Life Game In Other World
Chapter 1172: Northern Gate (Two - s for Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 1172: Chapter 1172: Northern Gate (Two Chapters for Monthly Tickets)

Minte City Northern Mountains

"Leader, shouldn’t we wait for the people behind us?"

Under the fading twilight, a young man standing behind the man in the fur coat, wearing Exoskeleton Armor, raised his head, struggling to climb the mountain slope, and asked in a low voice.

"They are responsible for maintaining contact with Minte City, while we are here to scout,"

The man in the fur coat stood near the top of the slope, looking forward, "The person in Minte City wants the intelligence as timely as possible, this being our first cooperation, we can’t seem unreliable. A few of us Transcendents wearing Exoskeleton Armor are just right for a reconnaissance team."

"Oh."

The young man nodded, finally catching up with the man in the fur coat, arriving by his side.

He looked back, the pure white snowfield covered the slanted mountains.

Behind him, three others were also slowly climbing up.

Not far from the group, there was an old winding road.

This kind of road has solar-powered snow melting devices embedded at intervals, though still covered with snow, one could barely make out the shape of the road amidst the spreading snowfield.

These roads snaked up the mountain slopes, like a twisted long snake, connecting the ground to the top.

The young man estimated that this slope must be at least four to five hundred meters high and quite steep.

However, in reality, this slope didn’t seem high, because on both sides of the slope there were high mountain cliffs, and looking up, the sky remained only a narrow triangle.

This ’slope’ was actually nestled within a ’Trumpet Mouth Canyon’ that widened at one end and narrowed at the other.

The narrow end of the trumpet, which was the top of the slope, was where the young man currently stood, so narrow it was only about a dozen meters wide, beside him the long road stretched.

At the summit of this slope on both sides, there were also nearly vertical towering cliffs, with only a few trees possessing extraordinary Life Force clinging to the cliffs.

From a distance, this place looked like a massive narrow gate formed by cliffs.

"Is this the ’Northern Gate’?"

A busty woman with brown hair cut to her ears had also climbed up, standing next to the man in the fur coat, and asked softly.

"Yes,"

The man in the fur coat nodded lightly, "Strictly speaking, it’s called Volley Canyon."

"Why is it called Northern Gate?"

The young man beside was somewhat puzzled.

"Come,"

The brown-haired woman motioned with her mouth for the young man to climb a bit higher.

The young man walked a few steps forward, reaching the very peak of the slope.

Then, a vast, ice-covered plain unfolded before his field of view.

A full round sun was setting in the west, casting a majestic and splendid hue across the entire icy wilderness.

"The Northern Mountains of Minte City and the Sventes Mountains to the east, just like a towering wall, separate the northeastern and the remaining eastern areas of the Federation."

The brown-haired woman stepped beside the young man, speaking softly, "Therefore, these two mountain ranges are also called the Northern Wall, and the Volley Canyon where we are now is the only ’channel’ through this ’wall’,

"All goods from the northeast of the Federation to the south, and from the south to the northeast of the Federation, if one does not want to take a long detour through the central region, must pass through this canyon, and by crossing this canyon, we reach the true north of the Federation."

Listening to her words, the young man looked up at both sides, trying to see what this ’Northern Wall’ of mountains really looked like.

Then, he saw a nearly vertical sheer cliff, stretching almost to the end of his field of view.

This steep cliff stretched from the western to the eastern end of the sky, only at their current location was there a crack.

Like a true wall.

The young man looked down.

An extremely steep ’slope’ appeared in his field of view.

If the slope they had just climbed had an incline of thirty degrees, this slope probably had an incline of sixty or seventy degrees, maybe even more, and the vertical drop was much greater than the one they had just climbed.

The road that led up this slope could not be described as twisting like a snake anymore, but constantly bent and spiraled upward like a giant spring.

"This slope is very steep,"

The young man looked down at this slope, and then again at the cliffs on both sides that seemed thousands of meters high, "These cliffs are so regular, just like real walls."

"It’s said that these cliffs stretch for hundreds of kilometers east to west."

The brown-haired woman continued.

"That long?"

The young man’s eyes widened, "Is this really formed naturally?"

"I don’t know,"

The brown-haired woman shook her head, "That should be something for scholars in the city to research."

Then she seemed to remember something, speaking softly, "But I did hear another thing."

She pointed at the cliffs on both sides of their current location, "See how regular the cliffs of this ’Northern Gate’ are?"

The young man looked up, these cliffs were also exceptionally vertical, reaching straight into the sky, turning the sky into a thin line, he nodded and sighed, "Regular, just like they were cleaved with an axe."

"I heard,"

The brown-haired woman spoke slowly, "that during the Era of the Great Cataclysm, this canyon didn’t exist."

"Ah?"

The young man was slightly stunned, "You mean, this canyon was actually cleaved by someone?"

"I don’t know,"

The brown-haired woman shook her head, "I just heard, it’s a bit sensational, doesn’t seem like something humans could do, and besides,"

She also looked up at the canyon walls on both sides, continuing, "this canyon is way too ’safe’."

"Ah?"

The young man was baffled once again.

"She said that the northern mountains of Minte City are filled with dangerous exotic beasts, and even deep within the forests there lies indescribable pollution,"

The man in the leather jacket also walked up to the duo and spoke slowly, "But this canyon, located in the middle of the mountains, is unusually calm and safe. Even ordinary people can safely travel through the canyon."

He glanced at the somewhat confused young man, then turned to the brown-haired woman, "Alright, stop spreading your rumors."

He looked at the young man, speaking softly, "Although this place is called ’Northern Gate,’ it is not the only passage connecting the north and south of the Federation on the East Coast. There, along the coast, there is a flatland that is passable, but the Storm Sea there often gets out of control, making it much more dangerous and only a few vehicles can pass through.

"As for how these canyons and cliffs were formed, that’s not for us to worry about. If you’re interested, you can go into the city and look up some information. Don’t listen to these baseless rumors here."

Hearing his words, the young man nodded as if he understood, but not quite.

"Leader, have you ever heard,"

The brown-haired woman rolled her eyes, "that often, the truth exists in the form of rumors."

"Rumors are everywhere, and it’s normal for one or two truths to be mixed in, but that doesn’t mean all rumors are true,"

The man in the leather jacket looked towards the snowy plains ahead, reaching out his hand, "Who has that high-powered telescope, hand it over to me."

"I have it."

Someone from behind spoke and then passed the telescope over.

The man in the leather jacket took the telescope and looked towards the vast snowy plains.

His field of view kept moving until his actions slightly paused, locking onto what seemed to be an area in the distance.

His expression gradually grew somber.

"What’s wrong?"

The brown-haired woman asked puzzledly.

"Let’s continue forward, stow away the flying armor,"

The man in the leather jacket put away the telescope, his expression grave, and spoke rapidly, "Some bad news, but we need to get closer to confirm."

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Minte City·Federal Bureau of Investigation

He Ao was flipping through the material that had just been printed out.

This material was sent by Thorin, concerning the Cult site on the west side of Limen City.

His gaze landed on the mark estimated to be ’over thirty years ago.’

Thirty years ago, Suote was a teenager and had lost his parents.

The last route taken by Suote’s mother’s caravan was from Limen City to Konovi City, which is on the west side of Limen City.

The entire caravan disappeared along this route.

That’s why, when He Ao heard ’Cult site’, his first reaction was to ask in which direction it was.

This abandoned Cult site is exactly near the commercial road from Limen City to Konovi City.

The site is heavily polluted, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation hasn’t sent anyone deep inside; it is currently in a phase of being cordoned off.

He Ao was browsing through photos of the site’s perimeter but didn’t find any items that might belong to the caravan.

However, he did see many incomplete symbols.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation office in Limen City is applying for database access from headquarters, trying to see if there’s any matching data in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s database for these symbols.

Usually, information related to the Evil God is handled very cautiously by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

This application process might take about half a month.

But for He Ao, this wasn’t much of an issue.

As the deputy chief of staff of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and in charge of field missions investigating the Evil God, Suote has the authority to access all Evil God-related data in the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Many of these data entries were also written by ’Suote’ himself.

He Ao opened the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s intranet and logged into his account.

The first thing that popped up was a ’restricted access’ notification.

He Ao had already seen this notification before.

Essentially, originally as the deputy chief of staff and executing the Evil God investigation mission, he could directly request the cooperation of nearby Federal Bureau of Investigation offices, even command some local Federal Bureau of Investigation branches to assist in the work under the name of investigating the Evil God.

That means he could forcibly, under the pretense of investigating the Evil God, command the Federal Bureau of Investigation in nearby cities to cooperate with him.

Now, this permission was revoked.

In fact, it was revoked yesterday.

Ains did not reply to his report but revoked his permission.

However, only the power to mobilize people was revoked; the data access permission was not revoked.

He raised his hand, picked up a notebook and a pen beside him, and began to draw.

The data on the symbols from the ’site’ were not complete.

There were only some incomplete symbols that seemed like arcs. Based on his Mysticism Knowledge, He Ao tried to complete these symbols.

While drawing the symbols, he took photos with his wrist device and searched on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s intranet image search.

The search results were mostly irrelevant information, he found some intelligence, but after detailed comparison, they seemed unrelated to the site.

After drawing about seventeen symbols, He Ao couldn’t figure out any more, so he randomly drew a symbol of three concentric circles nested inside one another and then took a photo to search.

This time, a piece of information popped up:

’Starlight Worshipers’: A secretive organization that worships the Evil God known as ’Lord of the Starry Sky.’