Chapter 1: The Mystery

I was startled and quickly rubbed my eyes to look again, but this time I didn't notice anything unusual.

I said in my heart, is it really almost over? How does this look like a precursor to a stroke? Instinctively, he shrank back in his chair.

None of the others noticed me, Qin Yiheng just stared out the window blankly, even if it was just an ordinary street outside the window.

Bai Kai has a very wide heart, and he has fallen asleep with his hat covering his face. I didn't know how far the journey would be, so I looked at the time and simply closed my eyes. No matter what awaits me this time, I'll have to get enough energy first.

The car stopped and stopped, and went straight to the plateau around Chengdu.

I didn't know anything about the area, and it wasn't until I started to see the occasional Tibetan-like person outside the window that I had a rough idea of where we were.

As the altitude increased, my head started to feel a little uncomfortable. The person becomes very lethargic. Always dizzy.

In order to relieve my headaches, I had to sleep heavily on the road.

Occasionally I opened my eyes and looked out the window, and I couldn't see anything but clouds and large woods.

We drove on the road for about a day and a night, during which we rarely stopped, and even if we ate, we only hurriedly dealt with a few bites. It may be a problem with altitude sickness, and everyone seems to have little appetite.

From the early morning of the next day, my headache suddenly became severe. Always want to throw up. Both temples felt like they were about to explode.

I know it's mostly due to lack of oxygen, but there is no oxygen cylinder in the car. So the car had to stop every time I walked and let me vomit for a while before I could barely move on.

However, this did not solve my altitude sickness, and after noon that day, I was already feeling paralyzed and had some mild coma. The car had to stop completely, and another car went to a nearby hospital to buy an oxygen cylinder.

At this point, our location was very remote, and there were no people nearby. I don't know exactly how long it will take for oxygen to be available, and I can't even think about it anymore.

Bai Kai and Qin Yiheng have been taking care of me all the time, and I can hear them talking to me intermittently. However, it was difficult for me to hear what was being said.

During this period, Bai Kai should try to give me artificial respiration, and I felt that my face was pinched by his hands, but I couldn't tell him that it was to no avail.

In this state, people have no idea of time, and by the time I actually take oxygen, I don't know how many hours will be in the future.

However, simply inhaling oxygen did not solve the problem. I just felt a little lighter, and the other symptoms didn't improve.

It scared me a little if this physical relaxation was oxygen relieving altitude sickness, or if I was really going to see God.

Later, I felt that the car was driving again, and Qin Yiheng kept scraping my forehead with his thumb. Gradually, my head really didn't hurt anymore, and all my senses became clearer. Only then did I feel that what Qin Yiheng used to scrape my forehead was not my thumb, but the key that Markham Rong brought.

I could smell the heavy musty smell on the keys, which made my stomach churn. I couldn't help but spit out a few mouthfuls of gastric juice immediately.

After that, I felt like I had suddenly come to life. I sat up immediately, and I heard Bai Kai shout "me", and then Bai Kai opened the window and vomited, then turned around and said, Damn, you should say hello.

I waved my hand and said I didn't want to either. I couldn't help it.

It seemed strange to look up and see the scenery outside the window, as if we were walking through a gap in the mountains. The stone walls on both sides are only twenty or thirty centimeters away from the car. The car kept pressing over the small rocks on the ground, and the whole car was very bumpy.

This kind of environment is often called a first-line sky. Because of geological movements, or other unknown reasons, the mountain was originally a whole and a crack was torn out. In many mountains, there will be such a first-line sky landscape, but I have never seen such a long and deep one. It's a little scary.

This first-line sky is also very strange, there is no wind. And the surroundings are surprisingly quiet. The sound of car engines kept colliding in this narrow mountain crevice, making it seem as if there were no number of cars passing at the same time.

Our driver was very skilled and always fast. I wanted to distinguish the details of the rock walls on both sides, but I couldn't see it clearly.

I can only grasp the handrail as much as I can, because I know that in this kind of mountain crevice, it is easy for gravel from the mountain pass to fall overhead. If it's a big piece for us to go directly to the western sky, if it's not big or small, just enough to smash the car over, I at least have a preparation.

Bai Kai and Qin Yiheng probably also felt that this place was a little dangerous.

The expressions are very strict. The three of them were like prisoners rushing to the execution ground, and no one spoke.

The car just kept driving in the first line of the sky, going farther and farther. The rock walls on both sides are getting closer and closer.

At first, there was a space of twenty or thirty centimeters, but now there are only a dozen centimeters left. As long as the body shakes slightly, it will rub against the rock wall.

The car's rearview mirror had been retracted, and I had to turn my head to look back. I could only see the dark road, and I said in my heart that there must be three long and two short in this place, and I am afraid that no one will find the corpse.

I lit a cigarette, and only smoking calmed me down. At the same time, I'm guessing what will be on the other side of this line.

I smoked more than half of my cigarette when a strong wind blew in front of me. The yellow charms and tips in the car kept shaking.

I feel like we're close to the exit. Sure enough, it didn't last long. The road ahead is getting brighter and brighter, and you can already vaguely see the end of the sky.

The driver stepped on the accelerator deeply, and suddenly the scenery lit up as if it were suddenly bright.

There's a valley out there!

Markham made a gesture, and the car slowly stopped. The group got out of the car and immediately froze in place.

Because in the valley in front of us, there is a large area of buildings. The style of the building is obviously not modern, but I can't say what period it is. You can only see patches of dark gray roofs, arranged in a patchwork of valleys. On the periphery of this building, there is also a ring of walls. The walls were a cut higher than the houses, and only a few towering trees could go beyond the walls and into the city.

, is this an ancient city? And fortifications! I stretched out my hand, but I didn't know where to point.

Just check it out. You stay here. Markham said to the driver, turned around and gestured again. The car behind us quickly got a few people down, hurriedly moved a few large boxes in the car to the ground, and sat back in the car.

Pick a few that you think will be useful. I've got everything I can think of. Wan Jinrong made a gesture of please and said, I don't know how many days I will come back, try to bring as many as possible.

I walked over and opened the chest, and found that it was filled with all sorts of objects from the magic that I could name and not name.

I obviously didn't need these things, so after thinking about it for a while, I still took a mahogany skewer to defend myself.

Qin Yiheng and Bai Kai were picky and chosen, and they took a lot of various things. One person stuffed a hiking bag.

Bai Kai pinned several large bags of chicken blood to his belt, and looked at them like grenades.

Hey, it's missing! You drop, keep up with the drops to work.

Bai Kai led the way forward, and our group walked along the periphery of the valley on a very narrow dirt road.

The dirt road was clearly tread by man, with potholes and making it difficult to get off your feet.

Bai Kai's back is very heavy, and he can't help but stagger when he walks. After walking for a while, he suddenly stopped. He looked back as if he had lost something.

The people in the back were a little strange, and when they looked back, they didn't find anything.

What do you see? I was closest to Bai Kai and patted him.

Xiao Que, this road is wrong. Look at the plants on both sides of the road. Bai Kai pointed to the road under his feet, this path was stepped on by a person, right? But you see here, and here. As I just noticed, I'm afraid the road behind us is the same.

I looked down and saw that our path was lined with very low shrubs. I don't know what breed it is, but it's much smaller than the one used for greenery in the city. If you want to open a path, you don't even need to cut it with a knife, you just need to walk a few times and step out with your feet. But strangely, I saw that the bushes on both sides of the road were strangely damaged.

I say this because the damage to the bushes was clearly not caused by stepping on them or cutting them with a knife. On the contrary, it seems to be pulled by someone with external force, so it is crooked.

Could any wild beasts pass by here? I asked, "Beasts wouldn't walk as steadily as humans do." Maybe the flowers and plants on the road will be destroyed to relieve boredom?

No, Bai Kai took a few quick steps forward.

Xiao Short, there is paper money here. Bai Kai picked up the paper money from the ground and blew the floating soil on it. Soon he bent down again and picked up one again.

Damn, it's not the same paper money yet. There must have been quite a few people walking this road. And Bai Kai suddenly turned around and shouted at Qin Yiheng, Qin Yiheng! This road is not for the living!