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Chapter 244 Hmm, Xiaoshan? [First Update]

After Li Younan turned the car onto the side road, the steering wheel immediately vibrated, followed by constant feedback from the terrain transmitted from the unpaved road surface.

However, for the powerful Unimog, this level of unpaved off-road terrain is not a challenge.

Liu Li looked ahead with some excitement. She knew, of course, that the car she was in had strong off-road capabilities, but as a girl, she didn't really have a clear understanding of just how powerful it was.

But she had a strange feeling that this car belonged to this type of road.

She shared her thoughts, and Li Younan laughed. He said, "Actually, your idea isn't wrong. Some people buy off-road vehicles, even though they don't actually drive off-road and only drive on highways. But later on, when they see a pothole on the road, they can't help but want to drive the car over it, as if that's how they don't mistreat the off-road vehicle."

"Huh? There's such a thing? Hahahaha."

After the car had driven a short distance, Li Younan said again, "Fly the drone ahead and help me observe the area."

Liu Li nodded.

Although Li Younan was walking on this path, he remained very cautious. Fortunately, he had a drone, a magical tool, which allowed him to see the road conditions ahead at a glance.

Because it's springtime, the traffic flow on the 318 National Highway is generally less than between May and October. So, I didn't encounter a single car on this unpaved road, while the convoy I met yesterday was still quite far away.

Liu Li conducted a very thorough and meticulous investigation, but in order to ensure that the drone would not lose contact halfway through the flight, they did not dare to fly too far.

The drone had already flown past the convoy ahead and continued to explore. After flying for a while, Liu Li pointed to the screen and asked with some doubt, "Li Younan, take a look at this place."

Li Younan glanced at it, raised an eyebrow slightly, and then gently stepped on the brake.

He asked Liu Li to fly the drone closer and zoom in on the image, then watched it for a while.

This is a slope covered with a lot of snow. Although most of the snow has melted by now, the slope has become somewhat muddy.

Li Younan stroked his chin and thought for a moment before saying, "We have to go around this place."

It wasn't that he didn't believe in his car's performance, but if a drone could find a more reliable route, there was no need to put himself in a situation with uncertainties.

With the driving skills granted by the system, Li Younan immediately realized that in this place, there was a high probability that off-road vehicles would get stuck or skid.

Liu Li nodded and then controlled the drone to search the vicinity. She actually found a small path that could be bypassed, but it would take about a kilometer longer.

Li Younan didn't seem to care, saying, "It already saves a lot of time compared to taking the main road."

Li Younan's Unimog uses extremely intimidating 445 tires. Only the 5023 Unimog can be fitted with this size tire, and it is an LT heavy-duty tire.

Walking on this road, Li Younan didn't have to worry about the broken stones on the ground. He was not slow, and after driving for a while, he gradually caught up with the off-road vehicle convoy in front of him.

……

When Chen Meiyou saw Li Younan's Unimog in the rearview mirror, she was completely stunned.

She immediately recognized the Unimog as the same one she had encountered at the campsite the day before. Her first reaction was one of absurdity—had the vehicle been following their convoy all along?
But she quickly dismissed the impossible thought; how could that be?

Then... does that mean the other party also knows this path?
If that's the case, perhaps we really misunderstood him. It seems this isn't his first time on 318.
But then she remembered that Li Younan had clearly said yesterday that it was his first time coming here.

Just as he was wondering what was going on, Li Younan's car had already stepped on the gas and caught up.

The unpaved road wasn't narrow; it could easily accommodate two cars side by side. However, it was still somewhat difficult for a large vehicle like the Unimog, so Li Younan couldn't overtake it for the time being.

After seemingly trying twice, Li Younan gave up, slowed down, and followed the convoy at a leisurely pace.

Li Younan's arrival quickly attracted the attention of the other vehicles, and the team leader's voice came through the walkie-talkie: "What's going on with that Unimog in the back?"

Chen Meiyou replied, "It seems to be the same one from yesterday. I don't know why, but it followed us here."

The team leader remained silent for a while before saying, "It seems like he's planning to overtake us. There's no way to give way to him. Let's drive a little further and see if there's a place where we can give way."

After driving for a while, the car arrived at the fork in the road that Li Younan and Liu Li had scouted with the drone, where there was a space to avoid the obstacle.

The team leader swerved the car around, and the cars behind followed suit, making way for Li Younan.

When it was Chen Meiyou's turn, she stuck her hand out of the car window and waved at Li Younan before turning the steering wheel to the side of the road.

Li Younan parked the car at the intersection, smiled at Liu Li, and said, "I'll go down and say hello to them."

Li Younan jumped out of the car, just as the convoy stopped to rest.

Li Younan greeted Chen Meiyou.

Of all the people in the car team, only Chen Meiyou was friendly to Li Younan.

Chen Meiyou asked with some doubt, "How do you know this road too?"

Li Younan nodded and said, "I have a drone in my car. I just scouted it out and found this road."

Chen Meiyou then revealed a knowing expression.

Li Younan glanced at one side of the fork in the road and asked, "Are you planning to go this way?"

Chen Meiyou said, "I'm not too sure either, I just followed the team leader."

Li Younan said, "You can follow me. There's a place this way that I think it might be difficult for the car to get up there."

"Ah? What's wrong?"

“It’s a slope, and the car will easily slip,” Li Younan said without going into details.

Chen Meiyou looked hesitant: "Are you sure?" Li Younan nodded: "I used a drone to check."

"Okay, I'll talk to the team leader."

Just as the two of them were talking, the other people in the car got off. The team leader and the bald man from yesterday came over with smiles on their faces: "Hey, brother, you've arrived here too. You know this road too?"

Li Younan nodded, without going into details about why he chose this path.

Chen Meiyou immediately said to the team leader, "Team leader, there seems to be a place ahead where the car won't be able to pass easily, right, Li Younan?"

Li Younan nodded: "I just checked with the drone, there's a slope..."

Before Li Younan could finish speaking, the team leader laughed and said, "Oh, you mean that place? Of course I know it. Don't worry, there won't be any problems. I travel this road all the time."

Li Younan raised an eyebrow slightly, a little puzzled in his heart. If the other party frequently traveled this road, there was no reason why he wouldn't know that ordinary off-road vehicles would have a hard time getting through that place. To put it bluntly, there was nowhere to hook up a winch.

Of course, the main reason is that the snow made the original road section somewhat slippery.

However, Li Younan was too lazy to persuade them anymore, and simply said to Chen Meiyou behind him, "Hehe, I'm going this way."

Chen Meiyou hesitated for a moment. Compared to Li Younan, he naturally trusted the team leader more. Since the team leader said that it could be passed, there shouldn't be any major problems.

Perhaps Li Younan's driving skills or judgment were a bit lacking, so Chen Meiyou said, "Since you're already here, why don't you come with us?"

Li Younan smiled and shook his head. Before he could say anything, the bald middle-aged man next to him said to Chen Meiyou, "Sister Chen, you're wrong. This young man's Unimog has excellent off-road capabilities! You should worry about your own car instead of worrying about him."

Seeing this, Chen Meiyou had no choice but to give up.

The team leader and the bald man in the convoy said goodbye to Li Younan very warmly.

After Li Younan and the others left, the team leader slowly said, "If that guy wants to come with us, we can let him, but since he has this idea, we shouldn't interfere. If he encounters any problems on the way, he might blame us."

Chen Meiyou naturally understood this principle and said somewhat helplessly, "Alright, I understand. I won't meddle in other people's business anymore."

……

After separating from the convoy, Li Younan continued driving along the route that Liu Li had scouted earlier.

As the altitude increased, Li Younan would glance at Liu Li beside him every now and then, only to see that her expression had become somewhat serious, and she would frown from time to time.

Li Younan roughly understood that Liu Li's head was starting to ache slightly because of the increased altitude.

With a clear view ahead, Li Younan glanced at the rearview mirror and saw no cars behind him. He slammed on the brakes and brought the car to a steady stop.

Liu Li was stunned for a moment, then looked at Li Younan with some confusion.

Li Younan sighed softly: "Why are you so clueless, girl? Don't you even know to say anything when you're not feeling well?"

Liu Li blinked.

She didn't feel uncomfortable.

Right now, he's thinking back to the girl who greeted Li Younan; the way they talked seemed pretty...friendly.

While she was still in a daze, Li Younan had already gone to the carriage, then brought over the portable oxygen concentrator, placed it in front of Liu Li without saying a word, turned it on, and shoved the oxygen tube into her face: "Plug it in."

Liu Li blinked. Although she was already certain that Li Younan had misunderstood something, she didn't say anything more and just silently put on the breathing tube.

To be honest, although I haven't reached the point of altitude sickness yet, wearing this oxygen concentrator seems to make me feel more comfortable than before, whether it's just psychological or not.

She gave Li Younan a strange look.

Li Younan continued driving, and after driving for quite a while, he turned off the side road and returned to the national highway. By then, the mountaintop was already in front of him.

Looking down at the foot of the mountain, there was a long line of cars stuck in traffic.

Liu Li looked at Li Younan.

Li Younan found it somewhat amusing: "What's wrong?"

Liu Li lowered her head and said, "Luckily you chose to take a detour, otherwise we would definitely still be stuck in traffic right now."

Li Younan smiled and said, "Actually, traffic jams don't matter, but if we want to go up Zheduo Mountain today, we need to consider a few more things."

Then, he pointed to the lonely peak of Mount Gongga in front of him and said, "I'll park the car in that open space in front of me later. From there, you can see Mount Gongga that I climbed earlier very clearly."

Actually, you can already see Mount Gongga from here.

Liu Li looked at the mountain peak that resembled a throne. The surrounding mountains, thousands of meters high, seemed to be its subjects, prostrating themselves at its feet, including the Zheduo Mountain beneath the car.

For a moment, she felt an indescribable emotion. The more magnificent Mount Gongga appeared, the stronger this emotion became. She looked at Li Younan—

The mountain he climbed last time was actually this one?

Afterwards, Li Younan parked the car on an open space by the roadside, took out a handheld radio from the cockpit, tuned it to the radio in the car, and said to Liu Li, "You can use this to talk to me later. It can cover a range of twenty or thirty kilometers. Since we're here, I might as well check out this little hill."

Liu Li silently gazed at the summit of Zheduo Mountain.

Although the summit of Zheduo Mountain cannot compare with the main peak of Gongga Mountain in the distance, it is still a mountain with an altitude of nearly 5 meters.

Hmm, Xiaoshan?

(End of this chapter)