Chapter 562 - 177: Snow Cliff Pass
Hmm, not quite cigarettes, but similar.
The exterior is wrapped in something yellowish-brown — a bit like a cigar, but with a slightly faint unpleasant odor.
The tobacco inside is chopped leaves, seemingly roasted, but very coarsely processed.
The Golden Armor already held one, jumped off the sled, went to the pile of burning Fierce Beast Race corpses, picked up a stick, lit it, and came back.
The two of them used the fire to light the tobacco.
Chen Yan took a light puff, the taste entering was somewhat like cigarettes, but not as fragrant.
In the real world, the processing of cigarettes involves certain fragrances.
And the rolling paper of cigarettes even contains accelerants.
So when burning, there is a special scent.
But the taste of this thick smoke in hand is very strange.
With the first puff, there is a faint smell of fur, mixed with a rich oak aroma.
Chen Yan sat on the sled, after a few puffs, felt his previously tense spirit unknowingly relax.
Turning his head, he saw the Golden Armor looking at ease, legs crossed, holding the thick smoke in his mouth.
"If only we had a drink now, it would be perfect," the Golden Armor sighed.
Chen Yan smiled, took two more puffs, and then gently extinguished the smoke in the snow — he didn’t smoke, he was just curious about the tobacco of this world, just tasting it.
"What a waste," the Golden Armor looked at Chen Yan extinguishing the thick smoke with more than half remaining and said regretfully, "These are the rations of the scout cavalry, something you can’t buy on the market."
Chen Yan didn’t say a word, he just slowly swung the rifle to his back.
The Golden Armor looked at Chen Yan’s back shadow, was silent for a while, then said in a low voice, "They are scouts coming out of Snow Cliff Pass, I’ve agreed with their captain, we’ll follow them back to Snow Cliff Pass."
"Okay." Chen Yan nodded.
Snow Cliff Pass, the name was not unfamiliar to Chen Yan.
It’s one of the Eight Passes in the Three Platforms, Eight Passes, and Sixteen Towns of the Domain Realm.
During the previous visit to You Su Yi, You Su Yi had already introduced quite a bit of the Domain Realm’s local customs and general situation to Chen Yan.
The so-called Three Platforms, Eight Passes, and Sixteen Towns are regions at the borders of the Domain Realm, where a batch of barricades is built specifically to resist the invasion of Evil.
The Three Platforms are the most important among them, with the fiercest battles, at the front line where the invasion of the Evil is most active, the three most frontline places outside the Domain Realm frontier.
One line naturally implies there are second and third lines.
The second line is the Eight Passes, and the third line is the Sixteen Towns.
Snow Cliff Pass, as one of the Eight Passes, stands in this region, specifically to deal with the Fierce Race factions, those who betrayed the Domain Realm.
Crossing Snow Cliff Pass, it is considered officially entering the territory of the Domain Realm.
The previous times he transmitted to this world, they were essentially enemy-occupied areas.
During his previous transmissions, Chen Yan was like a blind man touching an elephant; these situations were only known after visiting You Su Yi last time.
In his Inspection Bureau’s Jade Pendant, there was even a hand-drawn map of the Domain Realm by You Su Yi — though a bit rough, the general regions and directions were depicted by You Su Yi, and the positions of the Three Platforms, Eight Passes, and Sixteen Towns were also marked on it.
So before coming this time, Chen Yan already knew that after leaving Evil Land Mountain to the east, crossing the vast Sea of Trees, the nearest barricade is Snow Cliff Pass.
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"Whoa! Whoa whoa!"
The cavalry shouted, steering the Thunder Beasts across the snowfield.
Besides the cavalry in the team, there were also four sleds, piled with a lot of battle trophies — weapons and equipment of the Fierce Beast Race, and Hunting Beast corpses.
The Thunder Beasts walked slowly, and the Fierce Beast Race heads hanging under saddles swayed gently.
Chen Yan sat on the sled, tightened his cold-weather clothing, with a fur hat on his head — a trophy exchanged from the cavalry, which probably originally belonged to some Fierce Beast Race.
It smelled terrible, but in such icy conditions, warmth is what matters most.
Chen Yan, who hadn’t bathed in over twenty days, didn’t care if it smelled or not.
He carefully observed these human cavalry riding Thunder Beasts.
They were bold, valiant, with a killing aura in their eyes, each exuding an intense smell of blood.
The Golden Armor told Chen Yan, these "scouts" are the most ferocious group from Snow Cliff Pass — their combat power might not be the strongest, but their ferocity is unmatched.
They frequently roam outside the barricade, far from the barricade, and battle with the scouts of the Fierce Beast Race in the wild.
They have the highest casualty rate, yet also reap the most merits.
This is a group earning combat merits with their lives!
The captain among them had the heaviest evil qi!
Even without using Qi Observation Skill, Chen Yan could feel the overwhelming evil qi just standing in front of this guy.
The captain’s fur hat was adorned with three red feathers.
The Golden Armor told Chen Yan that the custom of Snow Cliff Pass is to insert a blood-dyed long feather into the hat for every hundred Fierce Beast Race members slain.
And this guy had three feathers on his hat.
This person gave off a "stay away" vibe, even rarely interacting with other cavalry in the team.
But with the Golden Armor, his attitude was still quite amicable — relatively speaking, that is.
At least when facing the Golden Armor, his words might have been cold, but there wasn’t that icy sharpness in his gaze.