Qilin Jue [Tomb Raiders Notes]

As night approached, the wind seemed to grow stronger.Outside the range of this snow hill, the strong wind is raging, and the howling wind fluctuates up and down, like ghosts howling in the dark night.

Among the snow hills, several low tents were constantly shaken by the wind and snow, as if they would fly away at any moment, and the faint lights in the tents also flickered.

Several people walked out of the tent, walked into the cave on the mountain wall against the wind and snow, stopped at the entrance of the cave, put down their equipment, found some heavy positioning and communication equipment from inside, and started busy with their work .

After the black glasses were fixed and the tent went in, he saw Zhang Qiling sitting there with his eyes closed, as if he had fallen asleep.

Taking off his coat, the black glasses walked over and gently covered him with the coat.

Then staring at his sleeping face for a while, he slowly smiled.

Zhang Qiling suddenly opened his eyes, the long and dense eyelashes cast shadows, and the black eyes looked deeply at the black glasses, unable to see the depth.

The black glasses smiled evilly, sat next to him, and after a moment of silence, said: "Tomorrow we will enter the hinterland of the snow mountain."

Zhang Qiling leaned his head back slightly, and hummed casually.

The black glasses turned their heads and looked at him, "Do you know what they are going to do?"

Zhang Qiling closed his eyelids halfway, and said slowly: "Didn't I say so?"

"I know that." After a pause, the black glasses thought for a while and said, "I mean specific."

Zhang Qiling was silent for a moment, and said, "I won't get there."

The black glasses looked at his bland expression suspiciously, and suddenly thought of something, "Have you already planned it?"

"It's not a plan, but that's all I can do." Zhang Qiling said lightly.

The miner's lamp next to it flickered on and off, as if the wind was blowing and stopping outside.

The howling wind and snow blew in the valley all night, and the sky gradually brightened.

In the morning, the team packed up their equipment, ate some compressed food, and were ready to move on.

A few team members lacked sleep because they had been busy with tasks the night before, and they looked a little tired at the moment.

Zhang Qiling and Black Glasses circled to the back of the line and followed quietly.

The wind and snow gradually subsided.

Walking out of this hill, you can see a vast expanse of white snow in front of your eyes. As the sky gets brighter and brighter, the snow reflects pure white light that makes it hard to open your eyes.In this case, if you do not wear goggles, it is easy to get snow blindness.

The team walked very hard, with one foot and one snow pit, and it was difficult to move forward.

The snow layer here is very thick, more than one meter deep, and the thickest part is even nearly two meters. If you are not careful, you may sink.

The team moved slowly.It was nearly noon when we stopped to rest.

Because the area below the waist has been submerged in the snow for a long time, most people walk more and more slowly, their legs and feet are stiff and cold, and they gradually lose their strength.

When Hua Qi stepped on it again, he finally couldn't stand it and asked the porter: "How long will it take to get out of here?"

Bart looked up at the area in front of him, then looked around, and said, "Master, there are at least two hours left."

"How long is it?"

"This is already the hinterland of the snow-capped mountains. The mountains are closed by heavy snow all year round, and almost no one will come. I don't know much about the terrain in this area. If I take another road, although it will take a long detour, I am more sure."

"What kind of terrain is there?"

"After passing here, there are more slopes." Speaking of this, Bart stopped, thought for a while, and asked hesitantly: "Boss, where are you going? There is nothing in here."

Hua Qi glanced at him, "You just need to take us to the center of the snow mountain."

Bart didn't ask any more questions, sighed, and continued walking.

Wu Shun said at this time: "I heard people say that someone came out of this mountain. There is a temple in this mountain, and the people in it live in the temple."

Hua Qi asked with some interest: "Temple?"

"Yes, it's a very big temple. I heard that someone has seen it. It's very strange, hanging on the cliff."

Hua Qi frowned and said nothing.This kind of story has been spread quite a lot, but how many people have seen it?Whether it is true or not is hard to say.

After walking a few steps, Hua Qi suddenly remembered something, raised his hand to block the oncoming snowflakes, turned his head and asked, "Do you know, or have you ever heard, that there is a lake in this mountain?"

"Lake?" Bart was taken aback, and he and Wu Shun looked at each other strangely.Bart shook his head and said with a smile: "This snow mountain is full of snow that never melts all year round. It can be cold to death even at the hottest time of the year. How can there be a lake? There may be lakes that freeze and stop flowing."

Hua Qi frowned and said nothing more.

In the afternoon, the team finally walked out of this deep snow area.

But now, there is a very steep mountain in front of it, surrounded by valleys.

"Boss," Bart said, pointing to the snow mountain, "you won't be far if you cross this small snow mountain."

Hua Qi looked up and saw that the snow on the hillside did not seem to be less than before, but there were many black rocks exposed from under the snow, and it should be possible to climb over with the help of those rocks.

Although the mountain is not very high, it is too steep, and there are still dangers.Hua Qi thought for a while and asked, "Can I go around?"

Bart looked around, then waved his hands helplessly and said: "There are valleys on both sides, it is difficult to go around, and it is also inevitable to climb the mountain to cross the border."

The man with gray hair behind Hua Qi said at this time: "Just go up from here, before reaching the destination, time is of the essence."

Hua Qi glanced at the people following behind, nodded at last, and then ordered the team to take out the climbing equipment and climb the mountain.

Then everyone wraps nylon rope around their waists to form movable knots, and connects them with locks. There is a distance of two or three meters between each two people, and they are not on the same line. In this way, when climbing, if anyone does not Be careful of slipping, other people can hold him, and it will not cause everyone to slide down together.

Zhang Qiling and Black Glasses walked on the far left.At the foot of the mountain, grab the exposed black rocks and start climbing up.

The snow at the foot of the mountain seems to be very thick, but it starts to thin when you go to the back.

When stepping on the snow, Zhang Qiling stepped into the snow, but suddenly found something wrong.It feels weird underfoot, not the looseness of the snow.

He raised his hand into the snow, pressed it down, and felt the hard texture from his fingertips through the cold gloves.

Frowning slightly, Zhang Qiling slowly swept away the snow around his body with force, and then found that the snow was actually ice.

"This is..." The black glasses not far from him also noticed something was wrong. He was stunned for a moment, then climbed up a certain distance, pushed away the snow layer, and found that there was also an ice wall below, and then looked around. Everything was the same .

After a moment of silence, the black glasses looked back at Zhang Qiling, sighed, and said, "This is an ice cliff."

Zhang Qiling looked up at the people in front, they were climbing with climbing picks.

When the black glasses frowned and were about to say something, a person in front turned his head and shouted: "What's the matter? Hurry up!"

The black glasses looked over, "Wait first..."

However, before he could finish speaking, a muffled slight noise came from the loose snow layer below him.

The air is faintly suppressed in such a sound.

Zhang Qiling and Black Glasses' expressions changed slightly, and they looked at the top of the mountain at the same time.

At that moment, a majestic white snow mist poured down from the top of the mountain, galloping like waves, and the whole mountain trembled slightly.

At the moment when everyone was unable to react, Zhang Qiling stretched his right hand towards the backpack, and at the same time, he jumped to the side of the black glasses, grabbed his waist and took advantage of the trend. Comes covered in white.

The heavy snow covered the snow mountain again like a torrent, and the figures of a dozen people were easily buried under the white snow like black dots, and were carried to the foot of the mountain by the flowing snow.

However, the avalanche seemed unstoppable. The snow flow was still moving forward. A hundred meters away from the foot of the mountain was a cliff with an angle of nearly ninety degrees and a height of more than 80 meters. The snow flow went straight to the cliff.

The roaring sound echoed in the canyon, and after a long time echoed, the silence was finally restored again.

The thick snow layer slumped, and the top of the mountain exposed the ice wall hidden under the white snow, and the clear ice surface reflected the dazzling light.Black rocks protruded from the ice wall as if they had broken through the ground.

But under the vast white snow, there seemed to be no movement.

In the dead silence, under the thick snow layer, one hand stretched out with difficulty, waved vigorously to sweep away the snow layer, and then, a figure climbed up as if collapsed, then he turned around, grabbed the rope wrapped around his waist, Using force under his feet, he dragged it backwards, and several figures climbed out under his pull.

"Damn." Hua Qi patted the snow foam on his clothes, sat on the ground as if he was exhausted, took a breath and rested for a while, then cursed a few words in a low voice, and turned around: "Is everyone here?"

Several team members were paralyzed on the ground as soon as they came up, with no strength in their bodies. One team member turned his head and counted, a little panicked, and replied: "There are still five!"

Hua Qi frowned, looked at the embarrassed team, and finally sighed, "Look for someone."

Several people quickly took out their tools and began to shovel the snow, looking for other people who were trapped under the snow.