The tent was about to be broken by the giants outside, could this be the "Snow Millet" that the guide Chu Yi said?

In order to avoid shooting the tent, I picked up a trekking pole that was placed on the ground and poked it over, but I didn't feel anything on the trekking pole, the big face seemed to be tangible and substantial, only the concave canvas was poked back by the cane.

Uncle Ming panicked and was about to climb out and escape, but I quickly grabbed his legs and pressed him to the ground. What is that snow miller outside, no one knows anything except for the first time when he heard about it, but fortunately, this tent can still stop it temporarily, and run out recklessly, isn't that hitting the tip of the knife?

The fat man followed my example, picked up a vertical flag for positioning on the glacier, stabbed it twice in the face, and when he saw that it had no effect, he grabbed a Remington with his hand, and did not care about breaking the tent, and fired a shot at close range against the face, and the thing outside the tent was hit by a scattered bullet, and the momentum decreased slightly.

The canvas on the top of the tent was shot into a sieve by the shot just now, revealing a lot of white things, similar to the snow outside, as if the guy outside the tent was a huge snowman.

The fat man kept shooting, and Peter Huang and Chu Yi and others also took out their guns to shoot, but it didn't have any effect. Suddenly, the tent's pole broke, and the entire tent collapsed immediately, leaving all seven people covered.

I thought to myself that this was over, this tent was scattered, and the people inside were pressed by their arms and thighs, not to mention trying to run out, it was very difficult to struggle to stand up, although I thought so, but my body did not stop, and I tried my best to push away the person who was pressing on me, and quickly got out from under the tent.

Before I could stand up, I had pulled out the M1911, but the cold wind was howling outside, the snow flakes were fluttering, and there was nothing. At this time, Chu Yi, Shirley Yang, Fat Man and others also climbed out from under the tent one after another, raised their guns and looked around, but there was no trace of the enemy.

It was the first time that the guide was familiar with the environment of this snowfield glacier, pointed in one direction, and opened fire, and we all followed the muzzle of his gun to aim. The night has passed, and the Longding Glacier is no longer pitch black, the dark clouds in the sky, and the outline of the surrounding snowy peaks have become faintly visible, only to see a huge white figure, running towards the white distance in the wind and snow.

That is the snow miller who attacked the tent just now, if it weren't for the first glance of the poison, it would be difficult to find its trace in this snow. The fat man and the first three of me, while shooting, stepped on the snow and chased after them from behind, so anxious that Shirley Yang shouted from behind: "Don't chase, be careful of the ice cracks under the snow......" But her voice was quickly drowned out by the wind and snow blowing behind her.

The snow on the glacier had lost its calves, and after running less than ten meters, I saw that the huge white figure suddenly sank down and disappeared on the snowfield. We then chased it and found that there was also a deep ice cave here, which seemed to be connected to the previous ice abyss, and also led to the nine-story demon tower under the ice slope.

Once Snow Millet hid here, we had no choice but to curse a few words on the edge of the ice cave and go back. The fat man and I asked the first year of junior high school, why did the snow miller just gain the upper hand and run away first, what is it? How could it be that in less than a few hours, a woman's body was transformed into that look?

Chu Yi said that there is no time to talk about these things now, we men are okay to say, but there are still two girls and an old comrade in the team, this time the tent is gone, we can't let them just stand on the glacier against the wind and snow, first find a shelter and safe place to settle down, and then talk about the snow Maitreya is not too late. Although rest assured, it won't come out as soon as the day dawns. The worst thing is that when the snow doesn't stop tonight, the wolves won't retreat, and we will be attacked from both sides, but it will be enough for us.

We returned to the place where the tent had been toppled over, and it was already dawn, but the snow was falling and it was dangerous to walk far away, and there were only a few undulating snow hills nearby, and there was no place to stay.

Shirley Yang said that there is only one place to go now, directly dig up the nine-story demon tower, at least the top layer first, and we will all go there to avoid this snowstorm. A fire is lit there, so that the air flow will rise upwards and block the snow at the entrance, which is enough to avoid the entrance being covered by snow before the snow stops, and the wolves are afraid of fire and do not dare to attack lightly.

We even called this plan very good, this ice and snow is freezing hard outside, we want to dig up the nine-story demon building, no matter what ghost birds are in it, even if it is just to sleep inside for a while to relieve fatigue, and when we have enough energy, we can dig out the glacier crystal corpse in one go, and then take advantage of the cold wave to freeze the glacier, and then we can retreat.

Everyone did what they said, and moved all the equipment and supplies to the leeward side of the snow slope, dug up a large patch of snow, revealing the dark blue ice below, and still brushed ginger juice onto the ice, waiting for the excavation to penetrate.

The first year of junior high school took the time to talk about something I heard two years ago, although it also happened in the deep mountains of Kunlun Mountain, but it was far away from Karamir.

There is an ancient horror legend among the Tibetans that on the snow-capped mountains, every night there will be a kind of monster that lives under the ice, gathering to plunder the corpses of those who have just died. When they burrow into the clothes of the corpses, the corpses will turn white, and if they continue to bite the living people and animals, they will grow larger and larger, and then they will shrink due to consumption, and if they cannot eat the living people for two or three days, they will scatter and burrow under the glacier to hide until they find new dead people. This kind of thing likes to drill into snow ditches and ice pits, and only haunts in the middle of the night, and more than 700 years ago, it once caused a catastrophe, killing countless people and animals. In the sutras of the monastery there is a set of "The Biography of His Holiness Tsongkhapa", which has a very detailed record of this matter.

I asked Chu Yi, "It turns out that Snow Maitreya is not a thing, but a group?" A lot of coming together? ”

At most, there will be more than a dozen attached to a corpse, and they absorb the flesh and blood in the corpse, and become fat, like a whole clump of fat, and it looks like a chubby snowman from a distance, and the locals call it "Snow Millet". The snow mill disaster has been a thing for a long time, and people have gradually forgotten it.

But two years ago, there was a terrible incident that killed a lot of people. At that time, a geological survey team entered Kunlun Mountain, and as a result, a few white and chubby snowmen were dug out of the snow, and before the geological team could figure out the situation, they were pounced into the snow nest by those white human figures, and only two of the ten people in the team escaped alive.

The area where the geologists were killed had recently been hit by an avalanche, and a multinational mountaineering team had lost contact with the outside world. The older monks at the temple said that the fat snowmen encountered by the geological team may have been the corpses of the mountaineers who had been entangled in the snow miller. It happened that the people were about to be mobilized to find the bodies of the missing mountaineering team and geological team members, so the nearby herdsmen and lamas, plus the army, went to the 100 people in total, and searched for five whole days in the snow-capped mountains, but they returned in vain.

The only weakness of Snow Maitreya is that it can only come out at night, and even if there is rain or snow during the day, it does not dare to appear.

The first day of the first year said to us, "But now we don't have a lot of salt, and there is very little salt, and Snow Millet will definitely come back in the evening." The wolves must have been hiding in a nearby ice ditch for shelter, waiting for an opportunity to sneak up on them, and it looks like there's going to be a good show on the glacier tonight. ”

The fat man held the sports rifle and said: "It's a pity that the guy doesn't take advantage of it, and the environment in this area is very unfavorable to us, otherwise the fat man will dare to practice with it alone, what snow Maitreya, to me will pinch it into a thin man." ”

At the moment, it seems that the only way to dig up the demon tower under the ice is to see what the environment inside is, maybe it can be used as a supporting fortification.

In a few moments, the ginger juice had seeped into the ice, and everyone worked together to dig up the ice. Under five or six meters, a large piece of wood similar to Qilian juniper was dug up, which was a combination of square wood, round log, and rammed earth. Doing it here, the civil engineering work is more troublesome than digging the ice, but fortunately, there are many people with fast hands and complete tools, and in less than half an hour, the first layer of the demon tower was dug up.

In order to prevent the immeasurable karmic fire and Dapu ghost insects under this ice layer, we made full preparations, but unexpectedly, there was nothing on the first floor of the demon tower, and when we entered it, it looked like a low room built of earth, mainly black wood and gray rammed earth. In this level, there is only a huge ice tray on the ground, the ice tray is thin and transparent, and there is a statue carved on the surface, and it seems that if you want to dig any further, you will have to break this ice tray.

Shirley Yang looked at the idol, which was the image of a military general with a wolf's head and armor. The wolf's head is white, the armor is silver, this image seems to have been seen somewhere, and while thinking about it, Uncle Ming and the others also went down to the tower one after another.

In order to find a suitable place to rest earlier, Chu Yi and the fat man had already started to beat the ice tray with an ice chisel, but when they heard that the sound did not look like ice, they took off their gloves and touched it with their hands -- it was a large round crystal.

Uncle Ming was also watching the fat man and others work on the side, at this time the tactical spotlights were gathered on the plate, Uncle Ming saw the image of the human wolf's head, his face suddenly changed color, and he hurriedly took out the scripture of the reincarnation sect, pointed to the wolf head demon god on the crystal plate and said, this iceberg crystal stone cannot be destroyed, there is the curse of the white wolf demon slave of the demon country, as soon as it is broken, the curse will come out.

I shook my head and didn't believe it, there is an explanation of the layout of the nine-story demon tower in "The Secret Art of Yin and Yang Feng Shui", and I have also seen it in the volcano, there can be no mechanism on this floor. This crystal disc is supposed to be a kind of tower burial decoration called "Linggai", which is connected to each layer.

But I'm not sure what the difference is between "curse" and "mechanism", at this time, even if I believe Uncle Ming's words, it's too late, the crystal plate engraved with the wolf's head demon slave has been chiseled open by the few clicks just now, and it will be broken with just one more touch.

In just a moment's effort, the crack of the crystal spirit disk has expanded to the limit, and even a slight movement will cause it to shatter. Compared to the vicious mechanism, the invisible curse makes people unable to eat and walk around.

Shirley Yang stepped forward and gently knocked the Linggai crystal plate into countless pieces, and I knew that she had always been cautious, and she must be completely sure that she would do so, so she was relieved.

After the disc-shaped iceberg crystal shattered, nothing happened. The fat man kept complaining that Uncle Ming was making a fuss, and it was easy to scare people into myocardial infarction, which was more lethal than curses and mechanisms.

Shirley Yang said to us: "Uncle Ming is right, but the crystal plate on the top layer is fake, and the crystal plate with the real curse is in the deepest part. This demon tower dedicated to the crystal corpse of the evil god is also mentioned in the long rap poem of the Enemy Orb King. The silver demon slave White Wolf King, named Crystal Freedom Mountain, serves by the side of the evil god at the bottom of the tower, and if someone approaches, the army of demon wolves will descend from the sky and engulf the invaders. ”

The wolf god "Crystal Freedom Mountain" is the demon slave of the demon country, and there are also related legends in the earliest mythological system of Tibet. Crystal Zizai Mountain was also a white giant wolf before his death, and was the ancestor of all the evil wolves in Kunlun Mountain, but it was given the title after death. Legend has it that after being killed by Guru Padmasambhava, his body turned into a huge iceberg crystal, so it was called "Crystal Mountain".

This crystal, which was transformed by the corpse of the white wolf demon slave, is buried in the mountain, and the vicious curse of the demon slave's soul is buried, and anyone who tries to get close will die without a place to bury. The Demon Kingdom is a people who worship the abyss and caves, and the glacier crystal corpse, as a symbol of the evil god, must be at the bottom of the nine-story demon tower. Shirley Yang reminds us that when digging deepest, we must be careful not to damage the crystal and burn ourselves in the mountains.

This Longding Glacier used to be a huge lake, and the location of the Demon Tower may be located on an island in the middle of the lake. The tower is surrounded by frozen soil or rocks, and the outer layer is a deep glacier, and its bottom may even be connected to the ice abyss where Snow Millet is hiding, and the further down you dig, the more dangerous it becomes.

We were well positioned and dug two more layers in order. There are no burial of the dead here, only some cow heads piled into mani piles, all of which only have white skulls and horns, which should be the worship of cows, because yaks are treasures all over the plateau, and in ancient Tibet, no matter which tribe, only in this point is more unified.

Compared with the luxurious and rich burial tower of the reincarnation religion in the previous ice bucket, there is nothing in the nine-story demon tower, which can't help but make us a little disappointed. At this time, everyone was extremely tired, so they returned to the top floor of the demon tower, lit a fire to warm up and eat, and then hurried into the sleeping bag to sleep.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, I called them all up to dig to the deepest part before it got dark, and if we were fast enough, we could get out of Longding Glacier before the cold wave came.

Everyone was equipped with tools and weapons, and Uncle Ming took out his ancestral thirteen whiskers porcelain cat from his bag, carefully counted the thirteen whiskers of the porcelain cat, and there was no less than half of them, and then put them on the ground, and took Ah Xiang to worship them twice.

The fat man and I were curious to watch the excitement next to us, and I asked Uncle Ming: "The porcelain cat's whiskers are not broken, does it mean that we can succeed and get out of the way?" ”

Uncle Ming said: "Of course, this thing is very effective, it must be a success and retreat, so the ancestors have a full beard and a full shadow." ”

After Uncle Ming finished speaking, he handed over the thirteen-bearded porcelain cat to Ah Xiang, and asked Ah Xiang to put it away, and he went to his backpack to find the Tianguan copper seal engraved with "Heavenly Official Blessing, No Taboo", ready to be used when digging up the glacier crystal corpse.

When I saw this seal, I remembered that this seal was fake, and I didn't care if I used it. Fortunately, before Shirley Yang set off from Beijing, he sent back a set of 36 "Xingguan Nail Needles" from the United States, which were antiquities used by the Tang Dynasty to touch the golden school captain, and later went overseas.

When I was distracted, everyone was ready, and I and Fatty, Peter Huang, and Chu Yi were divided into two groups, one group dug one layer, alternately in turn, and it was estimated that within three hours, it would be dug to the ninth layer.

The third layer is filled with wordless ghost flags with star patterns, which are divided into five colors: red, blue, white, green, and black, with black ghost flags being the most abundant and blue being the least. According to the account of the Demon Kingdom in later generations, these colors have different symbolic meanings, red represents blood, blue is the sky, white is the mountains, green is the water source, and black represents the abyss. From the difference in the color of these ghost flags, it can also be seen that the belief in the demon kingdom is different from other religions, in their worldview and cosmology, the more black, the deeper the cave, and the stronger the power.

I asked the fat man to tear off all these dazzling ghost flags, keep them for fire, and then go down to the fourth floor first. This layer of demon tower is piled with countless pebbles engraved with different symbols, which may be the legendary prayer stones, which may be valuable to archaeologists, but in our eyes they are piles of rotten stones. After looking at layer after layer, it seemed that there was nothing of value except for the iceberg crystal stone that was used as the spiritual cover. I thought there would be some clues about the eyeball temple of the Demon Kingdom, but when I put myself in my shoes, I couldn't help but feel some disappointment.

I dug it layer by layer, and it wasn't until the eighth layer that I realized that this layer was very different from the layers above. There is also a crystal spirit cover on this floor, when the spirit cover was first opened, I didn't find anything, I felt that it was wrong when I went down, there were many figures around, and I quickly raised the wolf's eye flashlight to check, and the other hand also pulled out m1911.

I saw nineteen tall male ancient corpses, all of them maintaining a sitting posture, sitting in a circle. Because this demon tower has always been frozen by the ancient glacier, these corpses are no different from living people, but their faces are black and unusual, and their costumes are even more peculiar, which is very close to the bronze statues placed in the Heavenly Palace of the Tomb of King Xian.

Shirley Yang came down after me, saw these meditating ancient corpses, and said to me, "Maybe it's the priest protector who voluntarily died after the glacier crystal corpse was buried." Watch out for an ambush on this level! ”

I made a gesture to stop the fat man and the others who were about to come down, and asked Ah Xiang to use her "instinctive eyes" to see if there was anything unclean on this floor. Ah Xiang was about to cry in fright, and looked at the nineteen ancient corpses very reluctantly, shaking his head to indicate that there was nothing.

I still don't dare to be careless, maybe these corpses of Dharma protectors who died in the Demon Tower all hide the kind of insects that can burn the soul to ashes, that is the real immeasurable karmic fire, and if the body touches a little, it will definitely not be extinguished.

This most important nine-story demon building is too smooth to dig up, and the more this is the case, the more people feel that there is a hidden disaster. Anyway, this is also the eighth layer, and there is still a lot of ginger juice prepared, so I asked the fat man to leave some spare, and the rest was sprayed on those ancient corpses, and the water in the kettle was concentrated, and the entire eighth layer was sprinkled, and there were ** everywhere, so I felt that I could dig the deepest evil god corpse with confidence.

Black folds, crowbars, and ice drills are all on top of each other, opening up the large black wooden plank, revealing a square space underneath, which is also made of wood, earth, and stone. Seven or eight fluorescent tubes were thrown down one after another, and the space lit up slightly.

None of us dared to go down rashly, just watched by the opening of the hole, Uncle Ming was anxious to see what the glacier crystal corpse he thought about day and night looked like, so he squeezed to the front, looked at it for a long time, the more he looked at it, the cooler his heart became, where is there any evil god's corpse down here?

At the bottom of the floor, there are only two round crystals of the same size, one white and the other blue, placed on the stone platform, illuminated by a fluorescent tube, and you can see that there is a naturally formed star map on it, and there is nothing else. These two natural crystals obviously can't be glacier crystal corpses, nor can they be crystal free mountains with curses, because they are only the size of fists.

The fat man hurriedly comforted Uncle Ming, although he didn't find the owner, but these two licensed goods seemed to be worth a lot of silver, and they didn't go back empty-handed.

I said to Uncle Ming that the space below is too dark, let's look here, it is inevitable that there will be some omissions, so let's go down and take a look to be sure, maybe it is hidden somewhere. If it comes, it will be safe, and it will not be finished if it is not turned upside down.

So everyone went down to the deepest part of the demon tower one after another, and then below was the base of the tower. This kind of tomb tower is not like a stupa or underground palace in a temple, and this should be the last space.

Removing the blue and white crystals, I found that the stone platform was moving.

The fat man alone pushed the stone platform aside, and there was a shallow pit of frozen soil below, and there was a large piece of very thin crystal stone in it. There are layers of dense natural textures like water lines on the crystal, engraved with a wolf-headed human general, with a fierce and hideous face, wearing a white helmet, wearing silver armor and white robes, holding a silver tasseled spear, making a posture of jumping down in the air, awe-inspiring.

Shirley Yang saw it and quickly told everyone not to move, this is the crystal Zizai Mountain that hides the curse of the demon slave, although I don't know what the legendary curse is, but the ripples in the crystal stone are very peculiar, and it seems to be locked in it. As soon as this crystal cracked, the entire snow-capped mountains and glaciers on the top of the dragon were in danger of collapsing......