Goddess Seen by Mortals (Part 2)

"Is this really the game I played?!"

Ren Suo looked utterly bewildered.

Although he knew this was the video of his game, If You're Strong, Climb 10,000 Meters, finally manifesting in reality, the art style difference was just too vast!

You see, while Assassin also looked like a game at first glance, at least the character and building models were incredibly close to reality. When Ren Suo saw the video of Assassin's Bloodstained Banquet, he knew almost without any difficulty that it was his gaming experience – even if the character models had slight differences due to realistic lighting, at least the clothing was the same.

But what about If You're Strong, Climb 10,000 Meters?

The character model during the game was a stick figure, a stick figure!

The difference between a stick figure and a real person was like tens of millions of Jue Ji distances!

And it wasn't just the characters. Ren Suo played a game similar to 'Jump Jump' in the game, controlling power and reaction speed to make the stick figure jump from one step to another.

He had absolutely no idea how this game would become real – would it make a stick figure jump up 10,000 meters step by step?

However, the Little World Game Console slapped him in the face: Your idiocy limits your imagination!

In the three-hour highlight reel, the first hour showed the Seeker of the Way moving rapidly through flat jungles and mountains like a leaping ape or swooping eagle, at most an expert in jungle movement. However, when she began to enter the snow-capped Haidar Peak region, Ren Suo knew what his 'Jump Jump' meant.

Climbing!

Climbing sheer cliffs without any auxiliary equipment!

Even if there was a path, as long as it wasn't the shortest route, the Seeker of the Way would directly spread her palms, her ten fingers soft as whips yet tough as steel, often inserting them perfectly into rock crevices. She moved without stopping, as if her hands and feet were covered in 502 glue.

Occasionally, the Seeker of the Way would encounter people on the shortest route. Seeing her thinly dressed yet running through the mountains, they would often stop and ask if she needed help. However, the Seeker of the Way would reply in a hoarse voice, "No need, No, thanks."

Exactly the same as in the game!

Just like that, she reached the Haidar Peak Base Camp at 5896 meters. Thinly dressed and completely red from the cold, the Seeker of the Way, who hadn't slept or eaten for several days, instantly made everyone at the base camp subconsciously rub their eyes – they must be seeing things, right?

This was a place below -20°C! Someone dressed like that should be dragged away and used as a specimen!

Some tried to stop her, some brought clothes, but the Seeker of the Way just waved her hand. After lingering for a while, she continued towards Haidar Peak!

In the game, Ren Suo remembered that when the altitude rose to a certain level, the upper left corner would show that the Seeker of the Way had gained a 'Cold Buff', making jumps consume more stamina and stamina recovery slower.

Ren Suo thought it was just a difficulty setting, but he didn't expect it to be so real – wearing only a single layer of clothing above 6000 meters altitude without an oxygen tank would naturally produce this effect.

Ren Suo had previously thought the 'Cold Buff' was incredibly annoying. Now it seemed the difficulty setting was too low!

First Camp at 7200 meters!

Second Camp at 7900 meters!

Third Camp at 8400 meters!

Fourth Camp at 9000 meters!

Almost the entire journey was free climbing. 70° was considered a gentle slope, 80° was very common, and 90° was a big challenge.

The cold mountain wind, like a steel knife scraping bone, made people shiver just by watching; when it got dark, dark clouds covered the sky, making it impossible to see one's hand, yet the Seeker of the Way still dared to spin and jump at the connection of broken cliffs; encountering unavoidable icefalls and ice pillars, the Seeker of the Way climbed directly up, white mist rising from her hands as they touched the ice – in an environment close to -40°C, the Seeker of the Way's skin was like scorching steel.

Moreover, in the environment above 7000 meters, the Seeker of the Way's climbing became increasingly dangerous because icefalls were very common on the mountain walls, typical and fragmented ice tongues. Even climbers on the climbing path would have their way blocked by icefalls and ice collapses, or be hit by falling ice towers from above – getting injured above 7000 meters, if you could make it to a camp, it was fine, but if you couldn't, you might as well become a coordinate.

The Seeker of the Way often had to grab ice pillars to go up. Even though the Seeker of the Way was very steady in the video, during the climb above 7000 meters, she would encounter ice pillars breaking due to excessive force at least 5 times per minute – as the bullet comments scrolled by, the beautiful and charming Seeker of the Way could often instantly grab another stable rock or ice pillar and continue climbing!

There was even one time when the Seeker of the Way grabbed three ice pillars in a row, and they all shattered consecutively, a truly terrifying moment!

"That's fake, right... she almost died!"

"If you think it's fake, go watch the previous 54p. This is really Haidar Peak, not a Hollywood set!"

"Just wait a bit longer and you'll know if this is real or fake..."

"Ren Nesser's videos are more terrifying than the last. I thought the Immortal Palace Assassin's unerring shots were already abnormal enough, but I didn't expect something even more abnormal: climbing 10,000 meters in five days without sleep, food, or drink. Can humans really do that!?"

Seeing this, Ren Suo also felt a sense of pride: they only saw the Seeker of the Way surviving near-death situations time and time again, but in reality, Ren Suo had spent several days, died countless times, and used his own experience to painstakingly forge this path to completion!

He now recognized that the shattered ice pillars were the platforms in the game that broke upon contact; the dark night and white fog were the environmental effects that reduced visibility in the game; the distant cliffs were the platforms that required exhausting all stamina to jump to!

This was the game experience he had played through!

The Seeker of the Way was re-enacting his journey to completion!

...Although many of the skillful maneuvers were due to the female Seeker of the Way's characteristic of "reacting quickly in times of crisis," thus avoiding danger, Ren Suo's contribution was still undeniable!

When the Seeker of the Way reached the Fourth Camp, she took a slight detour to the sheltered area of the Fourth Camp and took out the oxygen tank, oxygen mask, regulator, and climbing rope that the Kamiya People had left there.

"Finally going to use tools?"

"No way, how could a goddess need these..."

"Is this the limit of humanity?"

Amidst the confusion of the bullet comments, the Seeker of the Way simply held these items but didn't use them, continuing to climb with only her remaining hand!

Ren Suo was stunned.

At this moment, he naturally recalled his own actions: in the in-game purchase system, he had spent two Merit Points to buy an oxygen tank and rope.

In fact, he had spent four Merit Points – because after the first purchase, he didn't achieve his ideal score, so he played through again, and had to buy them again the second time.

Ren Suo had also wondered before how the oxygen tank and rope he bought would appear, since the Seeker of the Way was only wearing a single layer of clothing. It wasn't possible for her to pull them out from her armpit, right? However, Ren Suo wouldn't have been surprised if that had actually happened, but he never expected that the Seeker of the Way would take out these items at the Fourth Camp.

This was a detail that hadn't appeared in the game.

Next, the Seeker of the Way climbed to the Fifth Camp at 9600 meters, and then sprinted towards the 10,000-meter peak!

Climbing above 9600 meters was even more difficult, especially since the Seeker of the Way was still holding equipment in one hand, climbing with only one hand and two feet. Although the game didn't increase the difficulty because of this, in reality, every movement of the Seeker of the Way looked so perilous that it made the audience shiver through the screen.

It was like in some extreme sports, where a first-person perspective video shows someone courting death on the edge of a cliff, with a road and sidewalk hundreds of meters below. That kind of terror, just by being reflected on the retina, is enough to make the human brain's central nervous system feel fear.

Soon, the Seeker of the Way in the video encountered people again – there seemed to be a team of climbers in front of her who had also chosen this time, in the early morning, to assault the 10,000-meter peak.

In the video, it was clearly visible that one person had fallen behind, resting while holding onto the mountain wall with thick gloves. The Seeker of the Way walked directly towards that direction, stood in front of that person, casually opened the valve of the oxygen tank, pulled off that person's oxygen mask, and then stuffed the oxygen mask she was holding over.

At this moment, Ren Suo saw hundreds of bullet comments suddenly flood the screen:

"Thank you for saving my husband!"

"Thank you for saving my son!"

"Thank you for saving my husband!"

"Thank you for saving my son!"

"So she was holding the oxygen tank to save someone!"

"Amazing, truly amazing, how did she know someone was low on oxygen?"

"So this is what a goddess is!"

Hmm? Were the family members of the person saved by the Seeker of the Way also watching this video on Giligili?

Ren Suo had already anticipated the Seeker of the Way saving someone – because he was the one who did it.

In the game, when the Seeker of the Way passed this climbing team, she saw a stick figure with a timer above its head, only a few minutes in total, and the time was decreasing second by second.

Ren Suo hadn't paid attention before, but when he replayed to get a higher score, he learned that he had to give this stick figure a new oxygen tank so that it could continue moving forward.

After the Seeker of the Way saved this person in the video, the person thanked her, put on the new oxygen tank, and continued forward, while the Seeker of the Way also continued to climb upwards.

Many people could already see directly from the video that the Seeker of the Way was not far from the peak. Her climbing speed was even faster than walking. Even though the ice pillars were dangerous and the rocks were steep, for the almost inhuman Seeker of the Way, nothing was a problem.

But for some reason, when the Seeker of the Way was only a short distance from the peak, she stopped on a safe mountain path and untied the rope around her waist.

In the previous 54P, the Seeker of the Way had waited for a full hour, but in the highlight reel, it was only a few dozen seconds of acceleration – the climbing team also caught up to the Seeker of the Way's progress.

And at this moment, a climber suddenly lost his footing and stumbled towards the edge of the cliff like someone drunk!

His teammates in front and behind him couldn't react in time. Just as he was about to fall at the moment of success, the Seeker of the Way threw the prepared rope, which perfectly looped around the falling climber!

Then, with a fierce pull, she directly dragged the climber, who weighed at least 80 kilograms with his equipment, to her side!

"That strength is unmatched."

"Strength creates miracles!"

"As expected of a goddess!"

Then, the climbing team, with awe in their eyes, followed in the footsteps of the Seeker of the Way and reached the summit of Haijiaer Peak!

Time, April 8th, 11:40 AM!

Under the gaze of twelve climbers, a blonde girl who wore no cold-weather clothing, used no oxygen tank, ate no food, took no rest, and climbed the entire way, as if challenging death, successfully reached the summit of Haidar Peak, with an altitude of 10230 meters!

She stood on the peak's cliff, looking at the countless mountains and changing clouds beside the peak, stepping on the world beneath her feet!

The dazzling sunlight fell on the Seeker of the Way like a coronation. Her thin and dirty face, which was like that because she hadn't eaten or washed, was incredibly radiant at this moment. The unwavering gaze that always flickered in her eyes emitted a shocking power that resonated with all the viewers, even through the screen!

In an instant, countless bullet comments flooded the screen, repeating the same sentence:

"If You're Strong, Climb 10,000 Meters!"

The two climbers who had just been helped by the Seeker of the Way wanted to come over and thank her, but they saw a miraculous scene appear on this true strong person in front of them.

At this moment, even they themselves doubted if they were in a movie.

In the sunlight, the wounds and dirt on the Seeker of the Way instantly disappeared. Her thin and withered skin and face also became full. Her eyes were still as dazzling as ever.

She opened her hands towards the sky as if embracing it.

Then, her figure turned into golden light, melting together with the clothes on her body. In the shocked gaze of the climbing team, she turned into wind, into electricity, into light, into the only myth, and completely dissipated into the world.