The Sherpas built bridges and paved roads along the way, and it was already noon when they arrived at the C1 camp at an altitude of 5,900 meters, and the sun was shining brightly.
Nima was carrying Qingchen's huge hiking bag and asked curiously: "Little boss, what are you carrying in this bag? Why is it so much heavier than others..."
Qingchen said with a smile: "Daily necessities."
At this time, the Sherpa leaders have already explained that Nima does not need to build bridges and pave roads with everyone, nor does she need to carry oxygen bottles. She only needs to serve this young boss well.
After all, when the little boss is happy, the tips he gives are always 100 grams of gold bars.
Leader Mingma already understood that they had met the kind of high-roller who truly "sees money as dirt".
Mingma took a look at the sky: "C1 camp is not safe at the moment. We finally waited until the window period. Let's continue marching directly to C2 at 6,400 meters. We will set up a kitchen tent there and light a fire to cook. Someone, please carry the little boss on your back.
Get up and go up the mountain."
Qingchen couldn't laugh or cry.
According to the rhythm of mountaineers, everyone set off on the first day and arrived at the 5900-meter C1 camp at noon. By this time, everyone's physical strength was almost exhausted.
Therefore, everyone will rest here for one night and wait for the next day to head to the C2 camp at an altitude of 6,400 meters.
It is more open and safer there, and there is also a Sherpa kitchen tent where all climbers can stay for a day or two and have some hot meals.
However, Sherpas are not as squeamish as mountaineers. They earn money by risking their lives, so they plan to cross the distances C1 and C2 in one day.
The only thing that worries Mingma is whether Qingchen, the wealthy financial backer, can keep up.
But it doesn't matter, they Sherpas have plenty of strength, but it's just equivalent to carrying seven or eight more oxygen bottles...
Qingchen smiled and refused: "You don't have to carry me on your back. Just move forward. I will tell you when I can't hold on anymore."
On the way to the C2 camp, Nima was always worried about Qingchen's health, and would look at the sponsor from time to time. He didn't even dare to chat with Qingchen, for fear that Qingchen wouldn't be able to breathe and fainted...
However, Nima suddenly discovered that this young boss was enjoying the scenery with a smile on his face even at an altitude of over 6,000 meters.
You know, even the Sherpas have to gradually slow down their pace when they reach this altitude.
On the road, there are two nearly vertical ice walls that require the use of aluminum ladders to climb up. This is also the most dangerous place.
But Nima found that when the little boss climbed up, he still had nothing to do and didn't even take a big breath.
At this time, Nima was already a little surprised.
"Little boss, have you really never climbed a mountain above 8,000 meters?" asked Nima.
Qingchen smiled and shook his head: "No."
The Sherpas don't know that this may be the end point for many climbers, and it is also the end point for their Sherpas.
But for Qingchen, this is just a starting point.
He only focused on appreciating the beautiful scenery, and during the process of appreciating it, he tried to use breathing techniques to adjust his state to the best.
Qingchen has been preparing for this life-and-death test for so long, killing so many people, and spending almost 90% of the time eliminating dangers. Now only 10% of the journey is left.
But what even Qingchen didn't know was that the transparent dragonfly above his head had always followed his footsteps to the top of Mount Everest.
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Countdown to 78:00:00.
In the evening, everyone arrived at the C2 camp and rested here briefly for the night.
At night, Qingchen disappeared briefly for an hour, and Nima found that Shihun was almost scared to death. However, just when they were about to go out to look for the little boss, the little boss came back with a smile.
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Countdown to 32:00:00.
The Sherpas arrived at Camp C3 at an altitude of 7,300 meters.
Once here, it is the last stop of the sprint to the 8848-meter summit.
If you are an ordinary climber, you will go back to the bottom of the mountain after arriving at Camp C3, such as Nanchi Market or Kathmandu.
The low altitude there allows you to gradually recover your physical fitness. As long as it does not exceed a week, it is completely allowed.
Until one day, the tour guides confirmed that there was a clear "window period" on Mount Everest, and then everyone returned to the Everest base camp to summarize the problems that occurred during the first climb, and then launched the final sprint.
What everyone has to wait for is not their own health, but the weather.
In this place, you will understand the insignificance of human beings and begin to learn to respect the world.
This is already a restricted area for life.
There was a strong cold wind at Camp C3, which made all the tents roar loudly. The temperature dropped to minus 36 degrees at night. If you stayed outside overnight, you would most likely die of hypothermia.
Qingchen sat cross-legged in his tent and breathed.
Mingma and Nima suddenly got into the tent together, and said seriously and solemnly: "Little boss, tomorrow morning we will sprint to the Hillary Step together and complete the final paving work there. But the weather has changed, you can't
If we go further, even we cannot be sure whether we can come back alive."
Nima also echoed: "Little boss, if you want to see how we work, you have already seen it on the way before. Tomorrow you can wait at ease in the camp. When we come back, we will take you back to the bottom of the mountain, and then wait until the new
During the window period, I will take you to the top again. You can rest assured that the money given previously is enough..."
Qingchen suddenly asked: "I'm curious about one thing. The weather has obviously deteriorated, and a 'black storm' may arrive at Mount Everest at any time. Your lives will be in danger by then, so why do you continue to pave roads? Isn't it possible?
Should you wait any longer? Being so stubborn is tantamount to risking your own life."
Mingma thought for a while and replied: "This is our holy mountain and our road. If we encounter danger when climbing the mountain, it will be a punishment from the gods and the price of our greed. Our road is here
Here, the tribulations we must go through are just a test for us to reach the end. People in your city will not understand."
Qingchen thought thoughtfully: "I understand, you also have faith. You go, I will be here waiting for your return."
Too many people show off to the world with their photos and certificates after summiting Mount Everest, but they are all passers-by, and only the Sherpas belong here.
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Countdown to 18:00:00.
At 6 a.m., dozens of Sherpas buried oxygen bottles in the C3 camp at an altitude of 7,300 meters, which will be used by climbers in the future.
They knelt in the black blizzard, facing Mount Everest, and begged their gods for forgiveness and protection.
After getting up, they faced the blizzard and began to head higher.
On the road, all the Sherpas were silent. They knew exactly where this was. This was a road they had walked countless times in more than ten years.
He didn't know how long he had been walking. Mingma looked at the endless dark sky in the distance, and his mood gradually fell to the bottom, because he knew with rich experience that this black storm might last for more than ten hours.
If they fail to complete the laying of the Hillary Step within 12 hours, half of the 81 Sherpas may remain on this sacred mountain forever.
Mingma struggled to stand at the front, nailing the ground nails and tying up the safety rope.
However, at this moment, a strong wind blew, and Mingma, who was at the front of the team, could not control her body and was blown down on the snow slope.
This snow slope is inclined at an angle of 60 degrees, and ordinary off-road vehicles may not be able to climb this slope.
Mingma's rolling body rolled down two more tribesmen, and the three of them rolled down the mountain together.
The weight of the three people was too great, and the ground nails they had driven earlier could not bear it. However, the safety rope collapsed one by one, causing more and more Sherpas to fall down.
Nima, who was in the middle of the team, took out the short knife from his waist. He knew what he should do most at this time.
Cut the safety rope, abandon the 12 people in front, and save the more than 60 companions behind!
Nima's face was covered with frost, and he couldn't do anything, but Mingma's roar came from the wind: "Cut!"
Just when Nima was about to cut it off, the sound of spikes scratching the ground suddenly came from behind them, and the people rushing along knocked the knife out of Nima's hand.
Nima was stunned for a moment. He turned around and saw that the little boss had appeared here without knowing when. He stepped hard with his two feet into the snow, digging a hole deeper than the ground nails.
Come.
In an instant, Qingchen tightly grasped the out-of-control safety rope with both hands and roared with all his strength.
However, the safety rope that was holding the Sherpa down unexpectedly stopped at this moment. The young man seemed to be a god descending into the world, with a huge amount of power in his hands to turn the tide!
In the violent wind and snow, there is an even crazier boy, and the strong wind does not stop.
The flame lines on the young man's face were like the only source of light in this dark storm, as if there was real molten fluid flowing under the skin, erupting with the most primitive power in the human body.
The rope kept rubbing in his hand, and he continued to fall.
Roaring, the young man suddenly clenched his hands, maximizing the friction between his palms and the rope!
That terrifying safety rope came to an abrupt end at this moment!
More than ten seconds passed, and Mingma hung on the snowy slope in shock, looking so dazed that she didn't know what happened, let alone how she stopped her fall.
The next moment, he felt someone pulling the safety rope quickly, pulling them back up the mountain!
Mingma didn't see the process with her own eyes, so she wasn't that shocked.
As for Nima and others, they were so shocked... watching the young boss pull up the safety rope holding 12 people with his bare hands.
People often say that nine oxen and two tigers have the power, but nine oxen and two tigers don’t have such strength on the snowy mountains, right?
Is this still the little boss they are worried about dying on the snowy mountain? Nima only thinks that the other person is not here to climb mountains, but to move mountains...
After Qingchen pulled the fallen people back, he shouted loudly: "I will open the way, all of you follow, be careful not to fall behind."
The wind noise was so loud that only Mingma and Nima who were nearby could hear these words.
The two Sherpas looked at each other. On this Mount Everest, when will it be someone else's turn to save the Sherpas...?
But before they could react, Qingchen had already picked up the safety rope and continued walking forward.
He walks more steadily than them all! It's like walking on flat ground!
You know, Qingchen is still carrying that huge mountaineering bag!
The Sherpas arrived at the Hillary Step in a daze, and then watched the young boss climb up the stairs as light as a bird while carrying a heavy mountaineering bag without any protection measures...
The Hillary Step is so famous that it is every climber’s nightmare. Even the Sherpas sometimes stay away from it.
It is almost vertical and requires climbing three aluminum ladders and two ropes to reach the top.
Mingma exclaimed at the foot of the Hillary Step: "Watch out!"
Before his voice could be drowned in the wind, the young boss had successfully climbed to the top and dropped the safety rope.
The Sherpas watched this scene silently. If it were them, it would probably take more than an hour just to climb the Hillary Step.
And this little boss only took five minutes...
They recalled the rock climbing figure just now and felt that the other person had taken a textbook-level route and made textbook-level rock climbing moves.
But they know that they cannot use these routes and movements, because they have to consider oxygen consumption and whether their body strength can support the entire journey...
Mingma said: "Don't be stunned. Since there is someone to help, quickly lay out the equipment and evacuate immediately. No matter what his identity is, he is now the benefactor of the Sherpa people."
The Sherpas got busy, and for some reason, everyone felt much more at ease at this time, feeling that there was no need to be afraid of any dangers that might come next.
They drove the wall studs and set up the aluminum ladder in the strong wind. Mingma and Nima followed this road to the Hillary Step.
Mingma shouted loudly: "Little boss, prepare to retreat, our work has been completed!"
Qingchen smiled and refused: "You go back!"
Mingma and Nima were stunned for a moment: "Little boss, you want to climb to the top? Climbing to the top now is like dying!"
Qingchen smiled and shook his head again. His journey was more than just reaching the top.
Mingma was puzzled: "Little boss, where are you going?"
"You have finished your journey, and I still have mine. I have just begun."
Qingchen placed his left and right palms on Mingma and Nima's heads, and initiated them with a small amount of knight's cloud energy.
At an altitude of 8,600 meters, Mingma and Nima shed two lines of turbid tears. They felt that their bodies, which had just been soaked by the wind and snow, were quickly warming up.
Qingchen smiled and said: "I admire the spirit of you Sherpa people. I will be empowered to extend my life by 21 years. I wish you good luck."
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the highest point.
Nima recalled the wooden beads worn on Qingchen's wrist and exclaimed: "Rinpoche! It's Rinpoche!"
Living Buddha! It’s a Living Buddha!
Nima and Mingma did not know the outside of the Three Realms, nor did they know the mighty heavenly dragon. They only believed in the simplest truth, that this Living Buddha could really initiate, and really save them all...
Only living Buddhas can give initiations, but none of the living Buddhas around them can have such miraculous effects on their heads!
In Nima’s eyes, this is the appearance of the Living Buddha to save the Sherpas!
This is a real living Buddha!
The two people knelt down deeply on the snow. When they slowly stood up again, they saw Qingchen's figure gradually submerged in the black storm and disappeared.
The Hillary Step was only an hour away from the summit, and Qingchen was trudging alone on this uninhabited road to the sky.
The mountains in the distance gradually disappeared, the sky and the earth were vast, and he was the only one left in this world.
Qingchen slowly but firmly braved the storm and reached the top of Mount Everest step by step. He sat on the top of the world and silently looked at the lonely world.
In an instant, he felt that he was extremely close to the illusory will of the world, as if he was destined to touch the sky in his destiny.
Ten minutes later, Qingchen slowly stood up again and took out his skis, snow boots, goggles, and helmet from his mountaineering bag.
He took off all the burdens on his body and put on a new set of equipment.
"breathe."
The flame lines on Qingchen's face extinguished, and the icy blue lines like glacier cracks began to spread rapidly.
He waited silently for dozens of seconds, then jumped down facing the north slope, and the life-and-death challenge began!
It was at this time that the crystal dragonfly above his head saw this scene. Just when Qingchen landed on the snow slope with his skateboard, a man jumped out.
That was Arthur who had gone and returned. The other party had not left from the beginning. Instead, he teleported to the secret camp at the foot of the mountain. After making all preparations, he took a helicopter to the top of the mountain as quickly as possible.
The flight limit of ordinary helicopters is 6,000 meters above sea level. Because of the thin air, ordinary helicopters will lose power at high altitudes.
But in 2005, someone used a specially designed AS350-B3 helicopter to land on the top of Mount Everest.
The altitude of most private jets of civil airlines is maintained above 10,000 meters.
This time, the kingdom organization mobilized a special helicopter and waited at the foot of the mountain early. Everything King planned was to kill Qingchen at this moment, or to cut off Qingchen's cultivation path so that he could no longer grow.
The Kingdom, Mirai, and Kashima organizations have all withdrawn.
But the battle between joker and king is far from over.
The joker came to the southern slope of Mount Everest in Nepal and made everyone think that he was going to challenge the life and death barrier. He also created many doubts and eventually destroyed the kingdom and the future headquarters. He even wanted to use the key door to achieve the goal of eradicating all overseas forces once and for all.
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On the king's side, when everyone thought they had retreated, they killed a carbine.
He did not wait at the top of the mountain, but made sure that Qingchen really started the life-and-death process and activated the reverse breathing operation before he took action!
All tactics are anti-human. Only when you do something the enemy doesn't expect can you really catch them by surprise.
Both joker and king are just looking for this "surprise".
But on the snowy slope, Arthur came towards Qingchen with a long knife and killed him. As soon as he raised his hand, Qingchen recognized that this was Qishe's move.
Unexpectedly, in order to lure the wolf into the house, the gods had given up their cultivation inheritance to others.
All the snow on Mount Everest was stirred up. Qingchen no longer avoided the other person's eyes, but looked directly into the other person's eyes. He knocked off his skis with his feet and faced him!
In the battle of momentum, if you don't advance, you will retreat.
At this time, Arthur was shocked to discover that Qingchen's movement speed was not much slower than his own, and that the ice blue pattern was simply fake!
Not only was it fake this time, but every time Qingchen showed the reverse breathing technique after arriving at Everest Base Camp, it was fake.
This time I jumped on Mount Everest and it was also fake!
Everything is false, only waiting for prey is real!
The buckles on the skis that appear to be locked are actually damaged from the beginning and can be broken free with just a little force!
Qingchen counterattacked towards the enemy from a high position, with a body shape like a tiger and an aura like a dragon.
The wind and snow on Mount Everest moved with him, as if there was really a white dragon behind him.
The two met on the steep north slope, one swung his knife upwards, and the other swooped down.
In the wind and snow, a clanging sound resounded throughout the world. Qingchen poured the knight's cloud energy into his fingers and flicked the blade heavily with his index finger.
Last time, he used this bullet to easily shatter the long swords of two Kirishe Gomon on the streets of Osaka.
However, this time Qingchen was injured, and saw the long knife shaking and trembling, almost flying out of Arthur's hand, but it did not break.
Arthur was surprised. He clearly noticed that Qingchen was injured, but he was still so ferocious even though he was seriously injured!
Is this the true strength of joker?!
Arthur roared: "What are you waiting for!?"
The sound floated in the wind, and another person burst out from the snow to Qingchen's left, and Li Yun split into five parts in mid-air.