pappabearbooks #348 - Chapter 347 Leader Privileges
#348 - Chapter 347 Leader Privileges
"I'll emphasize three points again, burn them into your minds!" Takahashi Kaisei raised his arm, holding up three fingers: "I don't want to see anyone other than you coming out of this alive, that's the first point.
After entering this alternate dimension, be careful and cautious. I don't want to see any of you lose your lives due to negligence, that's the second point.
Finally, I hope you won't be soft-hearted. Discard what needs to be discarded, and don't do anything that will hinder your mission. This is the third and most important point. Did everyone understand?"
"Understood!!!"
......
Amidst the white snowy mountains, Li Chenqiu was still moving forward with difficulty, or more accurately, climbing with difficulty.
Li Chenqiu gripped the protruding rocks, hanging on the nearly vertical steep cliff face. The cold wind recklessly shook his body, attempting to pull him off the cliff.
Crack—
The sound of rock fracturing rang out, and fragments fell from between Li Chenqiu's fingers.
"Ah!"
Li Chenqiu bit his lip, his five fingers instantly tensing and exerting force. Accompanied by the sound of bones breaking, he forcibly inserted his fingers into the hard rock wall.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—
The cold wind seemed dissatisfied with this action, issuing an even more terrifying roar.
With no foothold for his lower body, Li Chenqiu's feet were directly pulled up by the cold wind, reaching a 180-degree angle parallel to the ground, with a faint tendency for the angle to increase.
Feeling his fingers inserted into the rock wall becoming increasingly loose, a determined look flashed in Li Chenqiu's eyes. He slightly bent his arm, closing the distance between his face and the rock wall, then opened his mouth wide and lunged forward.
Crack!
Several bloody teeth were directly knocked out, and the remaining surviving two rows of teeth were crookedly embedded in the rock.
Buzz buzz buzz—
The stinging pain that went straight to his nerves instantly struck, and Li Chenqiu felt dizzy and almost fell off the cliff.
"Less than a hundred meters left, not far now."
Li Chenqiu pulled his left hand out of the rock wall. At the same moment, bright red blood溢from between his teeth, forming crystal clear ice crystals.
"Hmm!"
Li Chenqiu's gaze gradually sharpened, and he clenched his five fingers, inserting them into the rock wall with a head-on collision, with a "crack" sound.
Using his teeth, Li Chenqiu continued to climb upward at a slow and steady pace. After spending nearly half an hour, he finally climbed to the top of the cliff.
Bang!
Li Chenqiu collapsed into the thick snow layer, revealing a ferocious yet happy smile: "Finally made it up!"
Just as Li Chenqiu was about to get up and continue climbing the snow mountain, a voice that could not be distinguished as male or female sounded in his ear: "Leader Privilege: Can view the number of survivors on the field."
"Leader Privilege?" Li Chenqiu looked puzzled: "What does that mean?"
At the moment this question arose, a deep blue number appeared in the upper left corner of his vision.
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Li Chenqiu turned his head to look, and the number also changed position accordingly. He shook his head again, and the number also shook with him.
It's rotating with my perspective?
Li Chenqiu stopped dwelling on this and focused his attention on the word "leader."
He tried to ask in a low voice: "Excuse me, what does this leader privilege mean?"
"The privilege possessed by the leader who climbs the snow mountain."
Li Chenqiu suddenly understood and continued to ask: "Does this number of survivors refer to the people who entered here?"
"Yes."
"What is his strength?"
"Insufficient permissions, reminder: Climber's strength must not exceed the Tenth Forbidden."
"Phew~~~~, it's good that there's a Forbidden-level limit." The big stone in Li Chenqiu's heart slowly fell, and then a solemn look flashed between his eyebrows.
If nothing else, that person is most likely from the Takahashi Conglomerate. Assuming the other party is a Tenth Forbidden Heavenly Chosen, and their Forbidden-level is suppressed by the snow mountain, then when they catch up to me, they'll be an Eighth Forbidden Heavenly Chosen.
In my current state, if I'm caught up, I have no choice but to run!
Thinking of this, a sense of urgency rose from Li Chenqiu's heart.
He didn't dare to waste time, struggling to get up from the snow and continuing to walk forward.
"Heavenly Chosen can't heal themselves, and I must be constantly wary of the snowflakes. They shouldn't catch up to me so easily. Speed up and reach the top of the snow mountain, get that Finishing Touch, and leave this place!"
Li Chenqiu gritted his teeth, and his steps gradually increased.
After a moment, Li Chenqiu's eyebrows lowered, he stopped, his gaze slightly condensed, and he looked up at the nearly vertical hundred-meter cliff in front of him.
"Heh."
A wry smile appeared on Li Chenqiu's face. He shook his arm and slowly walked towards the rock wall.
And at that moment, the number in the upper left corner of his vision began to jump.
3...5...9...16...27......
In just a few seconds, it reached thirty and was still increasing.
......
On the vast expanse of white snow, hundreds of men and women wearing uniform black combat uniforms were rapidly approaching the snow mountain. Brilliant supernatural powers flashed in the wind and snow, tearing apart the dense snow curtain.
"Advance forward in teams, don't use supernatural powers frequently!"
"These snowflakes are a bit strange. Being scratched will slow you down, so be careful."
"Flying is impossible in this alternate dimension, everyone..."
Bang!
"Why didn't you say so earlier!"
"Digging underground doesn't seem to work either, everyone..."
Bang!
"Are you doing this on purpose!"
......
Under the leadership of twelve Tenth Forbidden Heavenly Chosen, the group didn't spend much time before reaching the foot of the snow mountain. Under the interference of the power of rules, their Forbidden-levels were also suppressed, and the speed of advancement plummeted as a result.
Before long, the backlash from a high degree of mental concentration also arrived. The Heavenly Chosen who were suppressed to the Sixth Forbidden began to be injured frequently and had already become a drag on the team.
Although they could continue forward, it would be difficult to reach the summit.
"All Seventh Forbidden Heavenly Chosen, stay at the foot of the snow mountain and do not continue to advance with the team!" The middle-aged man walking at the front shouted loudly, his deep voice echoing in the wind and snow.
His name was Takahashi Yuki. He was the most powerful of the twelve Tenth Forbidden Heavenly Chosen and the captain of this hundred-man team.
As soon as these words came out, the Seventh Forbidden Heavenly Chosen in the team stopped without hesitation and began to retreat.
"Officer Yuki, why do I feel that my speed is much slower than usual?" The middle-aged woman standing next to Takahashi Yuki asked.
The woman's name was Takahashi Miya, and she was a newly promoted Tenth Forbidden Heavenly Chosen.
Hearing this, Takahashi Yuki raised his head, looked at the top of the snow mountain hidden in the clouds, and explained:
"An alternate dimension is an independent world, and its domain is the same in nature. Worlds will repel each other. Although the Tenth Forbidden does not have a domain, it has already touched the threshold of the domain, so it will naturally be targeted by this alternate dimension."
After explaining, Takahashi Yuki raised his arm and issued an order to the crowd: "Continue to advance."