Chapter 1173: Northern Gate (Two Chapters, Please Vote)
Northern mountains of Mint City
"Chief, aren't we waiting for the people behind us?"
Under the fading twilight, the Youth in Exoskeleton Armor standing behind Fur Coat Man raised his head and struggled up the slope, asking quietly.
"They're responsible for keeping in touch with Mint City, while we're here to scout the route."
Fur Coat Man stood near the top of the slope and looked ahead. "The one in Mint City wants information as quickly as possible. This is our first time working together, so we can't make them think we're unreliable. A few superhumans wearing Exoskeleton Armor are perfect for a Reconnaissance Team."
"Oh."
The Youth nodded. His steps finally caught up with Fur Coat Man's, and he reached Fur Coat Man's side.
He turned to look back. The boundless pure-white Snowy Plains covered the sloping mountains.
Behind him, three more people were slowly climbing upward.
Not far from the group ran an old-fashioned winding highway.
Solar-powered snow-melting devices were buried at intervals beneath this kind of road. Though snow still covered it, the outline of the road could barely be made out amid the endless snowy wilderness.
The roads twisted their way up the slope like distorted long snakes, connecting the ground to the mountaintop.
The Youth estimated that this slope was at least four or five hundred meters high, and rather steep.
But in reality, the slope did not seem very high, because towering Cliff Walls stood on both sides. Looking up, only a narrow triangle of sky remained.
This "slope" was actually wedged inside a trumpet-shaped canyon, broad at one end and narrow at the other.
The narrow mouth of the trumpet, which was also the top of the slope where the Youth now stood, was only