"The yellow sand - like a tide - rolls across the sky -"
"What the hell are you singing?" The woman in the black cloak covered her ears unbearably, and then shouted to the man sitting next to her: "It's so noisy!"
"You can tell at a glance that you have definitely never seen the old man in Green Stone Village." Looking at the wind and snow outside, Duan Qing grinned happily: "No, you have been to Green Stone Village, maybe you have also seen that man Old man, but I haven’t heard of it..."
"What old man?"
"I haven't seen that old man, but I heard him sing this sentence just now." Duan Qing tapped his knees with his fingers, and turned his eyes away from the wind and snow, and turned to look at the woman next to him: " It's a pity that I don't have that person's broken gong voice, and I can't sing his taste. What's blowing here is not yellow sand, but heavy snow, otherwise it would be even more sensational..."
The woman looked at Duan Qing's face with inexplicable eyes for a while, then turned her head and ignored him, but looked in the direction they came from before: "Nantieshan!"
"It's here, it's coming soon! Really, I've never seen anyone more anxious than me..."
A large man appeared on the outer rock wall where they were. He held a newly drawn mark on it with both hands and moved slowly and steadily towards this side. Below him, a man was hanging by a rope. The human in mid-air was also moving slowly with his movement, but the figure itself had no movement or sound.
"Finally... we're here!" Finally, the big man in black armor jumped in front of the two of them: "You can hear the howling of Brother Qingshan from far away... Is this right here?"
He looked around.
This is a gap on the cliff. It is said to be a gap, but its actual size is much larger than a real rock gap. What is even more eye-catching is that the appearance of this gap is obviously artificial. . It is impossible for a naturally formed gap to have such regular lines on the outside. What's more, the Falling Star Mountain they saw along the way was almost a huge rock, and there was no so-called gap at all.
"To be precise, this is a cave entrance, a hidden cave entrance dug manually." Duan Qing, who was sitting on the side of the cave entrance, explained.
"This ground... has obviously been repaired." Nan Tieshan stamped his feet and looked at the ground under his feet: "This is it, it should be right! We finally found it, hahahaha! "
"You'd better pull up the person below first." Xueling Huanbing said with a little helplessness: "I haven't heard anything about Art for a long time... He won't freeze to death." Alright?"
"Ah!" The big man in black armor scratched his head with a look of realization, and then quickly started the work of pulling people in.
"Although there are some angles, but..." Duan Qing looked up at the space above his head: "It can still be seen from this place."
He pointed to the wall above his head: "Here, and here... These should be the marks of polishing."
"Someone has comprehensively repaired this entrance. It may be a modern person, or it may be an ancient person." Xue Ling Huanbing also came to the conclusion: "Of course, this may also be an exit."
"Whether it is the entrance or the exit, you will know when you go in and take a look." Duan Qing patted his body and stood up slowly: "But before that..."
In front of him, the short rope was finally pulled to the end - the young man, whose face was white with cold, was finally pulled up by the life-saving straw tied around his waist.
"It's not broken, and it's fastened quite tightly. You're a bit lucky, young man..." Saying some inappropriate words, Duan Qing reached out and patted Yate's face, and then screamed: "Oops, Yate." It was frozen into ice!"
"I can't detect any worry on your face." The woman in the black cloak walked to the edge of the cliff and dragged the rope into the cave entrance with others: "Since this guy is so miserable, we... ....Let’s save people first.”
"Calculating the time, it should be very late today." Looking at the gradually darkening sky outside, Nan Tieshan, who was still the captain, also made the appropriate judgment: "Now that we have found the place, let's take a rest first. It’s okay.”
Several people dragged and transported the young man, who was almost frozen into ice, into the darkness deep inside the cave entrance. Nan Tieshan rummaged for a while and found out from the package the torches he had collected at the foot of the mountain in preparation for the adventure: "I can't find anything to make a fire here, so let's just use this first."
Then, the light of the torch completely presented the appearance of this place before their eyes.
The flat walls stretched upward at an inclined angle, and then met and overlapped not far above their heads, forming a slightly sharp ceiling. As the two walls beside the cave deepened, the surrounding ground became smoother. , and behind them, a stone gate blocked their way, but perhaps because of its disrepair, half of the stone gate had collapsed, leaving some large and small fragments.
But what is even more concerning are the two stone pillars standing next to the stone gate. The shape of these two stone pillars seems to be the same as the stone pillars they saw before, but the length has become shorter. The stone pillar on the right is still standing there intact, while the stone pillar on the left has become crooked due to the collapse of the stone door. It fell to the side and looked like it had been smashed.
"Wow..." Duan Qing whistled: "What a great discovery."
"Hehe, hehe..." I don't know what kind of bright future he thought of, Nan Tieshan also let out a burst of strange laughter: "After going all this way, I finally have hope..."
"Don't just stand still." The woman in the black cloak woke up from the scene in front of her first: "If Art dies, our guide will be gone."
"Oh, yes, yes..."
Several people worked hurriedly for a long time and finally built a decent fire. In order to collect enough burning materials, some necessary sacrifices were indispensable, such as torches, useless clothing, and furs captured on the road. Even some wooden weapons, Duan Qing reluctantly donated his own oil lamp, turning the kerosene inside into fuel for the bonfire. However, looking at the wind and snow outside and the bonfire that they had worked so hard to build, the three of them were still able to feel a little bit of safety and relief amidst the dangers along the way.
"I have been tortured along the way." Looking at the young man lying next to the fire with his eyes still closed, Nan Tieshan said with emotion: "I have never experienced such excitement in my life. adventure......"
"What is this? Back then..." Duan Qing paused for a moment, then took a hard bite of the few dry food he had left on him: "Forget it... Speaking of this damn weather, there is no Do you want to stop? If it weren’t for my good teeth, I really wouldn’t be able to chew this frozen hard thing..."
"You can bake it." Xue Ling Huan Bing retracted her gaze and said in a calm voice.
"Hehe, hehe... It's not like I haven't tried it before." Duan Qing smiled awkwardly: "Hey... when will this game allow people to cook food by themselves?"
"I don't know. But if there is..." Nan Tieshan drank a large amount of water, helped himself to flush the food that had become unpalatable due to the cold into his stomach, and then poured the water bottle into his stomach. The ground was consistent: "I won't eat these shabby dry food. Let's roast all the bear meat in the bag first! I haven't eaten barbecue for a long time. This time I almost suffered a disaster. No matter what, I have to have a big meal to celebrate... "
"What happened to you on the cliff just now?"
"Ah, you don't know, I almost fell down because of this kid just now! If I hadn't bought this pair of gloves from little Laura in the Embrace of Ice and Snow, I would have gone back to Tania I went to the hotel to have a drink with my brothers... But this pair of boxing gloves is really easy to use. It is produced by a mysterious businessman and must be a high-quality product!"
He gave a thumbs up, and then as expected, he received two looks of contempt: "You don't have that fate, so don't blame me, hahahahaha!"
"...Then why didn't you buy some delicious food from that 'little Laura'?"
"Well......"
"Or a recipe for cooking?"
"Well......"
"That's really a good thing... If there is such a thing as a recipe, even if you can't learn it yourself, you can sell it for a big price outside. Current players don't know that there is How many people are eager to solve the problem of eating..."
"Okay, okay, stop talking." The big man in black armor covered his face with his hands: "Can't I make a mistake? But to be honest, if it were you, you would definitely be eyeing those top-quality weapons and equipment for this opportunity, right? Otherwise, I would be sorry for my luck..."
"Shhh."
The woman suddenly made a silence gesture, and then pointed at the young man on the ground - he groaned twice in pain, and then opened his eyes with difficulty.
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"Thank you, thank you..."
Art swallowed the food with some difficulty, but the tears on his face did not stop for a moment: "Thank you for saving me..."
"You saved yourself." Duan Qing said in a lazy voice, "We just gave you the opportunity and the necessary protection. The rest... you deserve."
"Yes, boy, your strength is...limited after all, so just do what you can do!" The big man in black armor patted his shoulder while ignoring Art's face. With a painful expression on his face: "Adventurers earn their lives by themselves! Hahahaha..."
"You're about to beat me to death." Xue Ling Huan Bing whispered to the side, so the big man retracted his hand with some sarcasm.
"Anyway, thank you for saving my life." Art wiped his mouth, then crossed his chest with one hand, knelt on the ground and performed a courtesy: "Alquist Flatastag, Your kindness will be remembered throughout my life.”
The three people present looked at me and I looked at you, and they didn’t know how to deal with such a situation for a better result. Finally, the three of them decided with their eyes that Nan Tieshan would step in and help the young man up: "Don't be like this, we are just adventurers, we haven't done anything great, and we were kicked out by your tribe before. .....”
"Ah! That, that... please don't resent my people." Art's face turned red, and his hands were waving anxiously: "They also have... their own reasons. "
"Oh?" Duan Qing on the side asked calmly: "What happened to your tribe...? Why are you so hostile to outsiders like us?"
"That, that..." Art hesitated a little, and after a while he said in a very low voice: "Because of the last migration..."
"What?"
"The last migration... a lot of people died." The young man from the Nosier tribe seemed to be caught up in some undesirable memories: "That was not long ago, and there were some adventurers Come here, I heard from people in the tribe that they are also members of the adventurers who have been here before..."
Duan Qing and Nan Tieshan unanimously set their sights on Xue Ling Huan Bing, who lowered his head unnaturally, not knowing what he was thinking of.
"The clan leader at that time entertained them warmly, and said that they were... Shirley's admirers, and talked with them all night. After the adventurers left, the clan leader summoned many people to talk again. ,at last......"
"We decided to move, to a place far away."
"But you are still here." The woman in the black cloak suddenly spoke, interrupting Art's memories.
"Because... the wind and snow suddenly became stronger." Art whispered: "Under the harsh environment, many people died just after we started our migration. We were cold, hungry, and the mountain road to the north was also blocked. It was broken, and many wild beasts were attacking us, and later we encountered the roar of snowy mountains..."
"It's an avalanche." Looking at the confused expressions of the other two people, the woman answered their questions in advance.
"The patriarch is dead. In order to protect us and retreat, many powerful warriors also died, and my father..." The young man bent his knees and hugged him with his arms: "In order to survive, we have no choice but to He retreated, elected a new clan leader, and then...continued to live a difficult life here."
"After all, it's still a natural disaster." Nan Tieshan patted his thigh: "What does it have to do with us outsiders..."
"Many people in the clan know the reasons for the migration. I heard that many clan members were opposed to it at that time, including the new clan leader, so..." Art raised his head and looked in front of him. The big man: "So they believe that it was the arrival of those outsiders that caused the anger of God and this disaster."
Superstition is misleading... Duan Qing on the side thought helplessly.
"Later, the tribe made rules. Don't contact outsiders easily, and don't believe their words easily." Yat pulled some damp clothes on his body: "I hope I can pray for God's forgiveness with this, and be with the Nosier tribe." Peace of destiny.”
"I remember... when we came to the Embrace of Ice and Snow before, the people there were not so hostile." Duan Qing pinched his chin, then looked at the woman next to him: "If Art said All are true..."
"It's true." Knowing that the other party was suspecting something, the woman gathered her cloak and hid her face more tightly: "They let us stay there entirely because of... .for my sake.”
"What?" Nan Tieshan was so shocked that he stood up: "You have such a big reputation? If you had known..."
"Impossible." The woman interrupted the other party: "Even if it is Shirley's successor, it is impossible to persuade the other party to participate in the war."
Under Art's surprised gaze, Nan Tieshan stared closely at the woman in the corner: "Are you...the inheritor? Hidden profession?"
"What are you thinking!" As if she understood the other party's hidden meaning, the woman shook her head angrily: "If I had such great ability, why would I come here and suffer with you..."
"Hmph." Nan Tieshan clenched his fist as big as a casserole: "Labour and management have long known that you have objections to me..."
"Stop, stop, stop!" Seeing that the situation was not right, Duan Qing hurriedly interrupted the quarrel between the two: "This woman has been troubled a lot recently, so she has a bad temper. Brother, please forgive me, forgive me, hahahaha... ..Hey! Let me beg you, okay? Even if you don’t want to participate in the competition, don’t cause harm to others..."
The latter half of the sentence was whispered to Xue Ling Huan Bing. The latter looked at several people present, and finally withdrew his cold gaze.
"Forget it, this matter was originally my problem. I was overconfident and concealed the mission." The big man who stood there was silent for a while, and finally sat down slowly: "Anyway, the mission failed. Okay, it’s not a man’s fault to worry about these things later. Art, I didn’t know about the experiences of your people before, and I didn’t mean to drag you into trouble, but now it’s all over... ....Hey! Boy, are you listening to me carefully?"
"You are..." The young man from the Nosier tribe had completely ignored what the people next to him were saying. His eyes were always on the woman in the black cloak, and his expression became a little... Excited: "Shirley's... inheritor?"
"Not exactly." The woman raised her head and glanced at the other person, and finally nodded reluctantly: "But...since things have developed to this point, then..."
She pointed to her right side - in that direction, the collapsed and remaining stone pillars and stone gates were sitting there quietly.
"This can be considered a kind of fate."
