Going downhill is much easier than going up, of course, provided there are stairs.
After Su Yang quickly descended a good stretch, he finally caught sight of Pan Ning's figure, though she was alone at the moment; Meng Qianyu and the others were not with her.
He quickly walked over to Pan Ning. Before he could speak, she asked first, "Why did you come down?"
"I was worried about you~"
"What's there to worry about while hiking?"
"Is your heart beating fast? Here, let me check." As Su Yang said this, he reached out to feel Pan Ning's chest.
Seeing his approaching hand, Pan Ning gently swatted his arm. "Where are you trying to touch with so many people around?"
"Oh, right... haha." Su Yang let out an awkward laugh.
"I'm fine, I just get a bit tired if I walk too fast."
Su Yang nodded. "The air is thinner up here, you need more time to adjust. By the way, where are the others?"
Pan Ning turned to look behind her and said, "Down below."
Su Yang followed her gaze, but with the large crowd, he couldn't spot Meng Qianyu and the others right away.
"Maybe you should go down and check on them?" Pan Ning said calmly.
"Alright, I'll go take a look. You take it slow, okay?"
"I know."
After their brief exchange, Su Yang started walking down the steps again.
After two or three minutes, he finally saw the figures of Meng Qianyu, Su Qingci, Tang Ziyun, and Zhong Qing.
The four of them were panting as they slowly made their way up.
Even before getting close, Su Yang could hear Meng Qianyu and Su Qingci's voices.
"Oh my, I'm so tired, I can't climb anymore~"
"Yeah, normal hiking is tiring enough, but we're climbing at over four thousand meters now. It's even more exhausting; my heart rate spikes after just a few steps."
Tang Ziyun looked at the two helplessly. "Should you take a couple of breaths of oxygen?"
"No! Brother Su Yang said to avoid using it if possible. I want to be like him, to get stronger!!" Meng Qianyu clenched her small fist and declared with determined eyes.
Hearing this, Su Yang shook his head with a smile and quickly walked towards them. "You have to listen to your own body. If you feel unwell, you should still use it."
Hearing Su Yang's voice, the group immediately looked up.
Seeing Su Yang, Meng Qianyu beamed and called out, "Brother Su Yang, why did you come down?"
"You hadn't arrived for a while, so I came down to check. Are you all okay?"
They all nodded. "We're fine, no problem at all."
"That's good. You need to take it slowly, give yourselves time to adjust."
"Okay."
They chatted as they continued upward. After a short while, a sudden scream rang out.
On the steps about seven or eight levels above and to Su Yang's left, a little girl in a yellow down jacket, whether from slipping or fainting due to lack of oxygen, went limp and fell sideways, quickly tumbling down the stairs.
This immediately caused chaos among the surrounding people. Tourists screamed and quickly moved aside to avoid being hit and getting hurt themselves.
Seeing this, Su Yang rushed over without hesitation.
However, the little girl was rolling down very fast. Within seconds, she had tumbled to a spot below and to Su Yang's left.
"Little Wan!!! Help! Please, someone stop her!" A girl in a white coat shouted anxiously, rushing down the steps in pursuit.
Su Yang had no time to look at the girl's appearance. He took long strides, charging towards the little girl who was still rapidly rolling down the steps.
"Move aside!!" Already frantic, Su Yang roared when the indifferent tourists around blocked his path.
The people blocking him were startled and immediately stepped aside to make way.
Seeing the space cleared, Su Yang seized the moment, leaped down forcefully, jumping over more than ten steps, and instantly reached the little girl's side.
He bent down, grabbed the girl's clothes, and pulled hard, bringing her to a stop.
Then he picked up the unconscious little girl and quickly carried her to a relatively spacious platform below, laying her flat on the ground.
Su Yang quickly glanced at the girl. She looked about 10 years old, thin, giving an impression of being somewhat undernourished.
Her face was pale, her eyes tightly shut. Although there were no visible injuries on her face, her body was surely bruised black and blue.
Clearly, she hadn't simply slipped; it was due to lack of oxygen.
"Little girl! Wake up!" Su Yang tentatively patted the girl's shoulder. Getting no response, he placed two fingers in front of her nose.
Still breathing, not gone.
Su Yang quickly recalled first aid knowledge he had seen before. He unzipped the girl's jacket, then placed his hands crossed on her chest and began forceful, rhythmic compressions.
By now, surrounding tourists had gathered around.
The girl in the white coat from behind squeezed through the crowd, shouting, "Please make way, make way!"
The girl pushed through the onlookers, knelt beside Su Yang next to Little Wan, her face full of anxiety and guilt.
"Little Wan!" Her voice choked, her whole body trembling as she grasped Little Wan's thin hand.
Su Yang continued rhythmic, forceful compressions on Little Wan's chest. After twenty or thirty compressions, he hurriedly pulled out the oxygen canister from his jacket pocket.
"No good, she can't take deep breaths right now," Su Yang muttered to himself, setting the canister aside. He then pried open Little Wan's mouth, bent down, and began giving her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Huff, huff, huff.
After several breaths, Little Wan shuddered and slowly opened her eyes.
As soon as her eyes opened, she painfully gasped for air, mouth agape.
Seeing this, Su Yang looked up at the girl kneeling opposite him. After a slight half-second pause, he said, "Miss, let go of her hand first."
"Oh, okay." The girl released Little Wan's hand. Su Yang helped Little Wan sit up slowly, leaning her against his chest.
He grabbed the oxygen bottle beside him and opened it.
"Here, little sister, breathe the oxygen."
Little Wan immediately took the oxygen bottle and placed it over her mouth, inhaling deeply.
The girl opposite quickly reached out to help steady the bottle, sobbing, "Little Wan, I'm sorry! It's my fault. I shouldn't have brought you here."
Little Wan had no breath to reply; she shook her head while inhaling the oxygen.
The surrounding onlookers were still chattering. Su Yang looked up and scanned the crowd, coldly calling out, "Stop crowding around. When she fell, every one of you ran faster than anyone. What are you gathering for now? Disperse!"
The crowd, shamed by Su Yang's words, blushed and scattered, continuing their hike as if nothing had happened.
Once the crowd dispersed, Meng Qianyu and the others finally saw Su Yang. The four of them quickly walked over.
Su Qingci asked urgently, "Brother Su Yang, is this little sister okay?"
"She should be mostly fine, but we don't know if any bones were injured from the fall. Let her breathe some oxygen first."
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e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
lan, the Luo family, tracked him down - along with the babies in their arms. Mo Xuan stared pensively at the paternity test results from over a dozen top institutions, both domestic and international, showing a 99.99% match between himself and the two baby girls. At 23, Mo Xuan, a doctoral student, had become the father of two three-year-old children. The kicker? The mothers weren't even the same person! He gradually realized he was being lured step by step into an elaborate trap designed by these two yandere sisters. "Be good, little Xuan. Sister's life belongs to you entirely." "Brother, if you try to run away, I'll have no choice but to tie you up." Mo Xuan: "Do whatever you want, ladies. I give up."
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
