Chapter 96: Du Wei's Speculation

  Halfway up the mountain road, Du Wei was exhausted and the most unfortunate thing was that this mountain had to be climbed to the top, probably not possible in a day or two.

  Because here, flying is a patent of the dragon tribe. Even if it's as great as Aragorn, to climb the divine mountain, you must rely on your own two feet.

  Apart from the bitter cold, Du Wei was also suffering from another painful torment.

  Sunburn!

  This is a seemingly contradictory but actually real problem.

  In his previous life, Du Wei often watched exploration channels and the like, seeing people exploring in the Arctic and Antarctic, getting sunburned in the cold ice and snow, which he found unbelievable. But in fact, that's just how it is!

  The icy snow is like a huge concave mirror, gathering all the ultraviolet rays from the sun, and in addition, from a theoretical point of view, the atmosphere at the North Pole and South Pole is thin, making it easier for the sun's harmful radiation to shine through.

  Du Wei felt like he had gotten sunburned, his face and hands, wherever the skin was exposed, had turned a bright red color as if they had been steamed. Even slight touches were extremely painful. By nightfall, when the temperature dropped and the cold wind blew, it felt like being cut by a knife!

  In the same boat, both the old magician and Hussein seemed to have this condition, but the two were much more tolerant than Du Wei.

  Apart from sunburn, there is also eye pain.

  In the snow, even at night, it's still very bright, and that blue light reflected off the snow is the most damaging thing to people's eyes. In Duwei's past life, those who went on adventures to the South Pole or North Pole would wear snow goggles to protect their eyes from UV rays and the blue light of the snow, but in this world, there was no such equipment. Duwei could only wear the "sunglasses" that Dandanier had left behind, which was better than nothing.

  Among the companions, Medusa was the calmest, her scaly skin probably different from humans. Her skin was still pale and delicate, and she kept her eyes closed forever, unmoved by everything around her.

  Finally, on the second day in the afternoon, after circling around Pan Shan Road, everyone arrived at the halfway point of the mountain. This was the back side of the mountain. The mountain body blocked the sunlight from above, Du Wei sat down to catch his breath, then took out things to start a fire.

  "Let's rest for a while, it's better to travel at night." Du Wei panted, his face still peeling off. The pain was unbearable, and he felt that even a gentle breeze blowing on his face would make him scream in agony, so he could only wrap the cloth from his clothes around his face layer by layer, revealing only his eyes.

  The old magician also nodded and cast a fire-based earth magic spell, conjuring up a bonfire: without any wood or kindling, the purely magical flames were very consuming of magical power, but to keep warm, there was no other choice.

  Du Wei leaned in close to the fire pit, opening his arms wide to fully absorb the warmth of the flames. Once he was warm all over, he turned around, letting his back face the fire pit.

  His whole body was almost frozen stiff.

  Back against the flames, Du Wei sat on the edge of the mountain road, in front of him was a steep cliff... and the direction he faced was north!

  North of Mount Kami!

  After being roasted for a while, Du Wei felt somewhat spirited and looked into the distance, unable to help but ask again: "What's actually north of God Mountain?"

  "No one knows for sure." The old magician shook his head: "But legend has it that the Divine Mountains are the guardians of the human world's walls and barriers. Further north lies a land abandoned by the gods, home to tribes that betrayed the gods and were exiled from the Roland continent. It is said that further north lies a wicked world, a vast continent where several ancient tribes who worshipped demons were defeated in battle and banished from the human world. They traveled north, passing through here, to another world."

  "Another world." Hussein frowned: "What else can be ahead? It's already freezing to death here! If it weren't for us few, ordinary people would have died long ago in such a place! Continue northward? I couldn't imagine what kind of cold it would be like further north! What kind of race could survive in such a harsh environment?"

  The old magician let out a bitter laugh: "So this is the divine punishment for them... I don't know, but that's what the legend says."

  "I don't think so." Du Wei suddenly chuckled softly. However, when the old magician and Hussein looked at Du Wei in surprise, Du Wei closed his mouth and remained silent.

  Not necessarily... Du Wei's heart couldn't help but let out a soft sigh.

  Is it colder as you go further north?

  In this world, people of this era would naturally think so.

  But who is Du Wei? Du Wei is from a world with advanced science and technology in his previous life!

  The further north you go, the colder it gets, from

  It seems right on the surface.

  However, considering the circumstances...

  If we assume that this world is similar to Du Wei's previous life, it is a planet similar to a ball.

  Du Wei was almost certain of this point. He had made some assumptions over the years, assuming that the Roland continent was on a planet similar to a ball. Even the sun, moon, and even the North Star were like balls! Du Wei even suspected that it was another spatial ball!

  No matter what, at least it can be determined that this is a planet! So, according to the geographical location of Roland Continent: The north is cold and the south is hot.

  What does this mean? This indicates the location of Roland Continent, which should be in the northern hemisphere of this planet! The northern hemisphere's continents, the farther north they are from the North Pole, the colder it is! The farther south they are from the equator, the hotter it is!

  This is the most simplest truth.

  However, since the ball is round (of course, in this world, it should be said "this planet is round"), then in the location where the Roland continent is located, the farther north you go, the closer you get to the "North Pole" of this planet, and the colder it will be! But what if you continue going north?

  Continue going north until you reach the "North Pole", which is the coldest place! But if you still don't stop and keep walking forward?

  Crossing the Arctic and continuing to move forward... From a logical point of view, it's no longer truly "moving north"! In fact, after crossing the North Pole and continuing to move forward, you actually end up on the back side of this planet, and then continue... moving south! Yes, if you keep going, it's equivalent to moving "south"!!

  On the contrary, it will become warmer and warmer!!

  This is a matter that even middle school students would understand in Du Wei's previous life, but of course, no one understands it in this world.

  So... Du Wei couldn't help but think: If he crossed the Divine Mountain and continued walking forward, what kind of world would it be?

  It's absolutely impossible to get colder and colder! It should be getting warmer and warmer! There might even be a whole other continent out there! And another one similar to the Roland continent!! This is very likely!

  So, in the north... no, it should be "ahead", what's there?

  Just as Du Wei was lost in thought, he couldn't help but sit down on the edge of the cliff, his legs dangling there, gazing into the distance...

  To the north of Mount God, as far as the eye can see, there is still a vast expanse of ice and snow, but it's not as flat and endless as the southern side. In the distance, on the horizon, you can vaguely see a range of snow-capped mountains and glaciers... From the foot of Mount God, on the surface, you can faintly see strange-shaped black rocks protruding from the surface, like sharp, angular thorns...

  As Du Wei's gaze swept across, he suddenly saw, at the foot of the mountain, on the north-facing slope, a certain black rock protruding from the surface with sharp edges and corners, and on that sharp corner, something seemed to be faintly hanging, fluttering slightly in silver white...

  Du Wei was a magician after all, with keen senses, and even his eyesight and hearing were far superior to those of ordinary people. As soon as he had an idea, he immediately took off the cloth strip wrapped around his face, which had been frozen stiff and rolled up into a ball, revealing a small hole in the middle. Du Wei rolled up the cloth strip and held it up to his eye to look out into the distance...

  According to the most basic principle of pinhole imaging, it is farther and more real than what can be seen with the naked eye. When he saw clearly that something was hanging on the sharp rock at the foot of the mountain, Du Wei's heart skipped a beat!

  That was a skeleton!

  It's been ages, the muscles on the corpse had already crystallized into ice, a cold and stiff zombie-like figure, hanging from a sharp rock. The corpse looked quite majestic, with unusually long arms that far surpassed those of ordinary humans, but its legs were short, only to be extremely thick and sturdy. The armor on its body still had icicles hanging from it, the only strange thing was... its head was gone!

  Du Wei looked further away and found that there were still a few more on the black rocks in the distance, also hanging with some corpses. Those corpses were even stranger, and there were even some bodies that, under Du Wei's careful identification, showed some abnormalities!

  Those corpses seemed to be not human at all! Some of the bodies had leg and foot length proportions that were too strange, while others had palms with only three fingers, just like... some kind of animal?

  Du Wei's brow furrowed more and more as he searched carefully, finally finding a few skeletons that resembled humans... But those skeletons looked too slender! Even the most slender women among humans wouldn't be so weak and thin. Not only were these skeletons much smaller in stature, but the clothes and armor left on their bodies were also exceptionally luxurious, shining brightly under the ice crystals, exquisitely carved...

  But they have one thing in common: all the skeletons are face down! And, without exception, none of them have skulls!