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Chapter 32 1. The dead body is driving a sledge?

Outworld 小栗虫太郎 2533Words 2018-03-13
In fact, the previous articles are just appetizers. Starting from this article, the author will lead readers into the real weird and magical world.First, let's talk about the story of "Ser-mikSuah".It is said that near the central part of the Greenland Plateau at 75 degrees north latitude, there is a mysterious area that has never been entered by anyone.The climate in that place is cold, with steep glaciers and fierce winds.Looking around, there is no human habitation within hundreds of miles.This place is called "Ser-mik-Suah", which translates to "the country of the dark road".This is a land exuding a mysterious atmosphere under the aurora.But what is so magical about this "Land of the Underworld"?Please listen to me slowly.

Greenland's interior is a veritable highland region, with an elevation between 8,000 and 10,000 feet.Moreover, this plateau is covered with ice and snow that will not melt for millions of years, and the entire plateau is surrounded by large glaciers.Ordinary people simply cannot enter this place.If you want to explore the plateau with a flesh and blood body, it is simply a dead end.That's why this place is called "The Kingdom of the Underworld". The Eskimos firmly believe that this is a country where dead spirits gather. Readers may feel that this explanation is insufficient.Then the author, I will start to introduce various information about the "Kingdom of the Underworld".

If Malay wolf disease is an evil in the jungle, then the most terrifying thing in the "Land of Hades" is the call of ice and snow.The summoned natives, as if bewitched, insisted on driving a sled into the terrifying depths of the iceberg.Bright and dazzling, the aurora like manjusawa hangs upside down in the sky.The violent wind and snow scraped past the ears of the natives like a blade, and if they were not careful, they would fall into the abyss.Stepping into an iceberg is tantamount to stepping into a cemetery made of ice and snow, and the summoned Eskimos must continue to march against the wind and snow no matter what.

I said what I knew, Zhezhu should also be very interested in the Kingdom of the Underworld, but he never said anything.Not only that, he didn't seem to even lift his eyelids after I said so much.How is this going?Am I not right?This kingdom of the underworld is the great demon realm among the demon realms.After I finished speaking, Zhezhu opened his mouth and said: "I see. You have heard some legends about the kingdom of the underworld. There is only one mistake in what you said just now. The Eskimo natives who were summoned by the kingdom of the underworld were flying on sleds, like that It's almost like being possessed by the dead. It's just that you're wrong about one thing."

"Where did I go wrong?" "That Eskimo with the sled is not alive, but dead!" "Well, what you said makes sense." I nodded in agreement.Zhezhu expressed his opinion, the place where the dead spirits gather is only a superstition of the Eskimos after all.In the past, Zhezhu told me most of the stories, but this time it was me who told the story but didn't get the point, I'm really sorry. "I see. The dead man is still driving the sleigh, but this dead man is not a ghost but a real corpse?" "Yes, it's a dead body." Zhezhu said calmly.

"It's real dead bodies running on sledges. As for what kind of ghosts are flying in the air on sledges, only you writers who write novels can figure it out. I repeat, the dead bodies of Eskimos are already frozen cold." Hearing this, I was speechless for a long time.Zhezhu suddenly laughed, and took out a foreign book called "Greenland's Glacier World" from his arms.The book records the expedition records of the German expedition and its landing on the coast of Mali Ferutema on the northeast coast of Greenland in 1870.Zhezhu skillfully turned the pages of the book and pointed to a certain section for me to read.

The next day, May 16, the weather was still bad.The snow fell even harder, and even the temperature inside the tent dropped to minus fifty-two degrees Celsius.The hot air he exhaled immediately frosted his face, and snow piles more than a foot high piled up inside the tent.Suddenly, an Eskimo named "E Tooka Shoo" fell into a near-death state. His pulse was so weak that he could barely hear his heartbeat, and his body temperature dropped to 32 degrees, which was close to the temperature of death. "He's dying." I turned to an Eskimo named "AL Ning Wa". "How did he suddenly fall into a near-death state? It's so strange that he was still alive and kicking just now."

At this time, a strange thing happened, the E Tooka Shoo who should have died suddenly sat up on the spot.How did he survive?I was about to help him up, but AL Ning Wa at the side said to me: "He is dead. Although he can still move, he is dead." Seeing that I still didn't believe it, he said again: "If you don't believe it, feel free to measure his pulse again. Is there still a pulse? If it's a living person, his hands should become very warm." So it was, and he was right. E Tooka Shoo's body temperature was the same as before, it didn't change at all, it was still so cold.But the corpse could move by itself, and I was terrified by what happened in front of me. AL Ning Wa continued:

"My lord, leave him alone, let him go. E Tooka Shoo was summoned by the kingdom of the underworld, turned into a dead body, and is about to go on the road. This kind of thing often happens in our clan." At this point, E Tooka Shoo slowly got up, he walked like a wind-up toy, and his steps were full of mechanical sense.When he walked out of the tent, snowflakes blew into the tent. I quickly closed my eyes, and when I opened them, he had disappeared.Then came the howling of sled dogs outside.In the blizzard, the bells of the sleighs and the barking of dogs faded away. he's gone.The mysterious "Kingdom of Hades" is real! The body of E Tooka Shoo was driving the sled and soon disappeared into the dim blizzard.

What a strange thing this is!Holding the book in my hand, I was too surprised to speak.Zhezhu said a word in my ear, and I felt as if someone had slapped me after hearing it, and I couldn't recover for a long time. "How? I'm not trying to be mysterious, this is a demonic realm within a demonic realm. In fact, there is another purpose for exploring this place. This involves the issue of pre-occupation in international law." Hearing the word "first occupation", I subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva.I believe all readers should be clear about what it means to pre-occupy, but here is a simple explanation.The so-called pre-occupation principle is that whichever country enters the unowned land first, and its own government issues a pre-occupation declaration, then that piece of unowned land becomes the territory of the pre-occupying country.The issue of preemption has recently led to disputes among many countries.

"So that's it. The adventure journey of the Kingdom of Hades still has this meaning. Which piece of land do you plan to occupy first? The newly discovered Arctic Island?" Zhezhu quickly waved his hands and said, "Wrong, wrong. It's not some island. The land without owner I'm talking about is Greenland." What he said made me feel very strange. I have never met anyone who has such a disregard for reality. Why do I say that, because except Cape York, the whole island of Greenland is the territory of Denmark.Although the country of Hades is located in the hinterland of Greenland, the coast of Greenland is the territory of Denmark, and this inland area naturally also belongs to Denmark.There is the law of hinterlandism in international law, so is it too late for Zhezhu to talk about "preoccupation" now?In Greenland, there is no such thing as unclaimed land these days. The story of the dead body driving the sleigh just now whetted my appetite, so naturally I am full of expectations for the exploration of the "Kingdom of the Underworld".But regardless of my personal interests, there is one thing I still don't understand.If we talk about pre-occupation, it must be proposed by a certain country, and I haven't figured out which country is going to "pre-occupy".Zhezhu blushed and said: "Which country are you asking? Of course it can't be another country. If the Japanese government would recognize my achievements, they would have issued a declaration of preemption..." I think there is no need to go into too much detail.Zhezhu intends to realize the German dream of discovering the new Arctic island with his bare hands. While exploring Yongming Township, he also has the passion to win glory for the country.Alas, the author replaces Ohezhu and writes down his adventure experience.
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