Volume 1 The Years of the Mountain City Chapter 37 The Depths of the Qinling Mountains
This time, the test was to explore an ancient altar that had been accidentally discovered by the locals. There have been relevant national archaeological teams before, and it is speculated that it was built in the Qin period, but apart from the altar and a cave, nothing else has been found.
The dragon group also sent people to see it, but they didn't find anything special, so it wasn't too dangerous. This kind of internal test task is basically a routine, there is no merit and meritorious service, as long as it is to cultivate the team consciousness of peripheral personnel, and test the quality of the people to be tested.
The two groups of people entered the mouth of the ravine one after the other, and the terrain was quite gentle at first, with the shade of the trees and the murmuring of the stream. After walking for about an hour, after climbing a small mountain stream, the mountain began to rise violently, and the mountain sloped into the wall.
In addition to the general direction, the paths and footprints left by the people who came before were almost destroyed by wild beasts and rain, and then covered by various wild grasses and vines. There was no way, so we could only explore the road while opening the road, and everyone walked carefully.
Although it is not too fast, the road is getting harder and harder, sometimes there is a big stone more than one meter high, blocking the way, after climbing over, there is another piece. The people of the dragon soul only recognized the direction and opened the road in a straight line, unless they encountered the dead-end cliff, the cliff climbed directly up.
At this time, the comparison between the two teams of Dragon Soul and Dragon Group is reflected. The four dragon souls, including Wang Feng, all have a certain foundation in ancient martial arts, they are vigorous, their breath is long, and they have climbed the mountain road for an hour, and they haven't sweated much. On the other hand, in the dragon group, although there will be basic sanda and military physical training on weekdays, it is obviously not as good as these children of the family who have been tempered since childhood.
Especially fat people. As a child from the mountain, Ling Lang could barely keep up with the rhythm of the four Dragon Souls. Before Kong Qingyan set off, he should have made up for the relevant information and strategies, and he had also been to places like Shennongjia, so his body and mind adjusted steadily, although he was slightly behind, that is, he sweated and occasionally exhaled a few breaths. But the fat man's whole body was already sweating profusely, and he fell to the end, panting.
"When I was training, I knew how to cheat and cheat, hey, don't pull me down again. "Kong Qingyan is a typical knife-mouthed tofu heart, although she doesn't dislike it desperately, she occasionally reaches out to pull the fat man.
The four of the dragon souls stood in front, and when they looked back at the fat man, they were all frowning, and Fang Cheng looked even more disgusted.
"By twelve o'clock we have to go to the fir forest, where there is a resting point where we can rest for half an hour. Then through the sea of arrows and bamboos, it will take another hour to bypass Jingyu Brain, and you must arrive at the Birch Bay camp before evening. Long Tian took out the map, glanced at it, and then turned back to Kong Qingyan to emphasize the route and time arrangement. On this trip, Long Tian was the captain of the Dragon Soul Squad, and Kong Qingyan was the leader of the Dragon Group. The seven of them were dominated by Long Tian's decision.
"If you are close to the top of the mountain, and you can't keep up with your physical strength, it's better to return on the spot, otherwise you know the consequences. Long Tian's voice didn't seem to have a trace of emotion, and Fang Cheng beside him even took a sip of water, snorted his mouth, and spit out towards the right side of the fat man.
"Fang Cheng, you ......", the fat man wanted to get angry and rushed up to theorize. This time, Ling Lang stretched out his hand and grabbed it, and shook his head at the fat man.
"We know, rest assured, we'll follow. Kong Qingyan also frowned, but this is not the time to worry about this.
"Let's go......" Long Tian waved his hand.
"Walking......" Fang Cheng jumped up and down, as flexible as a monkey.
"Fatty, what's the matter with you? Last time I was in Shennongjia, I didn't see you so bad. "Kong Qingyan is never polite to fat people.
"Hehe, I didn't sleep well last night, and I haven't had time to eat in the morning. The person the fat man was most afraid of was probably the tall girl in front of him, scratching his head and replying.
"What do you think, you know how to eat, adjust your breathing, keep a steady mind, and keep up. ”
"Yes, Captain Kong. Guaranteed not to lag behind. The fat man was still in the mood to salute.
As the altitude increases, the slopes of the mountains become steeper and steeper. The mountains are densely forested and overgrown with vines, but it is only difficult to walk. Sometimes the road ahead is completely lost at once, and stones of uneven size, the size of a basin, are piled up under your feet, and if you are not careful, you step on the stones and slip down, and you fall on the sharp stones, the consequences are unimaginable.
I finally managed to get to the rest point. A group of people lit a fire to cook and trimmed for half an hour. The fat man finally adjusted his rhythm, and his condition was much better, and he could barely keep up with the team.
Skirting the top of the mountain, it started to rain in the sky, but fortunately it was not too much. No matter how accurate the weather forecast is, it will be useless in the Qinling Mountains, which are more than 3,000 meters above sea level. Because there are many places in the Qinling Mountains, there is a saying of "four seasons in one day".
The rain was not heavy, but it was still dripping, and the fog was rising, and the road became more and more difficult to walk and more and more slippery. Stepping on the bushes and grass, sometimes stepping into the grass, startling countless small flies and insects all over the face, can be frightened half to death when encountering people who suffer from dense phobia. The most feared thing is to step on the "mud nest", and when I step down, my ankles are gone, and my feet are finally pulled out, and the whole shoe is sticky and very uncomfortable.
Crossing the Qinling Mountains and looking for the Qin Shi Altar is just a target point set by the Dragon Soul Dragon Group. Testing the physical strength, experience, wisdom, courage, and will of this group of young people with an average age of less than 22 years old is probably the ultimate goal of the above.
There are many wild animals in the hinterland of the Qinling Mountains, black bears, wild boars, antelopes, and occasionally leaning out in the jungle in the distance, and there are more and more droppings of unknown beasts along the way, which makes people feel shocked. Since the previous Jingyu brain, it has really been to the inaccessible place.
Night began to fall, and the seven people who were exhausted finally came to the birch forest bay marked on the map. At this time, everyone is soaking wet, and shoes are naturally unavoidable.
"Fortunately, there was no wind and snow", seeing the two or three cabins in Hualin Bay, Kong Qingyan sat on the ground and said happily.
"It's not yet September, how can there be snow ......" Seeing that everyone was staring at themselves with idiotic eyes again, the fat man quickly chose to shut up.
Birch Bay is actually a valley full of birch trees and barren grass. It is located between two large mountains. The hut is a resting place built by local medicine pickers and forest rangers, and there is a relatively flat open space in front of the hut. Originally, on the route of the crowd, it was to go around directly, which means that when carrying out the test mission, try not to contact ordinary people and not seek help from others. However, last night, after the discussion and adjustment of the Wu team, they still chose to let everyone rest here for one night. Then enter an adjacent mountain to explore the ancient altar.
Approaching the cabin in the middle, everyone saw the campfire and heard the voices of people. It's just that the voice is low and gloomy, and you can even hear soft sobs. The atmosphere was suddenly wrong. Kong Qingyan glanced at everyone, then knocked on the door and walked in, softly asking the people inside what was going on, while the others stood in the open space outside the door and waited.
"Dead people. The dead are placed there. After Kong Qingyan came out of the house, her face was gloomy, and she pointed to the cabin on the left.
A simple stretcher, to be exact, two wooden sticks, was hung with a rope from a white quilt, and the quilt wrapped around a person. A handful of hair was showing from one end of the quilt, and it was a woman. When I entered the mountain yesterday, I encountered heavy fog, got separated from the other two teammates, got lost at night, and was scared to death on the mountain. Her friend enlisted the help of a few locals, and it took almost a day to find it. It was too late, so I had to spend the night here and find a way to descend tomorrow.
After listening to Kong Qingyan's words, everyone present felt that their hearts sank, and they completely lost the excitement when they first arrived at the campsite, and the atmosphere was strange.
"There were three people in the middle room, and two on the right. We may have to pitch a tent on the flat ground in front of us and make a fire to cook. ”
The rain began to fall again, and the fire had become a luxury, and everyone ate a casual meal and dry food, and there was no desire to chat. They went back to their tents.
At night, the wind blew through the valley and across the rooftops, accompanied by the sound of weeping. Ling Lang actually felt a slight tremor in his soul body, but Ling Lang decided not to be curious and didn't care, he didn't open his spiritual eyes, and even decided to stop cultivating for a night.
Carefully take off the wet clothes on your body, put them in a plastic bag, and slowly change into slightly dry underwear. Gently close the tent door, cover with a thin quilt, and sleep in your clothes.
As soon as the morning dawned, the seven men left the valley and returned to the mountains. Along the way, except for Long Tian and Kong Qingyan, they would occasionally get together to discuss the correction route, and no one spoke, the fat man rarely closed his mouth, and Fang Cheng didn't say anything sarcastic.
After about three hours, with a lot of effort, according to some special terrain suggested on the data, as well as special forest markings, everyone finally found the destination of this trip, a mountain nest called "Tiger's Eye".
The mountain nest is located on the halfway of the back mountain, as if suddenly concave, three sides are in a ring, the mountain pass does not know where to face, the back is against the main peak. There is a protruding slope in the nest, and beyond the slope is a cliff. The slopes were overgrown with weeds that were taller than a man's head, and there was not a single tree growing except for a slightly raised mound.
"A tomb?" As soon as he looked at the mountain shape here, Ling Lang had this feeling in his heart, this was clearly the layout of a dragon spitting pearls, that is, there was no water flowing around, otherwise the people buried here would have descendants who would be kings. Jiao's ascension to heaven is for the dragon, the king lifts things, and becomes the emperor.
The men, women and children in the money row in their hometown love to tell some stories of feng shui gods and ghosts when they have nothing to do, and they are familiar with it, and Ling Lang naturally knows some fur. But the soul body didn't feel any changes, and Ling Lang didn't want to put forward his guess casually, in this way, everyone believed it or not, but they were afraid that it would divide everyone's hearts, and besides, there were people in the Dragon Soul Dragon Group, so there should be nothing to worry about.
"This slope goes down about fifteen meters, and there is a platform on which the altar is built. There is a cave behind the platform, there are several forks in the cave, the front five hundred meters, has been explored by the previous people, our task is to choose two forks, on the basis of the previous one, and then explore three hundred meters. Did you hear clearly?" Long Tian repeated the mission of the trip loudly.
"Clear. Everyone whispered.
"Alright, now everyone take out the thick rope from their backpacks, and pick it up, and we'll go down to the platform. "I have to say that people like Long Tian are indeed extraordinary, calm in case of trouble, and very leadership, and the tasks are assigned, orderly, well-organized, and very convincing.