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Chapter 316 - 314. Return to Mount Everest (First Update)_1

Chapter 316: 314. Return to Mount Everest (First Update)_1

By the end of the week, Ren He was eager to the point of urgency, checking his watch to calculate when he could finally wash his face. He hadn’t felt it as much on the mountain, but being back in human society with such a dirty face was truly agonizing, and he couldn’t even wash his hair yet.

He had been utterly blindsided by the Divine Punishment System this time. After he took a shower and felt fresh and invigorated, he discovered that the Divine Punishment System had not issued him any rewards. Ren He was puzzled, thinking that even without a reward, there should be a punishment of some sort. Although he didn’t want to receive any punishment, the complete silence from the Divine Punishment System made Ren He wonder if it had disappeared...

"Where’s my reward?" Ren He asked in his mind.

"This is what you owe," the Divine Punishment System said calmly.

Damn, it was only at this moment that Ren He remembered such a matter. When he had slid down from the mountain peak, he had let the Divine Punishment System issue a quest even though he hadn’t created any new work, promising to make up for it later. So, the Divine Punishment System hadn’t forgotten.

But shouldn’t it have been fine once he created a new piece? Why issue such a bizarre quest again?! The Divine Punishment System no longer explained anything to him. It held all rights to explanations—offering them if it wanted, or remaining silent if it didn’t...

It seemed that taking on tasks in advance in order to get skiing skills out of thin air came with extra punishment.

It must be said that even when helping him, the Divine Punishment System had certain rules and bottom lines. Retracing time by an hour seemed to have saved Ren He’s life, but it also issued an almost deadly skiing task at the same time.

Without rescue, it would be certain death, but saved by the system, it was a narrow escape from certain death. Even though the Divine Punishment System used his two Perfect Level rewards and caused so much trouble, it still left him with a sliver of a chance to live.

If Ren He had randomly collided with an ice tower while skiing or failed to grasp the right power and timing at the ice waterfall, he would have been doomed.

Forget it, no reward then. He only had one Perfect Level reward left from downhill skiing, and just surviving was lucky enough. Wishing for more was unnecessary.

An Si, on behalf of TK Company, had already given Ren He the extra reward for the new field of endorsement, but it was not the US Dollar 1.2 million Ren He initially planned for—it was US Dollar 3.6 million!

Though the fields of speed downhill skiing and free solo climbing didn’t acknowledge Knight as their number one, the fact was no one else could achieve what he did—skiing down Mount Everest through a 3,000-meter altitude drop and free solo climbing to the summit from 7,900 meters.

Knight was now TK’s golden signboard. Wooing him within their principles was a necessary business strategy. However, the celebrity effect of Knight in North America had already brought TK an economic benefit that far exceeded US Dollar 10 million—perhaps even several times more.

Ren He now earned an annual endorsement fee from TK Company in the fields of cycling, parkour, mountaineering, rock climbing, and speed downhill skiing. Just these endorsements generated an income of over RMB 50 million a year. TK was even starting to terminate contracts with other endorsement stars, as its upper management believed that having Knight was enough for them to continue expanding territory and capturing market share.

Ren He thought for a while and then transferred some money into An Si’s personal account, asking for help to purchase some more goods. An Si was stunned when he saw the list, "Why do you need so many, and different models too? What are you planning to do now?"

At this time, having just survived the life-and-death situation on Mount Everest, everyone including all the Knight fans around the world thought that after this event, Knight would rest for a while. After all, in everyone’s eyes, summiting Mount Everest was a challenge that seemed to surpass human limits.

His fans were leaving messages on TK’s official website, hoping Knight would take a good rest before bringing them more exciting extreme sports challenges. Everyone understood that Knight would not stop challenging or pushing boundaries because he had proven with actions that extreme challenges were the meaning of his existence.

The outside world was speculating how long the Knight would rest before making a comeback, six months? A year? They were looking forward to it.

Luo City Airport, Zhengzhou Airport, and even the Capital Airport already had a number of the Knight’s fervent fans who were staking out daily, just hoping to spot someone who might be the Knight. After all, the knight couldn’t possibly leave all of his mountaineering equipment in Nepal, so the characteristics were quite noticeable. They also knew that the Knight was very likely to return to the country within these few days since he needed to rest up properly!

However, it was at this time that Ren He suddenly sent An Si a much larger list of equipment purchases, one that was more detailed than before, detailed to the point that it seemed to consider all safety aspects on Mount Everest and the models were so shocking that An Si was stunned, not knowing what Ren He was really planning.

This equipment was clearly meant for mountaineering! Since he couldn’t maximize his speed skiing on the South Slope, he would go down the North Slope once more!

The outside world was still reluctant to acknowledge his status as the number one speed skier, entirely because the speed at which Ren He skied on the South Slope was so slow that it couldn’t even compare with some amateur speed skiers. They didn’t consider the dangerous coefficient of the obstacles on the South Slope, nor the difficulty in controlling speed in such a steep area; they simply said, "The speed is not fast enough!"

Standing in the Sherpa town, Ren He turned back to look towards the majestic peak of Mount Everest, towering among the clouds, and he contemplated. Everyone thought he was going to rest and save energy, but Ren He was planning to go back there and take on an even bigger challenge!

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At 5 o’clock that afternoon, domestic paparazzi suddenly broke the news: Liu Erbao’s team made an urgent trip abroad and carried some filming equipment with them! The destination was Thailand!

Those in the country who followed the sports circles were all astounded. What were they up to? It wasn’t as if Liu Erbao’s team had never gone abroad to film; they were an international first-class team and often traveled abroad.

But the timing was too coincidental, wasn’t it? Just as the Knight had just finished his challenge on Mount Everest, and when everyone in the country was waiting in vain for the Knight, Liu Erbao’s team suddenly went abroad, with Thailand as their destination?!

Those who were paying attention to that article in the China Travel Magazine knew that to go to Nepal, one must first fly to Thailand and then take a connecting flight to Nepal!

What was Liu Erbao and his team up to? Everyone knew that Liu Erbao’s team was now the Knight’s designated filming crew, so their trip aroused tremendous speculation within the country!

Could it be that the Knight wasn’t planning to rest and was instead starting a new challenge? But what would he challenge this time? Surely, it wouldn’t be something related to Mount Everest again.

Now everyone felt as if all of the activities that could be undertaken on Mount Everest had already been exhausted by the Knight, so when considering the possibility that the Knight might start a new challenge right away, no one was thinking about Mount Everest anymore. But what else would he play?

A week later, Liu Erbao’s team suddenly returned to the country, and to everyone’s astonishment, there was still no sign of the Knight.

Everyone was dumbfounded. Could it be that you guys just went for a fun trip? So what was all the equipment you shipped out used for, taking selfies?!

Some observant people noticed something: When Liu Erbao’s team came back, there was one less box of filming equipment!