Alone and Infinite

The atmosphere immediately became tense, and Li Xia turned back to continue his climb.

Aowu's eyes darted around, and suddenly he said to Mimi, who was probably plotting something:

"Hey, you deadbeat, Gregg, you've climbed Tianbi Mountain before, haven't you? You guys look like you know it like the back of your hand."

Why didn't you climb up?

Mimi glanced at him, then looked away, not wanting to pay him any attention. Her green pupils flickered with worry.

"We're going to run into each other soon anyway, so it's only a little bit too early for you to say it now."

Awoo's eyes darted around, and he tempted:

"If you tell me, I won't let the kitten gag you, okay?"

Sure enough, as soon as she heard that she wouldn't have to put that strange bell that could block out sound on her head, Mimi immediately perked up.

He figured it out: whenever the three of them were about to reveal important information at a crucial moment, the bell would be put on them.

If we could get rid of the bell, we might be able to gather a lot of useful information.

"How can you guarantee that?"

"Do you think Grandpa Long is a bunch of treacherous, ungrateful green-skinned people? If you disagree, fine, I'm just curious anyway."

Awoo exhaled two streams of air from its nostrils, directly expressing its contempt for Mimi from a moral high ground.

The shrewd and experienced Mimi didn't care about the painless attack like "Awoo." After thinking for a while, he realized that hiding it was indeed useless.

And even if this strange creature goes back on its word, it can still provide a powerful point of rebuttal during arguments.

You won't lose out either way!

So he cleared his throat and said in a low voice:

"This Tianbi Mountain is indeed a mysterious place that our clan has always wanted to explore. We have sent people to explore and climb it many times."

The first half of Tianbi Mountain is nothing special; you can reach it simply by riding a bird of prey.

Once a certain altitude is reached, birds can no longer fly and must climb.

In the latter half, a strange force will appear on Tianbi Mountain, making it feel like you are carrying a heavy load as you climb, with the load becoming stronger the higher you go.

Until it could no longer bear it, it fell below.

When my people finally fell into eternal sleep, the highest point of my tribe was no more than a hundred trees (1000 meters) away from the summit, and the peak's grandeur was even faintly visible.

But once you reach that height, every step forward is as difficult as climbing to the heavens.

The stone figures couldn't explain what Tianbi Mountain was. They only knew that they came from Tianbi Mountain and that their ancestral land was inside.

These big guys with heads full of rocks know nothing but singing "We Are Children of the Stars!"

Mimi harbored great resentment. At that time, the relationship between the two tribes had not yet broken down. When he chatted with the elder of the Stone Clan, he had inquired about the mysteries of Tianbi Mountain with a hidden purpose.

But who knew that the Grand Elder just chuckled and kept spouting his usual "children from the stars" rhetoric, only knowing that Tianbi Mountain was their ancestral home.

What exactly is mysterious about it is completely unknown.

If you ask for more details, it's said that it's been passed down from our ancestors that Tianbi Mountain is very safe, warm, and humid.

With his keen eyesight, Mi Mi could see that the Stone Clan's Elder was not hiding anything; he truly only knew that it was 'safe, warm, and moist'!

"Fool! Shouldn't such an important matter be written on a stone tablet, hidden in a safe place, and treasured like a precious gem?"

They completely disregard this, allowing such a mysterious place to slowly fade into oblivion—what a waste! What a waste!

Whether Mimi used the correct idiom or not, Aowu didn't know, but that was the meaning he heard.

"What if the stone man doesn't think this is anything valuable or worth treasuring?"

Unexpectedly, Li Xia, who rarely spoke to Mimi, suddenly started talking.

His gaze remained fixed upwards as he strode up rapidly, his hands and feet moving in tandem, showing no signs of fatigue.

"impossible!"

Mimi paused for a moment, then sneered:

"Such a sacred mountain, capable of nurturing such wondrous creatures as stone men, how could it not be a treasure?"

Li Xia suddenly exerted force with both arms, shooting them straight upwards, his fingers gripping a protrusion tightly.

With a breath catching in her throat, she lowered her head and whispered:

"That's just you, just you all. For the Stone Man, the most precious thing has never been any sacred mountain."

Rather, it was the stone figures around them, all the stone figures.

Mimi's smile froze on his face. He opened his mouth, but with his hundreds of years of experience, he couldn't come up with any sophistry.

Suddenly, images that had long been buried in his memory surfaced in his mind.

Those deliberately forgotten scenes

"You mean the mud we turn into after we die will be useful to your children?"

After that, when some of us return to the stars, we will give our bodies to you. Just bring back the small crystals that have condensed inside your bodies and leave them as a keepsake for your loved ones.

"Since I'll turn to stone after I die anyway, I might as well give it to you."

Mimi couldn't believe that such a race existed in the world, one that was completely unsuspecting of other races and didn't even make any connection to the news.

When did they start getting angry?

Mimi closed her eyes, which meant that the tribe had already discussed and planned to enslave the Stone People. Under the pretense of the king's wedding, they invited all the high-ranking members of the Stone People tribe to a banquet.

They slaughtered them all at the wedding banquet, destroying the stone man's central hub.

"Words are useless. This world is inherently cruel; it's a jungle where the strong prey on the weak—"

"Hey, you deadbeat, why are you trying to pull this nonsense?"

"Don't worry, you've probably guessed it by now. The boss went back this time to send a signal: this area is sparsely populated, and the Griggs are weak. Come quickly!"

Mimi was filled with shock and anger: "So it really is the vanguard! But my tribe has no grudge against you, why are you invading us?"

Aowu and Heitan exchanged a glance and suddenly chuckled softly together.

This is the famous duality of society and democracy: society is only achieved when one is strong, and when one is weak, one calls for love and peace.

Mimi then realized that she had said something stupid.

He closed his eyes and his mouth, remaining silent.

Li Xia also focused his attention on climbing. Although Mimi didn't say anything, he had already guessed what the pursuers below were thinking.

Instead of rushing to catch up, we maintain a certain level of pressure and wait until we reach the insurmountable limit that Mimi described, then we trap them like turtles in a jar.

Their goal was never to kill themselves, but to capture them alive.

6000 meter

7000 meter

8000 meter

The air grew thinner and thinner, and Li Xia's breath condensed into crystalline mist the moment it left her mouth and nose.

The wind high in the sky was particularly biting, and the air carried a pure, chilling cold.

Li Xia's movements did not stop at all. Compared to when he was in Dragon Ball, he was more than twice as strong.

Wait until a certain critical point is passed.

He stopped abruptly, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

The kind of burden that Mimi described has arrived!

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Chapter 322 The Mountain Top and Inside the Mountain

This force was extremely strange, like gravity suddenly increasing, though not by much.

But at this altitude of 10,000 meters, the added gravity poses far more risks than just that.

Not only Li Xia, but also Aowu and Heitan noticed it.

Xiaolong and Xiaomao exchanged a glance, then leaped up from behind Li Xia and landed on the rock wall.

Both the roaring dragon claws and the black cat claws were extremely sharp, easily piercing into the rock wall like hooks.

The two little ones' bodies are naturally suited for climbing, and they actually seemed to have it easier than Li Xia.

"Boss, safety rope!"

Awoo's tail lashed out a rope as thick as a little finger, a rope resembling the silk of some extraordinary spider.

A pencil-thick rod can easily bear a load of over a hundred tons; it's truly a miracle of materials science.

Li Xia tied the rope securely, glanced down, and saw that the Griggans were still chasing after him at a leisurely pace.

They used a method of alternating whoever led the way, with someone below taking over every hundred meters, while the person who originally led the way would use the holes in the wall to regain their strength.

Therefore, Griggs' pursuers were actually better preserved.

Their plan was to wait until Li Xia had climbed to a certain height and was nearing his limit before rushing up to grab him.

As for the possibility that Li Xia could climb the mountain, that was not even considered.

Over the years, countless powerful warriors from the Griggs have challenged Tianbi Mountain, without exception.

Even the warrior who was once hailed as the strongest a thousand years ago only came close to the summit.

Thus, under Mimi's cold and indifferent gaze, Li Xia and the two strange animals rapidly ascended in a triangle formation.

Li Xia is undoubtedly Arrowhead; he is the strongest, and in case of an emergency, he will have time to talk to Aowu and Black Charcoal.

The two smaller ones, however, were steady and cautious, trying their best to grip the rock face firmly with their claws.

This way, if the eldest brother can't hold on, I can also act as a safety anchor.

From 10,000 meters to 16,000 meters, a full 6,000 meters, the physical pressure gradually turned from a slight feeling into a heavy burden that made Li Xia grit his teeth.

Inserting a finger into the rock wall, fine cracks appeared on the originally hard rock.

Immediately afterwards, large chunks of rock broke off from the rock face, and Li Xia swayed as if he was about to fall.

"Boss!"

Awoo and Black Charcoal were startled, and immediately tightened their claws, firmly locking onto the rock wall in preparation for resisting the impact.

But Li Xia's other hand flashed with a faint light in the blink of an eye, and his finger, as sharp as a knife, plunged deep into the rock wall.

He hung in mid-air, leaning on his left arm, frowning as he looked at the crumbling rock face.

"I am fine."

Li Xia shook his head and replied that the collapse of the rock wall was partly due to his greater physical exertion, which caused his strength to be dispersed and not as consistent as before.

But the bigger reason was that the sense of oppression suddenly increased.

If the initial sense of oppression was gradual, this time it suddenly escalated to a much higher level.

If this kind of addition continues from here, I'm afraid I might not be able to reach the summit.

We are now more than 10,000 meters above the ground. The air here is extremely thin; on Earth, we would already need to breathe oxygen.

In addition, the howling winds and air currents at high altitudes are much stronger than those felt on the ground.

The temperature even dropped to around minus sixty degrees Celsius.

In Li Xia's view, temperature was actually the least noticeable obstacle.

"About 10 meters up, the burden will suddenly increase by about 30%, so be careful."

Li Xia flipped his free right hand and pulled out three bottles of [Nutritional Supplement - Large (Perfect)]

I handed two bottles to Aowu and Heitan. Compared to the normal quality, the perfect Great Nutrition Skill can provide 20 stamina for 30-240 minutes and slightly increase stamina recovery speed.

It is an extremely useful adjuvant medicine.

He tilted his head back and drank the medicine. The icy liquid slid down his throat, but once it reached his stomach, it immediately turned into a warm current that flowed through his entire body.