Heavenly Gate Opens
"Quick, take pictures! Take pictures! These are cultural relics, national treasures, and treasures of the world!" Professor Amir was very excited. He stroked the ice surface for a while, then turned to his two students and instructed them.
"The teacher is here!"
"By the God of Light, we have truly found the Gate to Heaven!"
His two students immediately rummaged through their backpacks for a camera to photograph everything they were seeing. As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words; with photographs, what they had seen and heard was not a lie.
With a few clicks, the five kobolds took turns posing for photos, each posing with 'Tianmen'. After this series of actions, the Dog-Headed People's mood calmed down a bit.
However, at this moment, they suddenly realized that even after finding the Heavenly Gate, they seemed to have no way to get to it.
They observed carefully and found that Tianmen was completely frozen in the glacier. What they saw now was the thinnest part of the ice, about seven or eight centimeters thick. The ice thickness increased towards the surrounding areas, and they estimated it to be more than a meter thick.
With such thick ice, they had no ice-breaking tools, and even if they did, Professor Amir probably wouldn't have let them break through the ice.
In Professor Amir's words, the idea was to take photos as evidence, then report it to the country so that experts could discuss whether to protect it or find a way to send a larger team to break the ice; the point was to avoid damaging the scene.
His viewpoint drew complaints from Gou Erpang. In Gou Erpang's opinion, since his group had finally found the Heavenly Gate after much hardship, they should immediately break through the ice and find a way to open the Heavenly Gate to see if what was inside was indeed the tomb of the God of Light or the Starry Sky Ancient Road, just like in the legends.
Even if it isn't, this is still the Heavenly Gate, and there must be many treasures inside. Just one of them would probably be enough for him to enjoy for a lifetime.
Despite his complaints, Gou Erpang knew very well that even if he used an awl, he wouldn't be able to break the entire Heavenly Gate out of the ice. He had secretly tried a few times with a large awl shaped like his finger, and his hand had gone numb from the vibrations, but he still couldn't crack the ice.
He estimated that it would be difficult to break the ice without using explosives, but using explosives on a perpetually frozen mountain peak might trigger an avalanche.
Therefore, after taking a few photos, no one in the group could think of a good solution. In the end, they had no choice but to agree with Professor Amir's suggestion to take photos as a record and then go back to request national support.
But to the utter surprise of the five Dog-Headed People, just as they decided to turn back, they suddenly heard a strange cracking sound, like something breaking.
"Did you hear that strange sound?" Wei Shiba ears, was the first to hear the sound.
"Huh? Could it be that we've offended the gods?" San Mei subconsciously moved closer to Wei Shiba. She hadn't heard the sound at first, but after Wei Shiba finished speaking, the sound seemed to become more and more obvious.
"Look, the ice surface, the ice surface seems to be cracking!" Chun Liuzai had sharp eyes and quickly noticed the source of the sound. He loudly reminded the Dog-Headed People.
"Damn it, damn it, it seems we've really angered that God of Light. He's going to unleash divine punishment. What are we going to do?" Gou Erpang looked in the direction Chun Liuzai was pointing. At this moment, many cracks had appeared on the smooth ice surface, and it looked like it was about to break. He was really frightened for a moment.
Gou Erpang muttered words of forgiveness from the God of Light and was about to kneel down and bow several times when he suddenly heard Wei Shiba's roar in his ear, "Erpang, don't be stupid! The ice is about to break, run! This way, this way! Everyone come with me, hide over here! Professor Amir, hurry up! Erpang, quickly pull Professor Amir over here! Damn it, don't just stand there, if you stand there any longer we'll all be going to see the God of Light!"
Upon hearing Wei Shiba's shout, Gou Erpang, Chun Liuzai, and Professor Amir snapped out of their daze and immediately rushed off in a flurry to the place Wei Shiba had pointed to.
As for the San Mei, she was led by Wei Shiba by the hand towards the back of a large rock in the distance.
Running downhill to the tent camp at this point would be even more fatal; they might be buried under the broken ice before they even reached the camp. Wei Shiba, as expected of the leader, quickly found the safest place.
After pulling his San Mei to the back of the large rock, he immediately turned back to fetch the three Dog-Headed People behind her. After a hurried rush, all five Dog-Headed People finally reached the back of the large rock.
It was at this moment that the cracking sound turned into the sound of ice blocks colliding with dinosaurs carrying wolves. With the appearance of the huge sound, a pile of broken ice blocks rolled down the slope. Those hiding behind the big rocks could still see huge ice blocks flying over their heads from time to time, rolling quickly down to the open space below.
Seeing this, the five Dog-Headed People couldn't help but feel a sense of Escape from the Jaws of Death. If Wei Shiba hadn't reacted quickly and assessed the terrain in a very short time, finding such a large rock to hide on, they would probably have been crushed to death by the rolling ice shards by now.
After a short while, the five Dog-Headed People felt the tremors lessen considerably, and the surrounding ice shards stopped rolling around their hiding place. So, driven by a sense of responsibility or curiosity to investigate the situation, Wei Shiba got up and went to the side of the big rock, sticking out his Comical Dog Head to look towards the direction of the Heavenly Gate.
What he saw left him speechless.
The original ice had completely disappeared, and what appeared before Wei Shiba's eyes was a dark silver gate embedded in the mountain, thirty meters high and more than forty meters wide.
Yes, Wei Shiba has excellent eyesight. Even from a distance, he can tell that this is a gate. The surface of the gate is very smooth, and there seems to be a crack running from bottom to top in the middle.
It was indeed a crack. Just as Wei Shiba was watching, the crack grew larger and larger, and at the same time, the dark silver door turned into two doors that slowly moved to the sides, accompanied by the sound of mechanical motors meshing.
"Xiao Wei, what's that sound? What are you looking at?" At this moment, Wei Shiba heard Professor Amir's voice behind him.
"The gate, oh no, the Heavenly Gate, the Heavenly Gate is open!" Wei Shiba said without turning his head, his eyes fixed on the slowly opening gate in the distance.
Upon hearing this, Professor Amir seemed to transform from an old and frail Dog-Headed People into a vigorous young Dog-Headed People, appearing in front of Wei Shiba in a flash and staring intently at the distant Heavenly Gate.
The three Dog-Headed People, San Mei, Gou Erpang, Chun Liuzai, also emerged from behind the large rock, staring blankly at the slowly opening Heavenly Gate. The collapsing ice had stopped, so there was no real danger.