Chapter 73: Plot Point Triggered, Danger Intensifies!

"The hints on the wooden and metal signs are all gone."

"Did they never exist in the first place, or is it that they ceased to exist because of something that happened later?"

Youshan Tailang fell into deep thought.

If it were the former, it would be fine; it wouldn't pose much of an obstacle to his continued climb.

If it were the latter, he would likely need to rack his brain to decipher the two covered-up hints. "Sigh, forget it."

"I'll just take it one step at a time."

"Look on the bright side."

"I have already reached the 700th step of the Deng Shan Jian Bu Dao, and there are only 9,300 steps left until the End Point."

"Keep it up, I'll be able to finish the climb soon!"

He took a deep breath.

Youshan Tailang set off once again into the depths of the Deng Shan Jian Bu Dao!

However, just as Youshan Tailang stepped deeper into the trail, at the 700-step mark, clusters of Guiying quietly emerged.

They looked at the scorched signpost in confusion, filled with bewilderment.

As ghosts suppressed by the power of the mountain god on this mountain, they could not tamper with or destroy the correct signposts!

Because if they did so,

the slumbering deity would be directly disturbed and, consequently, awaken prematurely!

At that time,

they would be heavily suppressed once again!

【Who destroyed the notice?】

【Don't know.】

【But whoever destroyed it, it is of great help to us.】

【The deity will not awaken because of this, and we can better corrupt the tourists who enter the interior of Da Luo Shan.】

【Well said.】

【Follow that guy; I have a very strong premonition that he is about to make a mistake.】

After communicating using a strange language,

the clusters of Guiying dissipated once again.

They followed Youshan Tailang's footsteps again at an extremely fast speed.

Da Luo Mountain Scenic Area notice: You have completed 2,000 steps of exercise. We wish you good health and a pleasant workout! 【One: Forest scenic area, please do not bring fire-starting tools or other dangerous items up the mountain to avoid causing a forest fire.】

【Two: The mountain forest is dangerous; please stay within the safe range of the Deng Shan Jian Bu Dao.】

【Three: The water is deep and dangerous; please do not approach the water pools.】

【Four: The original villagers of Da Luo Shan have moved away; please do not trust anyone you meet along the way who claims to be a villager of Da Luo Shan.】

This was the metal signpost that appeared after Fude Kaier walked two thousand steps.

With the appearance of this signpost, Fude Kaier faintly felt that something was wrong—the subsequent hint signs were constantly contradicting the previous ones!

To give a very simple example.

Fire sources!

The previous signpost said that the Da Luo Shan etiquette includes fire-starting tools, please use them reasonably.

But the current signpost tells the fated person not to bring fire-starting tools up the mountain.

Isn't this a serious contradiction? Is the content of the signpost here wrong, or is the content of the previous signpost wrong? Or is it just the content of this one item that is wrong?

The more Fude Kaier guessed, the more he felt a fog growing in his mind.

That chill seeped in even more.

"Hiss!"

In the end, unable to bear the erosion of the chill, Fude Kaier gave up on his suspicions.

He dared not continue to think deeper.

Because he would very likely be corrupted by the things in the mountain forest before he could guess the correct answer!

"Da Luo Shan is indeed much more dangerous than home."

"Trying to deduce the truth of this mountain through the hint content and summarize the correct rules is just too, too difficult."

"I can only,"

"bite the bullet and keep walking down."

"I hope the following hints can give me some help." As time passed continuously,

the sunset fell.

The last glimmer of light from the sun shining on the earth dissipated completely, and Da Luo Shan also ushered in its darkest hour!

The temperature plummeted, the chill permeated, and ghost mist churned.

Walking on the Da Luo Mountain Deng Shan Jian Bu Dao at night is especially difficult; the difficulty is at least five times that of the daytime! "Why did it get dark so quickly?"

Fude Kaier was very puzzled.

If he remembered correctly, the time he entered the Da Luo Mountain Scenic Area was at noon!

He had only walked past the two-thousand-step mountain climbing sign for a short while, and it was already dark? This was a bit bizarre! "I have to check my phone!"

Fude Kaier hurriedly took his phone out from his bosom, trying to figure out the current time.

——15:31. Looking at the time displayed on the phone screen, he was completely stunned.

It was half-past three in the afternoon.

There should still be a long time before it gets dark! What on earth is going on?

Could it be,

that the 2,000-step mark on the mountain path is a dividing line, equivalent to the escalation of danger at home? Once past the 2,000-step sign, does the difficulty of climbing Da Luo Shan that the Destined One must face increase sharply?

【2,000 steps is definitely a dividing line!】

【The requirement for clearing Da Luo Shan is just to reach the summit; normally, it shouldn't take much time to finish 10,000 steps, so using step counts as difficulty-based plot unlock points is very normal!】

【Yeah.】

【Unlike staying at home for 30 full days to survive, on Da Luo Shan, it ends as soon as you reach the summit.】

【But the difficulty of walking these 10,000 steps is much higher than staying at home for 30 days!】

【Although the notes at home were mixed with false hints, the degree of contradiction between them wasn't very high, but this Da Luo Shan】

【The later sign hints are constantly negating the earlier sign hints!】

【I even suspect that, except for the hint at the starting point, all the hints the Destined One sees are wrong!】

【This is truly outrageous.】

【The power of the Mountain Ghost is far more terrifying than the Guiyi power at home; at 3:00 PM, it went dark over a large area directly.】

【He cannot turn back; Fude Kaier can only continue forward!】

【.】

Just as the viewers said.

Fude Kaier had no way back.

Every step forward meant he lost all possibilities behind him.

Forward!

He could only go forward!

Once he turned back, he would be eaten by the ghost hidden in the darkness at 4,800 steps.

This was the mountainside of Da Luo Shan, and at the same time, the location of the mysterious Longyintan.

Fude Kaier shone his phone light onto the scenic area map.

Through the introduction on the map.

He could roughly understand the myths related to Longyintan.

——Longyintan.

——The pool is over 15 meters wide and 100 meters deep! ——Legend has it that the Da Luo Shan Mountain God was a giant dragon, and he attained godhood at Longyintan.

——It is said that tourists who feel lost, experience time illusions, or feel like they are being followed on Da Luo Shan can receive the Mountain God's protection after drinking the water from Longyintan! This is equivalent to a special hint.

Experiencing time illusions.

This was very similar to the situation Fude Kaier was currently facing, because according to the current time, it should not be dark.

"Should I drink the water from Longyintan?"

But at this moment, Fude Kaier hesitated again, because he was not sure if the hint on the map was true or false.

You have to know.

The two previous signs were constantly warning tourists.

——The water is deep and dangerous, do not approach!

The meaning this hint wants to convey is definitely not just that the water is deep and dangerous. (End of chapter)