At the edge of the huge pit, the remaining people could no longer detect Zhao Xiaochuan's location because he had already activated his ability and jumped into the pit.
"What? I was staring at him the whole time, but in the blink of an eye, he... disappeared?" Li Wenxi was a little depressed.
"His ability is even more exaggerated than invisibility." Wang Lei also sighed, "Invisibility might make some noise for people to notice. His ability directly eliminates his presence, and even his sound won't be noticed."
"I also want such ability." Lou Feier envied.
If she also had such ability, combined with her current strength, it would be easy for her to take the heads of enemy generals in the midst of thousands of troops.
"That cloak is just a weakened version of his ability. Well, since we can't see him anyway, let's go to Xu Xin's tree house. I can't wait any longer!" Wen Guixin said eagerly.
…
At this time, Zhao Xiaochuan was already walking among the stone statues.
This time, he didn't dare to do the same thing as before. After all, his main task now was to take Xu Xin and teleport to the other side.
Ever since the pterosaur made that cry and awakened all the mutated stone statues, they no longer prostrated themselves in a posture of worship, but have been wandering back and forth in the giant pit.
Like a group of guards on patrol.
It seems that now, except for him, anyone who enters this huge pit will be attacked.
However, Zhao Xiaochuan was not panicked at all, as his ability had not failed so far.
There was no point in panicking, he could only walk at a leisurely pace. If he went too fast, he would be noticed.
In this way, while dodging the stone statues patrolling around the purple-black light column in the middle, he approached the light column step by step.
…
The soft light in the bracelet space really makes people feel comfortable, and the temperature is also very suitable.
Xu Xin walked over to the prone Silver King and sat down, leaning on it and relaxing his body.
Now, he just had to wait for Zhao Xiaochuan to arrive at the location and release him.
"Isn't this place nice?" Xu Xin touched the Silver King's big head.
"Ah!" The Silver King shouted in response.
Mimi also walked over and lay down beside Xu Xin, with an Afu lying on its body.
The treasure chest monster was standing quietly by the side without moving.
Leaning on Silver King, Xu Xin began to check the information on his watch.
"Hey, there's one more person on the leaderboard?" Xu Xin raised his eyebrows.
The extra person is a survivor from Area 1, a man named Cheng Junan, who is now ranked tenth.
Now in Area 1, three people have already climbed to the top!
If these three people were climbing the same mountain, a teleportation formation should have been activated in that area.
Xu Xin immediately clicked on the regional channel.
"Look, someone else has succeeded in Area 1! There are already ten people on the list!"
"Wow, finally someone succeeded! We are one step closer to the end of winter!"
"Cheng Junan is a member of our District 1 elders' organization, an organization that is not on good terms with elder Shi Wanyun."
"Alright, District 1's elder organization has regained a piece of the pie, and face +1. Now the pressure is on Elder Shi Wanyun. Let's see how she will act."
"So, why hasn't anyone from other areas activated the Snow Mountain Teleportation Array yet?"
"How do we activate the formation? Is there any handsome elder who can come out and explain it so that we can be prepared? Why are there more and more people climbing the snowy mountains, but the formation has only activated two mountains in Area 188?"
"Because the boss of District 188 is more powerful, we still have to rely on District 188."
"You must be kidding. Our Zone 1 will be activated soon! I said so!"
Cheng Junan is a member of the District 1 elders’ organization, while Shi Wanyun is a lone wolf.
It is very likely that these two people are not climbing the same snow mountain. Therefore, even if three people in Area 1 have reached the top, it is very likely that they will not be able to activate the teleportation formation.
As for what was said in the world channel, no one has ever explained to them how to activate the formation...
Not only Xu Xin and his group, but now, the other people on the list have not announced the conditions for activating the three of them.
There are a total of ten people on the current list, six of whom are from District 188.
The five people from District 188 are Xu Xin, Ji Chaoyang, Wen Guixin, Zhao Xiaochuan, and Wang Lei.
Lou Feier from District 187.
Shi Wanyun, Dong Erbao, and Cheng Junan from District 1.
And Fang Tianyang from District 23.
In total, only four areas had people reach the summit, and Lou Feier was one of them.
So, in fact, apart from them, only Shi Wanyun, Dong Erbao, Fang Tianyang, and the newly listed Cheng Junan, knew the secret of the top of the snow mountain and knew that three people must climb to the top to activate one of the teleportation formations.
But according to what was confirmed in Area 1, Shi Wanyun was a lone wolf and it was she who helped Dong Erbao climb the mountain, so the two of them have not provided any information about the summit to other people in Area 1 so far.
The same goes for Fang Tianyang. He might be like Xu Xin, only sharing this information with the bigwigs in their area instead of everyone.
After all, there is no point in sharing it with them. They won't go climbing even if you tell them. Instead, they will spread it on the world channel and provide key information to other areas that have not yet been climbed.
If you don't know this information, even if people from other areas climb, they will basically climb in a dispersed manner. After all, the big guys from other areas may not necessarily gather together like Area 188. Most of them will climb their own snow-capped mountains.
But if they got this information, they would definitely gather their men and most of them would attack a snow peak. In this way, the speed of activating the formation would be much faster.
There are only so many rewards in total, so naturally, they don't want to speed up the process of unlocking the formation in other areas.
Only the first ten formations will receive rewards. Even if a total of thirty formations need to be activated to end this cold winter, it will require the joint efforts of people all over the world, but that will have to wait until the teleportation formation is activated in one's own area and the rewards are obtained.
Therefore, it is likely that Cheng Junan, the leader of Area 1 who has just climbed to the top of the mountain, will not tell everyone about this matter.
This has led to the fact that ordinary survivors in the entire area still don’t know that each teleportation array requires three survivors to climb to the top to activate it.
But this is exactly what Xu Xin wants.
If everyone knew about this, then Lou Feier’s matter would be difficult to explain.
Others would probably guess that it was Lou Feier who helped the people in District 188 to activate the formation, so his plan to rely on Lou Feier to attract people from District 187 would be shelved.
but…
Xu Xin frowned slightly.
It takes three people to climb each snow mountain. Two days have passed, and only ten people have reached the summit, and it is unknown how many people have died.
This progress is really too slow. If it continues at this speed, it will take an indefinite time to activate a total of thirty large formations in all regions of the world.
I'm afraid it will take at least several months!
This length of time is too outrageous. If we calculate based on a one-meter thick snow layer every day, it will take several months. After a dozen days or so, the entire jungle will be buried in snow!
Moreover, the mysterious voice also said that this winter cannot be prolonged too long, otherwise something terrible will happen.
Of course, this has nothing to do with their District 188.
After all, the winter in District 188 is almost over.
However, he didn't want this severe winter to continue forever. He was waiting for it to pass quickly so that he could be given the reward for the ranking of this event.
There must be something they haven't discovered.
There must be some other way to climb to the top of the snowy peak more easily!
Just like Dong Erbao, he was ranked outside the top thousand in Area 1, but he was able to climb to the top of the snow mountain.
Later, people from Area 1 also confirmed that Dong Erbao was indeed Shi Wanyun's man, so it was indeed Shi Wanyun who helped him reach the top.
But even if Shi Wanyun can provide him with help, the real climb still depends on him.
Therefore, Shi Wanyun is very likely to have discovered a shortcut to reach the summit!
It’s a pity that because they can’t chat privately, it’s difficult for Xu Xin to find her to ask.
Of course, you can also adopt the previous method of selling items on trading platforms to communicate with real names, but this kind of communication is equivalent to being completely exposed to everyone's view.
As for Shi Wanyun, if she really wanted to tell everyone, she would have announced it long ago. Therefore, the success rate of this method is very low, and it is even a bit inexplicable.
What kind of shortcuts are there, anyway
At this time, Zhao Xiaochuan sent him a private message: "Brother Xin, I'm here! I've let you out!"
He immediately replied, “Okay.”
Then, the scenery in front of him changed drastically, and he was instantly transferred out of the bracelet.
Now, he is still standing in a huge pit, but in this huge pit, there is no stone statue, only purple-black patterns shining all over the ground.
And in front of him, there was not only Zhao Xiaochuan, but also two men who looked almost exactly the same, Qin Yunlong and Qin Yunhu.
"Xu Xin?" One of the men was also surprised when he saw Xu Xin coming out. "There really is a prop that can hold survivors! I'm Qin Yunlong, he's Qin Yunhu, nice to meet you!"
Just now in the Explorer, Wen Guixin told them that it was dangerous over there and not to teleport over there, so they had been waiting here. Ji Chaoyang had also posted in the Explorer that Xu Xin and Zhao Xiaochuan were coming over, so they also knew what was going on.
The two shook hands, and Xu Xin smiled and said, "Those things you got from the bottom of the lake were of great help to me."
"Haha, I'm better than anyone in water skills. Unfortunately, the lake is now frozen by several meters thick ice, and I can't go down." Qin Yunlong was a little helpless. This severe winter really sealed his abilities.
It is extremely difficult to break through the ice layer that is several meters thick. Even if you can open it, if it freezes again after you go in, you will be doomed.
"The temperature in Area 188 has now risen above 0 degrees. The ice should slowly melt."
"It's all thanks to you guys!"
On the other side, Qin Yunhu also nodded to him as a greeting.
Judging from the conversations among the explorers, Qin Yunhu spoke only a few times. He basically did not participate in the conversation in the early stages, and only gradually said a few words later.
The impression he gave to Xu Xin was that he was rather taciturn, which was the exact opposite of Zhao Xiaochuan and Wang Lei's personalities. After meeting each other, he was even more certain of this.
In comparison, Qin Yunlong's personality is much more stable. After all, Qin Yunlong is the oldest among them, although he is only thirty years old.
"Here you go, Brother Xin." Zhao Xiaochuan very consciously returned the bracelet on his hand.
Xu Xin took the bracelet, put it on his own hand, and said, "We should go to Wen Guixin's tree house and set the coordinates. Then the nine of us can truly be neighbors."
"I can't wait any longer." Qin Yunlong said with a smile, "Here, every time we want to meet, we have to run around for a long time. It's not like you guys, where we can even have breakfast together."
Several people immediately walked towards the edge of the huge pit.
Under my feet, the lit, rotating purple-black patterns were gradually shrinking towards the center.
Soon, when Xu Xin and his companions reached the edge of the huge pit, the ground of the pit returned to its normal state again.
Xu Xin jumped lightly and landed on the five-meter-deep pit. His jumping ability enhancement had not expired yet.
Outside the giant pit, it was basically the same as their side. The snow layer within a range of 20 meters completely melted and disappeared, leaving a whole circle of bare jungle area. Beyond 20 meters, the snow layer began to gradually thicken, eventually reaching three meters thick.
“Fuck!”
"ah?"
The three people who had just taken out their hooks were all surprised by his easy jump.
A five-meter jump?!
The three of them quickly used the grappling hooks to pull themselves up.
"What kind of power was that just now, Brother Xin? It's so strong! He jumped up in an instant!"
"It's not that great..." Xu Xin explained to them while taking out his skateboard.
He looked back at the huge pit.
The purple-black beam of light was still connected to their side, drawing an arch bridge in the sky.
On the map, everything around was dark. This was a place he had never explored before, so he didn't open the map.
I never expected that in just a few minutes he had already reached such a far place. It's amazing.
He sent a message in the explorer that he had been teleported, then got on his skateboard and headed towards Wen Guixin's tree house.
Everyone was riding a power skateboard and was very fast. In less than two minutes, they had reached their destination.
Wen Guixin's tree house is the same as Li Wenxi and Qi Xuefei's tree houses, both are three-story blue-level tree houses. The difference is that many pine trees are planted around her tree house.
Even though these pine trees are covered with white snow, they are still green and lush, adding vitality to the surrounding area.
There are four parasitic tree houses around. Someone in one of the tree houses even stuck his head out to look over here. Seeing the familiar faces of Qin Yunlong and others, he waved and greeted them. He glanced at Xu Xin with some curiosity, but did not ask any more questions and retracted his head.
She has quite a lot of parasitic tree houses, and she has abducted many people back before.
"Wen Guixin said, pick a place within 50 meters..."
Xu Xin slid to within fifty meters of the tree house, where she had cleared a piece of open space with no snow.
He found a place and took out the coordinates.
“Bang!”
The coordinates fell directly to the ground.
"Is this the coordinate?" Zhao Xiaochuan and the other two looked at the coordinates.
"Well, only I can activate it." Xu Xin explained.
He immediately activated the coordinates and named it Wen Guixin's Tree House.
The coordinates changed immediately, taking root deeply in the ground, and five metal pillars protruded upwards.
He reached out and touched the metal post.
The coordinates "Li Wenxi's Tree House" are detected 1386 kilometers away, the coordinates "Xu Xin's Tree House" are detected 1401 kilometers away, and the coordinates "Ji Chaoyang's Tree House" are detected 1423 kilometers away. Please select the connection target.
More than a thousand kilometers...
This distance is a bit too far...
Fortunately, there is a teleportation array, otherwise it would be too difficult for them to actually meet each other.
He immediately chose "Xu Xin's Tree House".
Suddenly, purple-black energy condensed on the metal pillar, and then a purple-black vortex appeared in front of him!
Success!
Finally, it’s connected!