This was a relatively flat mountaintop platform.

It looked like someone had once intended to build some kind of structure here.

But for some unknown reason, the construction had never happened, leaving only this platform behind.

However, this was an entirely new continent. Logically speaking, no one had ever set foot here before.

How could there be someone building here?

Of course, there was another possibility—someone had sliced off the entire mountaintop with a single sword strike.

But someone with that kind of power...

Probably only existed in myths.

Or maybe Sun Xixi would become a High Sequence one day.

The area was quite spacious, more than enough to accommodate the entire convoy.

Thinking back on the grueling journey the convoy had endured to get here from the foot of the mountain,

many people couldn't help but shout and yell into the mist drifting between the peaks.

Even superhumans like Chen Ye and Chu Che couldn't help but sigh in awe.

Along the way, Chen Ye had asked Chu Che, Squad Leader Chu, more than once why they had to take this route.

The answer he got was always Squad Leader Chu snapping back unpleasantly: "Take it or leave it!"

Of course, that reply made Chen Ye so angry he wanted to give Chu Che a good thousand years of pain.

But Chen Ye wasn't foolish enough to actually stray from Chu Che's chosen path.

This was the route a pathfinder had selected; there had to be a reason for it.

Chu Che was still trustworthy.

But damn, this road was ridiculously hard to traverse.

For much of the time, there wasn't even a road at all.

They had to rely on the abilities of superhumans to forcefully carve out a path.

Even the most honest and socially anxious Gong Yong couldn't help complaining several times.

Luckily, Chu Che didn't hear him.

Of course, Gong Yong would never dare to complain to Squad Leader Chu's face.

From the foot of the mountain all the way to the top.

Many days had passed.

The wind at the summit was so fierce it made it hard to keep one's eyes open.

The biting mountain wind stung the face with every gust.

The wooden bridge before them swayed left and right in the gale, as if it might fall apart at any moment.

Accompanied by the creaking sound of the wood.

That creaking noise grated on the ears, setting one's teeth on edge.

It was a dilapidated wooden bridge that looked incredibly ancient.

It stretched from the flat ground where the convoy currently stood, deep into the sea of clouds, with the other end completely invisible.

The only saving grace was that the bridge was wide enough—about six or seven meters.

At this width, even the largest vehicle in the convoy, Bus Number Five, could pass through.

But many of the bridge's planks were broken, and some sections were barely held up by just a few rotting logs.

Beneath the bridge, countless unseen wooden supports plunged straight down into the cloud sea below.

How high was this bridge? No one knew.

Where did the other side lead? No one knew either.

And as for who had even left this bridge here—that was even more of a mystery.

This was a massive wooden bridge built entirely from timber, aged and weathered, perched atop a mountaintop in the clouds.

Compared to the Mist River Bridge back in the day, it was worlds apart.

A bridge like this...

And Chu Che actually said they had to cross it!

"Squad Leader Chu, you..."

Even with Chen Ye's wild nature, hearing Chu Che's insane proposal left him completely dumbfounded.

"Squad Leader Chu, you... you're not joking, are you?"

This question came from Ding Dong, who usually didn't like to talk much.

Even this woman voiced her doubts, showing just how shocked and resistant everyone was inside.

Chu Che nodded, his expression more serious than ever before.

"Crossing from here, we can make it back!"

"Is there no other choice?"

Gong Yong swallowed hard and asked in a weak voice.

Chu Che shook his head. "There's no other choice!"

Chen Ye fell silent too.

This bridge felt like it was suspended between the dead and the living, filling everyone with a sense of dread.

When the other survivors heard the convoy was planning to cross from here,

the place instantly erupted into chaos.

"What did Squad Leader Chu say? Has he gone mad?"

"Go if you want! I'd rather die than go!"

"I guess there's no avoiding it today!"

"This bridge... this bridge is meant for people to cross?"

"Who the hell built this bridge?"

"No... I won't go even if you kill me!"

"... "

For a moment, voices clamored with all kinds of protests.

Chu Che and the others couldn't be bothered to deal with the commotion from the rest of the convoy.

Once superhumans made a decision, no amount of opposition from others would change a thing.

Xiao Yu's face was deathly pale, devoid of any color.

Her small hands clutched tightly at her cousin's clothes.

The red tail behind Xu Lina's head kept coiling and flicking restlessly, clearly showing that even she was far from calm inside.

A bridge like this!

"Cousin!"

Just the thought of crossing such a bridge made Lai Baiwei feel completely unsettled.

Her delicate face, like Xiao Yu's, had lost all color.

Many survivors felt the same way as those two women!

Most of them looked utterly ashen.

Dantai Bie swallowed hard. "Squad Leader Chu, you're not telling me you knew this bridge was here all along, are you?"

"Is this even still a bridge?"

"Could today be the day we all get wiped out?"

"Squad Leader Chu, how about you think it over? Any other options?"

"Squad Leader Chu, I'm begging you..."

Chu Che's expression was also grim. Crossing this bridge was a difficult decision even for him.

"Everyone, if there were any other choice, I would take it!"

"Thirty kilometers behind us, at least two massive Anomalies with immense auras are lurking. They seem to have sensed something."

"If we run into either of those Anomalies, not a single person in this convoy will survive!"

"At the base of the mountain to the right of our convoy, about fifty kilometers from here, there are at least a hundred Anomalies."

"If we encounter them... the number of people in the entire convoy who could survive, including superhumans, would probably be less than three!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, do I need to say more?"

Chu Che's words were like freezing winter water, extinguishing everyone's remaining hopes.

"If we want to live, we have to cross this bridge!"

"Squad Leader Chu, who built this bridge? You must know that at least, right?"

Dantai Bie asked unwillingly.

Chu Che shook his head. "I don't know!"

"Then how did we get here? You must know that, right?"

Dantai Bie's injuries had mostly healed, and he had returned to his usual chatterbox nature.

Chu Che shook his head again. "We didn't have a choice!"

"Pathfinders don't have the right to choose their paths!"

Everyone fell silent again.

"I'll go check what's on the other side of the bridge first! And how far it goes!"

Sun Xixi spoke up, the Fire Dragon Sword leaping from its sheath.

The pink-haired girl stepped onto her flying sword, shooting like a bolt of lightning into the clouds.

Following the wooden bridge into the sea of clouds, she immediately felt an immense pressure bearing down on her.

It was as if the area around the bridge was imbued with powerful rule-based force.

The girl forced herself to fly about two or three hundred meters, already drenched in sweat.

Finally, she had no choice but to land on the bridge.

As her feet touched the planks, the bridge let out an agonizing "creak," as if it could barely bear the weight.

The girl's heart leaped into her throat, and she didn't dare move a muscle.

The bridge swayed violently in the mountain wind.

Much more so than when she had been standing at the head of the bridge.

Above, below, left, and right—everywhere was filled with a faint, cool mist.

Of course, this mist didn't completely block her vision.

She could see the endless abyss beneath the bridge.

And that was the most terrifying part.

The girl clung tightly to the bridge's railing.

It took a long while before she finally calmed down a little.

That was when she noticed that the strange pressure had vanished now that she wasn't flying.

"It looks like flying across this bridge is impossible."

She looked ahead and found she still couldn't see the other side.

After thinking for a moment, she decided to turn back.

With every step she took, the bridge let out an unpleasant "creak."

As if warning her that this bridge could no longer bear much weight.