1. Prologue
Time: 12:12 on December 12, 20XX.
Location: The southwest of the motherland, the closest to the equatorial snow mountains - Yulong Mountains.
On the top of the snow-capped mountain, the sky is clear, the snow is vast, the gray squirrels are hurrying in the snow, there are several feline cubs playing in the distance, under the cliff, there are several impala and macaque cries one after another, and there is a peaceful atmosphere between heaven and earth.
"Rumble!"
A bolt of lightning suddenly pierced the calm clear sky, followed by rolling thunder from the sky, and in an instant the sky darkened, the squirrels hid in all directions, the impalas and macaques did not dare to cry anymore, and the snow left the dirty footprints of the animals.
After the thunder, there was a sound of "rustling" from under the southern slope of the snow-capped mountain, and looking far away along the direction of the sound, I saw the snow on some branches sliding down and lapping against the rocks under the trees.
"Click!"
A huge mountain rock broke off from the cliff because it could not withstand the pressure of the snow, and rolled unwillingly towards the deep valley, making a "bang-la-la" sound along the way, echoing in the mountain stream.
"Whew! Call! Call! ”
It didn't take long for the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain to let out a dragon's roar again, and a piece of the mountain on the southern slope slid down with the mountain to the south, and a minute later, the sound of "clang" sounded all over the mountain.
After the last sounds, the Jade Dragon Mountains finally regained their original composure and calm, the gray squirrel family was the first to come alive, the Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys were jumping around in the trees, and the animals were scrambling to walk and feed, and they all seemed to know that this place was safe.
Ten days later, the Millennium Snow Mountain welcomed its first close-up visitors of the year, a five-member field expedition team of biologists to study the distribution of flora and fauna around the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.
After another two days, dozens of field expeditions, large and small, suddenly gathered at the foot of the mountain, with a total number of more than 100 people, including geographers, astronomers, physicists, and even intelligence commissioners sent by the army.
Many experts and scholars gathered in one place, they trekked through mountains and rivers, climbed mountains and mountains, just hoping to see the appearance of the mountain after the avalanche, each of them knew that the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain was covered with snow all year round, and it was not possible to see such a large bare landform, and this opportunity was rare.
After five hours of struggling to reach their destination, everyone was stunned to see that the snow on the south side of the mountain had almost all fallen, and only some rocks, clods and snowdrifts were still hanging in the air, crumbling.
When the intelligence officers found the danger on the top of the mountain, they shouted to the crowd with all their might: "This is very dangerous, everyone pass as soon as possible, and don't linger too long!" ”
However, these experts and scholars have long been blinded by this once-in-a-century opportunity, and who cares about these potential dangers, they ignore the danger warnings, and instead study the geology under the dangerous rocks.
"Hurry forward, it's too dangerous!" One of the agents urged again, while the others had picked up their pace and walked towards relative safety.
"If you want to go, you go first, don't bother us, don't conspire with each other!" A geologist roared, his eyes red as he looked at the fault in the mountain, as if he were enchanted.
"The geology here is so special, it's enough for us to write dozens of heavyweight papers!" Another expert exclaimed excitedly.
"Yes, I think it's very likely that there are minerals such as gold, silver and diamonds, and if so, this will definitely be the biggest discovery of the year!"
An indignant astronomer pointed to a large crater and scolded: "Look again, this avalanche and landslide are not caused by nature at all, there are big craters in the exposed places, and many trees are scorched, I think this is caused by a meteorite impact, I don't know what the astronomical observatories all over the world are doing!" ”
"Crazy! They're crazy! ”
The informants standing in the distance looked anxiously at the group of fanatical fellows, and no longer tried to get them to come as soon as possible, only hoping that the dangling rocks and clods of dirt were strong enough not to fall easily.
"Come and see!" A zoologist pointed ahead and suddenly shouted, "Come and see what animal left here?" It's weird, I haven't seen it in most of my life. ”
Curious people gathered around the zoologist from all directions, all hoping to see what was so much to surprise the country's top zoologists.
The intelligence agents on the other side also took out their binoculars and focused their eyes on the zoologist's feet, and as the vision gradually focused, the intelligence officers saw a terrible scene - it was a bloody animal corpse.
What is extremely surprising is that the "animal corpse" was dressed in clothes similar to those worn by humans, and the clothes were covered with blood, but its corpse was nowhere to be found, and the severed head was cut like a quick knife, which looked very neat, and people unanimously believed that it must have been killed by humans!
"Squeak! ……”
While the crowd was watching, a weak but piercing sound instantly reached the ears of the intelligence officers, and they all looked towards the top of the mountain......
"Run! Fell! ”
I don't know who shouted, and at the same time, the intelligence officers had already fled to the north. When the crowd of zoologists noticed that the situation was not good, the rocks, clods of earth and snowdrifts on the top of the mountain had already fallen with a bang.
Tragedy struck at that moment, except for the fifteen intelligence commissioners, none of the other eighty-eight top experts and scholars survived ......, and when the news came back, the whole country was shocked and the whole people grieved, but people couldn't figure out why none of the eighty-eight top scholars could survive.
The next day, a rescue team of more than 1,000 people successfully arrived at the scene, and people finally solved the unsolved mystery - it was not only some rubble that fell from the mountain at the time of the disaster, but also a cliff up to 100 meters long and wide.
The search and rescue work lasted for 10 days and 10 nights, and the bodies of the scientists were carefully pulled out from under the rocks and from the soil, and then put them together piece by piece, put them into body bags, and finally transported to the capital by plane.
Unfortunately, when the rescue team evacuated the accident site, they ran into the "last" field expedition team that had just arrived here, and they were the five biologists who first came to the snowy mountain, they were carrying large bags of specimens, so they moved extremely slowly, so they became survivors like the intelligence officers.
The further west you go on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, the colder the climate, Yulong is located in the westernmost part of the plateau, every year at this season, the mountains often fall with heavy snow, a few days later, the avalanche and landslide are buried by snow again, it seems that everything has returned to its original appearance.