At this time, the sky was already slightly brighter. Xu Xin and Li Wenxi were both looking at the huge peak in the distance in silence, thinking about something.
At this time, a prompt sound came to Xu Xin's ears.
The tree house decoration degree is detected to be greater than 500, and a random increase is obtained for today: arm strength increase, which lasts for one day. At the same time, a second increase can be selected from the historical increase.
Arm strength increase
Xu Xin immediately felt a warm current surging wildly in his arms, and finally calmed down.
At the same time, he felt his arms were filled with strength. It was different from a simple increase in strength, but it was similar to the increase in jumping ability yesterday, as if his arms had been transformed, giving them inexplicable power.
It is another increase in physical ability.
Yesterday, my jumping ability was enhanced and my legs were strengthened, and today, my arms are strengthened
but…
This increase seems to come at the right time!
If you want to climb that mountain, this increase in arm strength will definitely be a great help!
He felt that his arms were now very strong. If he held on to the rock wall with both hands, he would not become tired and lose his balance. On the contrary, if he exerted force, he would probably be able to jump directly upwards a long distance, just like his jumping ability was increased.
Good increase!
This random increase seemed to appear in conjunction with the giant peak.
"What's wrong?" Li Wenxi saw that Xu Xin had been looking at his hands without saying anything, with a slightly happy expression, and asked curiously.
"Nothing, today's random increase is here." Xu Xin smiled and explained his increase today to her.
"Isn't that just right?" Li Wenxi said with some envy, "That's great. This random increase will give me little surprises every day!"
Random amplification is a reward for those on the Rainy Season activity leaderboard during the first phase of the Rainy Season, that is, those who eliminate the waterspouts before dark. In the entire world and in all regions, only a few dozen people have received this reward.
He hasn't had this special ability for a long time since the second stage. He wonders if this giant peak can bring him any surprises.
At this moment, the unpleasant sound of the portal exit appearing sounded and reached the ears of the two.
The two looked out the window.
There was a blanket of white snow outside the window. Although the snow near the tree house was not very deep, it had buried most of the coordinates. However, it did not affect the exit of the portal and the condensation of the purple-black vortex.
The vortex fluctuated, and Ji Chaoyang jumped out of the portal and stepped into the snow more than one meter deep.
Xu Xin and Li Wenxi looked at each other, then swung down from the tree house together.
The area outside the tree house that had been cleared of snow now had a meter-thick layer of snow.
The two of them put on snow fox scarves. Xu Xin took out the fully charged power skateboard, put his arm around Li Wenxi's waist, and stepped on the skateboard.
With a slight step of his back foot, the motor made a buzzing sound, and the skateboard started instantly, arriving next to Ji Chaoyang within a few seconds.
At this time, Ji Chaoyang was wearing goggles and looking to the northwest, carefully observing the giant peak less than one kilometer away from this location.
"How is it? Any findings? Are there any of these giant peaks in your predictions?" Xu Xin's skis stopped in front of Ji Chaoyang. Ji Chaoyang's last prediction came true yesterday morning, and now, there should be a new prediction.
Ji Chaoyang turned around and took off his goggles, his eyes solemn. "My next prediction is about exploring a closed space, which is similar to the cave we entered last time. I thought it was underground. But now it seems that it may have something to do with these stone pillars and giant peaks."
"You mean, it is possible for us to enter the interior of this giant stone pillar?" Li Wenxi was also wearing snow goggles at this time, looking at the stone peak.
"I'm more inclined to... climb up and take a look." Ji Chaoyang looked at the snow-capped peak not far away and spoke slowly.
Then he looked at Li Wenxi with some surprise. He didn't expect that Li Wenxi had arrived one step earlier than him.
"That's right. The function of the hook in the points mall is probably designed for climbing this stone snow mountain." Xu Xin raised the retractable hook that was already worn on his wrist.
"There are no strange creatures or signs on the rock wall of this giant peak, but looking at the appearance, it seems to be just an ordinary stone pillar mountain." Ji Chaoyang analyzed.
“We can only get close to it and explore it.”
The three of them withdrew their gaze from the stone peak.
"Maybe we can just ignore it and do our own thing?" Li Wenxi suggested. "It seems that it doesn't affect us at all."
Ji Chaoyang shook his head: "Everything that appears in this world has a reason. This may be a unique form of activity in this stage, similar to the activities in the first stage. Survivors who do not explore may lose something."
Xu Xin had a slightly different idea: "This giant stone pillar peak is not near every tree house. There is only one giant stone pillar peak every six or seven tree houses. It is not easy for people who are far away to come here. It may not be necessary for everyone to explore it, but considering that the second stage now tends to be teamwork, we explorers must at least understand a giant stone pillar peak and know what it represents."
"... What you said makes sense. I'll go back and prepare. I was planning to ask you to explore the giant's stone arm today. I thought the scene in my prophecy was the scene of exploring the stone arm, but now it seems that we should give priority to exploring this snow peak." Ji Chaoyang rubbed his temple. Today's changes were indeed beyond his expectations.
I think he mentioned his prophecy before. Is it related to mutant creatures
Is this giant stone pillar peak also related to the mutated creatures
"Okay, let's get ready first." Xu Xin nodded.
Ji Chaoyang acted decisively and immediately activated the portal to teleport back.
At this time, Lou Feier also came over riding on the snow wolf.
"Wow, the snow wolf is so handsome!" Li Wenxi looked at the red and white snow wolf under Lou Feier's seat with shining eyes, "Can it walk on the snow? This is too powerful! Is this the snow wolf that I helped to contract?"
"Ao!" The Snow Wolf still remembered Li Wenxi and responded with a bark.
"Wenxi, you came last night, right?" Lou Feier looked at the two of them with an ambiguous look in her eyes, "You didn't go back last night, did you? I didn't hear the sound of the portal."
"Hehe..." Li Wenxi stepped on the skateboard and hugged Xu Xin's arm, "I did sleep here last night!"
"Wow, it's true!" Lou Fei'er immediately became excited, "Tell me about it..."
"Stop." Xu Xin stopped her immediately, "Do you have anything else to do today?"
"Oh, yes, I just came to ask, that..." Lou Feier pointed to the mountain, "Do you need me? Or should I still go and pick up other survivors?"
"You continue to do your work. As for this mountain..." Xu Xin took another look at the huge stone pillar that towered into the sky, "Leave it to us."
What kind of secrets are hidden in this giant peak
"Are you going to pick up other survivors?" Hearing this, Li Wenxi became excited. "Send me a few more workers. Once the world channel is opened, the production capacity will be insufficient!"
"Don't worry, I'll capture all the people from other areas to mine!"
"Hey, that's good!"
Li Wenxi was no longer averse to those who were forcibly abducted from outside the area. After all, Le Youfang had made a good impression on her. Moreover, the tree houses were now connected by portals, so even if she couldn't handle it herself, she could just pull Xu Xin, Ji Chaoyang and the others over.
"Oh, right," Lou Feier swiped her watch, "Last night, Zhang Daoguang added us to the group. Now, I have basically determined the positions of the top ten people in one area."
"Oh?" Xu Xin turned to look at Lou Fei'er who was sitting on the Snow Wolf. "Who is it? Where is it?"
"It's a man named Yu Zhun. He is probably located in the northeast direction of our tree house." Lou Feier drew the projection and raised her hand to point to the northeast.
… Qi Xue’s tree house was in that direction, and, based on their previous inferences, Qi Xuefei’s brother, Qi Zixuan, should also be not far from her tree house. However, because the cold winter came too suddenly, they did not continue exploring.
And in the distance over there, there is also a huge stone pillar standing, looming in the clouds.
"How do you know for sure?"
"During the rainy season, he saw two lights below the southwest horizon. He was very curious about what kind of light could be so penetrating in the rain."
During the rainy season, the two bright lightning rods really helped him a lot.
And the lightning rod also has the function of storing electricity. However, now that he has a coal generator and batteries, he no longer needs an unstable power source such as a lightning rod to provide electricity.
"Okay, then you should go in that direction today." Xu Xin nodded, "Bring back everyone you meet, and investigate this person at the same time."
"Understood! Then I'm leaving! Wenxi, have a good rest!" Lou Feier winked at Li Wenxi, then rode on the wolf and went away to the northeast.
"You haven't been home all night, won't something happen?" Xu Xin looked at Li Wenxi and asked, "Do you want to go back now?"
"I just contacted Yajun, and she said there is nothing unusual at the moment. Now there is a two-meter-thick layer of snow everywhere, and I don't know what to do if I go back." Li Wenxi leaned in Xu Xin's arms, but had no intention of going back.
"Then let's go to that snow peak together." Xu Xin pointed to the snow peak a thousand meters away.
"Okay, okay!" Li Wenxi was eager to try.
They first returned to the tree house and prepared everything.
"Hmm..." Keke was standing on the windowsill, looking at Xu Xin, then looking outside, very hesitant. He wanted to follow Xu Xin out, but it was too cold outside, and he was not a mutant, so he would not be able to bear it...
"Okay." Xu Xin patted Keke's little head, "You should stay in the tree house for the time being. You can't go out in this weather."
“Hmm…” Coco’s little head drooped down, and its big tail also drooped down.
It rubbed Xu Xin's hand, jumped off the windowsill, and jumped onto the sofa in two steps to curl up.
Although Coco can't go with him, other mutant creatures can.
At this time, Mimi and Silver King were also lying by the window, Ah Fu landed on Mimi's head, and the three beasts were looking outside at the same time.
Should I take them with me? If I do, I have to put them in the bracelet.
… I’d better take it with me. We don’t know what kind of dangers there might be on that snowy peak. It would be too unsafe to go there alone.
As for Li Wenxi, he just planned to take her to see if there were any metal mines in the stone pillar peak. If they really wanted to climb, he would definitely not take her with him.
It was too dangerous, even he was panicking. He absolutely could not let Li Wenxi, a survivor with auxiliary abilities, take the risk.
Xu Xin squatted in front of the animals and explained the matter to them.
Mimi and Afu seemed a little resistant, but they didn't completely refuse.
Both beasts had entered the bracelet and knew that the environment inside the bracelet was somewhat eerie and scary, but they were not like Lou Feier, who had terrible childhood traumas, so although they did not like it, they were not scared to that extent.
The Silver King had never been in there, so he didn't care.
In the end, the beasts all agreed and were put into the bracelet by Xu Xin.
I really don't know when I can see Changyin again and ask him to provide after-sales service and improve the environment in the bracelet. It takes a lot of effort for me to bring my contracted creature with me.
He did not choose today's historical amplification for the time being, but was going to go to the edge of the snow peak to take a look before considering which one to choose. His watch could directly select the amplification, which was very convenient. The alternatives were hearing amplification and jumping power amplification. The former could accurately detect the surrounding movements, and the latter would not hurt even if he fell from a height.
Among the explorers, several people there also planned to explore the snow peak together, but only Qi Xuefei said, "You guys go, I won't go, I will be your support."
A very wise choice.
"How about you stay here too?" Xu Xin was a little worried about Li Wenxi. "Sister Xuefei didn't go either. You don't have much fighting ability and your physical ability is average. You should stay in the tree house."
"No! I want to go with you!" Li Wenxi shook his head violently. "I just don't have the ability in this area. My physique is still very good! I used to exercise regularly! And Ji Chaoyang said that if I don't go, I might lose something. I want to go with you!"
…Her fitness on Earth is nothing, and may not even be able to match the strengthening here.
Forget it, let’s go over and take a look first. Let Li Wenxi see if there are any special metal materials inside the snow mountain.
After getting ready, Ji Chaoyang had not arrived yet, so the two of them headed straight for the snow-capped peak.
Li Wenxi clearly has her own powered skateboard, but she refuses to use it. She holds Xu Xin tightly and skates with him, under the pretext of saving electricity and keeping her skateboard as a spare.
Well, that’s the point, but the power skateboard has a 12-hour battery life, and the snow peak is only one kilometer away from the tree house, so it’s impossible to use up all the battery life...
Fortunately, the power skateboard has a good load-bearing capacity. Even with two people, they did not sink into the snow, and the speed did not drop much. Instead, it became much more stable.
The closer they got to the mountain, the more shocked their expressions became.
Xu Xin had walked this road many times, as it was the only way to the hilly resource area, so he was actually very familiar with the route. The sudden appearance of such a huge monster on a familiar road shocked him greatly.
After getting closer and stopping about a hundred meters away from the giant stone pillar peak, Xu Xin truly felt the enormity of this giant stone pillar peak.
The diameter of this stone pillar is nearly two hundred meters!
From a distance, this giant stone pillar looks like a whole long and slender stone pillar, but its thickness is totally insignificant compared to its height. I didn’t expect it to be so thick when I got closer!
The rock walls of the Stone Pillar Giant Peak are uneven. Under normal circumstances, it might not be a problem for professionals to climb it with bare hands. But after the heavy snow, every hollow on it is filled with snow, which makes people feel a little scared.
If we really climb up, won't our hands slip? Won't there be an avalanche or something like that
"It's so big..." Li Wenxi also slowly raised her head and looked upwards. If Xu Xin hadn't supported her, she would have fallen backwards with her current movements. "It's so high! Do we really have to climb up?"
"I'll be the one to climb." Xu Xin straightened her head. "You can't do such a dangerous thing."
"Eh?" Li Wenxi turned around and looked at him, with a slightly dissatisfied expression, "I'm also very strong, okay! I want to climb with you! I also bought a hook!"
As she spoke, she took out the hook from her backpack and put it on her wrist with a "snap". "This thing is used to climb this snowy peak, right?"
Xu Xin pressed down Li Wenxi's raised wrist and said, "Let's turn around and see."
"Oh ok."