The Himalayas are the natural boundary mountains between the East Asian continent and the South Asian subcontinent, and also the natural borders between China and India, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan and other countries.
From Nanga Parbat in Kashmir in the west to Namjagbarwa in the big bend of the Yarlung Zangbo River in the east, it is 2,450 kilometers long and 200 to 350 kilometers wide.
The height of this mountain range is well known to the world, and its vast geographical area can also match it.
Conquering such mountains with two legs requires not only courage, but also matching physical fitness, technology and equipment.
And in such a mountainous area, to use two legs to chase down a strange and fierce creature with a reputation, it must be the most professional team to try.
After breakfast in the hotel, Anne came to the hotel lobby early, sat on the sofa in the lobby, and waited for the other members of the team to come down and assemble.
It's not that other people are arrogant, but relatively speaking, Anne's equipment is the simplest, and it's quick to prepare.
Her equipment, the most important is actually a pair of leather gloves and a handful of silk.
Celestial silk is still entangled in Anne's hair, which cannot be seen by visual inspection.
Only when Anne's hair occasionally shimmers under the strong light can she see some clues.
Miao Guangqi has been taking care of the Su family's Huanling xenomorph silkworm.
In fact, the Su family's heterogeneous silkworms were on the verge of extinction twenty years ago.
It was Miao Guangqi who relied on gene cloning technology to continue this species. However, at present, it is difficult to find a wild population and cannot improve the species. Therefore, the qualified silkworm silk in Anne's hand has not been enough.
Every once in a while, Miao Guangqi will send over qualified and usable silkworms, so now Anne has more silkworms than when she was in the Outer Xing'an Mountains.
However, the hunters of the Su family used the heterogeneous natural silk to "paint the prison" or "cut" it, but they used to not use gloves.
Because no matter how good the gloves are, they can't prevent the cutting of the alien silk. Once the technique is not skilled, it will be injured when it should be injured.
Wearing gloves will actually affect the feel.
The gloves on Anne's hands are actually the same, and they have no actual protective effect.
It was just that when she first started practicing, Miao Guangqi asked her to wear a pair of gloves and accompanied her personally.
And the time when this pair of gloves was cut was the reaction time Miao Guangqi reserved for himself to protect Anne.
As a result, now Anne actually won't hurt herself by mistake, but she has developed the feel of wearing gloves, and she is not used to not wearing gloves.
Now, looking at the gloves on her hand in the hotel lobby, Anne will unconsciously think of her mentor.
He was both a strict father and a patient mentor to Anne.
Anne has always considered herself very lucky to have grown up under his care.
But now, following the case of the two strange creatures, Anne has more and more questions about this mentor in her mind.
When getting along with Lin Shuo, because her attention was on this man, she could temporarily put other things behind her.
But when he is alone, such as in the hotel lobby now, this kind of scary thought will come out unconsciously.
The experimental base she wasn't allowed to enter, the group of people she wasn't allowed to see, and things she didn't know until now...
Suspicions and doubts slowly grew in Anne's heart, which tortured her conscience.
So now, even if she had only been separated from Lin Shuo for less than twenty minutes, she still missed him a little.
If this man was by her side, she wouldn't think about it.
"sister!"
Calling in front of her, Anne raised her head and saw a handsome boy.
After getting along for several months, Zhang Jin's language barrier remains the same, and he can't speak a whole sentence, but he has become very proficient in two words and can blurt them out.
One is "Sister" and the other is "Uncle", which are called Anne and Lin Shuo respectively.
Later, Lin Shuo told Anne about the young man wearing a funeral uniform in the Altai Mountains, which made Anne feel that she was too incompetent as a sister.
So after returning from the Altai Mountains, Anne bought Zhang Jin's clothes for him.
It's the same with what he's wearing now.
This is a set of equipment for outdoor mountaineering. It is mainly practical. It is actually ordinary in appearance, and it is compact and neat.
But Zhang Jin himself is a handsome guy. The young man is 1.8 meters tall. Standing in front of Anne, he is tall and tall, with sword eyebrows and star eyes.
Except that the Tang knife behind him looks a little disharmonious, there is nothing wrong with it, just two words, eye-catching.
Anne nodded in satisfaction: "You look like an adult."
Zhang Jin seemed dissatisfied with the comment, pouted, and sat down next to Anne in silence.
After Zhang Jin, it was Wei Xingshan who came to the hotel lobby.
This strong man went out like a coolie, with a sixty-liter bag on his back, stuffed to the brim.
In addition to this, he was also carrying two large black leather suitcases, each of which was about the same size as the big bag behind him.
Anne knew that it contained ammunition, and she couldn't show it in the hotel, so Wei Xingshan came down with the package.
"Hey! Our leaders and masters of Liemen, haven't you come down yet?" Wei Xingshan came to Anne, looked around, put the box at his feet, and sat down on the sofa.
The three sat on the sofa, staring at the direction of the elevator, waiting for the last two to come down.
In the end, when he didn't pay attention, Lin Shuo appeared beside him.
Seeing the huge wooden box behind Lin Shuo, Anne remembered that Mr. Zhui was too heavy and too big to walk in the elevator.
Lin Shuo walked down from the eighteenth floor of the hotel through the stairwell.
"Oh, it's rare!" Wei Xingshan said, "You, Old Lin, are actually not the last one."
There is nothing wrong with Wei Xingshan's complaints, because in the past, Lin Shuo was always the last one to show up when they got together.
At first Wei Xingshan thought he was putting on airs, but later he found out that he was actually doing maintenance for Lord Zhui in his room.
Although Zhui Ye is not an ordinary recurve bow, it is a weapon in the final analysis.
But all weapons must be maintained.
Otherwise, this giant bow has been passed down from the Sui and Tang Dynasties, even if it is not bad now, its accuracy cannot be guaranteed.
Moreover, Lin Shuo's maintenance, as well as a set of rituals passed down by the Lin family since ancient times, took half an hour back and forth.
So in the past, Lin Shuo was always the last one to show up whenever he brought Master Chaser into the mountains.
Unexpectedly, today, there is another one who is later than him.
That is Cao Yusheng.
Lin Shuo put the wooden box on the ground and sat on the sofa.
Wei Xingshan quickly took out a pack of cigarettes from his coat pocket, and presented it to Lin Shuo.
The two smoked slowly, but Cao Yusheng still didn't get out of the cigarette until they finished smoking one.
"Would you like to remind me?" Wei Xingshan asked tentatively, "Could it be that my uncle fell asleep again?"
"No." Lin Shuo shook his head, "This is a business, but those of us in the hunting gate will never play such a joke when doing business."
"Then why is it taking so long?"
"Didn't I say it before? Lin Zhang Xiuli, Cao Miao Borrowing Objects, Yunsu Lian Shen, these are the cultivation methods of the six of us." Lin Shuo explained, "The methods are different, and the preparations before going out are also different. up.
The most trouble-free Yun family and Su family can leave as soon as they say.
Our Lin family and Zhang family need a little time, and our weapons need to be maintained or polished to ensure that our weapons are in the best condition.
The most troublesome ones are the Cao family and the Miao family.
The Miao family mainly buys bottles and cans. It will take a long time to ponder what to bring today.
For the Cao family, there are even more things to worry about. The selection and maintenance of various tools and mechanisms are all things. "
"Hey, there's no way to hold Buddha's feet temporarily!" Wei Xingshan curled his lips, "Can't we prepare in advance?"
Lin Shuo glanced at Wei Xingshan, "When was your sniper's gun calibrated?"
As soon as Lin Shuo asked these words, Wei Xingshan understood.
In the army, the sniper's gun must be recalibrated and tested before performing the mission, otherwise the error will be too large and the bullet will go off.
And the time for this gun calibration should be closer to the mission, the better, because the accuracy will be higher.
Therefore, no matter whether Lin Shuo or Cao Yusheng, the preparations were not to be cramped temporarily, but to ensure to the greatest extent that the guy in his hand could be called and used at the critical moment.
"Also, it wasn't until this morning that we confirmed that the target of this hunt is the white-headed flying corpse." Anne also said at this time, "So it's normal for Patriarch Cao to need more time to prepare."
"Hey, Lao Lin." Wei Xingshan asked at this time, "What is in that sandalwood box of our uncle's?"
"I don't know." Lin Shuo shook his head, "If it was fifteen years ago, I would probably know what was in the Cao family's box. My father told me before.
There are two things that a hunter of the inheritance of the main line of the Cao family must bring. One is a compass, and the other is a stick.
Back then, the Cao family was stronger than the average person, but weaker than the other hunters. They were mainly good at Qimen Dunjia and Hetu Luoshu, and they also had a hand-held secret technique.
In the past, if the hunters of the Su family could not find any useful information on the spot, it would be up to the Cao family to use Qimen Dunjia and Hetu Luoshu to figure it out.
As for whether the calculation is reliable or not, I have never experienced it myself. Anyway, when my father led the hunting team before, he didn't rely on the Cao family to do the calculation. He doesn't believe in such things.
He invited the Cao family to form a team, mainly because of their white-headed flying corpses and secret organs.
As far as the flying corpse is concerned, it is really easy to use.
They are good at scouting and killing enemies, but if there is a flying corpse in the team, the hunters will be very relaxed.
Right now, the main line of the Cao family has been cut off, and the inheritance has also been burned.
I really don't know what's in the Cao family's box now.
But back then, my father admired the current Patriarch Cao very much.
I guess the things in his box will not disappoint us. "
After Lin Shuo finished speaking, everyone waited for another half an hour. It was already ten o'clock in the morning, and it was almost time for lunch.
Wei Xingshan didn't think it was a big deal: "Why don't I go and have a look, and I'll open my eyes by the way. I'm Lin Shuo's big disciple, so my uncle won't treat me like an outsider."
"Okay, let's go." Lin Shuo waved his hand.
In fact, Lin Shuo also felt that the timing was indeed a little abnormal.
Before going downstairs, Lin Shuo passed by Cao Yusheng's room. At that time, the door was closed, and Lin Shuo could hear the clang and clang inside, probably he was packing his things.
It's an hour younger now, and it stands to reason that no matter how many things there are, they should be packed.
Not long after Wei Xingshan went up, the phone in Anne's arms rang.
The woman took out the phone to look at the number, and frowned slightly: "Wei Xingshan's number."
Lin Shuo's heart skipped a beat, knowing that something was wrong.
Sure enough, as soon as Anne answered the phone, she bounced off the sofa:
"Lin Shuo, Patriarch Cao has passed out."