Chapter Twenty-Six: The Land of Treasure
The Far East, the hinterland ice field
At night, the cold flag in the barracks was so excited that he tossed and turned, and couldn't sleep all night: he lost tens of thousands of people, came here with all his hard work, and finally lived up to his God, and let himself find the place where the treasure was buried. In such an exciting and unbearable torment, the early morning and night faded, the sky was slightly bright, and the cold flag immediately ordered the whole army to prepare and set off immediately!
The order was circulated to all departments, and Qiye quickly woke up from his cultivation, got up to organize his armor, and began to march towards the iceberg with the army. In the distance, on the ice field, the iceberg that had shown a vision last night, although it seemed to be close at hand. But Wangshan ran away from the horse, and the army only shortened the distance by half after a whole morning's rapid march.
Seeing that the iceberg was getting closer and closer, Shui Lianggong was cautiously vigilant. Although the cold flag on the side was anxious, he did not relax his vigilance. I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and the more critical it is, the more I can't take it lightly. The wolf guards and willow guards guarding both sides of the cold banner invariably drew their blades, and the soldiers were all ready for battle. In this way, the army marched quickly and heavily on the iceberg...
Finally, close to evening, 150,000 troops arrived at the foot of the iceberg. Shui Lianggong looked at the iceberg quietly: the whole ice looked very sharp and towering, but the actual height was only seven or eight hundred meters, but it was like a raised Mount Tai on the flat ground, which made people feel majestic and towering. In addition, the shape of the iceberg is also very unique, like a very standard cone, which looks particularly stable and heavy.
And, what surprised Shui Lianggong the most was that he had never seen any icebergs all the way from the ice field. As far as the eye can see, the entire ice field is as smooth as a knife. And in this heavenly circle, there is no other iceberg except this iceberg. It's as if the existence of this iceberg is the center point of the entire ice field...
Just when Shui Lianggong was puzzled, a message came from the patrol soldiers surveying in front.
"Report! The two city lords, a huge pit has been found behind the iceberg, the area is huge, and the sky is unpredictable..."The patrol soldier hurriedly announced.
"Okay! Hurry up and bring this city lord forward!" Han Qi immediately ordered, and he didn't care about Shui Lianggong, who was pondering on the side, and hurried to the horsewhip happily.
In the early hours of the night, the army finally bypassed the iceberg and came to the edge of a huge ice valley. In the dark night, the depths of the ice valley were pitch black, and it was impossible to probe the deep bottom. The army will be stationed on the edge for the time being, and will wait until tomorrow to find out the truth.
Late at night, seven nights around the barracks routinely patrolled. The whirring cold wind struck from the depths of the ice valley, and a strange mist spread in the barracks, silently and unnoticed. But during the seven nights of the inspection, I felt an unusual palpitation, which I had never felt before, like a kind of fear from the instinct of the blood, trembling and trembling.
"Why do you feel this way?" Nanaya asked himself inwardly. Even when he saw the massive destructive power of the rock beast for the first time, he was never afraid to be like this. This is not the kind of fear that cannot be helped, but a fear that cannot be described in words, as if it is deeply rooted in the bone marrow and engraved in the soul. As I got closer to the valley, my fear intensified, and my hands and feet began to tremble. Nanaya tried his best to control the violent shaking of his body, but found that it was all in vain. The hands and feet are no longer at their beckon, and this tremor has transcended the control of the mind and is powerless.
After coming to his senses, Qiye's pupils looked at it fiercely, and the bottomless ice valley in the darkness was like a demon's open bloody mouth, waiting for the ignorant lamb to throw himself into the net. "Giggle~" In Qiye's ears, it seems to hear a continuous, chilling auditory hallucination, like a feast of demonic laughter, laughter is about to reach the fullness of the mouth.
With a "plop", Qiye sat on the ground with no strength, his whole body was drenched in cold sweat, his fingers were weakly pointing to the bottom of the dark abyss, and his mouth kept trying to say something, but his mouth could no longer make a clear sound.
"Hahaha~" The surrounding inspectors couldn't stop laughing when they saw Qiye, who seemed to be frightened by the huge black ice valley and sat down on the ground. After sitting on the ground for a long time, Qiye's fear began to ease a little bit, and his body gradually became able to control his strength. In the end, Qiye got up from the ridicule of the soldiers in embarrassment, hurriedly sorted out his appearance, and returned to the camp in silence. Although he didn't understand what the unwarranted fear was just now, his intuition told him that this ice valley must be a place of great evil, and he must not be approached easily.
In the second half of the night, Qiye lay on the straw mat and fell asleep all night. Thinking of the despair tonight, Seven Nights was uneasy:
Could it be that there is something terrible in the depths of the valley? Why am I the only one around me who is afraid of that? What is the reason for that fear?... Seven nights of thoughtful thinking full of doubts. However, the night passed, and there was nothing to know except that his head was faint and swelled like a mess.
The next day, the light dispelled the darkness that covered the deep stream of the ice valley. A huge basin with an area of about 100 hectares and a depth of 100 meters is presented. The thick layer of ice on the upper layer of the rock wall is clearly layered with the solid and dark rock below, and the valley floor is exposed with a large number of broken and charred rocks, followed by many caves of different sizes, densely distributed on the valley floor and rock wall, which looks numb.
The Cold Flag and the Water Fair are on the edge of the ice valley, examining the situation at the bottom of the valley. After a long time, Shui Lianggong suggested:
"The situation at the bottom of the valley below is unknown, why don't we temporarily send a team of people down to investigate, what about Brother Han?"
"Brother Shui Liang has a very good intention, who is safe to send that faction?" Han Qi agreed and asked for advice. Now that the treasure should be hidden at the bottom, it is natural that every step in the next step should be safe.
"My subordinates are willing to take the forward battalion and go to investigate. Liu Bingwei behind him saw the opportunity and asked for help.
"Well, that's fine, General Liu should be more careful. Han Qi nodded in agreement after contemplation, and then instructed. Shui Lianggong beside him also agreed by default.
So, Liu Bingwei led the forward battalion of about 600 people to walk down the smooth and gentle slope to the deep bottom of the ice valley. Han Qi and Shui Lianggong quietly observed all the movements at the bottom of the valley at the edge of the ice valley.
Standing in the convoy of the camp, seeing the vast panorama of the ice valley and thinking of the irresistible fear of last night, I choked up and my heartbeat intensified as if I was facing a great enemy.
In about a quarter of an hour, Liu Bingwei led the forward battalion to finally descend safely to the bottom.
"Carefully inspect the radius of 100 meters, and if there is anything abnormal, report it immediately!" Liu Bingwei immediately issued a search order after inspecting the environment at the bottom of the valley.
"Yes!" the soldiers of the forward battalion immediately dispersed after receiving the order. Look around at every crevice, every strange black boulder, and every cavern. At the edge of the ice valley, Han Qi and Shui Lianggong carefully looked at the ant-sized Liu Bing Wei at the bottom of the valley, and after about a quarter of an hour or so. No anomalies or dangers were found at the bottom of the valley, and those caves of different sizes and rules were just dead holes a few meters deep, as for how they were formed, Liu Bingwei did not know, and other than that, there were no anomalies in the entire valley floor. After basically finding a corner of the valley bottom, Liu Bingwei quickly returned and reported the results of the exploration to Hanqi and Shui Lianggong.
"Since there is nothing abnormal at the bottom of the valley, why don't we go down and have a look?" Han Qi couldn't wait to suggest.
"It's fine, but for the sake of conservatism, each of our armies will leave some soldiers on the ice field. Shui Lianggong proposed after thinking for a long time
"Brother Shui Liang has a very good intention, so let's keep 30,000 people each. Han Qi readily agreed.
Subsequently, the two armies of Hanqi and Shuilianggong each left 30,000 elite soldiers and horses, and a total of 60,000 people camped at the edge of the ice valley. Half of the camp where Seven Nights was located was assigned to the Lower Valley, and Seven Nights was one of the unfortunate ones. At this moment, Qiye is like chasing ducks to the shelves, although he is unwilling in his heart, he does not dare to openly disobey, so he has to grit his teeth and follow the team down to the bottom.
Han Qi led the Wolf Guards and Liu Guards, together with Shui Lianggong, led an army of 90,000 slowly to the bottom of the valley, and the army meandered down the gentle rock wall like a slender snake, after a quarter of an hour's trek. The 90,000-strong army finally reached the bottom, and after confirming the safety of the surrounding environment again, the long-awaited treasure hunt began.
Han Qi couldn't wait to take out his spiritual exploration magic weapon "Zhongpin Xuanqi - Shengshi Mountain and Sea Mirror", and then injected spiritual power into the mountain and sea mirror, but the strange thing is: no matter how the spiritual power was injected, the Shengshi Mountain and Sea Mirror did not have any reaction to open at all, and the bronze mirror did not have a glimmer at all.
On the other side, after seeing that the magic weapon of the cold flag failed, Shui Lianggong also took out his secret magic weapon "Zhongpin Xuanqi - Seven Treasures Water Bell", and injected spiritual power into the water bell, and the water bell did not make a slight light sound, lying quietly in his hand like a dead thing.
"It's really strange that in this place, the magic weapon can't be opened!?" said Shui Lianggong in surprise.
"How can this be good? Without the help of magic weapons, such a big place, can you really dig three feet into the ground?" Han Qi said with some indignation, he didn't expect that the treasure hiding place that was close at hand could not be specifically explored with magic weapons, this is simply the most urgent matter.
"Brother Han, don't worry, let me try again. Shui Lianggong said.
So, Shui Lianggong closed his eyes and detected through his divine sense, but the effect was still low, and his divine sense was suppressed to the point that he could only perceive one meter around. After many failed attempts, Han Qi slammed his fist into the gravel in anger.
"Damn! This ghost place can't be used for any spiritual detection, in that case, Lao Tzu has to dig out the treasure even if he digs three feet into the ground! Lao Tzu wants to see what is buried here!" Han Qi scolded depressedly.
After all methods failed, the armies of Hanqi and Shui Lianggong decisively divided into an excavation area. The wolf guard followed closely behind Han Qi, and when he saw the lost look on Han Qi's face, a sneer flashed in his eyes. Although it was just a quick sneer, it was caught by Liu Bingwei on the side. Although Shui Lianggong was unable to detect spiritual power, and he was also a lot of loss in his heart, he seemed to be much calmer than Han Qi.
The 90,000 soldiers scattered to excavate, and when they came to the bottom of the valley during the seventh night, they saw that the black rocks around them were like a charred black ruins, and their hearts were still violently uneasy. Although I stepped on the hard rock, I felt like I was about to fall into the abyss, and my whole body was as cold as death.