Chapter Twenty-Five

By the time we climbed the slopes, the fog had cleared and our vision was extremely open, and I was a little worried as I looked at the endless snowfield.

Although the Kunlun Mountains are mysterious, there are high mountains all around, and there is no such endless feeling, but the snow field in front of me gives me the feeling that as soon as I step into it, it will be completely swallowed.

The important thing is that Shen Xue copied the map from the bronze mask, the landmarks on it are all snow slopes, like the first landmark, it is not much different from other snow slopes, the only recognizable thing is that the two are connected.

But even so, I can recognize it at a glance because the entrance is the valley floor, and there are not many snow slopes around, and it is impossible to see it at a glance if it is placed in the vast snowfield.

I voiced my worries and let them decide whether to go inside or not. At the same time, he said, "If you are leaving, I can't guarantee that I will be able to bring you out." ”

Gao Chuan pulled the strap of his backpack and said with a smile: "Coming down from Kunlun Mountain, I feel that I am already a dead man, and since I can still see hope, I will naturally not give up." ”

Zhang Hu and Shen Xue had similar attitudes, Shen Xue heard that I didn't want to go in, and said directly: "Our bodies have changed, any small hope must be grasped, you and Xiaomei are outsiders, you can stay outside and wait for us, if we can't come back, you and Xiaomei can drive away." ”

Shen Xue said and handed over the car keys, I glanced at my little sister, and subconsciously reached out to pick it up.

But at this time, the little sister gently pulled me, looked at me with a very firm look in her eyes and whispered, "Go, I don't want Brother Xiu to leave regrets in your heart." And you are here in the Wu Clan, and there may be Wu Clan monuments in it! ”

It was a surprise that I had no intention of entering here.

Gao Chuan said beside him: "Chen Xiu, there must be a time limit for the opening of this formation, you can't delay it for too long, you hurry up and make a decision." ”

I looked at my little sister again and retracted the hand that took the key. Pull her forward.

The map can only provide us with a rough route, it is impossible to have no deviation, and Gao Chuan's words may not be unreasonable, and there is likely to be a time limit for the formation to open.

On the way, Gao Chuan Zhang Hu and the three of me each stared in one direction, for fear that we would miss the road signs.

But fortunately, when I stood at the starting point and looked at it, it was white, and when I really got inside, I found that the terrain was undulating. It is estimated that there is a visual error when looking outside, after all, it is all white at a glance, and it is easy to see it as a face.

After climbing several snowy peaks in succession, a large open space appeared in front of it, revealing some ruins and broken walls in the snow-covered sky, like some dilapidated buildings.

I looked at the map, there was no marking, and the planned route would go around it. After discussing it, they all agreed to go over and have a look, and then walked towards the ruins.

On the way, I saw Xiaomei inadvertently a few times, and found that she was more excited than us, and a few times even released that kind of fanaticism without concealment.

Shen Xue also noticed it, and gave me a look, and the two quietly fell behind a few steps before she whispered, "Do you think your daughter-in-law is very strange!" ”

I nodded, not denying that my justification was far-fetched last time, and this time I didn't even have a reason to deceive myself.

Su Xiaomei is by no means an ordinary rural girl, she may not have been to the big city, but I think she knows more about what we are doing now than we do.

Of course, this may also be what Grandpa told her.

An hour ago, she said that it was possible to come across the Wu Clan's monuments, and it turned out that she did.

Add to that the frenzy in her eyes, as if there was something in it that she needed, and she couldn't wait.

But I just thought about these words in my heart and didn't say them, and for Shen Xue, I just nodded in agreement with her statement.

Seeing that I treated it coldly, Shen Xue didn't continue.

We caught up with the people in front, and the little sister looked at me suspiciously and asked, "Brother Xiu, what did Shen Xue say to you?" ”

"Nothing!" I smiled and hid my past. Su Xiaomei still looked delicate, obviously seeing that I was perfunctory, but she didn't dare to continue to ask.

Her performance made me feel a little unbearable.

Soon Gao Chuan stepped into the ancient ruins, pulled out a sapper shovel and dug out a boulder, revealing some handwriting.

Shen Xue could read Wuwen, Gao Chuan called her over, and I pulled my little sister over.

"Demon cannibalism, Forsaken Lands!" Shen Xue recognized it for a few seconds and read it.

We couldn't help but look around, literally, there was probably a man-eating demon here, so we had to abandon the migration.

Zhang Hu said his thoughts, but Shen Xue quickly shook his head and said: "Not necessarily, the stele is a remnant, there should be an upper and lower part, maybe it's just a paragraph that records something, and I can't count it." ”

Takakawa cleared out the lower part, but unfortunately it happened to be where the word was broken. However, the location of this monument is like an entrance, perhaps standing here to remind future generations.

I looked around, and from the area of the outcrop, I estimated that at least 200 people lived here, but unfortunately I don't know how much was buried under the snow, it was all just speculation.

Gao Chuan carried a sapper shovel and dug around, saying that he would see if he could find a Wu corpse.

When I heard him say this, I was also interested, wondering if the ancient Wu clan was the same as myself, after all, that era was too old, and the legends left by the Wu clan were only the stories of a few people, and there were no detailed records of the literature and ancient books of this group.

After a while, I gave up first, the snow was too thick, and about half a meter down, there was a backlog of ice, which was very hard.

After a while, Gao Chuan also gave up, and at this time, Shen Xue also said in the distance: "There is nothing valuable here, it is estimated that everything recorded in writing is buried under the ice and snow, let's go!" ”

I was a little disappointed, but I also knew that there was no point in delaying, so I walked over and pulled my little sister, and the group climbed up, ready to return to the previous route and continue to move forward.

But at this moment, there was a roar in the distance, and several black and white things with black and white patterns on their bodies moved towards us quickly, even in the snow, the speed was still amazing, but the distance was too far to see clearly.

Zhang Hu and Gao Chuan hurriedly pulled out their weapons, both of them had short swords in their hands, which were probably prepared by Shen Xue.

I protected my little sister behind me, pulled out the dagger at my waist, and nervously prepared for battle.

When the thing flew to a distance of only ten meters or so from us, Shen Xue suddenly reached out to stop us, shouting not to do it, saying that it would not hurt us.

Gao Chuan and the three of us did not dare to relax their vigilance at all, at this distance, we could clearly see their appearance, some like snow leopards, but they were bigger than snow leopards, their heads protruded, not like cats, and their running speed was twice as fast as that of snow leopards.

When we hesitated, seven or eight strange creatures "swished" past, and sure enough, they did not attack us.

Shen Xue breathed a sigh of relief and said: "That's Su Yu, according to legend, Su Yu is kind by nature, and he can't bear to trample on the grass, and he doesn't eat the creatures that don't die naturally." ”

Gao Chuan said with palpitations: "I look at its size, how can it have nothing to do with benevolence, and why haven't I heard of this creature?" ”

"It's something recorded in the Book of Mountains and Seas. Su Yu, born in the Lin country, can travel thousands of miles a day, because of his kind nature, he is also known as a benevolent beast. ”

Shen Xue said in detail that her knowledge of this ancient creature was also limited.

I didn't think of it at this time, I had seen a lot of fossils of ancient creatures, and there were many strange ones, and I thought about why they galloped by, and they didn't even avoid us, it was too abnormal.

You must know the nature of animals, even if they are of their own kind, they will not rush to approach when they are not familiar with it.

Thinking of this, I urged them to leave quickly, so as not to change.

Sure enough, we had just climbed the hillside, and there were a few screams in the distance, and then we saw Su Yu running back, and several of them had scars on their bodies.

They're being preyed upon!

Before I could speak, the snow in the distance squirmed, as if something was moving quickly underneath, not only behind, but also in the direction that Su Yu had run in before.

Seeing that the front and rear were surrounded, Su Yu stopped abruptly and cautiously approached us.

Zhang Hu immediately took out his tranquilizer gun and fired a shot into the sky, trying to scare them away, but under the threat of the murderous predator, Su Yu only paused briefly and continued to move closer to us.

"I'll go, this brute wants to pull us into the water!" Gao Chuan was so angry that he cursed, while Zhang Hu aimed at one of them, ready to shoot.

I pressed the barrel of his gun and motioned for them to look left and right.

At this time, we are already surrounded, and the Suyu is close to us, not to pull us into the water, they have no way out, showing the nature of animals.

When vulnerable animals are hunted, they tend to congregate together, disturbing predators and increasing their chances of survival.

When the things under the snow saw us gather together and didn't move, their speed immediately slowed down.

Takakawa made a bold guess: "Living in the snow for a long time, no matter what it is, as long as it is flesh and blood, it will definitely get snow blindness, and I conclude that they are only sensitive to moving objects. If we stand still, they will lose their target and will not attack. ”

Gao Chuan's statement was verified from the ancient ape, but he only took the flying blade once, and it was a bit hasty to draw such a conclusion.

But at this point, we had no choice, and after Su Yu leaned close to us, he quickly stood still, motionless.

The things under the snow wriggled from time to time, and there were signs of approaching, and after a while, the snowdrift in front of it suddenly exploded, and from it jumped out the spider that had been huge, and then it kept jumping out all around, and there were no less than twenty of them, the smallest of which was half a man high, and its eight legs stretched out, which seemed very huge.

The giant spider jumped outside, and its mouth was buzzing and trembling.

My face changed and I whispered, "This thing doesn't have good eyesight, but it seems to have evolved to use sound waves to localize." ”