The base camp of Pearl Peak is a unique sight.
Mountaineers from various countries gather here, resembling a miniature United Nations.
Thousands of tents are pitched on the open snowfield platform, colorful and vibrant.
There are also dozens of expedition companies that have set up small radio stations and makeshift rescue base camps here. They will stay here until the end of May.
The base camp is bustling. People move between tents, and those who don't know each other become familiar after a week or two.
When Qing Chen first arrived, she felt it was even more lively than Nanchi Town, with countless mountaineers basking in the sun and brewing coffee.
At this time, a Sherpa in ethnic clothing walked over and warmly opened his arms to Guide Zhang, greeting him: "Zhang!"
Seeing this, Qing Chen also controlled Guide Zhang to enthusiastically embrace him: "Long time no see!"
Sherpas are a miraculous presence.
During the peak climbing season of Mount Everest each year, the largest climbing team, as the leader, gathers teams from various countries, providing funds and materials to hire Sherpas to build "roads" ahead of time.Without any equipment, Sherpas risk their lives to set up safety ropes that are 7,000 to 8,000 meters long.
They carry ropes to climb to high places, fixing the rope ends into ancient ice with ice picks. The hanging ropes can be used for logistical transportation, guiding, assisting climbing, and to some extent, ensuring the safety of the team members.
It can be said that without Sherpas, the difficulty of climbing Mount Everest would increase several times.
There are two routes to climb Mount Everest: the South Col from Nepal and the North Col from China.
Most people prefer to climb from the South Col because the commercialization is more mature, and there are Sherpas on the South Col.
This Sherpa led Qing Chen and others to their campsite.
A Sherpa uncle said in a good-natured English, "I've been staying here for a week to reserve a spot for you. It's far from the toilet here, so it smells less."
Thousands of people live in the Mount Everest base camp, but there are no sewers or tap water, so you can imagine the smell.
Many people think that mountaineers will stay in the Mount Everest base camp for a month.
But that's not the case.
During this period, most people will return to the city for two days to clean themselves and rest before coming back.
As long as they return within a week, the oxygen-carrying cells in their bodies haven't started to decrease, so there won't be any problems.
At this time, Shendai Yunluo said to Qing Chen with a smile, "You don't need to set up a tent for me today."
Qing Chen wondered, "Are you leaving?"
Shendai Yunluo said with a smile, "I'm your Guardian, how could I easily leave? However, I'll sleep in someone else's tent tonight."
Qing Chen: "???!"
Yang Yang watched Shendai Yunluo turn around and enter a female mountaineer's tent, sighing, "I was just kidding, but he's actually doing it."
A top-tier player like Shendai Yunluo doesn't need to set up a tent in the Mount Everest base camp. He just changes tents to sleep in, and each day is different.
Qing Chen held it in for a long time: "Such a badass should be featured in a special three-part program on "Walk into Science". The first episode would explore Shendai Yunluo's moral decay, the second would study the lack of morality in the majority of people, and the third would study Zard's brain."
However, Shendai Yunluo had only just entered when he suddenly came out: "That's not right!"
Qing Chen was puzzled: "What? Did you enter the wrong tent?"
"No," Shendai Yunluo frowned and pondered, seeming to be making certain judgments.
The next moment, this young master suddenly said to Qing Chen, "I'm sorry, I may have to disrupt some of your plans."
Qing Chen was silent for a moment: "Is it very important?"
"Important, more important than my own life," Shendai Yunluo said seriously.
Qing Chen said, "Then go."
Shendai Yunluo nodded: "Don't worry, I will definitely help you get through the remaining six days."
Having said that, Shendai Yunluo left the Mount Everest base camp at an extremely fast speed and rushed towards the direction they came from!
Yang Yang asked, "What happened?"
Qing Chen shook her head: "I don't know, but I guess something might happen to Shendai Kongyu. Besides Shendai Kongyu and Shendai Yunxiu, there's no one else whose life is more important than his own."
In the camp of Future Organization, Shendai Kongyu, and Koshima Consortium.
Everyone is discussing Joker's strength and how to deal with this Demi-God.
Someone looked at Shendai Kongyu and asked, "What did you feel when you fought him?"
"Powerless," Shendai Kongyu said calmly, "It's as if all methods and calculations are useless in front of him."
Everyone deeply agreed. They are all top experts in Inner World, and naturally, they have more or less faced Demi-Gods. They know that powerlessness is the real feeling of an A-Class expert facing a Demi-God.
Shendai Kongyu said, "You guys chat, I need to rest."
With that, she turned and walked towards the distant snow-capped mountains, intending to sit cross-legged and cultivate for a while.
However, she had not been standing for long when Mike also stood up with a smile.
W frowned, "Where are you going?"
Mike said with a smirk, "I know that a Yin-Yang Master's Shikigami cannot be summoned for several days after death. I like this Miss Shendai Kongyu very much; isn't this a good opportunity?"
W solemnly said, "You're about to commit a crime. The Royal Organization will arrive here in two days; I don't recommend that you cause trouble before they arrive."
Mike patted his shoulder, "How many crimes have you and I committed? We're Metahumans already; don't worry about worldly laws. Besides, women are like that; once she becomes my woman, she won't care what happened today. Besides, hasn't the Shendai Consortium already become our vassal? Our fathers did this a lot on their territory; my father said they are very obedient."
Having said that, Mike turned around and chased after Shendai Kongyu. Although others felt inappropriate, no one stopped him.
As the world's two largest Time Traveler organizations, neither the Kingdom nor Future Organization wanted to offend them over such a "small matter."
On the other hand, Shendai Kongyu suddenly opened her eyes and looked coldly at Mike: "Get lost."
But Mike was relentless, smiling and touching his mouth, continuing to walk towards her: "Miss Shendai Kongyu, your Shikigami should all have returned to your Spiritual Bridge now, so can't we do something else to pass this difficult time?"
Shendai Kongyu's expression turned even colder: "Now that the enemy is right in front of us, can't you even control your lower body?"
Mike laughed: "When we become one, our combat will be more tacit. Don't worry; if we fight against the Demi-God Joker, I will protect you."
"No need," Shendai Kongyu got up and walked towards the camp, showing no intention of getting entangled with Mike.
Actually, Shendai Kongyu's Shikigami were fine. When she was acting with Qing Chen, she immediately withdrew the Shikigami to her Spiritual Bridge the moment the poker cards hit the Shikigami, creating the illusion that the Shikigami were killed.
Although Qing Chen's poker cards were sharp, they were not enough to kill an A-Class Shikigami in one blow.
However, if she fought with Mike at this time and used her Shikigami, everything would be exposed.
Everyone would know that she and Qing Chen were not truly fighting.
This would also expose Qing Chen's current weak body and bluff.
Therefore, Shendai Kongyu did not intend to pay attention to Mike.
However, as she passed by Mike, Mike suddenly pounced on her.
Shendai Kongyu drew a wakizashi from her waist and stabbed at him, but the Yin-Yang Master's body was too weak. An A-Class Yin-Yang Master possessed powerful Shikigami, but her body was only at the beginning of B-Class. How could she possibly hit Mike?
In just one round, the wakizashi in her hand was knocked away.
Should she use Shikigami?
Shendai Kongyu pondered.
If she didn't use Shikigami, Mike would probably succeed.
However, if she used Shikigami, it would disrupt Qing Chen's plan.
What was important was not what happened to Qing Chen, but that Shendai Yunluo specifically instructed her to act like it, not to expose the relationship between Shendai Yunluo and her.
Shendai Yunluo
This girl never resisted Shendai Yunluo's orders.
Shendai Kongyu was stunned as Mike pushed her to the ground. She was bound by Mike's one hand and heard the sound of her windbreaker being unzipped.
The girl's mind went blank.
Suddenly, Mike seemed to notice something and leaped into the air, his figure as swift as a dragon.
But it was too late to notice the crisis.
He was too immersed in the excitement of his imminent success, losing the most basic vigilance of a fighter!
Then, Shendai Kongyu heard someone say from afar, "Tenfang World."
In an instant, blood began to splatter.
Shendai Kongyu only felt the hot blood flowing from Mike onto her face.
The next moment, Mike howled, but she saw that he had been cut dozens of wounds by Hyakumegaki, thankfully he had managed to protect his neck and head
otherwise he would have been beheaded.
Shendai Kongyu lay on the ground, staring blankly at Mike being ambushed by Shendai Yunluo, her hands cruelly cut open by spatial power, her two arms falling limply onto the ground.
Mike let out a huge roar: "Attack! Save me!"
As he spoke, he swept towards Hyakumegaki and Shendai Yunluo with the death ray from his eyes.
But the orange-red death ray had just erupted when Hyakumegaki's huge body had already stood in front of Shendai Yunluo, forcibly withstanding the high-temperature burning of the death ray.
Seeing this, Mike knew that it was impossible for him to kill Shendai Yunluo now. He could only barely turn and flee wildly, his two bare shoulders swinging, looking strange and clumsy.
Arms could be replaced with Cybernetic Limbs, but if his life was gone, everything was over!
The camp was more than 500 meters away from the battle. Mike's cry for help startled everyone.
Li Yunze and W both stood up, taking dozens of subordinates to rescue him.
From afar, Mike had already seen their figures and felt ecstatic: "Shendai Yunluo and Shendai Kongyu have a problem! Kill them!"
But she saw the six-winged angel beside W gently flapping its wings and instantly rushing forward more than 200 meters, preparing to rescue Mike.
However, who was Shendai Yunluo? He was a combat genius rarely seen in the Shendai Family for a hundred years. Since he made a move, and it was a sneak attack, he would never give Mike a way out.
Shendai Yunluo's face was gloomy. For this person who wanted to bully Shendai Kongyu, he had already made up his mind to kill him.
When Mike ran away, Mamene Rasetsu, Tenjouka, and Bone Woman had already been ambushed on his path.
Before Mike could react, Bone Woman and Tenjouka had already blocked his way. She saw Mamene Rasetsu leaping down from a high mountain, splitting this A-Class being in two with powerful force!
Bone Woman flipped her wrist, and the bone sword in her hand made a light and skillful sword flower, picking Mike's two eyeballs on the tip of the sword.
But at this time, a young man behind W took out a black stone, seemingly inexhaustible, and cast an ice-sealing technique around Shendai Yunluo.
The blue ice thorns continued to grow, forcibly growing a huge cage to trap Shendai Yunluo!
Shendai Yunluo was startled. A-Class! A hidden A-Class peak!
The young man had silver hair and eyes as deep as sapphires, bright as stars!
This is K!
K obtained the inheritance of a sorcerer!
He had not hidden himself in North America but had arrived at the camp early, seemingly sending Arthur to wait for a meeting, but he had already arrived here and was hiding beside W.
"Go!" Shendai Yunluo shouted, he picked up Shendai Kongyu from the ground and forcibly broke through the ice-sealed realm at the cost of three Shikigami.
Even a powerful Shikigami like Hyakumegaki was bleeding profusely when it crashed into the ice-sealed wall full of thorns!
A huge hole was knocked out of the huge ice-sealed cage, but as Shendai Yunluo was about to break through, new ice thorns blocked it again.
In just a few seconds, K sealed an ice-sealed world here, causing the temperature to drop to -60 degrees Celsius!
Ice crystals formed on Shendai Yunluo and Shendai Kongyu's brows and hair.
Shendai Kongyu whispered, "I'm sorry."
"Shut up," Shendai Yunluo said coldly.
At that moment, a dark shadow quickly approached, silently approaching K and W from behind.
K suddenly sensed something.
As the silhouette was about to approach, a huge ring of fire spread from him, burning the silhouette's body.
However, the silhouette was fearless and rushed forward fiercely like a beast, its target only K!
"Kill this one first!" K said coldly.
W's six-winged angel turned back to defend, blocking the silhouette with its radiant body.
The sound of a loud collision came. The silhouette, which once had no natural enemies, seemed to be perfectly restrained by the radiant six-winged angel. Its body was constantly being melted by the light, eventually turning into a pool of black water and quickly flowing towards the Mount Everest base camp.
Unstoppable.
K turned back to look at his ice-sealed cage, but he saw that a large hole had been broken there, and Shendai Yunluo and Shendai Kongyu were gone.
Without that silhouette, Shendai Yunluo and Shendai Kongyu would have died here together.
He looked at the dead Mike and said calmly, "Wine and women have exhausted his body and will. After crossing over, it was too smooth. He obtained the power of A-Class as soon as he went to Inner World, but he didn't know how to use it. W, your Future Organization is too loose. You must understand that life is life, and combat is combat. It's a pity that a waste exposed my whereabouts."
W didn't speak. Mike's arms had been severed, his eyes gouged out, a generation of North America A-Class expert had fallen because of women and fell into such an end.
K sneered: "It seems that the previous battle between Joker and Shendai Kongyu was also fake. Shendai told me that Shendai Kongyu and Shendai Yunxiu have always been at odds with Shendai Yunluo. I overestimated Shendai's intelligence and didn't even notice this little trick."
Having said that, K said to a subordinate beside him: "Shendai Yunxiu is temporarily suspicious, but these two people, Shendai Kongyu and Shendai Yunluo, if they are not killed on Mount Everest during this return cycle, then intercept them in City 20 during the next crossing. Don't let them run away."
W solemnly said, "If the battle between Joker and Shendai Kongyu is fake, then it means that the opponent does not have the strength of a Demi-God, otherwise, he should have taken the initiative to kill you long ago."
"Of course," K said calmly, "and in my opinion, this Joker is probably weaker than you think. I understand this Joker more than you think, and I even specifically learned Chinese for him. Judging from his actions in Amsterdam, he is someone who likes to stir up trouble. As an insider, Shendai Kongyu should know that you are here. Li Yunze, you, and Mike, only three A-Classes, but he has Shendai Kongyu, Shendai Yunluo, and himself. If he was at his peak, he should have come to kill you long ago, and you would have died before A and Z arrived."
A is Arthur's code name, Z is Nikita.
K hid in the crowd and wanted to see if there was a chance to fish. If Qing Chen took the initiative to kill, he could completely give a fatal blow from the dark.
But Qing Chen didn't do that.
K analyzed: "Have you ever seen Joker being timid? I haven't. Europe, Osaka, Japan, Inner World City 20 attacking the Xinjing Dojo, breaking out of the A02 base, when has he not been killing? Why is he so timid this time?"
The next moment, K affirmed: "There are only two possibilities: one is that he is injured, and it is a very serious injury, even affecting the battle. The other possibility is that he has activated the Reverse Breathing Technique and really become an ordinary person. I don't understand the Reverse Breathing Technique, so I'm more inclined to the former judgment."
W asked, "Then how did he evade the judgment of the Hypnosis Radio?"
"I suspect Shendai concealed a Forbidden Artifact on him. This Forbidden Artifact should be able to help him evade other Forbidden Artifact judgments. Let's try it out," K calmly took out an old mobile phone.
Forbidden Artifact: Unknown Call.
You only need to know the target's name and appearance to make an unknown call every day. The containee doesn't need to know the other party's phone number, fate will help you connect.
K said to the unknown call: "Qing Chen."
He recalled Qing Chen's appearance and waited for the call to connect.
With a beep, the phone connected.
But it wasn't Qing Chen's voice that came from inside, but an old yet loud voice that said, "Presumptuous to show off one's skill before a master, Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon! Great Luo Dharma Mantra!"
The phone hung up.
K: "..."
W puzzledly asked: "Was that Joker's voice just now? What was he saying?"
K took a deep breath: "It seems that something strange is protecting him."