Chapter 98

The snow-capped mountains to the west of the Greenstone Tribe looked tall from a distance, and as the five-headed rhinoceros beasts carried everyone closer to the foot of the mountain in the morning chill, the snow-capped mountains appeared even more majestic, like a grand barrier cutting through heaven and earth.

Dali, who had been leading the way, slowed down and shouted to those behind, "Stop for a moment, let them put on their clothes first."

The "them" naturally referred to Bu Ye and the others. As they traveled west, the air became increasingly cold. Even though everyone had a physique far superior to that of ordinary people, they still felt the chill, let alone now that they hadn't even entered the mountains.

Dachi reached out and touched the neck of the rhinoceros beast, which immediately understood and slowed down.

"Get off and put on your clothes," Dachi said coldly.

The穿越者s had long given up hope that the Greenstone Tribe would change their attitude towards them, so Bu Ye and Guo Su were not bothered by Dachi's tone. They immediately jumped off the rhinoceros beast.

The cold-resistant clothes, food, weapons, and tools prepared the night before were tied to the sides of the rhinoceros beasts' necks. Dachi, who did not dismount, threw two rolls of leather clothes to Bu Ye, who had jumped off first.

Bu Ye caught them and passed one roll to Guo Su, then opened his own and quickly put it on.

Each roll of leather clothes contained four pieces: a jacket, a pair of pants, a hat, and a pair of boots. The workmanship was extremely rough, and when everyone put them on, they looked like the bandits in "The Taking of Tiger Mountain," if not uglier...

But as long as they kept warm, at least everyone was no longer cold. They then remounted the rhinoceros beasts and continued westward.

After more than an hour, around ten o'clock in the morning, they finally arrived at the foot of the snow-capped mountains.

The snow-capped mountains stretched from north to south, with no visible beginning or end. They were also very deep from east to west, with snow-capped peaks and winding valleys.

From the foot of the mountain, it was all snow. The rhinoceros beasts clearly couldn't climb the mountain, so Dali and the others drove them to a grassy area further east at the foot of the mountain, planted a red stick in the ground, and then led everyone into the mountains.

Bu Ye turned his head to look at the rhinoceros beasts twice and saw that they were all walking within fifty meters of the red stick, showing no intention of running far.

Finally, a "crunch" sound was heard, and Dali, who was at the front, had already stepped onto the snow.

These Greenstone people were clearly not afraid of the cold and had not added any extra clothing. Moreover, it was only then that Bu Ye and the others noticed that the breath they exhaled did not turn into white vapor when it met the cold, but remained normal.

Are the Greenstone people cold-blooded?!

"Everyone, follow! It's fine to fall behind outside, but if you fall behind in the deep mountains, no one can save you!" Dali turned and shouted to those behind.

Bu Ye tightened the things on his back and quickened his pace.

Fifteen people, five adults and ten children, entered a valley in the snow-capped mountains.

This valley was relatively wide, and the mountains on both sides were not very steep. Upon closer inspection, there were even some traces of human activity, such as carvings on the rock walls and bare wooden stakes.

The mountains were clearly not as lifeless as they appeared from the outside. On both sides of the valley, in addition to a type of small tree, there were even occasional flowers and grass. However, the flowers were not particularly beautiful; some were as large as a washbasin, with thick petals and messy stamens, making them look almost disgusting at first glance. The grass was not green but either dark green or purplish-black, as if it had been poisoned, and it looked extremely strange growing in the snow.

A few of the ten穿越者s were quite interested in the plants here, but unfortunately, they were not in a position to stop and observe.

Before long, the mountains on both sides became steeper, and the valley no longer ran straight west but began to curve.

"Whoosh!"

As everyone was walking forward, a sharp whistle suddenly came from the right hillside. Bu Ye and the others had no reaction, but Dali and the other five were on high alert, drawing their weapons with a "clank, clank, clank" and some even drawing their bows and aiming at the source of the sound.

A small white animal, resembling a squirrel, stood on the crown of a small tree about a hundred meters away, its large tail supporting its body, and it was happily gnawing on a brown fruit the size of a baby's fist. As it gnawed, the little animal cleverly looked up at the group, and upon seeing their frightened expressions, it began to mock them with a "chuck, chuck, chuck," showing great intelligence.

Dali frowned and said, "Move! Everyone try to spread out, don't leave any blind spots. If you see anything suspicious, shout immediately. I've already told you what to watch out for last night, so be alert."

The fifteen people, who had been huddled together, immediately spread out, forming a long line, with the first and last people about a hundred meters apart.

Bu Ye was neither leading the way nor bringing up the rear this time but was in the middle of the line, slightly to the right, while Guo Su was further to the left.

Bu Ye had already heard from Dali about the dangerous creatures in the snow-capped mountains, and once they entered the deep mountains, they had to be extra cautious.

"Screech!"

An hour after entering the mountains, a white eagle with a wingspan of about three meters suddenly flew over from a distance, clearly spotting the group.

The white eagle circled high in the sky, looking down at the group.

Dali, who was at the front, turned and waved his wolf-toothed club.

Seeing this, Dachi immediately ordered Bu Ye and Guo Su in a low voice, "Speed up, converge."

Dachi then ran forward, already taking out his long bow and arrow and ready to shoot at any moment. It was hard to believe that Dachi, who was over two meters tall, could move so agilely. The brown rhinoceros horn bow in his hand was about one and a half meters long and looked extremely intimidating. Bu Ye and Guo Su were stunned for a moment, and Dachi had already sprinted twenty meters away, as fast as a cheetah!

"Screech..."

Another eagle's cry echoed from the distant sky, and Bu Ye saw a small white dot flying from the horizon, eventually joining the one in the sky.

The distance of a hundred meters was not far, and within ten seconds, the fifteen people, who had been spread out in a line, converged again.

Dali, walking forward, said in a low voice, "Pay attention to the terrain and look for a cave. The eagles in the sky are snow cloud eagles, fast and powerful, with claws and beaks that can tear apart tigers and leopards. However, their defense is the strongest, and ordinary knives and swords can hardly hurt them."

"What about the weapons we have?" Yang Ming asked immediately. Over the past three days, Yang Ming, who was always friendly, had spoken the most with Dali, and now it was up to her to speak for the group.

"It's difficult. The knives and swords you have are for ordinary beasts. If they really dare to attack, use the wolf-toothed clubs to counterattack," Dali replied quickly. Wolf-toothed clubs...

The穿越者s were all novelists, and if they had a favorite weapon, it would definitely be a sword, knife, or spear, not a wolf-toothed club. However, they had no say here. Before they came, they were each given two weapons, one of which was always a wolf-toothed club.

Bu Ye immediately reached for his back, untied the rope, and pulled out a brown wolf-toothed club about one and a half meters long. It looked like a large baseball bat, with many black iron rivets embedded in the front. The rivets were not very sharp, but they were definitely hard enough to crush a person's flesh and bones with a single blow.

Bu Ye weighed it and felt that the wolf-toothed club was about fifty pounds, and it felt quite comfortable to hold.

He then looked up at the sky, wanting to test the power of the wolf-toothed club on the snow cloud eagles. However, he saw that there were not two but four snow cloud eagles in the sky!

Dali's expression became even more serious, and he said while leading the group forward, "These creatures are very smart and will only attack if they think they can win. Now we need to see how many companions they can gather. If there are many, they will definitely attack. Before that, we should find a cave to hide in to avoid a battle."

Yang Ming couldn't help but ask, "We haven't come far into the mountains yet. Haven't you been here before?"

Dali replied coldly, "This area is not within our territory, and we rarely come here. The path we are taking now is chosen by Daka and is far from the area we are familiar with."

"Ah." If it were anyone else, they would have been intimidated by Dali's tone, but Yang Ming didn't care.

Soon, more and more snow cloud eagles gathered in the sky, five, six...

When there were eight snow cloud eagles, they circled faster in the sky, clearly losing patience. However, the group still had no place to hide.

Adding to their troubles, some ground beasts in the snow-capped mountains were attracted by the snow cloud eagles and realized that something was definitely happening below, so some powerful ones began to gather.

The group was jogging forward when a gray bear suddenly appeared around a bend about a hundred meters ahead. If it were an ordinary gray bear, it wouldn't have been a problem, but this one was two meters tall on all fours and would be over three meters tall if it stood upright. It was a giant bear in this world! Moreover, from a distance, one could see that the giant bear was covered in scars of various sizes, clearly a seasoned fighter.

When the group saw the giant bear, the bear also saw them. They locked eyes, and the group felt a sense of dread, while the bear bared its teeth, showing no fear of the fifteen people.

Bu Ye and the others had heard the day before that in the world created by the Star God, it was very difficult for people and creatures to awaken star clouds, but they gained something in return: their physical bodies were naturally extremely powerful. The Greenstone Tribe was a clear example. Therefore, the gray bear ahead was not just big; it was also much stronger than it looked!

Many people in the group swallowed hard, feeling a sense of fear.

But it wasn't over yet. At this moment, the giant bear, which had been looking at them, suddenly turned its head to look at a hill opposite and began to growl while backing away.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

A series of blue-white shadows rushed down from the hill, moving so swiftly and agilely that Bu Ye had never seen anything like it.

"Run!!!" Seeing those blue shadows, Dali, who had been hesitating, no longer hesitated and roared. Before he finished speaking, he had already turned and sprinted back the way they came.

The group, already feeling intimidated, became even more panicked when Dali started to run. Without hesitation, they turned and followed Dali, wishing they had more legs.

Two people were so nervous that they collapsed on the snow.

If not for the many considerations, Bu Ye would have almost summoned the Red Cloud at this moment.

However, he still held back, quickly activating his Heart Cloud Blood Star and forming the third constellation, and fled with the group.

If the atmosphere when they first entered the mountains was quiet and peaceful, and when the snow cloud eagles appeared it was slightly tense, then the atmosphere now, as they fled in panic, was extremely tense, almost out of control!

All the穿越者s were among the top five from their respective groups and had received the red light reward. Even those like Qi Yanbin, who only received one reward, chose the constellation technique.

Thus, the ten people were all somewhat capable, but this was not a world they were familiar with. No one had been to these snow-capped mountains, and no one knew what had just rushed down from the hill.

People become more easily fatigued and weak when they are tense and afraid. Before they had fled far, almost everyone could hear their hearts pounding like drums, and the white vapor they exhaled was almost immediately left behind...

The mountain walls on both sides were rapidly receding, and the wind in the snow-capped mountains cut their faces like knives. "Whoosh," someone's hat, not tied tightly, flew off...

But no one dared to stop. It was as if they were being chased by a death warrant.

At this moment, a sharp, long cry suddenly came from the sky, and the snow cloud eagles finally attacked!

Bu Ye turned his head while running and saw the snow cloud eagles diving straight down from the sky, their wings flapping rapidly, the frequency so fast it was unbelievable, and their speed increasing with each flap!

These were not just eagles; they were eagle-shaped fighters!

If someone could see them from above, they would notice that although the snow cloud eagles' wings were flapping rapidly, their necks and heads were extremely steady, not moving at all, just like fighters. They stretched their necks, their black eyes unblinking, showing no emotion. They were eagles, and the people below were their prey. Since the people dared to enter their territory, they were their prey, and that was all there was to it. They did not need to have emotions towards their prey.

Soon, the eagles were below the cliffs, and with their high speed, the cliffs turned into a blur of blue and white behind them.

They focused on the fleeing prey below, flapping their wings fiercely, rapidly closing the distance. As they dove, the prey grew larger and more realistic in their eyes.

Whether it was ordinary humans under two meters tall or Greenstone people between two and two and a half meters tall, they were not taken seriously by the eagles, whose wingspans were at least three meters, and some even larger! The prey had weapons, but the eagles were weapons themselves! Their black steel claws could easily crush rocks, their sharp beaks could peck through any creature's skull and lick out the brain, and their wings were incredibly powerful, with feathers as hard as metal...

Closer! Even closer!

At this moment, the person at the front of the group suddenly shouted something.

Then, the group suddenly rushed towards the cliff wall.

The one shouting was Dali, who was the best hunter in the group. All his decisions had a purpose, and the previous escape was part of his plan.

He knew their speed could not match the snow cloud eagles in the sky or the creatures that had rushed down from the hill, so he had to choose a suitable battlefield.

The cliff wall they were now under was the best he could find.

"Everyone, get under the cliff wall! Back against the wall, form a half-circle facing out! The main attack and defense will be handled by us, and the slaves will assist!" Dali said while running towards the cliff wall.

The cliff wall was almost vertical, and the group immediately stood a few meters apart, facing outwards, at least not worrying about attacks from behind.

However, Dali's words were not over. He then said something that completely surprised Bu Ye and the others: "Slaves, listen! This time, if you make a contribution in the mountains, I will reward you when we return to the village. If you make a great contribution, you can be freed from slavery! But if you show cowardice or fight poorly, I will execute you on the spot!"

Those who were still calculating in their heads were stunned.

Dali's rewards and the promise of freedom from slavery didn't matter much to most people, but don't forget that their coming to this world and becoming slaves of the Greenstone Tribe was a test by the red light!

So, would Dali's rewards, the promise of freedom, and the Greenstone Tribe's recognition of them become the final judgment by the red light?

If so, they had to give it their all!

They had no choice but to go all out!

At this moment, the snow cloud eagles in the sky had already descended to a height of a hundred meters, and the eight eagles with three-meter wingspans were like a cloud of snow sweeping down!

"Screech!!!" The lead snow cloud eagle let out a low, fierce cry!

"Roar!!!" Dali, Dachi, and the other three Greenstone warriors simultaneously roared at the snow cloud eagles in the sky!

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