Chapter 204: Preemptive Strike
The topography of Longding, although it belongs to the snow mountain glacial permafrost compound, but currently based on the end of the ablation period of more than a year and two months, and the geographical location itself belongs to the low altitude, so the snow on the top of the mountain is not all year round, after the ablation period, there is not much snow left, and it is surrounded by four snow peaks, there are large gaps between them, and it will not be easy to make a sound, plus the dilution of the sound by the wind and snow, so we gradually grasp the terrain structure here. It has been found that the sound of shooting on the snow field is not easy to cause avalanches.
However, if the wind and snow stop, after two full days of snowfall, the snow on the snow peak reaches full load, then it becomes very dangerous, Shirley Yang said that this "crystal free mountain", the dense scaly ripples in it, may be a special sound wave accumulated in it, this crystal stone breaks, it will immediately cause a large-scale avalanche, and the posture of the white wolf demon slave also explains all this, with a white destructive power falling from the sky, which is also in line with the ancient myths and legends, the description of avalanche and ice avalanche scenes.
A few people who have not experienced an avalanche do not know what it means, the guide learned that an avalanche may occur, the muscles on the face involuntarily tensed, in Karamir, avalanches are very common, sometimes when the eyes are daylight, you will hear the thunder rolling in the sky, that is the sound of avalanches in the mountains, from ancient times to the present, I don't know how many people and animals have been swallowed up by the white anger of the gods, the people living at the foot of the snow mountain, born with the fury and sacredness of the snow peak, there is a very complex sense of awe.
When I first joined the army, I also encountered a big avalanche, the kind of white furious wave of destructive power, I still remember it vividly, looking at the wolf god on the "Crystal Freedom Mountain", and said to myself: "This is a fucking time bomb......
Uncle Ming was a little desperate at this time, holding a flashlight to shine on the object under the crystal stone, wanting to see what the long-coveted and priceless "Glacier Crystal Corpse" looked like, the beam of "wolf eyes" was shining on the crystal, and the fat man and I had been wanting to see it, but before I could see it clearly, Uncle Ming suddenly shrank his hand in fright, and the "wolf eye" slipped from his hand, and he was about to hit the thin surface of the "Crystal Free Mountain".
Our hearts all fell down with the flashlight, but it happened too suddenly, we didn't have time to reach out to pick it up, and watched it fall on the crystal stone, the sound was not too loud, but it could make a big hole in the psychological defense line, Uncle Ming's legs were weak, and he almost didn't collapse to the ground.
The bottom of the tower was quiet, there was no sound at all, it seemed that everyone's breath was frozen at this moment, until it was clear that the "Crystal Free Mountain" was not smashed, then they all breathed a sigh of relief, and I said to everyone: "It's okay, anyway, this is also a stone, much stronger than we imagined." ”
I picked up the flashlight that fell on the ground and said to Uncle Ming: "Uncle Ming, you are really my own uncle, you have dropped the flashlight twice today, can you hold it tight next time?" If you don't listen to your hands and feet, don't do it yourself, or let Lao Huang turn on your flashlight. ”
Uncle Ming explained: "No, isn't it...... I'm also a person who has seen strong winds and waves on a boat, how can I be so bold, I just saw something under the crystal, it's alive, it's still ...... It's still moving. As he spoke, he took out the "Heavenly Official Bronze Seal" and asked me, "How do you use this treasure seal?" ”
I didn't hear Uncle Ming's words at all, could it be that the "Glacier Crystal Corpse" was turned around alive? What's moving? When we heard this, we felt more and more uncertain, so we had to go to see the things in the "Freedom Mountain" again, and the more we looked at it, the faster our hearts beat faster, and there was really something alive in it......"
There is a mountain character in the name of "Crystal Free Mountain", in fact, it is far from that big, to the big picture, at most only the size of a bathtub for bathing, oval, there are several arc-shaped golden bars around it, it is used to lift, it is placed horizontally in the pit at the bottom of the tower, symbolizing the white wolf demon slave of the collapse of the snow peak, it is engraved on the front side up, looking down from above, some like an eyeball embedded in the eye socket.
If you look closely, there are a lot of mercury-like things flowing slowly within this crystal shell, and the shadow lines of this mercury are distinct, just a woman, in the mercury humanoid body, there are some crimson things that glow slightly, judging from the position and shape, those seem to be the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and other internal organs of the human body.
Because of being wrapped in this layer of crystal stone outside, we can't see what the real face of the mercury-like flowing humanoid looks like, it really seems to be an active person, but it should only be an optical effect, and we can only make a preliminary judgment that it is possible that the humanoid inside is also a crystal clear liquid crystal, and Bacheng is the "glacier crystal corpse" that Uncle Ming is looking for.
As for whether it is a real human corpse, or if it is a symbolic artifact like this layer of "Crystal Freedom Mountain" outside, there is no way to know if you don't open it to see. The reason why I agreed to Uncle Ming to enter Kunlun Mountain this time was just that I hoped to find a way to use the "Dust Bead" to eliminate the curse on my body from this nine-story demon tower. But the Demon Tower, which I had high hopes for, didn't even have any information, only the corpse of this evil god was left unseen. I had already prepared for the spirit of not giving up until the Yellow River, so I called on everyone to help and carry the "Crystal Freedom Mountain" out of the pit.
Uncle Ming hopes to find a way to get it on it and open it when it is transported out of Karamir, so that there is no need to worry about causing an avalanche, and you can do whatever you want.
I said it was absolutely not feasible. Although this iceberg crystal is much stronger than we thought, and it will not shatter so easily, binding the gold fence with a climbing rope and hanging it layer by layer is equivalent to juggling with a bomb on the head. And not only to move to the top layer of the snow field, but also to pass through the icy Shenluo Gully, which is even more difficult than climbing to the sky. The only way to get out of the "Glacier Crystal Corpse" is to venture at the bottom of the tower. Although this may seem dangerous, it is much safer than shipping it out.
After I persuaded Uncle Ming, I looked at my watch, and it was getting dark. With the mastery of the first pair of wolves, the wolves will definitely launch a general attack before the snow stops tonight. They were starving and freezing in the snow ditches, and now they are almost at their limit. Once this demon tower is dug up, the wolves will have no scruples. Moreover, this "Crystal Freedom Mountain" is an ancestral relic of the wolf pack, and they will not tolerate humans disturbing it at will. It seems that one of the two sides must die clean tonight before it is over.
It is estimated that there will not be too many wolves left, only let go of other things first, and then talk about it after solving the wolves. So everyone returned to the first floor of the nine-story demon tower, refueled the fire, and let Uncle Ming and Ah Xiang stay here, while the rest of the people returned to the glacier buried by the heavy snow. Although it is located on two floors, it is very close, and if there is any situation, there is time to respond. When the first day of the new year came, he gave all the salt to Uncle Ming. If the snow miller comes from somewhere, sprinkle the salt and splash it.
It was already dark outside, and the snow was getting lighter, and it seemed that the snow would stop in the middle of the night. The people piled up the black wood dug out of the tower as a defensive circle, and each checked the weapons and ammunition.
I've loaded my shotgun and pistol with bullets, and it's time to settle a reckoning with the white-haired wolf, but it's hard to get into the grudge between us. In the Great Phoenix Temple, it was the Wolf King who bit Officer Xu to death, thus saving my life. But it was also the one who led the wolves to besiege us and pulled out all of Gemma's intestines. I slaughtered a lot of wolf cubs with the fat man and others in the Tibetan valley, and these things were not clear. Since the road is narrow, it can only end with a decisive battle of life and death.
Seeing the deathly silence on the snowfields around us, with no trace of life, Peter Wong waited anxiously and couldn't help but ask, "Will the wolves really come?" Why is there no movement at all? ”
Chu Yi nodded to Peter Huang, he hated wolves very much since he was a child, and at this time, a fierce battle was imminent, and his eyes were a little bloodshot because of his excitement. He touched the scar on his face, in the mountains and snow, Chu Yi's intuition was even sharper than that of a wolf, only to see him raise the wine bag and drink a large sip of barley wine, then took out the Tibetan knife, sprayed all the wine in his mouth onto the knife, and said to everyone in a low voice: "Here." Raising the shotgun with one hand, there was a "bump" of a gunshot. I saw a red snow mist splashing on the white snow not far away, and a giant wolf covered in snow was hit by a bullet and fell to the ground.
In the snow in all directions, dozens of vicious wolves jumped out almost at the same time, driving a large amount of snow and mist to rush in. At this moment, our eyes seemed to have an illusion, as if the whole snow slope suddenly shook and boiled. The wolves had already lurked in the nearby snow ditch, just waiting for us to come out of the demon tower and attack when our defenses were relaxed. They were just about to launch a surprise attack, but they were first seen through it in advance, killing the nearest wolf, and the rest rushed over.
We were few in number and lacked the firepower of our submachine guns, but among the five of us, there was no shortage of first-class marksmen, and the wolves were limited in number. Before that, more than twenty horses had been folded, and now there are less than seventy left. Immediately, the guns were fired in unison, and countless bright red blood flowers immediately bloomed on the white snow.
The wolves are very accurate in their estimate of our firepower. If they had been ambushed too close before, we would have discovered that they were too far away and could not get close, so they were all ambushed in an area of thirty or fifty meters. It seems that it is ready to rush to close combat quickly at the expense of a dozen wolves. Then our guns won't be of much use, but these plans have been disrupted by the first year.
But the wolves were still too close to us, and after shooting the thirty or so wolves that rushed into the first wave, the five of us ran out of spears and ammunition. The second wave of wolves had swooped down like a white whirlwind.