A few days later, the familiar convoy finally arrived in the Nalengrad Gorge, and the altitude sickness was not only unbearable, but also caused the power of the vehicle to drop a lot.

The group got out of the car breathlessly, looking at the vast Grand Canyon in front of them, with the yellow and dark green vegetation and the scenery of the gravel Gobi layered on top of each other, depicting the vitality and wildness here.

Looking at the continuous hills of Kunlun Mountain, looking at the shallow and clear trickle of river valley areas, or the turbid and turbulent rapids, in this wordless wild beauty, you will only sigh at the magic and magnificence of the natural world.

Altitude sickness takes a while to apply, and now dragging a tired body to explore is undoubtedly to send people to death, the convoy found a leeward hillside and set up, and all the bodyguards were deeply relieved.

The ultraviolet rays of the sun in the plateau area are strong, with a clear and scorching tingling sensation, but when the cool mountain breeze blows, it seems to give people a cold and phantom pain.

Not being able to enjoy the warmth in a sunny place may be a curse that belongs only to the highlands and mountains.

"How, can we find exactly what we're looking for on a crudely located treasure map?"

Jiang Yingxue stood on a high place, looking at the vast and winding valley, and asked Bai Ning, who came to inspect with her, a little casually.

"If that's right, the most dangerous place here is the place we should go."

Inhaling a breath of the evening breeze with a cold breath, Bai Ning responded lightly, as if the "most dangerous" in his words was just the most ordinary words in the world.

This attitude as always made Jiang Yingxue want to laugh a little, is it the most dangerous place, there is some truth in this.

This large river valley area, rich in water and grass, is a good place for sheep and horses, not dangerous places, has long been turned over by herdsmen, if there are any holes, monuments, has long been used as a shack to occupy.

Grazing is the most boring thing in the world, and there is no entertainment except for barren mountains and sheep, and if something attracts the attention of these people, even the rat holes with nine twists and eighteen bends will be hollowed out for you.

Unless there was an underground passage in the original refuge of the Western Queen Mother clan and it was blown up, a conspicuous ruin, if not hollowed out by the shepherds, would also be patronized by a large number of tomb robbers.

Only dangerous places can hide secrets.

"If the initial refuge of the West Queen Mother clan is a palace-style building, how should we find it?"

Jiang Yingxue took out the most difficult possibility and wanted to see Bai Ning's specific opinion.

"Underground shelters are limited in size, and as long as they survive the initial apocalypse, survivors will definitely build a secondary base on the ground with better light conditions.

This kind of place, even if there are only some ruins left, will definitely be very eye-catching.

When the time comes, fly with a drone, and you will definitely be able to find it. ”

Bai Ning's response was straightforward and decisive, as if he already had a general idea on the way here.

"The geomagnetic disorder here, thunderstorms often occur, and drones may be easily damaged."

Thunderstorms are the signature danger of this valley of death, and one that no one dares to underestimate, and even if you can add lightning rods and electrostatic cables to your vehicle, it is difficult to guarantee that you will not be injured by a thunderstorm.

"It's not good to think too much about meaningless things, so it's the best choice to take advantage of these few days of rest and make a corresponding protection plan.

Moreover, drones are not very expensive things, if you can use it to avoid lightning, I think this is a happy ending that many people want to see. ”

Bai Ning's words inexplicably poked Jiang Yingxue's laughter, watching this man helpless against the wide-ranging damage of thunderstorms, which can be regarded as a rare entertainment experience.

After a brief round of inspection, the group returned to the camp, and there was a high degree of anti-rebellion, whether it was eating or sleeping, it felt like someone was knocking on the head with a mallet.

Just when everyone thought that the past few days would be extremely boring and boring, a flock of sheep slowly spread from the vicinity of the valley where everyone was.

In urban legend, the Nalengrad Gorge is the valley of death for herders, but in reality, there are many people who are willing to seek wealth and danger in this land of water and grass.

There was a fresh mutton tooth sacrifice, and a group of bodyguards looked extremely excited, even if they were dizzy, they drove the herdsmen hiding in the shade to arrest them.

The language is not too comprehensible, but the exchange of words and the hard currency of money quickly solved the problem of the ownership of the ten Tibetan sheep.

Catching sheep is a technical job, if it weren't for the herdsmen who have made money on the side to help with the rope, with this group of soft-footed bodyguards with gold stars in their eyes, they may not be able to catch it all.

There is no head sheep, the bodyguards can only tie up all the sheep and bring them back, and the other bodyguards who received the news are also ready to open the whole sheep banquet, and they all look very excited.

The smoke of the cooking stove rose slightly, the fragrant barbecue was burnt and fragrant, and the bodyguards who had already started a pre-dinner drink could be regarded as starting a belated celebration banquet.

Liu Cheng, as a low-level worker, is already very familiar with this group of bodyguards, and he was teased by the bodyguards to punch and drink, his cheeks were red, and he looked at the roasted whole sheep on the charcoal fire, without blinking his eyes, which made the other bodyguards laugh.

Bai Ning, who was sitting next to the bonfire and silently studying the map, had a cold attitude that seemed incompatible with the warm atmosphere in the camp, and Jiang Yingxue, who was lying on a chair drinking tea and enjoying the scenery, was more like a noble lady who came here to travel and enjoy.

In this rare time of comfort, everyone was enjoying the eager pleasure after a brief victory.

After a night's rest, Professor Huang's spirit was much better, barely holding on, and after a few sips of strong tea, his spirit was much better.

"Boss Bai, have you researched anything?"

Professor Huang's sudden inquiry attracted Jiang Yingxue's attention to focus, and she was also curious about whether there were any anecdotes related to the Nalengrad Canyon in Professor Huang's knowledge reserve.

"Previously, the treasure map on the sarcophagus was not very accurate, and only the location of the treasure was marked in the middle of the Nalengrad Gorge.

This river valley is more than 100 kilometers long, and the widest part is more than 30 kilometers, and searching for treasure in this area of more than 3,000 square kilometers is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack.

According to the common sense of how to build a shelter, it is either built in a solid formation or in a cave in the mountains, and it may be possible to save a lot of time by searching for it in this way. ”

Bai Ning's response was decent, without any peculiarities, and it was just a relatively small sea area for looking for a needle in a haystack.

"The supernatural rumors in this valley are limited to the extreme thunderstorms encountered by geological expeditions.

The drought and thunder killed a large number of livestock, horses, and some herders were also killed by the thunder.

It's just that the herdsman died in a strange posture, falling down in a position of holding a gun and preparing to shoot.

Other than that, there is nothing special about this valley area.

Now there are not many people who come here for self-driving tours, and the herdsman who drove the sheep just now also shows that there is not much risk in this area.

If you want to find the ruins of the former Queen Mother of the West with special danger instructions, I think it is still quite difficult. ”

The sheep that had just passed by made the bodyguards very excited, whether it was in terms of material satisfaction, or because of the unscrupulous herdsmen's unscrupulousness that reduced the risk this time, which made Jiang Yingxue believe that the danger here was not too high.

If you have to add one, it is the Nalengrad Canyon in the middle of summer, which may be the real Death Canyon.

But do you want to wait until the middle of summer to try their luck here?

"If you take the herdsman back and ask him for some ghost stories in the canyon area, you may be able to find some key clues."

Seeing that the situation in the field fell into the final silence, Jiang Yingxue offered a slightly dispensable suggestion.

Although she also knows that most of these rootless mountain ghost stories are some mountain ghost stories that stop children crying at night, even if there are really some clues mixed in them, I am afraid it will be difficult to screen them out.

I didn't believe this kind of thought in my heart, but Jiang Yingxue wanted to see if this kind of thought could make Bai Ning have any additional associations.

However, it is a pity that Bai Ning is still silent, and it seems that he does not have any interest in the breakthrough clue of the herdsmen.

Faced with this extremely vague discussion, Professor Huang was a little overwhelmed, so he coughed and used his usual method of attracting attention.

"The record of Kunlun Mountain appears three times in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", and one is a detailed description of the location of the Queen Mother of the West in the "Great Wilderness Western Classic".

We have already understood this description, so we will not talk about it in detail, and the other two places are more like the overall description of Kunlun Mountain.

"The Three Classics of the West" says: The hill of Kunlun is really the capital of the emperor, and the god Lu Wusi.

"Hainei Xijing" said: The void of Kunlun in Hainei is in the northwest, and the emperor is under the capital.

These two records seem to indicate that there is a shrine on Kunlun Mountain, which is the "capital of the emperor".

It is precisely because of this that the existence of Kunlun Mountain, the cave of the Queen Mother of the West, will rank among the first echelon of the gods in the Chinese mythological system.

The murals we found in the suspected tomb of the Queen Mother of the West in Lop Nur show the history of the escape of the Queen Mother clan in the Kunlun Mountain area, which shows that the Kunlun Mountain area should be full of many cities.

This is also recorded in other ancient books:

"The Beginning of the River Map" said: "Kunlun has five cities and twelve floors, the river is out, and the four dimensions are more jade.

"The River Atlas Brackets the Elephant of the Earth" says: "The position of the earth, the tall one has Kunlun Mountain, thousands of miles wide, ten thousand miles high, the birth of gods, and the collection of saints and immortals...... Its mountains should be in the sky, the most centered, and eighty-one cities are surrounded by it.

"Huainanzi Topographical Training" said: Yu is to rest the soil to fill the flood as the name of the mountain, digging Kunlun void below the ground, there are nine cities in Zengcheng, its height is 11,000 miles 114 steps 2 feet 6 inches.

There is even a relevant description in "Chu Ci Tianwen":

Kunlun County Garden, where is its (residence)? Zengcheng is nine-fold, how many miles is high? The gate of the four directions, who obeys it? The Northwest is open, what is the air?

It can be seen that in the relevant remote cognition of the ancients, there is a huge building complex in Kunlun Mountain.

If we take advantage of the concept of the post-apocalyptic refuge base as previously envisaged, it is that the original Qinghai-Tibet Plateau region has become a place where various forces are vying to build a refuge base in the last days.

A large number of evacuation sites gather here, and it is normal for violent conflicts to occur for various reasons as the later period continues to develop. ”

Professor Huang's quotation of scriptures is obviously the relevant knowledge reserve that he has made up for during this period of time, and it can be said that he has laid a solid theoretical foundation for various previous inferences.

Kunlun Mountain is high and unknown, and there is a jade hall Danxia Ying.

In a variety of ancient records, the description of the temple building of Kunlun Mountain has legends from a long period of time, and may also come from the immortal palace imagined by people after Kunlun Mountain was deified.

However, in Bai Ning's opinion, there should be both.

The ancient books that originally recorded the relevant matters of Kunlun Mountain must have come from a legend from a long period of time, and this legend will definitely change dramatically in the process of transmission, but the core part of it will definitely not change.

For example, if it was originally rumored to have a house, the house may gradually become bigger and bigger, and eventually become a palace-style abode for the gods.

Having and not being are two concepts, and if they were added halfway, they would not maintain a high degree of similarity among many ancient books.