Chapter 121 Black Snow

Mountain ridges, black snow swirling.

In the pitch-black sky, the sound of piercing blades occasionally rang out. Gu Shen did not turn back... He knew that this was the sound of pursuit from the extraordinary individuals in Meng Xiao's team. The members of that squad were all very strong, almost all at the eighth or ninth level of the deepwater zone!

Looking across the Five Continents, peak third-order extraordinary individuals were a force to be reckoned with anywhere.

If judged according to the elite combat power of the Investigation Corps he was familiar with—

Those extraordinary individuals in Meng Xiao's team, if placed in a labyrinth mission, should all be vice-captain level experts comparable to Su He!

If it were a one-on-one fight, Gu Shen would have already turned around to meet them.

But judging from the current situation... these guys wouldn't give him a one-on-one opportunity.

Engaging in a head-on confrontation under these circumstances would be an unwise choice.

"Gu Shen! Do you dare to fight fairly!"

Ba Kui, who had exchanged a blow with him at the banquet earlier, circulated his power, gathering his voice in his chest, and shouted violently, "I want to duel you!"

He transformed into a giant bear, sprinting against the snow tide, but could only see Gu Shen's shadow... He roared angrily, his voice as thick as a large bell, reverberating through the snow tide!

"A fair duel?"

Gu Shen sneered. He looked back at the dense figures chasing him and thought that this fool's brain was not working well. This kind of provocation was too low-level.

So he also circulated his mental power, vibrating it in his chest, emitting a similar thunderous sound, his momentum not inferior to Ba Kui.

On the Black Snow Mountain.

Gu Shen's high-pitched sneer echoed.

"Sure! You guys stay put and wait for me, for a fair duel!"

Ba Kui was stunned, and then anger appeared on his face.

Wait for Gu Shen in place?

How was that possible!

This kid slipped away like he had butter on the soles of his feet, so fast that if he didn't chase with all his might, he would lose sight of him in the next second...

"Gu, are you trying to play me?!"

The giant bear Ba Kui roared, "If I wait for you here, what if you run away!"

Hearing this response, Gu Shen truly fell silent. He thought that Ba Kui's words about a duel just now couldn't be serious, could they?

What a truly stupid bear...

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes, feeling somewhat regretful. After running down the mountain peak, the "Blazing Fire Link" that had finally appeared was completely severed. Black snow filled the sky, and it was unlikely that he would be able to wait for Zhong Yuan's rescue.

He had talked with Zhong Yuan when he came.

Zhong Yuan wanted to unravel the Mirror Dream, while he wanted to find a way to reclaim the "mental toxin" of the Doru River and investigate the truth and secrets of this Calamity Zone... So this journey together was just a coincidence.

If there was no Meng Xiao chasing them, they would part ways starting from the Black Snow Mountain.

Zhong Yuan would not continue to trek with his team.

He was the captain of the Investigation Corps and an important figure in this reboot mission. First and foremost, he had to shoulder the responsibilities and tasks assigned by the Northern Continent military.

Of course, as far as Gu Shen was concerned.

It wasn't necessarily a bad thing that Zhong Yuan and his team didn't join the battle.

He had a vague premonition that the separation by the campfire was probably not his own dream entry... This Black Snow Mountain was incredibly real.

His Blazing Fire had always been an invincible artifact in dreams. If he had really entered a dream, even if he couldn't directly unravel it... he wouldn't have been unable to send out any warning at all.

Then, there was only one possibility left.

It was Zhong Yuan and his team who had entered the dream!

Inferring from this possibility, the "Blazing Fire Link" that he sensed on the mountaintop was likely Zhong Yuan leading his team out of the nightmare... This guess could not be verified at the moment.

If it were true that Zhong Yuan had led his team to break through the Mirror Dream, then Gu Shen would be sincerely happy for him... When entering the dream at the training ground, Gu Shen had felt the fear in Zhong Yuan's heart. This second captain of the Investigation Corps, with a bright future, had already developed shadows in the depths of his heart regarding the Mirror Dream of the Doru River Calamity Zone.

If they encountered the Mirror Dream!

Then even if they successfully broke free from the dream, the consumption of the entire squad would probably be very high. Joining the battle at this moment might lead to Meng Xiao ruthlessly annihilating them together!

Gu Shen did not doubt Zhong Yuan's squad's concern for his safety in the slightest.

Yuan Yuan had gone through life and death together with him outside the Gubu Fortress.

If he knew he was in trouble, he would definitely rush down the snow mountain.

Precisely because of this, he hoped that Zhong Yuan's squad would not be involved in this matter... He did not want innocent people to be implicated. The best course of action was to return immediately and report Meng Xiao's violation of Northern Continent law to the Central Control Room!

From the moment he jumped off the summit of the snow mountain.

This matter was between him and Meng Xiao alone!

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Gu Shen was not in a hurry to take out the ghost mask to wear.

Although his Blazing Fire was weak, it was enough to see the surrounding environment clearly.

There were a total of seven auras behind him!

He knew that there were only seven followers in Zhen Yue's team, and now all of them were appearing behind him without exception.

But there was one thing that surprised Gu Shen.

As the captain, Meng Xiao had not personally led the team to chase him.

He should be at the top of the mountain at this moment...

Was he studying the traces after his battle with the clone?

It seemed that Meng Xiao was very confident in hunting him down. He believed that these followers under his command were enough to be sure of victory. He would just keep chasing him like this, and soon he would catch up.

"If I just keep running like this... what will happen?"

Gu Shen whispered to himself while rubbing the pendant with his fingers.

The meaning of the inquiry was already very clear.

The pendant vaguely transmitted a "resistance" mental wave.

It seemed that things were not good... Just running like this was not a good thing. The bottom of the snow mountain should be the second half of the Doru River's end, and there might be unknown risks buried there.

"Turning around to fight back... that's probably a bad idea, right?"

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes, staring at the jade pendant. If this guy was really conscious, he would see a pair of very suspicious and sharp eyes.

Gu Shen dared not disbelieve the "guidance" of this little thing, nor dared he fully believe it.

"......"

There was a limit to what the pendant could do.

If this was a person who could speak, then he would probably be the kind of person who could only answer yes or no to any question, even if he knew what Gu Shen was thinking, he would not be able to give a more precise answer. Gu Shen smiled softly.

"What you're trying to say is, fight, but don't be reckless... is that what you mean?"

The pendant emitted strong praise.

But in Gu Shen's view... this was no different from nonsense.

He had a bit of a headache. The seven people following behind him were not AIs in a combat cabin. Even the "brainless" Ba Kui was a real elite who had experienced life-and-death battles!

"Wait a moment..."

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration appeared in Gu Shen's mind.

He thought of the characteristics of this Black Snow Mountain.

"Mirror Dream... Mirror Dream..."

Before setting off, Gu Shen had peeked into the strangeness of this Mirror Dream in the skyscraper. Even Zhong Yuan, a peak fourth-order, became dazed and unable to distinguish between reality and illusion after experiencing the Mirror Dream.

Meng Xiao's squad climbed the mountain with bloodstains on their bodies!

Obviously, they had also experienced battles, most likely battles with "clones"... But these extraordinary individuals chasing him did not seem to be affected by the "Mirror Dream."

According to his previous guess, he had not entered the dream, and these people... should not have entered the dream either.

But Zhong Yuan's squad had entered the dream, so it should be Zhong Yuan and the others who had touched the "rules" for entering the dream on the Black Snow Mountain, while he and Meng Xiao had not touched it.

As his thoughts extended to this point.

The pendant once again vibrated with a "agree" mental wave.

"What is the taboo of Black Snow Mountain? Is it black snow, is it a certain substantial 'rule point', is it the touch of a certain space... or is it..."

Gu Shen's thoughts solidified on that shattered campfire.

"Or... firelight?"

After lighting the campfire with the Phoenix Ring, Zhong Yuan and his squad disappeared. Although at that time, he happened to catch a handful of black snow water... But on closer thought, when the black snow fell, Blazing Fire did not sense anything special.

Rule points and space touches could be ruled out.

Perhaps because of the 【Blessing of the Goddess of Fate】, Gu Shen's thinking became extremely clear. Among the countless possibilities, he was divinely assisted, and grasped the key point with great precision!

It was firelight...

Zhong Yuan's Phoenix Fire touched the taboo of Black Snow Mountain, leading to "dream entry"!

And he, as well as the group from Light City, were safe... not because they didn't light a fire.

It was because his Blazing Fire and Meng Xiao's fire were too special!

One was fused with the Underworld Fire Seed. This Black Snow Mountain revealed a sense of gloom and evil everywhere, and it was also suppressed on the Doru River. There was a high probability that it had some connection with the methods of the Underworld King... Gu Shen suspected that the "Mirror Dream" of this Black Snow Mountain would not descend on him at all.

As for Meng Xiao.

That guy was exuding a strong aura of Light City's blessing, surrounded by divine fire, and the black snow couldn't even get close... With this kind of "divine blessing" enveloping him, the Mirror Dream should not be able to descend on him.

Thinking of this, Gu Shen's eyes became cold.

Meng Xiao was indeed powerful.

But no matter how powerful, there was only one!

These followers... did not have the "Light City blessing" on them. Even if they had other blessings, they could not compare to Zhong Yuan's "Phoenix Fire"!

In other words.

At this moment, they were disconnected from Meng Xiao... If they touched the taboo of Black Snow Mountain, it was entirely possible that they would be pulled into the Mirror Dream!

At this moment, Gu Shen understood the true meaning of the pendant's guidance.

He had to act.

But... not by himself!

He took a deep breath.

The wind surged.

The road down this snow mountain was unexpectedly long. After running continuously for more than ten minutes, the surroundings were still endless black snow tides and tumbling gravel.

If it weren't for the mental guidance from the pendant being so firm.

Even Gu Shen would have suspected... was he running in a "dream"?

He suddenly turned around, looking at the figures surging from afar.

In the ice and snow.

Gu Shen's expression was extremely calm.

He just stood there quietly, without any intention of retreating even a step.

"???"

Ba Kui widened his eyes, almost not daring to believe what he was seeing... Gu Shen wasn't running away?

This Eastern Continent youth, although he looked handsome, was a cunning and treacherous villain with ulterior motives. The Iron Peak assassination that Gu Shen suddenly launched on the mountaintop had left a deep impression on him!

Seeing this scene, Ba Kui's first reaction was that there was a trick!

"Be careful around you!"

All the pursuers held their breath, as if facing a great enemy.

The faces of some of them were still faintly aching at this moment... That was the wound left by Gu Shen's Iron Peak, the stinging pain that came after mixing with the black snow!

But the next moment—

The young man standing in the black snow tide at the foot of the mountain suddenly wiped his forehead with two fingers.

In most cases, this action of wiping the forehead meant "radiating light"!

But at this moment, it was exactly the opposite.

The howling wind of the long night, as well as the swirling snow in the mountains, became dense and cold at this moment—

Because the only "weak light" in the world was extinguished just like that.

Extinguishing the light.

Meant that Gu Shen had lost his light.

They had also lost their light.

This strange "Black Snow Mountain" almost suppressed everyone's mental power and eyesight... Here, darkness was the most deadly danger, and no one wanted to be trapped in the silence of eternal darkness.

Ba Kui sneered!

After leaving the mountaintop, they had been chasing after Gu Shen's "light spot" all the way, not worrying about losing him at all... But now that Gu Shen had extinguished his "light source," he obviously wanted to cut off their vision and shake off their group.

Too bad!

They had their own methods!

"Roar!"

Along with Ba Kui's roar, the standard robes of the seven followers, each engraved with the "Zhen Yue pattern," burst out with brilliant firelight at the same time!

These clusters of firelight looked much brighter than "Blazing Fire," of course not because their quality was higher than "Blazing Fire."

To really evaluate the quality, the firelight bursting out from the Zhen Yue robe was several levels lower than "Phoenix Flame."

But its special feature was that this was a "divinely bestowed robe" from Light City, with a distant and unbreakable echo to the one on Meng Xiao's body.

One main robe could connect many sub-robes.

Naturally, a "mental link" would be formed!

As a sub-robe, illumination was certainly not a problem.

In an instant.

The Black Snow Mountain shone brightly.

Ba Kui saw the young figure not far away in the darkness. Gu Shen had really not moved a step after extinguishing the fire... He just stood there!

The distance of a thousand meters was rapidly shortening!

The lights of the Zhen Yue sub-robes bloomed like a sea, and a rare daytime scene appeared before Gu Shen's eyes. He calmly looked at the majestic silver-white appearance of the snow mountain, and also watched the seven ferocious figures running towards him with all their might.

He did not retreat, nor did he dodge... because this was the moment to verify his guess.

In an instant.

Black snow surged, and the demon wind rose!

An unreasonable blizzard suddenly surged, just like the previous campfire snow tide, coming with incomparable ferocity, directly submerging the seven-man team that was bursting with countless lights.

They had touched the taboo.

Black Snow Mountain, "Mirror Dream" descended!

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(ps: Because of the plot, it's not good to cut the chapter off. I'll send a 4k-word chapter tonight, and there will be another chapter tomorrow morning!)