I looked at Shirley Yang and wanted to find the answer from each other's face, but like me, she could hardly imagine what the truth hidden behind this ancient legend is. There are wild animals in groups to commit suicide all over the world, especially in the sea, but I have almost never heard of many different populations of animals mixed together to commit suicide together, and in Tibet, which worships mountains and lakes, how could this mountain area be named after the inauspicious word "Sea of ​​Disaster"? These are really incredible.

The guide Chuyi explained that the legend of the hidden bone groove was said by many generations of old people. Whenever the crescent moon is like a eyebrows, the wild beasts in the mountains will look at the moon, jump into the ditch from a high place and fall to death, and use their death to calm the wrath of the gods. There are also legends like this: Any animal that jumps into the deep ditch can escape from the animal realm and be reincarnated as a human.

But no one has seen a wild beast jumping off a cliff there until now, nor do they know whether the ancient legends are true or false. However, in the Kangbang Gully, you can still see the remains of many beasts. At night, ghost fires flash, and the terrain there is complex, connected to the ancient Shenluogou Gully. If you want to find four snow-capped places around it, it will take about five days to get there.

The terrain of Shenluogou is so complex that it is rare in the world. The northern Tibetan Plateau is already vast and sparsely populated, and the living environment is harsh. Almost all the nearby Karamir is uninhabited, and most areas are difficult to reach. "Quyi" himself has only entered Shenluogou to collect herbs, and he has never been to Karamir. There are snow mountains and ancient glaciers, but the glaciers surrounded by four snow peaks are only the Shenluogou Glacier. What the first day of Chu can do is to lead us to this place.

The expedition team rested at the mountain pass for more than half an hour, and it was almost time to set off. People who were overdrawn and breathing were all riding on horseback. The guide Chuyi brought the hunting rifle and Tibetan knife again, took out a leather bag filled with barley wine, and gulped several large mouthfuls. Then he hit the whip three times in the air to tell the mountain god, and then said to everyone: "If you want to enter the Tibetan bone groove, go first, go." After that, he tilted the prayer drum with one hand and carried the whip with the other, leading the way into the mountain first.

The rest of the people followed him, turning around in the mountains, and finally arrived at Gaqingpo (also known as Gaqinggao). Although there is a slope in the place name, it is not much inferior to the mountains and ridges. The altitude here is too high, and the clouds are blocked by the fog. The first day of the first day of the Kangba men didn't feel anything, so Uncle Ming couldn't hold on. In the past, mainlanders came to the plateau and could not adapt to the plateau. If they stayed on the plateau for 60 days, they would die because the air pressure would gradually increase the heart and over time it would exceed the body's load. Later, this situation could be alleviated through medical means, but there was still great danger.

I always felt a little strange before. According to the explanation, people like Uncle, he had enough money to spend. Why would he still be willing to throw the old bones into the Kunlun Mountains and even find the crystal corpse of the glacier when he fought for his life. Later, I learned from Han Shuna that Uncle Ming's current family was only the house in Beijing and a few antiques left. His two sons in Hong Kong lost all their property and owed a lot of debts. Uncle Ming wanted to take advantage of his legs and feet to move and fight again, otherwise his two sons and goddaughter would have to drink the northwest wind. After knowing this, I also felt a little sympathy for Uncle Ming.

I was worried that if I could go to a higher place, Uncle Ming and A Xiang might have an accident, so I caught up with the "first year of junior high school" ahead and asked him how far he would be before entering the Tibetan bone groove?

Chu Yi suddenly stopped, waved at me, pointed at me diagonally below to signal me to look there, I looked in the direction he pointed, the surrounding clouds were blown away by the mountain wind, and a deep ditch was cracked on the ground, looking down at the deep ravine from a high place, but I saw a slight storm, unpredictable. Not to mention jumping from here, I felt scared just by taking a look. If the clouds on the top of the mountain were thicker, people who didn't know the terrain here would definitely continue to move forward, falling into the deep ditch and falling to pieces.

Below is the "Bone Hidden Groove". Our location is where countless wild beasts jumped down and died. The locals call it "Yan Beast Platform".

Chuyi handed me the leather pocket of barley wine, and asked me to take a few sips, driving the cool cold of the mountain wind, and said to me: "How about I call you Duji in the future? Duji means bravery in Tibetan. Only real warriors dare to look down from the Yanbeast Platform to look down at the Tibetan bone groove. Brother Duji, you are a good person."

I took a few sips of wine and grinned at Chu Yi, thinking you didn't know. After just looking at those few glances, my calves were really cramped. Now if I take a detour, I can still get out of the Zanggu Valley before dark. We were about to urge the yak to go over, and the mountain wind blew again, and the thicker clouds above my head slowly moved away. A sharp snow peak appeared from the sea of ​​clouds. This silver snow peak in the sky felt within reach. No wonder the locals said: "When it's Gaqinggao, reach out to grab the sky."

The snow mountain is very visual and spiritually shocking against the sunlight and white clouds. The first day of the New Year and the five porters were used to it. However, the mainlanders who do not often have snow mountains, their eyes were straight and they wandered for a long time until other clouds floated over to cover the snow peaks, and then they turned around and left step by step.

I looked at the time at the entrance of the Bone Grooves. Due to the incorrect estimate of the travel speed, it was too late to pass through this deep ditch before dark. It seemed that I could only camp outside the ditch for overnight and set off again the next day.

But the entrance is above 4,500 altitude. When I crossed Gaqingpo just now, some people with poor physical strength had a strong plateau reaction. Although they took medicine, they did not improve. They had to find a place at a lower altitude for them to rest for one night, so they had to enter the skull groove.

The guide said that haunted and wild beasts commit suicide are long-standing legends. To be honest, I don’t believe it, but it is still dangerous to go in at night. Although there will be no threat from avalanches, if there is a loose place on the cliffs on both sides, even if a small piece falls on the head, even if an iron pot is placed on the head, it will be smashed through. This is one of them. The second is that thousands of wild beasts have died inside, and phosphorus fire often appears. Yaks and horses are easily frightened. Although they usually look very honest and honest, once they start crazy, we will step on them to death in such a narrow place as the Tibetan Valley.

I looked at Uncle Ming's family of three who were climbing on the horse's back and felt it was difficult. In the end, Shirley Yang thought of a solution, letting the yaks be in front and the rest of the horses be in the back. From here, there were many dead trees in the hidden bone groove. If camping behind the trees, it would minimize the risk factor. After discussing some details, I finally decided to go into the groove to camp.

When they walked around the bone-hiding groove at an altitude of less than 3,000, those who had difficulty breathing finally got a chance to breathe. The reason why this place is called a ditch rather than a valley is because the terrain is too narrow, with cliffs on both sides like knife cutting and axe cutting. Looking up, there is only a line of sky. There are rocks and weeds everywhere in the ditch. There are indeed countless broken bones in between, and the most are cow horns and goat horns. These things are immortal for thousands of years.

It is said that the Shenluogou connected to this place is completely different from the environment here. There are a large number of primeval forests and a wide variety of plants that are cherished. The mountains are particularly rich in medicinal materials, so it is also known as the Medicine Mountain.

After walking about a quarter of the journey, night had already fallen, but we still couldn't find a suitable area for camping. The yaks walked all day long and began to get a little irritable after dark. For safety reasons, they had to find a few places where dead trees were concentrated nearby to stop, set up tents, and bury pots to boil water.

Since this bone-hiding groove runs east-west, you can see the moon in the night sky, and the cold moon is like a hook. Because it is too deep here, the moonlight looks particularly hazy. Only the fire ignited by dry cow dung can light us.

Everyone sat around the fire to eat and drink. The generous guide "First Day" told everyone about Tibetan folklore. I ate a few bites in a hurry, then left the campfire, and sat alone on a broken tree stump not far away to smoke.

After just taking a few puffs, the cigarette was snatched and wiped out by Shirley Yang who came over: "Smoking on the plateau is very harmful to the body. Don't smoke anymore. I have something to discuss with you."

I originally wanted to tell Shirley Yang why you are like fascists, but then I gave up this idea. Since I entered the hidden bone groove, I felt a strange feeling. Shirley Yang must have felt some unusual signs, so I came to discuss with me. This is related to everyone's life safety. Don't joke first, it's important to be serious.

Shirley Yang did come for this matter. The large number of wild beast bones in the ditch attracted her attention. The remaining bones such as cow horns, sheep horns, bear heads, etc., look two or three hundred years ago. If the truth is the legendary one, why no wild beasts have jumped into the ditch and committed suicide in recent years?

I thought about it and told Shirley Yang that the legends passed down from ancient times may only retain some of the shadows of the truth and cannot be regarded as true things. Those beasts who jumped off the cliff and sought death may be surrounded by wolves, or they may be tempted by some natural phenomena. Although those things are incredible, they do exist in the world, but I think at least they do not exist here.

The half-volume book left to me by my grandfather was written by a master of gold-touching in the late Qing Dynasty. It also mentioned the structure layout of the "nine-story demon building" in Tibet. I think in the past years, there must have been a magistrate who turned over the nine-story demon building. Like the tomb of the demon tower, there must be two dragon-shaped burial ditches of the same size. Perhaps the "Tanggu Groove" where we are located is one of them. The Remnant Reincarnation Sect of the Demon Kingdom may have held unknown sacrifices here.

I kicked half of the dead tree stump beside me, with a very vague three-eyed ghost face on it. It was left at least hundreds of years ago and was almost weathered. Since I entered the Bone Canggu, I have seen several similar totem marks. This should be good news for us, indicating that we are not far from the Phoenix Divine Palace.
Chapter completed!