bowels are repentant. However, there was no show on his face.
"Oh, where are they?" Zhou Yu shrugged his shoulders and slowly lowered the stunned buddy on the ground. His movements were slow and slow, for fear that one would accidentally stimulate the two in front of him.
"Well, two dudes. In the wilderness, where birds don't poop, is it not unexpected to see an accident under it? Thriller or not? Irritating or not? The Governor deliberately raised his hands high and spread his palms out, indicating that he had no weapons. The dagger had been pinned to his waist long before the attack.
The two of them looked at each other, and took out a black steel pipe from their waists with lightning speed. Zhou Yu squinted his eyes to identify what it was, and subconsciously picked up the fainted person to protect him in front of him.
With a bang, the chest of the person in front of him bloomed. It's not good, it's a firecracker. Lying in the groove, the Metropolitan Governor turned over and rolled forward with a harrier, and pounced on the side of the round tower. It's a blind spot for yourself, and it's even more so for people who use guns. Because, bullets don't turn.
"Get down, get down!" He ran wildly as he waved at Wei Ya. The two gun-wielding soldiers slammed into a series of two shots, failing to catch up with the speed of the Grand Governor, and punched two bowl-sized holes in the ground.
With his back against the round tower, Zhou Yu took out a horsewhip from the burden behind him, this kind of soft and rigid weapon is most suitable for the current situation. Slowly, slowly, a pair of hands holding firearms appeared in front of him, holding one hand and the other, with his index finger on the trigger.
There was a crisp snap, and Zhou Yu slapped a horsewhip on those hands. The soldier obviously didn't expect to be attacked by the fleeing people, and in addition to the pain in his arm, he took off his hand with an unsteady fire hammer and went off before he landed. With a bang, it hit the "ice curtain" in front of him, and there was a burst of ice and snow shattering.
The Governor took a stride and kicked the firebolt out with a sweep of his right foot, preventing him from picking it up and attacking again. Then the knee flicked just above the lower abdomen of the person who came, where had that person encountered such a bad trick, he pumped his hand and kicked his crotch, and he could cover his crotch with a painful expression on his face.
Taking advantage of his short stature, the Governor flashed behind him with an arrowhead, pulled the whip sideways from his neck, and dragged his hands on his shoulders, strangling the man's feet off the ground.
"Stop!" Zhou Yu turned his head sideways and saw another soldier holding Wei Ya's head with a firecracker.
"You let her go!" Zhou Yu's horsewhip in his hand was not loosened but tightened, and the soldier lying on his back made a gurgling sound in his throat, and his hands kept grabbing in the air, his expression was painful.
"You put it first!" The soldier who caught Wei Ya moved forward again, negotiating with someone who was so vicious, and anyone would be left behind.
"I'll count one, two, three, and everyone will put it together." Zhou Yu proposed.
"Good!"
"One, two, three!"
"Bang!" Sure enough, the hunter confronted the old fox. The two of them each had a ghost fetus, and when they counted to three, Zhou Yu didn't let go, and his supporting feet turned one hundred and eighty degrees on the spot, twisting his back forward. The man at the head of the opponent was not a vegetarian either, and he expected that the enemy who had lowered his whip would not have any offensive power, and that it would take him more time to kill him with one blow, so he decisively opened fire on the Duke.
The result was obvious, the fire gun hit his companion. The corners of the guy's mouth twitched, and he slumped on Zhou Yu's back. When the thunder was thunderous, Zhou Yu didn't dare to slack off, and his right hand touched his waist like lightning and took out a dagger. The spin of the whip in his left hand was a false move, and he shot the dagger without looking.
The sergeant in front of him turned sideways, flashed the sharp dagger, and raised his gun to continue shooting. Zhou Yu pounced on him with a bear hug, and the two rolled together. The Governor held his gun-wielding hand with one hand and grabbed him by the neck with the other. The man clenched his fist with his free hand and hit Zhou Yu's face hard.
Between the pain and the defense, the man struggled to lift it over, but rode Zhou Yu under him. Raise the gun and shoot, bang. Zhou Yu was in a hurry, and slapped it on the gun, and the fire gun hit a big hole in the snow next to his head, collapsing the ice ballast and * residue on the faces of the two of them.
Click, click, click, the sound of the spring ringing. The soldier's face was stunned, and Zhou Yu thought that the opportunity had come. You're out of bullets, so let's do it for real. He was pondering an elbow strike, and the afterglow swept to the huge "ice curtain" behind the soldier's head. The "Ice Curtain" had just been hit by a firebolt, and the grid had grown from thick to thin and disorderly, and now it was a place where there was no complete piece of cobweb.
Kalala, kalala, not good! There was an avalanche.
The soldier on his body didn't know the situation behind his head at all, and thought that the Governor was frightened before he showed a frightened expression. He stood up half-squatting, his two bear paws raised high, and opened his bow left and right to give Zhou Yu a double-peaked piercing ear.
With a whoosh, the crotch slipped. The man in front of him quickly stepped back and disappeared from sight. The soldier was surprised and quickly got up and looked back. It turned out that it was the girl who dragged Zhou Yu's trousers to steal him from the ice and pull him into the round tower. The place where the three of them came out just now was the door of the round tower.
The soldier roared and walked towards the door, but he was greeted by a large and a small man waving in unison.
Boom, boom, the mountains roared and the tsunami-like snow and ice were pressed down at once. Zhou Yu watched the man's expression change from anger to horror, and then from panic to despair, and was washed away by the snow stream in an instant, leaving no hair except fear. In the last moment, he struggled to close the door and pressed his back against it. Turn around and latch the door.
Whew, whew, Zhou Yu wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with the back of his hand. It's not a physical drain that comes down, it's a scare out. Fortunately, fortunately, this girl first dragged herself in. Otherwise, even if he has great ability, he has already been buried in the sea of snow, and it should be tens of thousands of years before he is found again.
Panting, Zhou Yu gave Wei Ya a thumbs up and signaled that you are awesome. The little girl pursed her lips mischievously, tilted her neck and made a gesture that most governors couldn't understand. He guessed that it was a gesture by the Batans to celebrate their victory.
Boom, boom, the avalanche outside the iron gate continued for a while. Gradually, the sound quieted down until there was silence and silence.
The door must not be opened, once the iron door is opened at this time, the ice and snow pour in, and the pressure from inside and outside will instantly squeeze the round tower into a rag, and the two of them will not die much better than the three buddies outside.
Since there is no way out, there is no way forward. Where did they come from? Wouldn't there be a way out and a way out if we changed the way they came from to our way? Zhou Yu tightened the clothes on his body, pulled up Wei Ya, who was sitting next to him, and looked around.
The round tower is hollow, and torches are lit everywhere inside, reflecting the light in the center of the tower. Zhou Yu pulled Wei Ya in one hand and held the dagger in the other, cautiously and step by step, for fear that something would go wrong. This is a secret room, and if you are attacked, you can't escape, not to mention that you still have a small one.
Hey, what is it? There is an iron cage in the center of the tower, about the size of a circus cage for tigers and lions, and it is placed there in a boxy and orderly manner. Zhou Yu leaned over, looked up, and saw a few steel wires extending from the top of the head, hooking the cage.
W-This can't be an elevator, right? Zhou Yu recalled that before the person who peed out just now, he did hear a rumbling, booming sound from inside, maybe it was the sound of this big guy starting to run.
The most important thing when going out is one word - safety, Zhou Yu didn't dare to be careless, so he took off the burden behind him and threw it in through the cage door first. After observing for a long time, there is nothing abnormal, it should not be a trap. So, he pulled Wei Ya to look around one last time and stepped into the cage.
The inside of the cage is very simple, except for the steel wire mesh under the soles of the feet, there is only an alternative lever in front of you. A large gear engages several pinions, protruding from the outside of the two hand cranks, and the top of the machine is directly connected to several steel wires hanging down. The Governor tried to turn the handcrank in one direction with his hand, but he didn't move. In a different direction, squeak, the gears moved.