At first, the path they walked was smooth, but as they went deeper, the road they took was simply like a path in the heavens.
It was a small path on a cliff, the whole path could only pass one person.
Plus, the cold wind was fierce in the snowy mountains, with snow swirling, and the visibility was only a few meters.
“Ah!”
After a scream came, one of the guides slipped and fell.
Fortunately, Zhang Bei was quick-witted and grabbed him.
“Thank you, Boss!”
The two spoke in broken Mandarin, but fortunately, it was understandable.
You know, as members of the Zhang family, they had to learn languages from all over the world, and if they were diligent enough, they would even know English.
“It's okay!”
Zhang Bei patted him on the shoulder and said.
But this patting revealed the knife and gun hidden at the man's waist.
Just for guiding, he was carrying these weapons, this was not a normal road.
Moreover, it was hidden so deeply, which made Zhang Bei wary of the two.
“Boss, we can't go any further.”
The leader at the front said.
Xiao Ge asked, “Why?”
“Up ahead is the heart of the snowy mountain, it is said that there are ghosts in the snowy mountain.” The leader said.
The other one also followed and said: “Yes, yes, it's very difficult in this snowy mountain, those who enter can't come back.
They can only stay here.”
“Ghosts? People are more terrifying than ghosts.” Zhang Bei said.
The two looked at Zhang Bei with some confusion, not knowing what he meant.
“The human heart is unpredictable, the human heart is the easiest to change, living people are more terrifying than ghosts.” Zhang Bei said in a flat tone.
As the words fell, Zhang Bei immediately moved, with one capture, he snatched the gun and knife from the man in front of him.
The leader saw this and immediately wanted to draw his own weapon.
But it was snatched away with ease.
“You!” The two were shocked.
Zhang Bei said: “Just for guiding, these things are ours for safekeeping.”
He then put away the weapons, Xiao Ge was very straightforward and simply discarded them.
“Keeping these things will make your hearts go astray, won't it?” Xiao Ge said.
Looking at the discarded gun and knife, the leader was afraid but also heartbroken.
These days, it was easy to buy a gun, but it also required money.
“You... we can't go any further.”
The leader was about to lose his temper but saw Xiao Ge and Zhang Bei's cold eyes and quickly changed the topic.
“Why?” Zhang Bei asked.
The leader said: “Our elders have all said that even ghosts are afraid of the things in the heart of the snowy mountain.
So we can only take you here.”
“Alright! Since it's only halfway, then you have to return the deposit to us.” Zhang Bei smiled and said.
The two guides were immediately anxious.
“How can that be?” The man said hurriedly.
Zhang Bei sneered and said: “Sometimes being too greedy is not a good thing.”
“That, that's not what we meant, it's just that the road ahead is too difficult to walk.
We didn't know you were going that far before, so you have to pay extra.”
The other man hurriedly said to Zhang Bei.
“Okay!”
Unexpectedly, Xiao Ge agreed very easily.
Zhang Bei was a little helpless, but he didn't refute Xiao Ge.
“One bag per person, if you don't want to, you can return the deposit to us.” Zhang Bei said.
The two were overjoyed and finally agreed to continue guiding.
Zhang Bei knew these two were actually trying to rob and kill.
But after being exposed, they changed their strategy, simply put, they were greedy.
But the heart of the snowy mountain was vast, they wanted to find the lake Xiao Ge had mentioned.
They could only rely on these people who were familiar with the snowy mountain.
If it were normal times, Zhang Bei would give them a bone massage service.
Without any objection, the four continued to walk along the path on the cliff.
But they hadn't walked long, they saw several people sitting on the cliff ahead.
“Those seem to be people?” The leader said.
Xiao Ge told him to lean against the wall and he walked in front.
They soon came to the side of those people.
These people had already been frozen into ice sculptures, but looking at the time of their death, it wasn't very long.
“Strange, usually no one comes here, why is it becoming so popular now?” The leader said.
Zhang Bei asked: “Do you know these people?”
“I haven't seen them, they look like foreigners, I just don't know where they're from.” The leader said.
At this time, Xiao Ge had already opened a backpack.
“Denassians.” Xiao Ge said.
The two seemed to understand, but didn't seem to understand.
“They're from the beautiful country.” Zhang Bei said.
The two then realized, but how did this group of people appear here?
“Boss, how do you know?” The leader asked.
Xiao Ge said: “I met them before, I guided them before.”
People they had only met before were now ice sculptures, which was quite surprising.
These people had some useful things on them, so the group didn't waste them.
Anyway, these people were already dead, it would be a waste to leave these things here.
But Xiao Ge was still looking for something, he soon found a notebook.
The notebook was full of English, but it also had some different sheets of paper.
It seemed like someone had deliberately left something behind, and this person had obtained it and tucked it into the notebook.
“What's written on this line?”
Xiao Ge handed the sheet of paper to the leader.
The leader took a look and said: “The Night King of the snowy mountains.”
“Night King? What is that?” Zhang Bei asked.
The leader said: “That's the King of Hell of the snowy mountains, if the King of Hell says you die at the third watch, you have to die at the third watch.”
“Get it, I asked you what it is, not for you to tell me a proverb.” Zhang Bei was speechless.
The two scratched their heads, apparently they didn't know what this Night King was.
“Legend has it that no one has ever seen the Night King, it's like it's everywhere.”
In the end, the leader only gave this explanation.
Zhang Bei and Xiao Ge exchanged a glance, apparently the legend of the Night King here had been around for a long time.
But they had never seen what the Night King was.
“Let's go! We have to get down from here before dark, otherwise if the weather changes, we'll also turn into ice sculptures.”
The leader urged.
They were now on the edge of a cliff, with strong winds howling all around, and snow falling from the sky.
If the weather turned colder, the temperature up there would probably drop sharply.
So the group didn't linger on the cliff for long.
Finally, before nightfall, they came down from the cliff.
“This area ahead is a no-man's land, no one has been through here.
There are glaciers under the snow, and one wrong step can fall into the ice crevice.
So the merchants and foreigners in the past all walked along the mountains on the side.”
After getting down the mountain, the guide found them a cave.
Zhang Bei pretended to take a bundle of wood from behind, they had gotten used to it over these days.
This person often took out all sorts of supplies from his body, so they had long been accustomed to it.
“Why did they go into the snowy mountains?” Xiao Ge suddenly asked.
The guide said: “This is the border, they must be going for smuggling, you know.
But if we encounter them, we should pretend not to know, these people are mostly desperadoes.”
Smuggling was illegal at any time, and once caught, it was a serious crime.
Therefore, to avoid being reported, they would cruelly kill anyone who discovered them.
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