At this time, a beautiful boy from the Red Bull team passed by.

"Brother Zhen, your task today is mainly to hold on steadily, although this crampons are not very heavy, but I think Brother Ning has worked hard enough, there is really no need to add weight to him, right?"

After the words left by the beautiful boy floated in Qian Zhen's ears, Qian Zhen's old face turned red and stopped squeaking.

In order to meet the planned goals today, the departure time from the forward camp was set at 5 a.m.

Although this time can be regarded as morning, Everest in winter is still dark.

After the queue was completed, the entire mountaineering team began to head to Camp No. 1, which is located at an altitude of 7,028 meters above sea level on Mount Everest.

Because the altitude at this time is much higher than yesterday, the team that already has nothing to say has even less to say now.

Still out of consideration for saving physical strength and not disrupting breathing, the upward march was in a state of silence.

Xiao Ning, whose physical fitness was already against the sky, carried Qian Zhen on his back, and while following the team calmly and effortlessly, he was pondering the task panel in front of him.

As a matter of fact.

Although yesterday's decision to retreat alone with the camera brother pony on his back was completely Xiao Ning's spontaneous behavior.

As far as the situation was concerned, if he didn't do anything, then there was a good chance that the pony would die on Mount Everest, and he only thought about saving people, and he didn't think about what such a risky act of saving people would bring to himself.

But in fact, Xiao Ning did get some unexpected "surprises" from this incident.

He only found out about this "surprise" after returning to the forward camp after sending the ponies back from the transition camp.

At this moment, there was already an extra record in the task panel in front of him.

[Rating points obtained: ......]

[During the climb of Mount Everest, the patient was evacuated at night and successfully returned to the camp (rating score +10)]

When Xiao Ning had just received the task, the system specifically mentioned that there were other hidden rating score judgment conditions.

According to the system, various situations during the progress of this task can improve the rating score, and the increase in the score will not be limited to the fixed judgment conditions given in the task.

Obviously, this extra record was added last night because of the retreat of the pony on his back.

The reason why this is a surprise is because Xiao Ning didn't think that this would add points when he retreated with the pony.

"10 points is not much, but it's definitely better than nothing."

"I remember."

"In the past, my grandfather used to say that he wanted to do more good deeds."

"You really have to do good deeds......"

After a familiar and unfamiliar figure flashed in his mind, Xiao Ning smiled lightly, then turned off the task panel, and completely focused on the road in front of him.

It didn't take long for the whole team to reach an altitude of 6,600 meters.

In the team, the professional four-person mountaineering team leading the team in front stopped together, and the team leader Yin Feng gestured to everyone behind him to stop, and then opened his mouth to everyone with the portable walkie-talkie on his body.

"After a while, we will be completely on the snow line, and the whole journey from the next position to the bottom of the North Col ice wall will be ice field terrain, although it is still not difficult to climb because of the gentle slope, but in this kind of terrain you must use crampons."

"Put on crampons on the spot, it's time to connect the safety straps, it's best not to say unnecessary words for the next journey, if you want to talk, try to lower your voice and communicate on the walkie-talkie."

"Although it is rare to have an avalanche on Mount Everest caused by talking or something like that, there is a chance that it will happen, so it must be avoided as much as possible."

After Yin Feng finished speaking, everyone began to put on their equipment on the spot.

Xiao Ning first asked Qian Zhen to come down, then put on crampons, and after checking the safety straps and other equipment, he squatted down again.

Soon.

Qian Zhen lay obediently on Xiao Ning's broad back again.

Although his mouth has always emphasized how dick he is, in fact, Qian Zhen knows very well in his heart how many catties and taels he has, especially in front of Xiao Ning.

After hearing Yin Feng talk about the keyword "avalanche" just now, Qian Zhen, who trembled inexplicably in his heart, said the most coercive words in the most cowardly tone.

"It's just an avalanche."

"I work together with Senior Brother Xiao, even if it encounters an avalanche, I can escape with Senior Brother Xiao, EZ!"

People around: "......"

Everyone in the live broadcast room: "6666." ”

Xiao Ning touched the heart of his head and pondered it roughly.

The techniques of all kinds of extreme sports can actually come in handy in some extreme situations.

Like skydiving, like parkour.

Some people say that extreme sports are an art of death, but others think that extreme sports are a technique for escaping in the face of natural disasters.

According to Xiao Ning's current mastery of various extreme sports skills, if you can speculate theoretically.

If he really encountered an avalanche on Mount Everest, as long as it was not particularly outrageous, he could really escape unscathed with the help of his existing equipment.

This probability is quite high.

Even if you want to run away with Qian Zhen, it's actually no problem to grit your teeth.

"So what Senior Brother Qian said is not unreasonable."

"I gave 100 percent and he gave 0 percent, but we worked together to achieve the effect of escaping."

Xiao Ning glanced back at Qian Zhen with a smile: "Senior Brother Qian, you are right. ”

Although Xiao Ning's attitude seemed to be very sincere, Qian Zhen always felt that there seemed to be a hint of playfulness in the other party's smile.

To be precise, it's the feeling of seeing through and not telling.

He hurriedly diverted the topic: "By the way, Senior Brother Xiao, when I went to urinate in the middle of the night, I saw that the foreign mountaineering team set off in the middle of the night. ”

"I inquired before, and these people are also challenging to reach the top in winter, so they must be going straight to C1."

"Do you think we'll be able to catch up with them later?"

It's not easy to catch up with a team on Everest that leaves much earlier.

In particular, this all-foreigner mountaineering team looks very professional.

Xiao Ning shook his head: "If I chase it alone, maybe I can really catch up, but what about so many of us......"

Qian Zhen followed up and added: "Senior Brother Xiao, you are wrong, and me, we are two people." ”

A staff member of the Red Bull team next to him answered with a smile: "Brother Zhen is quite right, but I think if Brother Zhen gets off Ning Shen's back, Ning Shen should be able to catch up with that team earlier." ”

Qian Zhen didn't like to hear this very much, he coughed dryly and said, "Can you not watch people inside the crack of the door?" Although I'm just lying on Senior Brother Xiao's back, it's not like I'm not doing nothing, right? ”

At this moment, everyone around, whether they had checked their equipment or were wearing it, all looked over to this side.

Everyone is very curious about what Qian Zhen said.

So what did you Qian Zhen do besides lying on Xiao Ning's back?

Being watched by many eyes, Qian Zhen did not panic at all, and very generously pulled out the oxygen cylinder from the small bag he was carrying, and opened his mouth with an unfathomable expression after pointing his finger.

"Every time I take a puff of oxygen, I am reducing the weight for Senior Brother Xiao."

"This is really helping Senior Brother Xiao do things, okay!"

Everyone was stunned.

In a way, Qian Zhen is really right.

After all, among all the people present, only Qian Zhen can really do this kind of thing to "reduce the burden" for Xiao Ning.

Of course, as long as a normal person listens to Qian Zhen's words, they will only think that he is using this kind of words to enliven the atmosphere, after all, he is about to really enter the snow line and start "climbing" in the real sense.

But at this moment, the words "I'm serious" were written on Qian Zhen's face.

His expression told everyone that he really wasn't saying that to liven up the atmosphere, and that's what he really thought.

After a short silence at the scene, everyone began to continue to work on their own business, as if Qian Zhen had not spoken at all just now.

Qian Zhen was very hurt and glanced at Xiao Ning as if asking for help.

Xiao Ning didn't say anything, just silently reached out and patted Qian Zhen's shoulder in the direction behind his shoulder.

Qian Zhen gritted his teeth, as if to prove that there was no problem with what he said, and sucked oxygen fiercely with the strength of breastfeeding.

At this moment, in the live broadcast rooms of Red Bull, the enthusiasm of the audience is about to overflow the screen.

"I suddenly feel that Brother Zhen is indeed a talented singer, he should go to the live broadcast as an anchor, what is the effect of this special program, I ask who can grasp it more firmly than him?"

"Originally, I thought Brother Zhen was joking to liven up the atmosphere, but looking at him really didn't mean to joke!"

"Brother Zhen looks so handsome when he's serious!"

"The way he inhales oxygen can be compared to the way Fa Ge smokes."

"Who is Brother Fa?"

"An out-of-fashion star, don't you know Zhou Ranfa?"

"Theoretically speaking, the oxygen in the oxygen cylinder is really of quality, although it is better than nothing, but it does have weight, Brother Zhen is not wrong! With so many people on the scene, he is really the only one who can help Ning Shen so effectively! ”

"Is Brother Zhen really a genius? What is in his head? How did he come up with the genius idea that oxygen inhalation could reduce Xiao Ning's weight? ”

"It is recommended that Brother Zhen urinate more, which can also reduce the burden on the nerves!"

"It is recommended that Brother Zhen drive all the way to the top of Mount Everest to reduce the burden on Ning Shen to the greatest extent!"

"Brother Zhen! I'm a fan of tranquility! I don't want to be so hard at peace! So please! Please rush a little more! It's just to reduce the burden on the gods! ”

"Talent! All of you here are talents! ”

“……”

After a short time to get ready for the hike, the on-site mountaineering team re-embarked on the road towards C1.

The people who put on crampons didn't go far before they reached the position above the snow line of Mount Everest.

What is above the snow line?

In the simplest way, the snow line mentioned by Yin Feng is a dividing line between a high-altitude snow-capped mountain that is divided into two parts.

Above the snow line is a snow-covered rock wall, and below is a rock wall that is not completely covered with snow and ice, and is mostly exposed.

The main function of crampons above the snow line is to increase the friction of hiking boots on snow-covered sections of the road to avoid accidents caused by slippery ice and snow.

The entire mountaineering team has fallen completely silent.

Except for the sound of moving forward, no one in the group said anything nonsense.

Although there are professional mountaineers like Yin Feng in the whole team, most of the rest of the people who are still following up at this time have also had high-altitude snow-capped mountain climbing experience, and even had many experiences of climbing Mount Everest.

But it seems that the people who can be regarded as experienced people do not mean to take it lightly.

Yin Feng's previous words such as "causing an avalanche" are by no means groundless.

Although there is still a distance from the most difficult sections and the real death altitude, in the current environment of higher and higher altitudes, any unintentional mistake can already bury the lives of a person, several people or even an entire team.

It is precisely because the entire mountaineering team is quite rich in experience, and they have seen the great power of nature more or less, and their mentality will become more dignified and cautious.

Of course.

It's completely different from other people who carefully control their body posture and breathing rate.

Xiao Ning, who was carrying Qian Zhen and the team up, not only had a Buddhist expression on his face, but even glanced at the barrage in the live broadcast room at this time from time to time through the device he held while walking.

If other people have really entered the state of "mountaineering" at this time, and have entered the seriousness and awe that climbing to the top of the world should have.

So Xiao Ning is still in a state of weekend outing.

Counting from the departure of the camp, more than two hours have passed in the state of Xiao Ning's "stepping out" and the others are waiting.

The mountaineering team reached the first difficulty of climbing Mount Everest from the North Slope route – the North Col Ice Wall.

Anyone who knows anything about Mount Everest will definitely know about the North Col Ice Wall.

As the final checkpoint to Camp 1, the elevation difference of the North Col ice wall is almost 400 meters, and the slope of the entire ice wall is between 40 and 50 degrees, and in some places there is an exaggerated slope of more than 50 degrees or even close to 90 degrees.

If it is somewhere else on flat land, such a difference in elevation and slope may not be a big deal.

Any climber with some training in rock climbing can easily do all of this.

But in fact, the North Col Ice Wall is not something that ordinary rock climbers can challenge without special training.

At an altitude of nearly 7,000 meters above sea level, the North Col ice wall is complex and steep throughout the whole process, and there is no "rock point" that can be used for rock climbing.

If you don't go through the routes that have been laid out by your predecessors and follow the ropes that have been fixed by your ancestors, every "rock point" you choose may be the cause of your stumbling and falling.

After all, the ice on the ice wall and the rock on the rock wall can withstand different forces, so it is impossible to confuse them.

Under the ice wall of the North Col at this moment.

Everyone on the entire Red Bull climbing team struggles to adjust their breathing and keep their heartbeat as low as possible to keep themselves in the best possible condition.

The ice wall stretched out in front of them, as if the huge and majestic ice wall had obscured everything from view.

Xiao Ning silently stared at the ice wall in front of him, and then smiled and patted Qian Zhen's body, which had already begun to tremble unconsciously.

"Senior Brother Qian, don't be afraid."

"If you're really scared."

"Then you'll get more oxygen later."

"Just help me lighten my load."

Tomorrow may not be able to change, tomorrow cremation, I have to drive 2,000 kilometers with my family back to my hometown in a hurry.

Sorry, sorry! I'm so sorry lately! But it really can't be helped!

I was brought by my grandfather when I was a child, and I can be said to be one of the best people to me.

The old man suffered a lot for a long time before leaving, let's talk about liberation, I feel really relieved, but this relief is really difficult for relatives to accept in a short time.

I still haven't recovered yet, and my mind was very chaotic when I wrote this chapter.

I don't know when I'll be able to recover.

(End of chapter)