A Chong swept away the snow in the cracks in the rock wall, revealing the steps inside, which was indeed a dark road.

The stairs are just a shallow groove, but they are enough for people to climb. Going up the stairs, you can see a slanting and winding gap leading directly to the peak. This natural gap is cleverly hidden in the mountain and cannot be noticed without looking at it from close range.

This gap is less than one meter wide, and can only allow one person to pass through, stretching forward, and I don’t know how far it is. It should be a secret way to the eye of the hole.

A Chong carefully checked the traces on the lower stairs. They were quite old and I don’t know which dynasty or which dynasty left the works. However, recently someone climbed these stairs and left traces such as nail holes, which should be caused by trampling on hiking boots.

Lao Wang sat on the snow, grabbed a handful of snow and wiped his face, and asked everyone, "How is it? Do you want to climb?"

As soon as I say it, I understand that this question is redundant. It is not a question of whether to climb or not, but a question of how to climb.

This gap is so narrow, it is extremely dangerous. Even if they can climb up safely, if Li Tianming ambushed and guarded by someone on the top of the mountain, it would be a big deal to be a guard. Not to mention using weapons, throwing a stone can kill everyone.

But they could not give up climbing, and not mentioning the great value of the tombs that might be hidden on the mountain. Just chasing Li Tianming is enough to make them take risks.

Li Tianming and his group killed the expedition members and held Jin Guoqiang hostage. What they did was equivalent to a rebellion. As representatives of China and the United States, A Chong and Su Rui were directly responsible. What's more, Jin Guoqiang and Lao Wang had a deep personal relationship, so they had to take risks based on this.

Everyone returned to the tent to pack their things and prepare to climb the mountain. In addition to the necessary climbing equipment and supplies, they also gave up extra supplies such as tents.

When he arrived at the foot of the cliff, A Chong said, "I am the first to climb. You guys follow me - don't get too close."

As she said that, Qingwen tightened her back tightly again. A Chong used a harness to tie Qingwen to her body with a harness along the way. Fortunately, she was relatively thin and carrying it on her body was not a big problem.

A Chong tried the ladder under his feet with his hiking boots. After confirming that it was firm, he had to climb it.

"Wait." Zi Yang suddenly remembered something and pointed to the figure of a giant in the distance, "What should I do with this guy?"

A Chong glanced at it and said, "Let's not care about it for now." After that, he turned around and continued to climb up.

Since the discovery of the giant corpse, A Chong has been in a hurry to go, probably because of a premonition.

Zi Yang understood that the most urgent task now is to reach the top of the mountain. It doesn’t matter how to deal with the giant corpse – maybe let it freeze on the rocks until the end of time.

Although he was carrying a girl of eighty or ninety pounds on his back, A Chong was still very agile, and soon there was a small shadow left on it.

Lao Wang tightened his hiking boots and volunteered: "Don't compete with me, I'm the second!"

Su Rui tied the safety rope to the hook on his waist and told him to be careful. Lao Wang nodded, raised his body and went up the stairs. After climbing a few meters, he turned to Zi Yang below and said:

"Old Li, if something happens to me, tell Xiaoli and ask her to find an honest person to marry, so there is no need to wait for me."

Zi Yang raised his middle finger at him below. Lao Wang smiled and turned around and continued to climb up. His bulky body was also very flexible.

Although Zi Yang knew that Lao Wang was joking, he was still nervous. In the past two years, we have been through life and death together. Although we have experienced many dangers, this time it is completely different from before. We not only have to be careful of natural disasters, but also have to deal with man-made disasters.

After Lao Wang went up about ten meters, Xiao Hei was next. Su Rui hung the safety rope for him, and Xiao Hei also jumped up with his waist.

After Lao Wang and Xiao Hei went up, Zi Yang and Su Rui looked at each other and smiled, "Who will come first?"

Su Ruiyanran said: "Ms., first, you will cut off the back."

Zi Yang made a Western knight ceremony and reached out to take a pose of invitation.

Su Rui tied the safety ropes to his and Zi Yang's waists, put the strap of the climbing pick on his wrist, tied his backpack tightly, climbed one hand on the cliff, and fixed it with the other hand with the climbing pick, climbing up step by step.

Zi Yang looked back at the camp, and two tents stood alone there. The tall figure was covered with snow, and was still facing away from everyone, "gazing" in the distance like a sculpture.

Zi Yang sighed, tightened her backpack and climbed up the stairs.

A Chong took the lead, and his figure had long disappeared from sight. Lao Wang, Xiao Hei, Su Rui, Zi Yang, and the four of them were linked together with safety ropes, each of which was about ten meters apart, and slowly moved forward.

Because they had several "lightweight and simple travel" before departure, many equipment were abandoned. The original rock steel cone was also thrown at the first assembly point, so this time, the mountain climbing was unable to fix the fulcrum, and they could only climb by manpower. For safety reasons, everyone took one step at a time and moved very slowly.

Zi Yang pressed tightly against the mountain, and every time he moved, he had to use his hiking boots to fix it on the stairs. The palm of his gloves was already nervously clenched and sweating. He took the time to glance under his feet, and suddenly felt dizzy-the things under his feet had become very small, and he had climbed so far without realizing it.

After climbing up for a while, the gap became much wider and the whole person could stick it in the gap without worrying about the strong mountain wind next to it. Although it was much safer, the physical strength was still consumed very quickly.

Rock climbing is a very technical sport. People who have not received professional training cannot persist for too long even if they are full of energy, because the first time climbing will inevitably lead to deformity and excessive muscle tension, so they are very prone to fatigue.

Zi Yang counted silently in his heart, gritted his teeth and persevered. How long have he climbed? Hundreds of meters? Thousands of meters? It felt like a century had passed. At this time, he no longer dared to look down at the foot. He grabbed the pickaxe with one hand and stared at the stairs in front of him, for fear of accidentally sliding down.

At this moment, Zi Yang was exhausted and his body had reached its limit. It was not so difficult to run 5,000 meters in the school sports meeting back then. He felt his limbs began to swollen and sore, and Venus emerged in front of him, making it increasingly difficult to breathe.

I couldn't hold on! Zi Yang wanted to call the person above to stop, but he didn't even have the strength to open his mouth to speak. When he was in panic, he suddenly grabbed his wrist with a strong hand and lifted him up.

Zi Yang rushed forward and lay on the ground, gasping for breath. He felt a dazzling white light in front of him. It turned out that they had reached the peak. Although they were still a few hundred meters away from the highest peak, the terrain in front of him was much flat.

The one who brought him up was A Chong, and Lao Wang was also next to him, lying on the ground like a pool of mud.

The place where they are is a flat ground, and at the edge is the abyss they have just climbed up. The mountain peaks are covered with snow all year round, and what comes into view is the vast and boundless snow. The sunlight rises, and a sudden white light makes him dazzled.

Su Rui put the snow mirror on him, and Zi Yang felt more comfortable in his eyes.

Lao Wang panted, "Hey, you said that in this kind of place, there is snow all over the mountains and fields, and you can't even open your eyes. Will you be blinded by reflections? I heard that many climbers will suffer from snow blindness or something."

Su Rui nodded and said, "It is possible that the reflectivity of snow to sunlight reaches 95%, and eyes are exposed to snow for a long time, which is similar to looking directly at sunlight. The retina of the eyes will be strongly stimulated and causes transient blindness.

However, snow blindness is not necessarily just a stimulus of reflection. Sometimes it is caused by the eyes' long-term dependence and adaptation to the external environment.

In the vast snow, people have no focus and their eyes don’t know what to look at, so they are always looking for something as a reference. If there is no obvious reference, their vision will temporarily decrease or be blind."

Lao Wang took off the snow mirror repeatedly and put it on, "You guys will think my vision will be affected."

Zi Yang sat on the snow for a while, and slowly felt his limbs recovered their strength. Seeing Lao Wang was having fun, he said angrily: "I don't know if your vision will be affected, but my intelligence will definitely be injured."

Lao Wang ignored his provocation, but looked at the distance with a focused expression and muttered, "Huh? What is that? I was dazzled?"

Everyone looked along Lao Wang's fingers and there seemed to be a cluster of red on the distant mountain peak. It was too far away to see clearly, but it was very obvious against the white snow around.

Su Rui took out his glasses and looked at them, and his face suddenly became shocked.

Zi Yang took the telescope and looked at it, and was shocked.

There is a large red snow on the mountain peak in the distance, as bright as it is soaked in blood.
Chapter completed!