It is said that Namtso is one of the ultimate scenery of the plateau, and the Holy Elephant Gate of Heaven is the ultimate scenery of Namco!

This natural stone elephant across the lake from the Tashi Peninsula has a variety of legends, each of which is extremely beautiful and matches the scenery of the Icon Gate itself.

However, the Holy Elephant Gate is not easy for the world to see, and without him, the journey here is too difficult.

Even if you are driving, it is not so easy to come to the Holy Elephant Heavenly Gate from Namco Township.

Thirty kilometers of asphalt and 90 kilometers of dirt roads are the way to reach the Holy Elephant Gate from Namco Township.

Moreover, the tickets for the Holy Elephant Heavenly Gate need to be reserved, and you have to make an appointment three days in advance, with a ticket of 80 yuan plus a package of 303 meals and accommodation......

Lao Liu and his party naturally wouldn't spend more on the 401 scenic spot tickets, but it took them a week to get here, and the process was much more difficult than driving.

Especially when they arrived at the Holy Elephant Heavenly Gate, large snowflakes were constantly falling in the gloomy sky, which made Lao Liu's surprise after seeing the Holy Elephant Heavenly Gate completely meaningless.

None of them had seen the Icon Gate before, but they had only seen this beautiful and incredible sight in the pictures.

On the Internet, there are all kinds of high-definition photos of the holy elephant Tianmen, there are photos of the sun "stuck" in the middle of the heavenly gate, there are photos of the starry sky sprinkled with the holy icon, there are photos of watching the Nianqing Tanggula Peak on the opposite bank across the heavenly gate, and there are also photos of the holy elephant standing alone on the shore of the lake with water and sky......

There is no doubt that the carefully selected photos on the Internet have made groups of tourists like Chu Qian, Zhang Xinggang, and Hao Lei happy to come here from thousands of miles away, and then they were completely shocked or shocked by the magnificent scenery here, or their hearts were cleansed.

But today, whether it is Zhang Xinggang and his family, three college students, or Chu Qian, under the clouds and snowflakes in the sky, there is no surprise at all to see the Holy Elephant Heavenly Gate.

The light was so surprised and happy, I don't know where I went.

When the group of seven people arrived at the Holy Elephant Heavenly Gate with more and more snow, the sky was not only much darker, but the snow was also getting heavier and heavier.

By the time they reached the Icon Gate, the snow on the ground was enough to wipe their feet down.

This is not the most alarming, the most frightening thing is that the heavy snow not only shows no signs of abating, but has a tendency to get bigger and bigger.

Moreover, it is imagined that there should be a lot of tourists and vehicles near the Holy Elephant Heavenly Gate, but there is no scene at all.

I don't know if those tourists left in advance after receiving the blizzard warning or how, anyway, when their group of seven people came here, there was only the Holy Elephant Heavenly Gate standing alone by the lake in the heaven and earth.

"Damn, what should I do now?" Even Zhang Xinggang, an old donkey friend, changed his face.

In fact, the reason why Zhang Xinggang dared to brave the heavy snow to continue to come to the Holy Elephant Heavenly Gate was that he didn't want to give up halfway, and another important reason was that he had done a detailed strategy investigation before hiking. He knew that although the Holy Elephant Heavenly Gate was difficult to reach, there were still some tourists who came by car every day.

Even if a snowstorm comes, as long as there are tourists and vehicles here, they can follow the tourists' vehicles safely back to Namco Township or further afield to Dangquka County.

It turned out to be very different from what he had expected.

Not to mention tourists and vehicles, there is not even a single ghost shadow here.

Wang Yan was also a little dumbfounded.

"Don't be stunned first, find a safe place to set up camp!" Lao Liu said in a deep voice, "The current situation is not good, and the first thing we have to ensure is safety." ”

Zhang Xinggang: "I checked a lot of tips before I came, there is a No. 3 camp here, which was originally the best place for stargazing at night, and tourists who spend the night at the Holy Elephant Heavenly Gate will stay in No. 3 camp. ”

Wang Yan pointed in one direction and said, "Is that the camp?"

Heavy snow affects the line of sight very much, and it is difficult to see clearly if you are a little farther away.

Seven people, a dog and two sheep braved the heavier and heavier snow to come to Camp 3, and what made everyone even more shocked was that the tents were already empty.

Camp 3 is mostly a yurt-like tent, and usually four or eight people live in one of the tourists' accommodations, and there are naturally managers here. But it's a pity that when Lao Liu and the others arrived here, there was no one here.

", this tourist is gone, why do you say those managers are also leaving?" Teng Zhixin, who was a little anxious, couldn't help but spit fragrantly.

"Zhixin, don't complain now, it's normal. Last year, it was also at this time that there was a heavy snowfall that lasted for several days, and as a result, more than 200 people were trapped in the scenic area of the Tashi Peninsula alone, but they were quickly rescued. However, there are also some tourists who are besieged on this side of the Holy Elephant Heavenly Gate, and although there are not many of them, these people have been trapped here for five or six days before they are rescued! This year, such a situation has occurred again, and it is estimated that the management personnel of the camp will not dare to stay here anymore, so they will simply withdraw together with the tourists. ”

"My God, what should we do then?" Chu Qian involuntarily grabbed Lao Liu's arm again, as if Lao Liu had become his only support at this moment.

"Wait, I'll make a call first...... , why is there no signal?Chu Qian, what kind of mobile phone are you using?"

"I?...... Xiaomi phone"

"Ahem...... Mess around! I ask you whether you use mobile or China Unicom or telecommunications?"

"Oh, mine is mobile. Well, don't you know my number? Why don't you know which telecom operator I'm using?"

"Damn, we're the same. Well, let's not fight about this now. Hey, guys, take your phones out and see if there's a signal?"

Lao Liu's voice went down, and the other five people all took out their mobile phones, but there was no signal.

"It was probably the heavy snow that affected the communication lines. Lao Liu made a judgment with certainty.

Hao Lei frowned and said: "Brother Liu, the snow should not affect the communication line, right? The current mobile communication base stations are transmitted by optical cables, and no matter how heavy the snow is, it will not affect the transmission of signals." Even if the power is cut off, the base station also has a battery, which can ensure that the base station works for more than six hours. ”

"Huh, how do you know that?"

"Hehe, I went to university in South Post, and I majored in this area. ”

This kid is quite proud.

However, Lao Liu glanced at this guy and asked angrily: "Then have you ever seen a communication pole along the way?"

This time Hao Lei grabbed his scalp.

"Birds don't poop and chickens don't lay eggs in this place, so you can set up a communication line for just a few base stations, do you think it's possible?"

"Brother Liu, do you mean that the communication base stations here are all microwave transmission?"

"I really don't know how you studied in college? Even I, who don't know how to communicate, know this, why didn't you think of it?"

Hao Lei's face flushed.

Lao Liu naturally doesn't understand communication matters, but Mo Long's friend Li Wei is an expert in this area.

They started out as a communications engineer.

After coming to the plateau, he contracted many projects for telecom operators, including the upgrading of mobile communication base stations in Namco Scenic Area.

This is what he said when he was drinking with Li Wei before.

In his words, the communication base stations on Namtso's side are all transmitted by microwaves.

Microwave transmission is a very good communication transmission method, the communication distance is long, and the terrain has little influence on this communication method.

Of course, the weather has a greater impact on microwave transmission. Foggy, snowy and other weather have the greatest impact on microwave transmission.

Since the communication base stations here are all transmitted by microwaves, now in heavy snow, communication will naturally be greatly affected.

Chu Qian decisively took out her satellite phone, "Use this." ”

Lao Liu nodded and took the phone. When he turned on the phone and waited for GPS positioning, Lao Liu said to Zhang Xinggang, Hao Lei and Teng Zhixin: "Brother Gang, Zhixin and Leizi, the three of you will first look for a nearby cave to see if there is a suitable cave." I remember that there was a cave near the Heavenly Gate of the Holy Elephant, which seemed to be a place where those monks used to practice. Sister Yan, you and Zhenzhen take a look around the camp to see if the other tents can withstand it. ”

Zhang Xinggang asked puzzledly, "Isn't there Camp No. 3 over there, why don't we stay in Camp No. 3?"

"Brother Gang, do you think that if this snow continues to fall like this, those tents will be able to withstand it? In case we live in it and the heavy snow crushes the tent when we sleep at night, then we will not be buried by the heavy snow?"

Zhang Xinggang patted his head, "Let's go, Zhixin, Leizi, follow me to the cave." ”

At this time, the satellite phone was already connected, and Lao Liu dialed out according to the dialing method of the satellite phone.

"Hey, uncle, it's me...... Oh, this is Chu Qian's satellite phone. Well, don't be verbose, the phone bill is quite expensive. Uncle, listen up, Chu Qian and I and five other travelers are now trapped in the Holy Elephant Heavenly Gate...... Well, the snow is getting heavier and heavier right now, and the hell knows how far it can go. That Thunder is at home now, isn't it? Well, that's good, you or Tian Peng can see if you can drive the Thunder to pick us up...... Well, depending on the situation, try to come over as much as you can, and don't force it if you can't come...... I didn't have a big problem here, and at noon I bought two live sheep from Tibetan compatriots passing by, and these two sheep were enough for us to eat for several days...... Okay, then you and Tian Peng will take a trip. ”

Hanging up the phone, Chu Qian asked expectantly, "Can your brother-in-law and your friends come and pick us up?" I'm really a little scared now. I should have known that I should have listened to you not to go this way. ”

Although Lao Liu was also very anxious now, he still had a smile on his face at this time, and said in a very confident tone: "Chu Qian, you don't need to be afraid. What's there to be afraid of? Don't you still have me by your side? Besides, what is this bit of snow? When my father and I went to play in the Daxing'an Mountains in the northeast that winter, it also caught up with heavy snowfall. The snow was so heavy that it buried the door of the house where we lived overnight, and we couldn't open it. Guess how we got out?"

"Got out of the window?"

"Yo, aren't you pretty smart......"

"your ......" Chu Qian smiled and punched Lao Liu twice.

"Well, I remember it very well. Because the door wouldn't open, my dad smashed the window glass open in two. You may not know that the walls of the houses on the other side of the Great Khing'an Mountains are very thick, not more than a meter, and the windows are all two-storey. Open the windows inside, there is a layer of windows outside. However, the outside window was also buried by the snow, so I had to smash the glass, and then I started digging the snow from the smashed glass, and finally dug out of the window. Guess how deep the snow was that day?"

"It must be very deep! You just said that even the window glass is buried, so it can't be two meters deep?"

"Two meters? My dad and I lived in a house that happened to be in a snow den, and it was snowing and windy that night, and the snow outside our house almost buried the house. If it weren't for the chimney leading out of the house, my dad and I would have suffocated in the snow that night......"

"Huh?

"Well, it's that deep. The snow walls on both sides of the snow trail dug up at the end are almost as high as the two of us!"

"God, that's scary. ”

"Hehe, so are you still scared of this little snow today?"

Chu Qian was a little moved, looked at Lao Li in a daze and said, "You are so good." ”

"Don't don't, don't send me a good person card! If you send me a good person card, my future son's mother will fly ......."

"Oops, you stinky sulfur scoundrel, I'm not done with you......"

During the fight, Zhang Xinggang came back with Hao Lei and Teng Zhixin, and Wang Yan also came back with Fang Zhenzhen. In this moment, several people were covered with snow.

Zhang Xinggang: "Xiao Liu, there is a dilapidated temple under the cliff in the north, and there are some caves behind the temple, some big and some small. ”

Wang Yan: "Xiao Liu, the other tents in this camp are no different from this tent. If this tent can't hold up, I think the other tents will be enough. ”

"Hmm. I had a conversation with my family just now, and they had already driven over to pick us up. If they were able to climb the Nianqing Tanggula Mountain, they would be able to reach it in about another three hours. But if the road is closed, they won't be able to come. ”

Zhang Xinggang asked faintly: "Xiao Liu, the possibility of road closure should be very high, right?"

Lao Liu didn't answer this question, just nodded, and then said: "I suggest that we take action first, no matter whether my car can come over or not, we should first be prepared to be trapped." Brother Gang, Zhixin, Leizi, the four of us collected the fuel in the camp tent and moved it all to the cave in the back. Sister Yan, Zhenzhen, and Chu Qian, the three of you are responsible for collecting the ingredients left in the camp. Oh yes, once we've collected all these things, we'll collect some warmer stuff. ”

Zhang Xinggang asked with some hesitation: "Brother Liu, can we do this well?"

"There's nothing good or bad about it. It's imperative to keep ourselves safe first, those things are secondary!GO! GO! GO! Immediately sprang into action, and while the snow was still blocking our way, we hurried to collect our things. ”

Lao Liu took the white lion and led the two sheep to the largest cave that Zhang Xinggang had just found, and found that the area here was okay, at least the problem of accommodating seven of them was not very big.

This cave is supposed to be the place where those ascetics practiced penance a long time ago.

But at this time, Lao Liu didn't care if he could settle here, in this case, saving his life came first!