luo jia shan ju
Chapter 260 The Strange Depression
It must be said, that mountain was indeed different from the surrounding mountains. It possessed its own immortal aura, standing majestically among the clouds, with the charm of a true immortal mountain.
Seeing this scene, I couldn't help but feel excited and longing. I asked Fatty, "Fatty, based on your professional judgment, how long will it take us to get there?"
Fatty didn't answer me immediately. He frowned, looked around, gestured with his hand, and then compared it with the satellite electronic map that Dodge was carrying.
Clearly, calculating distances in the complex mountains was no easy task.
After a while, Fatty told me his conclusion: "If the weather is clear and sunny all the way, without rain or snow, and we don't encounter any cliffs, and everything goes smoothly, I estimate it will take two and a half to three days."
"Time is of the essence, let's move quickly."
I didn't know how far Han Yu had progressed, but I understood that every second we delayed increased Han Yu's chances of success. This was truly a matter of risking our lives to hurry on our way.
At my urging, Fatty and Dodge quickly determined the route, and we set off according to it.
The last ray of sunlight finally disappeared, and we had to stop our advance and set up temporary camp in the Kunlun Mountains.
Fatty built a very small campfire because he was afraid that if the fire was too big, it would attract the troops stationed nearby. However, Dodge and I thought Fatty was being overly worried.
The stationed troops were all on the mountains on the periphery of Kunlun, not inside, and it wasn't their patrol time either.
But Fatty was stubborn, so we had to follow his arrangements.
We ate naan bread again for dinner. Fatty had been carrying a heavy load and hurrying on the road, so he really didn't have the extra energy to hunt wild game. In addition, everyone else was tired from the day's journey and wasn't in the mood for a big meal.
I had been unconscious for two days, so I wasn't sleepy at all in the first half of the night, so I took on the role of watchman.
In the second half of the night, about two hours before dawn, I woke Dodge up to take over the watch, and I rested for a while.
After entering the Kunlun Mountains, as the altitude increased, the temperature dropped quickly at night. It got a bit cold in the second half of the night, so I wrapped myself in my clothes, leaned against Rou Yi, and fell asleep, using the warmth she radiated.
The night passed.
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As soon as it was dawn, we put out the campfire and set off.
Traveling in the mountains meant crossing one mountain after another, with ups and downs, endlessly, which was easy to get tired of.
Moreover, there were various steep slopes in the mountains, and accidents could easily happen. A single mistake could mean being smashed to pieces.
We had to pay full attention to combat the monotonous mountain road.
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We went all out, traveling desperately in the mountains, and finally arrived near the depression mentioned by Scarface in the afternoon two days later.
This depression circled the immortal mountain, connecting end to end to form a ring. It looked very strange. If you wanted to enter the immortal mountain, you absolutely couldn't avoid this ring.
There was nothing in the depression. It felt like everything in the depression had been uprooted and cleared by some mysterious force. It seemed that this force was still working on the depression, causing it to be barren and lifeless.
The depression was a very special existence in these Kunlun Mountains. It was out of tune with everything around it, as if it didn't belong here at all.
Scattered on the ground near us were many discarded protective suits made of that special material.
It was estimated that everyone on the mountain had been evacuated. After they came down from the mountain and passed through the depression, some people took off and threw away their protective suits in order to reduce their burden.
We picked out two sealed protective suits from these scattered suits. Adding the three protective suits seized from Scarface and the others, we had exactly five suits, so each of us had one.
After putting on the protective suits, Fatty looked at the depression in front of him, his eyes a little distracted.
From his eyes, I saw the problem that he had been brooding over and couldn't let go of since he entered the Kunlun Mountains.
Perhaps he was wondering if those comrades who had disappeared in Kunlun before had disappeared in such a depression?
But I thought he probably already had the answer in his heart, but he didn't dare to verify it.
The five of us walked side by side from this side of the depression towards the immortal mountain.
We held our breath, and the moment we stepped into the depression, we didn't dare to breathe, for fear of something happening.
After taking the second and third steps, we came to the depression. I looked around, and as far as I could see, it was no different from ordinary land.
However, I felt that the depression under my feet was a little different.