The stone hall at the top of the elevator is much smaller than the previous stone hall. Although there are some stone pillars surrounding it, the number and size are still much worse than the previous hall below. However, perhaps because of the inaccessibility of the place, every detail of this place is still well preserved. In every corner of the stone chamber, there are still strange decorations and lines left by some ancient civilization.
However, the reason why Duan Qing and others had time to study these things at this time was that, in addition to being sure that the young man from the Nosier tribe who ran out along the cave exit would not run far away, there was another very important reason. They had to wait for the big man in black armor to recover from his paralysis.
The length of the exit is much shorter than the road with murals that Duan Qing and the others followed before, and apart from a row of stone pillars, there are no excessive decorations. At this time, the passage was also very clear due to the illumination of the luminous stone pillars, but a few careful people could still find that there were still some incoming and outgoing footprints and dried blood stains on the ground of some stone slabs.
"If my guess is correct, these traces should be left by the deceased."
"That guy named Rom?"
"He was injured, then entered here, and finally died in the stone hall." Duan Qing, who was walking there, did not forget to analyze the only information: "But he died of injuries in the end. Yes, or because of hunger or other reasons, I don’t know..."
"After all, the time is too short." He whispered.
"I prefer the former." Xueling Huanbing also said in agreement: "Otherwise, why would Art have such a big reaction?"
"He is a scumbag with only a combat power of five. It would be nice if he could figure out how he died. How could he possibly figure out who did it..."
"I still have some impressions of Rom. He is a very powerful young man, but like other powerful young people, he has a little pride and disdains ordinary prey. Every time I see him , he shouted to become the greatest warrior like Shirley..."
"What do you want to say? Is it difficult to kill such a person?"
"...In fact, such people are most likely to die. They are arrogant and complacent, overestimate themselves, dare to attack anything they see, and accidentally fall into the dangers of the world... "
"I can't tell that you still care about the younger generation of the Nosier tribe."
The woman suddenly stopped talking.
"Brothers, there is another key question." Seeing that the two were no longer talking, Nan Tieshan, who was barely able to walk, took this opportunity to express his opinion: "We have spent so much effort to get here. , how did that young Nosir boy come here?"
"Judging from the traces on the ground, he should have come in from the front, and he will definitely not use something like an elevator." Duan Qing replied: "The people of the Nosier tribe have already seen so many stone pillars. I’m so excited that I don’t know what to do, how do you expect them to study these things..."
"That's not necessarily true. If my direction is correct, this road should be heading east..."
"It doesn't matter which way you go. After all, there are thousands of roads up the mountain." Duan Qing continued: "And don't forget, we climbed over the cliff before..."
His words stopped abruptly - after turning a small corner, the exit of the passage was right in front of them.
"We're here, I hope Art doesn't...this, this is..."
White light flashed in front of their eyes, which was what they would see when they walked out of the darkness, but when they stepped out of the cave, the hazy white light did not disappear, but surrounded them.
It was a thick fog.
"What is this?" Nan Tieshan murmured, "Is this..."
"The mountains are surrounded by mist." The woman in the black cloak answered his question: "I didn't expect that we would actually reach this place."
"What do you mean? Can someone explain it to me?" Duan Qing looked at the two teammates with ugly expressions next to him and asked with some confusion.
"...The current record for players to conquer Falling Star Mountain is right here."
After standing there and hesitating for a while, Xueling Huanbing took the lead in answering the question: "No matter which direction we explore the top of Falling Star Mountain, those before us only climbed to this place in the end, and then there was no further progress. Specifically People who have been here haven’t made it clear why, but according to their descriptions, this thick fog should be an insurmountable... maze.”
"Because no matter which direction you come from, you will enter this fog, so they gave it a name, called the Mountain Fog."
"Although I don't know if this statement is accurate..." The big man in black armor on the other side held his knees and explained slightly tiredly: "But I heard from the people below that this fog should be where we are. The one I saw when we were at the bottom of the mountain.”
"The one you saw...?"
"Yes." Nan Tieshan gestured to the top of his head: "It's that... cloud layer."
Looking at Falling Star Mountain from a distance at the foot of the mountain, apart from the dark mountain, the straight mountainside, and the desolate mountain environment, what leaves the most profound impression is the towering towering sky. The top of the mountain. Countless players have imagined what the top of Falling Star Mountain looks like, but in their imaginations and descriptions, what has always been missing is the sea of clouds stepping on their feet.
So many people who have climbed here believe that the height they reached must have broken into the clouds that have always surrounded the mountain.
"Listening to what you said, it seems to make sense." Duan Qing looked at the surroundings with a sight distance of only two or three meters and said, "Have we climbed to... such a high place?"
"No one who has climbed here before has passed through this fog. The specific reason is unknown, but... we may know it soon." Nan Tieshan's voice was full of fatigue: "Living in The aborigines near Kalon Pass call this section of Falling Star Mountain the Rotating Cloud Plank Road, and they don’t know what the special meaning of this name is.”
"Well..." Duan Qing looked through his adventurer notes, and sure enough he saw those names: "Kalong Pass...Azi Amoka... "
"Yes, that's the place... Do you feel difficulty breathing? Or lack of strength?"
"No. Maybe it's because I'm using the body in the game..." Duan Qing tried to move his body: "I feel pretty good."
"Then pay attention to your physical strength." The big man in black armor had already sat down on the ground: "In this environment, no matter how you use your physical strength, it will have some impact."
"Don't worry, it's you, brother. Is it really okay to keep going like this?" Duan Qing looked at the haggard look of the big man in black armor: "We don't want to carry you all the way..."
"I don't want to disturb your brotherhood." Xueling Huanbing on the side suddenly said: "But we have encountered a big problem now."
"Where's Art?"
Several people looked at me, and I looked at you, and finally they all shed a cold sweat: "Under such an environment..."
"It's so hard to find someone."
"Art! Where are you!"
With the attitude of giving it a try, Duan Qing first shouted towards the front of the mist: "Answer me if you hear it!"
There was no reply to the voice—in fact, not even an echo came back to the shout.
"I have to remind you that we are now... roughly at the same height as the clouds." Nan Tieshan added later: "There should be no peaks around us that can compete with us, so it's okay to just shout. function, and...you have to be careful when walking.”
"It's strange that I didn't feel the strong wind at such a high place..." Duan Qing nodded to express his understanding, and then reached out to touch the clouds and mist: "Is it also because of this mountain?"
"It should be so." Xue Ling Huan Bing also moved forward: "People who have seen this mountain have never seen the top of the mountain, mainly because... this road has never been scattered. I’ve been to the mist surrounding the mountains.”
"Well, that is to say...this fog should not be formed naturally." Duan Qing made a preliminary conclusion: "There must be something fishy in it, so no one passing by has crossed this line of defense... ..."
He also took a step forward.
In Nan Tieshan's sight, the two people stepped into the fog one after another, and then...disappeared in front of his eyes.
"Hey, hey! You two!" He shouted loudly for a while, then leaned his back against the stone pillar next to the cave and relaxed his body: "Now..."
"Trouble."
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Art didn't know the strangeness of this fog. He had never even heard the name or meaning of this fog. As a Nosier tribesman who has never left the clan, he naturally doesn't know what kind of dangers there are in this kind of place that even adventurers don't know about. But the main reason why he rushed into this fog was because he was blinded by anger.
He could still recognize the wounds on his own people's bodies.
Suspecting that there might be a murderer nearby, he could no longer suppress a certain emotion in his heart after experiencing several catastrophes. He rushed out of the hole resolutely, and then plunged into the invisible fog. . When he jumped into the fog, he didn't realize what the white fog in front of him meant, nor did he realize how high up in the sky he was, because in his consciousness, his His mind gradually became as blank as the fog in front of him. Even if he died next moment, he would not feel anything at all - various negative emotions such as anger, shock, fear, etc., slowly dominated his mind. His mind eroded his soul, and in the end he had no more thoughts except running.
However, he did not die miserably in the end - after a brighter white light flashed, Art's body did not fall from any cliff, but suddenly rushed out of the mist and appeared in the curve of a mountain road. The white fog clearly appeared behind him at the high point of the mountain road, but the color of the boundary was not so obvious, because under his feet, around him, and in every corner of the winding mountain road, there were piles of white fog and fog. Similar colors to the white snow.
However, the weather on this mountain road was not as bad as when they were climbing the mountain before. Therefore, there were many strangely dressed humans stationed on this mountain road at this time, some of them in groups and some alone. He stayed there, hugging his sword around the wall, closing his eyes and concentrating, not knowing what he was thinking. Some of the people in groups were laughing and chatting, and some were gearing up, as if they were preparing for some more ambitious journey.
Although their costumes are different, one thing is the same, that is, almost all of them have a name on their heads, but as an NPC, Art cannot see it. In fact, he has not yet seen it from his heart. He had recovered from his grief, so he had not reacted too much to the humans in front of him who clearly looked like adventurers. However, the players present are basically experienced climbers, because only those who have rich adventure experience and have experienced many failures will have the strength to climb to this place.
Many of them naturally recognized that this aboriginal man from the Free Continent, who was covered in dirt but dressed in white fur, must be the legendary Nosier tribe.
A person with a special identity suddenly burst out of the fog, which naturally had a huge impact on the players. Thinking of the rumored ferocity of this race, several lone players stared at the young man and secretly raised their guard. The teams that have long been prepared to move forward are also eyeing this emerging human being. Only those teams that are sitting here doing nothing and have already regarded arriving here as their stage victory are holding the hope of watching. Look at this young man with a lively attitude.
"Look! A Nosir tribesman came out of the fog!"
"Is there such a thing? Is something wonderful happening ahead... Let's go and watch the excitement."
"Brother, should we kill him?" From the other team, a guy with a ferocious face asked the leader of the team with malice.
"Don't worry, there are so many people here, let's see what they want to do."
"This guy... suddenly appeared in this place... there must be something fishy going on." Hiding behind a big rock in the snow, the five people in the team also began to discuss stand up.
"But... the Nosir tribe is said to be very powerful in combat. We have to weigh it..."
"I don't want to kill him, I mean, should we go up and say hello or something..."
"With so many people watching, do you think it's that easy? Maybe they wanted to rob that person, but ended up robbing us too."
"What are you afraid of? We are the fifth generals of Dawn and Glory! We have never been afraid of anyone..."
"Don't go then. Don't forget what we are here for... Huh?"
In the mist, another man in leather armor suddenly appeared at the top of the road. He looked at everyone present with confused eyes, and then scratched his head.
"where is this?"
"Holy shit." The person in the team suddenly jumped up from where he was: "That's him!"
"Brothers, enter! After guarding for such a long time, we finally guarded him until..."
