Chapter 1668: Halberd Peak Outpost

The Long Halberd Peak Checkpoint is located on both sides of the exit of the Blade's Edge Corridor, and it happens to guard the only passage to Movit Road together with the nearby Long Halberd Peak.
In the beginning, it was just a transit market for people from the polar mountains and people from the outside world to conduct trade, because people living in the polar mountains at that time didn't have a good impression of people from the outside world, and basically didn't like contact with outsiders. I don’t want outsiders to enter the polar mountains, so all trade between the two sides will be carried out in the transit market set up on the periphery of the mountains, and the goods after the transaction will be transported back to the tribes and cities in the mountains by the people of the polar mountains.
For the people of the southern city-states in the snowfield at that time, this kind of transit market was also very good. Although they made less money, there was no need to take the risk to enter the mountains to deliver goods. After all, the roads in the polar mountains at that time But it is not as good as it is now. The steep mountain roads covered with snow and ice are all walking. If you are not careful, you may slip down the mountain stream with one foot.
However, after the two sides had more contact, the habit of disliking contact with outsiders also changed. Even tribes and cities in the polar mountains began to form their own caravans, so there was no need for such a transit market. Most of the transit markets have been abandoned, and only a few transit markets with special geographical locations, such as Changji Peak, have been preserved and transformed into outposts.
Although the name is a checkpoint, in fact, these are two small castles, and they are also a thousand-year-old castle with a long history.
In the beginning, Mowit Road dispatched about 2,000 people to stay in these two small castles to guard the chokepoint, but as wars rarely occur here, Mowit Road has no enemies, and there is no need to beware of anyone, so The number of people stationed here is also decreasing year by year. So far, only three people have been stationed here, and these three people will spend most of their time in the outpost located deep in the Blade's Edge Corridor, because the wind and snow outside rarely blow here. Come on, it's warm here too.
Another reason is that the igniter of the beacon tower at the outer outpost has been damaged more than a hundred years ago. This igniter is a very magical item. It can ignite a raging fire with a simple click. It is said that this igniter It is an artifact used by a fallen deity. Unfortunately, the person who mastered the maintenance and repair knowledge of the igniter has long since been lost, so this thing can basically be said to be scrapped if it is damaged.
It can be said that it was an honor to be dispatched to these two outposts as the first assistants. At that time, the nobles of Movit Road would fight for a place, and the soldiers stationed here were also the strongest soldiers, such as the early years of Movit Road. The Mountain Giant Corps is stationed in these two outposts.
However, it has become an unavoidable thing to be stationed at these two outposts now, let alone nobles, even ordinary civilians will not be willing to come to these two outposts to suffer, only those criminals who have committed crimes will be assigned to Came here to be stationed in lieu of a normal sentence.
Now the three people stationed here are all criminals from Mowett Road. The crime is theft. According to this crime, they should have been sent to the mine to work as miners for three years, but they all applied to be stationed at the Changji Peak Post in the prison. Although it is cold here, it is at least more free than the mine. There are not so many constraints, and they do not need to do heavy work every day, and the most important thing is that they only need to be stationed at the Changji Peak Post for half a year, and they are already serving their sentences. .
There were no guards on Movit Road, nor did they put shackles on these people, because they were not worried about the three criminals escaping. After entering the black storm season, running into the snow field would be like committing suicide.
For the three people who applied to be stationed by themselves, it can be said that they regretted it to the extreme. They originally thought that this place would be freer and not to do things, but in fact, even if they were given freedom, there was no way to move around, because the The cold far exceeded their expectations.
Because of the surrounding geothermal heat, Movit Road is not particularly cold for the people living there, even though it is in the polar mountains and is blown by the cold winds from the surrounding extremely cold snow-capped mountains all the year round. .
But now this outpost is different. You must know that this outpost is a thousand-year-old castle. It would be fine if it was repaired every year, but the problem is that this ancient castle has not been repaired for hundreds of years, and there are broken guards everywhere. There is no difference between staying inside the castle and staying outside the castle. The three people stationed here can only stay in the ignition room of the beacon tower every day, and use the heat emitted by the igniter to resist the cold wind that comes in from the gaps in the surrounding walls.
And the misfortune is that they found that the igniter seemed to be malfunctioning in the past two days, and suddenly no longer emits heat during these two nights. If they didn't find out early, they would use the only firewood left in the castle to light the fireplace bonfire in time. , they may have been frozen to death by the penetrating arctic cold at the time when the heat from the igniter was gone.
"It's not an option to sit here and sigh, we should think of a countermeasure," Bob the mouse put the wood in his hand in the bonfire in the fireplace, and turned to look at the remaining pile leaning against the wall. Not much firewood, looked at the spherical igniter not far away, and said solemnly: "We don't know when the igniter will fail again, if it fails next time, and we don't have enough heating Firewood, we're probably finished."
"I also know that now is not the time to sigh, and I know that we are running out of firewood, but the question is how do we get out now?" Crippled Xiao tightened the light clothes on his body, and pointed to the cold wind blowing. Outside the house, he said, "A black storm is blowing outside now. If we go out to chop wood, we don't need to wait until the igniter is damaged, and we will already freeze to death."
"We can't just wait here, right?" Bob the mouse glared at the Xiao angrily, turned to look at another person in the room, and asked, "Boss Quining, what can you do?"
Although Bob Mouse called Quinine the boss, there was no admiration in his tone. Instead, he was full of contempt and ridicule, because this Quinine boss was just a bragging thief. It is the head of hundreds of people.
The other two people in the post didn’t believe it at all. After all, how many forces does Mowett Road have, and who are the leaders of these forces, these street thieves know very well, and naturally they know that this Quinine is all bragging, and Calling him the boss is more of a joke.
Although he knew that Bob Mouse called his boss Tao Kan and sarcasm, Quining didn't care. Instead, he looked proud as if he had gotten a big deal, and then said unhurriedly, "The black storm outside is this year. The first black storm, in terms of time, will take at least four or five days. This black storm will end temporarily, and our current firewood will not be able to support it until then, and it should probably run out tonight. , so we must be going outside to chop wood."
Lame Xiao glared at the other party in dissatisfaction and said, "Are you sleeping just now? I didn't hear what I said. Now that we go out in this situation, it is impossible to resist the wind and snow outside with the ability of our clothes to keep out the cold. will freeze to death."
"Of course I know that the clothes on our bodies can't resist the cold." Quining didn't care about the disgust shown by Lame Xiao, and still said his thoughts in a leisurely manner: "But let's concentrate all the clothes on our bodies. On one person, wouldn't that be able to withstand the cold outside? At that time, let the person get tired and go out to chop wood, and after a certain period of time, change another person until there is enough firewood for the winter. "
Lame Xiao and Mouse Bob were stunned when they heard Quining's method. They both realized that this method could effectively solve the problem of insufficient clothing to keep out the cold, and the two people who took off their clothes could also stay in the ignition. Next to the igniter, the heat from the igniter was enough to help them withstand the cold wind that burrowed in through the cracks in the wall.
"Who was the first to chop wood?" Bob Mouse had already agreed with Quinine's idea, and then asked.
The room became quiet. The reason why the three of them applied to come here was because they couldn't bear the labor of the miners, and now it is much harder than the miners to cut down pine trees on the mountain next to it in the snowy weather. Only one person can do it, which makes the three lazy people start to hesitate.
"Since you came up with this method, of course you went first, Bob, do you think it's right to say it?" Cripple Xiao quickly said his proposal, and even pulled Bob the mouse in, said.
"Yes, I think so too." Bob Mouse quickly echoed.
"Why are you doing this?" Quining looked at the two companions angrily, but after seeing the fierce expressions on the faces of the two companions, he became timid again, lowered his head, and did not dare to say anything more.
In this way, Quinine, who gave the solution, became the first person to go out and chop wood in the wind and snow.
After making the decision, Bob Mouse and Cripple Xiao did not waste any time. They found an axe for felling trees, and then took off their warm clothes to Quinine, leaving only one piece of underwear, and then curled up. When he got to the igniter emitting hot air, he urged Quinin to chop wood quickly.
After putting on his clothes, Quining immediately felt a lot warmer, and the surrounding cold wind was no longer so terrible. After that, he didn't say much. He picked up the axe, opened the door and walked out, and closed the door again. At this moment, Quining The timidity and fear on his face disappeared, replaced by a disdainful sneer, his eyes full of ridicule.
Afterwards, Quinin walked out of the post with the axe, went to the nearby hillside, and began to seriously cut down the pine trees full of grease. With four or five axes, he cut down a tree with ease. With the strength he showed just now, he shouldn't be afraid of Bob the Mouse and Cripple Xiao at all.
Soon Quinine cut down enough wood, but instead of dragging the wood down the mountain and returning to the outpost, he built a simple hut directly with the cut wood and filled the space between the wood with leaves and snow. The gap between the fire and the surrounding cold wind was blocked, and then a small bonfire was lit in the house. He sat on the edge of the fire, took out a metal jug from his arms, warmed it by the fire, and drank leisurely. Drinking wine, he had no intention of returning to the outpost at all.
In this way, Quinine spent a night in the woods on the hillside with constant wind and snow.
In the early morning of the next day, he added a little firewood to the bonfire that was about to go out, then stuffed some snow into the jug that had been empty last night, put it on the fire to boil, and then put some loose Peel and lichen, after a little cooling, drink it down to warm up your body quickly.
After feeling that his body was no longer stiff, he immediately picked up a log, pinned the axe to his waist, and walked to the post at the foot of the mountain.
Soon he returned to the outpost and piled the wood at random in the outpost's courtyard. He took out the axe, went to the ignition outside of the beacon tower at the top, and directly pushed the door and walked in.
I saw that the igniter in the room was still running normally, emitting hot air constantly, while the bonfire in the fireplace had been extinguished. Cripple Xiao and Bob the Mouse sat naked on the ground, the only clothes on their bodies were Tear it up and throw it aside, the whole person is completely frozen.
Seeing this scene, Quining had a smile on his face, and then he cleaned out the two corpses, threw them in the snow outside the door at will, and then went back to the yard of the post, and chopped the tree that he had just carried into pieces. Fragments of various sizes were then transported to the ignition chamber for neat stacks.
After that, he made several trips to the hillside, carried the logs he chopped back to the post one by one, and chopped them into firewood until he felt that it was almost enough.
After that, he went to the cellar to get some food, took another pot, went back to the ignition room, and started to prepare today's food.
Just as he put the cut food into the pot of boiling snow water, closed the lid, and waited for the food to be cooked, he suddenly heard the sound of long-haired beasts chirping outside. also getting closer.
Quining opened the door with a puzzled look, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com walked to the edge, leaned on the wall and looked down, only to see an adult long-haired beast carrying goods around at the entrance of Blade's Edge Mountain Road The outpost in front walked towards this side with heavy steps.
Quining is very surprised at this moment, because anyone who seeks a living on the snowfield knows that when a black storm occurs, they must hide and stop walking on the snowfield, but now this long-haired beast has obviously destroyed this Rules, this scene made Quinine think of a possibility.
That is, a caravan was walking on the snowy field and encountered a black storm. Before it could avoid it, it was engulfed by the black storm. The person who rode this long-haired beast was lucky to get through the snowy storm and came here, but Others were not so lucky.
Thinking of this, Quining looked at the heavy cargo on the back of the long-haired beast again, and had a bold idea in his heart. Following him, he immediately returned to the ignition room and planted the flag representing Movit Road on the beacon tower. On the high platform on the side, so that the mammoth can see, then he turned back, took out a bottle from his pocket, poured the powder in the bottle into the pot of food that was being boiled, and stirred it a few times. As the powder completely melted into the food, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
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