But we couldn't just leave the corpses of our companions outside, so we had to adopt a compromise approach. I used a flashlight to illuminate the area, while Gawa and the big man picked up some gravel nearby and covered it with Liu Gong's body, forming a simple stone tomb for him.

During this process, Luo Ning sat motionless on the ground, quietly staring at Liu Gong's stone tomb. Finally, he couldn't bear it any longer and burst out crying. The sadness that was suppressed in his heart was like a bursting tide. Released.

I wanted to persuade her, but I really didn¡¯t know what to say. Touched by her cries, my nose felt sore and my heart felt like a knife. I thought of last night, when the team gathered in front of the campfire and sang military songs, that loud and clear song. The singing seems to still be echoing in the ears, but today most of the comrades are sleeping forever under the large glacier of Kunlun Mountain.

I helped Luo Ning stand up and together we observed a moment of silence for Liu Gong and other comrades. At that time, no matter what the occasion, Mao Xuan would be quoted. I took the lead and said: "The sky is white, and the situation of marching in the snow is even more urgent."

The other three people also echoed in unison: "Above the mountain and below, the wind spreads the red flag and passes the big pass. Only by sacrificing a lot of ambition can we dare to make the sun and the moon change the sky."

Then everyone raised their right fists and swore: "I wish the great leader Chairman Mao a long life without borders, and I wish Chairman Mao's close comrade Comrade Lin Biao good health and eternal health. Comrades, comrades, please feel free to go, some people's death is lighter than a feather." , the death of some people is as heavy as Mount Tai, and dying for the interests of the people is more important than Mount Tai. You sacrifice for the interests of the people. We must inherit the legacy of the revolutionary martyrs, follow your footsteps stained red with blood, and conquer the proletariat. As the Cultural Revolution continues to the end, the final victory will always belong to our workers, peasants and soldiers.¡±

I was still a new recruit at the time and had never attended a memorial service for a comrade in arms. I didn¡¯t know what to say. I just remembered that others would say this in meetings. In that case, there was nothing appropriate or inappropriate.

After a long time, everyone calmed down from the pain and took care of the wounds on their bodies. Fortunately, they were all minor injuries and did not affect their movements. After eating a few bites of compressed biscuits, we gathered together and discussed what to do next. It was impossible to get out of the valley that was trapped by snowboards. I estimated that the entire valley might have been filled by avalanches. Now we can only find another way. Find the exit.

Gawa patted the empty bullet bag on her body to indicate that there were not many bullets left. Since we had to carry a lot of equipment when we went into the mountains, the ammunition was at the minimum. Each person only had three rifle magazines. After all, it was not a combat mission. , there are no bandits in this area, so I was a little careless in thinking ahead. Some of the ammunition was thrown away during the avalanche, and now each person only had an average of about twenty rounds of ammunition, and a total of two grenades. There shouldn't be any wild beasts underground. It's useless to have too many bullets, as long as they are enough for self-defense.

There is no dry food at all. I have just eaten everything I can eat. I must find a way to find an exit within two days, otherwise I will starve to death underground. Fortunately, Luo Ning still has a compass on his body.

The depth of the mountain gap is beyond imagination. After walking south for a while, it reaches the end. The crack in the earth turns to the north. It feels like walking under a large glacier.

We walked forward in the darkness for more than ten hours. As we walked, the terrain got lower and lower, and the underground space became larger and larger. Luo Ning measured it with a barometer. When converted into altitude, the air pressure data was only 400 meters above sea level. Duomi is about the same as Sichuan, far lower than the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau with an average altitude of more than 4,000 meters. If we continue like this, we may reach the center of the earth.

Finally, the terrain calmed down, and I heard the sound of rushing water, as if there was a large underground river not far away. Seeing that there was no longer a way downhill, I looked around with my flashlight to see if there was a way up. Suddenly I found that the light from the flashlight produced many weak reflections on the rock wall, like countless fragments of mirrors. Same as above.

Luo Ning exclaimed: "It's mica!"

The other three heard what she said about mica and didn't know what it was, but they were frightened by his tone and thought there was some emergency. They hurriedly blocked Luo Ning behind them and took off five pieces of mica from their backs as quickly as possible. Type 6 semi-automatic rifle, the bolt was pulled with a few clicks, ready to shoot.

Luo Ningqi said: "What are you doing?"

While holding my gun on guard, I asked Luo Ning: "What female and male ones? Where are they?"

Luo Ning said: "It's not animals, I mean there are crystals all around. Mica and crystals usually grow in the same formation. Ah, there are indeed crystals."

Although Luo Ning is mainly responsible for map surveying, he often works with the geological exploration team and knows a lot about geological and mineral knowledge. The crystals like glass flakes that appear around us are monoclinic crystals. It can only appear in ancient dual-material rock formations. The underground reserves in Hebei are very large, but the mica here is extremely dark in color and in the shape of a large hexagonal column. The quality far exceeds that produced in Lingshou County, Hebei Province in the Mainland. Judging from the depth of the mica color, our location is already unimaginably deep.

Luo Ning was attracted by the rare large mica around him. He looked at this piece and then that piece. I picked up a small piece and looked at it, but I couldn't see anything worthy of surprise.

At this time, I suddenly heard the big man shouting to Gawa: "Lamtso, what are you doing? Get up quickly."

I looked up with my flashlight and saw Gawa kowtowing in the Tibetan way, with her whole body lying on the ground. What was this kid doing? Who do you kowtow to? I looked in front of him again and couldn't help but take a breath of air.

There is a "golden" shaped wooden tower made of thousands of giant trees standing underground. The tower is dotted with countless red flashes. Looking through those weak flashes, the base of the wooden tower is nearly two hundred meters wide. , made of rammed mud and stone, and the body of the tower is constructed of thousand-year-old cypress wood. It is divided into nine floors. Each floor is filled with dry skeletons wearing strange ancient costumes. There are men, women, and children. The wooden bodies of each big tree are It is engraved with Tibetan secrets. Is this a tomb? With such a huge scale, who built it underground?

I went over and pulled up Gawa who was kowtowing on the ground: "Although our party and the army respect ethnic policies, and you, Gawa, are also Tibetan, when you wear military uniform, you are a member of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Since you are a communist, People should not engage in idealism and religious superstition."

The big man smiled beside him and said, "Okay, Old Hu, this guy is so smart, he has the potential to be an instructor."

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Luo Ning had been looking at the mica, and when he heard the three of us arguing, he came over and watched closely.

I waved my hand to the big man to stop him from interrupting, and continued to ask Gawa: "What kind of tower is this? Do you recognize the words written on it?"

Gawa kept shaking her head.

I said, "This kid, I don't know why you are kowtowing. Are you scared to death when you see so many corpses?"

Gawa had a look of panic on her face, and said in not very fluent Chinese: "Hu, Gaxiong, oh, I asked you to tell me, but I will pull oh, Larrados, nine...nine-level demon building."

I didn't understand the first half of his sentence, but I could hear the last four words clearly. What kind of nine-story monster building? What is it for? Isn¡¯t it just for burying dead people?

Before Gawa could say anything, Luo Ning ran back from the side of the tower, making a silent gesture to us. She pointed at the tower behind her and whispered to us, don't make any noise to alarm us. they.

Seeing her serious expression, I knew there might be trouble, but I didn't know what she was referring to, so I lowered my voice and asked, "What caused the alarm? The dead people in the tower?"

Luo Ning said extremely nervously: "No, they are the kind of fire-bearing ladybugs that sleep on dead bodies. There are too many to count."

After listening to Luo Ning's words, I realized that the dense red flashes on the wooden tower turned out to be emitted by the transparent ladybugs.

Although I have some of the fearless spirit of a revolutionary soldier, when I think of that weird ladybug, I feel panicked. This kind of creature that transcends common sense is too difficult to deal with. The tragic scene in the valley probably left me with too strong a sense of fear.

I made a gesture, and the four of them quietly retreated back to the way they came. Before taking a few steps, Gawa's feet suddenly slipped and fell into a ditch.

This ditch is very hidden and parallel to our route, so we didn't notice it when we came. Although the ditch was only more than one meter deep, Gawa still groaned when he was thrown. I quickly jumped down to help him and saw Gawa covering her feet with a painful expression on her face.

At this time, Luo Ning and the big man also went down to the ditch respectively. When they shined a flashlight, they found that Gawa's forehead was stabbed by a sharp white bone, and even the shoelaces were inserted into a transparent hole in her foot, and she was bleeding profusely. The ditch was filled with layers of bones of various animals. The number was too large to be estimated. It seems that this ditch should be a burial pit for animals such as cattle, horses, sheep, and dogs.

In order not to disturb the ladybugs in the nearby wooden tower, the big man covered Gawa's mouth with his hands to prevent him from screaming. I pulled out the bones embedded in his feet. Yunnan Baiyao was sprinkled on his wound, and a white bandage was taken out to bandage it to stop the bleeding.

My hands were stained with the blood from Gawa's legs, and I wiped a few handfuls on my military uniform. Suddenly, a thought flashed through my mind. The burial pit for cattle and horses was dug very strangely. It was not square or round, but A long trench was dug, leading directly to the wooden tower where the corpse was placed. This shape is exactly similar to a layout called "death" mentioned in the "Burial Sutra". If it is exactly the same, then in parallel There should also be a burial ditch of the same size at the location.

The two burial ditches sandwich the wooden tower structure of the tomb parallel to each other, forming the force of two dragons sucking beads. Based on this, it can be inferred that the ditch next to it should be some utensils used by the owner of the tomb during his lifetime. I just don¡¯t know whether these two burial ditches are artificial or naturally formed. It seems that the latter is more likely.

The sound of the river flowing nearby is very loud. Judging from the sound of the rapids, there is an underground river in the northwest, behind the nine-story demon tower, because dragons cannot live without water.

If this is really what I expected, then the map of this underground world has long been in my mind, but I need to find another burial trench to confirm my inference.

The big man pushed my shoulder: "Lao Hu, what's going on?"

I was lost in thought just now, but I came back to my senses after being pushed by him. I asked Luo Ning: "Gong Luo, can you estimate our current location? Where is it on the map?"

Luo Ning used the compass to make calculations with reference to the map, then pondered for a moment and said: "We have been walking northward underground for more than ten hours. According to our speed, we have already passed the large glacier above. , should be leaving Kunlun Mountain soon.¡±

I explained what I had just thought. If we go back now, we can only go back to the mountain crevices covered by avalanches. If my estimate is correct, we should be able to find a way out by walking along the underground river. But to do so would involve taking the risk of passing under the nine-story monster building. This was a desperate plan.

The four of us thought about it and decided that although it was full of danger, it was worth the risk. However, I decided to go find another burial trench nearby to confirm.

Before taking action, I asked Gawa, what exactly is a nine-story demon building?

Gawa struggled to speak Chinese. After talking for a long time, I finally understood part of it. In his hometown of Xuewei, there is also a ruins exactly like this nine-story demon tower. According to legend, this "nine-story demon tower" is from ancient times. The funeral style of the tombs of the kings and clans of the Demon Kingdom. When the Demon Kingdom fell, the tomb had been destroyed by the hero King Gesar. On the Tibetan Plateau, there were only a pile of rotten wooden shelves and narrative poems passed down by the herdsmen. , praising King Gesar¡¯s unparalleled military exploits like the sun from generation to generation.

When Tibetan herdsmen pass by these ruins, they must pay homage and sing epic poems. This is not to fear the tomb of the demon king, but to express respect for King Gesar. Gawa also talked about some religious things, but I couldn't understand them. I didn't know whether the will-o'-the-wisp bugs were the undead resting in the tomb.

I left Luo Ning and the other three people where they were, and moved forward on my own. More than a hundred meters away from the cattle and horse burial ditch, there was indeed another burial ditch, which was full of ancient leather boots and ancient Tibetan wood chips. , ancient Mongolian writings, wooden tablets, painted wood chips and gold ornaments, wooden plates, wooden wings, wooden birds and beasts, bronzes, grain and a large amount of silk and other funerary objects.

It seemed that my deduction was correct. The underground river behind the nine-story demon building must be connected to the outside world, so I sneaked back into the animal burial ditch to call the other three people to take action.

I was the first to clear the way. The big man was holding a gun behind me, followed by Gawa. The thorns on his feet were not light, and Luo Ning was behind to help him walk.

The nine-story demon tower is very large, and the underground cavity is originally extremely vast. However, the tower and the large mica on both sides have almost blocked the road to the north, and there are only very narrow places on both sides that are barely passable.

We passed under the wooden tower with fear. When we saw the ladybirds in the tower that were flickering with flames, we felt that our hearts were about to jump out of our throats. During the two hundred meters under the tower, every step seemed so far away.

I finally passed the nine-story monster building and walked forward less than 200 steps. Suddenly my feet went soft, as if I had stepped on some huge animal. I shined a flashlight and saw that under my feet was an animal I had never seen before. A giant reptile with a long tongue sticking out. Its skin color is very close to the color of the ground. It looks a bit like a monitor lizard and looks a lot like a crocodile. However, it does not have such a rough skin, and its front snout is not as sharp as a lizard's. It is relatively round, with a tongue like a snake, red and long, with a fork in the front. The skin of the whole body is dark and covered with large white round bumps. From the appearance alone, it can basically be said to be a super large one with a long tail. frog.

I have never been afraid of anything in my life, but I am more afraid of disgusting things like this. I was so scared that I shrank behind the big man. The big man also saw this strange animal. His feelings were probably similar to mine, and he was also scared. After a jump, perhaps the only partner the soldier could rely on was his rifle. He raised the gun out of an instinctive reaction and fired. The reptile twisted a few times and died.

At this time, Luo Ning, who was walking at the end, came over, looked at the dead animals on the ground, sighed and said to us: "This is a salamander that lives underground. It makes a living by eating insects and mayflies and does not hurt anyone."

I don't feel bad about killing an animal. What I worry about is whether the big man's careless shooting will wake up the bugs in the tower. Damn it, if a person is unlucky, his teeth will be choked even if he drinks cold water." The ladybug in the "Nine-Storey Demon Building" was obviously alerted by the gunfire, and countless blue fireballs like bright lights lit up.

The entire underground space was reflected in blue by the fire, and the wooden tower was also ignited. The fire grew bigger and bigger, and hundreds of fireballs rushed towards us. However, we could not feel any heat from such a huge fire, but felt The cold is overwhelming and my teeth are chattering.

Seeing that something was not going well, the big man took out the two grenades stuck in his belt and was about to pull the string and throw them to blow up the fireballs. I quickly held his hand down and said, "Throw one and leave us a glorious one." Damn, I don¡¯t want to be burned to death by that will-o¡¯-the-wisp.