Daomu Biji

The scene in front of us was so spectacular that words could not express it. We were all stunned. Although Wen Jin mentioned such a Yuzhou in his notes, it should not be like this in my impression.

The basin is very large and looks very neat. When Fatty said it, it actually looked like a crater. Looking down from the cliff, I could only see the smoke below, almost all dense tree crowns, and I couldn't see the specific situation.

This should be Tamutuo. Unexpectedly, we found it in this way. It seems a bit too simple.

Pan Zi reversed the car, and we looked at the basin with binoculars and wondered what was going on.

Pan Zidao: It seems that the rocky mountain when Dingzhu Zhuoma and Wenjin separated has indeed disappeared. This is the Yangai area. Maybe it was a rocky mountain. After decades and several rains, only a dirt bag is left. However, You can still find this place by following the direction of the river.

Wen Jin didn't write it in his notes, so I couldn't possibly know it. But now that we had discovered Yuzhou, we were a little at a loss, so I asked Pan Zi what his plans were.

Pan Zi said that he must go down first and take a look. He heard my notes and the message from the designated owner Dolma, and knew that Wen Jin must be down there. He said that he couldn't wait for the third master to meet up now, and he wanted to go directly to see the situation. Wen Jin Jin is the master's wife. If he misses the master's wife because he is waiting for the third master, he will no longer have to be a clerk. Time is running out.

I said to myself that you are really a filial subordinate, but I also think so, time is running out. In total, ten days are almost here. I asked several people, but they all had no opinions, so they let me take a look. How should I enter this basin?

There is a detailed route description in Wenjindi's notes. They entered the basin through a canyon. However, the landscape here has completely changed. According to her route description, it seems that we can't find the canyon. We can only drive around the basin to search. After many twists and turns, we finally found a wide isthmus.

Pan Zi made a big circle and found the intersection of the canyon about four kilometers into the basin. The first section could be driven by car. We went all the way in. Until the rocks blocked the way.

Then a few people got off the car, picked up their equipment and started walking. I didn't stop to rest until I saw the trees. I scooped up Wen Jin's notes and read the records inside carefully.

After reading the notes, I couldn't help but feel a little guilty. '' 'nbsp; From what was recorded in Wen Jin's notes, it can be inferred that this canyon is very dangerous. Further up the canyon, the altitude decreases. Tropical vegetation is thick and miasma is permeating. Our gas masks may not be able to cope with such a humid environment, and this is the only entrance to the West Queen Mother Palace. Things we encountered along the way.

It made me feel that the West Queen Mother Palace was very strange. I didn't expect this road to be so easy.

But in comparison, what I am most worried about is what happens after passing the canyon. At the end of the canyon is the core area of ​​Yuzhou. This is the place where rivers converge. Under the dense canopy of trees, there are wet swamps. The strange landform here almost forms a tropical rain forest in the Gobi. Although we know that the ancient royal city of Queen Mother of the West is somewhere in the swamp, searching inside is almost life-threatening.

Under the shade of the trees in the canyon, we looked in detail at the general route that Wen Jin had drawn in his notes. Because we had not entered the swamp, many places were confused, and Wen Jin had drawn question marks in many places. We don't know what these question marks represent, which makes us very embarrassed. In the end, we can only decide whether to take one step or another.

After that, we each made preparations. When searching, we knew that the road ahead was long and we had to control our material consumption. Now that we were about to enter the backyard of the Queen Mother of the West, we naturally couldn’t take care of so many things, including flares, cold fireworks, matches, and medicines. We packed everything we could bring.

Pan Zi fought in Vietnam and is now our consultant. He said that looking at the situation below from the cliff, the situation here should be similar to the tropical rainforest in Vietnam. This type of swamp in the wet zone is the most dangerous. Above it is the broad-leaf canopy of the primeval rain forest, covering almost the entire valley bottom. With such dense vegetation, sunlight must not be able to penetrate below. It is pitch black and miasma-filled under the canopy, a world dominated by mosquitoes, leeches, and poisonous insects. Even though the temperature here is over thirty degrees, we have to wear long sleeves and long pants. Otherwise, you will not have a good piece of meat on your body within an hour.

Aning said I have mosquito repellent, is that okay?

Pan Zi said that you drove away the mosquitoes, but that thing would attract other things. Don't use too strong a scent in the rain forest. Otherwise, even if you don't encounter wild animals at the time, they will follow you all the way. I am the only one with a gun this time, so even if you encounter a wild boar, you will be strong enough.

He finally said that once you enter a swamp, you should not go to the water or touch the mud unless absolutely necessary. One of his comrades-in-arms had his foot stuck in a swamp during an ambush. It lasted less than a minute. When he pulled it out, his entire leg was full of holes and hollowed out. He didn't know what had bitten him. In the current environment, if something like this happens, it is equivalent to losing one's life, maybe it is better to lose one's life.

I felt from Pan Zi's eyes that he was not being alarmist, and felt a little strange in my heart, so I tied my pants tighter.

It took us two hours to organize and pack everything. At Pan Zi's urging, we set off. Menyouping took the lead, Pan Zidian followed, chopped broad leaves from branches, and walked towards the depths of the canyon. As soon as we moved our front feet, the sky became overcast again, and it seemed like it was going to rain. I sighed in my heart that the wonders of nature are really endless. In the depths of the arid Qaidam Gobi, there is such a humid and rainy continent. It is truly an eclectic creation of God.

This canyon is not like the Yadan Canyon seen in Devil City. It is not carved by wind. It seems to be a rift valley produced by geological movement. The bottom of the valley is uneven, with jagged rocks and layer upon layer of rock walls. The Buddha was carved with a sharp knife. However, let me say that I agree with Fatty. The terrain here is really like a crater. The rift valley is like a crack in the earth's crust that was cracked when a meteorite fell. It may have been much deeper than it is now and gradually weathered. , filled in. This kind of canyon should not be the only one around this pit and valley.

The canyon is very wide. After entering the dense forest, the surroundings became very hot and we were all covered in sweat. There was moss everywhere on the stones and trees, making it impossible to stand on. There was wet mud and tangled tree roots everywhere under our feet. Walking in the network of tree roots like monster tentacles, there were pits every time we stepped, and the tree crown above our heads was also dense. No more sunlight can be seen. Suddenly I had a very serious illusion. Am I really on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau instead of in the primitive jungle of the Amazon?

I originally thought that this kind of situation would only be encountered at the end of the canyon, but I didn't expect that it was already like this in the canyon. The situation in the canyon was probably even worse.

The fat man was out of breath as he walked. Looking at the situation in front of him, he said that he didn't know if there were any animals in Yuzhou. It would be a kind of welfare to catch a few of them to eat. Otherwise, the journey would have been an injustice.

Pan Zi said that this rainforest in a closed environment is neither small nor large. I am afraid there will be no large beasts, and the most likely ones will be bugs and worms. In many of these swamps, snakes are most common. The fat man said that snakes are not bad, and he even ate grilled scorpions in Guangdong. Anyway, as long as they are fresh, I don't care.

I think of what Wen Jin wrote in his notes: There are many snakes in the swamp, so don't be afraid of people. Pan Zi must have said it right. I don't know the size of these snakes. In many Hollywood movies, some pythons can grow as big as old trees. It's so thick that even a road roller can't crush it, but there shouldn't be such conditions here.

Moreover, the ecological environment here is very special. It is a closed land island. I think except for birds and humans, it is impossible for other things to enter here. The creatures here began to breed here when the island was formed. At that time, Qaidam was still a rich land with dense rivers and rich species. Maybe we can find many extinct animals and plants in this piece of land, which may be more valuable than the things in the Palace of the Queen Mother of the West.

Then I thought about it and said no. In the legend of the Queen Mother of the West in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, the Palace of the West Queen is guarded by a group of human-faced bluebirds. This must be a huge raptor that we don’t understand. It may be attacking in Changbai Mountain. It would be better if our strange bird became extinct.

Since the trees were too dense and we were in a canyon, there was no way to take a detour, so we had no choice but to cut down the broad leaves of the old vines while moving forward. This consumes a lot of energy, and the fat man and the oil bottle take turns to clear the way, but there is not much improvement. Fortunately, the rugged cliffs on the edge of the canyon are sandwiched by a strip of blue sky, like a blue ribbon. The scenery is very beautiful. From time to time, there are waterfalls formed by the heavy rain the day before yesterday, so we were not bored all the way there.

Not long after we walked, we discovered that there were many grottoes on the cliff in front of us. They were densely packed, with over a hundred of them. They were covered with moss, and we didn’t know what was carved inside.

We suddenly became nervous and lost our mood to see the scenery. I didn’t see any relics about the Mother Kingdom of the West along the way, and I always had an unreal feeling. Now I suddenly see it, and we are really starting to get closer to the core of this mysterious ancient country. This is an exciting thing to think about, but when you actually see it, it feels a bit scary.

Putting aside our playful mood, we went up to check it out. These grottoes are large and small. The larger ones can accommodate two liberation trucks side by side. The smaller ones are only half a person tall. They are very different from those in Dunhuang. The grottoes are very shallow, and the statues inside can be seen from the outside. It was just covered entirely by thick moss.

I climbed up, scooped out the dagger, and began to scrape the covering on one of them. A strange stone sculpture was gradually revealed among the moss.