"The Mother Goddess does not permit us to see her, so naturally we drift farther and farther away from her. The snow mountain does not welcome us, so naturally we cannot see it by day. We can only go with the flow and move Them with our devotion."
Tashi rambled on for quite a while before continuing onward on his own. The massive, sturdy herd of yaks followed behind him, forming a moving hill in the pristine white world.
No matter what, the Players no longer dared to follow them.
To walk ever farther into the boundless night until even distant landmarks disappeared from view—that was the precursor to getting lost. After wandering the snow mountain for so long, everyone had developed at least some fear of being trapped here forever.
"Looks like you've all noticed it too. We've been moving in the opposite direction all along." Zhou Ke crouched halfway down, his gaze falling on the footprints in the snow. "When moving forward, the body's center of gravity leans forward, so the front part of a footprint is usually deeper, while the heel gradually becomes shallower.
"When moving backward, the center of gravity shifts back, making the heel impression more pronounced. The front of the foot may be shallower due to dragging or lack of force, and there may even be drag marks. Now look at these footprints—"
"All of them were made while walking backward." Dong Xiwen crouched down and observed the ground for a while before reaching his conclusion. "In other words, we walked backward all night? We might as well have stayed put.
"Seriously, what kind of messed-up mechanic is this? This Instance will stop at nothing to make things harder for us. It even came up with a setting where the more we walk, the