The Lost Tomb : Tibetan Sea Flower

Chapter 15: Mysterious Tribe in the Snowy Mountain

The following narration was very wonderful. It could be seen that Little Brother remembered everything differently from us. We're used to memorizing one thing whenever we encounter it, regardless of the sequence or whether we can remember it in a few days. But Little Brother's process of narration enabled me to fully realize that he organized his memory.

Perhaps it was because he knew that one day he would have to remember all of this, so he used a unique memory method.

He first described the whole terrain.

At that time, Poker-face was located on the ridge of a snowy mountain. They were already at a relatively high altitude, but at this height, it wasn't like looking down a cliff of five or six thousand kilometers. In fact, looking around the top of the mountain, it was more like a black and white hilly area. The mountains here weren't as round as the south, however, since they were all sharp and angular like black stones carved by knives.

There were many valleys between these mountains that were covered in deep snow, and much of it was unimaginably thick. This was a glacier in the form of a mountain, with snow on the top of the ice and stones on the bottom.

That strange group of people was walking in one of the valleys as Poker-face stood at the top of a hill and looked down at them.

There was no doubt that in order to keep up with them, the first thing to do was to descend from the top of the mountain. The light was dim as the setting sun shone upon the snow, staining it a blurry purple and yellow. But even with such light, it was undoubtedly a very difficult thing to walk through such thick snow and keep up with them.

At the same time, what was even more bizarre was that the Tibetans were walking on the snow at such a fast speed that it seemed as if they were gliding instead of walking on it.

Those who have walked through snow all understand that it's impossible to walk so fast. Moreover, judging from the extent to which the Tibetans sunk into the snow, it didn't seemed to be too thick.

Poker-face found something was wrong after only a few steps. He stopped and thought about what to do. When Laba caught up with him, the green light had disappeared.

There was only one line of footprints left in the snow, but they would soon disappear in the strong wind.

Poker-face and Laba stumbled to the bottom of the valley, only to find that it was all wrong. The snow reached their waists, which was a complete contrast to the state the Tibetans were in as they walked.

They trudged through the snow, and finally came to the edge of the footprints. Laba found something under the snow, and after removing the snow, they found a bridge built of stone and wood buried underneath. This must have been what the Tibetans walked on.

They climbed up and used their legs to clear a space in the snow underfoot, finding that the snow didn't even reach their knees. The bridge was very strong and didn't move when they stepped on it. It was made from black rock common to the Himalayas.

Who built this bridge here? Laba wondered. How long was it and where did it lead? If they knew there was such a path buried in the snow, they wouldn't have to take such risks to walk the cliffs or spend such a long time climbing the snowy slopes.

Poker-face firmly stepped on the bridge a few times, then quickly ran in the direction where the little green light had disappeared. The footprints were quickly disappearing, and since he walked so fast, Laba had no choice but to follow him.

Almost all of the scenery here was the same, and if you didn't have any basic knowledge, you would easily get lost. But Laba wouldn't, because as long as your view at the top of the snowy mountain was wide enough, you would surely see several landmarks that could tell you whether you were going in circles or not. And at night, the starry sky here was especially bright. The Milky Way never traversed the sky so clearly, and all kinds of constellations and stars could help guide you, so Laba wasn't worried.