Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei cheered and hugged each other.
"Roar, drink!"
Jiang Fan's confidence also soared, and he swung his entrenching tool, smashing fiercely!
With a crash, the ice at the cave entrance completely shattered.
Jiang Fan looked up and saw a cloudless, clear sky, and the brilliant sun rising in the early morning.
It was already morning. Jiang Fan wasn't wearing a watch and had thought only a few hours had passed.
Unbeknownst to them, they had actually spent a night in the snow cave, and the storm outside had long since subsided.
It seemed that the few of them were simply too exhausted and had completely lost their sense of time.
Fortunately, they had slept late. Some of the accumulated snow had already melted under the sun, otherwise, they wouldn't have gotten out so easily.
Panda took over, widening the cave entrance. Jiang Fan was the first to climb out, followed by Yao.
Then, they brought out all the items from the cave, and finally pulled up Dai Xiaomei, Zhou Niannian, and Panda.
Jiang Fan glanced at the skeleton. The accumulated snow had already buried it up to its neck.
It sat in the ice and snow, no longer looking ferocious or terrifying, but appearing as serene as Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.
Jiang Fan bowed to it. It was precisely because of the skeleton's mountaineering tools that Jiang Fan and the others were able to escape more easily.
Zhou Niannian climbed up, took a deep breath of the fresh morning air, and then shouted at the snow-capped mountain.
"Hello, Big Mountain!"
With a slap, Zhou Niannian was sent sprawling to the ground by Jiang Fan.
She looked up and saw Jiang Fan's grim expression.
"Avalanche! Now that the sun is rising, the snow is melting, and avalanches are very likely. You must speak softly."
"Sorry, sorry, the scenery is just too beautiful."
Zhou Niannian rubbed her head and said with a laugh.
Seeing the snow-capped mountain in the morning, Zhou Niannian finally understood what the great man meant by "clad in silver, exceptionally enchanting."
The majestic snow-capped mountains pierced the azure sky like a sharp sword.
Looking into the distance, countless rolling peaks connected together, appearing like a magnificent white dragon under the snow cover.
The magnificent main peak, like a silver dragon, was majestic and stretched across the sky.
Clouds and mist swirled around the peaks, while icy water gurgled at the base. Even knowing the extreme danger of this place, the perpetual snow, forming glaciers of a thousand shapes hanging from the cliffs, was still a breathtaking sight.
The crystalline ice towers, in various postures, cast a faint green hue under the sunlight, giving a sense of rugged grandeur and the beauty of cold, sacred purity.
"Zhongnan's southern peaks are beautiful, with accumulated snow floating above the clouds. Though the scenery is good, we should depart."
Jiang Fan walked up to Zhou Niannian and said faintly.
"Yes, we must always remind ourselves that this is a very dangerous location."
Zhou Niannian took a deep breath, and the group tidied their gear and departed, bidding farewell to the skeleton.
Thanks to a night of rest and a hearty meal, everyone's pace was swift.
Especially as the surrounding scenery was so beautiful, it made them lower their guard, lost in the beauty.
Before they knew it, they had already crossed a snow mountain.
Before them lay another, higher snow mountain, behind which the summit was invisible.
They should be able to see a habitable area after crossing this snow mountain.
"Hooray, we're halfway there, victory is in sight!"
This time, Zhou Niannian had learned her lesson and celebrated their victory in a very low voice.
Dai Xiaomei was also very excited, covering her mouth with one hand and clenching her fist fiercely with the other.
Panda also laughed heartily, vigorously waving the flag with the character "蚩" written on it.
Jiang Fan looked at Panda, finding it strange. This panda didn't have any pockets.
Why could it always produce strange items? Where were they hidden?
He curiously searched Panda's body, and Panda let out a peculiar, fidgety laugh.
In the live stream, the netizens were also filled with laughter and joy.
"Finally, some good news."
"Yes, all the way here it was either fierce beasts, poisonous insects, or the 'Ice and Fire Nine Heavens,' I was so worried."
"With this good weather and beautiful scenery, it's like a vacation."
"It's really thanks to Jiang Shen that we can finally see the light after hardship."
"Yes, otherwise we would have frozen to death in that blizzard."
After the excitement subsided, Jiang Fan looked up at the sky.
His sensitive nerves had already detected the lurking danger within the beautiful natural scenery.
It was now noon, and the sunlight was exceptionally intense.
Looking directly up could even blind one.
As the saying goes, after the wind and rain, there will be a rainbow. Many people have heard this, but few understand its meaning.
This saying actually contains scientific principles. The first layer of meaning is that after wind and rain, the humidity is high, making rainbows more likely.
The second layer of meaning is that after wind and rain, it's usually sunny. The sun on a sunny day emits extremely powerful light.
This was precisely the situation now. The sun had come out, and the temperature was slowly warming up.
Dai Xiaomei and Zhou Niannian even began to take off their animal skin coats, strolling along and leisurely admiring the scenery.
"Wait, don't move yet!"
Jiang Fan stopped the team and bent down to touch the ground.
Indeed, as he had imagined, the ground was wet.
Then, Jiang Fan touched the rock wall, which was also damp.
Above the rock wall, on the peak barely visible to the naked eye, there seemed to be water flowing down.
Jiang Fan's brow immediately furrowed; there was hidden danger.
"We can't walk along the rock wall! The snow is starting to melt."
Jiang Fan warned everyone.
"Under such intense sunlight, the snow is very likely to melt."
"At best, you might slip and fall into a bottomless abyss."
"At worst, the structure of the snowpack on the mountain will be destroyed, and even without a sound, an avalanche will occur."
"Walking along the mountain wall, the snow will roll down like a mudslide, and we'll be finished."
Hearing "mudslide," Dai Xiaomei's face immediately changed color.
A mudslide disaster had occurred in her hometown, and Dai Xiaomei had personally witnessed a massive mudslide roaring down from the mountain.
In an instant, hundreds of acres of green forest, and dozens of buildings at the foot of the mountain, an entire village, were gone.
What was once a beautiful and prosperous place turned into a mire.
No human force could resist such terrifying divine will.
Jiang Fan frowned and warned Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei.
"Avalanches are even more terrifying than mudslides. If you encounter a mudslide and have good endurance, you might hold on until someone comes to rescue you."
"The snowmelt from an avalanche is bone-chilling and will freeze you to death directly."
"Remember, at the coldest times, it's early spring when the ice is just beginning to melt. Avalanches are the same principle."
Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei both nodded solemnly. Everyone began to be cautious, keeping away from the rock walls, and walking stealthily.