Freehand rock climbing was one of the most physically demanding extreme sports. Qin Sheng had rested seven times during his climb, and each time, he could see the words left by his seniors at the resting position.
As he ascended to the top, those names were like warm greetings, and also like silent power.
Old Li followed behind Qin Sheng at a moderate pace. For Old Li, he did not enjoy the joy of reaching the top, but the joy of looking for the names of his old friends.
When he went back and met his old friends, he would have a new topic to talk about. "Old man, you rested eight times when you were climbing. You're not good enough!"
This was not just Old Li's bad taste, but all Knight who stayed in the organization for a long time would develop this bad habit.
When Qin Sheng climbed the last ten meters, his arms began to tremble. Old Li shouted from below, "Climb up! If you fall now, there will be no new Knight in the future!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Sheng roared and continued climbing.
Several hours had already passed, and the noon sun had gradually set behind the precipice.
The wind started to pick up in the mountains. It was unknown where the wind came from, but it caused their clothes to flutter loudly. Qin Sheng climbed all the way up as though he was chasing the fading afterglow of the setting sun.
Old Li did not help him, because every Knight had to walk his own path.
He remembered that when the Knight had first established the organization, he had told an old senior, "I will only accompany you on the journey of a thousand miles, and from then on, I will no longer care about the weather."
At this moment, Qin Sheng's right palm had already grabbed onto the edge of the cliff. He mustered the last of his strength and used his right hand as a leverage point to pull his entire body up. But as he lay on the top of the cliff, panting heavily, he suddenly saw the densely packed engravings at the top.
There were names attached to the end of each sentence: Zhang Qingxi, Lee Young-yoon, Huang Xiaoyu, Wen Meng, Wu Dingyuan, Luo Yunxian, Xu Ke...
There were as many as 32 of these familiar names.
Lee Young-yoon was Old Li's real name, but the name Xu Ke surprised Qin Sheng a lot. To be honest, no one in the outside world knew that Xu Ke was also a member of the Knight. Only those who had been to this mountain peak could see this name clearly engraved here.
Everyone carved the same words, "Only faith and the sun and moon are eternal."
Qin Sheng suddenly froze. He found that someone had carved four words at the front, but there was no signature.
"Forever young."
These four words were abnormally abrupt.
Qin Sheng suddenly turned around to look at Ol 'Lee, who had just reached the top. "Did the Knight die in the cataclysm?"
Old Li shook his head with a smile and said, "I don't know. I really don't know."
Qin Sheng turned back to look at the four words, "Forever young." This precipice was found by the Knight predecessors after the cataclysm to be the most suitable place to challenge. But why did the four words "Forever young" appear here?
The names of the past Knight were all inscribed here, except for "Forever young". And this Knight Organization actually did not have 32 Knights. If that person was included, there should be 33.
Old Li said, "Your scenery shouldn't just be in front of you."
Young Qin Sheng suddenly raised his head to look at the western horizon. The light of the evening sun was shining through the clouds in the distance. The majestic clouds suddenly opened up, and the golden light was like a sea of light.
At this moment, young Qin Sheng's body suddenly made a cracking sound. Old Li smiled in relief.
It was as if some shackles in Qin Sheng's body had been unlocked. A huge amount of power swept through his body like a torrent.
Old Li said with a smile, "Qin Sheng, the last Knight."
But all of a sudden, gunshots rang out from the mountains in the distance. Old Li and Qin Sheng turned their heads to look. After the gunshots, there were cries of pain from humans. They did not know who was fighting in the mountains. Could it be that the Kyung Clan and the Zhou Clan were at war?
A moment later, a gray figure climbed up to another mountain peak. His movements were so fast that Old Li frowned. The other party's physical strength was probably comparable to a Knight's!
The gray figure stood on the opposite mountain peak. He had no hair, not even eyebrows. He just quietly looked at Old Li and Qin Sheng with the eyes of a normal and cold human.
This description might not be accurate, because in Old Li's eyes, other than the color of his skin, the other party was no different from a human.
The Experimentals.
This term immediately flashed through Old Li's mind. They had heard of the Experimentals before. After all, they had been wreaking havoc in the Southwest for a long time.
But Old Li could not understand. This was the Central Plains, so why would the Experimentals suddenly come here?
Moreover, weren't the Experimentals supposed to crawl on the ground like reptiles? Why was this Experimental in front of them so special? Why did its eyes contain the same emotions as humans?
Old Li stood up straight and confronted the other party. However, the Experimental smiled at Old Li and descended the mountain. It was as though it had only come to the mountain peak to take a look at them.
After the Experimental left, Old Li immediately secured the rope he was carrying on his back to the top of the mountain. "Hurry up and leave this place. We have to inform the Zhou Clan of the arrival of the Experimentals. If Stronghold 74 is not prepared, I'm afraid the residents of the entire stronghold will suffer!"
In an instant, Old Li felt like he could see the stronghold residents wailing in pain. That was probably a scene that no human would want to see.
Just before descending the mountain, Old Li deliberately turned around to take a look. He saw a dense horde of Experimentals madly charging through the valley in the distance. There were probably close to 10,000 of them covering the entire mountain range.
Even someone as knowledgeable as Old Li felt his scalp tingle. How did the number of Experimentals increase by so much?!
He could only pray that Stronghold 74's garrison was strong enough!
Old Li and Qin Sheng dashed towards Stronghold 74. However, Qin Sheng's joy from becoming a Knight had vanished without a trace.
When they arrived at the stronghold, Old Li did not hide his identity. He directly revealed his Knight identity and informed the Zhou Army that the Experimentals were following closely behind them. There were many of them, with a conservative estimate of at least 6,000 of them!
But before he could even say a few words, the Zhou Army suddenly received news that the combat brigade that had rushed over from Stronghold 73 as reinforcements had been ambushed by the Experimentals. More than half of them had been injured or killed, and they were currently retreating back to Stronghold 73!
As the sky had already darkened, the combat brigade could not even figure out the number of Experimentals that had ambushed them. Without accurate information, the troops of Stronghold 73 could only wait for more troops to gather before coming over to provide reinforcements.
In other words, Stronghold 74 would be an isolated city for at least the next seven days!
Old Li said solemnly, "The Experimentals behind us can't possibly outrun us. So this is another group of Experimentals ambushing your troops. They're attacking the stronghold from the east and west. If that's really the case, we'll have to be prepared. The number of Experimentals might exceed 10,000! "
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