Looking at the majestic North Col ice wall in front of him, Qian Zhen tried his best to stop his body from trembling, then took a deep breath and began to think about what Xiao Ning had just said.

"Oxygen to reduce the burden?"

"What kind of logic is this?"

"Oh."

"Senior Brother Xiao should mean that the more oxygen I inhale, the lighter the oxygen cylinder I am carrying, and the less weight he bears."

Thinking of this, Qian Zhen's eyes lit up.

"So I can play a role too?"

Although whenever others talk about Qian Zhen's trip to Mount Everest, he is actually just playing a "burden" role, he will always refute it in various ways to prove his existence.

But in fact, Qian Zhen knew very well from beginning to end that this trip was going to rush to the top of Mount Everest, and in essence, he did not have any sense of existence except for increasing the difficulty for Xiao Ning.

How can there be any courage to enter Mount Everest, it's just that Xiao Ning helped him carry the weight forward.

So after Qian Zhen thought clearly that he might be able to reduce Xiao Ning's weight by inhaling oxygen wildly, he was really happy in his heart.

It's the feeling of thinking that you're a waste dump and suddenly you realize that there is a term called "waste recycling" in the world.

However, Qian Zhen didn't enjoy it for long.

He quickly figured it out.

Although the oxygen in the oxygen cylinder does occupy a certain weight, even if he keeps taking oxygen during the whole process of climbing the North Col ice wall to reach Camp No. 1, the weight of the part of oxygen that is really consumed is actually almost completely negligible for Xiao Ning, who climbs with weight.

Inhaling a few more breaths of oxygen can indeed reduce Xiao Ning's burden, but it does not completely reduce the burden, which is a little helpful, but it doesn't seem to help.

After realizing the reality, Qian Zhen was very hurt.

At this time.

All the members of the mountaineering team, who are all ready, have already begun to charge the ice wall of the North Col.

Because the climbing plan of the climbing team is to climb up the established route with the rope already fixed, they do not need any additional operation for most of the actual climbing process, except for the operation of holding the rope with both hands and moving the heel upward.

But even so, climbing from the bottom to the top of the North Col ice wall is definitely not an easy task.

Under this combination of extreme altitude, extreme slope and extreme terrain, each forward and upward movement of a climber requires several times the physical energy of other climbing environments.

The climbing process tests both the physical strength of the climber and the mental mind of the climber.

Even though the entire North Col ice wall is not a long climb in a straight line, it can take at least four hours for even experienced climbers to reach the top.

It's not a long road, but it's not easy.

As the Red Bull whole mountaineering team began to march upwards.

In this procession, which is constantly moving slowly upward, there will be people who stop out of breath and stop as close as possible to the direction of the ice wall where the rope is located, and hold on to the rope with both hands.

Although the mountaineering team is tied to the safety straps in groups of several people, and the safety belts they carry are always locked to the road ropes, if they do slip in such a place, these things may not be 100% life-saving, and even cause their own group or more people to slip and fall because of their own mistakes.

For safety reasons, the Red Bull team did not set any time requirements when they planned the climb on this section.

That's why some people have time to breathe, even if it may delay their climb to the top of the ice wall.

In addition to the occasional rest, there is another phenomenon that has not been seen before in the entire climbing procession.

Yes.

The vast majority of those who have struggled to climb the North Col ice wall by this time, including those who have not used oxygen on the way from the forward camp to the bottom of the North Col ice wall, have almost already begun to use oxygen to assist their climbing.

Although the altitude of the people is still less than 7,000 meters, the "steep slope" of the North Col Ice Wall is rising much faster than the previous sections.

If a person who does not normally have altitude sickness slowly rises from a relatively low altitude to a relatively high altitude, then he will most likely not experience altitude sickness because his body has enough time to adapt to the reduced oxygen content caused by the altitude rise during the slow altitude rise.

However, if the same person who usually does not have high altitude rises from a relatively low altitude to a relatively high altitude very quickly, then because the altitude rises rapidly, his body has no time to adapt to the hypoxia caused by this altitude rise, in this case, even if he is a professionally trained mountaineer, there is a considerable possibility of hypoxia symptoms such as high reaction.

However, in a place like the North Col Ice Wall, which can almost be called a "cliff", the occurrence of symptoms such as high reflection is basically a catastrophic accident.

It is precisely to avoid this situation, even if the altitude gain at this time is still extremely limited, but the vast majority of people still start to use oxygen, and these people who use oxygen to assist in climbing, even include the members of the four-person professional mountaineering team in the team.

As the captain of this professional four-person mountaineering team, and as a professional climber who has had many successful summit experiences on Mount Everest, Yin Feng learned the word "awe" early in the face of the natural power of Mount Everest.

If you want to save face or die, he can still tell the difference.

Although even he thinks that his physical abilities and experience are enough to support him to climb the North Col ice wall without using oxygen, in case something really happens, there is really no option to "regret" in this kind of realm.

Anaerobic climbing is indeed a manifestation of "glory" and "ability" for some climbers, but Yin Feng has never cared about this kind of vain thing.

What's more, since the Red Bull company also gives them so much money when they go to the aerobic side, and there is still so much money when they go up without oxygen, so why not choose the aerobic that is safer and more comfortable to climb?

So Yin Feng was already using oxygen from the moment he started to sprint towards the North Col ice wall.

So he is, and so do others.

But not for everyone.

In this mountaineering team of more than ten people, even after nearly half the distance on the ice wall of the North Col, Xiao Ning still did not take a breath of oxygen—although he could draw the oxygen device from Qian Zhen's backpack at any time.

As for Xiao Ning's ability to climb without the help of oxygen, although the entire Red Bull team had already known in advance, after actually witnessing the picture of this figure silently heading up towards the top of the ice wall with a person on his back and without using oxygen, his heart still couldn't calm down.

He's really too strong, too outrageous.

So much so that it was something that happened in front of everyone's eyes, but it couldn't make everyone believe it completely.

After setting off from the advance camp, Xiao Ning's position in the queue has not been high.

However, after starting the climb of the North Col Ice Wall, he took the initiative to walk at the front of the group, and at this time he had even left behind the people behind him a much larger distance than the normal interval.

And the person behind him happened to be Yin Feng, the captain of the professional four-person mountaineering team.

Although he did not stop for a moment, he showed a high level of professionalism in the process of climbing the ice wall of the North Col.

But Yin Feng was shocked to find that even if he went up at a constant speed without resting, the distance between him and Xiao Ning would still slowly widen.

The reason for this situation is not because he climbs too slowly while maintaining a constant speed, but because he ......

"He's been speeding up ......"

"He accelerated up the ice wall of the North Col, which was close to 7,000 meters above sea level......"

"Carrying a person on his back."

"No oxygen."

After realizing all this, Yin Feng's original shock in his heart had gradually shattered.

He smacked his tongue secretly: "I thought this guy's trip to Mount Everest would be a documentary, but now it seems ......"

"It's just science fiction!"

I watched the figure carrying a man on his back grow farther and farther away from him.

Under the goggles obscured by the snow, Yin Feng's eyes even began to become numb.

At this time, Xiao Ning's position was only half of the top of the North Col ice wall.

Red Bull Austria is located in the official live broadcast rooms of various live streaming platforms.

Although the audience who watched the live broadcast could not be present in person, the visually striking picture transmitted back from the scene did make many people empathize with Yin Feng.

"Tranquility is too exaggerated."

"Horror is like this, I'm direct!"

"He's so strong that he's like a superman!"

"People have to be cautious when they walk on the ice wall of the North Col, and they have to think about the strength of a step towards the top of the ice...... He Nima rests on this ice wall to play race walking, right? ”

"Report! This man is hanging! ”

"To put it bluntly, everyone is not climbing the same mountain at this time!"

"I'm also a mountaineering enthusiast, and from a technical point of view, in fact, from the whole process of climbing the North Col ice wall so far, I don't think his skills are very good, it's just decent, but ...... His physical fitness, my Nima is too exaggerated! He climbed up with a man on his back at this altitude and in this terrain! There's no oxygen! Is this the physical fitness that humans should have? ”

"Isn't the most important thing that in all the shots so far, I haven't seen Ning Shen gasp for breath? It's too strong! Ningshen is too strong! ”

"So how strong is Ning Shen?"

"You don't need to know how to climb the mountain, you don't need to understand the difficulty of the ice wall of the North Col, you just need to know that professional mountaineers need to face the section of the road with 12 distractions, and he can take a leisurely walk with a person on his back!"

“……”

All kinds of barrages are in the process of crazy refresh in the live broadcast room.

Xiao Ning's acceleration upward movement on the ice wall of the North Col did not slow down in the slightest.

The cold wind blowing from the side made him feel more sober than ever before.

Beneath this sobriety is a sense of absolute freedom that I have felt more than once in various extreme sports.

For Xiao Ning, this sense of absolute freedom is actually understood by him as absolute control over his own life.

Do whatever you want, and do what you want.

The absolute mastery of his body, the absolute confidence in climbing the ice wall of the North Col, and the state of absolutely controlling his body to accomplish what he wants to do, the word "freedom" is tightly grasped by Xiao Ning as if it were materialized.

Although Xiao Ning did not experience the "sense of dying" that often accompanies extreme sports during this period of climbing, the sense of accomplishment he gained did not diminish in the slightest.

In the systematic learning simulation space, he has climbed many mountains with exaggerated altitudes.

But in reality, he has never climbed any mountain that can be called a "high mountain".

The North Col Ice Wall, which he had visited many times in the system space, was also his first time in reality.

Xiao Ning did not think about conquering the North Col ice wall and conquering Mount Everest.

After all, if you have been to a place and say that you have conquered this place, it is indeed not very smart.

But in reality, I have been here, and I have reached such a height and successfully reached the final peak, but it is indeed what Xiao Ning's heart desires.

I've been here, I've witnessed it, I've seen things that most people haven't seen.

The cold wind is still cold, and the sound of hiking shoes and crampons stepping on the snow and ice is constantly sounding.

Although there are still seemingly endless ice walls ahead, Xiao Ning at this moment cares more about the warm sunshine shining on the road ahead.

Although at this altitude and in such extremely cold temperatures, the sun does not give people warmth, only makes people feel cold, but he still has a feeling in his heart that it is about to bloom.

Xiao Ning was a little desperate to stand at the top of the North Col Ice Wall, to overlook everything below the mountain from the top of the North Col Ice Wall, which was at the top of Camp 1.

In his mind, this should be the most refreshing way for him to feel relaxed and happy in all the journeys today.

Unconsciously, he, who was already climbing faster, sped up his movements again.

For Shawning, acceleration is simply a matter of getting to the bottom of Mount Everest's 7,000-metre elevation more quickly.

But for others, the acceleration of the already fast figure at this time is a bit devastating.

"Why is he so fast again?"

"Brother Ning, you must have taken drugs! You're still carrying a person! ”

"I Nima has to move the riser up the meter, and the Nima riser moves with him? Is it reckless to grab the rope with your bare hands? ”

"What a pervert!"

"Are we really climbing the same mountain?"

“……”

All the mountaineers at the scene were in a particularly complicated mood at this time.

Are they going to die or go up...... The animal in front of me felt like they were about to run!

The key people are still carrying individuals and have not yet used oxygen!

That's too big a gap!

Rao is Yin Feng, who has the most mountaineering experience and skills in the whole team, and at this time, seeing that he was being thrown farther and farther away, he couldn't help but complain in his heart: "The gap between people is really bigger than the gap between people and animals!" ”

(End of chapter)