TSIAGBICATMWI Chapter 48

Chapter 48: Ice Spirit Crystal Soul

Another day passed as they continued to wander in the mountains. Luo Shuyou was becoming increasingly listless. Xie YunChuan didn’t know what to do. No matter how he coaxed, Luo Shuyou refused to eat anything, not even the fresh wild game from the mountains when he offered it raw.

Gu Tangyue couldn’t bear to watch. Her heart ached, and she advised, “Why don’t you let him have a little blood? He’ll starve to death if this goes on.”

Xie YunChuan gritted his teeth and said sternly, “Let’s wait a little longer. It might just be withdrawal symptoms. It’ll be better if he gets through this period.”

“Alright!” Gu Tangyue also hoped that Luo Shuyou could truly get rid of his craving for human flesh and blood.

She turned to Gu Tangxi, who was leading the way, and said, “Sis, do you even know how to read a map? How many times have you led us in circles?”

Gu Tangxi was also unsure now. “I don’t know. The map clearly shows this route, and the distance isn’t long. Why can’t we find that stream?”

“Let me see.” Gu Tangyue snatched the map and looked at it for a long time, then dejectedly handed it to Xie YunChuan. “Forget it, you look at it.”

She almost forgot that she was a terrible at directions and had never passed geography. When she took exams, she filled in all the names she could think of for continents, oceans, and mountains, regardless of whether they were correct, but she still couldn’t fill in all the blanks on the paper. Now, there was no way she could understand the map.

Xie YunChuan hoisted Luo Shuyou higher on his back, freed one hand, and carefully examined the map. “This direction is correct.”

Gu Tangxi said, “I told you, how could I lead us the wrong way?”

Gu Tangyue asked, “Then why haven’t we arrived after walking for so long?”

“Maybe tectonic movements have blurred the route due to the undulating terrain,” Xie YunChuan guessed. “How old is this map?”

Gu Tangyue found the date and exclaimed, “More than twenty years old?! Where did you get this antique? Wow, it looks so new, it’s really well-preserved. No wonder we didn’t notice.”

“Ah, more than twenty years ago, so long ago? I don’t know. I took it from a cabinet in a house in town. Who knows if that family is crazy, keeping such an old map? Were they looking for treasure!” Gu Tangxi thought, this really couldn’t be blamed on her.

Gu Tangyue retorted, “That family might also be wondering how you managed to dig out their old family heirloom, and they’ll be blaming you even after they’re dead.”

Gu Tangxi defended herself, “Weren’t we supposed to be searching for supplies? There are so few usable resources in the apocalypse, we have to search every nook and cranny, leaving no place untouched.”

Xie YunChuan calmly said, “Let’s keep looking. At least the general direction should be right.”

Supporting their tired bodies, the group continued to move forward.

After climbing over one mountain after another, Gu Tangyue, who was resting on a rock on the mountaintop, caught a glimpse of something and excitedly pointed into the distance, “Look! Over there, it’s blue, is it water?” Finally, their wilderness survival days were coming to an end, she missed her bed at the base.

That’s why Gu Tangyue was so well-protected by her sister. If it were someone else, with food and drink available, they would be happy to hide in the mountains forever, away from the zombies roaming outside.

Looking at the river that seemed to be right at their feet, they realized that the distance was not ordinary when they actually started walking. The mountain road was difficult to traverse, and the group slowly approached the blue river surface as it grew dark.

The darkness made it difficult to see, and only when they got closer did they discover the strangeness of this river. An unusual blue, a chilling stillness. The river surface was without ripples, like a pool of stagnant water, but it was supposed to be a flowing stream.

They stopped a few meters away from the stream. Xie YunChuan put Luo Shuyou down next to a tree, “Keep an eye on him for me, I’ll go take a look.”

“Be careful,” Gu Tangxi said, “This much silence is definitely abnormal.” Approaching this place, it felt like time had slowed down, everything was in slow motion, their movements became heavier, and even breathing became difficult.

It seemed that only the White Tiger Cub was unaffected, still jumping around as usual. As for Luo Shuyou, he had been listless even before approaching this place, without any energy, and now he had fallen asleep.

Xie YunChuan cautiously approached the river, the river surface was very strange. He slowly squatted down and tentatively reached out to touch the water surface, feeling a bone-chilling coldness as he got close. When he touched it, his hand was blocked, it was a layer of ice.

Strange, how could the water surface freeze in this hot and dry climate that could even lead to drought?

He vaguely felt that the abilities in his body were craving something in the river, what was it?

Following that faint feeling, Xie YunChuan walked further and further, stopping at a place where the river was two meters wide. He saw a small sphere suspended in the center of the river, the size of a thumb, emitting a pale blue light.

Xie YunChuan stepped onto the ice surface and approached step by step, reaching out to hold the sphere. The abilities in his body that were stuck at the upgrade threshold loosened. Following his instinct, he activated his ice ability to release energy and envelop the sphere. In the blink of an eye, the sphere seemed to be absorbed into his body, and he could clearly feel his abilities had leveled up, and his ice ability was significantly higher than the other two, directly rising to level two.

What is this?

Xie YunChuan wondered. It looked very similar to the one Luo Shuyou had picked up in the forest outside Muyun City, but it was much smaller and didn’t have such a strong attraction for him.

In any case, it was a good thing that his abilities had improved, as for what would happen later, he would deal with it then.

The moment the ice ball entered his palm, the entire water surface resumed flowing, and everything returned to normal. Xie YunChuan took each step with an ice surface automatically generated under his feet to support him. The upgraded abilities were really useful.

Gu Tangxi and Gu Tangyue watched Xie YunChuan walk a long way, and finally stood still in one place for a long time. They were too far away to see what he was doing.

Gu Tangxi said, “Do you think he’s been bewitched by something?”

“Impossible, didn’t you feel that the strange pressure disappeared? Maybe he solved something,” Gu Tangyue replied.

When Xie YunChuan came back, the White Tiger Cub was the first to approach and noticed the difference in him. It walked around him, looking him up and down, and then stopped with a look of sympathy.

Poor Ice Spirit Crystal Soul, born in this desolate and remote place, before its companion beast even grew, it was taken by someone. Now it was going to lose a good companion.

Hehe, luckily it was the boss, born first, and chose a treasure land to frantically absorb energy, now it was enjoying delicious food and drinks with his little master!

Wuwu, unfortunately, the little master was currently fighting with the dirty thing in his body, becoming very weak…

But it didn’t matter, as long as the Wood Spirit Crystal Soul was there, even the King of Heaven couldn’t take the little master’s life. It would always protect him, just get through it, and when the dirty thing was eliminated, the little master would return to normal.