Found

Wei Shiba took out the compass-like object again. This time, instead of twirling it in his hand, he cleared a space for the empty shell and placed it on the ground. Then, he took out a dagger from his pocket and brandished it on the ground.

"Erpang, help me shine a flashlight!" After drawing a few lines, Wei Shiba called out to Gou Erpang.

"Here it comes." After a moment of rummaging, Gou Erpang pulled out a copper-cased flashlight from his backpack, quickly put the battery in, and then quietly went to Wei Shiba's side to provide light.

Flashlights are an industrial product of the Dog-Headed People society, and the middle class can afford them.

Under the flashlight beam, the Dog-Headed People saw Wei Shiba pointing at the scale of a compass-like object while gesturing with his hands as if he were aiming at the stars in the sky. After a while, Wei Shiba got up and moved several large stones that had been prepared over, placing them on each of the points he had marked.

At the same time, he was muttering words that the Dog-Headed People couldn't understand.

"What are you muttering? It's so hard to understand." Naturally, the Dog-Headed People was curious since he couldn't understand, and it was the San Mei who asked the question.

"An ancient language, said to be the language used in the sacrifices of the Volcano Kingdom, but I don't know much about it. It is said to be the language used by the Volcano Kingdom when they worship the God of Light," Wei Shiba explained simply.

The words Wei Shiba just used were not in the language of the Dog-Headed People at all, but rather some directional words in Chinese, although they were pronounced very poorly, probably due to the Dog-Headed People' pronunciation structure.

After gesturing and comparing for more than an hour, Wei Shiba finally finished his busy work of stargazing. At the same time, he said to Professor Amir and the other Dog-Headed People, "Alright, we can determine the exact location when it gets light tomorrow. Don't touch these things I drew on the spot, they will be useful when we look at the mountains tomorrow."

After saying that, Wei Shiba didn't explain further and simply turned around and went into his tent to rest.

Gou Erpang followed closely behind.

Although Professor Amir and his Dog-Headed People were puzzled, since Wei Shiba was unwilling to say more, they could guess that this was a skill that could not be passed on to outsiders.

So the three Dog-Headed People didn't say anything more and went into their own tents to rest.

The night passed quietly, and when the three Dog-Headed People woke up the next day, they found that Wei Shiba had stood where he had drawn the lines and placed the stones the night before, and had even moved to a different spot to squint at the mountain peak, seemingly observing the peak according to the lines he had drawn the night before.

Professor Amir was quite curious about what Wei Shiba had done, but he also knew what he should and shouldn't ask.

Seemingly hearing the commotion behind him, Wei Shiba turned around and came to Professor Amir. He gestured for him to look at the distant hills and said, "Professor, we found it. Look there, there, there. If I'm not mistaken, the Heavenly Gate mentioned in the ancient books should be within the area formed by these three places."

"But there's nothing there." The third San Mei looked in the direction Wei Shiba pointed, but apart from rocks and snow, she saw nothing.

"I believe Xiao Wei is right, and it's not far. Let's go take a look." Professor Amir shook his half-bald tail. "Let's leave the tent there for now. We'll take the detection equipment and go over. Everyone must be careful as the Snow Mountain is slippery."

After giving instructions, the group of five Dog-Headed People, carrying small hoes, shovels, Mineral Detector, Optical Rangefinder, cameras, and other such items, slowly headed towards the place Wei Shiba had mentioned.

The place Wei Shiba knew was not the summit of the Snow Mountain, but a relatively open area on the gentle slope of the Snow Mountain, which he estimated to be several hundred acres in size. It was not far from where the Dog-Headed People were at the moment, only about seven or eight miles away.

With their tall, strong bodies, the Dog-Headed People quickly reached their destination. However, just as it appeared from afar, the destination consisted of nothing but rocks and a vast expanse of white ice and snow.

The five Dog-Headed People didn't give up. After discussing it, they split up and searched the area for anything unusual.

The search took half a day, which is half a day on the Dog-Headed People Planet, equivalent to more than four days in human time. If it were a human, they would have eaten many times by now, but the Dog-Headed People are different. Their physiological functions have been formed over billions of years of evolution on their planet, so this short time only makes them feel a little hungry.

However, just as they were about to return to their tent camp to have a meal before continuing, they suddenly heard the San Mei of the Dog-Headed People shout.

At first, Professor Amir Wei Shiba the other male Dog-Headed People thought that San Mei had encountered some danger, so they hurriedly ran towards the sound. Upon closer inspection, they discovered that San Mei hadn't been in danger at all, but had simply discovered something.

"Look, look! Eighteenth Brother, Teacher Amir, look! This stone is so strange. It doesn't seem to be naturally formed!" Seeing several Dog-Headed People come to the side, San Mei quickly stretched out her arm covered with fine yellow fur and pointed forward.

The four Dog-Headed People looked in the direction their San Mei pointed and indeed saw a flat, large rock on the distant mountainside. No, it was a very flat rock that looked like a stone, but it was too far away and covered by ice, so they couldn't see it very clearly.

"Let's go take a look." Professor Amir could no longer hide his excitement and immediately beckoned several Dog-Headed People forward.

Based on his years of archaeological experience, Professor Amir felt that there were very few stones like this in nature. They were certainly huge, but he had never seen a huge stone that was so flat and so vertical.

So he quickly realized that there was something wrong with the large rock embedded in the mountain in the distance.

The five Dog-Headed People were all between 2.2 and 2.5 meters tall. Their imposing figures quickly took two steps at a time and arrived in front of the stone that the San Mei had pointed out.

It was only then that they discovered that the large rock was indeed very flat and enormous, looking like a flat stone wall frozen in ice.

"No, this thing is not a stone, it is definitely not a stone."

Professor Amir looked up and around. Just now, under the bright sunlight, he had seen a silvery reflection, and he swore that the stone could not possibly be that color.

Muttering to himself, Amir pulled a flashlight from his pocket and stepped closer to the 'stone wall'. Upon closer inspection, he indeed discovered something unusual about this 'stone wall'.

Although the surface of the 'stone wall' is covered with a thick layer of ice, you can still see the shimmering dark silver luster inside through the ice.

"It's a large piece of metal! No, no, it's the Heavenly Gate! It must be the Heavenly Gate! We've found the Heavenly Gate!" Professor Amir shouted excitedly.

This 'stone wall' is indeed very high, but most of it is covered by ice accumulated over the years, with only about one-fifth of it being flat. However, even this one-fifth is enough for the Dog-Headed People to recognize it when they get close.