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After all, it was just an archway made of wood. Song Jiang and others could not figure out the reason and quickly gave up. Moreover, their purpose here was to return to the place where the incident occurred and retrieve the lost souls of Liu Peng and others, so they Without further delay, he continued walking deeper into the jungle under the leadership of Fu Yulong and Guo You...

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Yang Jian and Xiao Tian stood under the simple wooden archway, looking at the ugly thing above their heads with puzzled expressions. The two people who could have teleported were worried about being discovered by Meng Zhe, so they kept their distance. They followed a few people at a distance, but when they came to the bottom of the wooden archway, they lost all the breath of the group in front of them.

"Could they have discovered us? So they deliberately hid their presence?" Xiaotian said with a look of suspicion.

Yang Jian raised his hand to stop him and said, "No... with Bai Hu's temper, if he really finds me, he will definitely attack me. There is no way he can hide his traces like this."

Xiaotian nodded after hearing this and said, "It's better that the master understands the White Tiger God..."

"That's natural... Although I and Bai Hu are not friends, we have known each other for too long. How could we not even understand his temper?" Yang Jian said slightly proudly.

After hearing this, Xiaotian thought for a while and said, "Master, should we continue or wait here?"

Yang Jian looked at the jungle in the distance and said, "Wait...? There is no word "wait" in my dictionary. Let's go... I want to see where they can run." After he finished speaking, he took a step forward. Passing through the wooden archway, I strode deeper into the forest.

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Since passing the wooden archway, the geological landforms and climate characteristics along the way have undergone very obvious changes. Fu Yulong, who had been walking in front, explained to a few people when he saw this, "The landforms and climates here are indeed diverse. , dominated by high mountains and deep canyons. Due to the large terrain differences, the mountains will experience obvious vertical climate changes. From the cold zone covered with ice and snow all year round, vertical climates such as mountainous subtropical zone, mountainous temperate zone, mountainous subtropical zone and mountainous tropics will appear one after another. Zone, so the flora and fauna here are also extremely diverse, which is the most important reason why the scientific research teams love this place so much. Our current location has already entered the mountainous temperate zone, and the vegetation coverage in the mountains is not there. It was so lush before. If we continue to go up, we will enter the mountainous cold zone and reach the snow line above 5000 meters above sea level. There is snow that does not melt all year round, and the equipment we are wearing will definitely not work. "

When Deng Kai heard this, he quickly said, "Then why don't we bring winter equipment?"

After hearing this, Guo Cheng smiled and said, "Because our destination this time is still far from the snow line, there is no need to bring too heavy equipment."

While they were talking, they suddenly saw piles of stones appearing in front of them. When Song Jiang saw them, he asked curiously, "Brother Dacheng, what are those piles of stones used for?"

Guo Chengye asked Fu Yulong with a confused look, "Brother Long, I haven't seen this thing before? Is it Manidui?"

After hearing this, Fu Yulong shook his head and said, "It doesn't look like it. The stones piled in Mani are large and small, round and flat... But you can see that these stones all seem to be oval stones of about the same size." Song Jiang said this Shi walked forward, reached out and picked up one of the stones and took a closer look. He found that these stones were as big as apples, and the surface was not smooth. There were also some pits and gouge marks, which were obviously not formed naturally, so he He held up the stone and said to a few of them, "You said this place is inaccessible? Then why do we always see some traces of human activities along the way?"

When Gu Hao saw the stone in Song Jiang's hand, he immediately stopped him and said, "Put it back quickly...the appearance of these stones is strange. It's best not to touch them lightly before you know what they are used for."

Song Jiang felt a little guilty when he heard it, so he quickly put the stone back as it was. At this time, Meng Zhe walked to the pile of stones, looked at them and said, "They are just ordinary stones. There is no need to scare yourself."

Now that Meng Zhe has spoken, Gu Hao naturally won't say anything more, but he just feels that the appearance of these stone piles is abnormal. Someone must have placed them deliberately, but the attitudes of Fu Yulong and Guo Cheng just now seemed to be the same. I don’t know, this should have nothing to do with some local legends...

At this time, the sun was already heading west. Fu Yulong looked at the sky and said, "It's almost time. It's very dangerous to walk in the mountains at night. Let's go to the front and choose a relatively flat area to camp. It's less than three meters away from the incident." It’s an hour’s journey, we’ll set off early tomorrow morning, and we’ll definitely be there by noon.”

Meng Zhe saw that it was not completely dark yet, so he said in a deep voice, "Since there are less than three days to go, why not wait until we reach the destination before setting up camp and resting?"

After hearing this, Fu Yulong shook his head and said, "It's your first time entering the mountain. Your pace will definitely be slower than that of Dachengzi and I. The three hours I just mentioned refer to the speed of the two of us. Let's talk about that place. It’s unpredictable. It’s too dangerous to stay there overnight. It’s safer to go there tomorrow morning. If something happens, we don’t have to evacuate overnight.”

After all, Fu Yulong and Guo Cheng were both professional guides. No matter how impatient Meng Zhe was, he knew that his choice was the right one, so he said nothing else and turned around to set up a tent for the night with Song Jiang and the others. Tent... The temperature in this area was significantly colder than at the bottom of the mountain. The experienced Guo Cheng took the lead in lighting a bonfire. Firstly, it was convenient for everyone to keep warm, and secondly, to prepare for the day's dinner.

I saw Guo Cheng put a portable kettle on the fire, and then said to everyone with a smile, "The conditions in the mountains are not as good as down here, so we will just make do with a meal for dinner today. After the water boils, everyone will take out the compressed biscuits from their bags. Soak it in boiling water and eat it with beef jerky, it will be more delicious.”

Meng Zhe, who had always been reluctant to make trouble when it came to eating and drinking, frowned slightly when he saw this, but didn't say anything. On the contrary, the spoiled Deng Kai grinned and said, "Tell me earlier, I asked Wu Jun to prepare more good things." Bring it to us!"

Gu Hao, who was hammering nails into the ground, snorted and said, "Pull it down, you're already struggling to carry this little thing. If you carry more weight, you won't be killed!"

Gu Hao's face immediately turned red when he heard this, and he said angrily, "Why are you everywhere? Children, don't interrupt when adults are talking!"