Chapter 200: You Have Performed a Meritorious Service

Wang An had already told Mu Xueli and Wang Li that he had already circled the Mount Shitou once that day to look for it.

But the two still wouldn't give up, insisting on looking again. Wang An didn't stop them, so the two began to circle the Mount Shitou, one on the left and one on the right.

And Wang An pondered for a moment, then led the three dogs and began to look around the Mount Shitou. After all, no one knew where the entrance would be. In fact, it didn't matter how you looked for it.

An hour later, Mu Xueli and Wang Li had each circled the Mount Shitou once. During this time, among the three people, no one disturbed anyone else, and they were all carefully checking everywhere.

It was just that the three were still empty-handed, and they were all becoming more and more confused the more they looked. It could be said that they didn't have a clue.

Immediately, Mu Xueli and Wang Li began to expand the scope and also began to look around like Wang An.

And Wang An had already walked further and further, and without knowing it, he had come to more than 1 li away.

After looking for so long, Wang An finally discovered a problem. In the vicinity of this Mount Shitou, that is, within a range of 1 li, except for the shrubs and dwarf trees that were relatively tenacious and could live wherever there was a place, there was not a single tree that could grow relatively tall.

The most magical thing was that trees that could grow tall, such as poplar trees, pine trees, linden trees, etc., were not a single large tree within this 1 li range, only sporadic seedlings that hadn't grown up!

What does this explain?

It explains that these trees were all grown in recent years, with the seeds of the trees being blown over by the wind from nearby, or unintentionally brought over by animals, thus growing these sporadic small trees.

That is to say, on the land within this 1 li range, in previous years or even earlier, there was no survival of any plants!

Doesn't this mean that with this Mount Shitou as the center, drawing a circle with a radius of 1 li, this entire circular area was the secret location of the Little Days back then?

This scale was truly not small!

Wang An walked to a range of more than 1 li away and looked at this Mount Shitou. The more he looked, the more he felt this Mount Shitou was awkward.

Normally, Stone Mountains are in mountain hollows, or connected to mountain ridges on mountain ridges. But the location of this Mount Shitou, although it was also in a mountain hollow, was bent and connected to a mountain ridge.

And the two mountain hollows to the north and south of this Mount Shitou were clearly at the highest point of the east and west mountain hollows. In this way, whether it was a heavy rain or a mountain flood, this Mount Shitou would never be washed by water or soaked by water.

Seeing this, Wang An couldn't help but sigh: "Awesome, it's truly too awesome!"

The reason why there were no large trees in the soil around this Mount Shitou was because this soil was moved over!

So Wang An subconsciously looked at a place not far from himself, which should have been a mountain ridge, but at this moment had become a large pit where only shrubs grew without large trees.

The reason why the mountain ridge became a large pit was because the mountain ridge was dug away, and the soil was surrounded by the Mount Shitou. This damn thing is the real-life version of "Yu Gong Moves the Mountain"!

Thinking of this, Wang An clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, because he was using too much force, his teeth made a "creak, creak" sound, and he was truly quite angry!

Because although the Mount Shitou in front of him wasn't considered large, it was truly not a small project. This damn thing required how much manpower and material resources! Most importantly, this damn thing had to kill how many people?

If there were no accidents, all the laborers doing the work were Chinese, and no one would believe that the devils would treat these laborers kindly?

Damn it, this bunch of beasts!

Having this discovery, Wang An looked around within this 1 li range. After looking everywhere, Wang An's eyes looked at the pile of messy stones that he and the other two had never been able to walk past, including last time and this time.

Wang An concluded that the entrance must be in this pile of messy stones. Last time, he didn't observe and check carefully. This time, Wang An had already searched everywhere within the 1 li range of the Mount Shitou, and only this pile of messy stones hadn't been checked because the difficulty of checking was relatively high.

Of course, if there was no entrance in this pile of messy stones, then the entrance could only be at the top of the Mount Shitou. "Xueli, Old Five, you two come over." Wang An put his hands in the shape of a trumpet to his mouth and shouted at the top of his lungs.

One has to admit that shouting in this mountain felt truly quite refreshing, with waves of echoes floating back and forth, which was also quite fun.

Hearing the shout, Mu Xueli and Wang Li led the dogs and ran toward Wang An quickly.

In fact, the two's searching was just checking for omissions behind Wang An. The places they walked past had already been searched by Wang An. In fact, it didn't make any sense at all.

After the two ran to his side, Wang An said, "If there are no accidents, the entrance is somewhere in this pile of stones. It's just that there are quite a few shrubs growing on this pile of stones, and the stones inside are now frozen. The three of us should put our heads together and see how to handle it?"

Hearing this, Mu Xueli and Wang Li looked at the pile of messy stones, and the more they looked, the tighter their brows frowned. This pile of messy stones, or called a messy stone beach, was about half a mu in size, that is, about 300 square meters.

This pile of messy stones was actually stones of different sizes, scattered on the slope.

The stones and the gaps between the stones were all covered in snow, and it was impossible to tell where the snow was covering the stones and where the snow was covering the gaps between the stones. If a person walked into it rashly, they would have to get their feet stuck in the gaps between the stones and couldn't get them out if they weren't careful.

The most annoying thing was the shrubs, growing in piles here and there, without any rules, clearly growing naturally.

The three looked at the pile of messy stones in front, all falling into a state of contemplation, and they couldn't get started at all.

After a long while, Mu Xueli looked at the pile of messy stones and said with a sad face, "It would be great if it thawed. We could move the stones away. At this moment, the stones are frozen so tightly on the ground that we can't even move them."

"That's right, let's set a fire. Let's burn it on this pile of stones. There is snow all over the mountains and plains, so we don't have to worry about a fire," Wang Li said excitedly, staring with his big eyes after listening to Mu Xueli's words.

It was just that after Wang Li finished speaking, he didn't see the happy expressions of Wang An and Mu Xueli. Clearly, this method had already been thought of by Wang An and Mu Xueli long ago.

The reason why they didn't say it out loud was because if they used fire to burn, not only would they have to melt the snow, but they would also have to heat the stones; otherwise, the stones and the ground couldn't be completely separated.

But for such a large area of messy stones, how much firewood would be needed?

Although in this big mountain, the most abundant thing was trees, and it could be said that there was firewood all over the mountains and plains, that also required people to chop it. Besides, is it okay to set a fire so blatantly?

After another while, Wang Li pointed to the middle position in the pile of messy stones, that is, a position about 20 meters away from the three, and said, "Fourth Brother, Brother Mu, you two look there. That place is relatively flat, and there are no piles of shrubs. Maybe the entrance is there."

Wang An and Mu Xueli looked there at the same time. Sure enough, as Wang Li said, that piece of land in the middle was a slope, and there were only sporadic small stones on it.

Wang An carefully examined the pile of messy stones, from where to walk, and the road leading to that slope. Unexpectedly, behind a pile of shrubs not far away, there was truly a small road.

This small road twisted and turned, about 30 centimeters wide, but always circled around a few irregular large stones in the pile of messy stones. And on this small road, there were three piles of shrubs that were only knee-deep.

Seeing this, Wang An was happy and said casually to Wang Li: "Old Five, you have performed a meritorious service!"

Immediately, Wang An opened his mouth and greeted: "Let's tie up the dogs, and then you two follow me. I seem to have found the road."

Promoting a friend's book, "Reborn in the 80s: Counterattacking from Breaking Off the Engagement," it's quite interesting.

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