White Hair Wind

"Comrade, we are players from the Heavy Snow Gathering Point. We encountered a slight mishap while playing that dungeon today, which wasted a lot of time. It was already so dark when we came out."

The player pointed to the entrance to a secret realm not far away and explained.

Luo Yi noticed that these players weren't carrying any supplies, which confirmed their explanation that they hadn't returned to their camp due to an unexpected event.

He thought for a moment, and finally spoke.

"The wilderness is dangerous. Your team will stay with us tonight and leave early tomorrow morning."

Hearing Luo Yi say this, the players were overjoyed and said gratefully, "Thank you so much, comrade!"

Setting up camp with a group of 500 people is definitely safer than them being alone in the wild.

After dinner, and with arrangements made for the night patrol, everyone went to rest.

Early in the morning, Xiao Fan heard that the team from yesterday had slipped away sometime during the day.

"It's too dark at night. The patrols can only guarantee that no Fierce Beast will attack the camp. Those ten people sneaked away, and we couldn't keep an eye on them at all."

"That team definitely came for the red light of Crystal Mist Peak."

Luo Yi realized this too late.

The red light of Crystal Mist Peak could be seen by players in the vicinity, indicating that it wasn't just players from the Never Setting Sun Gathering Point who went up to explore; who knows how many people were trapped up there.

After thinking about it, Luo Yi decided to report the matter to headquarters.

In case of any accident, headquarters can send higher-level players to rescue them.

"It doesn't matter. Those brats just wanted to go up the mountain; they didn't do anything to threaten our safety. Let's ignore them," Uncle Justice shrugged indifferently.

"We can't stop them if they're looking to die. Let's hurry on our way."

Ye Bugu has been sending messages to Captain Jasmine and the other team members all the way, but still hasn't received a reply.

The longer it drags on, the more dangerous it could become.

After packing their things, Xiao Fan and his group began their ascent of the mountain.

Climbing such a high mountain too quickly can easily cause altitude sickness, just like in the Real World.

The only difference is that in the game, everyone's stamina is about the same, so no one will fall behind.

They reached the summit around noon, and the weather was quite nice. Xiao Fan and his group had lunch, rested for a bit, and then continued their journey.

On their way up the mountain, they also found a series of messy footprints, which should belong to the player team from last night; they had indeed gone up the mountain ahead of time.

At the mountaintop, Xiao Fan could clearly see the red glow of Crystal Mist Peak in the distance.

It was a bewitching, eerie red.

"This thing doesn't look like the red glow of a treasure being born at all."

Xiao Fan frowned.

Could this be another one of those damn games' conspiracies?

But then again, we're already here.

We should at least go and see; people need a spirit of exploration. If all else fails, he can fly away.

Moreover, judging from the demeanor of the three captains of Ye Bugu, they have no intention of abandoning the players from before.

Once everyone had recovered their strength, the group continued their journey.

The weather at the mountaintop was indeed unpredictable; in the afternoon, it started to snow lightly, and the temperature dropped sharply.

Most players wear game equipment, which also provides defense.

Xiao Fan wasn't wearing any equipment.

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Xiao Fan was shocked. "It's so cold that I'm losing blood!"

He had no choice but to pretend to open his backpack and take out a series of equipment he had previously sold, including professional mountaineering clothes, pants, shoes, gloves, and goggles.

This whole thing shocked everyone else.

Brother, did you come prepared this thoroughly?

These items are sold in every settlement, but most players are dismissive of them, mainly because they have amazing equipment in the game and rarely use these things in real life.

Because Xiao Fan has a spatial ability, he buys things he might need and puts them into it.

After putting on the professional gear, Xiao Fan felt much better.

He finally understood that while players' skills had improved, the real world had become far more challenging than reality.

Not long after, a gale of force 8 or 9 swept up the mountain, and the temperature plummeted.

The other players couldn't take it anymore and put on the warm clothes they had prepared beforehand.

A northwest wind swept across the land, carrying fine snowflakes, and snow fog filled the sky and earth, reducing visibility on the mountain to less than two meters. In such conditions, it was possible for more than half of a team of five hundred people to get lost without anyone noticing.

Fortunately, the game page was still usable. The 500 people were divided into 20 teams, and everyone checked the team chat to make sure no one had fallen behind.

In the current chat channel.

Ye Bugu: The visibility is too low, the group is likely to get separated. Let's wait for the wind to stop before continuing.

Uncle Justice: Sure, it's really difficult to travel in the current situation.

Luo Yi: Let's camp here; it'll be easy to freeze if there's no shelter.

Ye Bugu: Let's set up camp and help each other out.

Setting up a tent in gale-force winds of level 8 or 9 is not easy, but fortunately the players are physically strong and, with the help of each other, managed to get the tent up and running.

Xiao Fan has a house in his spatial dimension, but the current situation is fine; it's not time to take it out yet.

He had just thought that when the tent above his head seemed about to collapse.

Xiao Fan:!!!!

This is Fish Spine Tent that he bought at great expense; it's said to be able to withstand a Force 11 gale!

It was just built and it's already been blown away!

In this situation, either he was cheated by the merchant, or the wind outside has blown stronger.

Just as Xiao Fan was getting angry, a series of exclamations came from outside.

Xiao Fan only realized then that many players' tents had been stolen.

Tents aren't game items, but tents sold in the game won't be junk.

The fact that so many tents were blown away means that Xiao Fan wasn't tricked; rather, the wind outside had gotten stronger.

They are all at least level 11 or higher.

Even more frighteningly, when Xiao Fan tried to open the game page to send messages to other players, the system became unresponsive.

If nothing unexpected happens, the game panel will no longer be usable here.

Xiao Fan took out a steamed bun from his spatial ring and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that the Space Ring was still usable.

"Please try to stay close to those around you. The Game System has stopped working, so please don't get separated."

Ye Bugu's shouts came from outside, and many players began to panic when they saw the system malfunction.

After all, the biggest problem caused by a system failure is that skills become unusable.

This was one of the key sources of their strength; now that it's gone, how can they not panic?

Many players who were walking behind wanted to step back a distance to see if the system would work, but after hearing Ye Bugu's shout, they obediently stopped moving.

Getting separated from the group at this point would be even more dangerous.

This is so weird! The Game System is malfunctioning.

What exactly happened?