Chapter 10 Feeling Asking for a Monthly Pass(1/2)
(It's the end of the month, please don't be stingy with the monthly tickets you have. Lao Bei is working hard...)
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This is not comparable to that of the fat man who is well-educated by five cars. After the fat man talked about it for a while, Buck was stunned when he heard it, and his thoughts completely entered the fat man's world of making up.
The old man Tuheti in front was very focused. He almost never left the front except smoking. I felt bored and chatted with him a few words casually. Only then did I realize that the old man had been an authentic local tour guide for nearly 30 years without a tour guide qualification. He brought 90% of those who went deep into Karakoram every year, and he knew about the terrain and climate of the Karakoram Corridor area.
At this time, Peanut also asked: "Old man, where can this train be driven?"
Tuhti replied: "I want to enter Jogoli Peak, there are many routes, but the leader said that we can't go to a place with a lot of people, so we have to take a detour to Damazadara first and get close to Jogoli Peak from there."
The old man didn't have to think about the route at all, and he was so happy. But the fat man around him stood up from his seat. He didn't know what this guy was excited about, and he didn't calm down even after hitting his head.
"Old man, where did you just say we are going?" the fat man asked loudly.
Tuheti was a little stunned, "Why, don't you know? We are going to Jogoli Peak."
I pressed down the fat man, "What are you excited about?"
"What's so excited? Damn, Jogoli Peak, k2, a place that is more difficult to climb than Mount Everest. Na Te Niang is the most difficult snow-capped mountain in the world. You know, less than two-thirds of the people who went there survived." The fat man widened his eyes and shouted at me.
I frowned and thought that there is something more difficult to climb in this world than Mount Everest?
k2... I thought to myself, why did I hear this name somewhere before? I thought again, I'm damn, isn't that the story of the movie "Vertical Limit"? When I think of the steepness of the K2 peak in the movie, I feel cold. The fat man said that the chance of survival there is less than two-thirds, and in my opinion, if the description in the movie is true, then the ghost girl would not be able to live.
No wonder, no wonder!
If the Huanxue Forbidden City is really there, there is no survivor's statement yet. In modern times with such advanced equipment, it is difficult for people who go to K2 to guarantee their lives, let alone when lighting kerosene lamps in the past. When I thought of this, Fatty and I began to discuss whether we should discuss with my father and call more people.
What happened during this period has fully proved that few of us are lucky. Not to mention the probability of death of one-third, we can't stand it even if we have one-tenth of them.
Although I have never experienced such an adventure, I at least know that in order to climb snow peaks such as Everest, in addition to advanced equipment, a team of more than twenty people is indispensable. Climbing snow mountain is different from everyone's usual outings and hiking. That must be a group of people walking upwards, and a group of people following the steps below. We? eleven people? How can we divide it at that time? Once something happens to the people in front, there is no possibility of rescue in the back.
Besides, the conditions for k2 are so difficult. It is not like ordinary snow-capped mountains. There are soil or rocks under the snow layer, and there are glaciers below. The probability of avalanches appearing is a bit vulgar, which is like playing. The most serious thing is that I don’t have that physical strength at all. Even if we leave, we don’t meet anything. If we can get up with Dad Peanuts, I will definitely be left at the foot of the mountain.
Hearing our discussion, Tohti shook his head.
"It is impossible to go to the snow head of Qiaogoli Peak. We just need to be in a place a little higher than the mountaineering base camp. Your leader said that when you get there, we three guides can go down the mountain and wait."
His words did not help comforting us at all. I thought to myself that you could go down the mountain at that time, and there was a final payment. It might not be certain how we should go. If my father said he would continue to move up, he would really suffer.
Now let alone me, the fat man is a little disappointed.
Then everyone fell silent. I suddenly thought of a question and turned to Peanuts: "Peanuts, is it said on the map that the Forbidden City of Fantasy Snow is on Qiaogoli Peak?"
Peanut shook his head: "Your father must have known about its approximate location. It has been a day or two for your Yuan family to find those things, and there must be clues in your hands." Then, he lowered his voice and said to me: "Even, your Yuan family may know a route to the entrance to the Forbidden City."
"How is this possible? If that happens, my dad won't have to wait until now." I said.
"What the old man is talking about is the external difficulties. According to what I know, the inside of the Fantasy Snow Forbidden City is a truly dangerous existence. Those who once tried to go to the Forbidden City believe that there is a very strange power in the Fantasy Snow Forbidden City. It is said that that power can bring people entering the Fantasy Snow Forbidden City to another world."
Peanut's words were a bit mysterious, but when I thought of the complex structure on the map, I knew that the Huanxue Forbidden City was definitely not just an ancient tomb.
"What snow city do you want to find on that mountain?"
Buck asked suddenly. I became alert and thought I could not say too much in front of these people.
The fat man said, "It's not Snow City. We went up to dig ginseng. Adults should not listen to their words."
Buck scratched his head and said to Tohti who was driving in front of him: "Master, the people who were looking for you a few days ago also said that there is a city on the mountain. Do they want to go to the same place?"
"Nonsense!" Tuheti turned his head with anger and glared at Buck, "Where did you hear it? Nonsense!"
Buck's words made us nervous, and the fat man asked, "Boy, are you sure you heard it?"
Buck seemed to be frightened by his grandfather and dared not speak out any more. I know that private tour guides like the Tuheti family are very taboo about customers. It is best to know nothing and just take them to that location.
However, the information Buck said was really beyond our expectations, and my father might not know it.
So, Fatty and I were so mean and forced Tohti to agree to let Buck speak out.
Buck told us that just five days ago, a group of people found Mr. Tuheti and said they were going to Jogoli Peak. At that time, Tuheti had already collected money from my sister-in-law, so they rejected those people. However, those people were very anxious and forced them to give him some money. Tuheti had no choice but to ask Buck to take those people to the house of another private tour guide. When he was about to leave, Buck heard the people talking quietly outside the house, and then he realized that there was a big city hidden on Jogoli Peak.
I then asked, "What do those people look like? Is there a woman in her thirties?"
Buck shook his head, "No, women, those people are very strange. They are about the same age as my dad, but the leader is very young, just like you."
"As much like me?" I frowned.
"What's so strange about this? Didn't you know that since ancient times, heroes have been young?" said the fat man.
Buck then said, "Apart from that leader, everyone else is very white."
"Damn it, it's not a foreigner, right?" the fat man muttered.
"No, it seems that they have makeup on their faces, and the thick white powder covers their faces, which is even thicker than the most beautiful Sunina in our village."
We are not in the mood to think about whether Sannina or Santana is, so we think this is too unexpected. It is time to get off the car and rest. So we asked Tohti to stop the car and quickly ran to the rear window.
The Jiu Ge and Master Shui were still taking the bus casually. Erlangzi invited them to come down for dinner, but they said they didn't need it. They only ate what they brought. We were lazy, so everyone found a place to sit down on the shade.
When he told his father about the matter, his face turned green.
"Impossible, it must be that boy heard it wrong. Now it is only possible that we know the location of Huanxue Forbidden City. I didn't even say anything about this, and no one else could know it."
"Master Yuan, don't say so sure." The fat man was suspicious.
My father took a few deep breaths and insisted on his opinion. "It must be that boy heard it wrong."
"Dad, then who told you about this news? Since you can let you know, maybe someone else has told you, so you can think about it carefully."
"No." Peanut suddenly said with a smile, "The people who know those things are now dead except your father."
Peanut was stunned by what he said, especially Daddy, his face was a little unsightly.
"I'm so anxious to jump over the wall, Mr. Yuan, I'm right." Peanut smiled.
It seems that these two people are starting to play Tai Chi again.
My father didn't answer, and then calmed down and said, "It doesn't matter if someone knows it. Humph, let's not talk about whether you can find the entrance or not. It's just that Qiao Geli Peak can kill them."
It would be fine if I didn’t mention this, but when my father said it, the fat man became angry.
"I said to Master Yuan, before you got the lama, you didn't mention it to me at all. Qiao Geli Peak can bury those people alive, but we can't go much better." The fat man glared, meaning that he asked his father to give him an explanation.
My father smiled at the fat man, "Don't worry, although Qiao Geli Peak is the most difficult mountain in the world, as long as you follow closely, I guarantee that the danger will be the lowest."
Judging from my father's words, he seemed to know some secret passage. However, after I asked, he didn't say anything and didn't freak out.
After eating some food, we were all a little sleepy. The Tuheti family was very dedicated. Not only did they eat before they could eat, but they also checked the condition of the off-road vehicle. After they felt that it was stable, the three of them went to have a meal aside.
I was dizzy when I suddenly felt cold on the tip of my nose. I shivered and opened my eyes, and found that my nose was wet.
It's raining? No, how come the raindrops are so cold? Thinking of it, I suddenly saw some white things floating in the air around me.
At first glance, I thought I was dreaming, but after a while I realized that this special lady was actually real.
"Hey! Fatty, get up and look, it's snowing!" I shouted excitedly.
The fat man half-squinted his eyes, "Don't you go crazy, you're crazy, even if there's no fireball in such a hot day..." As he said that, the fat man glared, "Hey, oh, oh, it's really snowing."
"Woo..." The fat man and I ran to the front excitedly, thinking that now the little girl can finally cool down for a while.
However, we were happy there for a long time, and the snow was within reach, but we didn't feel how much the temperature around us dropped, and it was still hot.
"Hahaha..." The Tuheti family of Sanyezi laughed at us.
"My friend, this place is different from yours. Even in the hottest June, the gods will bring snow. You should go to a cool place to rest and don't get sunburned." Aman, the son of the old man Tuhti, shouted.
"I'll go, your gods like to mess with people too much." After saying that, the fat man cursed softly.
At this time, my father and the others also walked over with a smile, "After a while of snow, the temperature will still drop a little. While it's cool, we should hurry up and hurry up."
Then, we were about to get on the car. Just as my father opened the car door, the ninth brother in the back seat actually got out of the car.
We all looked at him strangely. The man looked in his forties, with a pocket watch hanging in front of his chest. After he got off the car, he used his hands to block the sunlight and snowflakes to look at the sky in the south.
The fat man laughed and shouted, "I haven't seen such a troublesome God? Get in the car, I've just scolded me."
Brother Jiu ignored the fat man and looked at the place. We began to wonder what this guy was looking at.
So we all looked out in the direction he was looking. But I saw nothing except the snowflakes and dazzling sunshine. After a while, when I was about to give up, suddenly, a small black dot in my field of vision began to move in the air.
I thought I looked up for too long and my eyes were blurred. But when I looked closely, it wasn't. The black dot was really there. Others saw it too.
The fat man asked the old man Tuheti: "Old man, what kind of bird is that? Is there a walk in this weather?"
After watching for a while, Tuheti shook his head. "This kind of bird often appears in our area. It flies very high. No one has seen any bird it has. And it only appears in snowy weather."
"That's a zhen bird." Brother Jiu suddenly lowered his head.
"What kind of bird?" I have never heard of this kind of bird.
Brother Jiu looked at me faintly, "You have heard of poison, that's what was taken from the poison bird. This kind of thing is very powerful. It was extinct many years ago. I didn't expect to meet here today." As he said that, he looked at his father again, "It seems that what Mr. Yuan is going to this time is really an amazing place."
After saying that, Brother Jiu got into the car casually. I was about to ask about the peanut and the poisonous bird, but I found that the peanut was already smoking in the car.
When the car drove away, the fat man and I looked in the direction of the poisonous bird again. For some reason, I suddenly felt that the thing above my head seemed to be staring at us.
The Karakoram section of the road is actually very spacious, but the identities of these people are so special. The equipment behind the car is difficult to explain to others. So Tuheti picked a route that is the least popular. To put it nicely, it is the road, but to put it nicely, it is walking in a certain direction, and the bumpy road along the way, and the fat man probably lost two pounds a day.
It was the third morning when I arrived in Damazadara. Tohti said that the road ahead was much flatter, but what made me feel uneasy was that the snow had not finished over the past few days and the temperature gradually became colder.
Tuheti told us that from April to June, there were a lot of people on the jump road, and they were all walkers who went to explore the Jogori Peak. From September, heavy snow covered the mountain, so naturally there was no one on the road.
To be continued...