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Mao Xiaole sent a glare toward Wang Pengpai. It came as a shock to Wang Pengpai that he didn’t scold him. Wang Pengpai immediately knew that Mao Xiaole was in a temporary “happy mood.” Sure enough, Mao Xiaole walked around the base with his mobile phone and said happily, “The captain will definitely send me this time. I’ve suppressed my temper and finished the task well.
“Brother Wang, I have a hunch that Three Waters truly came to the Travel Services this time! Maybe I can meet him on this tour!”
“Are you sure? The lowest level tour that is around northern Tibet is Difficult-level, while Three Waters is a new tourist. He may not even be able to enter a Difficult-level tour,” Wang Pengpai deliberately said.
However, he only heard Mao Xiaole harrumph, obviously still in an elated mood. Inwardly, he tsked. Goodness, would Mao Xiaole’s prediction be accurate this time?
It had been a long time since the tour party had had a newcomer, and Wang Pengpai felt so idle that his balls ached. He was looking forward to a newcomer joining. Or maybe Three Waters couldn’t be considered a newcomer. After all, Mao Xiaole had been talking about him joining the tour party for five years. Therefore, even Wang Pengpai was quite familiar with this “Three Waters.” He imagined a smart, knowledgeable beauty who was easy to get along with. They should be a frail beauty who was good at churning out words. As soon as he heard Mao Xiaole’s description, he felt that Three Waters would get along well with Bai Xiaosheng.
“Hopefully they’re a very beautiful lady,” Wang Pengpai stated expectantly, “Our tour party is about to become a monk’s nest. Let’s have a fairy descend to earth to help all living beings, Amen.”
“Three Waters is a man,” Mao Xiaole spoke resolutely, “Although I didn’t speak to him through voice call, didn’t see a photo of him, and I didn’t ask his gender, I intuitively think he is a man!”
“Okay, okay. You’re definitely right,” Wang Pengpai said perfunctorily, “But do you remember that even if you can go on this tour, you aren’t going to see what Three Waters looks like. You’re going to look for the Shambhala Cave.”
“I know,” Mao Xiaole positively replied, “I wouldn’t tarry on official matters.”
The legend of Atlantis (Western Continent) had always been wide-spread in Europe. It was said that the continent of Atlantis had built a civilization that had made far more progress than any other part of the world at that time. The country was rich and powerful, and the people of Atlantis were a divine race with extraordinary abilities. After a major earthquake, the western continent had sunk, and the survivors of Atlantis had fled by boat. Some of them had separated by accident on the way to another continent. Half of the people who had managed to survive settled in Tibet and China, while half were exiled to India.
The pure Atlanteans who had settled in Tibet could not adapt to the harsh environment and gradually went extinct. Before their demise, they hid the wealth they had brought from Atlantis in a cave called Shambhala. Among them, the most precious treasure was the Earth Axis that was said to be able to reverse time, change human genes, and turn humans into “superhumans.”
In history, Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazis, had secretly sent out orders twice to his military to sneak into Tibet just to find the legendary Shambala Cave, find the Earth Axis, and change the outcome of the war. He had done this to create an immortal pure Aryan army. However, before the Shambhala Cave could be found, Germany was defeated, Adolf Hitler died, and World War II ended.
The Shambhala Cave had become an eternal mystery. It was said that Adolf Hitler had actually found the Shambhala Cave and left a video tape behind, but it was lost in the war.
Prior to this, the major tour parties and tour guides in the Asian region had generally believed that a 30th parallel north tour in the Asian region was likely to occur in India or China. After all, Atlantis in the western continent had been proved to be a 30th parallel north tour, and India and Tibet were related to Atlantis. These places were also very likely to have tours of the 30th parallel north.
All the Chinese had come to a consensus that the tour would likely be found on their own country’s soil. After all, the northern slope of Mount Everest in Tibet was located at the 30th parallel north, and there was also a legend of the Shambhala cave in Tibet. Although the Tusi King’s Tomb had been revealed to be a 30th parallel north tour, the attention of tourists and tour guides on the tours located at Tibet had not weakened.
This time, Dream Chaser sought out Mao Xiaole to seek cooperation with him. Dream Chaser had a video tape which was suspected to be the tape left behind by Adolf Hitler, and it was thought to be authentic. The Shambhala Cave might be hidden in the depths of the Lapulang Glacier in Changtang’s no man’s land.
——It should have been An Xuefeng who would work with him. A 30th parallel north tour was enough to induce An Xuefeng to act personally. However, it was said that Captain An had been in poor condition since he had come back from R’lyeh. He had killed Master Of Reaping Lives With Poison, showing that he was not only strong and powerful, but he was also currently in a manic state. Currently, he was extremely dangerous and his mental state was extremely unstable.
Wang Pengpai and Mao Xiaole knew that the captain’s situation was definitely not as bad as the rumors. Except for killing Master Of Reaping Lives With Poison, he had secluded himself to confuse some people. However, it was also true that An Xuefeng hadn’t slept for a minute since he came back. He had stayed upstairs all the time except that day, and he had only sent text messages to inform others of his orders.
The tourists were afraid the captain’s condition was really not very good.
This time, Dream Chaser would first go to the scenic spots to have a look, dragging along some of his old friends from the Homeward tour party. This secretive operation should not be revealed to others. What Mao Xiaole wanted to do was to hide his identity and enter a tour party that was embarking on a tour to northern Tibet. When the tour was over, he would leave the tour group and then gather with Dream Chaser at the agreed place.
When it was confirmed that the video tape was true and the Shambhala Cave was really in the Lapulang glacier, An Xuefeng would take action.
Everyone else was out doing other tasks, so the only people who could go this time were Mao Xiaole and Wang Pengpai. However, Wang Pengpai just messed up in Intoxicating Xiangxi. Mao Xiaole felt that he was almost 100% likely to be able to go on the tour this time!
“This will take me at least two months, so I’m afraid I’ll miss the livestream of III-250’s tour this time. Brother Wang, if you continue to perform well, maybe the captain will send you to his tour!”
Mao Xiaole was in a good mood and spoke in a kind manner.
“How can I? It’s Sister Cheng and Little Peng’s turn soon. Compared to the two of them, I’m just an uncouth fellow. Why would they send me on a tour again?”
Although Wang Pengpai acted modestly, the look in his eyes was bright. He thought carefully in his heart, “Hey, I am the only person in the tour party who has fought with III-250. Perhaps, perhaps the captain will really send me on the tour?”
“If that person is really III-250, their potential is really strong and terrifying. And his strong psychological control over others is horrifying.”
Wang Pengpai recalled the scenes in Intoxicating Xiangxi countless times. The more he thought about it, the more afraid he felt. However, it also aroused his fighting spirit. He wanted to fight with that III-250 again.
“You have cooperated with Dream Chaser before, and you can hide your strength. The captain should send you.”
“Brother Wang will perform well later, and the captain will see it.”
“No, no.”
“You will, you will.”
Mao Xiaole and Wang Pengpai flattered each other, both happy and imagining good things happening to them in their hearts. As a result, the next moment, their mobile phones received a text message at the same time.
When the text message prompt sounded, Mao Xiaole suddenly had an ominous feeling in his heart. And Wang Pengpai, who immediately opened the text message because his hand was quite agile, immediately cursed, “Fuck.” His eyes were wide open, and he couldn’t believe what he was seeing.
“Fuck, Kiddo Le, Captain, he’s going to Tibet?! Did I see that right!”
Mao Xiaole’s face collapsed and he wanted to delete the message on the spot. However, he didn’t dare to resist the captain’s decision. Finally, with shaking hands and tears in his eyes, he could only give the northern Tibet tour he had sensed that he was most likely to meet Three Waters on to the captain.
“Why is the captain so inhumane.”
After Mao Xiaole resisted the urge to flare up again and again, he still couldn’t restrain his inner emotions. Therefore, he went to Three Waters to seek comfort with a sad face. But what made him feel depressed enough that his feelings of sadness could overflow a river was that Three Waters left him on read. No updates, no text messages, no stickers. Mao Xiaole felt his entire body turn gray in sadness.
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When September 1st arrived, Wei Xun heard the prompt from the Travel Services as soon as he opened his eyes. He first looked at his current information.
[Tourist Information]
[Name: Wei Xun]
[Grade: Low]
[Titles Achieved:]
[A Wild Beast’s Psyche (Blue Title): Your esteemed self has the extraordinary talent to become a wild animal. When your esteemed self becomes a wild animal, your esteemed self will get rid of all negative statuses associated with your esteemed self’s human form]
[Strong Resentment Resistance (Green Title): From now on, strong resentment won’t kill you. You will only feel a hundred times more fear when looking at curses and resentment! Of course, you only have resistance against strong resentment. Ordinary resentment can still kill you~]
[Strong Toxin Resistance (Green Title): From now on, substances with high toxicity won’t kill you. You will only feel ten times more pain than the pain experienced in childbirth! Of course, you only have resistance to strong toxins. Ordinary poisons can still kill you~]
[Tourist (Green Title): When your esteemed self wears this title, you will become a tourist!]
[Title is being worn]
[Special items: Maria Butterfly fragment (1/4), ***’s climbing rope]
[Equipped pets: Mutated red and white flying squirrel]
[Customer type: Class Y special tourist]
Wei Xun dragged the title of [Tourist] to the last position. Only tour guides could obtain a list of tourists. And on the list, only the first two titles of the tourists would be displayed. By right, there should not be any spirits, ghosts, or monsters appearing in the difficult-level tour he had chosen.
Therefore, Wei Xun put [A Wild Beast’s Psyche] and the basically useless [Strong Resentment Resistance] in front, while [Strong Toxin Resistance] and the [Tourist] title that he wanted to keep a secret were last. There wasn’t a countdown to death, SAN value, or omen of death listed on the tourist interface. However, the SAN value would still affect Wei Xun.
After resting for 10 days at the base, Wei Xun’s SAN value had risen to 30. Even if he wore the [Tourist] title, he would occasionally see and hear visual and auditory illusions.
[Tourist Wei Xun, are you going to embark on the tour now?]
Experienced tourists could only prepare the items to bring and head to the gathering spot to wait for the commencement of the tour. Only newcomers would be transmitted to the gathering spot of the tour. Wei Xun stuffed his travel bag full of equipment into the young fox’s mouth. He only wore an outdoor jacket, trousers, climbing boots that stuck to his legs, a neck warmer around his neck, gloves, and goggles. He appeared like an ordinary tourist who was about to tour Tibet.
[Yes]
International Thriller Travel Services immediately sent the travel information.
[Itinerary information]
[Ruins of Xiangxiong Kingdom + Xiaolin Temple + Siling Lake + Qiangtang Nature Reserve, 12D11N, Exploring the Secrets of Northern Tibet, guided tour]
[Level: Difficult level]
[Group type: 15 person tour group, with an exclusive bus and tour guide]
[Tour guide: IV-1]
[Travel date: 9/1 Friday departure–9/12 Tuesday return]
[Tour Description:
It is said that there is a mysterious music instrument that can be found in the snowy mountains and holy lake of the northern Tibetan grassland. This instrument is made of eagle wing bones, a material that is extremely difficult to find. It is called “Dangyou” in the Tibetan language. It is said that the eagle flute can summon an eagle to transport dead spirits to the burial platform. Its source can be traced back to 1600 years ago in the Xiangxiong Kingdom. The kingdom used a Garuda bird as their totem, and practiced the mystifying Yungdrung Bon.
Are the true ruins of the Silver Palace in Garuda Valley, the capital of Xiangxiong Kingdom, or on the banks of the snowy mountain’s holy lake?
What secret is hidden by the Xiaolin Temple, where the monks of the Bon religion used to practice a mysterious art?
Is the original Yungdrung Bon Scripture written with blood from an eagle’s mouth really lost in the ghostly lake?
In this Exploring the Secrets of Northern Tibet 12D11N guided tour, we will follow the last descendent of the eagle flutists, entering the forbidden areas of northern Tibet to explore its unknown secrets]
Wei Xun opened his eyes and found himself in an off-road vehicle. Outside the window, everything was a patch of blue. It was so blue that Wei Xun felt the surroundings were about to leak out water.
This was the sky in Tibet.
[The tour begins. Today is the first day. Please wait patiently for other tourists and the tour guide to arrive]
[Have a nice trip]
The Travel Services’ broadcast ended. There was a strange silence permeating the vehicle, as if he was transported into a strange space. Wei Xun could hear his heart beat clearly, and a heavy and ominous breathing sound from the seat in the back.
Ha——Hoo——
Ha——Hoo——
This was not Wei Xun’s misperception. It was actually hot. A waft of breath from a beast fell on the back of Wei Xun’s neck, and he felt a sense of crisis. It morphed into an electric shock-like sensation tingling from the back of his neck, and a chill rushed up to his head.
Wei Xun was very calm as he turned around.
In this instant, his eyes met a beast’s dark and ferocious blood-colored pupils.
The author has something to say:
A new tour has commenced! The gong is here on this tour!
I checked a lot of information. Although my writing ability is not very good, I will try my best to write it well! You guys don’t have to connect what is written with reality, just treat it as if everything is made up by me!
These are the reference book and documentaries I read when I was writing Xiangxi!
First: <<The Mysterious and Big Xiangxi>>: A systematic and complete record of many folk knowledge in Xiangxi, a very interesting book!
<<Miao And Dong Culture—Guizhou>>: Miao and Dong folk customs
<<Authentic Scenery Of Guizhou>>
<<Authentic Scenery Of Xiangxi>>
Documentary:
<<Xiangxi>>
<<The Last Corpse Chaser>>
<<Wizard’s Deception>>
<<Exploring the Myth of Cthulhu>>
<<Retaining Skills>>
<<Looking for Craft>>
It’s all great! I’ve also read a lot of books and documentaries about Northern Tibet this time. I’ll put them up when I’m finished with them!