Hell's Gate, Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Swamp

Kreina and Narayan did not take off their clothes, but only tied their cuffs and trouser legs with rope. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Info tied a long rope around his waist and threw it at the big black man named Hans, looking very cautious.

Tighten your sleeves and trouser legs, and it is a way to protect yourself in the tropics where there are many locust leeches and parasites. But in this mirror-like highlands of the Western Regions, it's better than nothing.

I don't think there would be a lot of insects in such water. The temperature of the water is very low and does not exceed 10 degrees Celsius for many years, and even mosquitoes do not choose to ovulate in this body of water, except for cold-water fish that can survive.

Everyone watched as the two men got into the water and tentatively took a few steps forward. The water is indeed very shallow, and after walking out of almost 3 meters, it is not enough to pass the calves of two people. Krishna stooped down, picked up a few bones from an unknown animal in the water, put them under his nose, sniffed them, and threw them on the shore.

This strange behavior makes me sick to my stomach, but I don't think it's a bad taste for a small Nepalese guy who should have his own way of identifying animal bones.

Han Lisha and I went over and researched it and determined that it should be the bones of a wild donkey or antelope, not human bones. In winter, the water level in the lake should be lower than it is now, and it is normal for dead animals to be covered by the lake.

The two of them continued to walk forward, and the distance between them slowly widened. Suddenly, Narayan swayed, his body plummeted, and he sank into the water from the waist down. He panicked a little and screamed desperately.

Krishna, who was 10 paces away from him, stood still, but instead of wading into the water to rescue him, he shouted loudly to him in Nepali.

I stood on the shore, my mind wandering with Narayan's fall, thinking that he had stepped into a hole in the water. But it doesn't look like it, the dark hole will directly engulf people, and there is no reason why it only reaches the waist. In a matter of moments, the lake did not reach Narayan's chest again.

Krishner shouted, "Hans, rope, Grasp a rope!" ”

The big black man on the shore tightened the rope, and the mercenary next to him also went over to help. Soon, Narayan was pulled back to the shore.

Lisa Han went over and asked, "What's up?" ”

"The swamp, this is not a lake, it's a swamp," Krishner said. ”

The frightened Narayan was covered in mud below her thighs, and even a shoe was missing, as if she had fallen into a swamp. But the strange thing is that his pants were cut by some sharp object, and his calf was bleeding nonstop, and the injury was obviously not light.

Krishner stood there, staring at Han Lisa, as if he didn't want to go any further. Since it is a swamp, once people go deep into it, they will encounter a catastrophe at any time.

In front of all the mercenaries, Han Lisha didn't want to force her subordinates to die too much. She nodded to Kreina, and the little man quickly returned to shore and helped the soaking Narayan to take off his shirt and pants, and stripped him all the way to naked. After treating the wound, he stuffed the person into a sleeping bag to prevent him from contracting the cold.

In the starry sky, Han Lisha sat on the red sand and rocks by the lake, with the few white bones in front of her, silent. The light of a campfire not far away illuminated the side of her face, light and dark. After a long time, she said: "Du Feng, in Han Jinbao's dictation, the entrance to Duyi is a glacial cave, I don't know what's going on, but a lake has appeared here, which is very abnormal." ”

I said in my heart that there was a swamp in the basin, and that was normal. However, since Han Lisha and Mueller have already preconceived that this is the entrance to the capital, I naturally won't feel uncomfortable with myself. My mission is to help find the entrance direction, and since you all think you've found it, there's nothing I can do. As for whether you can get in or not, I don't care.

I said, "Decades have passed, the landscape has changed, the rivers have been diverted, and there may be flooding of the underground capital. ”

Nodding at Lisa, she said, "Du Feng, did you notice that snowman?" He was one of the guards of the capital. I told you last night that Han Jinbao had long hair on his body, which I didn't think I could understand. Now, though, I'm sure he's a snowman. ”

I was stunned and said, "Turned into a snowman?" You mean, this snowman is a human? ”

Han Lisha nodded and said, "Du Feng, you are a student of biology, and you should know how species survive and reproduce. The legend of the Yeti has been passed down for hundreds of years, but have you ever heard of anyone who has seen their population or habitat? Didn't you? So, it is likely that they are not normal species, but were created by accident. You've also said that there might be something here that can cause genetic mutations in living things. Mongolian killer worms can, crows can, people can, of course. ”

I opened my mouth wide, damn, this woman's imagination is too rich, right? Is a snowman a human? And it's also the guard of the capital? Isn't that a joke? Why are you so confident?

But when I thought about it, the more I thought about it, the more frightened I became, don't say it, this woman has some truth in what she said, especially the state of Han Jinbao's sudden hair, if it is true, people can't help but believe it.

"So, I can confirm that the entrance to the city is in this lake. If the snowman can get in, so can we. Han Lisha said affirmatively.

I scratched my head and said, "However, even if this is the entrance to the underground capital, we may be unprepared. If there is diving equipment, then no problem. ”

Han Lisha stood up and began to unbutton her cover, saying, "We don't need diving equipment, we just need to reach the point where the snowman disappears, and we can find the mystery." ”

My heart tightened, and my heart said that she was going to go into battle in person? Once I'm sure it's just an ordinary swamp, I'm going to have to go all over the valley to find the entrance? I held out my hand to stop her and said, "What are you doing?" Don't go, it's dangerous. ”

Han Lisha glanced at me, obviously misunderstood, thinking that I was worried about her, and said, "It's okay, I have won an amateur swimming medal in City B, and this small pond can't drown me." ”

I obediently shut my mouth. People spend so much energy to come here, of course, they will not be intimidated by a little difficulty, and go home in a gloomy way. She'll give it a try anyway.

I watched Han Lisha get into the tent to change clothes, and said in my heart that this woman didn't even want to wait for dawn, what is she? Leading the way? Seize every moment? Knowing that it is a swamp, but still risking your life? It seems that I am very obsessed with achieving the purpose of this business.

The fat man came up and said, "Crazy, what do you want to do?" ”

I gave him a blank look, pointed to the surface of the lake, and said, "She's going to the center of the lake, where the snowman disappeared, to find out where that guy has gone." ”