Chapter 17 The Kingdom I
Sue and the girl walked one after the other, struggling on the top of the snow-covered mountain.
All around them were diffuse and thick radiation clouds, thick and damp, like thin ice water, and smashed on the two men with their heads covered in the face. Their bodies were already covered with frost flowers, and although they would shake their bodies every once in a while, shaking the thickening frost away, it would not be long before their bodies would be covered with frost again.
The clouds were dark gray, but shone with a shimmering blue light. The frost on his body and the ice and snow under his feet are faintly blue. Under the erosion of low temperatures and cold winds, the snow layer is relatively solid, and in some places the surface is covered with a layer of ice. But no one knows how thick the snow is under the ice, some places are so thin that the rocks are exposed, and in other places, Su's perception even goes tens of meters deep into the snow layer, but he still doesn't feel where the rocks are.
Sue and Medirri are actually completely in a cloud of radiation, climbing the seemingly never-ending peak. Gray-blue radiation clouds and blue snow poured massive amounts of radiation on them all the time, and even the most powerful mutated creatures could hardly withstand such damage. They are resistant to radiation, but that doesn't mean they're completely immune to radiation. If you are exposed to excessive radiation for too long, some delicate organs in your body will still be damaged. It's just that a strong recovery force can repair the damage.
Even with their exceptionally strong bodies, it is very difficult to climb in such an environment. Su silently calculated that in such a harsh environment, he would be exhausted if he persisted for another ten days. And judging from Medirri's physical condition, she can still support it for seven days.
"It's still not strong enough." Sue thought.
If anyone knew what Su was thinking now, then they must be speechless. Climbing snow peaks in radiation clouds can still support more than ten days?! What kind of monster does this have to be?
Although the snowy peaks under your feet are wide, you can completely climb them in three days at most. In such an environment, there is no need to worry about pests, and no kind of mutated creatures can survive in the radiation cloud.
As long as they kept their pace slow, Sue and Medirli didn't have to rest at all. After walking for another ten hours, it was already late at night, and the surroundings were completely dark, and even the shimmer vision could not play a role, and the two of them had to rely on the guidance of the panorama to continue to climb over the snowy mountains in the dark. However, the harsh environment also limits the scope of the panorama, which now has a radius of less than 100 meters.
As Sue and Medilli struggle to climb a boulder, they find that they have passed through the radiant clouds!
The radiant clouds are thick and dense, like a tranquil sea, boundless. The sea of clouds is tranquil, with only occasional ripples. At the foot of the foot, the part of the snow peak piercing through the radiant clouds is only a few tens of meters in circumference, like an isolated island in the sea. Sue and Medilli are the last two people on the sea.
Above them, there was a deep night sky and countless stars, a river of stars stretching across the sky.
Medirri looked up at the starry sky in a daze, speechless for a moment. Sue was also looking at the endless starry sky.
This is an irresistible feeling, vast, desolate, under the star dome, not to mention people, even this island, this mountain, this sea, are all insignificant specimens of dust. In the history of the old era, there were philosophers who said that space is beauty. However, when the space expands to the extreme, it turns from beauty to irresistible pressure. At this time, the entire universe is floating in the void, and the only fulcrum is in the hearts of those who look up at the starry sky. This pressure is irresistible.
"That's what it is...... Starry sky? Su took a deep breath before saying this.
Starry sky, this is a word that has been forgotten by the people of the new era for decades. There may have been people like Sue and Medirli, who climbed above the clouds and looked up at the endless stardom, but such a person must not have more than a hundred people in the whole world.
"It's the starry sky, I've seen it before." Medirli said.
"How did you see the starry sky?" Sue was very surprised by her words.
Medirli frowned tightly, her face turned pale, and it was obvious that her heart was by no means at peace, and her voice trembled a little: "I have seen the starry sky, and it is the same, the darkness of the boundless, with countless stars, and many nebulae of various colors. But I ...... Growing up, I remember everything. What I know for sure is that I should never have seen the stars. But I don't know why, I just remember the starry sky! Don't ask me, I don't know why! ”
Seeing that Medirri's body was trembling, Sue sighed and pulled the girl over and held her in her arms. His body began to radiate a fiery temperature, warming Medirri's cold, stiff body. It's a very consuming extravagance, but it creates a warm harbor in the frozen world.
Once the master of the Inquisition, Medirli would never be afraid lightly, what could make her so afraid was actually the unknown, and it was the unknown that she knew existed, but could not explain it!
Su habitually patted her head gently, sighed, looked at the starry sky that seemed to be close at hand, and said, "Actually, I also remember that I have seen the starry sky." ”
"Huh? When? Medirri immediately asked in surprise.
Sue smiled bitterly, and like Medirri, this was a question he couldn't answer. The scene in Su's memory is a sea of stars, with no boundaries in all directions, up and down, left and right, and he himself is like a dot floating in the universe. I don't know how this memory came from, it's not a dream, it's not a fantasy, it's a real thing. From the time when Su had a complete memory, this memory had been stored in his mind.
It was not yet time to soak up the stunning scenery, and a moment later, Sue and Medirli walked into the sea of clouds on the other side of the snowy peak, returning to the real world.
When the sky was getting back dark, Sue and Medirli finally stepped out of the radiant cloud from the other side of the snowy peak. The mountains to the west are much gentler and the temperatures are a bit warmer than those on the east side of the mountains. Bare rocks can often be seen in the snow layer. Under careful exploration, Su also found that there were many signs of life in the area above the snow line. Although these beings are weak, they are extremely tenacious.
Suddenly, a very strong breath of life appeared a few hundred meters away, and it took on an intense and jumping red color in Sue's panorama. This is a hint that the lifeform is strongly aggressive, and it is a new feature that automatically generates panoramas after Sue generates a Rush Assault. For the more primitive and simple creatures, the clearer and more effective the cues are. There is no way to clearly indicate something as complex as a human being.
Mountains above the snow line, because of the scarcity of food and the proximity to the radiant clouds, should not actually harbor ferocious creatures. As if she hadn't noticed it, Sue continued to follow the predetermined route, getting closer and closer to the unknown creature. And within a hundred meters, Medirli suddenly moved her eyebrows and glanced at Su. She also found the little thing.
The two of them were walking on the snow layer one after the other, and suddenly the snow layer next to them suddenly exploded, and a looming figure rushed out from the large cloud of flying snow, rushing towards Su like a cannonball!
On the side of Su's body, he easily let go of the unidentified creature's pounce, and then grabbed the back of its neck with his left hand and lifted it up.
It was a strange creature, much like a wolf, but a third smaller than the wolf's, with an unusually large head, and a snout not long, but very thick, and could stretch to an unimaginably large size, like some snakes. Its front half of its body is extremely strong, with bulging muscles under its thick fur, and its two hind limbs are excessively thick and powerful, somewhat like ancient dinosaurs. The sharp teeth in its mouth are long and messy, not as neat as those of other wolves, and its claws are excessively thick. All in all, it's a miniature version of the killing machine, and although it's smaller than a wolf, it's obviously much more powerful.
Its shoulder and neck bones were firmly grasped by Sue, and its five fingers almost pinched into the bones limited its ability to resist, yet it roared, trying in vain to attack Su with its claws and teeth. However, as soon as Sue's fingers tightened, its bones began to crack. The intense pain almost drove it mad, and it bit even more frantically. From the gaps between the messy teeth, dark gray saliva began to flow continuously, and a strong sour smell was emitted.
If it was an ordinary wolf or other fierce beast, it would have whimpered and retreated under the faint pressure that Su deliberately exuded, but this little thing was extremely fierce, and obviously the more it was injured, the more violent it became. Su frowned slightly, its struggle was unexpectedly violent, and the amazing power that burst out from his small body actually made him feel a little uncontrollable. If this little thing is allowed to break free, it will not run away, but will fight back.
Su's five fingers exposed from the tactical gloves suddenly lengthened slightly, and the force exerted on his hands directly doubled. With a click, the bones of the unknown beast at the junction of its shoulders and neck were all crushed, and its four waving claws immediately hung limply. As soon as Su's hand was released, its limp body fell into the snow.
Medirli crouched down and began to examine the beast's body closely: "There are poisonous glands in the mouth...... It is a corrosive acid poison. The strength is stronger than that of a mastiff, and the speed is ...... It's about the same as a cheetah. Well, the claws are twice as large as normal, and they are also poisonous. Bite force ......"
Medirri actually put her hand directly into its mouth. The splinter spine did not affect the movement of the head, and it immediately bit Medirri's hand and tore at it desperately. Unfortunately, as it wished, the slender snow-white hand seemed to be made of super alloy, and no matter how hard it tried, it could not bite into the slightest, but broke many teeth.
"The bite force is equivalent to that of a lion." Medirli withdrew her hand as if nothing had happened. There was no scar on her hands, except for a lot of salivation, but half of the beast's teeth had been torn off.
Su nodded and said, "Its strength and body are so strong, its body should be very human, and the amount of food is also huge, perhaps more than a lion." There isn't enough food for it to eat in this area, and at the rate at which it consumes it, it's impossible to support the food-rich area below. Therefore, it should be artificially cultivated, and there will be no such imbalance in nature. ”
"And there should be a feeding base, and it's not far away." Medirli said. As a dark priest, she actually has much more experience in fighting than Su.