[Bottle Evil] Snowy Illusion

Nine months ago, Tibet, Medog.

The night in the snow-capped mountains was not easy. The two who had just stepped into this snowy area rushed here overnight, and their physical strength was slightly exhausted.

In Medog, there are eight months of heavy snow in a year, and when the snow is heavy, it is very difficult to get in and out.Thin air, flying snow, everything other than man is the enemy of life.

The snow season is about to enter, and this won't be a peaceful winter, just like four years ago, both of them know what kind of storm will be hidden deep in the quiet snow mountain.

Early the next morning, the two rushed to the local "post office".The post office here is said to be a post office, but it is actually a private one. When someone wants to leave Medog, they will bring a package by the way and find the real post office outside.Although it is not particularly safe, but at least the time limit is guaranteed.

The furnishings inside the post office are quite old. The wall paint used to be light green. After a few years, the light green has faded even more, and it is almost invisible.

"It's still there." The woman pointed to an oil painting on the wall that had peeled off a lot.

"It probably feels good, and I think it's good." The man smiled, handed a package of things to be sent to the staff here, and turned around, "We have to go find him."

It was a very ordinary oil painting, it was not made by anyone, and the painting was very poor.In the oil painting, there is the peak of Karrenci Snow Mountain. The peak shows a grayish-yellow color in the light of sunrise or sunset, which is solemn and shocking.

Of course, the focus of the two people's attention is not the snow mountain, but a person standing in the mountain.

The person in the painting is dressed in a Lama suit and a Tibetan robe on the lower body. His eyes looking into the distance reveal a light but profound meaning.Against the background of the snow-capped mountains, amidst the radiance, it seems to have come from a distant and unknown place, passing through this world without ever really existing.

Because of this person, this painting has a special meaning in their eyes.

The two didn't stay long, but went straight to a lama temple on a distant mountain peak, where they were waiting for someone to arrive.

The Lama Temple is a silver-white building, hidden in the silver-white snow-capped mountains. After the two lived in the Lama Temple for more than ten days, the person they wanted to meet still did not show up. Fortunately, neither of them is impatient. It's not hard at all, or even good at it.

The man showed slight emotional fluctuations because of a dream.

The dream was not pleasant, and even had some ominous meaning.

On a vast white snow field, there is a person on the other side, and he is also alone, one-on-one.This seems to be a fair duel, but the opponent is in the dark and he is in the light. The opponent has been planning and lurking for a long time, and for him it is a sneak attack.

The man kicked out his right leg and hit the opponent's waist.The other party dodged swiftly, and waved his hands straight to his face.

The silver-white snow in the snow was very reflective, and the other party was still wearing a white down jacket, covering his face. Of course, it didn't matter to look at his face. This was the enemy who was attacking, and all he had to do was survive.

What the hell age is this, and you still have to fight in hand-to-hand combat!He cursed secretly.

The opponent flashed a dagger backhand.

Dry!You have me but not!

The opponent's skill is not bad, he must have undergone rigorous training, and he is likely to be a member of the core part of the family.

And this confrontation may be the first face-to-face confrontation between the two sides in nearly a century or even longer.

For a long time, the enemy has been hiding in the secret place like a shadow.No, I haven't even seen a shadow. The enemy is more like air, unable to capture, but always lurking around.

The man felt nervous like never before, but it didn't mean he wasn't a calm and good fighter.It is really because his family has experienced too many hardships under the shadow of the enemy in front of them. Behind this tension are more indescribable emotions.

His family members are all surnamed Zhang, and his name is Zhang Haike.

Zhang Haike's branch of the Zhang family is almost independent of the closed system of the Zhang family in the mainland.Their branch has been very stable until the Zhang family completely disintegrated, and they have developed quite well overseas.Their feelings for the inland family are complicated. Although the Zhang family no longer exists, they still maintain a very close relationship with the fragments of the inland Zhang family.

This situation continued for a long time until they discovered that there was an invisible force that, after breaking up the Zhang family, began to erase them from history.

Zhang Haike and the others started to investigate, and discovered various strange situations, including the involvement of the old Jiumen and their patriarch——Zhang Qiling.

And the most important thing is that they finally discovered the existence of the enemy. The manipulator of a vast net has controlled the enemy for several centuries with a posture of looking down on everything.And the weaver of this huge net is a man who died almost 1000 years ago, named Wang Zanghai.

The Zhang family overseas suddenly realized that the Zhang family was once so powerful and indestructible, but the role they played in this contest was actually a prey.

The prey has a natural fear of the hunter, which stems from the firm belief that one's own side was once strong, and the collapse of the belief that even if it is so strong, it will be gradually erased.In the huge shadow of fear, the prey has reached the point of dying, and the hunter has not even attacked.

The hunter is waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to kill with one blow.

It's just that the hunters didn't expect that in the process of using time to torture and weaken the life of the prey, the prey also knew their secret, and the prey was also waiting for that opportunity.

When the time comes, everything will be reshuffled.

And one of the representatives of the hunters who attacked this time may have come from the self-confidence to control everything, but underestimated the enemy.

After a hard fight, Zhang Haike finally finished off the opponent with that dagger, and there were only a few bright red spots on the snow-white ground.

Zhang Haike tore away the covering of the opponent's face, and suddenly felt a piercing coldness. What was exposed in the icy air was a face exactly like his own.

This is not a dream, everything happened four years ago.

Zhang Haike wakes up, this memory has been very fresh and cannot be forgotten, but he has not dreamed of it for a long time.

Although it was unpleasant to think about it again, but the charcoal stove and felt made the temperature in the room very comfortable, and his mood quickly calmed down.Zhang Haike sat up, and suddenly found that there was an extra person in the corner.

When they met four years ago, this person was the common goal of both parties, because of an ability, or endowment - Qilin blood.

Both Zhang Haike and the other party need this kind of blood to decipher the secrets in the snow mountain and get what they want.The Zhang family dispatched a lot of people, but the other party only had two people. The other party's purpose was very clear, and the plan was very simple and rude-replace the two members of the Zhang family with two of his own: Zhang Haike and Zhang Haixing.

But due to some coincidences and accidents, just like the dream just now, Zhang Haike erased the person who tried to replace him.But Zhang Haixing was attacked at another location and almost died.

The fake Zhang Haixing was quickly spotted by Zhang Haike, but Zhang Haike did not expose it on the spot, but let her enter the mountain according to the original plan.

After the fake Zhang Haixing and others entered the snow mountain, Zhang Haike made a new plan with the rest of the Zhang family and found the missing real Zhang Haixing.The enemy has been willing to show up, which is a sign of the final encirclement and suppression.But the time that both parties have been waiting for has arrived, and no one can say for sure what the new fate will be.

What Zhang Haike and the fake Zhang Haixing didn't expect was that the Bronze Gate and his party didn't find what they were looking for. The Bronze Gate in Tibet was completely a trap and illusion, and the things had already been taken away by another person.

Zhang Haike only knew that the false identity of Zhang Haixing was also found out in the bronze gate in Tibet, and that only three other people came out of the snow mountain in the end.

These memories of the past flashed through his mind instantly, and Zhang Haike looked at the person who came.

"Long time no see." The man in the corner walked towards Zhang Haike, lifted his hat, and there was a bald head inside, and that face was all too familiar to Zhang Haike.

Zhang Haike looked at the visitor and asked, "How did you do this?"

It's been four years since we parted, and Zhang Haike still clearly remembers the face in front of him, because it is exactly the same as his own. To be precise, it is the original version that he needs to imitate. It has a very interesting name: Wu Xie.

Wu Xie touched her bald head and said, "Would you like to shave it too, no dandruff, more confident."

Zhang Haike waved his hand and said with a smile, "I won't shave it anymore, your face looks more pleasing to the eye with hair."

Wu Xie opened his mouth to say something again, but after coughing a few times, Zhang Haike noticed an obvious wound on his neck, which didn't seem to heal for long.

And this person, compared to four years ago, has a completely different aura. Simply put, it is a change, a change that is so obvious that you can feel it when you get close.

Zhang Haike was a little surprised, but also a little wary. Wu Xie shouldn't appear in this state.

"What did you do there?" Zhang Haike asked, pointing to the scar on Wu Xie's neck. He chose to chat a little first to test the other party's attitude.

Wu Xie's eyes were cold, and there was no expression on his face, and he said: "You know, their methods are very straightforward."

"You were attacked?" Zhang Haike was a little surprised.

"Assault?" Wu Xie smiled, "It's not an attack, it's a murder, it's fatal."

"Oh?"

"If you want to pretend to be me now, you have to cut a knife on the neck." Wu Xie smiled, and stretched out his hand to gesture at the neck.

Then Wu Xie told Zhang Haike in a few words, a story of falling off a cliff after being cut and coming back from the dead.But Zhang Haike knew that everything was not as simple as Wu Xie described.The enemy's attack in the dark is like flowing water, invisible but pervasive.Wu Xie had calculated everything and had a clear advantage in time, but the opponent still successfully intercepted him.

Zhang Haike imagined, Wu Xie's throat was cut, and he felt his own blood gushing out, what kind of mood should it be.

However, the state of Wu Xie in front of him conveyed to him without regret, without unwillingness, or even hatred.Wu Xie was very calm, a kind of calm that definitely didn't look like walking back and forth from the gate of hell.

Wu Xie went on to say that he was rescued by a mysterious tribe hidden in the depths of the snow-capped mountains. After he woke up, he left a revelation.

That was a crucial part of the agreement that Zhang Qiling, the patriarch of Zhang Haike's family, made with this tribe.So this ancient and mysterious tribe reappeared in the collision and circulation of the whole destiny.

They received the message left by Wu Xie, and according to the agreement with Zhang Qiling, activated a device, or opened another destiny.

This also became a powerful impetus in Wu Xie's entire counterattack plan.

A plan to ensure that the final design outcome can be reached no matter what, is to make a setting at each node that may fail, so that no matter which direction the situation develops, the desired result will be obtained.

Listening to Wu Xie's words, Zhang Haike suddenly wanted to ask, does such a plan really exist?However, Zhang Haike looked at Wu Xie in front of him, and thought of his choice four years ago, feeling a little sincerely.

Such a plan really exists, and it was Wu Xie who made such a plan come into being, and it has really come to this point.

They walked out of the room, the weather was fine, Wu Xie put on his hat again, probably the bald head was still very afraid of the cold.They were walking around in the Lama Temple, Wu Xie seemed to be wandering around, walking east and west, the route was chaotic, but Zhang Haike just followed him silently.This kind of Wu Xie made him feel very interesting. Anyone who saw such a change in a person he once knew well, Zhang Haike thought, would be curious.

After walking for a while, they came to an extremely remote and deserted courtyard.

There are some mottled Buddhist murals on the wall of this patio, which are open-air murals, which have peeled off to the point where only some color blocks remain, and the patterns cannot be discerned.

Zhang Haike glanced around, knowing what Wu Xie was going to show him, he smiled.

"It's well carved." Wu Xie patted the head of a stone statue in the courtyard, "Does your patriarch know everything?"

Zhang Haike also walked over. Of course he recognized this stone statue, which was also part of the investigation four years ago.

"It's just that the expression is too bitter." Wu Xie frowned as he spoke, as if thinking.

"I don't know about the stone statue. The patriarch's experience is too complicated, and you know it too." Zhang Haike said.This is the truth, now he doesn't need to hide these things from Wu Xie, a person who may have been more involved than him and more relevant to the whole incident, can no longer fool him as he was four years ago.Although their current purposes are different, they somewhat overlap.

The stone statue is Zhang Qiling, and the carving technique is not exquisite, even very rough.The only thing that is more detailed is the face of the stone statue, and this face has a crying expression.The stone statue was still wearing a black jacket. Zhang Haike remembered that there was a piece of paper wrapped in a waterproof bag in the pocket of the jacket.

The two stood beside the stone statue, one on the left and the other on the right, and neither of them spoke for a while.

"Don't be in a daze, what do you want to say?" Zhang Haike looked at Wu Xie, and Wu Xie's eyes still fell on the stone statue.

"You think I'm actually thinking when I'm in a daze." Wu Xie smiled and reached out to Zhang Haike, "Is there any smoke?"

"No, I quit early, your habit is not good." Zhang Haike pointed to Wu Xie's neck again, "You have to protect yourself well, the next life will not be easy."

Wu Xie nodded, but her expression was always relaxed, more of a kind of indifference.Compared with four years ago, this person is much more unknowable.

A person who has always been well-informed suddenly breaks through the control range, and you have to approach him to understand him in order to seek some information. To some extent, Zhang Haike should feel aggrieved at this moment.

This kind of atmosphere is not good, Zhang Haike decided to ease the atmosphere first, and start with the part that Wu Xie is more concerned about.

"Although I told you some prepared stories before, the stories about the patriarch are all true. I can tell you what else you want to know." Zhang Haike said.

"So it's in exchange for what I know?" Wu Xie looked directly at Zhang Haike, his expression unchanged, "It's a pity that I'm not curious anymore."

Zhang Haike didn't understand Wu Xie's meaning, and he didn't expect this kind of dialogue to appear between him and the person in front of him. "We can promise you." Zhang Haike still decided to open up and say, after all, Wu Xie's information is very important.

Wu Xie smiled and asked, "Do you know what I need you to do?"

Zhang Haike also smiled, and said, "Hey, I've followed you and imitated you for so long, I know what you want, so you're welcome."

Wu Xie clicked his tongue and said, "I asked you to pick up the head of the family in advance. It seems that I owe a favor."

"What about the thing? Without that thing, we wouldn't be going well." Zhang Haike said, he needed something that played a vital role in the whole puzzle, and he speculated that it was in Wu Xie's hands.

"Things can't be given." Wu Xie didn't hesitate at all, and looked at the stone statue seriously with an attitude of what would you think of me if I don't give it to you, "Yes, brother."

Zhang Haike smiled helplessly, and heard a female voice not far away: "What are you doing hiding in such a remote place?" It was Zhang Haixing.

Zhang Haixing is wearing a black down jacket, even though it is thick, it still outlines the feminine curves.It's just that her expression was not very good, as if she was really blaming the two of them, she frowned slightly, and she was especially upset when she saw Wu Xie.

"Beauty, long time no see." Wu Xie waved to Zhang Haixing.

"Hmph, don't get close to my old lady, you are really worrying. Do you know how many days you kept us waiting?" Zhang Haixing was not polite when he came up, and Zhang Haike was a little distressed.

"Sister, I was almost killed, can you have some sympathy?" Wu Xie's tone sounded really aggrieved.

Zhang Haike said in his heart, young man, you have really learned badly.

"Who is your sister! Can you please hurry up and don't test my mother's patience." Zhang Haixing's fierce aura was threatening, but on the contrary, it diluted the subtle tension just now.

"Still so hot-tempered?" Wu Xie turned to Zhang Haike, "You must tell me when you get married in the future, and invite me to a wedding wine. Are you still going to settle it internally? I'm really curious about what my brother-in-law is like."

Zhang Haixing gave Wu Xie a blank look, and said, "Stop talking nonsense, you don't need to worry about it. Will you give me something or not!"

"Will anyone pick it up?" Wu Xie asked back.

"Accept!" Zhang Haike immediately replied.Zhang Haixing glared at her brother.

Wu Xie put one hand on the shoulder of the stone statue, and finally had a more natural smile on his face: "Okay, the person received it, the things belong to you, and the person belongs to me."