Ba Tsering didn't explain much on this matter, which gave people the feeling of selling off. Iron Donkey and I didn't ask much.

We continued for more than two hours, estimated to have run three or four hundred kilometers, and finally entered a mountain col.

There was a big truck with a compartment parked here, and there was a driver in the car, and he saw our car coming from the rearview mirror. He hurriedly jumped out of the car.

Daben's headlights shook on him just right, and I saw that this was a Tibetan man, with a hairy beard, who was originally quite a gentleman, but with that smile, he also showed a very strong ruffianism.

I guess he's usually a ruffian, and he's quite familiar with Ba Tsering, greeting him politely and muttering in Tibetan.

And Ba Tsering frowned and said to the driver, "Speak it in Chinese, otherwise my two friends won't understand." ”

I secretly praised Pa Tsering, and he did this to comfort me and the iron donkey, for fear that we would mistakenly think that they were saying something bad.

The driver was also excited, and immediately changed his Chinese language, and shouted in Ge, Ge. I guess Ge is the meaning of the brother, he doesn't pronounce it well.

Iron Donkey and I focused on the closed compartment of the truck, because it was closed, and I didn't know exactly what was inside.

Ba Tsering said a few more words to the driver and asked if the things were ready?

The driver patted his chest to assure that everything was in order, and then he made a small gesture and took out a look of asking for money.

I don't recommend that Ba Tsering give money now, stupidly thinking, we have to inspect the goods first, but Ba Tsering didn't care about this, and groped his pocket and took out a check.

I know that checks are often relatively high, otherwise it would be 1,800 yuan, who bothered to write a check?

The driver was very greedy for money, his eyes were straight when he looked at the check, he snatched it, stared up through the light, and finally snorted and kissed the check.

Ba Tsering muttered with the driver again, and the iron donkey and I saw that the money had been given, and there was nothing more to say, so we started together and opened the rear compartment.

At the moment of opening, I looked in curiously. I thought it must be something we needed for our trip to the temple, and my pessimistic guess was a hiking bag and a pickaxe or something.

But after seeing the contents clearly, I was surprised, and the iron donkey couldn't help but mutter, "it." ”

The two of us did it, and it was only when we were tired and panting until we were tired that we carried all the equipment out. They were all spread on the ground, and I looked at the basket the size of half a house, and there was a shriveled superballoon, and I guessed it, and shouted and asked, "Lord Ba, are we going to take a hot air balloon ride this time?" ”

Ba Tsering rushed over when he heard the sound, but rejected my idea. He pointed and said, "How can it be a hot air balloon?" The temple is located at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters, and the oxygen is too thin for the hot air balloon to ignite. ”

I had another guess, because there were four more big cylinders out of the truck, and I asked him, "Is it a hydrogen balloon?" ”

I think I'm not wrong, otherwise how could this balloon rise into the sky? But this time, not only Ba Tsering, but also the iron donkey laughed.

The iron donkey replied instead of Ba Tsering, and he also pulled me aside, and said with a very embarrassed look and said Apprentice, the teacher didn't teach you well, what age is the hydrogen balloon, hydrogen is too unstable, easy to combine with oxygen, and it will explode if you are careful.

I also followed his wishes, and I tasted it, and this time the balloon must be filled with an inert gas.

I remember that the noble gases are helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, etc., and the lightest is helium, which is second only to hydrogen in density.

I asked again speculatively, "Helium balloons?" ”

The iron donkey gave me affirmation and praised me for being smart. And without further ado, we got busy pumping up the balloons.

This balloon is quite big, and we can't use a gas pipe like a tire, so we won't be able to finish it even if we hit it in the Year of the Monkey.

The driver provided three inflatable pumps, and just like that, when it was almost dawn, the balloon was completely inflated.

I looked up and saw that the balloon was 20 meters high, and it was quite spectacular at first touch.

To prevent the helium balloon from flying away on its own, we used four ropes that were firmly attached to the ground stake.

The driver didn't want to worry too much, so he took the money and delivered the goods, so he packed up and prepared to leave. Together, we put the rest of our gear in the basket under the balloons.

This time, Ba Tsering also got two guns, one a shotgun and the other an old-fashioned revolver.

The shotgun belongs to the iron donkey, and according to their respective gun skills, in fact, the revolver is also scored for the iron donkey, but I grabbed it in advance, because I have to have a sharp weapon for self-defense.

The rest of the equipment wasn't too interesting, with iron octalons, knives, oxygen masks, and a weird round rumbling hair dryer.

According to Ba Tsering, a hair dryer is something used to adjust the direction of the balloon after it is lifted into the air.

Then we all went into the big basket with the dried corpse. Ba Tsering asked me to hold the knife with the iron donkey, and he counted three two one, and together we cut the rope that held the balloon in place.

The moment the rope was broken, I felt like an invisible giant hand was holding it under the basket, and the helium balloon swished into the air, and in the blink of an eye, it was less than three or five meters above the ground.

I can't stand the coldness, and I'm more or less afraid of heights.

I sat in the basket with my butt in my hands, clutching my chest in discomfort. Ba Tsering noticed my abnormality, and he didn't let me take a few breaths of oxygen, because oxygen is precious, and I shouldn't waste it unless I have to.

Ba Tsering asked me to take deep breaths repeatedly, so that I could adapt a little faster.

I hurriedly did so, perhaps because my breathing was too rapid, and I breathed in and out with a heavy snorting sound. The iron donkey reminded me again, saying that Ba Da was telling me to take a deep breath, but I also don't want to come up with a rhythm like a dying patient, right?

I gave him a blank look. After the time of a cigarette, I slowly got used to it, and my mind became more flexible.

I thought of another very important thing, what if we make a helium balloon to rise to an altitude of 4,000 meters, what if there is a danger of sudden fall?

I asked Ba Tsering for a parachute, and I also believed that he must have prepared this equipment in advance, but Ba Tsering waved his hand and said what parachute? Death is expensive, death is expensive, he didn't buy it!

Not only me, but also the iron donkey was surprised and asked what rhetorical question?

In fact, I have known for a long time that Ba Tsering has slammed the door, but I didn't expect him to slam to such an extent.

Ba Tsering saw that our faces were not good, and said a few more words. According to what he said, there is really no need for a parachute, and when there is a fork, we just let the helium balloon lean against the mountain, and we are sure that it will not fall.

I didn't agree with this idea, but the iron donkey didn't say anything with a calm face.

But now that we've lifted off, it's unlikely that we'll want to go back the way we came, and I can't do anything in the end, so I can only suppress my worries.

As it gradually increased, I found that the temperature dropped quickly, and Ba Tsering was positive about it, telling us that he had bought a few large cotton jackets, and everyone should wrap them up for warmth.

I didn't take it seriously, otherwise I would suspect that this big padded jacket was also collected in the tattered market.

And not only did we wear padded jackets, but Ba Tsering also put the thickest one on the dry corpse, according to his meaning, the dry corpse is also afraid of the cold, especially if the insects freeze to death, the eyeballs will also be affected, don't let the iris of the eye fail.

I'm worried about another level, if the dry corpse suddenly comes to life, and talks to us and cries in this basket, we will be scared a lot.

But the dried corpse in the padded jacket sat quietly all the time, and it wasn't as bad as I thought.

I was purely passively waiting, Ba Tsering and the iron donkey were quite active, Ba Tsering brought a monocular, and from time to time he switched with the iron donkey to observe the environment above.

After about another hour of flight, I estimated that it must have been thousands of meters above the ground, and all of a sudden, the whole helium balloon went into flames.

I was in the middle of it and it was very noticeable. I was closing my eyes and recuperating, but then I couldn't help but open them.

I was also very panicked, and I said that it couldn't be a balloon, right?

I immediately stood up, and the wind outside the basket was so strong that my hair danced wildly. Ba Tsering looked at my expression and said don't be so nervous. Then he pointed around and emphatically said, "We've encountered the airflow, and we'll just get through this." ”

I stood close to the railing of the basket, and after listening to Ba Tsering's words, I tasted it again, and indeed as he said, the balloon did not appear in any other condition except for the occasional shaking and slower ascent.

The iron donkey kept his binoculars staring directly above the helium balloon, where there was a small dark shadow. After he realized what it was, he interjected, "These are all big trees growing outside the cliffs, if we keep going up, will we hit them?" ”

I also saw the same, but my sense of space is very poor, and I can't calculate the distance.

Ba Tsering thought about it and replied, "In that case, let's use a hair dryer to blow the balloon farther away." ”