The storm came and went quickly, and half an hour later they continued on their way, breathing in the wet air in agony.

Everyone is depressed.

The irritating humidity minimizes conversation at this time of day, and the laborious treading on the rough road after the rain makes it even more discouraged.

It wasn't until she saw that the plants were becoming scarcer and the sun was breaking through the clouds and the light was almost dizzying her that she knew they had climbed high.

They were on the edge of a canyon with a shiny, shallow stream underneath.

Mountains loom overhead, silent and primitive, as if they have not been disturbed since the beginning of the world hundreds of millions of years ago.

In front of her to the right there was a broad, flat-topped mountain that was a little smaller than the others! It looks insignificant in the boundless mountains. It was an insignificant mountain, so peaceful that it seemed to be sleeping, standing there without challenge.

There was also a hazy mist swirling around the mountaintops.

Her eyes lit up, "Captain Lee," she said. "There."

Li Xiaojiang stopped, looked up, and followed her eyes to the highest point, and then his gaze slid down, staring at the flat mountain in front of him.

If there is the best place for human life, it is indeed the first choice, with water and food, and flat camps.

The fog may be the smoke of the cooking, which is not a modern tool, and cooking is fundamental.

Jiang Ting'an noticed the conversation between Gao Yan and Li Xiaojiang, that female cousin was so close to that man, and even the expressions of the two of them showed that this man knew something he didn't know.

It him off.

He couldn't wait to reach his final destination.

Turning his head, he saw a hidden pattern on the trunk of the tree, and the excitement in his heart made him clench his fists, and he wanted to swear his rights now.

But not yet.

Along the way, he didn't have a chance to have any contact with Gao Yan at all, I don't know if he was sensitive, that Captain Li appeared every time the timing was just right, and he didn't give him any chance to drink Gao Yan to get close, he even suspected that he did it on purpose.

But waiting is maddening.

As they progressed deeper into the mountains, the journey began to be painful.

They had to climb up and down the valley, and the ground was slippery, so Li Xiaojiang had to tie the whole team together with ropes, like a mountaineering team.

One person connects one person to prevent others from being in danger, and his people are divided into three positions, front and back, to protect the four whites who can't keep up with their rhythm at all.

Avoid their missteps and reduce the distance they can walk in a day by at least half compared to what they used to do.

The most worrying thing is that they have to take many detours, many of which make people doubt their lives.

Gao Yan had been keeping an eye on the location, fearing that she would miss the target, but she couldn't think of any other way to go, a cliff that professional climbers could only climb by hanging up and down with ropes.

Li Xiaojiang, they must be fine, if they didn't take them with them, Li Xiaojiang and they might not be able to reach that place in a day.

But now it is clear that there is no other choice, and they have to follow the path blazed by their predecessors.

Where there is a road, it proves that there are people who live.

That's good news.

It's been a week since they've been like this, and they can't walk through the mountain plains that seem to be so close at all, and they still haven't been able to get to that point after going back and forth, as if everything is deliberately preventing them from approaching.

Now they were once again on the narrow, windward mountain path, and were caught in a storm that came quickly and quickly.

This time it wasn't even jungle, there were leaves to shelter them, there was nowhere to hide from the rain, and there was no room on the trail for them to spread out their canvas to keep out the rain.

The path is narrower than the hollow created by nature on the side of the mountain, and it is surrounded by vertical cliffs above and below.

They had no choice but to go, and here they were beaten by the wind and rain, shivering in the cold wind, and even though the temperature should be scorching, it would still make people cringe.

Lightning struck all around, and thunder rumbled overhead.

"Squat against the wall as much as you can!" Li Xiaojiang shouted.

He walked around the front of the line, making sure everyone could hear it, and then he went back to where Gao Yan was squatting, the rain hitting her head and shoulders.

He simply squatted beside her neatly, wrapped his arms around her, and his tall body immediately formed a shield, trying to block the stinging rain for her.

Tropical storms are anything but mild, and the thunderous fury is enough to make the whole world tremble, and the leaves are falling, and the rain curtain makes it impossible to see anything.

Gao Yan shrank in Li Xiaojiang's arms and waited resignedly for the storm to pass.

The warm and generous arms made her heart sweet, even if it was just a simple action, it also made her understand that at least Li Xiaojiang was not indifferent to her.

It would be suicidal to try to force your way in such terrible weather, not to mention that it would do no good at all, because by the time they found a place to shelter from the rain, the storm would probably have ended.

That's the rhythm of a tropical rainstorm.

It loves to tease you by not following your common sense and rules.

You have to accept it.

It is human beings who are completely incapable of competing with nature.

This rain continued for a while.

They now have rain on their heads and mud on their feet.

The storm seemed to have no end in sight, and it did not give them a chance to escape, and they seemed to have been crouching for hours, trembling with fear from the lightning and thunder.

But suddenly, however, it stopped, and before leaving, a metallic thunder echoed on the side of the mountain.

The rain stopped, the sun came out, and the light could blind almost everyone.

Finally they can carefully stand up and stretch their cramped feet and backs.

Li Xiaojiang was annoyed that at the current pace, they couldn't finish the damn mountain road in front of them before dark, and failing to finish it meant they had to spend the night here.

Look here, it's impossible to set up camp at all, so like the threat of a mudslide beneath their feet, they can't hide from the mosquitoes that have plagued them since they left the valley.

Although Li Xiaojiang announced that he would take a break for a while, considering the current situation, he asked Xiaofei to respond.

He crouched down and looked at the mountains that enveloped them.

He felt as if he was in a well, with only a small circle above his head to see the sky.

Is it the feeling of sitting in a well and watching the sky?

It's not as bad as he feels, but that's how he feels.

They don't seem to be able to get out of the mountain road satisfactorily.

It's been a few days, and now twenty days have passed since they set out, and it's hard for them to even get close to the truth.

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