Chapter 323 Finding a Way
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After Fatty Wang discussed with his guide Shunzi, the group continued walking up until they saw some dilapidated wooden houses and wire gates in front of them, with the slogan "The territory of the motherland is sacred and inviolable."
Xie Yu knew that he would probably spend the night here, and Shunzi also told everyone excitedly: "This is the supply station for the Snow Mountain Outpost War. After the multilateral talks, several outposts here have been changed places, and this place has been abandoned.
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"Several outposts on the snow line are also deserted. If we want to go up there, we will have a chance to take a look."
There was nothing to say that night, so Pan Zi made some instant noodles. After everyone ate them, they just spent the night here.
The next day, early in the morning.
Everyone was about to get up and continue on their way. Shunzi felt strange that few tourists worked so hard, but the guides took money to do things, and tourists were free to do whatever they wanted, so Shunzi couldn't say anything.
When everyone got up, it had already begun to snow, and the temperature dropped suddenly. Few people in the south could adapt to such weather.
Except for Xie Yu, Fatty Wang and Ye Cheng, everyone else felt frozen and stiff.
After crossing the snow line further up, the group finally saw the snow.
It was sparse at first, but became thicker as you went up, with fewer and fewer trees and more rocks. Chen Pi Asi said this is where it is.
By noon, the group of people on horseback were surrounded by white, and the snow on the ground was so thick that there was no way to go. At this time, they could only rely on the guide Shunzi to lead the horses in front to clear the way.
At this time, a strong wind suddenly blew. Shunzi looked at the clouds and asked Chen Pi Asi: "Guest, why don't you just come here today? It seems that there may be strong winds today. Just enjoy the snow-capped mountains for a while. There are more mountains further up."
It’s dangerous.”
Chen Pi Ah Si got angry and waved his hand, asking him to wait.
After walking for a long time in the strong wind, everyone was really tired. They stopped to rest and eat some solid food. A few people even started to look around to see the scenery.
At this time, Chen Pi Asi took Wu Xie, Xie Yu and others to the ridge of a low mountain, where they could see the original woods that the group had walked through when they came.
Chen Pi Asi looked at it, then pointed to a large depression and said to Wu Xie: "In ancient times, when building tombs, materials were usually collected from the local area. You see, this large forest is obviously sparser than the one next to it."
"This shows that it must have been cut down a hundred years ago, and although we had a difficult journey along the way, there were no particularly difficult obstacles."
"This shows that there must have been major ancient projects near here, and the mountains in this area must have also been repaired. It seems that our general direction is correct, we have to go up."
At this time, Ye Cheng asked: "Old man, there are more than a dozen peaks in this mountain range, and they all go up from here. How can we find them?"
Chen Pi Asi said: "Take a walk and take a look. There must be something strange where the dragon head is."
"The place where the earth veins stop is the dragon's cave. There are many mountains here, but there is only one earth vein. We are walking along the earth vein now. We are not afraid that I will not be there. It will only take a while at most."
Xie Yu knew something about Dragon Veins when he studied Tianxing Feng Shui, and knew that the old man was not telling lies.
After the rest, according to the fourth grandpa, everyone still wanted to go up. Shunzi sighed when he found out, shook his head and said: "Since the guests still want to go up, then the horses can't be ridden, and they have to use horse-drawn snow rakes."
plow."
When it came to travel, everyone felt that it was better to listen to the guide, so they all nodded in agreement.
Everyone first unloaded the luggage from the horses and put it on the plow. When everything was ready, Shunzi shouted and whipped his whip to lead the way. Our horses automatically followed behind, and the group of people galloped in the snow.
When I first rode the snow rake, I thought it was quite interesting, just like the dog sledding on TV.
But after a while, whether it was because of the strong wind or because it was difficult to move on the plow, the extremities of the body became so cold that the person seemed to have lost consciousness.
At first Xie Yu was able to raise his energy to resist, but later he felt that his current strength was too weak and he couldn't bear it, so he secretly drank a few sips of Red Star Erguotou, which gave him some relief.
We ran like this until the sky turned gray, the wind became stronger and stronger, and the horse walked slower and slower.
Everyone had to wear goggles to look forward. The sky was full of white snowflakes. It was unclear whether they fell from the sky or were blown from the snow-capped mountains.
My ears were filled with the sound of wind, and I wanted to say something. I opened my mouth, and the cold wind poured straight into it. In the words of the fat man: "The curse words were frozen in my throat."
As they were running, Shunzi's horse stopped in front of them. Everyone felt vaguely that something was wrong. It was only two o'clock in the afternoon. Why was the sky already gray?
The group rushed to Shunzi despite the wind, and saw him rubbing his neck while looking around, his brows furrowing into his nostrils.
Seeing that the situation was abnormal, everyone quickly gathered around him and asked him what was going on. Shunzi clicked his tongue and said, "The wind is too strong. There seems to be an avalanche here. The landform is different. I don't recognize him."
"Also, you see, the snow in front of us is all from the mountains above. It is too deep and too loose. Once you step down, it will reach the horse's belly, and the horse will not go over."
"There are air bubbles under this kind of snow, which can easily cause landslides and is very dangerous. You should not walk in groups when walking."
Pan Zi looked at the sky and said, "What should we do? The weather doesn't look good. Can we go back?"
Shunzi looked at the sky and everyone, and said, "I can't say for sure. But once the wind blows, it won't stop for two days and two nights. We will definitely be dead here."
"But I remember right that we were not far from the abandoned border guard post ahead. Once we got there, we could take shelter from the wind and snow. I saw that it was already too late to go back."
Under such circumstances, everyone could only put on snowshoes at Shunzi's request, abandon their horses, and pull their sledges against the wind to march with difficulty in the snow. In fact, this place is a wind outlet, which is the ridge on both sides.
In the middle, the wind was extremely strong, no wonder there were avalanches.
A group of people walked towards the wind outlet. Shunzi said that the sentry post could be reached in an hour, but he didn't know that we were walking too slowly.
Or Shunzi took him the wrong way at all. When it was past six o'clock in the evening, there was still no sign of the sentry post.
Under such circumstances, Xie Yu thought of something and hurried to Shunzi and asked: "Shunzi, is it the avalanche that buried these three people? There are snow slopes here. What if the sentry post was there?"
You should have seen it a long time ago."
Shunzi looked extremely ugly and said, "I never thought that the sentry post must have been buried by a small avalanche of snow."
"This sentry post is right at our feet, no wonder we couldn't find it after walking around for a long time.
Pan Zi sighed and said something. Judging from the shape of his mouth, it was a curse word.
Fatty Wang shouted and asked Shunzi: "What should we do now that the horses are gone? Are we going to die here?"
Shunzi pointed to the front and said: "No, we still have one last hope. I remember there should be a hot spring nearby. It is in a mountain bag and the temperature is very high."
If we can get there and live on our food for several days, then the hot springs are higher than here and should not be buried in the snow."
"But if we really can't find it, we can only rely on our own will to survive. We can only walk back step by step."
Fatty Wang said anxiously: "Shunzi, are you sure you're not sure?"
Shunzi nodded: "I will definitely make a mistake this time. If I can't find it, you will deduct my wages."
Chapter completed!