Chapter 6: The Final Pursuit: Thirty-One, On the Snowy Mountain
Because it is not a summit, the Gongbrazan Snow Mountain, which is more than 7,000 meters above sea level, is not as difficult to climb as expected. But now the sun is high in the sky, and the sun shines on the snow, sparkling and piercing the eyes. Fortunately, everyone thought of this before and put on sunglasses. Even when Xiao Yu discarded all the equipment, the sunglasses in his pocket were not discarded. Otherwise, if someone has snow blindness after walking on the snowy mountains for such a long time, it will be a big problem.
We soon climbed the barren hill and walked along the barren hill.
We were on the barren hills, and at last we no longer heard the roar of the Thousand-Faced Beast behind us. The old gray walking behind me was a little strange and said, "Why hasn't this Thousand-Faced Beast moved?" ”
Ah Mei said, "It's not good if there is no movement? Don't you want it to follow all the way like this? ”
"When this thing moves, I know where it is." Now that it's not moving, I don't know where it is. My little heart is not steady. ”
Li Lili, who was walking in front, turned around and said, "Old Gray's words make sense. But don't forget, this is in the snowy mountains, with the voice of a thousand-faced beast, under the roar, it is strange that it does not cause an avalanche. No matter how fast the Thousand-Faced Beast runs, I'm afraid it won't be as fast as the avalanche, right? The Thousand-Faced Beast, which haunts the area all year round, won't be unaware of this, so of course it will have to keep silent. This just means that the Thousand-Faced Beast has followed us into the snowy mountains, and may be only one step away from us. ”
As soon as Li Lili said this, several girls became a little nervous again.
Ah Mei said, "Now, isn't that thousand-faced beast likely to pounce on you from behind at any time?" ”
I said, "Now we're on a barren hill with a wide view." If the Thousand-Faced Beast appears, it can be seen from a long distance. "At that, there was a flash of light in my mind. I said, "Have you noticed a problem, every time that the Thousand-Faced Beast attacks, it is a lone person." When everyone got together, it never attacked. Why is that? If it attacks you, we'll be wiped out in that rocky valley, where there will still be a chance to climb the snowy mountains? ”
Li Lili said, "When you say that, I also remember." If the Thousand-Faced Beast attacks everyone, it will be more than this chance. Even last night, if it had attacked, we would have been doomed. But it didn't do this, it just attacked Professor Luo, who was lonely, and escaped with one blow. What is the purpose of doing this? ”
Old Ash said, "That Thousand-Faced Beast, don't you think its power is not as strong as the strength we put together?" So as soon as there were more of us, it hid! ”
Ah Mei said, "It's not like it, we've seen how powerful it is." If it attacks, we're no match for it. Its ultimate goal is to kill us all, and it may have felt that once it attacked, it was not sure that it would wipe us out. It will gradually weaken us until it thinks it is sure that it will strike us all at once and that no one will be able to escape! ”
The old cannon who walked at the end said, "Ah Mei's statement is not unreasonable. But isn't it possible that it has some scruples about one of us, or one of us? That's why it didn't dare to attack us rashly. ”
Old Ash said, "When you say that, I remember." It's afraid of guns! Do you remember what it was like in that rocky valley? As soon as I fired the gun, it stopped moving. ”
Ruoyu interjected and said, "There is another phenomenon, have you noticed that this Thousand-Faced Beast almost never appears, whether it is before or after an attack. Even if the attack is successful, it will quickly disappear. The only time he appeared was on top of the boulder in the Valley of the Rocks. ”
"It's a little weird, too!" ”
"In that sense, it's more like a smart, trained killer than the work of a beast." It was the only appearance that was also intended to torture us psychologically, thus destroying our fighting spirit. ”
"That's a bit too much. Is this considered to grow the morale of others and destroy your own prestige?! ”
Ah Mei also said, "No matter how powerful an animal is, it is also an animal." It can be powerful, but it can never be more intelligent than humans. ”
Ruoyu said, "Until now, do people still treat it as an ordinary animal? Think about it, from the beginning, until now, all the actions of the thousand-faced beast are just the instinctive actions of an animal? Can't you still see that its intelligence, if not higher than human, will never be lower than human? ”
Xiao Yu, who was at the forefront, turned around and said, "I was a soldier, and when I think about it, I have to admit that the wisdom and ability of this thousand-faced beast are beyond my expectations. Every attack and evacuation of it is perfect, and even a professional soldier cannot reach the level of such understatement. Otherwise, I wouldn't have fled as soon as I heard it. ”
I said, "People are talking so much, but they don't seem to be on the point." The most important thing we need to understand now is that every time the Thousand-Faced Beast attacks a lone person. When everyone got together, it never attacked everyone. Why is that? Why does it do this? Knowing this, we have a way to deal with it. We just can't kill it, or at least we can get out safely. ”
Li Lili said, "If we don't think of the Thousand-Faced Beast as just an animal, but as a killer, and the best killer, then there is another possibility." It's not afraid of guns or one of us, it's deliberate. The Thousand Faces Beast has two purposes in doing this, one is to torture us, to make us restless day and night, and to be shrouded in fear at all times, thus depleting our fighting spirit. The second is that it likes this game of cat and mouse and enjoys the process of pursuit. ”
Li Lili's words reminded me again. I don't think the Thousand Faces would have let us get to the side of the road. It must have known that if we were to get in the car, it would be out of reach. It will surely strike us in a final assault before we reach the highway. In other words, on the next journey, every place could be the place where the Thousand Faces launched its final attack.
I quickly surveyed the surrounding terrain, looking for a suitable terrain for the Thousand Faces to attack. I know that if the Thousand-Faced Beast wants to drive us out, it will choose a place where we can stop us and leave us with nowhere to flee after being attacked.