Yue Guanchao observed carefully that this deep mountain meadow was like a bowl recessed into the top of the mountain. It was surrounded by rugged rocks, which actually formed a railing, completely surrounding the meadow. It was shaped like the mouth of a volcanic lake, which was particularly strange.
He looked around and saw that the front and rear stone walls of this meadow were wider than the river valley they walked through. They were distributed in an irregular shape and covered an area of at least a thousand acres. The surrounding mountain walls were criss-crossed and shed sunlight, which happened to be collected into the sky. pit, forming a light hole filled with white light.
Although it is a meadow, the surface is covered with many shallow streams. These streams flow through the meadows like capillaries and merge into the "self"-shaped river in the middle. Many streams divide into submerged islands with flourishing wild flowers and grasses. It is lush, with countless pollen bulrushes swaying and the wind moving like waves.
Where there are many streams, water vapor must be strong. As you walk around, you can already see water vapor rippling through the bushes like misty smoke. The fireflies that have just flown out are flickering in and out of the smoke, looking for pollen.
Looking from a distance, the meadow is surrounded by towering ancient trees. The boundary between the mountain wall and the meadow is completely covered like a fence. Only through the staggered layers of ancient trees can one see the steep and steep bare mountain wall, and further on. Looking from a distance, the field of view has been blurred because of the distance, and it only seems that the gray and green patches are not very clear.
Here, it is like a paradise independent from the Qinling Mountains!
Yue Guanchao wanted to continue observing, but Xu Xiake poked his back. The two of them looked back. To the extreme north, there was an ancient temple hidden in the mist. It was too far away to see. True.
"Brother-in-law, why don't we go take a look first and see what's going on inside?"
Yue Guanchao looked behind him. The palace was neither magnificent nor magnificent. It was much simpler than the underground palace they had seen. It looked very rough overall. Even so, there were high terraces, verandahs, and a main hall. The side hall is obviously a matching ancient grand building.
"No, this kind of ghost place is too weird. Now that the old witch's cannon fodder is here, let them run errands for us. We can't take advantage of these soldiers and bandits in vain."
After saying that, the two stood in front of the huge cave, lowered two ropes into it, and shouted to the people in the sinkhole: "It's very strange outside. Come up quickly."
After finishing speaking, the two rock climbing ropes were moving wildly, and within half an hour they were seen climbing up into the cave. For safety, Zhang asked most of the engineers to surround the lake in the tiankeng, and only led the elite who were the first to go into the tiankeng.
When everyone stood on the meadow, they all had surprised expressions on their faces. The lush flowers and plants on the meadow clearly did not belong to this season.
"I have never seen which mountain nest this is. We won't leave the Qinling Mountains, will we?"
Let the peacock look at the sky. It was already afternoon when they entered the cave. It could be said that it was evening at this time. However, when they suddenly came out of the cave, they always had the illusion of being in the environment, especially when the green grass on the ground was submerged in the thick fog. , giving people a sense of unreality.
"I think we are still in the Qinling Mountains, but we are in mid-air!"
Song Siyuan's words aroused everyone's curiosity. She stretched out her hand and put it flat in the air. A snowflake visible to the naked eye fell on her hand and quickly turned into liquid droplets.
"Did you see it? Snow!"
"What does this mean?"
Yue Guanchao didn't know why.
Song Siyuan knew that they didn't know where this was, so she explained word by word: "When we entered the cave, the air was cold but there were no snowflakes, but there was snow falling on the meadow now, which means that we are at a very high altitude, at least we have reached Above the snow line, the temperature is so cold that it snows, and the temperature difference between the ground and the air is too great, causing the dew to turn into mist and cover the surface."
She picked up the telescope and looked at the mountain wall high up. Sure enough, she saw snowflakes piled up in lines, making the mountain wall look like a white-headed tree. The top of the mountain was covered with white snow.
"Give me the map!"
Song Siyuan hurriedly took the map handed over by Yue Guanchao and pointed to the mountainous area full of caves. There were obviously contour lines in the shape of terraces. She pointed to the lines and said: "This location is north of the middle of Baoxie Road, with an altitude of more than 2,000. meters, which is only a little lower than Taibai Mountain. Other than that, other peaks are below a thousand meters, making it difficult to form a snow line on the top of the mountain. We are probably at the top of this mountain."
"It's so high, why don't we feel it?"
Xu Xiake has climbed Taibai Mountain. The peak rising from the flat ground is no joke. You have to rest for a long time before you can catch your breath.
"When we came, Wu Shengyi was already on the mountainside. After spending half a day walking through the cave and lying in the underground river, we would climb to a high altitude without realizing it."
She paused, a look of surprise flashed in her eyes, and continued to explain: "This is the only way to reduce the danger of mountain climbing. There is no way up the mountain in these wild mountains. It can be said to be extremely difficult to climb to the top. If you don't walk inside the mountain, Shortcut, we won’t get here so quickly, and it’s precisely because this place is at a high altitude that ancient people couldn’t easily reach it, so it can be used as a refuge for the ancestors of the Witch God. Who would have known that the top of the mountain here is actually a meadow.”
