Scientific Travel

The finishing touches were handed over to Gou Dan, who was in charge of nailing the iron ladder to the wall.

A huge rock on the snow-capped mountain was tied with two ropes, the other ends of which hung down into the cave as safety ropes.

Prepare as early as possible; no matter how much time you spend here, it's as if you haven't spent any at all.

Deng Yin originally wanted to make an elevator directly. He couldn't make a teleporter because he didn't have the materials, but he could still make this thing.

But in the end, due to the considerable expense involved, they gave up.

Save money where you can and spend it where you can. It's just a one-way trip anyway, no need to go through all that trouble. Climbing a ladder is the same thing.

There's no danger as long as I'm wearing a safety rope.

Deng Yin carved the cave at the lowest point of the snow mountain, but even so, it must have been at least a thousand meters long. Even though Gou Dan installed the ladders sparsely, averaging thirty or forty centimeters each, it still took him more than ten days to install them properly.

During this period, the task of checking whether leaves had grown on the trees naturally fell to Deng Yin. Fortunately, no leaves had grown.

Deng Yin is feeling conflicted; he wants them to grow leaves, but he also doesn't want them to grow leaves.

She spent over ten days busy preparing for the climb. If it has sprouted leaves now, wouldn't all those ten days of hard work have been for nothing?

The bad news is that no leaves grew until Gou Dan finished installing the ladder.

Good news: no leaves grew until Dog Egg finished installing the ladder.

The two little ones were already tired of staying in the space. As soon as they heard that the two of them were going out, they both argued and insisted on going with them. They said that if the boss was outside without his little brothers following him, how could he show his boss status?

That's utter nonsense. Deng Yin knew exactly what was on the mountain: just a few rabbits, a few dozen chickens, and a dozen foxes. Who was Gou Dan going to show off his identity to?

Those animals were all very afraid of people. They ran away before we even got close. Why would we need to bring any followers?

But Gou Dan was susceptible to this, and Deng Yin attributed it to his long-standing low status and inability to maintain his self-esteem. Whenever he encountered someone of lower status than himself, he would try to show off his power.

This isn't a big deal, but Deng Yin made it clear beforehand: "It's very cold on the snow mountain. If you two can't stand it, say so immediately. Don't be stubborn. And Gou Dan, since you brought them there, you have the responsibility to bring them back. They're your little brothers. If they disobey and run away, you'll also be held responsible."

"No problem." Gou Dan said to the two little ones, "By the way, do you two have names?"

Emerald Ice Beast No. 2 shook its head and said, "No, I've always called it 'little brother,' and it calls me 'boss.'"

"Alright then, I'll name you two." Gou Dan pointed to Emerald Ice Beast No. 2 and said, "From now on, you'll be called Gou Qiu, and it'll be called Gou Tiao, both with my surname. You translate for it."

Dogball: "Awoo, awoo awoo awoo, woo awoo awoo."

Dog's eyes sparkled, clearly showing his joy: "Awooo! Awooo! Awooo!"

What a corny name...

Can this be said?

Deng Yin originally intended to mischief Gou Dan by naming him Gou Dan, but unexpectedly, Gou Dan actually liked the name quite a bit.

Fools like silly names; it seems we really made the right choice in giving him that one.

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There was no way to put the two halves of the snow mountain back together, so Deng Yin released the other half of the snow mountain from his spatial storage, tied it with a rope, and began climbing.

Tired, really tired. Deng Yin was exhausted after climbing for only a short while.

The spacing between each ladder was arranged by Gou Dan according to his pace. For Deng Yin, the distance was too great, and he needed to exert much more effort to take each step than Gou Dan did.

"I can't go on anymore, let's take a break," Deng Yin said, panting.

Deng Yin climbed up first; if she didn't climb up, Gou Dan below couldn't climb up either.

Dog Egg wasn't tired, but he didn't have any complaints either.

"it is good."

Deng Yin rested for less than five minutes before continuing to climb. He didn't stop until his arms and legs were sore and weak.

So tired.

But when Deng Yin thought about the materials he had saved, he suddenly didn't feel so tired anymore.

After climbing for about 300 meters, Deng Yin changed his resting method.

The rope was tied around my waist, and I would untie it and cut it shorter every hundred meters or so, otherwise I would fall and all my climbing would be for nothing.

This process may seem unsafe, but it is actually very safe.

Each time the rope is untied, it's done in turns. While the other person is untying it, you hold onto their clothes to prevent them from falling.

Although this wasted a lot of time, I got to rest.

Otherwise, it would have taken a long time to rest once, but now it's just spreading out the time and saving the time of falling down and climbing back up.

Three birds with one stone.

The third thing I gained was a lot of ropes, section by section.

The cave was very dark, making it impossible to distinguish between day and night. You had to wear a lamp on your forehead to see the handrails in your hand.

Therefore, rest time is not divided into day and night, but only depends on the physical condition.

Climbing mountains is very physically demanding. After Deng was introduced into the space, he no longer had the energy to cook, and he even ate his meals lying in bed.

Dog Egg is a little better, but he can't cook, so it doesn't matter whether he's good or bad.

All to no avail.

Dog Ball and Dog Stripe were anxiously pacing around.

They said they would take the two of them with them at first, but they went out and came back in, showing no intention of taking them out at all.

With Dog Ball carrying Dog Stick's anticipation, Dog Egg asked, "When can we two go out?"

Dog Egg kept stuffing grapes into his mouth. Although he wasn't very tired, he was thirsty and hungry. "We'll take you two up the mountain once we've climbed it."

Dogball doesn't have eyebrows, but now it looks like it's frowning.

With its tail drooping, it translated to the dog bar that was waving its tail like a propeller: "Awooo, awooo awooo awooo, awooo awooo."

(Royal translator: It will take a long time, probably until you learn to speak.)

Considering that the two little creatures were intelligent and had lived in the vast forest since they were young, Deng Yin did not lock them up.

The animals kept in cages are livestock meant for food; as pets, they naturally receive different treatment.

However, you can run around, but you can't touch anything.

To be precise, you can't touch anything except what's in their bowls and what's in their enclosures.

Deng Yin had no intention of separating the two of them, so he naturally didn't care what kind of water Gou Tiao was drinking.

Dog Egg wanted it to learn to speak human language, so he fed it water from the space every day.

The Emerald Ice Beast doesn't like to drink water, which is why Dog Stick hasn't learned to speak human language even after almost a month.

Dog Stick's tail, which had been spinning like a propeller, drooped down.

Humans are so weak; it takes them so long to climb a mountain.