Chapter 153 - Breaking through 2000 meters high into the sky!
Chapter 153 of "Reborn As An Interstellar Giant Mosquito" introduces new challenges: Mount Fuji in Wa Kingdom, this is a mountain peak thatâs nearly mythic to its... Keep following!
Mount Fuji in Wa Kingdom, this is a mountain peak thatâs nearly mythic to its people!
The people of the Wa Kingdom call this peak the âHoly Mountainâ or âMountain of Godâ.
Clearly, itâs a spiritual symbol for almost everyone in the Wa Kingdom!
This mountain is the highest peak on the Japanese island, with an altitude of nearly four thousand meters, and it has a lot of unique scenery.
Hence, itâs a sacred place that attracts many tourists.
But because Mount Fuji is heavily developed, even surrounded by tourist attractions and facilities, Jia Yan once doubted whether his destination was on this mountain peak!
However, that mysterious Divine Object, if not on the peak of Mount Fuji, must be nearby.
After all, the notebook by Li Qicheng he found in the Underground World stated so!
Jia Yan decided to go to the peak of Mount Fuji first!
This is a peak with an altitude of nearly four thousand meters.
The mountain is covered with snow all year round, and the temperature drops even more when night approaches dawn.
The giant black Mosquito seeks a position where itâs unlikely to encounter tourists and flies towards the sky over Mount Fuji!
Climbing a mountain of a few thousand meters is perhaps not easy for ordinary humans.
However, for Jia Yan, itâs not too challenging!
Heâs just not sure if he can withstand the chilly weather at the summit after reaching such a high altitude!
Humans climbing this mountain are usually dressed in thick clothes.
All he, Jia Yan, could rely on was Coagulate, a constituent of his defense system
Whoosh!!!
The roaring wind swept by the sides.
During flight, Jia Yan gradually felt the temperature dropping!
His flying speed was undoubtedly quick!
So, in basically less than five minutes, Jia Yan felt that his elevation was just about his previously tested maximum altitudeâ1000 meters!
Jia Yan calmed his heart and mind a bit, then controlled his body to look around in search of any clues at this height.
An altitude of a thousand meters is not very high, but is enough to suppress the growth of trees.
Jia Yan conducted a quick search, then circled the entire area of Mount Fuji at an altitude of a thousand meters!
For humans, this might be a big project, maybe a series of arrangements would be necessary to achieve this!
But for Jia Yan, who can fly, itâs a matter of mere ten to a dozen minutes.
About fifteen or sixteen minutes later, he stopped.
After a survey, he knew that he had no gains at this height!
âUpwards!â Jia Yanâs Compound Eyes flashed eerily, looked at the higher Mount Fuji summit, and spread his wings!
He continued to ascend!
Twelve hundred meters.
Thirteen hundred meters.
Fifteen hundred meters.
Eighteen hundred meters.
Two thousand meters!
Jia Yan was starting to uncomfortably feel some chillness!
The oxygen level in the air was also dropping.
However, when compared to the impact of the temperature drop to Jia Yan, it was almost nothing!
âClearly at an altitude of two thousand meters, my movements may be a little restricted and the temperature would have dropped to around minus five or six degrees.â
Giant Mosquito looked at its own rudimentary âbreathingâ organ, formed due to a mutation on its underside, from where clouds of white fumes were continually blowing.
These white vapors were formed by the heat of the body being rapidly absorbed by the freezing air outside!
Jia Yanâs body was rapidly getting colder!
Mosquitoes are cold-blooded animals, meaning their body temperature changes with changes in the environment.
Compared to humans, itâs much harder for cold-blooded animals to survive winter!
Arriving at this altitude where the temperature dips below zero, Jia Yanâs body felt slightly stiff but the impact was not too severe!
âIt seems like my body can engineer some heat.
Although not as much as mammals, it can do its best to retain as much heat as possible!â
Jia Yan examined his own physical construction.
The thick layer of Coagulate covering his body aside, it seemed like the exoskeleton underneath was also good at retaining heat.
Any other mosquitoes in these conditions would definitely be frozen and unable to move, but Jia Yan was still hopping about! Seará´h the NovŃlĆire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.
âSo, letâs continue the search at this altitude!â
The Giant Black Mosquito continued to spring itself into action, a good way to keep warm and search at the same time!
Movement produced both energy and heat, helping to gradually increase the body temperature!
Jia Yan resumed activityâŚ.
âMr.
Takenuchi, do we really need to patrol Mount Fuji so early every day?
We basically pick-up trash.
We can do that later as well.
And it becomes even colder a little later, itâs too much to bear!â
At the two-thousand meters altitude of Mount Fuji, two men, dressed in thick winter clothes, were slowly climbing the stairs!
While walking, they kept looking at their surroundings.
If they saw trash, theyâd go pick it up and put it in the trash collection bag they were carrying!
Although the people of the Wa Kingdom are among the worldâs cleanest and most conscientious citizens, there are different kinds of people everywhere, and the Wa Kingdom is no different.
Some people do litter.
Usually, the two mountaineers return early with bags full of trash!
But of course, if it were Huaxia, more than one or two bags of trash wouldâve been needed.
As usual, these two are doing the same thing today.
There are four sightseeing paths on Mount Fuji, and similar activities are being carried out on the other three routes.
Whoosh!!!
Just as the two men were mumbling something, one of them thought he heard something, quickly looked up!
He saw a giant black âShadowâ just as he looked up, which immediately disappeared into the turning terrain!
âWhatâs the matter?â Another person, noticing the manâs peculiar gaze at the sky, asked in confusion.
âOh, nothing!â
The man gave a light chuckle, but his eyes kept returning to the place where he spotted the black shadow.
Could it be an illusion?
But that canât be right.
Iâve been working at this post for seven or eight years, so it makes no sense to start having hallucinations now!
People in the Wa Kingdom are quite superstitious about ghosts and divine spirits.
The moment this manâs chaotic thoughts turned to the black shadow, he suddenly felt an eerie vibe in the environment where he had been working for seven or eight years!
âNot far from us is the so-called Suicide Forest.
Who knows how many people commit suicide there every year.
Itâs even said that wicked spirits have been seen there.
Are they going to make an appearance for me today?!â
The man was instantly filled with dread, shaking his head and reassuring himself that it was just a hallucination.
He certainly didnât need to think too much about it!
But just as he crouched down to pick up another empty drink bottleâŚ
Whoosh!
Whoosh!!!
Another eerie sound emerged, appearing right beside the two men.
This time, even the other man sensed it!
âWhatâs that!â
The two men quickly turned their heads, but they saw nothing.
Suddenly, they both felt goosebumps on their backs.
Looking at each other, they saw sweat trickling down each otherâs faces!
âThis is weird!
Iâve heard from my senior predecessor that there are Heroic Spirits on Mount Fuji.
Each of them was a warrior who did not fear swords or spears in their lifetimes.
But after they died, they were trapped in this cold place and couldnât ascend to the heavens!
So, they occasionally appear to humans to scare them and derive some morbid pleasure from it.â
The two men somehow ended up on the topic of old ghostly legends!
In reality, the entity that scared the two men was neither a Heroic Spirit nor a ghost!
It was Jia YanâŚ
this Giant Mosquito!
As dawn approached, Jia Yan was getting anxious because by now, he could see some people climbing Mount Fuji while it was still dark, in hopes of witnessing the sunrise!
Should he put off exploring Mount Fuji for the moment, return to the foot of the mountain, and wait until midnight the next day to investigate?
Just as Jia Yan was entertaining this thought, he discovered something with his compound eyes!
Mosquitoes can detect heat!
Itâs just that because Jia Yan didnât really understand this ability, most of the time, he would automatically ignore it!
However, as he was lost in thought, he unintentionally directed his attention to this external ability!
He then noticed that there were several spots at the base of Mount Fuji, which was supposed to be icy cold, where the temperature was significantly different from the rest!
âWhat could those be?â
Jia Yan was shocked.
How could there be so many areas with high-temperature reactions in Mount Fuji with sub-zero temperatures!
For a moment, he didnât know if it was because his brain was frozen, but he couldnât think of a reason!
The reason is in fact very simple.
Mount Fuji is a volcano!
And itâs an active volcano!
Its last eruption occurred in 1707, which is relatively recent.
An active volcano like this might look like it is covered with perpetual snow on the outside, but the inside is extremely hot, and it could erupt at any time!
The numerous areas with abnormal temperatures that Jia Yan saw were in fact typical volcanic caves.
Some of these caves led directly to the volcanoâs crater, and a few even connected to the magma, making them incredibly dangerous!
Jia Yan found that these caves with abnormal temperatures were mostly located higher than his current location.
To investigate, he needs to push himself to his limit â by going higher!
âSo I used to only dare to fly up to one thousand meters, but today I need to break through two thousand meters in one breath and reach up to three thousand meters or even higher?â
Jia Yan could only muster a bitter smile.
However, those caves are indeed suspicious.
Itâs possible that a Divine Object could be in one of those caves!
Of course, even if the possibility doesnât seem plausible upon closer thought, one must never be too careful.
Always be prepared!
Having risked flying this far from the island, is there any logic in backing down when things get tough?!
No!
Therefore, Jia Yan thought he should definitely investigate!
The Giant Mosquito took another look at the humans nearby, noticing that the rather sparse humans werenât likely to see him, he then gently spread his wingsâŚ
And continued to fly upwards!
Two thousand one hundred meters.
Two thousand two hundred meters.
Two thousand three hundred meters!
Two thousand four hundred meters!
The Giant Mosquitoâs body began to stiffen, making it difficult to move!
He found it hard to control his six limbs, and even the muscle flaps of his continuously flapping wings were losing sensation due to the freezing cold!
The temperature here is below -12 or -13 degrees Celsius, and there are even pure white ice crystals in the surroundings!
âI am a little short of reaching my goal, keep going!â
Jia Yan was determined.
The goal was right in front of him.
How could he give up!
The Giant Mosquito continued to spread his wings and flew upward!
To be continued.
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