Chapter 105 Ajin Mountains
Su Xiaofan grows up so big, in fact, he seldom leaves Luochuan City. The farthest place he has traveled in his life is Yanjing.
Su Xiaofan, who used to be poor only with bicycles, let alone go out by car, so everything on the road is a brand new experience for him.
After running on the high speed for more than ten hours and entering Daqing Province, the number of vehicles has decreased significantly, and the trees on both sides of the road have also become thinner.
However, the sky above was getting bluer and bluer. A few white clouds floated by and reflected on the lake in the distance. The scene was like an oil painting, which made Su Xiaofan feel refreshed.
Su Xiaofan planned to take another long trip when he came back, so he didn't stop much on the road and drove directly into Dajiang Province.
Entering Dajiang Province, the scenery changed suddenly. The boundless desert in front of the eyes was like the sea, with yellow sand everywhere, giving people an extremely barren feeling.
The roads are often covered with yellow sand. If it weren't for the Gobi on the other side, I'm afraid it would be easy to get lost in this desert.
Su Xiaofan is going to Qianghuang County, which is actually not far from Daqing Province. In order to see the Gobi Desert, Su Xiaofan deliberately took a detour and did not enter from the junction of Daqing Province and Qianghuang County.
The barrenness of the desert is the kind of barrenness that makes people feel lonely in their hearts.
Not only is there no life in the eyes, but after a long time, even the journey becomes lonely, which makes people have the urge to open the car window and call out loudly.
Su Xiaofan naturally wouldn't suppress his inner impulse, so when he opened the window, he was poured a mouthful of yellow sand.
Little Tiger Cat likes this environment very much.
When Su Xiaofan parks occasionally, he will get into the sand or the gravel of the Gobi, and when he comes out, he will often bring Su Xiaofan some surprises.
It may be that there is hatred in the blood. Whether it is a sand snake that is very similar to the color of yellow sand, or a highly poisonous desert cobra, there is no power to fight back under the sharp claws of the little tiger cat.
Duobao is not picky eaters at all, and he has always been content with the prey he kills.
Su Xiaofan did not stop Duobao from doing this.
In his opinion, city life has already suppressed the tiger cat's nature. Apart from not hurting others, Su Xiaofan didn't give Duobao any restrictions.
Seems to be honing his hunting skills. From snakes to lizards, from hares to foxes, Duobao hunts larger and larger prey.
Su Xiaofan found that at this time, Duobao's body size was already larger than that of an ordinary domestic cat. Its body had grown to about 50 centimeters, but it was still half smaller than its mother.
But the sharp claws hidden in Duobao's thick fleshy foot pads are more than ten centimeters long. When they stretch out, they are like sharp daggers, slashing across the prey's throat briskly.
Fortunately, when Duobao began to harm the wild donkeys on the Gobi, Su Xiaofan's car also drove out of the Gobi and came to Qianghuang County.
Located on the edge of the Karama Desert, the city of Qianghuang County seems to be infected by the desert, the colors appear a bit monotonous, and the architectural style in the city is also different from the city Su Xiaofan lives in.
Dial out the phone number given by Tong Dongjie, Su Xiaofan made an appointment with the person on the phone to meet.
"Mr. Su, my name is Harik, I'm the branch manager of Yanjing in Dajiang Province. The company arranged for me to pick you up. This is Batur, my colleague..."
At the entrance of a hotel with only five floors, Su Xiaofan met the people who came to greet him.
The other party is a middle-aged man in his forties, with a straight nose, and his pupils don't seem to be black. He should be a native of Dajiang Province.
The one following Hallik was a young man in his twenties, not tall, but very strong, and he looked like a local.
"Hello, Uncle Harik, Batur, I'm sorry to trouble you this time."
Su Xiaofan took out two boxes of wine from the trunk, and said: "This is a local wine produced in our area. It is not well-known and has a high degree. Bring it to Uncle Halike to taste."
Su Xiaofan lacked the experience of going out, but Zheng Dagang was an old fritter. After knowing that he was going to Dajiang Province, Zheng Dagang went to the winery in Luochuan and bought him seven or eight boxes of undiluted puree wine.
In the words of Zheng Dagang, rely on your parents at home and friends when you go out.
Although Su Xiaofan’s trip was arranged by someone, it’s not surprising that there are so many people. Being able to make good friends with the locals will definitely help Su Xiaofan’s itinerary.
"Thank you, my friend, we all like to drink high alcohol here."
Sure enough, after Su Xiaofan took out the drink, Halike's attitude suddenly changed, "Su, do you want to wash up and rest first, or go to eat first? I have already opened the hotel and arranged the restaurant!"
Halik doesn't care about the weight of the gift, but Su Xiaofan's attitude.
He came here from the capital of Dajiang Province to receive him because of work, but after gaining Su Xiaofan's respect, he regarded Su Xiaofan as a friend.
"Let's wash up first, I drank a lot of sand along the way."
Su Xiaofan was not too polite, immediately took a backpack with a change of clothes, greeted Duobao, and followed Halike into the hotel.
The appearance of the little tiger cat made Halike and Batur couldn't help staring a few more times. They had seen many people traveling with pet dogs, but Su Xiaofan was the first one to bring a cat.
Su Xiaofan took the card and went upstairs, Halike and Batur were waiting for him in the hotel lobby.
Without making the people below wait any longer, Su Xiaofan simply took a shower, changed his clothes, and went downstairs.
Qianghuang County is not big, the hotel where Su Xiaofan stayed is the most prosperous place in the county, so it is not far from the place to eat, just a few minutes' walk away.
Su Xiaofan still carried a bag, but it contained treasures. It is very common to walk a dog in the city, but if you walk a cat, it might attract onlookers.
"Su, this is our local ethnic restaurant. I don't want a private room, because the private room can't see the characteristics of the hotel."
After entering the restaurant, Halike asked for a booth for four people, and introduced it to Su Xiaofan: "When there are more people, there will be a song and dance performance."
"Thank you, Uncle Harik, I will try the wine I brought later."
Before he left, Su Xiaofan unpacked a case of wine from the car, and brought four bottles over. Others treat guests with wine, this is what Brother Gang specifically told him.
Halik ordered all local specialties, that is, eating large pieces of meat and drinking in large bowls, which was in line with Su Xiaofan's temper, and the atmosphere on the wine table was very lively.
The meat-eating Duobao amazed Halike and Batur, but they didn't say much, and focused on the wine.
"Su, I heard that you are here this time to look for meteorites?"
After drinking a bottle of wine, Halike and Su Xiaofan also became acquainted.
"Yes, but I'm looking for that kind of rare meteorite."
Su Xiaofan nodded, this was his purpose this time, there is no need to hide it.
"Then I want to give you a suggestion."
Halik thought for a while, and said: "A lot of meteorites fall in DJI every year, and half of them are in places like the Gobi Desert.
If the relevant department detects it, they will send people to pick it up. Even if there are any omissions, they will be picked up by those meteorite hunters. It is very difficult to find meteorites there. "
Su Xiaofan nodded, he knew that Halike hadn't finished speaking.
"There is another place where many meteorites fall, but no one will collect the meteorites that fall there, and meteorite hunters will not go there."
Halik is engaged in tourism development in DJI. It can be said that no one is more familiar with the mountains and rivers of DJI than he.
"That place is the Ajin Mountains. Because of the high altitude and cold climate, even if a meteorite is detected falling, the relevant departments will not go there..."
Halik introduced the situation of the Ajin Mountains to Su Xiaofan.
The Ajin Mountains start in the southeast of Qianghuang County and extend to the junction of Daqing Province and the Kunlun Mountains, with an average height of 3,000 to 4,000 meters. But the highest peak is as high as 6161 meters.
The Ajin Mountains are dry and rainless. The winter is long and cold, and the summer is very short. Generally, the snow starts to freeze in mid-September. The ice and snow period lasts for nine months. Even if you go up now, the nighttime temperature is below zero.
"Actually, there are many meteorites falling in Rob's no man's land, but that place is under control, and no one is allowed to enter now."
Halik mentioned another place name. According to him, although Rob is famous and known as the place of death, it is safer than the Ajin Mountains.
"Control? There should be a space crack." Hearing Halike's words, Su Xiaofan knew it. He remembered hearing his master say that there was a medium-to-large space crack in that place.
"Let's go to the Ajin Mountains, Uncle Harik, can you provide me with a map?"
Su Xiaofan settled down, with his current physique, as long as he doesn't encounter an extremely harsh natural environment like an avalanche, Su Xiaofan thinks it's not a big problem.
Halik shook his head and said: "The compass will lose its sense of direction everywhere. Only those who are familiar with it can enter and exit safely, but it is also easy to encounter danger."
"Aka, I'll go with Su!"
Batur, who kept his head down while drinking and not talking much, suddenly raised his head and said, "I've been there, I've been to the most dangerous Devil's Valley, I can bring Su out."
"Well, don't go too deep, the danger is not too great, but you must not go to Devil's Valley."
Halike nodded, and said to Su Xiaofan: "Batur is the son of my good brother. They used to live at the junction of the Ajin Mountains and the Kunlun Mountains. Later, when my brother had an accident in the Devil's Valley, Batur came out. work with me."
"Huh? What's going on? Are there really devils in Devil's Valley?"
Su Xiaofan was a little curious. He had seen the introduction of Devil’s Valley on the Internet, and knew that the place was regarded by the locals as a forbidden area with devils, filled with a terrifying atmosphere, and there were many mysterious legends about “devils” circulating in the local area.
"My father chased a group of sheep that entered the Devil's Valley, and never came out again." Batur didn't have much sadness on his face. People strayed into the Devil's Valley every year, but his father's luck was just bad.
"Maybe it's another place with space cracks." Su Xiaofan thought to himself in his heart.
"Batur, I will pay you according to the highest salary of a tour guide." Since the other party is willing to accompany him on adventures, Su Xiaofan will naturally not be stingy with some money.
"Su, no need, our company will pay for Batur."
"Su, you are a friend, and I don't take money." Batur's Chinese is average, which is why he doesn't speak much.
"Okay, then let's rest for the night and leave early tomorrow morning." Su Xiaofan didn't say much, sometimes you don't have to give money for rewards, it depends on what Batur needs.
After talking about things, the atmosphere on the wine table became more and more enthusiastic. Four bottles of wine were drunk by three people, and they also watched a national performance with singing and dancing.
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"Batur, do you drive too?"
Early the next morning, Su Xiaofan looked at Batur who was driving an off-road vehicle at the entrance of the hotel, and couldn't help being stunned for a moment. He originally planned to drive his own car to the Ajin Mountains.
"Two cars are safer. If one of them breaks down, the other car will guarantee you to get out." Halike, who came to see him off, explained to Su Xiaofan.
Moreover, the equipment and supplies for this trip were all loaded on Batur's off-road vehicle. In addition to tent food and other materials, there were also four large metal buckets, all of which were diesel.
In addition, Hallik also brought Su Xiaofan an advanced metal detector, which can detect metal objects within five meters underground.
"Batur has a gun in his car. After entering the Ajin Mountains, put one in your car."
Halik lowered his voice and said to Su Xiaofan: "The mountain is very dangerous, there are people besides wild beasts, you must listen to Batur's arrangement."
"Okay, Uncle Harik, don't worry."
Su Xiaofan nodded. As the saying goes, there are specializations in martial arts. He doesn't think he can do anything after practicing the exercises. Professional matters should be left to professional people.
Halik also gave Su Xiaofan a walkie-talkie. In most places in the Ajin Mountains, two cars can use this walkie-talkie to communicate.
After the car left Qianghuang County, it drove towards the southeast.
In the first three or four hours, there were still roads. After driving for about 200 kilometers, the road basically disappeared, and the car was driving on the gravel of the Gobi.
The temperature is also getting lower and lower. When I came out of the county, it was still fifteen or six degrees, but when I arrived here, it dropped to seven or eight degrees.
In the distance, rolling mountains can already be seen, and the towering snow-capped mountains stand upright in the clouds. It seems that only these two cars are left in the world.
Using the walkie-talkie to call Batur, Su Xiaofan stopped the car.
"Su, you can't stay overnight here, go further..."
Batur got out of the car and said in blunt Chinese: "Wolf, there are wolves here!"
Su Xiaofan waved his hand and said, "Not overnight, let's search here to see if there are any meteorites!"
"I'm going to get the instrument."
Baltu turned around to get the metal detector, but was held back by Su Xiaofan, that thing is suitable for use on flat ground, but not suitable for places full of gravel.
Running the kung fu, letting the true energy flow in the eyes, Su Xiaofan used the technique of observing the energy to check on the ground.
Su Xiaofan has observed rare meteorites before, and there is a very special layer of fluorescence on the surface, which can be seen with the technique of observing the air.
What's more, Su Xiaofan still has a recovery system, but if he uses the recovery system to observe, there will be a lot of messy information brushed in his mind, which is not as easy to use as the art of observing qi.
Taking the car as the center, Su Xiaofan walked more than 300 meters with his head down, and he found two iron meteorites, but these two meteorites cannot increase the repair value.
"Well, it's so small?" Just when Su Xiaofan expanded the search range to 500 meters, he suddenly found a meteorite that was only the size of a grain of rice.
If it weren't for the more eye-catching fluorescence emitted by the meteorite, Su Xiaofan really couldn't find such a small meteorite particle.
"Perhaps the meteorite hit the ground and shattered." Su Xiaofan had read a lot of knowledge about meteorites.
Knowing that although some meteorites can enter the earth through the atmosphere, most of them will be crushed into powder by the huge impact and impact force at the moment of landing. The particle he picked up in the palm of his hand should be like this.
【Repair value: 11 points! 】
【Martian Meteorite: Absorbable! 】
"Absorb!" Without the slightest hesitation, Su Xiaofan directly absorbed the Martian meteorite in his palm.
【Repair value: 13 points! 】
A piece of information appeared in Su Xiaofan's mind. Although it only increased by two points, it still made Su Xiaofan's face happy.
Facts have proved that Su Xiaofan's thinking is correct. He believes that as long as he continues to search patiently, the huge Ajin Mountains and Gobi Desert will bring him rich rewards.
But Su Xiaofan's luck was not so good later on. After searching for two or three hours, Su Xiaofan failed to find the rare meteorite.
But Su Xiaofan found three or four pieces of iron meteorites and stone meteorites, and they don't know when they fell here. The erosion of wind, sand and rain made their appearance very similar to the stones in the Gobi Desert.
He came here in the name of looking for meteorites, Su Xiaofan threw all these meteorites into the car, and was sleeping in the car. The tiger cat came over to sniff it, and then lay back on the ground uninterested.
"Su, we have to go, it's getting dark soon." Just when Su Xiaofan wanted to expand the search area, Batur walked over with a serious face.
"Okay, let's go now." Su Xiaofan nodded, since Batur had a place to camp, he didn't want to stay in the wild.
Started the car, and the two cars continued to drive forward. After about an hour, it was only after four o'clock in the afternoon, and the sky was completely dark.
"In front, there is a house, abandoned." As if worried that Su Xiaofan would be afraid, Batur communicated with Su Xiaofan on the walkie-talkie.
"Batur, there is a fire ahead."
Su Xiaofan's six senses have been opened, and his eyes can see farther than Batur. At this moment, he found that there was a fire dancing in the night ahead.
Batur's reaction was quick, he stopped the car immediately, picked up the binoculars and began to observe.
"Two cars parked outside, not herdsmen!" Batur rolled down the window and handed a gun to Su Xiaofan.
"Poachers, or, explorers, climbers!"
Batur is not sure about the other party's identity now, but it is nothing more than these types of people.
As for meteorite hunters, they will not come here. The extremely cold weather and uncertain income keep meteorite hunters out.
"There used to be a military station, and it was abandoned." Batur was explaining to Su Xiaofan the origins of the stone houses over there.
"Go over, stay, be safe!"
Batur pointed to the place where the fire appeared, and said that if you camp in the wild, you will encounter unimaginable dangers at night.
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