Chapter 162: climb the highest mountain
The snow-capped mountains welcomed a new visitor today.
The human world of this world is somewhat similar to the earth. Vast continents, vast oceans, and dotted islands.
As far as people know, there are two major continents in the world, separated by a vast sea, and there are countless risks, so there is very little communication. The area where the traversers are active can be called "Western Land", while the other side can be called "East Land" - of course, there is no forum in the Western Land, and there is no Sanzang Master in the Eastern Land.
There are several countries on the western continent, the most powerful of which is the Thracian Empire - oh, it should be called the Thracian Kingdom now, until the new king Richard Thrace ascends the throne and defeats the Terrera Kingdom and The Molai Commercial Federation will only officially become emperor after it has annexed many small countries around it.
By that time, the Thracian Empire will occupy nearly one-third of the entire Western Continent, which can be said to be the country with the largest territory outside the Age of Mythology.
At present, the territory of the Kingdom of Thrace is only about half of the empire at that time, but the most important gates have been controlled.
For example, the mountain the panda is visiting at the moment, along with the entire mountain range on which it is located, is now almost under their control.
The Heiyun Mountains are located slightly north of the center of the Western Continent. It is extremely steep here, and the cliffs are connected to the cliffs. Even in the hot summer season, you can look up to see the steep and dangerous peaks covered with snow all year round.
Most of the snow peaks are between the clouds, and the snow and white clouds complement each other. From a distance, it is impossible to know where is the snow and where is the mountain.
"I always feel that this place should not be called 'Black Cloud Mountains', but 'White Cloud Mountains'..." Panda looked up at the towering peaks in front of him and couldn't help muttering, "It's obviously white. "
Of course he knew the reason why the Black Cloud Mountains got their name-the mountain is so high that it can be seen from a distance, like a large black cloud on the horizon.
Perhaps there is also the fear of mountains.
What color is fear? Panda thinks it's probably black.
After all, night is black.
Looking back at the pass not very far away, he smiled and continued to walk forward.
At the moment on the wall of the pass, two officers were watching his figure.
"We just let him pass?" a tall officer asked. "This is our territory, and it's really good for people to climb the mountain casually?"
"What's good or bad? If he wants to die, let him go." The short officer said nonchalantly, "Do we have to fight him in order not to let him die? To stop him from dying, we At the risk of killing a few people, hack him to death with us?"
The tall officer thought about it and couldn't help but smile.
"You're right, I just figured it out."
After speaking, he shook his head again: "But our 'Flying Bird Pass' claims that even a bird can't fly through it. If such a big person lets him go up casually, I always feel... tsk tsk!"
"Hehe, we in Thrace say that we have occupied the Black Cloud Mountain Range. In fact, what we really occupied are just a few passes in this mountain range... Of course, this mountain range is worth controlling, only these passes. Outside the mountains, whoever likes to go will go. There are so many dead people in this world, I don’t care how many more.”
The short officer paused, curled his lips, and said, "It doesn't matter whether they died in the cold or at the hands of the giant cloud - it has nothing to do with us anyway!"
In this world, the mountains are very dangerous places, much more dangerous than the mountains on earth. Especially the towering peaks like the one in front of them are extremely dangerous.
Because above the clouds is the cloud giant's territory.
Cloud giants are strange creatures, it is said that they can walk and survive in the clouds. For them, those towering peaks, above the clouds and mist, where snow is covered all year round, are their territory.
No matter what country, no matter what mountain, as long as it is above the clouds, it is the domain of cloud giants.
These giants never leave the heights of the clouds, but neither do they allow anyone to invade their turf. Many years ago, a country tried to build an outpost in the snowy peak above the clouds to better monitor a larger area. As a result, the cloud giant was angered, and the construction team was smashed into blood cakes. Throw it down.
The strength of that country is also very strong. Of course, if it does not buy it, it will launch the army and masters to crusade. As a result, the crusade ended in failure, and the army, regardless of the masters, died on the mountain except for the fast runners.
"We Thracians are very real, as long as we control these convenient gates and prevent people from other countries from passing through." The short officer said, "As for one or two people who want to climb the mountain, that is the matter of the cloud giants. , it has nothing to do with us."
Speaking, he couldn't help laughing, and there was a little bit of malice in the smile.
Panda didn't know that someone was talking about it behind his back. Of course, even if he knew, he didn't care.
At this moment, all his energy has been put on the matter of "climbing the mountain".
Climbing a steep mountain is not easy. The area with dirt on the ground before was relatively easy to walk. It was just that the terrain was steep and it was difficult to walk, but now he had reached the rocky area where the dirt could hardly be seen.
The wind here is very strong, at least level 7 or 8, and there is not even a little bit of dust on the ground, and it is as clean as it has been washed with water.
Every time he took a step, he had to carefully test first, and then settle down, so as not to accidentally step on a rock that was not strong enough and fall over.
How does it feel to fall somersaults here? He doesn't want to know at all!
After walking for a while, he stopped, took a few breaths, and looked up.
The snow line was getting closer, and the clouds gradually turned into mist, surrounding the snow line.
He nodded and continued to climb hard. After a while, he climbed the snow line and gradually disappeared into the clouds.
On the city wall of Flying Bird Pass, the two officers shook their heads as they watched the figure climbing along the mountain into the clouds from a distance.
It is hard for them to imagine that there are people in this world who go to die on a mountain like this for the sake of neither smuggling nor being a spy, purely for the reason of "wanting to climb a mountain".
Generally speaking, to cross the Black Cloud Mountains, you can only pass through these passes they control. In addition to this, the terrain is steep, and it is not impossible to climb over it, but it is difficult to say whether it will die on the road.
In the past years, there have been neurotic orcs forming an army, trying to climb over the peaks of the Black Cloud Mountains, from the relatively barren grasslands in the north to the richer grasslands in the south. But the result was discovered by the daily patrolling air cavalry, and then stoned from the sky, with nowhere to go between the steep and dangerous peaks, and soon died cleanly.
It's not just cloud giants that are at risk in the mountains.
But... it would be a bit of a waste to dispatch air cavalry soldiers just for one person.
Especially, for a guy who's a little bit neurotic and crazy.
"What 'climbing the highest mountain' or something... There are so many lunatics these days!" The short officer sneered, "If you have to die on Xuefeng, what's wrong with your brain!"
A few days later, when he saw the panda, in a messed up but with a satisfied smile, walking down from the top of the snow peak, he couldn't smile anymore.
At the time, his eyes were round and big—like a sluggish donkey.