Chapter 70: Save Your Homeland, Ice Spirit
Bubu Wang pitifully hugged Su Xiao's leg, he was most afraid of ghost-like beings, not because he couldn't defeat them, but because he had trauma in this regard.
"That's not a ghost... probably some kind of spirit."
"Woof?"
"Have I ever lied to you?"
"Woof!"
Bubu Wang's courage swelled, he pulled the snow sled and quickly ran toward the direction of the Ice Spirit, his angry little eyes clearly saying: "You scared me, now you're caught."
After traveling a hundred meters, the snow sled stopped. Su Xiao stood up from the sled and looked the Ice Spirit up and down. Seeing this, Baha spoke:
"Name, age, race, three... ahem, answer the above questions first."
"Babalahi? (Unknown language)"
"What the hell?"
"Woof (Baha, she said you have diarrhea)."
"Damn!"
Ice Spirit: "???"
The Ice Spirit was very confused, she seemed unable to understand what Baha was saying.
"Kill her."
"Got it."
"W-wait, I, I can speak, a little, human, language."
The Ice Spirit spoke very broken Void language, it felt like a little female donkey reciting a text, very strange.
Facts once again proved that physical negotiation is sometimes more reliable than charm negotiation.
"Do you have other tribesmen?"
Although Su Xiao didn't hold much hope, if there were many Ice Spirits in the Extreme Cold Land, he could mobilize them all. Even if these Ice Spirits had average combat power, they could still help find other participants.
"Yes, I do."
The Ice Spirit nodded repeatedly.
Su Xiao looked into the Ice Spirit's eyes. This Ice Spirit was lying; she had no kin.
"You know the terrain here very well?"
"Mm."
When the Ice Spirit spoke, her expression was noticeably more natural.
"Take me to the place where you were born."
"Born...?"
The Ice Spirit clearly didn't understand the meaning of "born." Seeing this, Bubu Wang burrowed into the snow, and a few seconds later, suddenly popped out of the snow, giving the Ice Spirit a live demonstration of birth.
"What kind of description is that? She probably won't understand..."
Just as Su Xiao finished speaking.
"The place where I, descended, can, take you there."
"..."
"Woof~"
The Ice Spirit floated ahead. Of course, Su Xiao wasn't curious about where she was born; he was planning to set up a lookout, letting the Ice Spirit find other participants.
Directly threatening the Ice Spirit to make her search everywhere for other participants was unlikely—that was the lowest, stupidest method. Su Xiao had a more efficient approach.
The reason Su Xiao did this was that the Ice Spirit was very familiar with this Extreme Cold Land. She didn't know how many years she had lived here, and her understanding of the terrain was unmatched by any participant, including Su Xiao.
After traveling about an hour, the Ice Spirit led Su Xiao to a sloping downward ice cave.
"This is, here."
"..."
Su Xiao approached the ice cave, took a ten-centimeter-thick metal tube from his storage space, and pulled it apart with both hands. The interior was precise, with dozens of grooves holding mechanical bees.
The glass columns on the abdomens of ten mechanical bees lit up green, their wings vibrated, and they flew into the ice cave.
Bubu Wang put on a pair of mechanical goggles; he was more skilled at manipulating these metal bees.
A few minutes later, Bubu Wang barked, indicating there was no danger inside.
Su Xiao walked into the sloping ice cave. After going dozens of meters deep, the ice cave ended, and a huge cracked crystal appeared ahead, with remnants of a cocoon shell still visible inside.
"That's right, this is the birthplace of the Ice Spirit, a node of the ice vein."
Baha spoke, and Bubu Wang was slightly puzzled—when did Baha understand "ice vein nodes"? Immediately, under the enhancement of the cold environment, Bubu figured out what was going on and silently gave himself a thumbs up for his wit.
Bubu Wang merged into the environment and had just run a dozen meters out of the ice cave when he saw the Ice Spirit peeking and looking around, her pointed ears pressed against the ice wall, eavesdropping.
Bubu Wang took dozens of miniature trackers from his storage space, checked their signal strength, picked one, and quietly attached it to the hem of the Ice Spirit's skirt.
Deep inside the ice cave, Su Xiao was installing something on the giant crystal.
"After stabilizing for 10 hours, leveling this snowfield will be no problem. By then..."
"Mm, I've been looking for that thing for years, and today I finally found it. Let's guard here first. In 10 hours, no one will be able to dismantle these devices."
Baha was very good at cooperating, and their conversation was all overheard by the Ice Spirit.
Hearing this, the Ice Spirit was stunned for a moment, then began to slowly back away. She already understood what was happening—these people were going to blow up her homeland to get something.
The Ice Spirit quietly floated out of the ice cave and quickly drifted back the way she came. An hour later, she stopped, blocked by a blizzard ahead.
The Ice Spirit was certainly not afraid of the blizzard, but as soon as she rushed into it, she felt cold. This feeling was unfamiliar; her soul seemed to be gradually freezing, which was a completely different concept from physical cold.
A few minutes later, the Ice Spirit burst out of the blizzard, her translucent body somewhat condensed. For her, this was not a good thing; she would need a few days to recover.
The Ice Spirit was very anxious. She thought of seeking help from the outside world, but the Extreme Cold Land was sealed off, and she felt that the humans outside might not be willing to save this snowfield.
Just as the Ice Spirit was about to cry, she suddenly thought that she could unite other creatures or humans on the icefield to deal with that evil human.
The Ice Spirit felt she was so clever. She reached her hand into the snow, her perception spreading with the snowfield.
Creak, creak~
The sound of snow being stepped on came. The Ice Spirit was overjoyed; there were humans far away, and she was ready to seek help.
Several kilometers away, Bubu Wang was holding a military computer, looking up at the sky.
"Boss, will that Ice Spirit really go find other participants?"
"Eighty percent chance, yes."
"Can she find them?"
"The probability isn't low. Her perception is very strong."
Su Xiao exhaled white mist. He did this entirely because he had nothing better to do. Instead of blindly searching everywhere, it was more reliable to use this Ice Spirit to find them.
As for blowing up the icefield or looking for something, that was completely untrue. This was just to make the Ice Spirit feel a sense of crisis. When she had no other options, the only thing she could do was seek help.
Who the Ice Spirit would seek help from was a very interesting question. If she brought some powerful snowfield creatures, that was fine too. Su Xiao wouldn't stay long in that ice cave. After the Ice Spirit destroyed the signal transmitter in the cave, she would be at ease.
But if the Ice Spirit went to seek help from other participants, that would be very interesting.
Ten kilometers away, the Ice Spirit was floating at high speed across the snowfield. Her target was very clear: a human. She didn't know if he was good or bad, but she had to try.
The Ice Spirit stopped. Dozens of meters away from her was a man in priestly robes with a gentle expression. He was a pioneer from Sanctuary Paradise, named Yamu.
"Please, help me."
The Ice Spirit's eyes were full of pleading, but she didn't immediately approach Yamu.
"Lady, it is the gods who guide you here. Please speak your troubles."
Yamu smiled even more gently. For him, spirits were good materials. After grinding a living body into powder, the painful consciousness inside could summon evil beings, very strong evil beings.
"Someone is going to destroy this snowfield. We will all die. Please help me."
"Destroy... this snowfield?"
Yamu's first feeling was disbelief. This was the venue for the Strongest Battle. Who would dare destroy it? Unless it was another participant.
An eagle's cry came from the sky. Yamu looked up, and his pupils began to contract.
"It's you. You, led, them, here!"
The gentleness on Yamu's face vanished. At this point, he had already figured out what was going on.
Boom!
A figure rapidly descended from above. Large amounts of snow splashed around, and blood energy spread in the vicinity.