Chapter 162 The Truth about the Frost Sky Nail (Last month [1600 monthly tickets] plus more)
What is on the top of the snow mountain?
In fact, Wang Hao already knew this problem.

Although due to the influence of wind and snow, no one can climb to the top of Longji Snow Mountain at present.

But it can’t stop Wang Hao from leaving comments.

Although the barrage is not clear about many details, they are very familiar with some important things.

There is a broken sky nail on the top of Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain.

And that sky nail was the 'real culprit' that destroyed the entire Findenir.

But even though he already knew a lot, Wang Hao still wanted to go and see it with his own eyes. Maybe he would make some discoveries that even the barrage didn't know about.

However, climbing a snowy mountain is not an easy task.

The coldness of the Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain comes from the long spikes that freeze the sky,

The closer you get to the height, the more terrible the cold becomes.

As we gradually approached the snowy peaks, the endless cold had already penetrated into our shadows.

The temperature of the thermos bottle was no longer sufficient to support No. 3 to move forward.

There was no other way, Wang Hao could only let No. 3 set up camp halfway up the mountain and wait for him to come back, while he continued to climb.

The fire element turned into a shield to resist the invasion of wind and snow.
The snow under his feet was getting thicker and thicker. With one step, it was even higher than Wang Hao's thighs.

It's more like swimming in a sea of ​​snow than walking in the snow.

If it weren't for Du Lin's authority that gave Wang Hao a huge boost, he would have considered going down the mountain by now.

Wrapped in the warm fire element shield, Wang Hao climbed towards the top of the mountain with difficulty against the strong wind and blizzard.

Under the heavy clouds, it is actually impossible to tell the exact time here.

Wang Hao only remembered that he rested three times. When the elemental power in his body was almost exhausted, he finally passed through the wind and snow and reached the top of the snow mountain.

The environment here is very different from that below.

The howling blizzard on the mountainside became tamer here.

Of course, Wang Hao was not in the mood to care about the wind and snow now.

His eyes were attracted by an ice-blue pillar.

[Sure enough, Auntie Huangmao hasn't come yet. The sky nail here is still stuck in the ground, and it's broken.]

[So what is Wang Hao doing here? ]

[I don’t know. Little Wang Hao has grown up and has his own secrets.]

【…】

Ignoring the sarcastic comments in the comments, Wang Hao walked towards the spikes in front of him.

very strange,
The long spikes in front of him gave Wang Hao a very strange feeling.

Like food, but inedible.

The status of this thing is probably not weaker than the authority of the abyss he obtained from Du Lin.

But Wang Hao had no appetite at all.

"What the hell are you?"

Wang Hao narrowed his eyes, resisting the chill emitted by the Sky Nail, and gradually approached.

As if sensing Wang Hao's approach,
The originally silent Sky Nail began to vibrate slightly.
Wang Hao suddenly stopped and looked alert.

But the changes in the Sky Nail did not dissipate, and ice-blue forces began to surround the Sky Nail.
Finally, a bit of ice-blue light appeared in front of the sky nail.

Wang Hao watched carefully. The elemental power had already appeared under his feet. If anything went wrong, he would run away immediately.

Don't think running away is too cowardly. This is a terrifying "weapon" that can destroy a civilization. You can never be too careful.

Maybe he sensed Wang Hao's intention to retreat,
The ice-blue light moved slightly, and instantly turned into a stream of light, rushing towards Wang Hao.

The water and fire elements exploded instantly and turned into a shield.

But, there is no effect,

The ice-blue light went straight through the shield and sank into Wang Hao's brow.

A cool feeling came over me.

Nothing happened.

Wang Hao showed a hint of doubt, but soon, some unfamiliar memories began to emerge.

Just like his last wish to read the relic, it was a very vague memory.

The icy blue light seemed to be the memory carried by this sky nail.

Thinking of this, Wang Hao began to try to read these memories.

In the hazy memory,
Wang Hao saw a blurry figure.

Somehow, Wang Hao could confirm that the other party was a great person.

This is not greatness reflected in deeds or stories, but a recognition that comes from the depths of the soul.

You deserve to be my friend.

That's probably what it feels like.

Before Wang Hao could understand this inexplicable recognition,
The blurry figure began to speak.

"In the reflection of fate, disasters that destroy the new order will erupt in these places..."

Then the angle of vision changes,
There was also a figure standing in front of the blurry figure. Even though his face could not be seen, he gave Wang Hao a gentle feeling.

"So what are you going to do?" the gentle figure asked the great figure.

The great figure seemed to have been prepared: "This war has made me extremely weak. With their fall, we are no longer able to maintain the absolute order of heaven. Re-establishing a new order of seven is urgent. Now, while I still have the ability to act, I want to plant the seeds of resistance to disaster for the order of seven."

The gentle figure leaned forward slightly: "The fate of the Heavenly Order cannot be disobeyed. I will support your decision. May I ask, where should the seeds be planted?"

"..." A long, blurred sound, then it turned into a clear voice, "and here, the place now called Findenir."

"Fendenir... the human kingdom here, they still maintain their sacrifices to us... they crave our guidance."

"No, we no longer have enough angels to guide these civilizations. New civilizations will emerge under a new order, and the remnants of the old era are destined to be abandoned."

The gentle figure fell into a long silence, and finally nodded: "The fate of the Heavenly Order... cannot be resisted."

Then there was a large amount of memory loss.
When the memory is restored again,
The gentle figure has disappeared.

Only the great figure remains,
He dropped his icy blue spikes from the unknown sky,

The sight of memory also followed the long nail from the sky to the valley kingdom where it should have been spring all year round but was now dark.

The worshippers who were praying looked horrified as they watched the giant nails that fell from the sky and pierced into the ground.
The ground veins on which the ancient silver tree depended for survival were instantly frozen.

The ancient trees that supported the prosperity of the entire country fell into irreversible death.

The priest prayed to the heavens, asking for the guidance of the angels, but... there was no response.

Then there was a long accelerated memory,
The power of the Sky Nail was continuously injected into the earth, freezing the earth veins, and the demise of the ancient silver tree also caused the country to rapidly weaken.

Until one day, a man came here and cursed the god who sent down the sky nail.

The civilization called Findenir eventually completely perished.

Until their destruction, they did not know that the giant nail that destroyed them was not intended to destroy them from the beginning.

The giant nail has only one mission, which is to become the key point to prevent disaster at some point in the future.

Memory speeds up again,
I don't know how many years have passed.
A terrible war broke out under the snowy mountains.

The huge dragon's wings covered the sky and the sun. Even if the brave knight risked his own life, he could not stop the dragon from approaching.

Then, a giant blue dragon cut through the sky and fought with the demon dragon in the sky.

The memory is blurred again.

But, when the dragon fell, it was sealed in the snowy mountains.

The Sky Nail immediately sealed off the earth veins, suppressing the power of the demon dragon;
Its endless poisonous blood could no longer spread, and all the filth was suppressed by the Sky Nail and could not move at all.

The spike that fell from the sky, after destroying a civilization, finally completed its mission thousands of years later.

……

The vague memory continued to the depths of the earth veins, and the power needed for the Sky Nail disappeared. (It was eaten by Wang Hao.)
"So, this is the real reason for Findenir's destruction?"

After reading these memories, Wang Hao opened his eyes.
The wind and snow around had completely stopped, and the Sky Nail seemed to have begun to reduce the amount of icy energy it injected into the earth veins.

Perhaps because its mission has been completed, it no longer needs to suppress Du Lin.

However, if you want to stop completely, you may need to pull the sky nail out of the earth vein.

However, why would the Frost Nail give himself the past memories it preserved?

Wang Hao felt a little confused again.

After thinking for a while, Wang Hao could only come up with one answer.

The Great One and the Person.

The Frost Sky Nail might have mistaken Wang Hao for the person who had cast it down before.
These past memories can actually be understood as the work records of the Frost Sky Nail.

It descended upon its great being, reporting that it had accomplished its mission.

Of course, this does not mean that the Frost Sky Nail is intelligent.

It is very likely that it is a rigid operating mechanism, which was triggered by Wang Hao, who also has a certain positioning frame.

Just as I was thinking about it, the barrage began to boil.

[No, what did you see?] [WC, eating alone again?]

【Tell me, tell me to your brothers. 】

【What was that blue light just now?】

[Wow, this live broadcast has a lot of private angles. ]

[Don’t be so deep, just tell me now. If you don’t, we won’t tell you again in the future. ]

【…】

Wang Hao’s words, “So this is the real reason for Findnir’s destruction,” directly broke the barrage of comments.

They did not enter Wang Hao's memory perspective. In their opinion, Wang Hao just stood in front of the Sky Nail and closed his eyes for a while.

This must be a hidden perspective.

So the barrage was very curious.

Wang Hao naturally would not hide it:

"The last generation of the Fendnier people felt that the Sky Nail came to destroy their civilization.
Just like Uku, he ended up cursing the god who sent down the sky nails.
But in fact, the god might not care about them at all, and never thought of deliberately destroying their civilization.

The descent of the Sky Nail is only to maintain a certain order in the future."

[I understand. Destroying you is none of your business.]

[What? Wasn’t the Snow Mountain Kingdom destroyed by the law of nature? ]

[The text was like this at the beginning, but it changed later. ]

[Many texts do show that the coming of the Sky Nail is not for destruction, but to deal with some disasters.]

【…】

The commentators got some information from Wang Hao and started chatting among themselves.

Wang Hao didn't care about them.

In fact, he subconsciously concealed something.

For example, the two hazy figures, one great and the other gentle.

There is also the 'Order of Heaven' and the 'Order of Seven' that appear in the dialogue.

There is also the repeated mention of 'fate'.

The sky nail on the snow mountain seemed to reveal some truth about the world to Wang Hao.

The deepest secret of Teyvat.

However, these secrets cannot be converted into actual benefits for the time being.

Calming his mind, Wang Hao walked around and found a lot of miscellaneous things.

This was once a place where ancient countries worshipped the sky, and the remains should have some value.
That's perfect. I'll take it and give it to Stevens as a thank you to him.

Put away some odds and ends,

Wang Hao looked at the Frost Sky Nail in front of him again.
After confirming that the other party had nothing more, Wang Hao turned around and left.

He actually knew that there was a secret place here.

The ancient altar that was smashed into the ground by the nail of the cold sky,
The barrage had already told him this information.

But Wang Hao just walked around and didn't find any special entrance.

I guess it’s not time to open the entrance to that ancient secret realm yet.

It may be the contact between Wang Hao and the Frost Sky Nail.
The terrifying snowstorm when we went up the mountain has disappeared a lot.
The way down the mountain is much easier to walk.

Of course, the premise is that you don’t slip, otherwise you will have to go all the way to the bottom.

When we got back to the middle of the mountain,
Number Three returned to his side in the form of a shadow, a hint of concern in his eyes.

"I'm fine. I gained a lot." Wang Hao said with a smile.

Number Three carefully observed Wang Hao, and after confirming that he was in good condition, he silently hid in Wang Hao's shadow again.

Although the other party didn't say anything, Wang Hao still felt the concern.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly. It feels good to be cared for by others.

He and No. 3 actually have a deep bond. In name, they are superiors and subordinates, but in reality, they are more like partners, family, and friends.

Continue down the mountain.

Without having to be as cautious as an ordinary person, Wang Hao went down the mountain very quickly.
Another day later, he appeared at the adventurer's camp at the foot of the mountain.

This time he did not go to find Sister Yuxia, but went directly to Stevens.

"Ah, adventurer, you're back so soon."

Stevens was a little surprised when he saw Wang Hao.

At this time, it was only three to five days, less than a week, before Wang Hao went up the mountain.

Usually, the adventure time of snow mountain adventurers is between fifteen days and one month.

Seeing Wang Hao come back so soon.

Stevens was a little disappointed, thinking that it might be because Wang Hao did not go deep into the snow-capped mountains.

But he didn't complain. Instead, he comforted Wang Hao: "It's okay. This is what happens when you first enter a snowy mountain. Just try harder next time. Don't be discouraged."

Wang Hao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Which eye of yours saw that I was depressed?

"What nonsense are you talking about, Scholar Stevens, I'm here to deliver something to you." Wang Hao said with a smile.

Stevens showed a hint of doubt: "Send something? What?"

He still felt that Wang Hao had not gone deep into the snow-capped mountains.

Wang Hao did not explain, the facts are much more useful than explanations.

He took off his backpack and started taking things out of it.

A twisted but inscribed metal object.

Artificial stone slabs with gorgeous patterns,
Strangely shaped sacrificial objects.

Wang Hao took out all the messy things he found on the top of the snow mountain.

"I'm sorry, I didn't find any books or anything like that, but I brought you all the things with words and pictures on them."

at this time,

Stevens' brain has shut down.

God Barbatos, he has been here for so long, but he has never harvested so many relics of the Snow Mountain Civilization at one time.

"Oh my god, this is simply unbelievable." Stevens lay down and carefully looked at the relics in front of him, his eyes shining. "Judging from the style, it is indeed from the Snow Mountain Civilization. The characters on it are unique to the Snow Mountain. In addition to the common language, they also have a set of characters used for sacrifices."

Stevens pointed to the pattern on a piece of debris in front of him and said excitedly: "Look, the pattern here means praying for light. Add these and they can be combined to mean praying to the sky, hoping that the messenger in the sky can point out hope for them."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, it seems this kind of sacrifice has been performed many times."

Stevens picked and chose among the messy pile, gradually dividing it into six piles.

"Almost. The things here can be divided into six different sacrifices. The sacrificers go from praying to being angry, and then to being humble. Wow, what an interesting civilization."

Stevens is indeed an expert in the study of snow mountain civilization.

Just from this pile of debris, one can almost deduce the several sacrifices that took place before the destruction of the snow mountain.

Wang Hao was also somewhat interested.
Although the memory of the Frost Sky Nail allowed Wang Hao to know some things, it was still not enough details.
It would be great if Stevens' research could add some details.

"Why do they pray to the sky?" Wang Hao asked.

Stevens didn't hesitate and answered directly: "Because the light has disappeared and the country has fallen into darkness."

A hint of understanding appeared in Wang Hao's eyes. In Tianding's memory, he also saw a dark country.

So, the people of Findenir prayed to the sky for light, but what they got instead was the Sky Nail.

All I can say is that the sky doesn't seem to have much affection for the humans who believe in him.

Unlike the Demon God's lover, Sky seems to only have some intention of exploiting humans.

Of course, it is also possible that Wang Hao misunderstood.

In short, the sky gave up Findenir, the kingdom that worshipped the sky, and sent down spikes, planting the seeds for sealing Durin thousands of years later.

From this point of view, the power of the sky is simply terrifying.

The fate of Teyvat seems to be completely in his hands.
He can plan things that will happen hundreds of years in the future thousands of years in advance.

No wonder the barrage always say that fate cannot be changed, but different choices can appear in the details.

When a super powerful person starts planning thousands of years in advance, what right do you have to resist?

Moreover, the fate of Teyvat is not as simple as just a plan.

The seat of destiny,
Wang Hao knew this word. It was not said in the barrage, but he saw it in his parents' notes.

It is said that the starry sky of Teyvat reflects the fate of all living beings in Teyvat, thus forming the so-called constellation of fate.

That is destiny manifested.

And this power system, it now seems, is clearly in the hands of the sky.

"Well, but it's nothing. I didn't intend to go against the will of heaven."

Wang Hao shrugged and chatted with Stevens for a while before saying goodbye.

(End of this chapter)