"Today is registration day."
"..."
"Don't you have anything to say?"
The eyes under the hood seemed to draw a line on his face, and then stopped paying attention to him.
"Alas..." Duan Qing sighed: "Even if it's not for yourself, you have to think about your teammates..."
"They have already used these words."
Walking on the ridge leading to Falling Star Mountain, Duan Qing and others still maintained their basic survival mode. Except for the energy needed to maintain life, they did not want to waste any more. However, I don’t know if it’s because they’ve reached a certain height. There are obviously fewer monsters here than before, and the cost of fighting is correspondingly much less. Under the ruthless wind and snow, even they were able to fly high in the sky when they came. The strange flying birds that I saw can no longer be seen.
Although there was a member of the Nosir tribe leading the way, there was really no way to take any chances on this journey to the top of the highest mountain in the free world. They had no choice but to walk one by one along the ridges of some of the snow-capped mountains that they could see, slowly. The ground is approaching. The wind and snow along the road still brought them biting cold, and at the same time eroded their will, so in order to stay awake, they still kept doing what they often did along the way - chatting.
But if we talk too much, there will eventually be places where we can't continue the conversation, such as the current situation - Duan Qing once asked his eldest brother Nan Tieshan the same question before, and the other party's answer was "I will definitely participate". There is nothing else to say.
"Registration lasts for so many days, there will always be time to register."
Since the use of technology such as virtual servers, the so-called competition venue is no longer a problem. If there are too many people who want to watch the game, the league can even use mirror virtualization technology to separate the viewers. For the same reason, the number of people participating in the competition is no longer a problem. In addition to adding some difficulties to the selection and arrangement of the competition system, the other problem is at best the extension of the competition time, which may cause The actual game world has some impact - and this should not be what the league is concerned about. They only need to run the game well. As for other factors, as long as you obtain them legally from the game Resources, they won’t come to you for any problem.
However, recently, the audience also likes to participate in the competition more and join in the fun. At the same time, they also hope that they are lucky enough to go through a few more rounds in the competition, and maybe eliminate a few faces. A black professional player, making a splash in the world of virtual games. But the league officials will naturally not let such things happen frequently, so as time goes by, more and more competition rules suitable for "multiple participation" are formulated, and the elimination rate increases rapidly, which makes the competition The process has been greatly accelerated.
Professional players in some leagues have opposed such a thing, because they are very likely to capsize in the gutter and lose the opportunity to advance in such a competition system. However, compared to playing one game at a time without restrictions, this method Obviously it is a more equal choice for professional players, and it is also easier. In the words of a professional player in an interview: "So what? As long as you defeat all other players, you will be the strongest one."
No professional player would deny that he does not have such confidence, just like Nan Tieshan before him.
"It doesn't matter if you join early or late. It doesn't matter what competition format it is, as long as you keep playing all the way."
When the big man in black armor said this loudly, Duan Qing secretly glanced at Xueling Huanbing behind him. The latter seemed to have no reaction at all to this sentence and was still walking his own way.
What a stubborn woman.
Falling Star Mountain is so tall that people always feel that it is right in front of them, but after walking for half a day, the huge black mountain within reach still seems so far away, as if they have not walked this part of the road. Several people had seen the world and knew that this was caused by a visual illusion, so they didn't talk too much and just moved forward hard. However, for Art, who had never been out before, , the sight before him was enough to make him feel desperate.
"Can we really make it to that mountain...?"
"I'm starting to doubt life again."
Duan Qing shook his head: "Don't you have a successful experience in your life?"
"Yes, of course!"
"Just think back, for example?"
"For example..." Art held it in for a long time, and then said quietly: "I have read all the books..."
"Huh? What book?"
"A book on... the geography of the Free Continent."
"No wonder you call yourself a scholar." Duan Qing shook his head in the snow: "But... your tribe shouldn't understand what a scholar means, right?"
Art didn't answer - his face had turned red.
"You're a self-proclaimed scholar." Nan Tieshan couldn't help but laugh: "It seems that he always talks but never does anything... Hehehehe, don't be so angry, kid, tell me about your research results. What do you know?"
"Ah, I know a lot!" The young man from the Nosier tribe became more excited: "For example, the longest river in the world is called the Hongshui River, and the longest bridge in the world is called the Bridge of Miracles."
He pointed in front of him: "There is also the highest mountain in the world, which you call Falling Star Mountain."
"And to the east of the Free Continent is the sea, which is a huge lake made entirely of water. To the north is the desert, which is said to be the largest desert in the world. There is a sea made of sand, and... That place is very dry and there is almost no water, so no one has lived there for a long time, and no one knows what the other side of the desert looks like."
Perhaps because he talked about his areas of expertise, the young man became more and more fluent in his words and became more and more excited: "There are also plains, hills, waterfalls, and forests. There is a large forest in the south of the continent, which seems to be called Emerald Forest…what a great name.”
Duan Qing and Xueling Huanbing looked at each other, then lowered their heads helplessly.
"Also, your world is divided into two large tribes, one is called the Empire, and the other is called the Principality..."
"Stop, stop, stop, I understand." Duan Qing stopped the other party's seemingly deviant understanding, then raised his finger and started asking: "Then don't mention the tribes or anything, let's talk about the natural landscape... Where is the Hongshui River?"
"It is said that it is just north of us, flowing along the mountains to the sea to the east..."
"What about the west side of the Free Continent? Why didn't I hear you mention it..."
"The west of the continent? Let me think about it... I remember the book said that there is still a large area of water there. In your words, it should be the ocean... By the way! It is said that it is in the southwest of the continent In the direction, there is also a snow-capped mountain, and the snow there is just like here, it keeps falling all day long..."
Duan Qing looked at the other two people and got an affirmative answer.
"Is that place also spurned by God..."
"Hey, hey, wake up first." Duan Qing interrupted the other party's fantasy again: "I remember you said before...what is the Bridge of Miracles? Do you still know about that thing?"
"Of course, I heard that it is the most magical bridge. Unfortunately, I have never been outside the clan's territory, so I have no chance..."
The young Nosier clan member became depressed again, and Duan Qing shook his head again: "Don't be discouraged, Falling Star Mountain is right in front of you now..."
"Wait a moment."
Xueling Huanbing on the other side suddenly asked: "You said before... that the mountain is called Falling Star Mountain, right?"
"What's wrong? If it's not called Falling Star Mountain, what is it called..."
"What he said at the time was that we call it Falling Star Mountain." The woman interrupted the others' questions impatiently, and the eyes under the hood stared directly at the young man: "So... ..”
"What do you Nosier people call that mountain?"
"..."
This time, it was Art's turn to be silent.
Several people stopped in unison, and then looked at the young man from the Nosier tribe standing there in silence, clenching his fists tightly, and then slowly loosening his fists. After repeating this several times, he finally He raised his head and looked at the majestic mountain behind the snow-covered sky.
"According to... my understanding." After a while, Art said slowly: "This mountain was once called by several names by the tribesmen. It was once called 'Akawa', 'Si Nerre', 'Kvosdai'..."
"Can you explain it in words we can understand?" Duan Qing pinched his eyebrows and interjected.
"Those are the ancient languages once used by the ancestors of the Nosir tribe. Not many people can use them now." Art murmured: "But after my research, the meaning of one of the names, I It should be translatable.”
"The meaning of that name, in the common language of the mainland, should be 'walking into death'."
None of the three people spoke. They just looked at the young ice and snow tribesman whose eyes did not move. Suddenly there was something unspeakable in their hearts. That was a familiar feeling they could feel during many game adventures.
It was a feeling of smelling danger.
"Why did your ancestors use such a name?" Sensing something wrong with the atmosphere, Duan Qing hurriedly used this method to break the growing sense of loss: "There is always some reason, right? Could it be because there are many dead people there..."
"I don't know either." Art shook his head: "I found out those names through many methods. As for the specific meaning..."
"Okay, okay, who cares." Duan Qing waved his hand again: "No matter what, we will climb up from here and conquer this mountain. We have come here, we are not afraid of anything. ..."
"I don't know if this sentence was meant for him or for yourself."
"What's wrong? This is called cheering! I know you have never heard of anyone climbing to the top of this mountain, but isn't that what we are here for? Think about when we first climbed the mountain... ."
"Hey, when we first climbed the mountain... I guess none of us wanted to climb to the top of the mountain. And now that we have walked so far and reached such a high altitude, there is not even a shadow of the top of the mountain. See......"
"Don't give up, brother, didn't you say you wanted to take us climbing the mountain?"
"Then labor and management will not die in vain! Why do we continue to do things we know we can't do?"
"Don't be cowardly, brother. Is it true that the word "give up" is still in the dictionary when the dignified Iron Fist is in charge?"
"That's not what labor and management mean. Labor and management just want to carefully consider the possibility of this matter..."
"stop fighting!"
A cold voice suddenly came from the side of everyone. The rest of the people were shocked by the cold voice. They all looked in the direction of the woman, wanting to hear what truth she could say. Unexpectedly, the person under the cloak But the white palm suddenly stretched out and pointed in a certain direction in front of them.
"Look over there."
"Ah? What's going on over there..."
"Is it..." the woman lowered the brim of her hat: "A stone pillar?"
After a few seconds of silence, several people began to rush forward in unison, running towards the front of the ridge despite the constant wind and snow. Soon after, the black spot in their sight slowly enlarged in their eyes and gradually became... It became a thin black line.
"You have good eyesight." Duan Qing looked at the woman and said with some appreciation: "It's really a stone pillar... Look, look! I said we can do it... ..Well."
The stone pillar is located on the side of the ridge, slightly lower on the snow slope on the left. It stands quietly between the white snow slopes and the sky full of wind and snow. The nearest rock is also located more than ten meters away from that place, giving it a unique feeling. If it weren't for the blizzard, the adventurers would have been able to spot this independent stone pillar from further away - although they now carefully slid down the snow slope and arrived in front of the stone pillar.
"It seems to be no different from the previous stone pillar." After checking the appearance of the stone pillar up and down, Duan Qing first came to the conclusion: "There is no abnormality and no characteristics... I really don't know what this means to us. Call it bad news or good news.”
"At least this shows that this kind of stone pillar exists in this area." Nan Tieshan crossed his arms and looked at the top of the stone pillar: "And... there may be more."
Several people looked at the top of the ridge together - along the highest point of the snow hill in their eyes, the white color still stretched in their eyes, and then gradually became less and less, and finally the white snow line disappeared higher up. in height.
As the slope steeply increases, it becomes increasingly difficult for ice and snow to accumulate on the exposed rocks. Black rock masses gradually occupy higher altitudes, and together with the white snow in the rock crevices, form a black and white mountain scene. However, everyone still found some strange bumps on the black and white boundary not far away.
"That..." Looking at the area, Duan Qing slowly asked the young people of the Nosier tribe: "Art, those sacred shadows discovered by your tribe..."
"Is there only one kind of stone pillar?"
Above them, on the slope not far from the ridge, a short stone pier stood there quietly. Although from their point of view, the short thing was covered by the color of the black rock mass behind it, it was still far away. Being so close, several people could still distinguish the existence of that protruding thing.
"I don't know." Art also looked in that direction: "But anything that can show miracles should be called a sacred shadow by the tribe..."
"So what exactly is a miracle?" Nan Tieshan shouted from the side, and then walked forward angrily: "Does magic really need to be tested? If I had known better, I would have brought a few brothers from the guild here. We in the Iron Fist Gang still have one or two mages..."
"This is not necessarily true." Duan Qing also followed and said: "Consider the characteristics of the Nosir tribe, maybe it is related to the blood connection... Well, is there such a setting in the free world? ?”
"Anyway, let's go up and take a look first."
Looking at the two figures striding upward in the wind and snow, Art suddenly heard the woman's low laughter from behind. He turned around, only to see a pair of bright boots under the black hood. Eyes: "What ideals and goals...this is what an adventurer is."
"But hope continues, doesn't it?"
