Chapter 468: Chapter 330: Breaking through the clouds, reaching the summit, activity completed!_2
His mouth was dry, his body drenched, his vision slightly blurred, and his legs already somewhat weak. His arms, under the enhancement of arm strength, were still somewhat powerful, but not as strong as before. Now, with each climb, he could only ascend one or two meters.
These are obviously symptoms of heatstroke...
He paused, one hand gripping the rock face while the other took out a bottle of water from his backpack, took a few gulps, and then continued climbing upwards.
He wasn’t really surprised by this.
In such intense heat of fifty to sixty degrees Celsius, how could he not get heatstroke?
The most crucial point was that his body had been in an environment of minus twenty to even minus fifty degrees Celsius since leaving the treehouse. Suddenly transitioning to an environment over a hundred degrees warmer; no matter how strong his constitution, it couldn’t withstand that!
Yet, due to the enhancement of various body states, Xu Xin didn’t stop but continued climbing upward rapidly at a speed unmatched by an ordinary person.
According to his estimation, he had already climbed nearly two hundred meters in the clouds, which were only about three hundred meters thick themselves. He had just over a hundred meters left to climb out!
Get out first, then talk!
He had a high-grade medicinal remedy given by Qi Xuefei for treating illnesses, which wouldn’t cause any weakness after taking it. As long as he climbed out of this fog, his heatstroke symptoms could be completely cured with the medication!
As for taking it now, that was certainly not possible.
This disease-curing pill could only be taken once a day, and the second pill would have no effect.
If he took it now, even if it cured him, he would likely have another heatstroke during the remaining climb, and then he’d be in trouble.
Since he could still persevere now, he would endure this section, and after passing through this high-temperature environment, he’d use the medication!
Step by step, he continued ascending.
His whole body was drenched in sweat, so every two steps he had to replenish some water.
His legs were already trembling a bit, making it hard to stand firm. Fortunately, his arms were supported by the arm strength enhancement, so it wasn’t a big problem.
Very soon, with his persistence, he began to feel the surrounding temperature slowly decrease as he ascended, and the fog gradually thinned.
Almost out!
Almost out of this high-temperature steam-like cloud layer!
He took a deep breath and quickened the movements of his arms.
His arms were already sore, and with his last bit of strength, he climbed upward with all his might.
Soon he reached a region with a suitable temperature.
Still within the thick clouds here, but since he was already near the periphery, the temperature had dropped significantly, now around twenty degrees above zero.
In this vicinity, Xu Xin found a small pit, turned over, and sat down.
"Whew..." He took a deep gulp of water and massaged his trembling arms, letting out a long breath.
This really was an all-out climb!
He climbed right through the clouds in one go!
If it was any other survivor, they could never pass through as quickly as he did.
If they tried to force their way through, they didn’t have his speed, and even if they did, getting heatstroke so severely at such speed was inevitable. Without Qi Xuefei’s pill, they wouldn’t be able to climb the last two or three hundred meters above.
The conditions he had were not something ordinary survivors could possess.
Of course, Ji Chaoyang was an exception, his conditions were quite similar to Xu Xin’s.
No idea what height Ji Chaoyang had reached by now.
He himself had wasted a lot of time at the vulture’s spot; if Ji Chaoyang didn’t encounter the vultures by chance, he might already be up.
Looking up, he still couldn’t see outside the cloud layer.
Pulled out the pill Qi Xuefei had given him and put it into his mouth.
A warm current flowed down his esophagus into his stomach and then spread throughout his body.
In about ten seconds, apart from feeling a bit fatigued, all the discomfort due to the heatstroke vanished.
Indeed, it was nice to have a medical practitioner backing you up; no need to worry about physical problems.
Taking another short rest in this comfortable environment, he got up and continued his climb.
The surrounding temperature began to gradually drop again.
Xu Xin took out the snow fox scarf and wrapped it around his neck again.
Since his clothes were soaking wet, he felt even more sensitive to the cold.
Soon, the fog thinned, and the temperature had dropped below freezing.
It was getting cold.
But with the snow fox scarf, the cold was not a problem for him at all, even if he was drenched.
Xu Xin climbed up a few more steps and looked back down.
Below lay a thick and soft layer of snowy clouds. Since there was no wind, they remained still, looking like a white cotton candy floor that made one feel an urge to jump down into it.
Of course, the only outcome of doing that would be falling right through the clouds and plummeting to the ground from a thousand meters high, ending as a pancake.
However, the cloud cover at least shielded him from the dizzying heights below.
Xu Xin looked up again; the peak was only about two hundred meters away!
It was, one might say, just within reach!
Xu Xin couldn’t help but smile joyfully.
Glancing at the time, it was a little past two in the afternoon. He had started his activity around eight, only six hours ago.
This meant, despite wasting three hours with the vultures, he had only used half the time to reach here.
Not bad at all.
Determined, Xu Xin continued to climb rapidly upwards.
At the same time, he remained vigilant, prepared for potential sudden dangers around him.
However, facts proved his worries unfounded.
This last stretch of two hundred meters was as safe as the first fifty meters below.
Besides being a bit colder, no flying creatures attacked him, and no traps were triggered. It was just a straightforward rock climb.
Until his hands grasped the edge of the peak, nothing happened.
With an excited heart, he exerted strength with his hands and flipped himself up. Finally, his feet touched solid ground, and he stood atop the giant stone pillar’s peak!
Finally, he reached the peak!
Before he even had time to feel thrilled or take in the landscape, a mysterious voice sounded again in his ear.
[Congratulations, you’re the first survivor across all areas to reach the peak of Xue Feng!]
[Snow Mountain Climb activity completed; the teleportation array linking the summit and base has been established!]
[The Snow Mountain teleportation array is for personal use by survivors, allowing them to travel between the summit and the base.]
[A leaderboard for the Snow Mountain Climb activity has been created, as a survivor has already completed it.]
[As the first survivor to summit Xue Feng, you will receive a special reward, to be distributed after the snow mountain climb event concludes completely.]
[Ahead of you lies the mysterious summit of Xue Feng. Explore freely; the secrets of the snow peak await the survivors to uncover!]
Well then, once again, he’s the first in the entire area!
A grin crept onto Xu Xin’s lips.
It seemed this time, Ji Chaoyang could only come in second again.
But...
Looking at the surprisingly spacious snow-capped summit before him, Xu Xin’s eyes opened wider in amazement.
Everything on this peak was truly...
Far beyond his expectations!