Chapter 13: What Lies Under the Mountain (Updated August 24, 2012)
We rounded the edge of the valley and almost climbed close to the black rock of the bare rock.
The mountain is so large that from a distance we can see a huge fissure running across the mountain, which must have been hidden by a snowy glacier when it was full of snow, and now, as soon as we approached the mountain, we felt a rush of heat. The temperature of these geothermal heat is so exaggerated that soon we have to take off all our clothes.
The snow on the side of the mountain near the mountain had melted, there were waterfalls everywhere, and we made our way through the hot and cold zone with a lot of ice and finally climbed the bare rock black mountain.
Hands climbed up, the temperature of the mountain made us all shrink our necks, the rocks on the mountain turned out to be warm, as if the mountain had been sprayed by a flamethrower.
"Did we come to a volcano?" said the fat man.
"Even if it wasn't, it was a mountain with a lot of geothermal heat, and there must have been lava pools at the bottom of the mountain, and a sudden geological change heated the mountain. ”
We made our way up the mountainside, and the black rocks were completely irregular, but it was easier to climb up. After walking for a while, we saw countless small hot spring eyes, which were bubbling hot water out.
There was a strong smell of sulphur on the mountain, and we crawled sideways for at least two hours, and when it got dark, we came to the edge of the crevasse.
There is a large platform here, hollowed into the rock, and here we see countless bones.
"These people are all dressed and they are all villagers who are trapped here, Khambalok. Zhang Haixing said, "It seems that this tribe in heaven has finally gone to the blessing of God." ”
"What are you talking about, they are refugees who fled during the avalanche, and when they take refuge here, the snow melts and they may be poisoned by the poisonous gases that gush out. ”
We put on our gas masks, and the fat man crawled into the crack. The crack was as wide as three or four people, and it went all the way to the ground, and it was pitch black down.
"God made a cut in this mountain with a pirated CD. The fat man said.
We climbed in one by one, and the fat man asked, "Leader, do we climb forward or down?"
"Why do you want to climb in?" Zhang Haixing asked the fat man, "Is there anything under this mountain?"
The fat man turned on the flashlight, shone it below, and said, "Innocent, do you look familiar, this place?"
When I looked down, I saw that the gaps in the mountain below were gradually widening, and in the middle of the mountain I saw countless bronze chains running all the way to the depths.
"Changbai Mountain. I said.
"What?" Zhang Haixing asked.
I turned my head, looked at the surrounding mountains, and said, "Girl, from now on, everything here is up to me, I'll take you to see what your Zhang family calls the 'ultimate'." ”
We returned to the platform for an hour, and it was completely dark, and it was getting dark late on the plateau.
We distributed ammunition, dry rations and equipment. The fat man took out several very good quality Tibetan knives from the remains of the corpse and sharpened them on the rocks. There are a lot of corrosive gases here, and the Tibetan knife is very oxidized, but after polishing, it is as sharp as ever.
I chose the lightest one, and when I saw the one Zhang Haixing chose, I found that I was not as good as her. But I'm not going to be presumptuous, old lady, oh no, I have experience.
We slept on the warm rocks for the night, woke up in the morning, put on our gas masks and began to enter the crevices and go down.
It took us five days to see the bottom of the gap.
The further we went, the wider the gap became, from three or four men at the top of the mountain, and when we reached the bottom, there was at least as wide as a bridge between the mountains. Countless chains run through it, and the entire gap is like a spider's web.
At the bottom are countless falling stones, large and small, uneven, which should be broken stones when this gap was formed. Some of the long gravel fell and got stuck between two huge rock walls, forming a rocky arch bridge.
We sat on the gravel beach for a long time before we had the strength to stand up, and the feeling of being down-to-earth was so good, we walked along the rocky beach, and soon, Zhang Haixing exclaimed.
When I looked up, I saw that at the end of the gap, behind the rocks, a huge bronze gate appeared, almost exactly the same as what I saw in Changbai Mountain. Standing at the end of my line of sight, the flashlight was lit up, and I could not see the whole picture, only the intricate patterns on the door, and the details were so rich that it was simply outrageous.
We walked to the bronze gate, everyone did not speak, Feng trembled, and sat down on the sharp rock.
How long has it been.
I don't remember how I felt the last time I saw this giant gate, crashed, and felt that everything in time was unreliable. But now, although my heart is beating faster, my inner feeling is completely different.
When we met, I said to myself, I never imagined that I would be able to see such a giant gate again in my lifetime.
Changbai Mountain, the Himalayas, the bottom of these huge mountains, there are such huge gates, who built this, and what is the purpose?
"We don't have a ghost seal, and we don't know the mechanism, will this door be opened?" the fat man was the first to ask.
I shook my head and walked forward, and walked and walked until I reached the giant gate, and I put my hand on it.
It's cold, and in this extremely stuffy crevice, the giant gate is cold.
I touched the pattern on it, and the lines were so delicate that I didn't know if modern technology could make such a line for such a huge door.
Thinking about it, I pushed the giant door hard, which was a subconscious move.
I fantasized that the door would be slowly pushed open with my movements, but it backfired, and the door did not move.
Sure enough, the person who opened this door was destined not to be me.
I retreated and sat on the stone in front of the door, and Zhang Haixing asked me: "You say, the "ultimate" that our Zhang family said is behind this bronze giant gate?"
"I didn't say it, it was your patriarch who said it. I said.
"Are there any more clues?"
"Ask your patriarch to go. I said, looking at the giant gate, which seemed to me from a distance, it was simply the whole world in front of me.
I opened it, and I saw a stuffy bottle with a big beard munching mushrooms inside.
I couldn't even laugh.
Zhang Haixing also went to the door, carefully looked at the pattern on the door, it seemed that there was no gain, she jumped up to the bronze door, and began to climb up.
The pattern is very small, and it is impossible to grab the pattern and climb up, but I saw that Zhang Haixing's hand was wearing something that seemed to be a claw.
She was agile and climbed all the way up to the top of the door, but she didn't seem to find anything and went all the way down.
"It's also very tightly sealed, strange. She said.
The fat man and I looked at her, and she said, "This kind of door is very heavy, and it keeps pressing on the rock, and after a long time, it will sink into the rock, and there will be a gap in it, but this door does not have it." ”
"What does that mean?" I asked her.
"Either this door isn't as heavy as it might be," she said, "or the foundation here has been specially treated." ”
"If this door isn't as heavy as it seems, then it's probably hollow, right?" the fat man pulled out his grenade bag, "Come on, let's see if this one is strong." ”