I will practice more in the United States

Once the altitude exceeds four thousand meters, the surrounding environment is very different from that at the foot of the mountain.

This area is almost impossible to navigate without professional equipment.

Li Ang did not demand too much from the two helicopter pilots. After reaching an altitude of about four thousand meters, he let them choose a convenient parking location and then let them return.

As you go higher, the air becomes thinner, and helicopters actually face great difficulties in taking off.

According to their company's regulations, this behavior is definitely inappropriate. Unfortunately, Li Ang has the money, so he gave each person three times the tip of their company's fine.

Li Ang was carrying his skis and had not walked far when he ran into another mountaineering team.

There are not many people who dare to challenge this kind of peak, but in fact there are quite a few. After all, this is not Mount Everest, and the degree of danger is incomparable.

But it is extremely rare for someone like Li Ang to go there alone.

This is mainly because mountain climbing is a high-risk, time-consuming sport with many special circumstances.

This means that in order to deal with some unpredictable weather or unexpected situations, many emergency items need to be prepared, and it is not realistic to carry all these equipments by oneself.

Secondly, being on the mountain for such a long time, it is inevitable to encounter emergencies. If you have teammates by your side, they can lend a hand at critical moments. If you are alone, no one will know when you die.

This group of mountaineering enthusiasts were also quite enthusiastic. Seeing that Li Ang was alone, they walked towards him and asked him if he had lost his teammates.

In fact, the more niche the movement is, the more united the people in the circle are. After all, no one can guarantee that they will not get into trouble. While helping others, you are also helping yourself.

"Thank you for your concern, but I did come here alone. I think I wanted to challenge myself."

Li Ang even made up another reason to make his behavior sound more reasonable.

"I admire your courage to take on the challenge, but it also needs to be done under the premise of safety. Climbing alone is too risky."

"And I think the equipment you brought is too little. To be honest, I was surprised that you were able to get here safely."

The fully armed middle-aged man in the lead spoke earnestly.

A woman behind him, who was wearing thick mountaineering gear but still couldn't hide her good figure, also echoed:
"That's right. Actually, you can also join us. We can help each other."

Although she couldn't see Li Ang's face clearly, the feeling he gave her made her feel that he must be a handsome guy, not to mention that he had the courage to challenge Mont Blanc alone, which gave him another buff.

But even so, Li Ang still shook his head and refused, "My route may be different from yours, and my speed will be faster. Thank you."

If they just came here to play, Li Ang wouldn't mind joining them, but he has a mission to complete today.

Looking at Li Ang's back, the middle-aged man in the lead shook his head helplessly, thinking that the young man was still too young. Perhaps he had never experienced any setbacks, and would learn his lesson when he really encountered troubles. He just didn't know if he would still be alive to learn the lesson by then.

The woman with a nice figure originally thought that Li Ang's comment about his fast progress was just an excuse.

After all, they are a very mature mountaineering team. Not to mention Mont Blanc, which is 4,800 meters above sea level, they have climbed nearly half of the top ten peaks in the world, and they are planning to challenge Mount Everest this year. In terms of speed, she has never met anyone who is faster than them.

But soon, she discovered that Li Ang's speed was extremely fast. Logically speaking, the thick snow would bring huge resistance to people, and walking on it would be extremely physically demanding. If they walked in a team, the person behind could step on the footprints of the person in front, which would be the most energy-saving way.

But unexpectedly, Li Ang was walking alone in front, and his speed was no different from walking on concrete. After a few minutes, only one figure could be seen.

At the same time, when they wanted to follow in Li Ang's footsteps, they found that his steps were abnormally large. They might not be able to catch up with one step of this man even if they took two steps.

"Maybe we really have met a master. No wonder he dares to challenge us alone."

A team member behind him sighed.

The physical strength required to walk like this is something that not everyone can do.

In fact, this is true. For Leon, this level of exercise is not much different from walking. When conditions permit, he even jogs forward.

Soon, he arrived at an area with an altitude of 4,400 meters. At this time, there were still 400 meters away from the peak. At this point, the complexity of the terrain increased greatly.

According to intelligence, the [Psychic Crystal] is within this altitude range, but it is not on the main road that climbers often take, but on the cliffs behind the main road.

Seeing that this road was definitely not meant for people to walk on, Li Ang was a little curious about how these people found clues about this place. It can only be said that there are really a lot of curious people.

After Li Ang fixed the safety rope, he began to climb towards the other side with an ice axe.

In other places, it's OK to go rock climbing without protection for the pursuit of excitement, but here we are on a snowy mountain with an altitude of more than 4,000 meters. Even with a safety rope, it would be very uncomfortable if it fell off. Climbing with bare hands cannot be considered an impossible challenge, but it is considered a mental problem.

Even if Li Ang didn't die from the fall given his physical condition, it would still waste a lot of time. There was really no need to take the risk.

Looking from behind, Leon looked like a monkey. The slippery ice surface and the cliff with an 80-degree slope seemed like flat ground to him.

After taking a certain step, Li Ang finally felt a weak interference field.

He felt excited, as it meant the news was true and his trip was not in vain.

As Leon got closer and closer to the back of the main road, the intensity of the interference became stronger and stronger, until he was hovering on a cliff at an angle of almost ninety degrees, he finally felt that the intensity of the interference had reached its peak. One more step forward, and the intensity of the interference began to decrease.

The only advantage this time is that in this remote place, there shouldn't be any mutant creatures that would go against him.

But at this moment, Leon was looking forward to facing mutant creatures.

Looking at the thick ice layer in front of him and the rock layer behind the ice layer, Leon finally understood why no one had thought of taking the [Psychic Crystal] from this place. This thing is really hard to get.

But now that I'm here, I can only get started.

After Li Ang secured his body, he picked up the ice pick and began to dig hard at the ice. Although he was hanging in the air and it was difficult to use leverage, with his superb force-generating skills, Li Ang still managed to dig very deep with each blow.

This ice layer, which has been frozen for hundreds or thousands of years, is extremely strong and is almost as hard as stone.

In other words, the person wielding the ice pick is Li Ang. If it were an ordinary person, he would probably not be able to break through the ice even if he spent a whole day chiseling.

Although Li Ang moved quickly and aggressively, he did not just dig blindly. If he made too much noise and caused the ice to crack, or even triggered an avalanche, that would be fun.

Therefore, each of his seemingly random landings was actually a result of his precise perception of the internal structure of the ice layer. While ensuring that he could dig deeper, he also had to ensure the stability of the ice layer.

At the same time, the team of climbers just now finally reached the end of Li Ang's footsteps, which was also the location where he fixed the safety rope.

"His footprints changed direction when they reached here. It seems that they are really different from our destination. But can we really get there in that direction?"

The female team member with a good figure asked with some confusion.

At this point, she was already convinced that Li Ang was a hidden mountaineering god.

The middle-aged man in the lead also shook his head. No matter what strategy they had made before they showed up, or the experiences given by other people who had climbed the mountain, he had never heard of this place.

“Is there any different scenery over there?”

For some reason, the female teammate suddenly had the urge to go over and take a look.

But after further observing the route, she quickly dismissed the idea. This was not a road she could walk on at all, and even if she could barely get through, it would probably take a lot of time. She couldn't let this delay the progress of the entire team.

"Let's go, keep moving forward, the summit is right in front of us."

On the other side, Li Ang had already dug out a platform for himself to stand on.

Due to the limitations of the tools they carried, it was unrealistic to just dig out a small hole and hit the [Psychic Crystal] directly. The best they could do was to dig out a "U-shaped" pit and advance into it step by step.

The outermost layer, because of its largest area, was actually the most time-consuming. However, with Li Ang's almost non-stop chiseling, it was completed in less than half an hour.

To be honest, with this amount of space and time, it would be difficult even to dig the soil with a hoe, not to mention that Li Ang was hanging in the air and digging the solid ice.

With a place to stand, the power came from his feet. Instead of decreasing due to the consumption of physical strength, Li Ang's excavation speed became even faster.

Another hour later, Li Ang had advanced more than one meter deep into the ice.

The good news is that nothing unexpected happened and he just had to keep chiseling inside.

The bad news is that the ice layer is almost at the bottom, but there is still no sign of the [Psychic Crystal]. This thing is most likely buried in the rocks behind the ice layer.

Moreover, it is still a question whether the ice pick in Leon's hand can chisel the rock layers inside.

But now that we have reached this point, there is no point in thinking too much. If it really doesn't work, we can only see if the small chisel in his backpack can make the ground move. Otherwise, we have to go back to get equipment and make another trip.

This time, mainly because the information obtained was too good, and due to environmental reasons, it was inconvenient to carry equipment, so Li Ang did not bring much equipment.

Soon, Li Ang chiseled through all the ice and exposed the rocks inside.

After a brief analysis, Li Ang quickly determined that the rock here was composed of limestone.

This type of rock is a carbonate rock with calcite as the main component. As for its hardness, it mainly depends on the degree of weathering of the rock.

Li Ang tried to hit it a few times with the ice pick. The sound was quite crisp, and there was a certain rebound and vibration feeling in the hand.

Obviously, the rocks here belong to the unweathered type, that is, the hardest limestone, which is second only to extremely hard rocks such as granite and basalt.

According to the rock hardness classification, it belongs to the second grade of harder rock.

Fortunately, it was not the first level, so although it was difficult to dig with his tools, he could still use them. If it was the hardness of the first level, he would have to go back home and change to professional equipment.

The hard ice pick became blunt after just a few hits, but this was exactly what Leon wanted.

He continued to smash it hard a few more times, and the tip of the originally sharp ice pick was smashed into a flat surface. In this way, his tool became a combination of a hammer and a chisel.

Soon, Li Ang put himself in the role of a miner, picked up a chisel and started to work hard.

Fortunately, the depth of the [Psychic Crystal] this time was not too deep. If it was as thick as the ice layer just now, Li Ang would probably have scrapped the chisel and still not been able to get it out.

After spending twice as much time as before, Leon finally discovered a [Psychic Crystal] inside based on his own precise perception.

In fact, judging from this point, it can be seen that [Psychic Crystal] appeared very early, otherwise it would not be buried in the rocks of such a high peak.

Leon stretched out his hand and absorbed the [Psychic Crystal].

【Break limit point】+28
(Body recovery ability increased by 20%)

Looking at the data displayed on the panel, Leon showed a satisfied smile. The energy of this [Psychic Crystal] was extremely full, and the attached special properties were also extremely practical. It gave him a rare 20% bonus. Although it did not increase the speed of cultivation, the recovery ability was exactly what he lacked.

And there were no unexpected situations this time, which was quite considerate.

After Li Ang absorbed the crystal, he just took a step outside, and suddenly his expression froze. He cursed in his heart, saying that he shouldn't have said there were no unexpected situations, and what he said would happen.

He quickly took off the ski equipment on his back, put it on, quickly walked to the edge of the cliff, and jumped down without any hesitation.

It was not known whether some other unexpected situation had occurred, or whether the power of some node inside had become unbalanced after he had taken away the [Psychic Crystal]. In short, he sensed that the mountain was experiencing some kind of violent vibration. In simple terms, an avalanche had occurred. (End of this chapter)