Under the moonlight, a few black dots were seen on the reflective white snow. The vast snowy peaks were under their feet and the huge moon was behind them. They were sandwiched between the boundless heaven and earth and it was easy to feel like they were just a small, helpless insect.
At this height, very little life could exist. They seemed to be at the end of life and the world as they climbed to the top of the world.
Rather than wasting their energy to climb upwards, they left the slightly more open ground and found a corner of a snowy rock to shelter from the wind to rest a bit and think about their next move.
He Yinchuan had served as a soldier and had walked through snowy mountains and deserts. However, the current situation made him frown. Snow that was nearly the size of a goose feather was falling, cutting the visibility of their field of view to around 20 meters around them. He Yinchuan observed a lot of the terrain and pointed out their most important predicament. “…I don’t know the terrain.”
Their opponents seemed quite experienced and their understanding of the mountain couldn’t be underestimated. The players might’ve managed to get out of sight of the climbers and the heavy snowfall had cleared their tracks but it wasn’t particularly reassuring.
Zhou Ao tightened the bandages on his hands, lifted a handful of snow and washed the exposed skin. He suggested, “Do you want to split up?”
He Yinchuan told him, “Don’t split up.”
“If we don’t split up, our group of eight is too big.”
“If we split up then it is easy to hit each one.”
Moving on a high-altitude snowy mountain was completely different from the ground. Even if they were traveling light and brought as little as possible, their cold-resistance clothes only weighing 5 kilograms, it was still enough to exhaust half a person’s life.
Jiang Fang carried Nan Zhou nearly 300 meters. The moment he stopped, he leaned down to gasp for breath. Then he simply leaned on Nan Zhou’s shoulder and closed his eyes to rest. Looking at the way his eyelashes fluttered, he seemed very tired. Yet judging from the calm heartbeat through his chest, he had recovered after sitting down to rest for a short time.
Nan Zhou heard it but he didn’t mind Jiang Fang resting on his shoulder. He even lowered his shoulder a bit and accommodated this person so that Jiang Fang could lean more comfortably. Now Jiang Fang was like a well-behaved Arctic rabbit who had folded his legs and curled into a ball.
Nan Zhou raised his hand and brushed off a bit of snow from the ends of Jiang Fang’s hair for him.
Jiang Fang smiled slightly.
The two people relied on each other in this way. It was tacit and they didn’t fight against their inner feelings. They just indulged in the wild madness of the snowy wilderness.
The wind blew and the snowy mountain was endless.
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Lu Bifang returned from his scouting trip where he braved the strong wind and snow. Then he gave a simple topographic map to the captain and vice-captain.
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He Yinchuan and Zhou Ao held the topographic map, looking at it horizontally and vertically as they planned for a long time. They had a big headache. The situation they faced now had four difficulties. If they dug a snow nest and hid here, it would greatly reduce the probability of a head-on conflict with the group of climbers.
However, they would be hiding and wouldn’t be able to climb much higher. Staying in place was basically tantamount to giving up the game. If they went up, they would reach the open area and the probability of them being discovered would increase.
They didn’t know the details of the bear man, hammer man and ice pick woman. Even so, they had seen the gecko man’s flexible actions and Lu Bifang knew they couldn’t be taken lightly.
In addition, He Yinchuan was worried about one thing. If the four person climbing group was smart enough, they could climb all the way to the top of the mountain and gain the best advantage spot from the beginning, just waiting for them to get close. There might also be some hell from the ‘moon god’ at the top of the mountain.
He Yinchuan became more anxious as he thought about it. “Damn, if guns could be brought out then we would be able to smash those strange-shaped things.”
They had been fully equipped with guns, knives, clubs and bullets before entering but presumably due to balance reasons, the system disabled them from using weapons apart from what the instance allowed. If they had their guns then these four zombies wouldn’t have a good result.
Zhou Ao gave him a look. “Pay attention to the quality of your words.”
He Yinchuan was surprised to find there were still people nearby. He coughed and said, “Look at the map, look at the map.”
Lu Bifang had spent nearly an hour exploring the way. He might be physically strong but he was inevitably exhausted. He handed in the task to the captain and crawled across the soft snow piles to sit down with Nan Zhou, Jiang Fang and Li Yinhang. Li Yinhang wanted to give him a seat but he waved his hand shyly and wearily. He leaned against the rock, allowing a small part of his body to be exposed.
After resting, there was nothing to do so Lu Bifang opened his warehouse. There weren’t many useful things that they had brought in from the outside. Lu Bifang specially spent 300 points and placed a small mirror he carried with him into a storage compartment. He took out the mirror, carefully blocking the mirror with his hand so it didn’t reflect the light spots and expose his whereabouts.
The thing Lu Bifang really wanted was the photo of three people behind the mirror. Lu Bifang noticed Nan Zhou’s curious gaze from the side and didn’t mind. He proudly introduced the two beautiful girls in the photo beside himself.
“This is my sister, Lu Lizi.”
“This is my girlfriend.”
It was only at this time that he revealed a bit of youthfulness. It was like he had an invisible, big tail wagging behind him.
“This was my sophomore year. The three of us went to the amusement park together and took a photo.”
Li Yinhang was a bit surprised. “You have a girlfriend yet you still signed up?”
“Ah…” Lu Bifang had originally harbored the thought of showing off. He hadn’t expected Li Yinhang to focus on this strange thing. He touched the back of his head and smiled in an embarrassed manner. “I came all the way here. In the end, we are definitely going to take everyone back with us.”
The first day the Bronze Brigade had entered, they had a simple discussion and let Lu Bifang make his wish if he won in the wishing fountain. His wish was that after they won, all the game participants would be able to return to the real world as they did when they entered this world, regardless of whether they were alive or not.
Before Lu Bifang could speak, Nan Zhou covered his mouth.
Lu Bifang, “?”
“Don’t say too much about this.” Nan Zhou told him. “Generally, if you show photos of the friends and relatives you miss and talk about the future, you will soon…”
He changed the word ‘die’ to a relatively mild statement. “Be in danger.”
Lu Bifang whose mouth was covered, “……”
It wasn’t that he didn’t think it was bad luck to say ‘I’ll go home and get married after the task was over’ but he had just spoken casually. Now he saw Nan Zhou’s cautious look, as if this person was seriously blocking the flag for him.
Lu Bifang couldn’t help smiling and felt a bit closer to Nan Zhou in his heart. This also made him more guilty. Just now, he had delivered the topographic map and was ready to leave to rest when Lin Zhisong stuffed a small tape recorder and note into his pocket.
The note read: You are close to them. Help me ask about Nan Zhou.
Lu Bifang had looked up in surprise. This… wasn’t it bad?
Then once he turned his gaze to He Yinchuan, he found the young captain nod imperceptibly as well. Lin Zhisong might be neurotic and unsociable but there must be a reason why he cared so much about Nan Zhou. As teammates, they all trusted Lin Zhisong’s instincts. He must have a reason to doubt Nan Zhou.
This meant that Lu Bifang, who had the responsibility of interrogation, had to take the lead. He asked softly, “Teacher Nan, what about you? Who is in your family?”
Nan Zhou answered, “Parents and a sister.”
Lu Bifang felt relieved. Nan Zhou also had a sister! This way, the topic could open up. He actively asked, “Is your sister well behaved? My sister is good everywhere else but she has loved to grab food from me since she was a child. She is greedy.”
Nan Zhou was silent as he seemed to recall something. Lu Bifang was waiting for his response. Nan Zhou searched through the thesaurus before finally finding a relatively appropriate adjective. “Annoying.”
Lu Bifang, “……”
Nan Zhou added, “She is very fierce.”
Lu Bifang gritted his teeth and kept chatting. “…Is she spoiled?”
“Um… she should be.” Nan Zhou explained, “I didn’t kill her, which means I spoiled her.”
Lu Bifang’s character wasn’t good at engaging in sneaky things and Nan Zhou’s style of conversation completely disrupted his rhythm. He couldn’t think of any more clear questions and asked casually, “What is your sister’s name?”
Nan Zhou, who had already seen Lu Bifang’s purpose and was ready for the high-level and difficult questions, froze subtly. “Nan…”
He finally said, “Nan Yuan.”
Lu Bifang thought, ‘…Why does it sound like he just made it up now?’
He could finally understand why Lin Zhisong doubted this person.
Lu Bifang still wanted to pursue some questions but Jiang Fang, who had been resting against Nan Zhou’s shoulder, straightened up as if he had recovered his vitality and looked at Lu Bifang. “Have you thought about how we should go next?”
This one question ruined Lu Bifang’s cross-examination plan.
Jiang Fang was asking about a serious matter concerning the success or failure of the instance so Lu Bifang couldn’t talk about personal matters. In addition, he had a straightforward and honest personality who couldn’t do any spy business. Thus, he simply gave up on the spot. He stammered and said he would go to ask the captain. He patted the snow off his body and left.
Proofreader: Purichan
Thanks for the chapter!
thanks for the chapter <3
Brother Fan: Teacher Nan can tell secrets only to me
Thank you very much for the translation
I love them🤣
And gahhh Jiang Fang and Nan Zhou were so cute!!! Gahh!
Thank you for the chapter!
“I didnt kill her” wtf Nan Zhou? XD Well, I expected smth like that, but still… hshshs
Btw, if there was smth before about this, I didnt read it, so sry if I just react now XD
I mean, Same. I feel like killing my sister’s sometimes cause they’re so annoying 🤣. Anyway, Thanks for the chapter.