(It's the end of the month, please ask for the monthly pass in your hand, please don't be stingy, Lao Bei is desperate.) ）

How can this Buck be compared to the fat man who is rich and five cars in our school, and after the fat man said it for a while, Buck was stunned when he heard it, and his mind completely entered the world world that the fat man made up.

The old man in front of him was very focused, and except for smoking, his eyes barely took off the front. I felt bored and chatted with him casually, and then I realized that the old man was an authentic local tour guide who had been working for nearly 30 years and did not have a tour guide certificate. Every year, 90 percent of those who go to the depths of the Karakoram are brought in by him, and he can be said to be a treasure of the terrain and climate in this part of the Karakoram Corridor.

At this time, Peanut also asked: "Old man, where can this car go?" ”

Tuhti replied, "There are many routes to get into Chogori Peak, but your leader said that we can't go to crowded places, so we must first take a detour to Dama Zadala and from there we will approach Chogori Peak." ”

When it comes to the route, the old man doesn't have to think about it at all, he talks happily. But the fat man next to him suddenly stood up from his seat. I don't know what this guy is excited about, and he didn't calm down when he hit his head.

"Uncle, where did you just say we were going?" The fat man asked loudly.

Tuheti was a little stunned, "What, don't you know the way?" We're going to Chogori Peak. ”

I pressed the fat man down, "What are you excited about?" ”

"Excited about what? Damn, Chogori Peak, K2, a place that is more difficult to climb than Mount Everest, and Natniang is the most difficult snow-capped mountain in the world. You know the way. Of those who went there, less than two-thirds survived. The fat man shouted at me with wide eyes.

I frowned, and said to myself, is there anything more difficult in the world to climb than Mount Everest?

K2 I said in my heart how come I seem to have heard this name somewhere before, and then I think about it, damn it, isn't that the place where the movie "Vertical Limit" happened? When I think of the steepness of the K2 mountain in the movie, my heart is cold. The fat man said that the chance of surviving there was less than two-thirds, and in my opinion, if the movie is true, then the ghost girl can't live.

No wonder. No wonder!

If the Phantom Snow Forbidden City really exists in that place, there is a basis for the claim that there are no survivors until now. In modern times when expedition equipment is so advanced, it is difficult for anyone who goes to K2 to guarantee their own lives, let alone when they used to light kerosene lamps. As soon as I thought of this, I began to sum up with the fat man. Do you want to discuss it with Daddy and call some more people?

These things that happened during this time are ample proof of this. Few of us were lucky. You don't have a one-in-three chance of dying. We can't stand even one-tenth of us.

Although I have never experienced such an expedition, I at least know that if you want to climb a snow-capped peak like Everest, in addition to advanced equipment, a team of more than 20 people is essential. Climbing a snow-capped mountain is a different thing from a daily outing and mountain climbing. It had to be a bunch of people going up. A group of people answered at the bottom, marching in steps. We? Eleven people? How will it be divided then? Once something happens to the person in front, there is no possibility of rescue at all.

Besides, how difficult K2's conditions are. It's not like any snow-capped mountain. Below the snow layer is the soil or rocks, and below is the glacier, and the probability of avalanches is a bit vulgar, then it is like a joke. The worst part is that I don't have that kind of physical strength at all. Even if we go shit and luck doesn't meet anything, Daddy Peanut and these people can go up, I will definitely be left at the foot of the mountain.

Hearing our argument, Tohti shook his head.

"It's impossible to get to the snow head of Chogori Peak, we just need to be a little higher than the base camp. As your leader said, when we get there, the three of us guides can go down the mountain and wait. ”

His words did not have the slightest effect on comforting us, I said in my heart that you can go down the mountain at that time, and there is still the final payment, how we should go is not certain, when the time comes, Daddy says to continue to go up, then it will really suffer.

Now don't say it's me, the fat man is a little bit of a retreat.

Then everyone fell silent, and I suddenly thought of a question, so I turned to Peanut: "Peanut, does the map say that the Phantom Snow Forbidden City is on Chogori Peak?" ”

Peanut shook his head: "Your father must have known the approximate location of it, and your Yuan family has been looking for those things for a day or two, and there must be clues in hand." Then, he lowered his voice and said to me, "Even, your Yuan family may know about a route leading to the entrance of the forbidden city. ”

"How is this possible, if that's the case, my dad won't have to wait until now." I said.

"What the old man is talking about is only the external difficulties, according to the situation I know about the Dao, the inside of the Phantom Snow Forbidden City is the real danger. Those who had tried to go to the Forbidden City believed that in the Illusory Snow Forbidden City, there was a very strange power force, and legend had it that that power could take people who entered the Illusory Snow Forbidden City to another world. ”

Peanut's words were a bit mysterious, but when I thought of the complex structure on the map, I knew that the Illusory Snow Forbidden City was definitely more than just an ancient tomb.

"What kind of Snow City are you looking for on that mountain?"

Buck asked suddenly. Only then did I realize that I couldn't say much in front of these people.

The fat man said: "It's not Syracuse, we're going up to dig ginseng, adults don't listen to children." ”

Buck scratched his head and said to Tuhti, who was driving in front of him, "Master, those people who came to you a few days ago also seem to say that there is some city on the mountain, could they want to go to the same place?" ”

"Nonsense!" Tuhti glared at Buck with an angry face, "Where did you hear that, nonsense!" ”

Buck's words made us nervous, and the fat man asked, "Boy, are you sure you heard that?" ”

Buck seemed to be frightened by his grandfather, and was a little afraid to say anything more. I know that a private tour guide like the Tuhti family is very taboo about customers, and it is best to know nothing and just take them to that location.

But the message Barker was saying was so unexpected that we didn't expect. Maybe Daddy doesn't know what to do.

So, the fat man and I grinded hard and forced Tohti to agree to let Buck speak out.

Buck told us that just five days ago, a group of people approached the old man of Tohti and said that he was going to Chogori Peak. At that time, Tuhti had already received money from my sister-in-law, so he refused them. However, the men were very anxious and forced Tohti to give him a sum of money, and Tohti had no choice but to let Buck lead them to the house of another private guide. When you are about to leave. Buck heard the men whispering outside the house, and realized that there was a big city hidden above Chogory Peak.

I then asked, "What are those guys like?" Is there a woman in her thirties? ”

Buck shook his head, "No, those people are weird. I'm about the same age as my father, but the leader is very young. Only. It's just like you. ”

"About me?" I frowned.

"What's so strange about this, I don't know if the heroes of the road have been teenagers since ancient times?" The fat man said.

Buck continued, "Except for the leader, everyone else is very white. ”

"White? Damn, it can't be a foreigner, right? The fat man muttered.

"No, it was as if they were all wearing makeup on their faces, with a thick layer of white powder covering their faces. It's thicker than the prettiest Sannina in our village. ”

We're not in the mood to think about Sanina or Santana right now, and we think it's too unexpected. It's time to get out of the car and rest. So we asked Tohti to stop the car and ran to the back window.

The ninth brother and Shui Ye still sat in the car with a big grin, and the two were stunned and invited them to come down for dinner. But people said no, they only ate what they brought. We didn't bother to pay attention, so everyone found a place to sit in the shade.

When I told Daddy about it, his face turned green.

"No way, that kid must have misheard. Now it is only possible for us to know the location of the Illusory Snow Forbidden City, I didn't even say anything about this, and it is impossible for others to know the Dao. ”

"Master Yuan, don't be so sure." The fat man was suspicious.

Daddy took a few deep breaths, but still insisted on his opinion. "Definitely, that kid must have misheard."

"Dad, then who told you this news, since you can let you know the Tao, then maybe someone else has told it, think about it again."

"No, it won't." Peanut suddenly smiled and said, "The people who knew those things are now dead except for your father." ”

Peanut's words made us stunned, especially Daddy, the complexion on his face was a little unpleasant.

"The dog jumped off the wall in a hurry, Master Yuan, I'm right." Peanut laughed.

It seems that these two people have started to do Tai Chi again.

Daddy didn't answer, and only after calming down did he say: "It doesn't matter if someone knows the way, hmph, let's not talk about whether the entrance can be found or not, even then Qiaogori Peak can kill them." ”

It's okay not to mention this, as soon as Daddy said it, the fat man became angry.

"I said Master Yuan, before you clamped the lama, you didn't mention it to me at all, Qiao Geli Peak can bury those people alive, but we can't get any better." The fat man glared, meaning to let Daddy come up with an explanation.

Daddy smiled at the fat man, "Don't worry, although Qiaogori Peak is the most difficult mountain to climb in the world, as long as you follow closely, I guarantee that the danger will be the lowest." ”

Listening to Daddy's meaning, he seems to know what secret path he is. But after I asked, he didn't say anything, and he didn't kill people in a hurry.

After eating something, we were all a little sleepy. The Tuhti family was very dedicated, and they didn't eat first, and they checked the condition of the off-road vehicle first. After feeling stable, the three of them went to the side to eat.

I was dizzy with heat, and suddenly there was a chill on the tip of my nose. I shuddered and opened my eyes, and found that my nose was wet.

It's raining? No, where is it so cold in the rain? Thinking about it, suddenly I saw something white floating in the air around me.

At first sight, I thought I was dreaming, but it took a while to realize that this special mother turned out to be real.

"Huh! Fatty, get up and see, it's snowing! I shouted excitedly.

The fat man squinted his eyes half-squinted. "You're big, you're crazy, even if there is no fireball on such a hot day," said the fat man, "Eh, eh, oh,, it's really snowing." ”

"Woo" I and the fat man ran to the front excitedly, and said that this time the special mother can finally cool down for a while.

But. We were happy there for a long time, the snow was within reach, but we didn't feel how much the temperature around us dropped, it was still hot.

"Haha" Tuhti's family Sanye smiled at us.

"My friend, this place is different from yours. Even on the hottest month of June, the gods will rain a blizzard. You should go to a shady place and rest. Don't get sunburned. Aman, the son of the old man of Tuhti, shouted.

"I'll go, your gods are too fond of tossing people." After the fat man finished speaking, he scolded in a low voice.

At this time, Daddy and they also walked over with a smile, "After the snow falls for a while, the temperature will still drop a little, so let's hurry up while it's cool." ”

Then. We're ready to get in the car. Just as Daddy pulled the car door, the ninth brother in the back seat actually got out of the car.

We all looked at him in amazement. The man looked like he was in his forties, and he had a pocket watch hanging from the front of his chest. When he got out of the car, he looked at the southern sky with his hands blocking the sun and snowflakes.

Fat man is happy. shouted: "I've never seen such a tossing man, right? Get in the car, I've just cursed. ”

Brother Jiu ignored the fat man, still looking at the place, and we began to wonder what this guy was looking at.

So we all looked in the direction he was looking. But I saw nothing but snowflakes and the glare of the sun. After a while, I was about to give up, when suddenly a small black dot in my field of vision began to move in the air.

I thought it was because I had been looking up for too long, and my eyes were glazed. But if you look closely, it's not, the black spots are really there. Others have seen it too.

The fat man asked the old man Tuhti: "Old man, what kind of bird is it, and you still come out for a walk in this weather?" ”

After looking at it for a while, Tohti shook his head. "This bird is a lot in our area, it flies very high, no one has ever seen what kind of bird it is, and it only appears in snowy weather."

"That's a Zhen bird." Brother Jiu suddenly lowered his head.

"What kind of bird?" I've never heard of this bird.

Brother Jiu looked at me lightly, "Have you heard of the poison, that is taken from the bird, this kind of thing is very powerful, it became extinct many years ago, I didn't expect to meet you here today." As he spoke, he looked at Daddy again, "It seems that Master Yuan is really going to a terrible place this time." ”

After speaking, Brother Jiu got into the car in style. I was about to ask Peanut about the bird, but I found out that Peanut was already smoking in the car.

As the car drove away, the fat man and I looked in the direction of the bird again, and somehow I suddenly felt that the thing above my head seemed to be staring at us.

This section of the Karakoram road is actually very wide, but we are too special for these people. The equipment in the back of the car alone is not easy to explain. So, Tohti chose the least traveled route. If it sounds good, it is the road, and if it is not good, it is walking blindly in a certain direction, and the bumps along the way are so bumpy, the fat man is estimated to lose two pounds in a day.

It was already the morning of the third day when we arrived in Dama Zadara. Tohti said that the road ahead was much smoother, but what made me feel uneasy was that the snow had been falling for the past few days, and the temperature had gradually cooled.

Tohti told us that from April to June, there were quite a lot of people on the jump, all of them walkers on the expedition to Chogori Peak. In September, the snow covers the mountain, and there is naturally no one on the road.

When we heard this, our eyes turned green.

"What? Heavy snow covers the mountains? Then we're going to have a fart. The fat man immediately shouted.

"The snow is good now, I am very familiar with the road, I guarantee that there will be no accidents, although the snow on Chogori Peak is very heavy now, but the mountaineering base camp can still be reached."

As soon as I heard Tuhti's words, I felt that as long as I sent us people, it would be over. But Daddy should be clear about these things, he didn't say stop, he should be sure.

The rest of the journey is a bit tedious, and I won't go into too much detail. It's just that the closer you get to Qiaogori Peak, the more times the Ninth Master looks up at the sky. I wonder if the eyesight of that person is particularly good, with such a big snowfall, can he still see the birds above our heads?

Before, I was idle and dressed a lot, but later. When I was covered in a down jacket, I still felt very cold. Peanut became more and more silent, sleeping in the car during the day, waking up occasionally at night and only taking two puffs.

On the night they arrived at the foot of Chogori Peak, they opened their tents and finally no longer had to sleep in the car. On snowy nights, there was hardly anything to be seen, and everyone ate something and then went into the tents. I couldn't sleep, looking at peanuts. He was also awake.

I reached out to him for a cigarette and was about to start talking to him, but Peanut walked straight out of the tent.

When I looked outside, the snow had stopped for a while, and Peanut looked motionless in the direction of Chogori Peak. His eyes narrowed as if he were asleep.

"Let's go inside, it's too cold in here." I rubbed my hands together and said.

Peanut did not answer. After watching it for a long time. He suddenly said something inexplicable.

"I had a feeling that I was going to die there."

I was stunned, I didn't know why the peanut of the road would say this: "You are foolish, we have a map, and my father must know that the road to the road is not really that dangerous." ”

Peanut was still staring in that direction. His pupils slowly opened, as if he had seen something in that moment.

I didn't know what to say, so I could only stand up to the cold outside. Stand next to him and look in that direction with him.

I don't know how long it took to say it, but suddenly, I saw the corners of Peanut's side face grinning little by little.

He was laughing.

"You, what are you laughing at?" I gave him a little hairy smile.

Peanut ignored me and turned back to the tent. I was getting a little nervous about him and went in to ask him what was wrong. But the peanut got into the sleeping bag and closed his eyes.

Hey, isn't this man always virtuous? So I got into my sleeping bag too.

I couldn't sleep at all, and when I remembered what Peanut just said, I couldn't close my eyes even more. I don't know when it was, but faintly, I heard a "quack" cry from outside the tent.

It was as if some bird had flown over the roof of our tent.

Is it a plover?

I was a little scared, but I didn't dare to go out and see it. Turning his head to look at Peanut, he seemed to be really asleep. I was surprised to find that at this time, Peanut inexplicably slept very soundly. The light smile on his face was still there, and between even breathing, it seemed that he was dreaming something

"I'll die there."

The person who can still sleep so soundly after saying such things is probably the only one in the world.

"Yuan Zi."

Just when I started to feel sleepy, I suddenly heard Daddy calling me outside.

I immediately sat up.

"Yuan Zi." Daddy whispered to me again.

"Daddy? What are you doing at such a late hour? "I thought to myself, could it be that the old guy suddenly figured something out again, and was going to confess to me again.

But then Daddy stopped talking. I looked at the others in the tent, and they were all sleeping deeply, so I wrapped my coat and quietly walked out of the tent.

The campfire was almost extinguished, and it was scaryly dark outside the tent.

Looking up, I noticed that Daddy was standing a little far away, and he waved his hand at me slowly, calling me over.

You are really good at picking the time, but this also shows that Daddy must have something important to tell me. So I didn't hesitate and ran quickly towards Daddy.

As soon as I got to him, Daddy turned around and started walking forward.

"Eh" Before I could call him, Daddy had already walked out of the alley for several meters. What's the matter, but it might be really anxious to come to Daddy, otherwise, he would definitely not be like this. So I continued to follow.

"Dad, what the hell are you going to do? Where are we going? I asked as I walked.

If it weren't for the snow on the ground, I wouldn't even be able to see the road. Daddy's appearance was a little weird, no matter what I said in the back, he didn't answer, and rushed forward, and it was very fast.

I suddenly had a strange thought in my heart: Could it be that Daddy is going to quietly leave the others behind and only take me up to Qiaogori Peak.

Damn, it's no different than taking me to suicide.

No, even if that we're going to have to get at least some food or something. Confused, I felt that something was wrong.

But just as I was thinking this, the father in front of me suddenly stopped. His action was so sudden, I froze.

"Yuan Zi." Daddy turned his face slightly. The hat on his down jacket was over his head, and I couldn't make out his expression.

"Huh." I answered, and said in my heart that you are finally willing to speak.

But before I could ask a question, Daddy suddenly took another step and walked forward quickly.

At this time, I was stunned, and suddenly I felt that I could not move forward. Daddy is like this, he's not normal, if you keep going, but he's my father, and it's impossible to do anything bad for me.

Gritting my teeth, I followed.

But inexplicably. I'm starting to dare not speak. It took almost half an hour, and although we walked slowly in the snow, we still walked a long way. The father in front of me didn't breathe at all, and his walking speed was fast, which made me feel that he was very light

"Daddy." I tried to scream again.

Daddy didn't respond. Keep walking. His feet made a "whoosh, whoosh" sound on the snow, and my heart cooled little by little.

A very terrible assumption suddenly occurred to me - if this person is not my father?

This idea comes from one place. I felt that the down jacket on my body was completely useless. I got goosebumps all over my body.

But that voice, he, he called me, is indeed Daddy's voice.

I don't know if it's this kind of psychological trick or something else, but the more I go, the more I feel that this person's back doesn't look like my father's.

Actually, I've never seen Daddy look like in such a thick down jacket. But even Daddy. I can't explain his actions.

My mind flashed, and I looked over to the right hand of the man in front of me.

That's right, Daddy's right hand is the only one, as long as I can see six fingers. Then he must be my father. In this case, there is room for interpretation, such as sleepwalking

There were no gloves, and the white light on the ground could barely make me see clearly, and then the stone in my heart fell.

The right hand of the person in front of him was indeed Daddy's, and the six fingers couldn't be more obvious.

But as soon as I was relieved, I found that Daddy had stopped again.

At this time, my anger also came up, "Dad, what are you doing?" ”

After I shouted, Daddy didn't move at first, and it took half a minute before he slowly turned around. What makes me feel a little chill in my heart is that I still can't see Daddy's face.

It wasn't because of the light, but I couldn't see anything in Daddy's hat at all, it was pitch black, and it even gave me a hollow feeling, as if there was nothing in the hat at all.

But then, he spoke.

"You're here"

There's no doubt that the voice is Daddy's, but I'll never believe it's still normal.

I didn't answer, but stared carefully at the pitch-black down hat.

"Hmm" he seemed to be exhaling slowly, and I had the feeling that he was looking at me. "It's too late"

"Daddy." When I called it that, I actually knew in my heart that this person, this person with six fingers on his right hand, had a very low probability of being my father.

It's like Peanut suddenly saying he's going to die on Chogori's Peak, it's a feeling.

Suddenly, I had a bold idea to reach out and take off the hat from the man's head.

"See my face, you, you'll regret it." The man said suddenly.

I was so frightened that I took several steps back. That's just my thoughts, it's like he's hearing something. The feeling of being prying eyes on me was terrifying.

To the despair, he continued: "Don't be afraid, you won't die, at least not today." ”

"Who the hell are you!" I shouted.

Suddenly, a name came to my mind, Daddy said, he can make himself a completely different person

Spirits. (To be continued......)