Chapter 13 Chapter Eleven

In the city of Innsbruck, it seems that the difference between seasons is not very obvious.I read the little poem on the title page over and over again, silently analyzing the information revealed in the poem, and then compared all the places near the Zug Peak bit by bit on the Internet. I don't have a clue, and I still have to go to the local area to have a real intuitive sense. Zugspitze can be climbed no matter from Munich in Germany or Innsbruck in Austria.For our purposes, Innsbruck is a little more convenient. This famous German mountain is located in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.Our group packed our luggage, first arrived in Garmisch, and then prepared to take the cog train.

The altitude of 2,600 meters is not high, but the cold air is still pouring into the lungs, as if the whole person has entered the cold winter from early summer. Take the train to the Zugspitze, all the way is a typical Bavarian pastoral scenery, and occasionally you can see farmers wearing knee-length leather pants and thick wool socks.And the mountains in the distance are getting closer and closer, streams gurgling through the snowfields, small wooden bridges and Bavarian cabins with snow on them, embellishing a world of Santa Claus on the snowfields. "Damn, the round-trip ticket to the top of the mountain costs sixty-five euros, which is too expensive."

I went to the ticket office to buy tickets. Since Andrew had no money and Regia was also poor, I paid for all the expenses along the way, which made my wallet tight. "Aye, the ticket price includes all the cable cars and skiing fees for other peaks such as Wanke Mountain and more than ten ski resorts in the scenic area." Regia weakly pointed at the introduction card, "Based on this, it's actually not expensive." The travel brochures repeatedly say that the Zugspitze is a ski resort. In fact, when we set off from the train station, we saw many tourists with a full set of skiing belongings in the carriages.And the racks for hanging skis on the outside of the train going up the mountain are full of long strips of various colors, all men, women and children are fully armed.

This made me feel a little displeased. I came here to find a way to survive, so I was wearing a down coat and carrying a small bag. I looked very unfashionable, and the happy expressions of those old and young made me feel very uncomfortable. Humans are such vile creatures.When dying, I like to complain about those who are alive and laughing, and when I am happy, I will sympathize with those who died inexplicably, but I still gloat more about their misfortune. I touched my head and shook my head, my mind was a little messed up.The recent emotions are really not normal. Could it be that the influence of the curse has already begun to appear?Fortunately, the beauty of the Alps is irresistible, and after the train started, I also temporarily forgot about my troubles.

On the gentle slope at the foot of the mountain, the Douglas pine forest is covered with white snow and green branches, and the deepest point cannot be seen. On the mountainside, there is a gentle lake, half condensed with glittering ice, half with slight ripples. The ice water is harmonious and extremely peaceful. Going up, Xuefeng is close by. The gray and white rocks are covered with white snow, reflecting the sun, and they are quietly majestic.My irritable heart gradually calmed down in nature, propped my chin, and silently looked at the scenery outside the window. At the end of the track, after changing to the cog train with a steep slope, you are completely in the cave. All you can see is the rising altitude marked on the cave wall. Occasionally, a shrine enshrined by railway workers appears in sight. , and quickly disappeared.Half an hour later, we arrived at the Zugspitze Plain.

Make persistent efforts, take the glacier cable car, and after more than five minutes, we finally arrived at the highest place in Germany. Looking up from a distance, it feels like seeing all the small mountains at a glance.Because it was already afternoon, there were not many people in this ski resort.I put my hand over my eyes to block the sun, and kept looking at the surrounding environment. Regia has been very excited since she came up.She danced and pointed to the peaks one after another and exclaimed: "This is Austria, wow, that location is Italy, and the opposite is Switzerland. Wow, wow, you can still see the peak of Olympus!" I was a little confused Surprised, "You seem to be very familiar with this place?" "How is it possible, I am here for the first time today."

Regia smiled at Mimi, "Since you are coming, of course you have to do your homework." She took out a Zugspitze travel guide, "Look, it's in the hotel." "Life and death are at stake, are you still in the mood to read the travel guide?" I was speechless. "As a human being, one should combine work and rest. The curse can no longer be stopped. Since this is the case, it is fortunate to relax." She stared into the distance nonchalantly, her light tone combined with the curvature of her side face and the softness of the snow-capped mountains, she was surprisingly beautiful.

Andrew didn't croak today, but seemed unusually quiet. I almost thought he heard my conversation with Regia last night, so he felt a little depressed. At this moment, he suddenly pointed to the distant sky and said, "Ah Ye, look, it's only after four o'clock, and the sun is actually setting." "What is more like the setting sun? It's just a typo." I looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough, I saw that the sun was shining red and dyed everything into blood, and Bai Xue looked very mysterious after wearing a red coat. "What is that?" This time it was Regia's turn to yell.

I followed her finger, but found nothing, "What did you see?" "Aye, hurry up, show me that book. I seem to have found something." Regia said hastily. Confused, I took the book out of my backpack and handed it to her. "A night full of stars, you painted blue and gray on the palette. One night in summer, I knew that darkness resided in my soul. Silent hills, in this snowy flaxen continent. Book The trees and daffodils in the book are all captured in the breeze and cold winter of the story." She hurriedly turned the book to the title page, and read the little poem aloud: "If you delete the second line of every sentence in this poem, It seems to be more practical and more understandable.”

"You see, when you take it out, the poem becomes: a starry night, a summer night, a silent hill, a tree and daffodils in the book. How similar it is now." She said excitedly. I pondered what she said, carefully looked at the environment on the top of Zug Peak, looked at it, and couldn't help being surprised.Because I didn't wear sunglasses, the blood-red sunset was reflected by the white snow. After watching for a long time, my vision would be blurred, and I even felt that there were stars all over the place, and there were dots everywhere. By the way, speaking of it, Old German is used in many places throughout the poem.For example, the line "Snowy flaxen land" in the poem. The arrangement of "snowy" contains the meaning of "a place where it will always snow", and the flaxen continent can also be interpreted as a land stained red with blood.

Isn't the current Zugspitze dyed red by the bloody sunset?On the hillside in the distance, at the end of the red sunset, there is a Douglas pine forest, which looks like a large daffodil. "Aye, you said the place we are looking for is in that forest?" Regia asked, pointing to the hillside. "If you connect the sentences in the poem with the current scenery, it should be very possible." After a little hesitation, I nodded. Andrew was full of confusion, "Why can't I understand what you are talking about?" I knocked his head hard, "What we mean is that maybe the place where this book of curses was made is in that forest." "But how do we run there? There's a cliff in the middle!" Andrew understood, he looked into the distance and said in embarrassment. I also frowned. Indeed, it is an extremely difficult problem to cross the cliff and run into the forest on the opposite hillside. "Actually, there is an easy way." Regia flipped through the Zugspitze guidebook in her hand, and drew a crooked line on the map, "Aye, look, if we take the glacier cable car here to the south first, and then detour to the northern ski resort .Slide down from the top of the ski resort, go downhill to the west after leaving the tourist ski trail, and you should be there in five hours." I looked at her in surprise, "You can calculate such a complicated route in such a short period of time, you are really more terrifying than me." Regia squeezed me shyly, "It's not as powerful as you say. No, you are flattering me openly, but you are flattering yourself secretly, right?" "Okay, stop flirting, It's almost five o'clock now, and the gates of the tourist area will be closed in another hour. The cable car will also be cut off. Shall we go now, or rest overnight and go tomorrow morning?" Andrew was a little impatient. "What do you say?" I asked. "I don't know, isn't Ah Ye the leader of this team? Of course you have the final say." he said. I looked into his eyes, and Andrew's eyes averted under my gaze. "You know, right? You heard everything I said last night?" I asked in a deep voice. "Yes, I overheard." There was fear on Andrew's face, and yes, a dull person would have a nervous breakdown at the time of death, "The next person to die will be me, right! How long is the curse left?" "I have no way of judging .” I sighed, looked at the darkening sky, and finally made a decision, "It's better to go to that forest at night to find out. Regia, do you agree?" "I have no objection." She nodded. Andrew looked moved, "Aye." "Don't get excited, I'm not all for you. Although some are reluctant to see that you will not see the sunshine the next day." Yes, a doubt suddenly buried in my heart.That doubt needs to be solved tonight, otherwise, everyone may not be able to survive. It takes an hour to change to more than ten cable cars to reach the northern ski resort smoothly before the power is cut off.Then came the difficult journey.We need to avoid the search team in the scenic area, while crossing the scenic ski slopes, we will continue to move down from the west. The snow road is really difficult to move forward. I found a group of ski enthusiasts who were going down the mountain on the cable car, spent a lot of money to buy three sets of ski equipment and some necessary items for survival in the snow mountain, and then acted according to the plan. The cable car and ski run in the front section are easy to pass.Looking at my watch, it was almost six o'clock. Fortunately, there was no wind on the snow mountain, and the weather was surprisingly good.The snow reflected the afterglow of the sun, illuminating the surroundings brightly. Once off the piste, everything becomes more difficult.Ski equipment is no longer available, only walking in the snow.The fallen dead branches in the pine forest buffer part of the sinking power of the snow, so that the feet will not completely sink into the snow. Sure enough, exactly as Regia had calculated, it took us a full five hours to arrive at the Douglas pine forest that was as long as daffodils.At the very center of the pine forest, our group stopped. "how is this possible." I looked at the things in front of me in surprise. Not far away, the moonlight was reflected in the snow, and in the snow, there was a huge oval stone with a height of three meters standing in the dense forest. That boulder was not formed naturally, and there were traces of artificial carving everywhere, which looked similar to the shrines enshrined by railway workers seen along the way.But on the stone surface, engraved with the same incomprehensible mysterious symbols as those in the black leather cover in my hand. "Is this a sacrificial altar?" I walked up to the boulder in shock, touched it with my hand, and the place where I started was icy cold.That coldness is different from the cold, it seems that even the soul can be frozen. Andrew stammered and asked, "Can this stone lift the curse for me?" "No." A cold voice came out from behind him, with a very firm tone. I was taken aback, and quickly took out the pistol in my arms.I saw that Andrew had fainted on the ground, and before I could see the attacker, I was hit hard on the back of the head, rolled my eyes, and passed out. Sometimes I always feel that people are tricked by the world. Since I graduated from high school, I have been often confused by people. This time it is even more shameful, because I took the initiative to send it to the door. I don't know how long it took before I woke up. Before I opened my eyes, I heard Andrew wailing.I tried my best to open my eyes, but my vision was blurred. I only felt that my hands were bound, and there was a deep dark place. Finally, my eyes adjusted to the environment, and I saw Andrew was tied to my right.A woman in white with a holy expression on her face was slicing a large piece of meat off Andrew's thigh with a knife. Andrew howled in pain. I turned a deaf ear and just smiled wryly, "So you are the real owner of that book." The saint in white has a face I am very familiar with. She looked up at me and smiled: "A Ye, you have already started to doubt me, right?" "One thing. Since you are so familiar with the terrain of Zugfeng and your calculation of the route is so accurate, I suspect that you have a problem, but I didn't expect you to hide it so deeply." My smile became more bitter, "The reason why Mrs. Roger has that book is because you gave it to her?" "Yes, I gave it to her two months ago. And I killed all the people in her cellar." .” She nodded, said those horrible words with a sweet smile. "Why?" "No reason. As you guessed, our family believes in a kind of god, and his name is Amis. Two hundred years ago, my god was still believed by many people. But now, it is true. It was Protestantism that took over all the faith." Regia said calmly. "My father didn't know about this matter. He didn't know my mother's beliefs, and thought she had betrayed him. In fact, my mother returned to this place and continued to sacrifice her blood to the goddess Amis. And she came to bring her a few days ago. Take me, the last saint. The goddess Emis only needs one saint, so the mother died." "I don't want to hear these nonsense things, why did you trick us here?" I interrupted her with a cold tone. "I didn't lie to you, you brought me here by yourself." Regia made a surprised expression and patted my face lightly. "Aye, you are the only person I have loved in this life. After I offer Andrew as a sacrifice to the goddess Emis, I will ask the goddess to make you a holy husband. We will give birth to many in this lair. Many Sons." Although her words were sweet, they were bitingly cold.Looking at this dark cave-like place, I couldn't help but shiver.According to what she said, it is estimated that I will be reduced to a tool for providing sperm, tied up like a male spider all my life, and never see the light of day. This is scarier than killing me. "How do you want to sacrifice Andrew?" I don't want to stay in this kind of place. Fortunately, I have to be prepared when I come here. The tricks taught by the old man are very useful in this situation. Regia slashed hard and cut another piece of flesh from his leg, "Just like his uncle. Don't worry, he won't feel too much pain." "Crazy!" I yelled. Regia was still smiling, very happy.She brought her delicate face closer, touched my lips with bloody hands, and kissed me hard. She bit my lip hard and licked the blood off my mouth with her tongue.The scent on her body was very strong, but it couldn't cover up the smell of corpses in the cave. I held back the pain and kept looking at the surrounding environment with my eyes. The book was sitting not far from the fire, and my gun was next to the book.In that cursed place, I am afraid that the power of the so-called goddess Emis is buried. According to the woman's name, I judged that she should be an evil god believed by the ancient Zorb people.In the mythology of the ancient Sorb tribe, the general evil gods all need something to rely on.If that book was burned, Legia's distorted mind might be able to recover. But if the book is destroyed, will the curse come on him immediately?Fight!It's dead anyway, at least you have to pick a better choice for death.Living as a boar is more terrifying than dying. I exercised the bound middle finger, desperately loosening the rope, and then took out a small blade from somewhere in the sleeve and slowly cut the rope. "Aye, do you know how I will love you later?" Regia smiled mysteriously, "Like Cinderella's sister, cut off your toes and heels, and then pick your hamstrings, you It will never be possible to leave me again." After she finished speaking, she was turned around to prepare for the sacrifice. I cut the rope on my right hand silently, and everything became easier.After cutting the remaining three ropes, I ran towards the book like crazy. Regia turned around suddenly when she heard the noise.The beautiful face became ferocious, and she let out a piercing and sharp cry, which was like howling again from a night demon, which constantly stimulated my heart.Blood flowed from my ears. I resisted the physical and mental pain and moved forward with perseverance. near!It's already close at hand.I grabbed the book and threw it into the fire with all my might. Regia suddenly stopped all actions.The flames engulfed the book, and the book howled in the fire, as if countless negative energies were stirring in the air.Books were burned one by one, and her devilish face became more terrifying as the books were destroyed. She screamed and rolled on the ground in pain, her smooth skin lost its luster, and her face was even more uneven, as if it was burned.The flames devoured most of the book, and at this moment, Regia's whole body was on fire. She fell into the flames, but her expression gradually returned to tranquility. The last page of the book was finally burned, and the whole black book was left in the fire with only a handful of black residue, and the flame on Regia's body was also extinguished. At the end of her life, I saw her mouth opening and closing, as if she wanted to express something to me. I read her lips. She was crying, and there was a longing for life in her eyes.She was saying to me - I'm sorry. I fall in love with you.