Xixia dead book

Chapter 51: Legend of the Undead in the Book of the Dead (51)
Just as the pika climbed onto the bodies of Tang Feng and Han Jiang, another pika also climbed onto the bodies of Xu Renyu and Makarov. Tang Feng threw out the pika with all his strength, and Han Jiang Jiang drew out his dagger and stabbed the pika that had already climbed up.Han Jiang's dagger was stabbing right at the fat pika's body, but at this moment, more and more pikas came out of the rat hole and surrounded the four of them.Seeing that they were about to be surrounded by tens of thousands of pikas, Han Jiang shouted decisively to the crowd: "There are more and more of these guys, hurry... retreat to the steep slope."

Tang Feng and Han Jiang pulled out their pistols, "Bang! Bang! Bang!" Several pikas that had crawled to their feet were killed one by one, but groups of pikas continued to squirm towards them. The four of them jumped out of the pika's encirclement with all their might, and ran up the steep slope.

Makarov and Xu Renyu had already rushed up the steep slope, while Tang Feng and Han Jiang were fighting and retreating behind.Tang Feng quickly emptied one magazine, and he replaced it with another magazine to continue shooting, but he knocked out the front one, and more pikas rushed forward from behind, and the bullets in the magazine were almost used up again.At this time, Han Jiang took out the only grenade on his body, and he lightly threw the grenade. There was a loud "boom", and hundreds of pikas that were still alive and kicking just now were blown to pieces in an instant.Tang Feng and Han Jiang also rushed up the steep slope, but when they looked back, they found that those hungry pikas were stepping on the corpses of their companions and continuing to climb up the steep slope...

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Tang Feng and Han Jiang struggled to climb up the steep slope, and Han Jiang shouted at Tang Feng while running: "Now I know what happened to that yak bone!"

"Nonsense! I know it too." After Tang Feng shouted, he felt dizzy in his brain, "Lack of oxygen! This damn mountain reaction!" Tang Feng cursed secretly in his heart.

Makarov and Xu Renyu had already climbed up the steep slope first, and Han Jiang also climbed up in embarrassment, leaving only Tang Feng... He seriously underestimated the mountain reaction, because he ran too fast just now, and the strong mountain reaction caused him another burst Dizziness, stepping on the soft gravel, my feet seem to start to lose control.Tang Feng only felt the darkness behind him, the fast running, the violent mountain reaction...Suddenly, Tang Feng's eyes went dark, his feet slipped, and he fell down on the steep slope, his body slid down rapidly.Seeing this scene on the steep slope, everyone couldn't help screaming, but they were beyond their reach and could do nothing.

Tang Feng tried his best to control his body and scratched the steep slope with both hands, hoping to grab something that could support him, but there was nothing on the steep slope except fine gravel.Tang Feng leaned on his own body to increase the friction with the gravel on the steep slope. Slowly, Tang Feng's body finally stopped sliding and stopped on the steep slope.His gloves were all worn out, and he was sore all over.Looking back, Tang Feng saw that groups of pikas were still climbing up the steep slope, and the vanguard of the pikas was about to bite their heels.He trembled all over, came to his senses, and recklessly charged towards the steep slope again, the pika closely pursued him.On the steep slope, Han Jiang, Xu Renyu, and Makarov stretched out their hands together, ready to meet Tang Feng.

The last section of the steep slope was extremely steep. When Tang Feng raised his head, he saw three arms.I am already very close to them, if I slide down again this time, I will definitely become the belly of the pika!Thinking of this, Tang Feng closed his eyes, jumped up, and at the same time stretched out his arms to grab upwards, hoping to catch a life-saving straw, and he caught it...

When he opened his eyes again, he found that his body was already suspended in the air, and a group of pikas were rushing towards the steep slope below him. It was just because the steep slope was too steep that the pikas climbed up and slid down again. .Tang Feng looked up, and there was a pair of thick and powerful arms grabbing him, it was—an old horse!Although Makarov grabbed Tang Feng's arm, Tang Feng's body was very heavy. Makarov was unable to pull him up alone. Han Jiang and Xu Renyu also grabbed Tang Feng's arm together. The three of them tried their best. With all his strength, Tang Feng was pulled up.

The pika did not climb up again, and everyone calmed down a little, but the strong mountain reaction hit the four of them immediately.Dizzy and vomiting all the way, the four supported each other, stumbled and retreated to the bottom of the mountain with difficulty, sucked the oxygen they brought, and rested for another quarter of an hour before recovering.After Han Jiang thanked Makarov for saving Tang Feng's life, he said to everyone: "It seems that Area A is not the place we are looking for. It will be dark soon, and we will spend the night here tonight. You have no objections." Bar?"

Looking at the dead mountains around, Tang Feng felt fearful, and asked Han Jiang: "Here? Are you not afraid that thousands of pikas will turn us into a pile of bones?"

Han Jiang glared at Tang Feng, but said nothing. He restarted the Cherokee and drove westward slowly along the edge of the snow mountain.Soon, they came to a flat grassland, beside which there was a trickle flowing from the snow-capped mountains. "I don't want to run today, so let's stay here! Although the wind is a bit strong, it is close to the stream, and more importantly, it is easy to observe." Han Jiang parked the car, observed the surrounding terrain, and finally decided to spend the night here tonight.

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The four of them got busy. Xu Renyu and Makarov set up an alpine tent with moisture-proof pads, while Tang Feng and Han Jiang set up a portable gasoline stove and cooked a one-pot dinner.The four of them sat around the gasoline stove, enjoying this not-so-appetizing dinner, while communicating about the situation of the day.

Looking at the map, Han Jiang first said, "Since this is not where the Black Head Stone Chamber is located, the possibility of Area B is greatly increased."

"Looking at it this way, the Blackhead Stone Chamber is likely to be in Area B." Xu Renyu also agreed.

"But from the map, Area B is more than [-] kilometers away from here. It is already close to Dawu Town, the capital of the Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Is it possible that the Blackhead Stone Chamber is there?" Tang Feng asked.

Han Jiang understood Tang Feng's question, and said, "Tang Feng, do you think that the party members would not seek farther places and cross Animaqing Mountain from a place farther and higher than this?"

"Yes, Area B is much more difficult than Area A in terms of altitude and road." Tang Feng said worriedly.

"Yes, Tang Feng's question is not unreasonable. We also have the greatest hope for Area A at first, but have you ever thought about it? Area A is located in an area where the altitude is not very high and the road is not difficult to walk. There are often local herdsmen Nomad has reached this point, if the Blackhead Stone Chamber is really here, it would have been discovered long ago, right?" Han Jiang analyzed.

After listening to Han Jiang's analysis, Tang Feng nodded and agreed: "The captain is right. From this point of view, our original analysis is biased. The black head stone chamber must be in the depths of Animaqing Snow Mountain, an inaccessible place. .”

Everyone reached an agreement, and after dinner, Han Jiang ordered: "Tomorrow we will drive a mountain road of more than [-] kilometers. District, so hurry up and rest as soon as possible, we will set off early tomorrow morning."

It was the first time for Tang Feng to spend the night in the wild on the plateau. He thought he would suffer from insomnia again tonight, but the bumps and fatigue of the day made him fall asleep quickly.

The four of them slept until midnight, when they were suddenly awakened by a strange sound, which came from an animal, distant and shrill.Makarov quickly recognized the familiar voice, and exclaimed loudly, "It's howling wolves! There are wolves here too!"

Everyone was shocked.Han Jiang drew out his pistol vigilantly, but Makarov said again: "However, the howling of wolves seems to be coming from far away."

"Since it's far away, don't worry everyone, just keep sleeping!" Xu Renyu comforted everyone and lay down again.

But Tang Feng was worried and walked out of the tent to check.As soon as he poked his head, he felt the severe cold in the middle of the plateau at night. He hurried back to the tent, put on his clothes, and went out of the tent after he was fully armed.On the plateau in the middle of the night, the cold wind howled, icy cold, without a shred of moonlight, except for the terrifying howling of wolves, there was a dead silence all around.

Tang Feng observed outside the tent for a long time, but did not see the shadow of the wolf.He returned to the tent and found that Xu Renyu, who had fallen asleep just now, sat up again. Tang Feng asked him, "Doctor, why didn't you sleep again?"

"You've been tossing around like this, and with the high altitude sickness, why are you still sleeping?" Xu Renyu complained.

Looking again, neither Han Jiang nor Makarov slept. Tang Feng sighed and said, "If you can't sleep, you have to sleep! Otherwise, how can you have energy tomorrow?"

But when Tang Feng lay down again, he regretted what he said just now, because he himself was tortured by the severe altitude sickness and couldn't sleep.Another hour passed, and Tang Feng knew that there were still people awake in the tent, so he asked in a low voice, "Who else is awake now?"

"Me!" Han Jiang, Xu Renyu and Makarov replied almost simultaneously.

Tang Feng turned over and sat up, and said: "Since everyone can't sleep, in my opinion, it's better to start now."

So, under the headlights of the Cherokee, everyone braved the severe cold and started working together, and the cleaning was quickly completed.As soon as Han Jiang stepped on the accelerator, this makeshift expedition team was on the road again.

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Tang Feng cautiously continued to drive along the edge of the snow-capped mountain. It wasn't until the sky was bright that he saw clearly that they had driven into a canyon unknowingly.There are continuous snow-capped mountains on both sides of the canyon, and large black rocks are also exposed below the snow line. Only near the bottom of the canyon, there is green grass. On the grass, a trickle is looming, sometimes disappearing.

The Cherokee was now walking through the bottom of the canyon.After driving in the canyon for a while, Tang Feng suddenly found that snowflakes were floating in the sky at some point. This was the situation he was most worried about, but it was almost certain that they would encounter it during this trip.Tang Feng complained in a low voice: "It's too bad, it's snowing!"

The snowflakes outside the car window quickly covered everything around them. Slowly, Tang Feng found that the creek that had been with them was gone.He stopped the car, took out the map, GPS and electronic compass, and confirmed the direction again, "That's right! According to the map, this canyon is the shortest way to Area B."

Tang Feng had been driving for three hours without knowing it, and Han Jiang replaced him and continued to drive the Cherokee along the canyon.Han Jiang fully absorbed the lessons of yesterday's driving, and drove very carefully over small undulating mounds one after another, and moved forward with difficulty in the gravel-covered canyon.Two hours later, a steep ramp appeared in front of him. Han Jiang stepped on the accelerator and rushed towards the ramp.When the Cherokee climbed up the ramp, everyone could clearly feel the altitude rise. Han Jiang said to himself over and over again: "Don't have any problems with the car! Don't have any problems!"

There was no problem with the car, and it carried everyone to the top of the slope smoothly, but after turning over the slope, there was a series of undulating mountains behind.The Cherokee climbed the mountain all the way, and after driving through the last pass, a more magnificent canyon appeared in front of everyone.

Han Jiang stepped on the brakes and parked the car at the pass. The four of them jumped out of the car. Tang Feng murmured, "Is such a magnificent canyon the B area we are looking for?"

After comparing the GPS and the military map, Han Jiang confirmed: "This is the B area we identified before."

After observing the terrain with a telescope, Xu Renyu said to everyone: "If this is Area B, then the black-headed stone room we are looking for should be in this canyon. Look at the two sides of the canyon, the snow-capped peaks stand tall, and at the end of the canyon is a road leading from the snow-capped peaks. The modern glacier that stretches down is a relatively closed environment, absolutely deep, and can only be entered through the canyon we entered the mountain just now. I dare to conclude that few people have been here."

But just after Xu Renyu finished speaking, Makarov suddenly retorted in a low voice: "Hmph! Very few people have been here, what do you think is that?"

Everyone looked in the direction of Makarov's finger, and all three of them were stunned, especially Xu Renyu, who just swore that "very few people have been here before", was even more stunned, because it was in Makarov Where the husband pointed, a red Coke bottle was faintly exposed in the white snow beside the pass!
"Damn it! There... there are Coke bottles here? I'm really convinced!" Xu Renyu slapped the roof of the car and said angrily.

Tang Feng sat down in the snow in disappointment, "I think we ran for nothing again, and there must be nothing here like Area A. There will be a Coke bottle, which wicked ghost lost it? No public morals at all." Don’t tell me! I guess we’ll find pockets of instant noodles and leftover bread later!”

When Han Jiang saw the Coke bottle, he also had a "buzz" in his head, and he immediately thought of two possibilities: one is that ordinary tourists or donkey friends have been here; the other is... the second possibility makes He shuddered, that was the group of men in black who had been hunting them down!Regardless of the possibility, it would be a heavy blow to their plans!
At this time, Makarov said what Han Jiang was most worried about: "Could it be our group of 'old friends'?"

Makarov's words made Tang Feng and Xu Renyu's hearts tremble. Han Jiang said: "This is what I am most worried about. No matter what the possibility is, it is not good news for us. I saw that Coke bottle, it should be soon If it was discarded by ordinary tourists and donkey friends, it means that this place is not inaccessible and does not meet our judgment on the black-headed stone chamber; if it is discarded by the men in black, it is even more sinister! The worst possibility, That group of people may have already got the second jade screen."

"If that group gets the second jade screen, then everything we have done will be in vain!" Tang Feng gasped in disappointment.

"According to my original idea, we have the guidance of the Great Lama, the geological data of the Animaqing area, and other convenient conditions. We should have an advantage over our opponents, but now I have no idea ..." Han Jiang did not continue.

"Okay, no matter what, we've arrived here, let's take a look in the canyon." Makarov suggested.

Han Jiang nodded helplessly, and then looked at the scenery in the valley with a telescope. He didn't see anyone, and he didn't find any suspicious signs.Han Jiang put down the binoculars and told Xu Renyu and Makarov: "This time, you two stay in the car, and Tang Feng and I will go down and have a look."

"Why?" Makarov was puzzled.

"Because the men in black may appear at any time, understand? The task of the two of you is to protect the car and equipment. If we don't have the car and equipment, we will be frozen to death and trapped in the mountains!" Han Jiang While speaking, the snow fell more and more.

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Makarov and Xu Renyu left guard cars and equipment, while Tang Feng and Han Jiang braved the wind and snow and walked into the canyon.In this high-altitude area, every step they take is much more difficult than usual.Because of the Coke bottle that should not have appeared, Han Jiang has always maintained a high level of alert.

After more than an hour of hard walking, the two finally reached the huge glacier at the end of the canyon.Facing this magnificent glacier, Tang Feng was speechless. He was deeply shocked, and kept muttering to himself: "It's so shocking, so beautiful!"

Han Jiang tugged at his sleeves and said disappointedly: "Let's go, there is no way to find anything here."

But Tang Feng was unmoved, and walked a few steps forward involuntarily. Han Jiang shouted: "What are you going to do? The glaciers here are very unstable, be careful of avalanches!"

But Tang Feng didn't seem to hear his warning, and continued to walk towards the huge ice tongue of the glacier. Han Jiang angrily said from behind: "I order you to come back!"

Tang Feng stopped in his tracks this time, and Han Jiang yelled "Come back soon" again!But before he finished speaking, Tang Feng shouted at him: "Look, there is a hole here!"

Han Jiang was shocked!Hole?Could it be the black-headed stone chamber they were looking for so hard?He didn't care about the avalanche, so he ran two steps to get behind Tang Feng.But at this moment, Tang Feng suddenly took two steps back and bumped into Han Jiang's body.Han Jiang felt that something was wrong with Tang Feng, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with you?"

(End of this chapter)