Chapter 9: Moss

Mo Yu's powerful palm clenched a raised mountain rock, kicked a depression under his feet, and tried his best to lie down to avoid bearing the blow of the mountain wind, slowly gasping to recover his strength. In order to lighten the burden, he has nothing but a dagger on him, and when he doesn't know how long it will take to climb to the top of the mountain, saving his physical strength is undoubtedly the wisest choice. But after only a short rest, he set off again.

Gradually, his breathing began to become rapid, the higher he went, the more cold the mountain wind became, the fog became thicker and thicker, and lingered in the damp clouds all year round, the surface of the mountain rock was cold and slippery, and it took more strength to climb it, and he had to be more cautious between movements. And at this moment, Mo Yu's biggest enemy is the loss of his own physical strength! The muscles on his body are sore and numb, and bursts of tiredness are constantly coming, but at this moment he can only grit his teeth and persevere, try to save every bit of physical strength, and maintain a relatively stable speed to keep climbing upwards, but the speed is still slowing down little by little.

And as time goes by, the tiredness of the body becomes heavier and heavier, and the only way is to take a break to replenish the strength. But in order to lighten the burden before climbing, Mo Yu put all the trivial things such as the package on the tree, leaving only a dagger on his body, and without food, he could not get any supplements. If you continue to go up, it may be a dead end. If you choose to descend, be careful, you should be able to reach the base of the mountain safely before you run out of energy, rest and replenish enough food before continuing the climb. The latter was obviously a more rational choice, but Mo Yu's mind only turned slightly, and he completely suppressed it.

It was the seventh day since he entered the mountain, and Mo Liang's injury, the best time to recover from medication was within half a month, so he had no time to start over! Mo Yu gritted his teeth, took a deep breath and continued to climb up! Time passed little by little in his rapid breath, and another hour, Mo Yu looked up, the clouds and mist here were thicker, and with his eyesight, he could only see two or three zhang in front of him, and then he could only see the vague mountain that extended, and finally disappeared at the end of his sight. But the top of the mountain is still far away. A hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes, and the dagger in his right hand was stuck in the stone wall, and he took a deep breath, an abnormal flush appeared on his pale face, and a stinging pain continued to come from the wound on his shoulder, apparently due to the overexertion, the muscles that had not fully recovered were redamaged.

Bad state, more and more steep mountains, hopeless mountain tops, others may have felt hopeless, but Mo Yu will not. In order to survive to this day, he has endured countless hardships, and after taking Mo Liang over the Manshan branch and escaping into Four Seasons City, he secretly swore in his heart that no matter what the point is, he will never give up the idea of survival before he dies.

Before he died, the simple prefix represented his incomparably firm will to survive!

The mountain wind is getting stronger and stronger, whistling in the ears like a devil's hideous scream, and the temperature becomes lower and lower as the altitude increases, making it even more difficult to resist in the whistling mountain wind. The depletion of physical strength makes Mo Yu's body more and more tired, but he can only maintain his body temperature by constantly climbing to promote blood circulation in his body, and once he stops moving, the body surface temperature will drop rapidly. If you rest for too long, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave.

Mo Yu gritted his teeth, quickly moved his left hand, leaned out and held the protrusion of the stone wall above, kicked hard with his hand and kicked his feet at the same time, and pulled out the dagger in his right hand and went up, and the next moment he could insert the dagger into the stone wall again. But just as the dagger was pulled out, Mo Yu's pedal suddenly slipped, and the weight of his entire body was suddenly concentrated on his left arm, which was naturally nothing in normal times, but at this moment he was extremely weak, and his arm had an old injury that had not healed. At the time of the crisis, Mo Yu's left arm was subconsciously clenched hard, but almost at the same time, he snorted in pain, his left arm suddenly weakened, and his body fell down with a roar!

His face turned pale in an instant, and there was no trace of blood, and his eyes showed deep fear, and then turned into endless anger!

He has tried so hard to live to this day, how can he die here!

Mo Liang is still waiting for him to go back, if he dies here, how will he survive in this cold and cruel world!

Because of this fear or the bizarre anger in his heart, Mo Yu suddenly let out a low roar from the depths of his throat, like a lone wolf on the verge of death, the flesh and blood on his body suddenly trembled, and a faint stream of heat appeared out of thin air, making his weak and weak body burst out with amazing strength again at this moment! In this roar, he clenched the dagger and thrust it into the stone wall, and the speed of his body falling suddenly slammed, and he continued to slide more than ten meters in the sharp friction between the dagger and the stone wall, and his foot kicked a protrusion below and suddenly forced, barely stopping the rapidly falling body. The arms, waist, abdomen, knees and other parts of the body were worn out, blood gushed out, and drops of blood dripped down the folds.

The sound of falling stones came from below, fading away until it became inaudible. And it was only at this moment that Mo Yu let out a long breath, since entering the Four Seasons City, he had never been on the verge of death like Fang Cai, the feeling that his life was about to come to an end, and when he brought a long-lost sense of familiarity, he also had a deep fear. But when he came back to his senses, he soon felt the pain from all over his body, and the extreme tiredness, the sudden burst of powerful power, which seemed to have been exhausted in Fang Cai's struggle to survive, and the tearing of the wound on his left shoulder brought unbearable pain, the continuous loss of blood, coupled with the weak state, he was unable to continue climbing.

Although he avoided the fate of falling off a cliff and died, it seems that he still cannot escape death.

A reluctant bitter smile appeared at the corner of Mo Yu's mouth, are you going to die?

His eyes were full of unwillingness, but they were still dimming a little. He did not give up the idea of survival, but in this predicament, it was inevitable that despair would arise, so he could only stay here and wait for death to come.

This way of dying is more cruel than falling directly from the mountain to his death! Mo Yu tilted his face slightly, thinking mockingly in his heart. But at this moment, a small patch of green suddenly appeared in his sight, and his dim eyes suddenly burst into a scorching brilliance, which was the desire for life in a desperate situation! If you look closely, you can find that this small patch of green is a kind of moss that grows on the mountain wall and survives on the moisture brought by the clouds, which is much fatter and thicker than what you usually see, and seems to be full of juice.

Mo Yu suddenly made a "grunt" sound in his belly.

For veterans who have struggled to survive since childhood, it is easy to judge whether a moss is poisonous or not, and many times, this humble thing can be used as food for the stomach and can provide no less energy. I don't know if it's luck in a desperate situation, this small piece of moss is non-poisonous, and it is very close to him, as long as he stretches out his arm to catch it. Mo Yu endured the excitement in his heart, he slowly gasped, waiting for his weak body to accumulate a little strength, his left hand stretched out and landed on the moss, causing a burst of pain from the wound on his shoulder with slight force, and he couldn't uproot it, but only grabbed a handful of thick moss leaves.

But at this moment, Mo Yu couldn't care less about being shocked by the bizarre development of this mossy root system, because the full touch in his hand and the slightly cool viscous liquid stained his palm made the hunger in his stomach more than double in an instant! He didn't care about cleaning up the dust that might exist on the moss leaves, swallowed it in one gulp, and chewed it vigorously. Surprisingly, the moss does not taste slightly bitter, the rich juice has a faint sweetness, and it is extremely tough and takes a long time to chew. The slightly cool, viscous juice fell down his throat into his shriveled stomach, carrying the chewed moss, which made Mo Yu's hunger worse than lessened. But he still chewed slowly and carefully, only in this way could his body absorb the energy it contained as soon as possible.

After eating the first bite, he grabbed the second bite and put it in his mouth. A small piece of moss, Mo Yu ate it seven or eight times before and after, the hunger in his stomach still existed, but it had been reduced a lot, and a faint heat began to grow in his abdomen, which was a manifestation of his physical strength slowly recovering, and the healing speed of the bleeding wounds on his body seemed to be faster than usual.

Mo Yu's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he knew that he finally had hope of living this time. Because mossy vegetation rarely grows alone, since there will be one here, then there must be one around! As long as he can find it, he can slowly recover his strength with it, and even continue to climb up!

Perhaps because of the replenishment of food, Mo Yu's ability to resist the low temperature of the outside world has been improved, he rested for a while, waited until his strength recovered a little, and simply relied on his intuition to move carefully little by little in the direction where the moss appeared. As it turned out, he really seemed to have turned his luck. Soon he found another patch of moss, left it for the time being to become food for his stomach as well, and continued his journey in this direction.

After stopping for half an hour, Mo Yu ate seven or eight clumps of moss, making the hunger in his stomach finally disappear. I don't know what substances they contain, but the healing speed of the wounds on his body has greatly increased, and in the slight numbness, he seems to be able to sense the rapid growth of flesh and blood at the wound, this effect is amazing. But at this moment, the mountain wall on the left side suddenly disappeared, Mo Yu was slightly stunned, and when he used the dagger to see the other side of the mountain wall, his face suddenly froze. In the line of sight, the mountain wall suddenly became flat as a mirror, as if it had been cut open by a sharp blade in an instant, and pieces of moss grew densely on this stone wall, until it was hidden in the fog and still spread to the surrounding area without end, and the humidity in the air suddenly increased a lot.

Mo Yu frowned, and then figured out the matter. During the climb, the direction he traveled was not straight up, and he would adjust the direction due to the change of the mountain wall in front of him, and the subtleties were not obvious, but after a long time, he was far away from the original direction of the climb. Coupled with the fact that he had been walking in the direction of the moss before, he had now circled to the other side of the mountain, that is, between the two mountains, like the side cut by the sword of the sky, and below was the endless river of cirrus clouds. It was precisely because of the steaming of the water vapor of the big river and the lingering clouds and mist that this strange moss was born on the mountain wall, allowing Mo Yu to get out of the desperate situation.

But at this moment, he suddenly raised his head and looked up, and his eyes suddenly showed joy! Sure enough, the moss also extended upwards, and I don't know where it finally arrived. And Mo Yu already knew that this moss had an unimaginably well-developed root system, which was extremely tough and extremely difficult to tear off, and it burrowed deep into the rocks, enough to bear the weight of an adult man!

Mo Yu took a deep breath, calmed down the excitement in his heart a little, held the dagger in his right hand and inserted it into the mountain wall, then grabbed a ball of moss with his left hand, his body began to move slowly, and his feet were kicked in a ball of moss, and he did not waver with a slight force, and then let go of his right hand little by little, and applied the weight of his entire body to the moss. The dagger was on the side, and even if there was an accident, he was sure to grab it before his body fell.

But as it turned out, his caution was not used, the whole person hung on it, the moss was still firmly rooted in the stone wall, and he did not pull out the slightest bit, he tried to use a little force, to make sure that the moss was enough for him to climb up, and his heart was even more happy. He pulled out the dagger and placed it on his body, grabbed a clump of moss above him, and slowly crawled upwards with force under his feet. Even though he was already cautious, his speed was still much faster than before, and after climbing more than ten feet, the moss was still growing endlessly above his sight, and his speed began to gradually increase.

On the smooth stone wall like a knife, there are countless thick moss growing densely, on these moss, Mo Yu bent down on his limbs and exerted himself, like a huge gecko, crawling towards the depths of the dense fog, the end of the peak below him!

He had a faint instinct that he would reach the top of the mountain this time!

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