The icy water meanders, and there is not a single road on the beach, which has not been crossed for hundreds of years.

The uneven stones are scattered, and there are often small puddles of various microorganisms active between the stones under your feet, as well as dead trees that have rotted and fallen on the river beach for an unknown number of years.

Lawrence and the others carefully stepped on the stones and walked forward, and after walking for more than an hour, Lawrence turned around and looked in the direction where he came.

The boat that had been pulled to the shore by a few men was still quiet in the distance, and Mount Talim was clearly visible in the distance.

I didn't go far, but it was getting dark.

Lawrence turned around and walked on, and at the end of the beach was a stream that had not been discovered before.

The water that crosses the river and this stream washes away the stones on the mountain, and after hundreds of thousands of years, a large amount of gravel gradually forms on the riverside.

The main reason why it is on this side and not on the other side of Mount Talim is that the great northern river has a stronger current, and the water coming from above can wash the rubble to the other side.

On the Talim side, the waves spread when the rapids descend from the upper reaches of the river, resulting in a large number of shallow river beaches, and the rain and snowmelt on the Talim Mountains bring down a large amount of decaying material, forming fertile water meadows.

Lawrence was no longer heading southwest, and he didn't know there was a road until he made a detour to find out that there was indeed a road.

It's not easy, it's like walking on a highway, and if you don't have a sign or a map, or even a junction, it's hard to rely on your instinct to know when to climb over the guardrail to get to the village below.

This is the reason why the exploration team has repeatedly failed to achieve results before, both sides are impassable positions, and when instinctively going down the river, they naturally ignore the possible paths in the obstacles on both sides.

"Wang!" The wind cries out in warning.

Lawrence looked two hundred meters ahead, where a goat was standing by the river.

The goat is one meter three or four tall, with strange horns like knives and forks on its head, the left one looks like an inclined dinner knife, and the right one looks like a curved fork.

Its fur is white with some gray hair, a long beard, and a wolf-like tail.

Because of the distance, the sheep just looked at these strange creatures of its own and did not leave so quickly.

"It's a lime sheep." Lawrence said to the rest of the group, "We've got dinner for today. ”

When Deren heard this, he quickly said, "I'm coming!" ”

"Wind, up!" Lawrence quickly gave the order.

Delenn was about to go up when he saw a fierce wind rushing towards him.

When the lime sheep saw it, they quickly ran towards the hillside not far away.

It doesn't move fast, but it's very steady.

The two front hooves were quickly placed on the slit in the sloping stone, and then the body crouched as if climbing up, and stood on the stone.

By the time the wind sprinted through the rocks, the Lyme sheep had climbed more than three meters on the steep mountain wall of more than 70 degrees.

On many scar-like stones that were not large enough to stand a single hoof, the Lyme sheep quietly and slowly climbed onto a large rock that could stand four hooves, and was now five meters above the ground.

This bowl-sized rock is not the last point of climb on this cliff, but the Lyme sheep feel that it is almost enough.

The speed of the wind should have been much faster, mainly because the ground was full of rocks, and it was like running on the ground full of balloons, which was a great test of concentration and luck.

Upon reaching the bottom of the mountain wall, Tempest looked at the Lime sheep standing above and quickly let out a threatening roar.

Lawrence and the others quickly approached and also looked at the lime sheep on the mountain wall.

Sophia knew very well that the sheep could not run away, "Master, what is the difference between this sheep and the Dom sheep?" ”

Lawrence said: "The Lyme sheep are relatives of the domes, and they are better at living in the mountains, but they are more stubborn and have no way to direct them to work, and they also have a more troublesome disposition, which is that they do not like to run. ”

"Just like this sheep, it will not panic when it encounters danger, and it can stand on such a cliff until the hunter himself leaves."

The wind frightened for a while with a fierce cry, and found that the sheep was not nervous at all, and did not run away in a panic as expected, and then fell from the stone.

Sophia quickly took out her bow and arrow, "I'll shoot it!" Lamb, don't move! Sophia gently reminded the Lime sheep not to move.

Lawrence looked at Delen, "Delenn, don't abuse your witchcraft and leave your witchcraft where it should be. ”

Delenn was going to change the stone to slide the sheep off the stone, but when he heard Lawrence's order, he said playfully, "Okay." ”

The Lime Sheep, who only knew that he was standing on the stone to avoid the hunters below, was quickly shot in the head by an arrow, and then tried to run away with a panicked sound, but stepped on it empty.

"Baa ......"

The Lyme sheep fell to the ground, five meters tall enough for it to die outright.

The wind quickly swooped down and cut the throat of the Lyme sheep.

"Start cooking." Lawrence gave the order to rest and looked around for a suitable place to stay.

Jade was also looking for a suitable location, and with her good hearing and vision, she soon found a mountain that could shelter from the wind and rain before Lawrence.

"This way!" Emerald beckoned everyone over.

Delenn and Heidi carried the Lyme sheep on sticks and came to a makeshift dwelling consisting of two large rocks and a hill wall behind them.

Lawrence looked at the boulder seven or eight meters away, and then looked up at the mountain wall above him.

The mountain wall is about five meters high, not as steep as the one that the Lyme sheep climbed just now, and there are several places to step on, and there is a branch extending from the mountain in the upper position.

"I heard the wind and the leaves above, and there should be a lot of stones and mountains behind this mountain, because the wind is very small, too small compared to the wind in the sky," Emerald said. ”

Lawrence nodded, "The temperature changes greatly in the evening, and the wind will be much colder, so cook first." ”

"Yes! Master! Heidi replied quickly.

While Heidi and Dren Emerald were cooking over the fire, Sophia began to put her backpack down and make beds for Lawrence and herself.

Lawrence removed the weight from Catherine's body and quickly rolled over and stepped on the unicorn's back.

Lawrence's feet were on the unicorn, and his body jumped up a meter and a half, and his hands quickly grabbed the extended branch.

After grasping the branch with both hands, Lawrence's body climbed up the steep stone wall.

Lawrence's head was high above the mountain wall, and he put his hands on the ground and turned his lower body over.

The hill was not very wide, and on a small flat ground grew a pine tree that had dug deep into a crevice in the stone wall, but it had been dead for a while.

Lawrence stood in the pine trees and looked into the distance, and his vision suddenly widened, and he could see the mountains that had been blocking the progress of himself and the others, as well as the cold and wide mountain barriers in the northwest and southwest, like a sea of clouds.

When I stood here and looked in the direction I was going, I found that there was still no end in sight, and I couldn't find a suitable path.

It's obviously impossible to climb a mountain to get out of the way here.

If you have unlimited physical strength and faith, you can climb a straight road, but this is obviously unrealistic.

But...... I really want to do it.

Lawrence wanted to climb over such a road, whether it was a cliff or a river, in short, it was to climb over the mountains and mountains, just to get out.

Soon, Lawrence abandoned the idea.

"If it's just me, it's okay, but now with Sophia and them, it's very physically exhausting to do this."

"Why should I take them with me?"

Lawrence frowned suddenly, feeling that Sophia's role was not obvious, if it was a person climbing the mountain, in fact, many things would be much simpler.

A man stands on the top of a hill blowing a cold wind, thinking about inexplicable questions.

Soon Sophia, who was kneeling on the blanket, raised her head and shouted excitedly: "Master, the bed is made~"

Sophia could feel that Lawrence was on the hill and didn't go far.

Lawrence quickly jumped off the mountain five or six meters high, and also accepted the established fact that he would climb the mountain with several women and girls.

Delenn and Heidi are skinning sheepskins, and Emerald is picking up firewood nearby with a blast of wind.

The women here have some cooking skills, but they certainly have nothing to do with deliciousness.

Lawrence didn't want to do anything either, so he checked the neighborhood while the rest of the people were busy.

There are no signs of dangerous beasts here, only a few signs of rodent activity.

There are a few small spider creatures, but there are also a few of them, and most of the area is very inhospitable due to the weather.

Animals are scarce, insects and plants are scarce, and in many places there are no weeds, only mountains and rivers that change with the years.

There are hardly any fish in the river, and there is not a single bird in sight.

The world is exceptionally quiet at night, and the starry sky here is unusually beautiful and the stars are twinkling.

And with that came the howling cold wind, the cold wind with moisture, and the howl of the wind in the middle of the night, which made the first night out of the crowd have a terrible experience.

Catherine didn't change back, the unicorn form could rest better, and everyone was huddled together to sleep.

Sleeping on the outermost is Heidi, the lowest-ranking one, and Sophia can sleep in Lawrence's arms.

The next day, everyone got up early and set out.

Breakfast was my own dry food, yesterday's Lime sheep had been eaten, the witches here ate more, and there was a big dog worthy of a giant wolf.

Lawrence ate on jerky and led the group along the stream.

Food must be supplied from this land, otherwise there will be no food left after three days.

It's best to find food supplements today and keep them for three days, otherwise it's a bit of a hassle to keep going.

If Lawrence wants to get food, the best thing to do is find a herd of Lyme sheep.

There weren't enough rabbits to eat, not enough fish, and at least one deer or sheep was needed for your team.

After walking for three hours, the group quietly reached the front of the stream.

Ahead of the stream is not plains and towns, but a ravine made of green moss and ancient rocks.

A large number of rocks form uneven sloping waterfalls in and around the ravine, and on the left and right sides of this obstacle there are two branches of streams.

Lawrence walked to the junction and looked at the water of a stream.

The water of this stream converges in the middle one, and the other one looks the same, all in the direction of the stream from which it came.

It's time for Lawrence to choose again.

Do you choose to explore the southwest stream, or climb up from the ditch in front of you to see the river above?

Delen looked in the river, and when he didn't find any fish to eat, he came up to him and asked, "Which way to go?" ”

Lawrence looked up at the mountain that was more than ten meters high in front of him, and he didn't know how long, and he couldn't see the scenery behind or above.

"If we can't get out by the evening, we'll go back."

Lawrence decided to take the road he couldn't take and see, which was a little willful.

Delenn asked, "Back here?" ”

Lawrence looked at Delenn and said, "Go home." ”

"Okay, listen to you." Delen's attitude was very good.

Lawrence was amused by Delen's attitude, and quickly looked up at the gentle ditch coming down from the mountain.

The ditch, though uneven and completely impassable for boats, is not particularly desperate for humans.

It's not a particularly large waterfall, it's just a small stretch of waterfall.

Lawrence and the others didn't really go up the water, and they still honestly stepped up from the stone path and moss they could walk.

"Delen!"

"Yes!"

Delenn soon uses sorcery to create a staircase path for Catherine and Heidi and the others to tread on.

In winter, the stream is very gentle, and in many places there is a tendency to cut off, but it is still bitterly cold.

With resistance to extreme temperatures and the help of a witch who could create a road, the group quickly walked more than forty meters upstream by the river.

Lawrence jumped from one stone to another three meters away, stood on a large stone more than ten meters wide, and said: "It's almost right, there is a gentle slope ahead, although it is still a large stone." ”

Delenn said helplessly: "There is no more uncomfortable news than this." ”

The rest of the people are the same idea, and now they just want to find a flat grass to rest and rest, instead of walking in this kind of place where there are only stones and moss, and cold water and cold wind.

Lawrence and the others climbed to the top of the ravine, where a stream of water from the upper reaches of the river was collected, creating a lake in the somewhat sunken terrain.

But the barrenness of the area can be seen from the clean stone cliffs and mountain scenery around the lake.

"Do you want to go back?" Delenn looked at Lawrence, this was not a good place. (End of chapter)