King of Black Mist

The thickness of the snow became thinner and thinner, and before dusk, the eight people arrived at the edge of the snowfield.

"Captain! Keep going! It's the edge of the abyss!" the old man yelled.

At this moment, the Snow-eating Leopard slowed down until it came to a complete stop. No matter how hard Li Changzhou drove it, it refused to take a step out of the snowfield.

"Snow-eating leopards can only survive in the snow." The old man led the horse out of the black ball and stood next to Li Changzhou. "Captain, kill it. Its teeth can be polished into weapons. Its fur is very valuable. It is very effective in keeping out the cold. Even if the meat is eaten raw, The taste is a bit off, but it can keep out the cold.”

"Kill him." Li Changzhou said.

The old man turned around and shouted: "Tali, Andy, Stone Fist, you three do it!"

When Tully's dagger pierced the Snow-Eating Leopard's body, the white snow under the Snow-Eating Leopard came alive, sipping blood thirstily.

"The weather is getting colder." Li Changzhou looked towards the abyss.

Yang Qinglan nodded silently.

There was neither wind nor snow ahead, but the temperature was horribly low.

Here, the wind has to fly far away, the snow sleeps deeply on the earth, and there is nothing that can move between heaven and earth.

After dealing with the snow-eating leopard, the eight people led the horse forward - the horse, like the snow-eating leopard, was unwilling to move forward no matter how hard it was driven, so they had to dismount and pull hard.

Sometimes the reins even tear out the horse and bleed.

The blood froze as soon as it left the body, and was embedded in the horse's body like blood diamonds.

Each person was given a piece of the snow-eating leopard's skin, enough to make a bloody cloak.

With this, everyone's body temperature finally returned to this morning. Although their whole bodies were cold and they wished they could get even colder and freeze their bodies directly, they could still resist in the end.

In addition, feed the horse a mouthful of snow-eating leopard blood from time to time - this may be the main reason why the horse is willing to continue walking.

"Grandpa, what would we do if there were no snow-eating leopards?" The severe cold made Tali speak intermittently.

"Stay with it," the old man replied.

"But...it's so difficult."

"It's hard, but it doesn't mean you can't get through it. I've been through it my whole life."

"This is survival, little Tully." Yett laughed, with a forced fear of the cold in her laughter.

"There is no other way." Buzz said.

Tali seemed to be getting colder. She shrank her neck and subconsciously turned her gaze towards the captain of the Shadow Team.

"Where's Captain, do you find it difficult?"

Li Changzhou, who walked side by side with Yang Qinglan, said: "We must learn to enjoy it. Difficulties are the best fun for us adventurers. I once fought with others in the scorching heat. My teammates were so weak that they could only wet their clothes with urine." He covered his face to cool down; he also chased enemies in burning towns; he was also swallowed by a big fish in the deep sea and ran through his intestines."

Li Changzhou is not worried about exposing his information.

There's no way Shadow Team knows everything about him.

The former captain of the Shadow Team whose identity was replaced by him will have a similar experience to him to a certain extent according to the rules of value game replacement. For example, he has gone through a lot of hardships to gain the 'great power'.

Sure enough, no one doubted it, some only admired it.

"Only people like the captain may be able to control the 'great power'." The old man's tone was a little sad.

As a warrior who has endured his whole life, there must have been a period of crazy pursuit of the ‘great power’, but the ‘great power’ did not choose him.

"Captain." Andy's voice was so cold that he trembled, "Tell us about your past experiences!"

"That's right, that's right, with a story -" Tully made a swallowing motion because she was so cold, "we will forget about being cold."

"You guys, you can't even talk to yourself, yet you ask me to tell you stories." Li Changzhou scolded with a smile.

"If you talk more, you won't be cold anymore!" Andy returned to his previous playful smile.

"Okay." Li Changzhou said, "I'll tell you."

"Very good!"

"Yo ha!"

Li Changzhou raised his head and glanced at the frozen sky, and thought for a moment: "It's so cold, so I'll just talk about that adventure in the desert."

"Is there a 'great power'?" Shi Fist asked curiously.

"Yes, there is also a beast that can become big or small. It can be as small as a hair or as big as a house. But the most dangerous thing is people."

Even the old man pricked up his ears.

Only Yang Qinglan lowered her head, just like the beautiful corpse Li Changzhou chased, walking beside him without saying a word.

When Li Changzhou finished talking about the modified version of the desert journey, the eight of them happened to reach the edge of the abyss.

Dusk dyed everything, the world was gilded, and the sky seemed to be burning. Tali, who was immersed in the captain's adventure story, couldn't help but imagine that maybe the scorching desert was such a color.

At the edge of the abyss, there is a "no cold zone" where the temperature magically remains at 0 degrees Celsius.

Life is swarming here, humans, beasts, and plants, wishing it could be filled up like sea water.

But those who dare to stay here for a long time will eventually be unable to leave.

"Why? Cursed?" Tully asked.

The old man shook his head and said: "As long as people, including wild beasts, who survive in the 'No Cold Zone' for more than a certain period of time, will never think of leaving the 'No Cold Zone', without exception, but no one knows whether this is a curse."

"It may also be a 'great power'!" Andy said excitedly.

"People who think like this will stay here for the rest of their lives." The old man sneered, "Boy, I know what you are thinking, don't be wishful thinking. Someone once tried to leave before being left in the 'no cold zone', and then return after a while. Come back and keep looking, but the next time they come back, they never leave.”

"Can't you go a second time? But old man, haven't you been there several times?" Shi Fist asked in confusion.

"Who can tell clearly, maybe I will be kept here this time." The old man said calmly.

The atmosphere was somewhat depressing.

Before entering the abyss, everyone has already seen the cruelty.

The eight found a hotel and tied their horses in a stable.

"There is no ice here." The hotel owner's face was as white as the filter of the hero and heroine of an idol drama, giving him a sense of inhumanity. "As long as you have supplies, and once you die in the abyss, even if you emerge from the abyss as a dead person, Climb out, and the horses and packages will be mine too.”

"Yes, but food and hot water must be provided free of charge." The old man said.

"Food is impossible, the hot water pipes are enough."

"Maybe," the old man said with a smile, "We have snow-eating leopard meat. Process it into dried meat for us. You can keep half of it."

The hotel owner took out four house numbers from the drawer and threw them on the bar: "Food and hot water will be delivered to your room. If you want a woman, please tell the waiter directly, and they will be delivered to the room."

When going upstairs, Yett put his arm around Andy's shoulders: "Boy, sleep with me tonight."

"Stone Fist, you come with me." Boz said.

The two of them laughed mischievously. Andy and Shi Fist were stunned for a moment, and then swallowed their saliva at the same time.

"Don't make your legs weak and fall into the abyss tomorrow." The old man cursed.

"Old man, you and Tully are in the same room. I'll look at her." Li Changzhou pointed at Yang Qinglan.

The old man nodded, he had the same plan.

Although Tully and the unknown loner were both women, he didn't feel comfortable leaving Tully alone in a room with her.

As soon as I entered the room, a waiter brought hot water.

Perhaps there is a commission for introducing business, and the waiter enthusiastically asked if he wanted a woman.

"No, thank you." Li Changzhou said as he took off the snow leopard's skin.

When we came to the "no cold zone", the temperature increased and the smell of unwashed animal hides became unpleasant.

"Okay, I'll get hot water in a while, and dinner will be delivered by then."

The door closes.

Yang Qinglan took off her thick coat and hat, like peeling off a layer of ice shell. She sat on the bed and sighed in comfort.

"Are you okay?" Li Changzhou smiled, squatting down and taking off her shoes.

Yang Qinglan wanted to bend down, but when she saw him taking the initiative to serve him, she simply went back.

"I miss the desert so much now."

"If it were really a desert, you would miss winter again."

"No." Yang Qinglan said firmly, "I'm not afraid of the cold but the heat."

"That's right, you're thin." Li Changzhou raised her cold, white feet, smelled some, and muttered, "It doesn't stink at all."

Yang Qinglan raised her leg and placed the ice-like sole of her foot on the side of his face.

"You are no longer a fairy. I thought your feet would break out in cold sweat." Li Changzhou put his hands into the hot water.

"When I didn't become an immortal, my feet didn't stink either."

"Who knows, I didn't smell it at that time."

"Don't be sad, husband," Yang Qinglan laughed, "I will smell it for you once a day from now on."

"Forget it once a day." Li Changzhou smiled and took her cold feet in his warm hands. He watered her slowly first to let her adapt to the water temperature.

After he put her feet down, Yang Qinglan struggled to sit up. She patted her side and said, "Sit here."

It was her turn to take off Li Changzhou's shoes.

"Don't you smell it? Does it stink?" Li Changzhou looked down at her, his side face curved with amazing softness.

"Do you think I'm the same as you?"

"What's wrong with me?"

"abnormal."

"If smelling your wife's feet is considered perverted, then all men are perverts."

"Alas," Yang Qinglan sighed, "Maybe women just like to be perverted."

"Hahaha!" Li Changzhou laughed, "Would you rather like a pervert than say a man is a pervert? Why is that! Hiss - wait - wait!"

Yang Qinglan directly pressed his feet into the hot water.

The two of them put their feet in and began to discuss things seriously.

"Is that child in the 'no cold zone'?" Li Changzhou stepped on her feet, which felt delicate and slippery than water.

"Here." Yang Qinglan raised her finger and pointed in a direction, "Just now, 'Horse Meat Shreds' died."

"Probably taking a shower."

"There is another woman in the room."

"You started playing at such a young age?"

"Shredded horse meat is hard to spot, but life is also fragile. Give me a handful of corn."

Li Changzhou stretched out his hand and handed her his bag.

Yang Qinglan grabbed a handful of corn kernels and sprinkled them on the ground, and an army instantly appeared on the ground.

She tilted her head and looked at them: "If they are too big, they will be discovered, but if they are too small, they may not be able to reach the children."

The corn army shouted in unison: "Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

"Oh——" Li Changzhou sighed in surprise and clapped his hands.

Unfortunately, this woman Yang Qinglan was quite cold and ignored the corns completely. She looked around the room, trying to find new subordinates.

"Let them try it." Li Changzhou said.

Yang Qinglan pondered for a while and nodded: "That's fine - listen, you can't be caught alive, do you understand what I mean?"

"Understood!" The corn army set off from the crack in the door.

"If Qian Xia had obtained this power, she would be reluctant to use it." Li Changzhou said.

"She's so kind."

"Yes, my sister is the cutest and kindest sister in the world."

"I don't know where she and Yaochi are." Yang Qinglan sounded worried. He grabbed a handful of corn and threw it on the ground, asking them to look for Li Qianxia and Yaochi to get information.

"After all, you are a person who has experienced wind and rain. As long as you don't enter the abyss, you will be fine." Li Changzhou said.

After soaking their feet, the two of them ate the dinner brought by the waiter. Yang Qinglan left half a bowl of rice, all of which turned into little rice figures and sent them out to find out the news.

After eating, the two of them lay on the bed and analyzed the information collected from rice and corn kernels.

A grain of corn managed to sneak into the child's clothes.

"Find him as soon as possible tomorrow and get a piece of 'great power' first." Li Changzhou said.

"Well, let me use it. You focus on fighting and I will use it to support you."

In this mission, all the "abilities" have become "great power", and the same is true for the spirit. Although Li Changzhou is still stronger than the well-trained warriors, he can still imagine the same situation as before, in a "evenly matched" dungeon battle. Using multiple abilities can be a bit overwhelming.

Yang Qinglan is different. Turning dead objects into life will not waste her attention. She can completely use the 'bright green light' to cover him.

"According to the test in the tavern, the child's ability probably cannot be used on inanimate targets. When the time comes, use your 'Corn Soldiers' to determine the location, and I will make a long-range sneak attack."

"It seems that his ability can only attack a single target at the same time. There are many rocks and ice in the abyss. I can also use the human sea tactic."

After saying that, Yang Qinglan frowned again: "But you still have to be prepared for the other party to hide his clumsiness."

"certainly."

".Don't touch it with your hands."

"I'm cold." Li Changzhou's tone was as pitiful as that of an underfed child.

"Bear it. I won't take my clothes off even if I die here."

"Okay." Li Changzhou hugged her.

Yang Qinglan nestled in his arms with satisfaction and comfort.

After a day's journey, both of them were tired and soon fell asleep.

On the floor, several groups of "water men" were silently on guard. Unlike Li Changzhou's ability, which required him to be conscious, Yang Qinglan's ability did not matter if he fell asleep.

Before dawn the next day, everyone gathered in the lobby and sat in the corner, enjoying breakfast and making final preparations.

".You must remember that the flame cannot be extinguished and you cannot stare into the abyss." The old man warned again.

"I understand, I understand." Andy said.

The old man did not reprimand him this time. After a pause, he asked: "If you want to live, you don't have to enter the abyss. If you want to withdraw, it's still too late."

"You can live anywhere, but if you want to live well, you can only enter the abyss." Yete said, "Just like the waiter in this hotel, who is highly paid, he can only be happy once a month, and the next time he goes to the abyss , you can be happy every day for a year.”

"Even if you don't use it for pleasure," Botz said, "As long as you go down once, you can live without worries about food and clothing for twenty or thirty years. If you go down a few more times, you won't have to do anything for the rest of your life, and you can have food and drink without worries."

"I want 'great power'!" Shi Fist said.

"Andy, what about you?" the old man asked.

"Old man, I asked you before, why do you still go out when you are so old? Tell me -" Andy paused, "A soldier will fall in the battle, and even if he takes the knife, he has to move forward."

"." The old man looked at Tully.

"I," Tully took a breath, "my family is very poor and I need money."

"Has everything been decided?" Li Changzhou asked.

He did not persuade them, nor did he sympathize with them. Just like "if you fight with a dragon, you will become a dragon yourself." He stayed in the value game for too long and began to believe in "natural selection."

"It's decided!" everyone said in unison.

"Then let's go." Li Changzhou stood up, followed by Yang Qinglan, who was wrapped tightly.

The old man, Andy, Tully, Yett, Stone Fist, and Boz stood up.

The old man took Andy to get the dried meat of the Snow Leopard, and the eight of them walked out of the hotel and headed towards the abyss in the dim sky.

The frost on the ground was trampled into mud, and there were adventurers who set off earlier than them.

In this world, who is not working hard? Living is hard, and living well is even harder.