The terrain here is very strange. Apart from the mountains below, there are continuous mountains extending to the right to the edge when viewed with the naked eye.
Standing here, you can still hear the fierce wind and snow, but on the other side, it is calm, as if the wind and snow have all disappeared, as if that place is not under the control of nature, and even God has stopped sprinkling snowflakes.
The eyes of several people revealed joy and determination. Haitang Duoduo even joked directly: "Now we have two world-famous poets here. Seeing such a scene, why don't you write a poem to prove that you have been here?"
Wang Shisanlang shook his head in agreement. He has always been so conflicted.
But for a long time, Li An and Fan Xian did not talk to each other. Under the halo of the aurora in the night sky, they both looked a little serious.
Feeling something in her heart, Haitang Duoduo looked down carefully and found that the mountains hidden in the ink-black opposite seemed to be getting more and more hazy and no longer real. A look of anxiety emerged in her heart.
Yan Xiaoyi also discovered this. With his eyesight, this little darkness had no effect on him.
He asked, "Sir, what has happened?"
Li An released the snow sculpture and gradually confirmed that the scene before him was a kind of magical natural protection. He silently marveled at the wonders of nature and wondered how the engineers who originally selected the site discovered this place.
"Mirage?" Fan Xian turned to look at Li An, who slowly shook his head.
"It looks not far, but we are afraid of the consequences. Let's talk about it when we reach the foot of the opposite mountain." After receiving Li Ang's affirmative answer, several people breathed a sigh of relief. As long as there were no setbacks, they no longer had the courage to search.
Going down from the top of the mountain actually takes longer time than going up.
When the heavy boots of several people stepped into the soft snow, they actually submerged their knees! The snow here is very deep. It is only slightly easier to walk through it than to cross the river with a reed. But how can mortals do it with their true energy and endurance?
They didn't want to go the long way and missed the sledding that could slide on the fluffy snow.
"There is no wind here, and the terrain makes the snow gather. We arrived earlier than expected." Li An took out a long piece of wood and tied it to his feet as a demonstration. Several people followed suit and started to move. "Perhaps, when the polar day comes and the temperature rises, some changes may happen here."
Without the difficulties ahead, the snow alone was enough to stump all the soldiers who had followed Ku He. Even though everyone was wearing thick clothes, if an ordinary person walked through this shallow and deep snow, it was unknown whether their legs would be able to survive.
The vitality here is rich, and Fan Xian's internal injuries should have healed long ago with the help of elixirs, but the extremely cold environment made his injuries never get better. This is undoubtedly a torture, but in addition to wanting to see the magic of the temple and learn everything about his mother, he also wants to find Uncle Wu Zhu in the temple.
He couldn't believe that Uncle Wuzhu was gone just like that.
Although that kind of injury would have been enough to kill an ordinary person several times.
There was no place to stop or set up camp, so they moved forward in one go. This boring routine was very nerve-wracking. Li An couldn't help but think to himself that he had come to the temple once, and he would never come again in his life.
The vitality of heaven and earth was still gradually rising, and it had reached a level where 'ripples' could be seen with the naked eye.
Several people were shocked, as if they were encouraged. But Fan Xian kept coughing, and the sound became louder and louder, as if he was going to cough out his lungs, making a hoarse sound like the friction of a stone mill. Li An glanced at him, knowing that he was a fierce and stubborn person, and ignored him. The pills he gave were all very effective, and should be enough for him to support him to a place where he could recover.
I do not know how long it has been.
When several people became a kind of "machine" called traveling, it was as if they had suddenly crossed a certain barrier, and the world suddenly changed - a mountain as tall as the clouds "suddenly" rose from the ground, and appeared in front of everyone so presumptuously, as if it had been standing here since Pangu created the world, which was amazing.
But Ang Lee was very sure.
Originally there were no such high mountains here!
Judging from the appearance, it is not inferior to the highest peak in the previous life. Such high peaks are connected into a mountain range, which is definitely caused by subsequent geological changes.
"Here we are!"
Li An grabbed Fan Xian, who was still walking tirelessly as if in a trance, and spoke calmly and calmly.
There is not much snow here, and there should be a glacier underfoot. As expected, the ruins of the temple should be inside the mountain in front of us.
Hearing this, Fan Xian raised his head and looked at the snow-capped mountain in front of him. He stared at the cold white light emanating from the surface of the mountain, and his body began to tremble slowly. This was not due to internal injuries, but from excitement.
This scene is exactly the same as the one described in the letter left by Ye Qingmei.
He even had an impulse: to push aside the snow and fog on the ground and take a closer look under the ice to see if there really was a city in his dream frozen under the ice, with its previous buildings, streets, and even vehicles and pedestrians preserved.
After trembling, his body suddenly froze. Amid the incessant coughing, he imprinted this scene deeply in his heart. His face suddenly flushed, and even his breathing became much smoother.
"Let's set up camp and rest."
"Sir." Haitang Duoduo looked at the dark sky with worry in her eyes, "It's still nearly a month before the summer solstice. Are we just going to wait here?"
While taking out things and setting up camp, Li An responded without turning his head: "Of course not, I will enter the temple tomorrow!"
Haitang Duoduo wondered if Li An had discovered something, maybe the magical snow sculpture had some clues? Otherwise, where did his confidence come from? How to enter the temple without waiting for the time node of the black and white transition?
She looked at the mountain in front of her, which had been polished as smooth as a mirror by the Creator for countless years, and remained silent for a long time. After swallowing a mouthful of saliva, she asked, "Sir, are you planning to explore the mountain by manpower?" She thought for a while and then gave her own thoughts, "If we all work hard, maybe we can find clues before the summer solstice."
What I mean is, just tell me what you have to say.
Otherwise, if we just check it bit by bit, that night wouldn't be enough.
"Master Ku He also climbed up from here." Fan Xian circulated his Qi and narrowed his eyes. "Logically speaking, the temple should be right in front of us. According to previous statements, the temple suddenly appeared in front of us. Could it be that the temple can move by itself?"
Because there was no sunlight, Fan Xian could not see the original color of the mountains in front of him.
But the temple is just a dead object, how can it move?
Fan Xian thought of a possibility: Could it be that this was a video projection that concealed the entire temple?
But this range is too broad!
Also, after so many years, what energy source has been supporting this hidden method?
Controlled fusion? After he "closed his eyes" in his previous life, what level of technology did the world reach? Could the temple really be handled by just a few of them?
"Haha, your guess is quite accurate. The temple can indeed move by itself!"
Li An grinned, revealing his white teeth, which made people feel scared. At the same time, it was incredible. Temple, temple, just hearing the name, you know that the volume is not small. Can such a building move by itself?
Everyone fell silent.
Looking at the mountains without any traces of human carving, they realized that perhaps the temple really deserved this name. He did not want the world to find it, so no matter how hard people tried, no trace of it could be found.
"Use your brain." Li An tapped his temple and turned his head to Fan Xian. "Why does the temple have to appear when the polar day and polar night alternate? This is a rule. Even though Ku He and Xiao En were present at the time and there was a risk of exposure, the temple still appeared before the eyes of the world."
With a chuckle, he said, "Do you really believe that there are chosen people in this world?"
"The temple had to appear?" Fan Xian covered his lips and coughed twice. He tightened his coat to resist the cold outside. "Legends may not be true. If we rule out coincidences, it must be related to sunlight. Maybe sunlight can break something, or... for energy! Solar energy?"
At this point, Fan Xian's face was filled with black lines. He refuted Li An in disbelief, "How can this sound so absurd? Let's not talk about the fact that the temple is as advanced as you said. How can the technology in the utilization of energy reach such a low utilization rate of solar energy?"
"Besides, if the temple is hidden inside the mountain, the energy required to move it out would be more than the energy provided by the sunlight, right?"
“It’s not worth it!”
"If the temple is still intact, then of course there is no need for so-called solar energy." Li An smiled and gave his opinion, "This is also the reason why the ancients only knew that the temple messengers came from the north for countless years, but no specific information about the temple was circulated."
"No matter how many mortals die or how much time they spend searching, how can others find something inside a mountain?"
"But the temple is in ruins, and even its energy source is running out?"
“So, this is how the legend passed down from the Wei Dynasty came about. This is also how my master found the temple?” Haitang Duoduo didn’t quite understand the conversation between the two people, but she could understand that there was a problem with the temple itself, which is why the specific location was known to the world.
"The temple is in ruins. The temple is in ruins."
Fan Xian fell into deep thought: Could it be that my mother escaped from the temple for this very reason?
"the last point."
"Although the utilization rate of solar energy may be very low in a certain period of time, when technology shows explosive growth, what can it achieve? The person who controls the temple will not be stupid. It is impossible for him to consume more energy to supplement some insignificant solar energy, right?"
Regardless of whether what Li Ang said is true or false, only this explanation can explain why the temple appears between heaven and earth at a fixed time every year.
Besides, no matter what kind of energy it is, it will eventually run out.
The sun is the only thing that exists until it self-destructs and burns out, and it is also a renewable energy source. Even if the temple is technologically advanced, it is reasonable to have a backup plan.
"Let's take a night's rest. Tomorrow, everything will have answers. Why should we keep guessing here?" After setting up the tent, Li An took out fuel from the space and started a fire. The flickering flames shone on everyone's faces, making everyone seem alive.
Coupled with the steaming broth, it is hard to say that this is not an ultimate enjoyment.
If the temple was monitoring this place, it would probably cry out that it had seen a ghost on the spot. Their technology is indeed advanced, and they can even invent spacecraft that can travel long distances and achieve superluminal jumps (which is very unscientific, as such technology will actually cause the world to be destroyed by a nuclear war), but they don't have this kind of space technology!
With Li Ang's example, those magical methods made people less awed by this temple.
With an inexplicable thought in mind, no one was on guard and everyone fell asleep exhausted.
When the time came to the next day, the sky was still dark, without a trace of sunlight and temperature, and the cold light still shone on them. Last night, Fan Xian thought until most of the night before falling asleep. When he woke up, he couldn't wait to say in a hoarse voice: "I thought about it. The temple wants to use solar energy, but I don't want the solar panels to be exposed outside, so I took the initiative to show up."
"How did the temple move?"
"It's easy to break the mountain, but it's hard to restore it to its original state. There should be a track, a passage that allows people to enter and exit the temple freely! However, now this passage has been covered up by the temple with a trick."
A cry of eagle was heard.
It's in the sky not far to the right.
"Due to the lighting, the search took some time." Li An let out a breath, rubbed his hands, and strode forward.
He turned around and motioned for everyone to follow him, then raised his voice and said, "Why do you think I had to wait all night?"
This snow sculpture becomes cuter the more you look at it.
Not only can it be used as a telephone and radar, but reconnaissance has now become its main job.
Several people circled up and climbed up the mountain with difficulty. Soon, they could see a hexagonal man-made object covering the surface of the mountain from afar.
This thing was very regular and was painted with a white protective color. It was only because they were close and had a target to guide them that they were able to see the clues. If they were a little further away, they would not be able to tell that there was anything wrong.
Not to mention at the foot of the mountain or far away.
"Once you have found the way, let's set off"
"Enter the temple!" (End of this chapter)