Chapter 407 Fall Zone

Author: Mercury Alien

Chapter 407 Fall Zone

The light gradually dimmed, and the originally dispensable light of the kerosene lamp became more present.

The old man lectured more and more frequently, and everyone thought it was because of the previous accident that he was more vigilant.

Not sure if it was the cold, a lesson learned, or the pain in his ankle, Andy listened silently without showing any impatience.

"Further down is the 'Fall Zone'." While resting in the cave opened by Li Changzhou, the old man spread out the scroll map. "The 'Fall Zone' is too deep and there is almost no light, so we must follow the path that has been explored.

, mining can only be done at the edge of the path."

Hearing about mining, Tully trembled and braced herself.

Yett glanced at her and said: "The temperature in the 'fall zone' is lower, and the difficulty of digging through the ice wall has increased. You must make sure that your ice ax is strong enough."

"There are still monsters in the darkness that have not been cleared away," the old man paused, then continued, "as well as adventurers who are ruthless and evil."

You can stay in the cave and eat to regain your strength, but you can't keep warm. If you want to stay in the cave for a long time, you may fall asleep and never wake up again. Everyone is ready to continue.

The old man put away the map and handed it to Li Changzhou: "Captain, I'll trouble you next."

"Old man, just give the map -" Yete couldn't help but speak, but only half of what he said.

"This is my last adventure." The old man said nonchalantly.

Yett whispered to Tully: "This map is worth at least ten thousand ice."

Tully took a breath of air.

Don't look at the fact that a night's stay in Della's Tavern cost seven pieces of ice. That's because in the snowfield, if you return to the island, seven pieces of ice are enough to buy an entire tavern!

Li Changzhou glanced at the old man and took the map: "Don't have hope in me, I can only do my best."

"That's enough." The old man smiled, "Let's go, boys!"

The eight people were ready to go. This time they were no longer divided into two groups, but were tied together with two ropes.

Eight people, only one person moves at a time, and the other seven people serve as anchor points.

Being an anchor point is not necessarily safe. Not long after setting off, Tali, who had relaxed her vigilance, fell off her feet and fell suddenly.

Fear instantly enveloped her!

"Ah!!" Yett, who was descending above Tali, roared, trying to swallow Tali's weight with his waist.

Tsk tsk tsk!

His ice ax also fell off and he couldn't stop on the ice.

Yett spun in mid-air, trying hard to find balance, and dug the ice pick into the ice again.

boom!

The ice wall was as hard as iron, and it took at least two hundred breaths each time to fix it. How could he succeed with his hasty efforts?

Not only did he fail to dig the ice ax into the ice, but he used too much force and the ice ax fell out of his hand. If it hadn't been for the rope around his wrist, the ice ax would have been gone.

Yeter fell, and the stone fist above him held on for a moment, and then fell as well.

The old man above the stone fist groaned and tightened the rope around his waist, causing the frozen wound to burst. However, relying on his lifelong caution, the ice ax in his hand managed to bear the entire weight of the three of them.

The blood overflowed and froze, and the bleeding stopped quickly, leaving only severe pain that blinded his eyes and made them black.

Below Tali are Li Changzhou and Yang Qinglan.

The black hand was raised from behind Li Changzhou, and while dragging Tali, another black hand was raised from the first black hand to catch Yet, and then, the third black hand grew out of the second black hand,

Catch the stone fist.

The old man was already more than fifteen meters away from Li Changzhou, and Black Hand could not support him, but after catching the three of them, the pressure on him was relieved.

"Are you okay?!" Andy asked loudly and horrifiedly above the old man.

"Don't look back!" the old man yelled.

Even in darkness one cannot gaze into the abyss.

Tully, Yet, and Shi Fist gasped for air, cold sweat overflowing from their armpits, and the cold sweat immediately froze into ice.

Buzz and Andy were also panting, and the fear of death at any moment almost turned into reality, trying to hold them into the abyss.

"Yes, I'm sorry." Tully's voice came, full of shame.

"Don't say you're sorry, hurry up!" Yett lay on Black's hands and used an ice ax to dig into the ice wall.

Continue to decline.

The surroundings were completely dark, and they could not see each other clearly. They could only see the firelight on each other's waists.

The firelight was very weak in the thick darkness, almost drowning, and everyone felt breathless.

Stop from time to time and listen attentively to what is going on around you, otherwise you may not notice it until an ice corpse crawls onto your face.

"The danger of ice corpses here is minimal," the old man said to Tali, who was tired and frightened after another kill of ice corpses in the cave. "Some adventurers will deliberately cover the lights and stay in the ice as if they were dead.

On the surface, waiting for other adventures to approach, all it takes is a silent tug——"

He raised his hand and made a motion to pull the person down.

Tully, Stone Fist, and Andy trembled all over.

"Old man, don't be scary!" Andy said dissatisfied.

The old man laughed happily twice.

After resting, he said: "This is the last section of the road. We will separate next. Those who pick the hard ice will stay, and those who want to give it a try will continue down with the captain. Everyone has made a decision before, and now there is still the final step.

A chance to choose again.”

"I'd better stay!" Tully said immediately.

"So are we." Yett and Buzz also said.

Shi Fist hesitated. Before he came, he wanted to follow the captain no matter what and look for the 'great power' in the abyss. However, since he entered the abyss, he had been knocked down by an ice corpse. If he didn't have a shield, he would have died long ago.

The ice ax has also fallen off.

In the future, if you ask him to tell you how he felt at the moment of death, he will recall the moment of falling.

But. Just give up? Once you give up, you may never have the courage again in this life.

"The most important thing is to live," Yete saw his hesitation. He had also experienced it. "The first time I went into the abyss, I followed the captain all the way to the 'front line.' Hehe," he sneered twice as if he was self-deprecating, "I gained something.

"Three of my toes froze to death and my back was chopped with a knife."

Stone Fist finally wavered.

"I'll stay too," he said.

"Andy?" The old man looked at Andy.

Andy also hesitated, and finally said: "I'll stay too."

The old man was both pleased and a little sad that Andy had grown up, but this growth was exchanged for something equally important.

Unless he relies on luck, Andy will never be able to obtain "great power" in his life.

"Captain, we are all staying this time." The old man looked at Li Changzhou, "According to the agreement, half of the harvested ice will be given to you."

"Live for now." Li Changzhou said nonchalantly.

The rest of the people didn't pay much attention to it. For Li Changzhou, who possesses "great power", the "fall zone" is no different from a safe hotel. Mining ice is as easy as picking up stones.

If it wasn't for the purpose of guarding against other 'great forces' and the need to test human lives, he wouldn't have to bring people down at all.

Before separating from the six people, Li Changzhou dug a deeper cave and gave them a temporary stronghold to recover their physical strength and fight against the enemy.

Li Changzhou came up from the abyss and would come here to meet them. While taking them up, he would collect his share of the ice.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Black Hand grabbed a few more handfuls near the cave and dug out simple steps.

"Thank you, boss!"

"Boss, be careful!"

"I hope the boss can gain new 'great power', long live the boss!"

With the sincere thanks and blessings of the six people, Li Changzhou and Yang Qinglan disappeared into the darkness.

"Where is that little brat?" Li Changzhou asked.

Yang Qinglan didn't say a word along the way. If she hadn't been still moving, she would have thought she had turned into a beautiful girl's ice corpse.

She raised her finger and pointed in a direction.

The darkness surged out and turned into a black box, holding the two of them and descending rapidly like an elevator.

After using the ice ax, Yang Qinglan sighed in relief and gently rubbed her arms.
To be continued...