Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 1114 - 506: Mount Kunlun, The Destined One_3

[If it weren’t for your Flesh Authority, that allows you to sense even the movement of the hairs on your body with precision, you would definitely have failed to notice the slight, almost imperceptible increase in gravitational force.]

[As you climbed a few more steps, you found that with each one ascended, the added gravitational burden on your body increased slightly.]

[The increment in weight was miniscule, but consistent with each step, and when you leaped several steps at once, the additional burden was no less significant.]

[Looking up the winding stone staircase toward the mountain peak, the sheer number of steps could be considered infinite, and if the weight increased with every step, perhaps you wouldn’t even make it halfway up the mountain before being crushed by the ’Mountain’ you carried on your back.]

[You turned to the White Elephant Demon beside you and asked, didn’t Senior Brother notice his body getting heavier?]

[The White Elephant Demon blinked, then replied with confusion, "What do you mean by the body getting heavier?" Its muscles were already hefty and heavy, and since it hadn’t consumed any food or drink on the way up, how could it suddenly feel heavier?]

[You knew that although this dim-witted creature had powerful magical abilities, its sensory perception was poor, and it would realize something was amiss after climbing a bit further.]

[Although the two of you couldn’t fly, having just started on the stone steps, the weight pressing on your bodies was still negligible, allowing both of you to ascend the mountain swiftly, striding as if flying.]

[The farther you traveled along the mountain path, the heavier the weight on your body became.]

[Fortunately, you possessed endless stamina and did not feel the slightest exhaustion; even after a long time, you were not out of breath, and your forehead remained free from sweat.]

[However, although you had an unlimited pool of stamina and did not have to worry about fatigue, if the load surpassed your strength limit, you would be pinned in place, unable to move any farther up.]

[Looking to the White Elephant Demon at your side, its breathing had become slightly heavier and it no longer possessed the relaxed composure it had at the base of the mountain.]

[As you continued climbing, you jokingly said to it, "Senior Brother, can you now feel your body growing heavier?"]

[The White Elephant Demon stubbornly retorted, "No, not at all heavier!"]

[Unable to use magical powers to hasten the journey here, you had to rely solely on physical strength to climb; it had muscles far more robust than your slender arms and legs, so naturally, it would exhaust more energy than you.]

["Later, when you’re too tired to climb, don’t expect Senior Brother to carry you..."]

[Seeing the White Elephant Demon being so obstinate, you couldn’t help but crack a smile.]

[...]

[At the beginning of the climb, you found it to be quite easy, jesting and bickering with White Elephant Senior Brother, but as you ascended, the weight on your body became unbearable.]

[By now, you had clamped your mouth shut, needing to concentrate all your effort and strength to move your feet and climb another step.]

[You exhaled deeply, gathering all your energy to lift your leg onto another step, feeling close to your limit of strength.]

[You looked up to the peak and then down at the base of the mountain. At this point, you hadn’t even reached halfway up the mountain; at best, you had climbed a third of the way.]

[The White Elephant Demon, with a trace of sweat on its forehead and breathing heavily, glanced back at you with a slight smugness, "Little Junior Brother, can’t hold up anymore?"]

["Senior Brother may be a bit breathless, but carrying you to the summit isn’t too difficult for me."]

[As it spoke, the White Elephant Demon turned around, squatted down, and gestured for you to climb onto its back.]

[Seeing that it insisted on being stubborn, you unapologetically clambered onto its back.]

[As soon as you got on, the White Elephant Demon let out a cry of "Aiyo" and, not securing its footing, tumbled backward, falling into a heap with you, rolling down dozens of steps before coming to a stop in a sorry state.]

[The White Elephant Demon got up and said irritably, "Little Junior Brother, even though Senior Brother has an unparalleled physique, you can’t challenge me by using the ’Immovable as a Mountain’ incantation!"]

["Carrying you is like shouldering a mountain itself; who could bear it?"]

[Eh, now that you mention it, it’s strange. Little Junior Brother, how are you able to use magical powers in this place?]

[Hearing the White Elephant Demon articulate such a view caused a shock in your heart, and immediately you reacted.]

[You quickly asked, "Senior Brother, have you really not felt your body become heavier, or are you joking with me again?"]

[The White Elephant Demon replied, "What joke? Monastics do not speak falsely; I have not felt any change in the weight of my body."]

["I told you before that I’m out of breath because we cannot use magical powers here, and my body is much heavier and denser than yours, resulting in a greater consumption of energy."]

[You stared blankly at the Senior Brother in front of you, whose eyes brimmed with naive stupidity, and a thought flashed through your mind...]

[Could it be that this guy is the so-called ’Fortunate One’?]

"No, if White Elephant Senior Brother is the Fortunate One, then what about me?"

"How should I climb Mount Kunlun?"

Lin Xun felt that the direction of this hidden quest seemed somewhat awry.