"Oh, we're not going to the supply station for now, let's go to the mountaintop of the supply station first~"
Ye Feng glanced at the hands of his watch and sped up again.
"Huh?"
....
More than 40 minutes later,
Ye Feng carried Xiao Xiao to the mountaintop of the Elm supply station.
"Big brother, why are we here on the mountaintop? To watch the sunset?"
"So beautiful~"
The sun was setting, and standing on the peak, looking out, the land was covered in ice and snow, a vast expanse of white. White mist occasionally drifted by, breathtakingly beautiful. Xiao Xiao couldn't help but exclaim.
"No~!"
Ye Feng gently shook his head. While the snowscape under the sunset was beautiful, he hadn't come specifically for it.
"Is there still 5 minutes?"
Ye Feng looked at his watch again and muttered softly.
Afterward, he began to look around, finally arriving at the cliff edge on the mountaintop.
"Big brother, this snowscape is really beautiful!~"
Xiao Xiao, following beside Ye Feng, bathed in the sunset's glow like colorful clouds, exclaimed again.
"Mhm!~"
Ye Feng nodded slightly, then his eyes fell on the hands of the watch on his left wrist.
"Time's up!"
At this moment, Ye Feng's heart was filled with excitement, as his theory was about to be verified.
"Sizzle~"
Suddenly, a faint flash of light appeared in the air, followed by a sudden crackle of electricity.
Ye Feng followed the sound and saw that the void where the sound came from was distorting. Then, a cable car cabin suddenly appeared in his sight.
"Ah~"
Xiao Xiao was startled by the sudden appearance of the cable car cabin. "Big brother, there... there's a cabin that suddenly appeared!"
"It's just as I thought!"
Ye Feng glanced at the hands of his watch again and was quite pleased.
Because the appearance of this cable car cabin meant that what he had deduced from Chen Jin Dong's notebook was correct.
"Crash~"
At this moment, the door of the cable car cabin opened automatically. About a dozen zombies squeezed out, similar to the ones Ye Feng had seen before.
"Kekeke~ Roar!~"
A group of zombies roared and struggled to squeeze through the doorway, about to fall off.
"Bang bang bang~........."
Suddenly, a series of rapid gunshots rang out.
It was Ye Feng, who had drawn his Glock 18 and opened fire. After all, these were all Tier 1 zombies, and he didn't want to miss out on valuable usable points!
"So that's how those zombies falling from the sky came about~"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao recalled and immediately understood what had happened with the zombies that had fallen from the sky the past two days.
"Big brother, how did you know a cable car cabin would suddenly appear here?"
Now, Xiao Xiao understood why Ye Feng had gone to such great lengths to come to the mountaintop. She looked at Ye Feng with some confusion.
"We'll talk about that later~!"
Ye Feng frowned slightly.
Although his guess had been verified, more mysteries followed closely behind....
"Who?"
Suddenly, Ye Feng's expression changed, as he heard hurried footsteps behind him.
Immediately, Ye Feng turned around, pointing his gun behind him.
"Cough cough~ Cough cough~!......."
Amidst the hurried footsteps, a series of coughs also sounded, and then a figure appeared in Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao's vision.
"It's him again!"
Ye Feng was quite surprised.
The person making the sound and running towards him was none other than the old man with white hair and eyebrows he had seen yesterday and the day before.
As the old man with white hair and eyebrows approached and saw Ye Feng, he also looked astonished!
However, soon, the old man's gaze was drawn to the cable car cabin strangely suspended behind Ye Feng.
He walked around Ye Feng, quickly reached the cliff's edge, and stared absently at the cable car cabin in the air, muttering something to himself....
Seeing that the sky was getting darker, Ye Feng quickly walked back with Xiao Xiao on his back, and the old man with white hair and eyebrows soon followed.
....
Half an hour later,
Near the entrance of the Elm supply station,
"Damn, Ye Feng, you guys are finally back! We were about to go look for you!"
"Why did you run up to the mountaintop?!"
Ling and the others arrived at the Elm supply station and, not finding Ye Feng, inquired around and learned that Ye Feng had taken Xiao Xiao up the mountain....
"Oh, just confirming something~"
Ye Feng said casually. His mind was a bit jumbled, as if he had grasped something, yet hadn't quite.
"Alright~"
Seeing that Ye Feng didn't want to talk about it, Ling didn't ask further.
The group quickly handled their accommodation and began to rest at the Elm supply station.
"Big brother, the accommodation fees are getting more expensive!~"
"Before, it only cost 1 coarse grain bread for one person to stay a night. At this supply station, it's 1 coarse grain bread plus 2 Swiss rolls per person..."
After dinner, Xiao Xiao pouted with a touch of heartache.
"Little girl, you can't say that. It's not bragging when old Bailey says it, but our supply station's fees are considered cheap. Further ahead, the accommodation fees are even more expensive~"
"You might think that supply stations just provide you with a place to stay for the night, but it's much more than that!"
"Our supply stations regularly organize people to clear out various monsters and beasts nearby, which is why you feel the nights are peaceful!"
"If you had camped outside, you would know how terrifying the frozen snowy wilderness is at night!"
"This is a lesson learned from the lives of countless adventurers!"
As soon as Xiao Xiao finished speaking, an old man at the counter spoke up.
"Moreover, at supply stations deep in the frozen snowy wilderness, you can't even pay for accommodation with supplies, only with arcane coins!"
He paused, and the old man at the counter added.
"Is that so~"
Xiao Xiao frowned slightly, still feeling a bit pained about the "accommodation fee" she had just paid.
"Old Bailey, how much do you know about the supply stations in the frozen snowy wilderness?"
At this moment, Ye Feng addressed the old man at the counter.
"Supply stations?"
Old Bailey frowned. "Are you asking how many supply stations there are in the frozen snowy wilderness? Or their locations?"
"No one can say for sure how many supply stations there are in the frozen snowy wilderness, there are many large and small."
"Locations... On every route that explorers frequently use to venture into the interior, there's a supply station every so often."
"Initially, it was about a day's walk. Later, as the environment worsened and powerful monsters increased, fewer explorers went in, making it difficult to recoup costs. Supply stations became several days' walk apart!"
Old Bailey hesitated slightly and then spoke to Ye Feng.
"It's similar to what Old Liu Tou Shuo said~"
Ye Feng made a rough comparison in his mind and then said, "That's not what I'm asking about. I want to know about the supply stations in the frozen snowy wilderness themselves; how were they initially established?"
"Was there someone specifically to establish the supply stations? How were their locations determined?"
Ye Feng asked three consecutive questions.
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