Chapter 13 The Experiment

Gu Xiaoman took off the Ring of Clouds, stroking it slowly as she sank into thought.

If she wasn't mistaken...

As long as she interacted with this ring on a mental level, her coordinates would be updated externally. In other words, whether she was immersed in cultivating within the "Ring of Clouds" or passively accepting the warm currents delivered by the ring... her location would be exposed!

If she threw it away, she probably wouldn't be tracked anymore.

With this in mind, Gu Xiaoman looked at Wu Yan.

She intended to keep her promise not to personally kill Wu Yan.

Of course... she wasn't planning on letting go of this hunter who intended to kill her.

"I will give you a chance to 'live'... as an experiment for myself."

Gu Xiaoman said indifferently, "If the Ring of Clouds still transmits coordinates to those people, maybe you can be saved. But you need to think carefully about how you'll explain this ring and your betrayal of the Divine Envoy if you really survive."

Wu Yan's pupils constricted. He wanted to say something.

【Annihilating Dream】activated. He groaned and instantly lost consciousness.

Gu Xiaoman's spirit easily broke through Wu Yan's Sea of Consciousness.

A moment later, Gu Xiaoman left. At the foot of the empty snow mountain, only a lonely figure remained.

Wu Yan's eyes were tightly closed, leaning against the stone cave. He was still breathing, but all his spirit was trapped in the 【Annihilating Dream】 dreamscape.

In the snow in front of him lay a shiny silver ring!

Gu Xiaoman's "experiment" was actually to see... if there was no mental interaction, whether the Ring of Clouds could still send signals to the people of the Origin Tower.

This was the "lifeline" she left for Wu Yan.

If the ring still sent coordinates periodically, then someone would come.

Of course, these people might not save Wu Yan when they saw him.

This was beyond Gu Xiaoman's control, and she didn't care about the aftermath... 【Annihilating Dream】collected a wisp of his spirit, and she could observe the final state of this wisp to determine whether her guess about the characteristics of the 【Ring of Clouds】was correct.

"Whoosh..."

The place was extremely cold, the wind howled, and soon heavy snow fell on Wu Yan's shoulders, turning him into a snow sculpture.

Later, the body's breathing became weaker and weaker.

Until it returned to nothingness and was completely extinguished.

...

...

"That guy, he actually froze to death?"

The wisp of spirit retained in 【Annihilating Dream】returned to the void.

This meant that Wu Yan died of natural causes, without intervention.

Gu Xiaoman walked on the snowfield. This time, the warning in her heart did not trigger for a long time.

Sure enough, after discarding the Ring of Clouds, the whole world became quiet.

"It seems that the ring can only transmit the coordinates of the host with whom it has a mental interaction..."

Her expression was not good: "I should have thought of it earlier. I was schemed against."

Peeping and controlling are the strengths of the Sky God Seat, and it's reasonable for the Ring of Clouds to have a "positioning function."

"I knew Qinglong wasn't a good person..."

Gu Xiaoman squatted down, scooped up a handful of snow, rubbed her face, and murmured, "No wonder I wanted to send that broken ring out earlier."

Gu Xiaoman gradually calmed down.

After careful consideration, she began to understand everything that had happened here.

She encountered Dong Seyue and Sidal earlier only because they were strong enough and fast enough. When the Ring of Clouds reported the location for the first time, they happened to be nearby!

If those guys could really track her in real time.

Probably the first ones to come would have been Yunhu and Xuangui...

These two guys are ruthless. If they wanted to kill her, they wouldn't have shown any mercy!

Nothing is more guaranteed than acting herself!

Now that the Ring of Clouds no longer reports her coordinates, the enforcers of the Origin Tower are probably like ants on a hot pot, panicking and running around in circles, right?

Perhaps... now is a good opportunity for her to hunt them down instead?

"Never mind."

Gu Xiaoman shook her head. "It's better to avoid trouble."

She came here not to hunt these people.

Although she didn't mind sending those isolated enforcers to meet the King of Hell, she didn't want to waste time specifically hunting these candidates.

"I have a feeling... that there is something very important in the depths of this 【Frozen Sea Ruins】."

Gu Xiaoman looked towards the distant snow-covered wilderness.

After the cloud ship made an emergency landing.

Everyone lost their way.

But... it doesn't matter anymore. The purpose of the Origin Tower's trip was to explore the ruins. Now that they have arrived, there is nothing to hesitate about. They should first collect information, and after the information is collected, they can think about returning!

Moreover, according to prior speculation.

Before long, Guangming City, Central City, Changye, and other major forces will enter the 【Frozen Sea Ruins】 one after another, and it will become very lively here!

A group of people are trapped here, so why worry about not being able to leave?

If they really can't leave, then a group of them won't be able to leave!

...

...

"Damn... why isn't this coordinate updating?"

"Where are the coordinates? Why isn't it refreshing yet?"

Similar voices were constantly heard in the Origin Tower's central control channel.

These candidates had been searching for a long time in the area near where the cloud ship landed, scouring everything within a radius of thirty miles, without any gain.

No one expected that this grand hunting mission would only have a beginning and no end...

"Everyone, gather three kilometers south of the cloud ship. The countdown is fifteen minutes. Those who are late will be left behind."

Soon, Xuangui's order was issued in the central control channel. Before long, a group of candidates gathered south of the cloud ship.

Yunhu and Xuangui stood on high ground. Although their expressions didn't show any change, their mood was actually more depressed than that of these candidates.

Using the mental fluctuations transmitted by the 【Ring of Clouds】to hunt down Gu Xiaoman was their idea!

To ensure nothing went wrong.

Of course, they also participated in the plan, but no one knew where the mental fluctuations of the 【Ring of Clouds】would be transmitted from. These two Divine Envoys were unlucky. They didn't catch up with the first two accurate pieces of information, which led to Gu Xiaoman's smooth escape.

"Divine Envoys, why haven't Gu Xiaoman's coordinates been refreshed?"

"Sir, is the hunting mission still valid?"

Yunhu waved his hand to interrupt the candidate's question.

He cleared his throat and said, "The hunting mission is still valid... but there's no need to wait anymore. If you have a chance to meet her in the future, kill her, and the promised rewards and merits will not be reduced at all."

Yunhu knew clearly that, with Gu Xiaoman's cunning, she had probably guessed the means they were using to capture her location...

It was a pity about the 【Ring of Clouds】, which was a priceless A-grade sealed object.

The sealed object was most likely casually discarded by Gu Xiaoman in the snowy wilderness.

The 【Frozen Sea Ruins】 were so vast that once it was lost like this, it would probably never be found again.

With this in mind, Yunhu shook his head.

He said slowly: "Don't forget that our main task on this trip is to explore the 【Frozen Sea Ruins】. Xuangui and I just went to look in the distance... There is a range of snow-capped mountains to the south of here, and we discovered residual extraordinary fluctuations."

"Extraordinary fluctuations?"

The candidates were surprised.

It was unknown how many years this Frozen Sea Ruins had been buried under the sea, never revealing itself to the world.

To survive in such a harsh environment.

Probably only life that had undergone extraordinary awakening.

"Don't be nervous, it's likely the saints of the Storm Church..."

Yunhu smiled indifferently: "They took the first step and may have already discovered something. We will go and find out what they have found."

Driving the cloud ship away was also a step in his plan!

It didn't matter that he didn't kill Gu Xiaoman... Gu Xiaoman couldn't stay on the cloud ship to cultivate forever, right?

As long as this little girl got off the ship.

Then, she would suffer!

All the candidates would hunt her down, and even if she had great fortune and great abilities to escape the layers of pursuit...

She wouldn't have a chance to go back.

Yunhu would directly drive the cloud ship away. Next, the strong from the five continents would gather, and the "Red Dragon Inheritor" of the Origin Tower would be a highly coveted identity. Even if this little girl didn't die at his hands, she would die at the hands of others!

"Okay, everyone should be here, right? Get on board now!"

Yunhu waved his hand, signaling the candidates to lead the team to board the ship, while silently counting the number of people in his heart.

A moment later, the headcount was completed.

"Five are missing?"

Yunhu frowned slightly. The number of five people was neither too many nor too few, exactly a small team, which was a bit strange. He rechecked the list and found that candidate Wu Yan was missing. The other four were indeed his teammates.

This was not tardiness, because the central control channel had not received any news from Wu Yan's team for a long time.

Xuangui reminded in a low voice: "The last person to discover 'Gu Xiaoman's' location was Wu Yan."

"Hmm..."

Yunhu said expressionlessly: "Since they didn't come back, they are probably dead. Don't worry about it, we'll just set sail."

Boom!

The cloud ship's engine roared, and countless snow pellets splashed up. The behemoth restarted and sped towards the south.

On the other side, Gu Xiaoman, who was walking silently alone in the snow, heard a low rumble.

She quickly looked up.

A giant ship with blue flames shooting out streaked across the sky like a meteor.

"Because they couldn't find me, they started the cloud ship..."

Gu Xiaoman smiled mockingly. She knew that Yunhu's purpose in doing so was to shake her off.

But she didn't care.

From the moment she left the cloud ship, she never thought about coming back.

The visibility in the 【Frozen Sea Ruins】 was very low. The blue flames disappeared in an instant, and the explosive rumble in the air quickly disappeared as well. Gu Xiaoman withdrew her gaze and continued to walk, one foot deep and the other shallow.

The footprints on the snow moved forward alternately, not crooked, but very straight.

Following the guidance of her heart, Gu Xiaoman silently walked towards the unknown distance...

And she didn't know.

The direction that the fleeting cloud ship was heading was almost consistent with the long line on the snow.

Hu Die Lan