"Whew...... Call...... Did you find anything? ”

"No, what about you?"

"Xiye is still in it and hasn't come out, so I guess I'm still looking for it...... However, Liushui Xuanqing found another exit. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

It was the exit of a cave leaning against the side of the mountain path, and a man who had just come out of the cave was panting and talking in a low voice with another person waiting there. The terrain here is flat, the slope is not high, and there are no cliffs on either side, but judging by the environment, this should be a high altitude place. The snow all around, and the cold air, are enough for anyone passing through here to feel like walking on a flat road.

Not to mention, the snow here is also a reminder to others that no one has been here for a long time.

It's only a matter of time before a player appears in a lesser-of-the-box place, as players have an advantage that they can't match in the real world, allowing them to relentlessly explore every corner of the world. As long as you have enough curiosity and patience, even on the top of the mountains and at the bottom of the sea, it is only a matter of time before all the secrets are revealed, and the path in the mountain stream and a cave that no one has ever discovered are just a trivial part of the past for players to explore the secrets of the free world.

However, these two players here don't seem to plan to do this, or rather...... There is no capacity to do so.

"It's been so long since the news was circulated, why hasn't anyone come?"

"Do you think every player has the strength to come to this place like us? Besides, I don't think it's a very reliable trick......"

"Where is it unreliable, let them go, we will follow behind, and we will make another move at the critical moment, if it really doesn't work, we can start first."

"That's what I said......" The man who came out of the cave before snorted and sat on the big stone at the entrance of the cave, and then took off his hat for heating: "But I always think that something may happen in this way, and Brother Tie is also against it......"

"He's that kind of character, don't worry about him." The tall and thin man walked to the boulder, stretched his neck and looked at the bottom of the mountain road hidden by snow: "Don't you see that he is still coming, as long as we continue to search, we will definitely find ......"

"What if another group of people comes? And send them back like last time? ”

"It depends...... Isn't that what we're trying to do? This cave is too big, just a few of us are too slow, the guild's station is so far away, and the competition is about to start again, if you search for a long time and find nothing, and in the end you miss the registration, it won't be fun......"

"Alas......" The man sitting on the stone sighed: "I have signed up for the competition every year, and I have been beaten to the ground every year, and the president has persevered for so many years......"

"So we need to break through somewhere else!" The tall and thin man said as he looked towards the entrance of the cave, "If there really are any ruins here...... You should know about the recent discoveries in Liberty City, right? There are so many good things in those broken ruins, how can the ruins we find on this Falling Star Mountain not be any worse, right? ”

"Come on, just rely on those few small stones......" The man sitting on the stone slapped his thigh: "I don't believe it myself!" What's more, Falling Star Mountain has been explored so many times, even if there is something, it should have been taken away by others a long time ago, right? ”

"No, we haven't found any traces of the recent past few days, no one should have been here, and the early gang of people were so poor-level and equipped, how could they find such a deep place......

"So that's why you're so confident?"

The man stared at the tall and thin man's face, who looked away and shrugged his shoulders to himself: "I can't help it, I want to find a harvest, I want to save time, and I don't want to be discovered by others...... You have to give up something. ”

"That's why Brother Tie doesn't want to do this."

"It's okay, he doesn't want to do it, we'll do it for him." The tall and thin man patted him on the shoulder: "There's really no way, let's finally probe in the direction that Flowing Water Xuanqing found, and then ...... Just go back. ”

"What if someone came before?"

"What else can I do, according to the previous method."

"Brother Nightscales, I didn't say you ......" The man stood up from the boulder and pushed the other party's hand away at the same time: "If you keep thinking about these little routines, you have no future." ”

"Hehe, how do you count the group of people we cleared back before that......

"That's because we have a good location, if there are really a few masters...... Hum. The man turned and walked again into the cave: "It is not certain who will be cleared back." ”

"As a member of the Dawning Glory Guild, an experienced player in several League Cups, I have never been afraid of others!" The player known as Nightscale chuckled, straightened out his gear, and walked into the unknown cavern.

"Let's kill one by one, let's kill two by two!"

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"Are you sure that's the way you go?"

“...... Yes. ”

"It's really difficult to communicate with a little girl like you, and it also hurts your ......" got a cold answer as usual, Nan Tieshan looked at Duan Qing next to him, who pretended to whistle and looked at the mountain wall without knowing anything.

"Well, since you're so sure, let's move on." Nan Tieshan glanced at the woman in the black cloak with some uncertainty, then shook his head and continued to walk along the hillside: "It is said that this road is the path that every climber will take, and the more people walk, it has become the flat it is now. ”

"I really don't believe that you can really find any Nosl people by walking this way."

Xue Ling Phantom Bing didn't answer, but followed behind by herself, but Duan Qing, who was pretending to be ignorant just now, preemptively asked a question: "That...... Big brother, aren't we going to look for the ruins first? ”

"Looking, of course. But ......" Nan Tieshan threw a stone in his hand and scratched the back of his head with some distress: "Those people said, where the ruins are 'where this stone was found', and how do I know where ...... it is"

"This stone is indeed not quite the same as the surrounding stones." Duan Qing looked at the appearance of the stone, and then looked around: "That...... Big brother, can I take a look at this stone? ”

"What, afraid that I will deceive you? Take it. ”

With the help of the still bright sunshine, Duan Qing carefully observed the stone that was said to be the "clue of the ruins" in the palm of his hand.

Gray and white color, irregular shape, at first glance, this stone is an ordinary stone, no different from the usual roadside stones, the rough surface is covered with potholes, accompanied by some small grains of sand, from the edge of the stone, this stone seems to be a piece of gravel, the product of a large stone after it has been broken.

"This stone...... It should be a product of artificiality. After checking back and forth, Duan Qing gestured to Xue Lingyu Bing, and only after the other party shook his head did he throw it back to the black-armored man: "It seems to have been knocked down from something artificially made." ”

"Hey, if it weren't for that, I wouldn't have bought him this stone!" Nan Tieshan laughed twice, and then suddenly came to his senses: "Huh? I'm not going to be being blackmailed, am I? ”

"Uh...... Although it is possible that it was taken casually, the stone must have been picked up from the mountain. Seeing the other party's somewhat suspicious and ugly expression, Duan Qing hurriedly explained: "Look at the marks on that stone...... Here, and here, and those holes in there. ”

This means that the stone has been frozen, or rather...... Once frozen. ”

That is to say...... This stone was taken from a high mountain? Nan Tieshan held the stone in one hand and looked up at the high mountain: "Hmm......"

"But what if it's not something from Falling Star Mountain......"

"It won't be far away, will it? The only snow-capped mountain in the vicinity is the Andacel Mountains. ”

“...... Reasonable. Nan Tieshan pondered for a long time, and finally nodded: "Even if it's not on Falling Star Mountain, it shouldn't be far away..... Ha, I didn't expect you kid to still have some brains, uncle, I believe you, not bad, not bad! ”

He laughed again, and then retracted his smile: "But in this case, this Raushzi ruin will be too troublesome...... Let's make the Norsrid a priority. ”

The three of them walked forward again, and Nan Tieshan, one of them, raised his hand, and after thinking about it, he still reluctantly took the stone into his arms - it cost a lot of money, even if he couldn't find it in the end, he could keep it for a thought, and he could take it back and brag about it......

Hmm, what am I thinking, it's still the task.

The Andacher Mountains are an unusually long mountain range that has been described by previous players as spanning the middle of the Free Continent, dividing most of the Free Continent in half and serving as the natural dividing line between the Empire and the Duchy. Falling Star Mountain is just one of the high mountains, so in order to climb this high mountain, everyone must first enter the vast mountain range.

However, because of this, the mountains here are still very gentle.

The slowly rising mountain paths, the gradually thinning vegetation, the surrounding scenes, and even the color are gradually changing, from green to yellow-green, and then to complete yellow. There are constantly huge boulders on both sides of the road, mixed with some broken branches, as well as steep slopes and cliffs, if you stand on the edge of the cliff and look down, you can only see the bottomless mountain stream, and some fragments of clothing attached to the surrounding area, and I don't know who has accidentally fallen from here in the past.

Of course, in Duan Qing's eyes, such a cliff would only fall down for people with IQ problems.

On the road to the mountain, there are occasionally some monsters. Some of them were monkey-like creatures, but they were much larger than real monkeys, and their legs were erect, and whenever Duan Qing looked at the creatures hiding behind the boulders, they would be frightened by his gaze, and they retracted their heads with a whoosh, and at the same time let out a squeaky and squeaky scream. After that, Duan Qing and the three of them were ready to fight, because it wouldn't be long before a huge monkey with a big wooden stick would lead its frightened younger brothers to seek revenge and trouble the three of them.

Of course, in the end they were all beaten back.

When you first enter the Falling Star Mountain, the most troublesome thing seems to be these creatures, and the rest are mountain leopards that jump agilely among the boulders, rock snakes that occasionally come out of the cracks in the rocks, and giant birds that fly down from the sky, etc. Nantie Mountain couldn't even name these monsters, so he didn't care about them anymore after killing them, Duan Qing, who had been hiding behind as a junior brother, was a little curious about these creatures, and he thought that the Snow Spirit Phantom Ice next to him definitely knew their names, but unfortunately...... Although it was well said at the foot of the mountain, this woman had no intention of acting as a tour guide.

Then they came to the end of the trail.

"This is it."

On a large cliff on the side of the mountain, a small wooden house stands quietly, as if it is gazing at the endless mountain peaks in the distance with its own eyes.

"This is the cabin you mentioned earlier." Seeing Nan Tieshan take the lead in walking towards the wooden house, Xue Lingphantom Ice explained to Duan Qing in a low voice: "Because...... For some reason, there is an old man who has been guarding here, and this mountain road was also built by him for the purpose of ...... Convenience of living. ”

"He lives in this place?"

"It looks like this." The woman in the black cloak turned her head to look ahead: "When the first player found this place along the mountain road, the old man was here, and he seemed to be a man with a story, but even if more players came, he would still give the adventurers the same task - to clean the mountain road." ”

"I won't say anything else."

"Another ...... like this" Inexplicably remembering the library in Fenghua Town, Duan Qing shrunk his neck with some fear, and then looked around: "That...... What is the so-called climb to the top of Falling Star Mountain? If this is the end of the road, what do you do after that? ”

"Well, that's it."

Xue Lingphantom Ice pointed to a path on the other side of the cliff: "Actually, there are many ways up the mountain, and this is just one of them. ”

She walked forward and continued to introduce to Duan Qing at the same time: "I...... When I came before, I heard about many roads up the mountain, and this one is just a lot of people, because the road in front is quite safe, and there is a wooden house in the middle to rest. ”

"Rest? Will the old man agree? ”

"Of course, he will provide a place to rest, but it is not the same as an inn."

Xue Lingphantasm lowered her head: "Don't ask me how I know. ”

"OK, OK......" Duan Qing pushed his hands: "Then let's go in and take a look, there should be no problem......

"Hey, it's still the same."

Before the two of them walked to the wooden house, Nan Tieshan, who had already entered before, walked out of the wooden house: "No need to enter, it's still that task." ”

"That...... Big brother, are there any rewards? ”

“...... Of course there are, but they're all daily necessities, and I promise you won't like them. Nan Tieshan said with some irritation: "Let's not waste time...... Hey? ”

"That's ...... What the? ”

He suddenly tiptoed and looked at the way they had come - behind them, at the bottom of the slope, a huge green backpack first appeared on the horizon of the field of vision, and the backpack swayed from side to side for a while before it stabilized and continued to rise slowly in the sight of Duan Qing and the others.

Then, a woman with a huge backpack appeared on the mountain road opposite the wooden house.