Chapter 896 Snowstorm
"You are back." Zigui saw a group of people coming in and said, "Shang Mo called just now and asked us to continue waiting for him here. He encountered something and we need to wait for him." Come back later. "
Jiang Cheng and the others came over and sat down around the stove. After Gongsun Zhiruo calmed down, he told Fatty Zigui and the others about Nima Dui, especially the weird old man in the shack.
The weirdness in this village is obvious, but there are currently very few clues, and it is meaningless to discuss it further. With the fat man's stomach "grumbling", he turned around and looked for food in his backpack.
He remembered that there were beef jerky and chocolate in it, which he loved to eat.
Bai Xi stopped him and said in a more formal tone: "These are spare supplies. Try not to consume them before starting to climb."
"But it's not a problem for us to be hungry all the time. "Han Juanjuan looked hungry too and looked towards the tent. Tengmen said discouraged: "And who knows when that merchant will come back."
They had already alerted the people in the village just now, and if they go out to look for food now, they might cause some trouble, but they can stay here I'm hungry again inside the tent.
“There seemed to be a basket of sweet potatoes in the room when I woke up.” Jiang Cheng recalled that he remembered it was on the ground near the door, but before he could take a closer look, Shang Mo came.
“Sweet potato?” Zhou Yuxuan couldn’t help but be stunned for a moment.
"Mr. Jiang, you must have read it wrong." Gongsun Zhiruo said with some embarrassment: "How can there be sweet potatoes in a place like this? The altitude here is too high and there are very few crops that can be grown."
Everyone was dumbfounded until Jiang Cheng came back with a basket of sweet potatoes, and the reason why he was holding it instead of carrying it with his hands was because Jiang Cheng thought it was more convincing.
What Gongsun Zhiruo and his party couldn't figure out was that Wang Fugui and Huai Yi had almost no surprised expressions. Huai Yi naturally took the basket and started to clean up the soil stuck to the sweet potatoes. Wang Fugui squatted in front of the heating stove and began to arrange the clean sweet potatoes in an orderly manner according to size, and then put them into the stove. His technique was quite skillful.
Not long after, everyone had a fragrant sweet potato in their hands. Everyone sat together, eating and communicating, feeling much closer.
Just when everyone had eaten and drank enough, thinking that today would be such an ordinary day, a burst of rapid footsteps interrupted the peace in the tent.
Soon, someone opened the tent and walked in.
"Everyone, get ready." Shang Mo shook his clothes. His rickety body made people doubt whether he could still climb the snow-capped mountains. "We are about to set off."
Fat Man" "Gulu" rolled up from the ground , asked in surprise: "Now?"
Not long ago, Jiang Cheng judged that it would be dark in about 2 hours, so everyone thought that there would be no more climbing today. Those who have experience in snow mountain climbing Gui and Bai Xi also agreed with Jiang Cheng.
But Shang Mo didn’t care about everyone’s reaction, he just urged everyone to prepare quickly.
So after some preparations, the group left the tent in a slightly depressing atmosphere, and officially embarked on the journey under the leadership of Shang Mo.
Perhaps in order to avoid the local people, Shang Mo chose a very remote road and circled outside the village before going straight to the Gawuzhangde Snow Mountain. Unlike most people who focus on the snow mountain, Jiang Cheng's attention was reserved more for this village.
After they came out this time, there was no one in the village, it was very quiet, and... Jiang Cheng frowned slightly, he felt that something was missing in the village.
As the old saying goes, they ran to death when looking at the mountains. Looking at the snow-capped mountains so close at hand, they spent 2 hours just walking to the foot of the snow-capped mountains.
Looking up at the snow-capped mountains, everyone took a breath.
I don’t know if it was a psychological effect, but the moment I stepped into the snow-capped mountains, the sky turned completely dark.
Night has finally arrived.
"Everyone, work harder. We have to rush to the marked spot and set up tents." The wind started blowing in the snowy mountains, and Shang Mo's voice echoed in the wind, being blown to pieces.
I didn’t see Shang Mo making any move to check the map. He just kept walking in front as if he knew the road. Zigui Gongsun Zhiruo followed Shang Mo closely, and Bai Xi stayed at the end of the team.
This was what they had discussed early in the morning. The snow-capped mountains are full of dangers, and the two people with experience in snow-capped mountains climbed voluntarily to take on more responsibilities.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, the wind became stronger and stronger, blowing on the face like a knife. What was even more frightening was that it also brought large snowflakes with it. After stepping hard on a footprint, Shang Mo in front of him was the first to stop. , turned around and shouted to everyone: "I can't walk anymore. I can't reach the marked spot today. I'm afraid there will be a snowstorm soon, so we will camp here."
With everyone's combined efforts, Using his remaining strength, he finally erected the tents one after another.
"In order to prevent the danger caused by the collapse of the tent due to snow, we must leave someone to keep watch overnight." Shang Mo hunched his back and said in a very urgent tone: "The person left behind needs to go out every once in a while. Remove the snow for yourself and other tents."
"Let's take turns so that everyone has enough rest time," Jiang Cheng said naturally.
There were many of them. For safety reasons, two people were assigned to each shift. Out of the intention of protecting the clues, they did not want Shang Mo to participate in the vigil.
But this old man was surprisingly stubborn. He said that this was his business and he would be very grateful if everyone came to help. How could he let everyone keep vigil while he stood by and watched.
Unable to resist him, everyone agreed.
“I don’t think this old man is in good health.” Huaiyi shook himself and shook off the snowflakes on his body, half complaining and half worrying: “He must not die before he climbs halfway. We don’t know the road.”
The snow was getting heavier and heavier. Shang Mo took the lead in getting back into his tent, and the rest quickly gathered together to discuss the next action.
"It's so strange that this snow has come. The weather was pretty good along the way." Gongsun Zhiruo said in a suspicious tone.
"The climate in the snow-capped mountains is indeed changeable." Bai Xi continued.
"That's not what I meant." After Gongsun Zhiruo interrupted, he first glanced at the darkness nearby, and then said in a strange tone: "Do you still remember the... that one in the rumors? "Starving ghosts?"
"How do hungry ghosts kill people?" He meant something.
“Use blizzards to trap passers-by, causing them to get lost in the snowy mountains, and then eat them and the livestock carried by passers-by.” Jiang Cheng said calmly.
Jiang Cheng realized this when the blizzard first took shape.
The most important thing that nightmares taught him was not to take chances. Just like now, Jiang Cheng was very sure that the snow must be related to the starving ghosts.
And if he guessed correctly, something will happen tonight. (End of this chapter)