The relentless mountain drizzle continued to slice through the high-altitude air of the interior highlands, but forty meters down into the jagged, stone-walled belly of Route C-4, the treacherous vertical trail finally began to widen into a slightly more manageable grade.
Using her 'Advanced Terrain Architecture' skill to continuously scan the sweeping contours and deep structural recesses of the dark granite walls surrounding them, Chen Ying raised her staff, signaling an immediate halt to the entire column.
"There," Chen Ying said, her voice cutting through the heavy, water-logged air with a calm clarity that instantly commanded attention. She pointed with her staff toward a massive, deeply recessed granite overhang carved into the eastern face of the gorge by centuries of natural erosion.
