An Rugu took her mobile phone and went into the jungle, walking along the cliff, looking down the edge from time to time.

The closer one got to the cliff, the more snakes, insects, rats, and ants there were. Many snakes and insects were hiding in the shade to avoid the sun, looking idle.

However, as An Rugu came closer, for some reason, a strong sense of crisis suddenly arose in their consciousness, which was as big as a grain of rice—as if some terrifying natural enemy was coming.

As a result, snakes, insects, rats, and ants took their families and ran away, as if it were some sign before an earthquake.

An Ru arrived at the place where all the insects had retreated from.

[A small, green snake on the tree across was dozing motionlessly. As soon as the host came, it slunk away with a swish, obviously in a hurry. Boy, that’s some mighty repellent talisman.]

[In three minutes, I want to know all the information about the vermin-repellent charm.]

[Woman, please give me the talisman to prevent mosquitoes and cockroaches. Don’t make me kneel down and beg you.]

But An Rugu didn’t see these comments. Since she started looking for a way to get off the cliff, she didn’t pay attention to the livestream channel.

She felt that it was difficult to operate the mobile phone, so she took a length of ribbon from her bag and put the mobile phone around her neck. The external camera of the mobile phone was pointed straight ahead.

After walking along the cliff for more than half an hour, she looked ahead and to the right, as if aware of something—withered yellow vines came into view.

By the cliff, vines were everywhere. This particular yellow vines were just darker in color and was not much different from other vines, so it was easy to ignore.

But she walked up to the withered yellow vines and looked down the cliff.

A ladder made of vines went downwards, sinking to the bottom of the dark cliff, and disappearing from sight.

The vine ladder hung on the edge of the cliff, almost vertically. The clouds and mist rising up from the deep valley covered the lower half of the ladder, giving it a strong sense of strangeness and unpredictability.

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When the audience saw it, they couldn’t help but feel fear in their hearts.

[Holy shit, shit, shit, the villagers in Blackwater Village are so awesome, they actually used rattan ladders to get down the cliff.]

[For some popular science in the front row, a rattan ladder is a simple mountain climbing ladder made of rattan, hemp rope and wooden sticks. It used to be very common in the mountains, but now that the country is developing very well, rattan ladders are rare. I didn’t expect that you can still see it being used in Blackwater Village.]

[It’s too dangerous. I feel like I’ll fall down and die if I’m not careful. I’m risking my life going up and down the mountain. Why not use an iron ladder?]

[Why not eat meat¹? In ancient times, people in the mountains were very poor. How could they have the money to build iron ladders?]

[The same is true of the Roads to Shu². The ladders and stone stacks are connected to each other. People are very insignificant in front of nature, but they strive to conquer nature with their own abilities.]

An Rugu bent down and touched the rattan ladder. Her eyes fell on the scattered footprints next to it. These footprints were very new. The patterns on the soles were clearly visible and had not yet been washed away by the rain.

It seemed that the rattan ladder was a tool used by the tomb robbers to get down the cliff.

Thinking of the three unconscious tomb robbers and the strange curse on them, she felt the need to go and investigate.

Although there was a 90% certainty that the ancient tomb is underneath, there was still a little uncertainty.

What if the owner of the tomb took a different approach and constructed the tomb elsewhere because of the feng shui?

The safety of this almost ninety-degree steep ladder depended first on its stability, and second one’s physical fitness. If any one of these two items was missing, it was very easy to die.

She has practiced Tai Chi and Five Elements Sword with her master since she was a child to keep fit, and now she went for a morning run every morning. When she was in school, she broke school records for both the 800m and the 1,600m.

She closed her eyes and thought for a moment, just in case, then she calculated with her fingers.

In the mist, the hidden fate gave her… a good omen.

After getting the good omen, she seemed to have taken a reassurance and made up her mind. With her backpack on her back and her mobile phone hanging on her chest, she walked towards the rattan ladder.

The audience exploded when they saw her about to go off the cliff.

[Host don’t do it, there’s a dead end ahead!]

[I also want to see the next unlucky guy get his fortune told, don’t do that here.]

[I dare not watch it. Please tell me tomorrow whether the host is safe or not.]

An Rugu had not looked at her phone for a long time, and did not see the raging barrage at all. She turned her back to the edge and stepped on the first rung.

The ladder shook a little, but it soon stabilized.

She took a deep breath, held her breath steady, grabbed the handrails of the rattan ladder with both hands, and slowly moved down to the next step.

She was on the vine ladder, with a bottomless canyon underneath. If anything went wrong, she would undoubtedly die, and there wouldn’t even be any time to react.

For safety, she climbed down very slowly, at the pace of a turtle.

The viewers in the livestream channel could only see the angle of view gradually go downward through the camera, and they were breathless with anxiety.

At this time, a hawk perched on the top of the cliff suddenly spread its wings and roared past, as if it was heading towards An Ru.

The audience in the livestream channel saw the hawk flying through the corner of the camera and were frightened to death.

[Oh my god, the host is about to be attacked by a hawk!]

Many timid people simply put away their mobile phones, not daring to watch the tragedy that was about to happen.

An Rugu heard the flapping of the hawk’s wings and the roaring wind getting closer, and her expression became extremely solemn.

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T/N: This is rattan. You may have encountered it as lounge furniture.

This is what parts of Roads to Shu look like…

FOOTNOTES:

1. This was supposedly said by an emperor in response to reports that people are dying because there’s no rice to eat. He didn’t understand that the common people do not have access to meat in regular times, much less during famine. It now refers to someone who is out of touch with the plight of the less fortunate. ↩︎
2. An ancient road system bridging mountain regions that’s been maintained since 4th century BC. ↩︎