Chapter Eighty-Nine: Ross Valley
It turned out that they had already left the ice sheet and came to the other side of the swamp.
They were stuck in a crack in the ice, how could they be here again in the blink of an eye? What the hell happened?
"It was God who has appeared, and God has saved us!" Peter exclaimed, affirming that it was a God manifestation. So he kept making crosses and reverently banged his head on the ground.
"Iri-wa-la, I-ri-wa-la!" Huang Paoran, who had been sitting still, suddenly shouted, followed Peter's example, crossed and slammed his head on the ground, and hit it with a "thump" sound. The sight was so horrifying and hilarious that everyone wanted to laugh, but no one laughed.
Because what is happening in front of you is so strange, too unexpected, too incredible, too incredible. So no one can laugh even if there is something that makes them laugh.
"Portal. Yang Hao suddenly said a puzzling word.
"What does it mean?" asked Heng Qi, Xie Ke and the others together.
"This should be a portal. It's the same as when we came out of the Dark Demon King's Tomb. Yang Hao explained.
Heng Qi, Xie Ke and others recalled the scene when they came out of the tomb of the Black Demon King: at that time, they put together three pieces of painting, and two balls of light appeared, one yellow and one green. And they came out of the green ball of light. The green ball of light was supposed to be a portal.
Such a portal can be said to be an artificially set mechanism, and the person who set up this mechanism must also be a master with considerable mystical power.
But is the green fog that appears here also a portal? Is this portal already there, or is it some kind of man-made factor?
Also, what about the crack in the ice sheet that suddenly appeared just now?
Judging from the situation at the time, they should have been plotted by their opponents. The opponent used some unknowable force to cause the ice sheet to crack. But the sudden appearance of this portal moved Yang Hao and them out of danger and moved them to a safe place.
"It seems that there are high-ranking people who are secretly helping us. The farmer said.
"What kind of master?" asked Heng Qi.
"I don't know. Old God, you come and tell a hexagram to see what's going on?" the peasant turned his head to look at the old god.
The old god stroked a few sparse whiskers on his chin and said, "I can't figure this out." I only know that our trip will be difficult and dangerous, but there will be good fortune in evil, and there will be noble people to help us in times of crisis. As for who the noble man is, I don't know. After all, this is a heavenly opportunity, how can we, mortals with the naked eye, penetrate it?"
"Then your old god seems to be a fake, and your linen god can also be sent to the garbage heap of history!" the peasant scoffed.
"Don't speculate, let's listen to Kesi and Xiaobing's opinions!" Liu Yong shouted.
Tian Xiaobing said: "I really don't know how to explain this matter, I can only guess that we did encounter some kind of adventure." ”
Yang Hao muttered: "I seem to see a familiar figure, I feel so kind and warm, but I can't remember who she is......"
"She's Honghong. Yang Liu suddenly interjected.
Everyone was stunned, looking at Yang Liu with their eyes, wondering how she knew.
Yang Hao was naturally full of doubts: "Honghong, who is she? Do you know?"
Yang Liu shook his head: "I don't know, but I heard you call her name in a dream." ”
"Yes, but you do often call a girl by her name in your dreams, and this girl seems to be called 'Honghong'. Heng Qi and the others also agreed.
"Could it be that the figure that Kesi saw just now is this 'Honghong'?" Xie Ke also scratched the back of his head.
"Thinking about it day and dreaming at night, just now in a time of crisis, it is not surprising that Kesi saw the figure of the deceased, but it is not necessarily 'Honghong'. The old god shook his head.
"It must be 'Honghong', she saved us at the most critical moment, she may be a senior master, with an unfathomable Taoism, her age is estimated to be hundreds of years old, or she is simply a 'living immortal'!" the farmer said boastfully.
"A 'living fairy' who is still hundreds of years old? If he is really that old, will he be called 'Honghong' by Kesi? I think this 'Honghong' must be a young and beautiful beauty, no, it should be a fairy!" Heng Qi retorted to the peasant's words.
"Not bad, not bad!" Liu Yong and Xie Ke also agreed.
"Let's stop talking about these topics, let's hurry up. Yang Hao interrupted everyone's discussion.
"I have one more question. What did Huang Paopai mean by 'Iriwala'?" the farmer asked.
"Iri-wah?" everyone stopped for a moment.
Heng Qi suddenly burst into a burst of laughter: "Hahahaha......"
"What are you smirking at?" the crowd wondered.
"He was just imitating Peter, and Peter spoke Russian, which he didn't understand, so he replaced it with 'Iriwala'!"
"Haha......" Everyone came back to their senses, and they all laughed on the ground.
Looking back at Huang Ranran, he still looked stupid. It seems that he is still not much different from a dementia after being drained of a wisp of his soul.
Xie Ke suddenly became angry: "Huang Ran has become a fool, and taking him with him is a burden, it's better to shoot him to death!"
Unexpectedly, Huang Ran ran and sneered: "You are a fool and a burden!"
Heng Qi was surprised and said: "Huang Ranran's speech is so clear, it means that he is not stupid!"
"I also think that Huang Ran is only temporarily deaf, and he should not be an idiot. The farmer agreed.
Yang Hao also looked at Huang Ranran's face with attention, and also thought that he hadn't been serious enough to be an idiot - even if it was serious, he wouldn't let Xie Ke "shoot Huang Ranran to death", after all, it was too careless for human life, just because people were idiots, they had to shoot people to death?
Two hours later, the snow bus finally reached Ross Valley.
This is already the end of the road, that is, there is no trace of the road here, only a vast snowfield. On the horizon in the distance, there stood a silver cliff, but it was as if a giant knife had split it in half, revealing a huge gap. This gap is Ross Valley!
"This valley is so steep!" everyone gasped.
At this time, Peter said to Yang Hao: "Mr. Yang, there is no way to drive in the valley, so we can only move forward on foot." ”
Yang Hao nodded and said, "Okay, let's walk." ”
So the group moved all their gear off the snow bus and planned to walk into the Ross Valley.
Heng Qi proposed: "Shall we set up a logistics camp like we did last time in the Coffin Gorge?"
"Heng Qi, don't have a bad idea, what do you mean by proposing to set up a logistics camp? Do you want to harm us again? The last time Shopee and I were left alone in the logistics camp, we were arrested by John and his gang...... "The peasant obviously had the mentality of being bitten by a snake and being afraid of the well rope for ten years, and without waiting for Yang Hao to express his position, he immediately vetoed Hengqi's suggestion.
The old god also suggested: "It's better for everyone to carry more weight, let's enter the valley together, don't set up any logistics camp here, you must know that we don't know anything about the situation in the valley, and we don't know when we will be able to come out, and we don't have time to go back and forth, so it is better to carry all the important things with you, which is more convenient." ”
Liu Yong agreed: "Then according to the opinions of the peasants and the old gods, after all, the two of them are elders and have more experience, and their suggestions should be correct." ”
"You're empiricist!" Huang Ranran suddenly objected.
"Huang Ran can still speak, which means that you are not demented at all!" Xie Ke was surprised.
"You're demented!" Huang ran and rolled his eyes.
Everyone laughed, and they all thought that Huang Ranran's problem was not serious and was already recovering.
Tian Xiaobing looked at Yang Hao and said, "Kesi, when we set off, we had a plan to enter the valley on foot, so we specially prepared a few sleds, and we could put the equipment on the sleds and drag them along." ”
Yang Hao nodded and said, "Then let's do it." ”
Everything needed was loaded on three sleds - not Eskimo dog sleds, but special birch crates with a smooth bottom that were perfect for sliding on snow and ice, but smaller than ordinary sleds that could be dragged by one person.
They stuffed three sleds with all their equipment, including expedition tools, food, household items, and munitions, and left everything else they didn't really need on the snow bus.
Everyone had an additional weapon on their backs for self-defense - in such a place, almost every step of the way was dangerous, and it was impossible to do without a weapon.
Once ready, the group braved the snow that had blown out of the Ross Valley and set out on their way.
Peter the guide walked in front, and from time to time planted a small black flag on the side of the road as a guide, and he was naturally far away from the crowd. At the same time, because he walked relatively fast, the distance between him and the others was at least several hundred meters. Later, he couldn't even see his figure clearly, and could only see a small moving black dot in front of him.
Yang Hao led a large group of people to pull a sled.
The sleds were pulled by Heng Qi, the farmer and Liu Yong, and when they were tired, someone went up to take turns.
The valley seemed quiet, and nothing seemed to be going on.
Yang Liu, who walked behind Yang Hao, also seemed very quiet. Yang Hao understands that as long as she keeps quiet, it indicates a safe journey.
"Kesi, are we just going to keep moving forward?" Xie Ke leaned up and asked.
"Monkey, is there a problem?" Yang Hao said as he looked at him.
"Of course there is a problem! Are we too blind to do this? Without a clear goal, we just keep going?"
"Of course not. Tian Xiaobing interjected behind Xie Ke, "Charlie's instructions to us are very clear, as long as we see a sword-shaped mountain, we will be considered to have reached our destination." ”
"Of all those peaks, which one is the sword-shaped peak?"