Survival male god

Chapter 324 Inside the Valley
The campfire was crackling and the smell of roasted venison filled the camp.

Chen Jing directly picked up a large piece of barbecue skewered with tree branches and handed it to Jordan beside him.

"Try it, I wonder if you can get used to it?"

"Thank you. You're welcome. I've eaten a lot of red deer meat. Yours has been smoked, so it must taste pretty good!"

Jordan was not polite, took the barbecue and started to bite into it.

He had been hungry for more than a day, his energy was exhausted, and he could hardly walk.

Now that there is roasted wild red deer meat to eat, there is no time to pick and choose, just like a starving ghost reincarnated, holding the meat skewers and gnawing fiercely.

"It tastes really good and fragrant. It would be nice to have a glass of sweet wine."

"It must feel very wonderful, like going to heaven. You said you came from the far eastern country, have you ever drank wine from Aosta?"

Chen Jing shook his head. In his previous life, he was extremely poor. He had to collect all the living expenses for mountain climbing with great difficulty. How could he dare to eat and drink in the town?
"Never drank."

When Jordan saw this, he glanced at him with regret, then patted his chest and said loudly:

"That's just right. When things are over, I'll treat you to the best wine in town. Although I was scared to death by you just now, if I hadn't met you, I might not be able to survive the sunrise tomorrow."

"It's so cold up here. I'm so hungry that I'm going crazy. I want to take off these old leather boots and eat them. Damn it. Before I left, I drank too much and forgot to bring anything with me, so I ran out. "

"What I just told you..."

"You are so amazing. You came from the other side of the world. How long have you been walking from Lake Geneva to here?"

"Most of the people in this town have never left the production area in their lives."

This middle-aged man in his 40s was very interested in Chen Jing's adventure journey.

"More than a month, from early May to now..."

"But after listening to your description, I suggest you go home. Maybe your family is very anxious now. In addition, there are many ferocious beasts in the Alps, which are beyond imagination."

"Do you know about the Tazo worm?"

Jordan shook his head, looking confused.

Chen Jing took out his mobile phone and showed the other party the photos he had taken before.

"Whoa...what is this? It has the head of a cat and a tail like a lizard. It looks like a monster."

Jordan was startled.

I have to say that he is indeed a bit timid.

"Two Tazo worms, I almost died at their hands."

Chen Jing gave a general introduction, and Jordan immediately thought that the missing sheep and cattle might have been killed by Tazo worms.

But such speculation was denied by Chen Jing.

"They are the last two Tazo worms. They are dead. There should be other beasts in the Aosta Valley."

"Okay, I will seriously consider it, but I still want to take a look. I have this. As for my family, they are used to me running around and won't worry. Thank you for reminding me."

"I stayed in the plantation for two or three months. According to you, the valley may be very dangerous. The two of us can take care of each other together."

"and……"

Jordan picked up the shotgun, and a trace of memory flashed through his deep-set brown eyes.

"The St. Bernard dog you mentioned, I've seen it before. Its name is Pop. It's a pet kept by rich people in the town. Well, I've seen it several times."

"Anyway, you are definitely not safe alone. Although you look very strong, you are unarmed."

"How about it?"

Chen Jing was slightly surprised.

After thinking for a moment, he shook his head.

"Thank you for your kindness, but I should be able to handle it."

"I'll leave you some venison. You'd better find a way to go back. This valley always makes me feel a little weird."

Chen Jing's sixth sense was quite accurate, and he didn't think Jordan could keep up with his speed. As for assistance, he didn't need it at all.

Jordan laughed twice.

"Well, to tell you the truth, I am actually lost and don't know how to get out. It will be safer to follow you. Don't worry, I swear, I will never cause you any trouble!"

"If I follow you and get out alive, I am willing to give you one year's salary. As a reward, an adventurer and a bounty hunter should be about the same. I often hear the guests in the tavern talk about those who want to take on missions. , the most powerful bounty hunter now seems to be an Oriental."

Chen Jing was a little speechless. This guy was quite shrewd. In fact, he could see that Jordan was not a bad person, but just a little timid.

Hearing that the other party talked about this, he had no choice but to nod.

"Okay, if that's the case, then you can follow me, but you have to remember one thing, you have to listen to me in everything, can you do it?"

Seeing that Chen Jing no longer rejected him, Old Jordan nodded overjoyed.

"Don't worry, I won't cause any trouble to you!"

The two reached an agreement, and after eating, Chen Jing continued to add more firewood to the campfire, and then asked Jordan to go to bed first. He was going to stay awake for a while and summarize the content of the past two days.

Because not every viewer has time to stay in front of the screen to watch his live broadcast, it is still necessary to summarize some of the things that happened before and tell them to everyone.

"It took us a day yesterday to reach the Aosta Valley."

"As you can see, the lower levels of the valley are home to grape plantations."

"This should be considered the middle part of the valley. The overall altitude is about 800 meters. It's not too high or too low."

"But it's very cold in the valley, many times colder than I imagined."

"I think this may be because the cold air flow from Mont Blanc's glaciers flows along the special terrain, from high to low, to the middle and lower sections of the valley."

"Generally speaking, the temperature here feels about two to three degrees colder than the outside."

"Don't underestimate this value. The temperature difference of two or three degrees is very obvious to people."

"When we came, we didn't find any tracks left by the St. Bernard dogs."

"So it is necessary to go deeper into the valley, but Jordan said that he had seen the figure of the Saint Bernard in the valley, and maybe the other party could help him at some point."

"Starting tomorrow, we will enter the interior of the Aosta Valley. Let's have a good rest now!"

Chen Jing sat cross-legged by the campfire after a long absence and began to practice the ancient Baduanjin method.

In the second half of the night, Chen Jing estimated that he would not encounter any danger. He did not intend to teach Jordan a lesson. He also got into a camping tent made of wood, covered with sheepskin and deerskin, and prepared to sleep.

After a peaceful night, when Chen Jing woke up early the next morning, he found Jordan sitting by the fire, stewing something in the earthen pot he took out yesterday.

"I went outside to get some wild vegetables. Let's stew them and use them as our breakfast!"

Jordan hopes that he can play some role, otherwise, even he will feel a lot of uneasiness.

In short, he is not a guy who likes to take advantage of others.

Chen Jingpo was a little dumbfounded.He only asked Jordan to cooperate and try not to hold him back as much as possible, instead of trying to yell at the other party.

"Actually, it's not necessary...but since it's been done, let's have a taste!"

"By the way, do you know how to identify the direction in a valley like this?"

Chen Jing suddenly remembered that Jordan said yesterday that he was lost in the Aosta Valley.

While explaining to the audience, he planned to educate the other party, because they might have to separate later and learn to identify the direction, so that it would be more convenient to meet up.

Jordan shook his head. The level of education he received was actually quite low. He couldn't understand a lot of knowledge at all, let alone these weird questions.

"I don't know. Do you have any idea?"

Chen Jing started the live broadcast, described the problem, and then explained:

"The Aosta Valley is a super valley with a total length of more than [-] kilometers, extending from high to low, northwest to southeast."

"Of course, among the three class ladders, the position we are currently standing at is the most complicated."

"In addition, there is long-term thick fog in the valley, and there is no sunlight when you look up, so it is difficult to say that ordinary methods can accurately determine the correct direction."

"Then at this time, we need some small measures."

"Actually, it's very simple."

"All you need to do is find a flowing stream, and then use the method of drifting needles with fallen leaves. Look, isn't there a brooch on your leather coat?"

"Use this thing, rub it hard, make it temporarily magnetized, and then string it together with leaves, you can easily analyze the north-south direction."

"Facing due north, turn to your left hand at a 45-degree angle. That is the direction to enter the second and third steps of the Aosta Valley."

"This method is actually simple and easy to use."

"Of course, besides this, there are many other ways, such as observing ant nests, growth rings on trees, etc.!"

"I've never gotten lost before."

"But once you enter the mountains, it might be different."

"Must be treated with caution!"

"Drink the wild vegetable soup first and then..."

Chen Jing took out some venison from his backpack, shared it with Jordan, roasted it and ate it.

After eating a full stomach, Chen Jing restored the camp to its original state. Even the campfire that had been burned to ashes was buried with sand.

After doing this, he called Jordan and walked all the way to the middle and upper part of the valley.

During the process, Chen Jing couldn't help but ask for more information about that matter.

After all, it is incredible to lose so many goats and even bulls within a few days.

"First of all, we can rule out Tazo worms. They are definitely not responsible."

"Tazo worms can basically be ruled out. Although they are murderous, even they cannot kill so many animals in such a short period of time."

"It is also impossible for large carnivores such as snow wolves and snow leopards to kill so many sheep in three days."

"If I had to guess now, I would rather guess that it was a vulture that did it, or a swarm of vultures."

"But seriously, vultures don't tend to live at particularly high altitudes."

"So the vulture option is basically eliminated."

"In addition, there are no large rivers or lakes in the Aosta Valley. The real high-altitude areas at the top are covered with ice and snow for a long time, and there are no large beasts active there."

"So I wonder if it's possible that there really are beasts that haven't been discovered by humans inside the Aosta Valley, just like the Tazo worm, which is a completely new species."

Chen Jing's statement was opposed by Jordan.

"Honestly, it's unlikely, although I've never actually been inside the Aosta Valley."

"But occasionally tourists will take risks and go skiing and rock climbing. But after so many years, almost no one has ever mentioned that they have seen any extraordinary species in the mountains."

"I often hear the howling of wolves. At first, everyone wondered if there was a large group of wolves living in the valley."

"Later everyone discovered that it was actually more like a dog barking."

"Every year when the ski resorts on Mont Blanc and Matterhorn are open, there will be people taking St. Bernard dogs up the mountain. Maybe what those travelers heard was the barking of the St. Bernard dogs."

“How could a Saint Bernard be a monster that eats goats?”

Jordan couldn't help but shake his head. In the minds of the locals, this kind of dog obviously has a very high status and is a representative of kindness and loyalty.

They would rather believe that there are monsters in the mountains than believe that the legendary beast in the Aosta Valley is actually a St. Bernard dog.

"I don't believe it either, haha..."

"But we still have to go inside the valley to see what the specific situation is."

"Also, do you have any more information about that crazy Saint Bernard?"

"Or maybe a story, tell it to me!"

"Well, don't forget to take your things with you..."

Chen Jing stood up with his backpack on his back and headed northwest. The mountain road was rugged and difficult to navigate. Jordan behind him nodded. He had nothing but a shotgun.

The middle-aged man stared curiously at the camera platform floating in the sky and said:

"Pop is a very special Saint Bernard."

Chen Jing was slightly curious.

"What kind of special law?"

A look of memory came over Jordan's face.

"That's a very old dog."

"At least he must be over ten years old, because more than ten years ago, when I first came to the Aosta Valley and worked in the plantation, Pop was picked up from the mountains, and then adopted, and has grown up to this day."

"It often wanders around the town. It is also the most powerful and tall among all the Saint Bernard dogs. When it stands up, it is about the same height as you... Ha, I'm sorry, that's not what I meant."

Chen Jing smiled nonchalantly.

"Go on, I'm actually more interested in, why is it going crazy?"

Jordan scratched his head: "I don't know about this, but I heard that it seems that the neighbor of Master Popper brought back a dead Saint Bernard dog from other places."

"Then for some reason, Pop went crazy. After biting someone, he ran out. In fact, he was not let go. He rushed into the valley on his own."

"I've seen it from a long way away, standing on the cliff... right over there!"

Jordan pointed to the mountain col in the distance.

(End of this chapter)