Chapter 423 We seem to be lost

Yulong Snow Mountain is a very famous scenic spot in Yungui. Many Internet celebrities will go here to check in.

It is 96 meters above sea level. If it is summer, its temperature is not too low, only about minus ten degrees, but now it is the end of November, and the temperature at the foot of the snow mountain has reached more than ten degrees below zero. Going up, it may have reached more than twenty degrees below zero.

This is the temperature on the sunny slope, and the temperature on the shady slope is even lower.

At the foot of the mountain, and in the daytime, it has reached about twenty degrees below zero. At night, although the temperature difference will not be too much, it is normal to drop a few degrees.

At this moment, Huang Jiuzhen and I are walking along a path to the top of the mountain, one after the other.

Compared with the sunny slope, the road on the shady slope is steeper and the snow is thicker.

"This path was trampled by the lotus pickers who went up the mountain. Let's go up along this path first, and then change the road after reaching the mountainside."

Huang Jiu walked in front, holding a mountaineering pick in one hand and a compass in the other. Every time he walked a distance, he would stop and carefully calculate our current location.

Some people may say, isn't it just a mountain of a few kilometers? Do we still need a compass? Can't we just climb all the way up?

In fact, it's not true.

Su Shi once wrote the beautiful seven-character poem "I don't know the true face of Lushan, just because I am in this mountain."

What this means is that when you look from a distance, you can see the whole picture of a mountain, but when you get really close, or really enter the mountain, you will immediately find your insignificance.

And this is the situation we are in at the moment.

Looking up, there is a stretch of snow-capped mountains that stretch as far as the eye can see, and as long as you don't look down, looking in any direction, it is tilted upward, so it is particularly easy to go astray.

Although it is just a deviation, you can still reach the top of the mountain in the end. However, going astray will require a lot of detours, and in this low temperature, every extra minute of staying may be extremely dangerous.

After walking for about two hours, Huang Jiu in front of me suddenly stopped, looked back at me, smiled bitterly and said, "Take a five-minute break."

I nodded silently when I heard it.

During this time, Huang Jiu had been busy with her grandfather's illness, and she had also been preparing for this trip into the mountains, so she definitely hadn't gotten enough rest.

And don't forget, she had driven for five hours straight before going into the mountains.

"Where are we now?" I looked at the endless snow-capped mountains around me and asked, "How long will it take to reach the summit?"

Huang Jiu opened his goggles and the mask on his assault jacket, exhaled a long breath and said, "We have walked about 600 meters now. According to the altitude of this mountain, we are still at the foot of the mountain. As for when we can reach the summit..."

Huang Jiu paused, raised his head and glanced at the top of the mountain, then said, "According to the current speed, it will probably take at least one day and one night."

My heart skipped a beat when I heard this: "It will take so long?"

The assault jackets we are wearing can only keep us warm for 20 hours. After a power outage, it takes five hours to recharge. By this calculation, we will definitely lose power once on the way up the mountain, which is five hours.

I pondered for a moment, then asked, "We must find a sheltered place in advance. We can light a fire there to keep warm while the assault jacket is charging."

Huang Jiu smiled and said, "I have already planned it. It is 3:30 in the afternoon. We will find the shortcut in another seven hours. The road is in a crack. We can spend the night there. Then I can turn off the warmth function of the assault jacket and let it charge."

"That road is in a crack?" I frowned.

When climbing this kind of snowy mountain, the crack is indeed a good place to shelter from the wind, but places that seem safe and warm are often accompanied by danger.

We know that there is shelter and warmth there, so other people or animals will know it too.

"Are there any wild animals in this snowy mountain? For example... polar bears?" I suddenly asked.

Huang Jiu was startled when he heard this, and then he laughed out loud.

"Uh..." I looked confused, and then asked, "Is there something wrong?"

Huang Jiu stopped laughing and said, "You also said it was a polar bear. If it is a polar bear, how could it appear here?"

"Haha, I just... a metaphor." I smiled awkwardly.

Huang Jiu shook his head and said, "As far as I know, the only thing that may pose a threat to us on this snowy mountain is the clouded leopard, but don't worry, it dare not approach us."

After saying that, Huang Jiu took a deep breath, then put on his mask and goggles again, stood up and set off again.

But I stood there with a frown on my face.

"It doesn't dare to approach us? What does that mean? Could it be... because of the technique she practices?"

I shook my head and stopped thinking about it, and then I quickly followed.

We walked and stopped along the way, and after about three hours, the sky began to darken.

The sky here is very strange. When it just gets dark, it will stay dark for a long time, and then it will suddenly become dark, and it is still the kind of darkness that you can't see your hand in front of you.

It feels like someone suddenly turned off the lights.

At 8:30 in the evening, Huang Jiu and I sat in a snow cave and ate a piece of compressed biscuit.

"How long will the crack last?" I took the military tactical flashlight and shone it around, but Huang Jiu quickly covered my flashlight and said, "Don't shine it around."

"Why?" I asked in confusion.

"Do you know why the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is called the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain?" Huang Jiu asked instead of answering. I shook my head when I heard it. Seeing this, Huang Jiu continued, "The Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is called Oulu in the Naxi language, which means Tianshan. Its thirteen snow peaks are connected in an endless stream, just like a giant dragon leaping and dancing, so it is called Jade Dragon. Moreover, the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is the sacred mountain of the Naxi people. It is the incarnation of the legendary guardian god of the Naxi people, Sanduo. As for whether it is the incarnation of Sanduo, I don't know. I only know that if you do anything disrespectful to the gods here, it may lead to bad consequences, especially at night, when it is easier to offend the gods."

"If this is true, then the mind of this god is too..."

I didn't say anything else. Although I know that what Huang Jiu said were just myths and legends, it is right to maintain a sense of awe towards them.

After resting for more than ten minutes, we stood up and continued to move forward.

Although I don't know how high we climbed, at this moment, Huang Jiu had already clearly shown signs of altitude sickness. She had taken out a portable oxygen bottle and connected it to the lower part of the sprint suit. After turning on the switch of the oxygen bottle, the oxygen inside would be directly transported to the mask of the sprint suit through the hose inside the sprint suit.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Huang Jiu in front of me suddenly stopped. I also stopped and asked, "How long will it take to reach the crack?"

Huang Jiu did not respond, but just stood there motionless. I was puzzled, walked over and pushed her shoulder, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Huang Jiu slowly turned her head after hearing that, and then looked at me in surprise through her goggles, and whispered, "We seem to be... lost."