We don’t know if it was because the money snake kept flicking its tail and making noise, but the avalanche came faster than we thought.
Xiangyu and I only ran about half the distance when we saw rolling waves of snow rolling down from the top of the mountain.
Oops, I thought to myself!
There is definitely no escape now.
I don’t know why, maybe it’s a conditioned reflex as a man, but before Xuelang arrived, I subconsciously took Xiangyu into my arms.
The next second I hugged Xiangyu, snow waves came crashing down on me.
I just felt that the surroundings suddenly became dark, and my body was filled with cold, the kind of cold that penetrates deep into my bones and makes my upper and lower teeth chatter constantly.
The snow waves rolled over us in an instant.
Fortunately, the snow under our feet was very fluffy. Almost half of Xiangyu and I were trapped in the snow, so we were not carried by the snow waves and fell to the foot of the mountain.
"Zhou Cang," a faint voice came from my ears.
Xiangyu is squirming in my arms, like a small insect.
I struggled to peel away the snowflakes covering my body.
In this icy and snowy field, when I was picking up the snow with my bare hands, my ten fingers were quickly scratched by the snow flakes.
Finally, a bright white light flashed into my eyes, and I knew it must have turned out of the snow.
I tried to stand up, and the moment I stood up, the weight on my body suddenly relaxed.
After struggling out of the snow, I hurriedly dug out the Xiangyu that was still buried in the snow.
When Xiangyu was pulled out of the snow, her mouth/nostrils were filled with snow, her face was already a little gray, and her body was soft.
Weren't you calling my name just now? Why do you seem to be in a coma now?
I hurriedly laid Xiangyu down on the snow, then pinched her in the middle of her body with one hand, and kept shouting: "Xiangyu, wake up, Xiangyu, wake up."
However, Xiangyu still closed his eyes tightly and remained motionless.
I have heard of drowning in water, but I have never heard of drowning in snow.
I hesitated for a moment, feeling that life was at stake and I couldn't care too much about it at the moment.
So, I pinched Xiangyu's nose with one hand, took a deep breath, and blew it into Xiangyu's mouth.
After perhaps twenty times of artificial respiration, Xiangyu finally let out a muffled sound of "Yeah" deep in his throat.
"Xiangyu, you're awake! It's great that you're okay." When I saw Xiangyu opening his eyes, I suddenly cried with joy.
However, Xiangyu did not answer my words.
Just now, with my efforts, her gray complexion returned to its normal color.
But I don't know why, but when I opened my eyes now, my face turned into one of panic.
She stared at my face with her eyes wide open, the corners of her mouth were trembling, but she could not speak.
"Xiang Yu, what's wrong with you? Are you still feeling unwell?" I looked at Xiang Yu and asked in confusion.
"Zhou Cang, your face, your face~" Xiang Yu kept repeating this sentence, but could never say the second half.
As soon as I heard the word face, my heart jolted, and I immediately thought of the snake skins that appeared on my face when I passed the waterfall in the Wawushan Ancient Pagoda.
Could it be that when it was buried under the snow, those snake scales grew again?
I wiped my hand on my face reflexively.
Without any accident, as soon as my fingertips touched my cheek, I cut my finger on the hard snake scales on it.
At this time, an idea suddenly flashed through my mind. Why do these rough snake scales appear on my body every time I encounter extreme danger? Could it be that these scales are actually part of the body's way of protecting itself?
What about a stress response?
I don't know why, but this time I knew that these scales would grow on my body, and I felt very calm, without even a trace of disturbance.
"Xiangyu, don't be afraid. This skin disease will appear every time I'm stressed." I said to Xiangyu calmly.
I felt a little lucky in my heart. Fortunately, I had the protection of these scales, otherwise Xiangyu and I would have been drowned in the white snow just now.
"Zhou Cang, but, but~" Xiang Yu started to speak but stopped.
"Xiangyu, in fact, everyone knows that I may have Sirian blood, and the images of Sirians that we have excavated in murals or underground are basically human-headed snake-body statues, so
, there are snake scales on my body, there is nothing strange about it." I said it calmly, as if I was talking about someone else's family affairs.
"Zhou Cang, I, I don't know how to comfort you." Xiangyu said, finally struggling to get up.
I hurriedly stretched out my hand to help Xiang Yu, and then said with a smile: "Now that I have come, I will make peace with you. Even if I have Sirian blood, haven't I lived a peaceful and normal life in the past thirty years! As for this
Snake scales, they actually only appear when there is danger."
"Zhou Cang, just think openly." Xiangyu looked at it with a strange expression on his face. He didn't know what he was thinking in his heart.
"Xiangyu, although the avalanche has passed now, your body is still very weak, and it's so cold outside. Let's go inside the fossilized armadillo bone armor first." I said, supporting Xiangyu,
Waiting for her to agree.
"But Zhou Cang, I don't know if there is anything dangerous in the armadillo bone armor." Xiang Yu said.
"But, now that we've come here, we have to go in and take a look, otherwise we won't be able to pass this hurdle in my heart." I looked at Xiangyu and said.
"Let's go then," Xiangyu raised her head and looked at me, smiling at me with her still pale face.
So, I supported Xiangyu and walked toward the giant armadillo bone armor fossil.
It is very strange that the countless money snakes that were dormant in the snow just now disappeared after the avalanche.
I don’t know if he was hiding or if he was carried to the foot of the mountain by the snow wave just now.
"Zhou Cang, have you heard that there seems to be a faint sound in the air," Xiangyu suddenly said to me.
"What sound? There seems to be no sound." When I heard Xiang Yu say this, I couldn't help but stop. Then I held my breath and listened carefully for a while, but it was so quiet all around that I didn't hear a single sound.
"Listen carefully, doo, doo, doo, there are regular sounds, and the closer you get to the armadillo bone armor fossil, the more obvious the sound becomes," Xiangyu said.
"Could it be the sound of our feet stepping on the snow? I'm standing here right now, so I didn't hear it," I said.
"Did I hear it wrong?" After I said this, Xiangyu was a little uncertain and said to himself in a doubtful tone.
"Since you feel that the closer you get to the armadillo fossil, the more obvious the sound will be, then let's go over and have a look." I said.
"Zhou Cang, the heads of the small armadillo fossils at the bottom of the mountain are all looking up to the mountain. Are they looking up at this giant armadillo?" Xiang Yu asked.
"But this armadillo halfway up the mountain was also looking up the mountain, so I felt that there must be something special on the top of the mountain at that time." I replied.
"Do you think it was possible that the Sirians suddenly arrived at that time?" Xiangyu stopped, looked at me and said, "That's why so many armadillos were attracted to look towards the mountain."
"So you mean these armadillos were killed by Sirians?" I asked.
"This is not necessarily true, but I think it is correct to think about the Sirians." Xiangyu said, suddenly turning his head and facing the armadillo fossil, his eyes widened.
At this time, I also heard bursts of "doo-doo" sounds coming from the huge hemispherical fossil not far from us.
"Zhou Cang, have you heard it now?" Xiangyu looked at me and said.
Listening to the regular sounds that kept coming, waves of fear filled my heart.