Chapter 112

Rumble!

The cloud ship crashed onto the sea, but did not produce the violent bumping sound one would expect. Even with the protective shield, the bottom of the ship inevitably collided with the waves, yet everyone felt as if they had scraped against land.

"This is..."

Yun Hu stared blankly at the scene displayed on the main control screen.

Countless mists were repelled by the origin energy shield raised by the cloud ship, followed by countless winds and snows. As the cloud ship entered the inner part of the Ice Sea, the seawater that constantly collided with the bottom of the ship actually turned into land. Countless gravels splashed and bounced from both sides of the cloud ship. Before them was a vast and boundless ice field!

"Indeed... the entrance is on the sea."

Xuan Gui's expression was solemn as he whispered, "If I'm not mistaken, we have now entered the [Ice Sea Relic]!"

The protective shield gradually weakened under the bombardment. Realizing that the scene had changed, the cloud ship's forward speed immediately began to slow down.

"Entered the relic, just like that?"

Someone opened their mouth in disbelief.

Someone else suddenly shouted, "Look, the way back is gone!"

Gu Xiaoman followed the sound and looked towards the rear of the cloud ship.

The place they had come from was already covered by a patch of snow and mist.

The fog was vast and it was difficult to see the direction.

"Stop, turn around!"

Yun Hu roared.

The cloud ship rose again and quickly changed direction... but the way back was blocked by heavy snow. Countless ice and snow debris battered the protective shield. After traveling a short distance, the cloud ship gradually stopped.

Because the scene seen in the Ice Sea was too shocking, coupled with the fact that the enforcers participating in this mission were generally still relatively young, the scene caused a certain degree of commotion.

Gu Xiaoman wrapped herself in her cloak and silently watched the cloud ship's turmoil.

In the end, it was still Yun Hu's voice that suppressed the audience.

"It seems that we have indeed entered the 'Disaster Zone'. Don't panic. According to the original plan, the teams will leave the cloud ship... now is when the exploration mission truly begins!"

As the mission leader, and a divine envoy of the Source Tower for many years, Yun Hu had seen many big scenes.

Entering the Disaster Zone and losing the exit was a very normal thing.

The entrances and exits of many Disaster Zones were not in the same place.

But in fact, finding the exit was not too difficult.

As long as it was a closed Disaster Zone, it must conform to the iron law of origin energy conservation, so it was often only necessary to determine the approximate direction of the exit through the direction of "origin energy flow."

Under the suppression and leadership of the two divine envoys, the people on the cloud ship quickly restored order. They put on the latest external exoskeleton equipment, which was also a "quasi-Source Armor weapon" developed by the Upper City to rival the Northern Continent, and began to disembark one after another.

No one distributed equipment to Gu Xiaoman, and she didn't care.

She was wearing a fifth-order Source Armor. Even Yun Hu and Xuan Gui's equipment was not as good as hers!

The people on the cloud ship had undergone training before departure, and were divided into dozens of small teams. The captains were the divine envoy candidates, and each of them would carry five to six transcendent team members...

Soon, only Gu Xiaoman was left on the cloud ship.

Yun Hu and Xuan Gui didn't say a word to her before leaving...

Since Mr. Tianshui had given this little girl extremely high authority, they would treat her as an invisible person. They would do their mission, and Gu Xiaoman could do whatever she wanted.

The relationship between them seemed peaceful.

But in reality, undercurrents were surging.

Gu Xiaoman knew the real reason why Yun Hu and Xuan Gui did not attack her—

Although the deep sea network could not be connected in the Ice Sea area, the closed network on the cloud ship was still working silently.

The reason why these two divine envoys had not shown hostility towards her was because they still had to return... and at this moment, the closed network on the cloud ship was faithfully recording everything that happened in the cabin!

Gu Xiaoman waited quietly on the cloud ship for an hour. She was not in a hurry to leave.

Intuition told her.

The [Ice Sea Relic] was not as simple as it seemed.

If the cloud ship's chosen docking point was very dangerous, then the exploration team would soon encounter an accident... So many outbound teams could not all be wiped out. Someone would definitely escape back to the cloud ship. At that time, Yun Hu and Xuan Gui would definitely choose to restart the cloud ship and find a slightly safer base.

In addition, Gu Xiaoman also felt "hostility" from those candidates.

During this period, she was excluded from the group.

None of Yun Hu and Xuan Gui's candidates communicated with her, although this was what she expected... but she vaguely felt that if she was left alone, and then encountered these guys, they might do something crazy.

A wise man does not stand under a dangerous wall.

She chose to wait for those enforcers to disperse, and then go out to explore at a relatively safe time.

She preferred to be a lone wolf.

Rather than be teammates with these people.

……

……

Under the Ice Sea, in a silent place that no one can see.

A falling rock made a dull impact sound.

"Dong."

That was the sound of touching the cliffs at the deepest part of the Ice Sea.

"Dong..."

The sound slowly rippled in the depths of the Ice Sea, but unfortunately no one could hear it in this endless and profound darkness, and it was soon drowned out by the sound of surging undercurrents.

The waves at the deepest part of the Ice Sea repeatedly washed the stone wall.

But it was blocked by the faint, red light of the array patterns.

This stone was shrouded in the light of the array patterns.

Within it was a gaunt and emaciated figure, as if glued to the stone wall. A withered heart was carved above his head, and countless intricate and obscure ancient texts surrounded the heart, spreading into a dry and entangled tree trunk. If you only looked at this stone wall mural, you would have the illusion that this gaunt figure was actually sitting under this ancient tree.

With the sound of "Dong" as the stone landed.

The echo gradually spread, and then gradually dissipated.

The stone was stuck in the sheath rock crevices of the deep sea crust, and it did not move again, but at the bottom of this silent deep sea, a second "Dong" sound rang out.

"...Dong!"

The dry and withered heart seemed to come back to life!

It actually beat once!

The eyelids of the gaunt figure slowly twitched.

A golden flame ignited on his forehead. This flame was very dazzling, and it was like a sun at the bottom of the dark sea, thousands of meters deep!

But the flame was absorbed by the stone wall in an instant, turning into wisps of fire, and swept into the stone wall gully.

The sunken stone wall ancient texts merged with the golden flame, shining together.

The golden fire flowed slowly on the stone wall like lava, carrying a vast amount of vitality, and climbed all the way up against the current, nourishing the dry and withered ancient text branches, and finally merged into the heart position.

"Dong!"

Once again, the sound of beating rang out!

The withered figure who had been sleeping for several years slowly opened his eyes.

……

……

Pure Land World.

Tie Wu stood on the roof of the tree house with his hands on his hips, looking at the magnificent scene before him with satisfaction.

With the Su Xuan Tree as the center, it spread out for ten miles.

Flower beds were square and neat.

Although the snow was flying and the frost was still there, the grass and trees in those flower beds had at least sprouted a seedling. Accompanied by the flying snowflakes, this touch of green was very amazing...

"Thank you for your hard work."

Li Qingci slowly landed and came to Tie Wu's side, saying this sentence.

If she remembered correctly, Tie Wu had not rested for seven days and seven nights. Although the souls in the Pure Land did not need to rest, long-term labor would actually consume their spirit. The reason why the souls could condense was because of this ray of spirit. If the spirit dissipated... then nothing would be left.

"It's okay, serving the Divine Seat, it's not hard."

Tie Wu grinned and said, "Miss Qingci, do you see anything that needs to be improved in these flower beds?"

"Not for now."

Li Qingci shook her head and said, "Eight directions of wind and rain, grass and trees suppress the town, these are all built according to the drawings designed by Adam."

"That's good." Tie Wu breathed a slight sigh of relief.

He looked at the flower bed not far away. The blond and blue-eyed silly big Adam was squatting in front of a plant, studying it intently, not knowing what he was studying.

Beside Adam, there was another real silly big guy, Hong Zhong.

Adam was studying plants and how to make the green leaves of the Pure Land world take root and sprout.

As for Hong Zhong... Tie Wu really didn't know what this guy was studying.

Thinking of this, a look of sadness appeared on his face.

"Miss Qingci, you said how long has it been, why is the Divine Seat still sitting under the tree? What is he trying to comprehend?"

Next to the flower bed, directly below the Su Xuan Tree, sat a black-shirted figure with a straight spine.

Gu Shen.

At this moment, Gu Shen's state was very subtle. Every soul in the Pure Land could see his real figure, but if someone went to touch it, they would find that the figure was a wisp of wind, which would dissipate as soon as it was touched. After retreating three feet, the figure would re-condense.

At this moment, Gu Shen was more like a soul than those souls.

"I... don't know."

Li Qingci thought for a long time, and finally sighed and shook her head: "Perhaps Gu Shen is trying to comprehend a way to make this world less cold?"

It was impossible for her to tell Tie Wu the truth.

Gu Shen was currently trapped under ten thousand meters of sea... The current phantom was a manifestation of Gu Shen's attempt to advance.

But she was not lying.

Li Qingci practiced the Prayer Technique, and her intuition was also very keen.

She had a premonition that if Gu Shen wanted to break through the dead end, it would not be enough to rely on advancement alone.

"Make this world less cold..."

Tie Wu was stunned after hearing this, and his expression became complicated. He recalled that when he and Gu Shen had just met, this place was still a wasteland.

At that time, the Pure Land was not cold.

The spring rain was continuous and as moist as ghee.

Now, many years have passed in a flash, and he had become accustomed to the great cold and dead silence of the Pure Land world.

"Can this world really be less cold?"

Tie Wu smiled softly, rubbed his hands, and murmured, "I'm looking forward to that day. I want to see these green leaves bloom."

As soon as the words fell.

The branches of the Su Xuan Tree fell, stirring up a breeze.

The wind was a little cold, but not as cold as before...

Tie Wu was slightly startled.

He subconsciously stretched out his palm and caught a ball of crushed snow blown by the branches.

The breeze blew past.

The crushed snow began to melt.

This world began to blow a less cold breeze, blowing up a puff of crushed snow. The souls wandering in the Pure Land raised their heads one after another. Most of them had lost their minds, had no autonomous consciousness, and could not speak, but as the most basic environmental perception of the souls, they still possessed it.

These souls all looked blank.

In their perception... this world seemed to be changing.

Adam, who was squatting in the flower bed, wiped a handful of green leaves with his fingertips, and his expression suddenly changed.

"The snow... is melting?"

Hong Zhong, who was beside Adam, also showed a surprised expression, and his throat made a hoarse sound.

Countless flowing winds converged towards the center of the world where the Su Xuan Tree was located. The figure sitting cross-legged under the tree had not moved a bit for more than a thousand days. Under the blowing of wind and snow, the illusory shadow gradually solidified.

"Divine Seat... is about to break through?!"

Tie Wu was stunned for a moment, but then he realized that something was wrong. In the process of solidifying that illusory figure, a large amount of wind and snow was rolled into it, and along with it, there was also the transcendent origin energy produced by these grass and tree spirits!

Li Qingci's eyes lit up, and she immediately said: "Quick, now is the time, send all the origin energy accumulated in the flower beds over there—"

In the past few years, the souls of the Pure Land had been farming and planting densely day and night.

The purpose was to produce enough origin energy!

"Rumble~~~"

The Pure Land began to tremble, and every soul resumed its busy work.

The wind and snow roared, and the original meaning of great cold and silence gradually dissipated. At this moment, the strong wind had three points more of a faint bleakness and solemnity.

A large amount of origin energy frantically converged and poured into Gu Shen's phantom!

Countless fires of life burst out from Gu Shen's withered eyebrows. The branches and leaves of the Su Xuan Tree were blown up by the strong wind, fluttering like fireworks.

Snow whirled around.

The three transcendent realms brought an unprecedented increase in combat power, which also made Gu Shen's breakthrough extremely difficult. He needed to transform a large amount of "fire of life" to fill the heart lake... After five years, this longest level was finally broken through.

The realm of "fire of life" was completed in the Pure Land world, and spread outward.

Different from the ten-meter or twenty-meter expansion of ordinary fourth-order transcendents.

Gu Shen's "fire of life" swept across the wilderness boundlessly. The flames that climbed the Su Xuan Tree branches and flew upwards crossed the sky like shooting stars, melting the ice and snow wherever they passed, reversing the great cold winter.

The entire Pure Land, all the souls, were witnessing Gu Shen's unprecedented great breakthrough.

However, above the iron dome, a dark cloud slowly emerged.

This dark cloud tore apart the Pure Land's sky cover, and directly aimed at the Su Xuan Tree, scattering a piece of extreme, rich black.

The place where this black beam of light fell was none other than Gu Shen, who was sitting cross-legged, wholeheartedly immersed in the bottleneck of the breakthrough.

Li Qingci, Tie Wu, Adam, Hong Zhong... looked at the direction of the dark cloud with astonished expressions!

They saw countless black shadows mottled and intertwined, reflecting a mirror world almost identical to the Pure Land in the clouds, but the difference was that it was a purely black "Pure Land"!