However, I understood that it was obviously irrational to go down now, and it was dark now, and even if I had turned on all my flashlights, it would not be as convenient as it was to act during the day, and I patted the stunned Rehaman, and I said, "Go back to the tent, and talk about it tomorrow morning." ”

Early the next morning, we set up our tents and saw the whole ice pit.

This is a big pit located in the depths of the glacier, I can't see whether it is man-made, it is circular, it is the size of half a football field, on the ice wall facing us, there are many carved ice sculptures, presumably carved for a long time, with the change of time, the accumulation of ice and snow, the ice sculptures have been frozen and thickened, gradually losing their original appearance, and can only see a general outline.

Among them is a building complex, no longer able to see the specific appearance, there are some humanoid ice sculptures next to the building, originally supposed to have facial features, now only see the human form, if it freezes for a few more decades, maybe even the human form can not be seen.

The ice pit was very empty, covered with a thick layer of snow, and the only thing that stood out was that in the middle of the ice pit, there was a pile of brown things, covered in snow, half hidden, half visible, difficult to see.

Rehaman and I laid a chisel and lowered the rope down to the ice pit, and when we got closer, it was actually a wooden shelf.

The wood was frozen as hard as iron, and it was built into the shape of a spire, about half a man high, and the rest was buried in the snow, so that the whole appearance could not be seen.

Rehaman exclaimed, "How could anyone build something like this here?" "He thinks it's strange, but I'm not surprised, if there is nothing special in this snowy mountain, it is impossible for the stuffy oil bottle to come in, and it will be half a month long.

I beckoned to Rehaman and said, "Let's clear the snow and see what this wooden shelf is." ”

Not to mention the trees in the snowy mountains, there is not even a single grass, obviously, these woods are brought in by people from the outside, and according to the surrounding environment, this is obviously not something that can be done by one person, it should be a group of people, so, what are they building this wooden frame for?

Reharman followed my instructions and pulled a folding shovel out of his gear bag, and the two of us began shoveling snow around the wooden shelves.

The snow layer is quite thick, when digging down about a meter, a large part of the wooden frame has been exposed, the shape has not changed, just like a spire, but it is not a complete tower, but only a wooden tower with a shelf, as if it has not had time to seal the stone tile, the whole is a tower shape built by wooden pillars, and the pillars are connected with wooden wedges, which is obviously a relatively ancient process, because in modern times, including modern times, similar buildings have begun to use iron nails.

After digging for a meter or so, my folding shovel suddenly hit a hard thing, I knew that I should have dug to the end, and there was probably hard ice underneath, so I worked hard to shovel away the snow on the surface, and as soon as I shoveled, the shovel suddenly failed, and the snow in that place seemed to be sucked away by something, and it slid down, and a hole about one person wide appeared in front of us.

This cave is close to the wooden tower, and it is an ice cave that is obviously artificially made, and what surprised me even more was that the method of drilling the hole was very similar to a robbery hole.

The reason why it is very similar is because it is not exactly made according to the method of stealing holes. Anyone who does a dry bucket knows that the reason why the hole is called the hole is mainly because of the position and technique of the hole, because the hole is mostly a soil hole, it will collapse if you are not careful, and in order to hit the accurate position, some places that are not suitable for the hole can not be avoided, so in the process of evolution, a variety of hole theft techniques have been formed.

For example, the thousand shovels of fish scales that the stuffy oil bottle once cast.

These techniques are specially designed for stealing holes, so when we distinguish whether a hole is a thief hole, we can see it by looking at the way he lowers the shovel, and we ordinary people do not have a specific technique when digging holes.

Like the hole in front of me, this is an ice cave, the ice is very thick, comparable to stones, in fact, there is no need to consider the landslide, so this hole, how convenient how to dig, there is no need to do anything to shovel fish scales, but although this hole is dug very casually, but as long as you take a closer look, you can find that the person who digs the hole intentionally or unintentionally used some tricks to steal the hole.

In fact, these techniques are not necessary, but it may be that the person who digs the cave often steals the hole, forming a habit, so even if he digs an ice cave without danger, he unconsciously uses the technique of stealing the hole.

I felt a thump in my heart, and I felt like a nightmare was coming back.

Could it be that there is a fight down here?

This ice cave, I can't be sure if it was dug by a stuffy oil bottle, and this wooden tower is also very strange, so far we have not dug to the end, through the ice cave you can see, the wooden tower has been extending down, obviously, it is very high, very large, what we saw at the beginning, is just a spire.

Someone opened an ice cave next to the wooden tower and went down the wooden tower to the bottom, apparently, there was something underneath it.

I suddenly felt a little dry, to be honest, my life in the past two years, has been too peaceful, there are no worries, even if there are some doubts, it will not cause harm to me, or to others, at first glance to see this ice cave that looks like a thief hole, almost all my memories of the previous inverted bucket were pulled back, and suddenly a strong uneasiness welled up in my heart.

Unexpectedly, after two years, something that looked like a thief hole appeared in front of my eyes.

This、This is the masterpiece of the stuffy oil bottle?

I can't be sure.

The only clue I have about the place where the stuffy oil bottle once went is the silver fragment in my hand, and there are some incomplete words on it, I can only find it with this thing, but could this thing flow from under the wooden tower?

Lying next to the ice cave, Rahman was obviously surprised, he looked down, shuddered, and said, "How does it feel eerie down there, boss, what do you say is going on with this wooden tower?" Who built it here? ”

Rehamman's words reminded me, and I couldn't help but look at the wooden tower, the gap in the spire was filled with snow, but the wooden towers below the ice were very clean, the hole was hard into iron, and the surface was wrapped in a layer of back ice, and it was cold and cold when I reached out to the touch.

If you want to go down the ice cave, you must have a place to grasp the hand, the wooden tower naturally can not grasp the hand, the only way, either is to play a chisel outside, put a rope, or wear skates, skates kick, there will be a small hole on the ice cave for people to settle, but with the ice and snow frozen, there is no trace left in the ice cave.

I'm not sure if this thief hole was left by the stuffy oil bottle, and I can't be sure if the bottom is the place proved by the stuffy oil bottle, but I went into the mountain this time to find clues, which was originally extremely slim and required a lot of patience.

To be honest, I didn't want to go into the fight, so after discovering this thief hole, I stood at the entrance of the cave and frowned for a long time.

Because it is daytime, the light penetrates, about five meters below the entrance of the cave, half of the cave wall is smooth, half is the wooden tower, there are still many gaps in the wooden tower, in fact, the difficulty of going down is not great, if you are tired, you can even get stuck in the gap between the wooden tower to rest for a while.

But......

I'm a little irritable, and I have an aversion to cave thieves.

In fact, the inverted bucket is a full of excitement, full of challenges, but also full of wealth of the profession, I have been doing it for so many years, I don't like it anymore and get used to it, but I have been fighting all these years, most of them are related to the ultimate, and now it is hard to get rid of it, I really don't want to enter the bucket anymore, hesitated for a while, I still accepted my fate, and said to Rehamman: "I want to go down, you wait outside, ready to answer me at any time." ”

"What?" Rehaman was visibly frightened, and exclaimed, "Go down? Boss, what if I can't climb up this ice hole? ”

Was he worried about this?

I immediately felt angry and funny, but after thinking about it, Rehaman was just an ordinary person, so naturally he couldn't see that there was a bucket down here, and he couldn't predict how dangerous the bucket was, in fact, the reason why I let him stay outside was completely out of protection.

I nodded and said, "Don't worry, unless this ice cave collapses, I will definitely climb up." ”

Since I'm ready to fight, I won't say much and start preparing the equipment.

Regarding the equipment of the inverted bucket, I didn't bring anything, the only thing I used was not much, ropes, flashlights, folding shovels, mountaineering chisels, and then some food and medicine, the amount was not much, the only weapon was a dagger and a small-caliber pistol, which could be filled with ten bullets at a time, such equipment was really a little reluctant, but now, I can't go back and prepare the black donkey's hooves, and start again, right?

It doesn't matter if anything else, the key is the ice crevasse, and just thinking about it and going back and forth again makes me feel as uncomfortable as going to hell.

Seeing that I was cleaning up carefully, Rehaman couldn't help but ask me what I was doing down, and he said, "Is it because of this wooden tower?" "I ignored him, I packed up my equipment by myself, first, I was lazy to lie to him, and secondly, there was no need to publicize this kind of thing.

Immediately afterward, Rehaman seemed to remember something, stared at the wooden tower and said, "But when I saw this thing, I remembered a legend. ”

Legend?

I paused and motioned for him to continue, and often a lot of important information was handed down in the form of wild histories and legends, because in the past, there were many things that could not be said.

This kind of wooden frame tower is indeed strange, and if there is any legend, it may be helpful to listen to it.

Reharman told me a story about this place.

This area of Qinghai is very close to Tibet, so there are many Tibetan myths, and the Kunlun Mountains run through this Tibetan blue, so it has become a gathering place for various myths, including a story about the 'Burning Finger Demon Tower'.

The story itself has no beginning and no end. ‘

Just a simple introduction.

The Burning Finger Demon Tower is said to be somewhere in the Kunlun Mountains, how vast the Kunlun Mountains are, where is the Demon Tower, and how can anyone know, it is said that this Demon Tower eats people, and the bottom of the tower is connected to the Netherworld, and it needs to be worshiped with the flesh and blood of the girl, otherwise the tower body will vibrate and release evil ghosts.

For this statement, Rehaman is only mentioned, but the word burning finger is an allusion to Buddhism, referring to the story of a mother who killed her own daughter to sacrifice to the Buddha.

The statement of burning the demon tower is obviously a bit unrealistic, but there were many intriguing sacrificial activities in ancient times, and perhaps the maiden sacrifice tower was one of them.

I didn't take it to heart after listening to it, but Rehamman's next sentence made me chuckle in my heart.

He said: "It is said that the girl dedicated to the demon tower is hung on the tower and will never die, and the demon tower can make people live forever." ”