After completing the spirit gathering of the Five Spirit Disk, approximately twenty-four hours had passed.
The berserker effect of Lu Bu ended, and Bai Ye returned to his normal state. At the same time, Bai Ye finally reached the boundary of this spiritual anomaly zone.
"This time, I shouldn't have made a mistake!"
Bai Ye stepped across the boundary, and as the surrounding light dissipated, then...
"Achoo!"
After Bai Ye emerged from the glow, he immediately felt a chilling aura and couldn't help but cover his nose and sneeze.
Before Bai Ye was a vast expanse of glaciers, with wind and snow blowing around, and waves of cold instantly assailing him.
Even with Bai Ye's current physique, he could feel the invasion of the cold, making him shiver.
However, Bai Ye's face revealed joy; glaciers were correct!
He hadn't come to the wrong place; this should be the venue for the coming-of-age ceremony.
"Then..." Bai Ye said, exhaling warm air, "First, I need to find the scientific expedition team's base. I remember its location shouldn't be too far from the zone boundary!"
Bai Ye thought to himself, rubbing his hands, and continued to move forward.
The icy and snowy environment made one suspect this was a doomsday zone, as this place did not seem like any living creature could survive.
But Bai Ye knew that this was actually a technological zone.
A wealthy man named Weyland owned his private satellite. One day, that private satellite discovered a pyramid-shaped temple ruin deep within the Antarctic glaciers. Coincidentally, Weyland was a wealthy man who loved adventure and possessed an exploratory spirit.
Thus, Weyland spent a fortune assembling a scientific expedition team to venture deep into the Antarctic glaciers to explore the pyramid ruins, and that's when the terrible things began.
Within the pyramid ruins, there were extremely terrifying alien creatures known as Xenomorphs, organic lifeforms in a nearly perfect combat form. They had been imprisoned here by ancient human gods for at least two thousand years and, barring any accidents, would have continued to be imprisoned. However, the appearance of the expedition team disrupted everything. The expedition team entered the ruins, awakening the dormant Xenomorphs. These Xenomorphs began to lay eggs, multiplying in large numbers, and these creatures were extremely aggressive. They possessed a killing instinct and would kill all other species.
Meanwhile...
A spaceship also descended upon this glacier. Three Predators were also planning to enter the ruins.
They were the ancient humans of the world where this area was located. That pyramid ruin was built by their ancestors. When their technological civilization reached its peak, they built spaceships and began to explore the universe, leaving this world.
However, after two thousand years, these ancient humans still maintained their traditions. Every ancient human who wished to become a true warrior needed to complete their coming-of-age ceremony, which was to return to their ancestral land and hunt the Xenomorphs imprisoned there.
Life or death!
Complete the hunt, or die in the ruins.
Therefore, from an environmental perspective, this glacier had absolutely no connection to the so-called "sense of technology," but it was actually a technological zone.
Of course, if one insisted on calling it a doomsday zone, Bai Ye felt it wouldn't be entirely wrong. If those Xenomorphs left the ruins, it would undoubtedly be a catastrophe for humanity, as they would slaughter all other species, including humans.
However, Bai Ye did not know the ultimate outcome.
Perhaps in that world, the Xenomorphs eventually became the victors, and that world might have become a doomsday under the ravages of the Xenomorphs.
Of course, it was also possible that humanity or the Predators emerged victorious, in which case peace would remain. Although the Predators were also ferocious, they did not possess the innate killing instinct of the Xenomorphs.
But the specific state of that world was not important. What was important was that this area had become part of the world battlefield.
Lost in thought, Bai Ye stopped, as a building appeared ahead.
The building resembled an oversized container, square-shaped, with a silver-white exterior.
"Is that a monitoring station?"
Bai Ye deduced that it was not the scientific expedition team's base, as the base was much larger. Therefore, it should only be a monitoring station set up here by the scientific expedition team.
Bai Ye looked at the sky; the wind and snow seemed to have intensified slightly.
Traveling in this damned weather was quite difficult, with very low visibility. Moreover, it was extremely cold. If his body hadn't been modified by the T-virus and continuously strengthened by the Five Spirit Disk, Bai Ye felt he would have long ago frozen into an ice popsicle. But even if he could endure it, Bai Ye thought it would be better to find some warm clothes and then continue his journey after the snowstorm stopped.
Bai Ye thought to himself, walking into the building and pushing the door open.
And then...
Bai Ye was stunned!
What was going on?
The monitoring station was brightly lit and occupied by several people, perhaps four or five. Most of them were wrapped in blankets, sitting at tables or resting on the ground.
When Bai Ye opened the door, many people's gazes turned towards him, but only for a brief moment before they looked away and continued with their own activities, as if Bai Ye's arrival was commonplace and nothing to be surprised about.
Bai Ye was completely bewildered. Were there so many people gathered in this godforsaken place?
After all, this was a glacier with no human habitation, and there couldn't be any neutral zones. Therefore, even if one was randomly assigned to this area upon entering the world battlefield, they would try their best to leave as soon as possible, let alone gather here.
"Could the forbidden zone have been taken by someone else first?"
This thought crossed Bai Ye's mind.
If the forbidden zone opened and everyone in the zone was teleported into it...
Bai Ye shook his head; that didn't make sense either. If that were the case, people should be gathered within the forbidden zone, not outside it. And after the battles in the forbidden zone concluded, everyone should be teleported back to their original locations, not gathered together.
"Hi, would you like a cup of cocoa?"
At this moment, a voice sounded from behind Bai Ye.
Bai Ye turned to look and saw a very petite woman, about 1.6 meters tall, wrapped in a thick cotton coat. When she was bundled up inside, her figure appeared even smaller.
At the same time, the woman was holding two cups, from which hot cocoa was steaming.
The woman smiled, raised the cups, and gestured to Bai Ye.
Bai Ye reached out and took a cup, saying, "Thank you."
The woman took a sip of cocoa and said, "My name is Jin Sha, what's yours?"
Bai Ye replied, "Bai Ye."
Jin Sha nodded and said, "You're here for Regius too, aren't you?"
Bai Ye was taken aback and asked, "What is that?"
Jin Sha replied, "The Ice God Pillar, Regius!"