A Top Scholar in Everything-Chapter 764 - 750: Ice City (Part Two)

Seeing Baiyu charge forward.

For a moment, Tian Haobin didn't react, even considering whether to take a detour to avoid the gun turret.

However, he didn't have much time to think about it.

In the blink of an eye.

Baiyu rushed to the front of the gun turret, and his right arm's armor was suddenly covered with a layer of gold.

Bang!

The fist struck out.

The turret instantly exploded into pieces, shrapnel rolling and splattering on the ground, and the sizzling sound of electricity came from inside the turret.

After so many years.

The machine could still operate, with its power undiminished, a testament to the great might of the Frost Imperial in its time.

Now, the entire Frost Imperial.

Gave Baiyu a most direct impression of powerful mechanical constructs.

"Let's go, keep moving, our time is precious." Baiyu retracted his armor, said to Tian Haobin, and then began to advance towards the third area.

The passage from the second area to the third was not blocked.

Baiyu easily passed through the passage of the second area and arrived at the third area, where the cold was more severe, almost bone-chilling.

With each step.

It felt like a thousand silver needles were piercing his bones.

At every moment, Baiyu had to use Blood Qi to resist the cold, otherwise, it would be impossible to function normally in this area.

Tian Haobin was even more pitiful.

His eyebrows, hair, and lips were covered with a thick layer of silver frost, making him appear bloodless and shivering.

Unlike the previous two areas.

In the third area, there was actually an ice crystal castle, the gigantic castle frozen in ice, like a carefully crafted toy.

"Looks like we've found the right place."

Tian Haobin's eyes brightened, hope of escaping this cocoon filled his heart.

However.

The smile on his face didn't last a minute before it disappeared.

In the third area, there were numerous gun turrets closely sealing the route forward.

Taking just a few steps forward, into the street, would make them human sieves under concentrated fire from these machine turrets.

"Something doesn't feel right here. Why would there be so many gun turrets in the streets of a Frost Imperial city?

Could it be that the rulers of the Frost Imperial back then were so wary of their own subjects?

This makes no sense."

Baiyu couldn't figure out why there was such tight defense on the streets.

Hearing Baiyu's words.

Tian Haobin also realized something was amiss.

Indeed.

For a city, the defensive measures were excessive, and after so many years, these machines still operating made no logical sense.

Not to mention where they got their energy.

Wouldn't their circuits age? Need regular maintenance? Or repairs and cleaning?

Baiyu harbored such doubts as he walked into a room in the third area, hoping to find some clues.

Moreover, the road along the street was impassable.

The only way to approach the suspected exit-related castle was to go through the rooms.

The turrets couldn't shoot through walls. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Going through the rooms was a good option.

Entering a roadside room at random, the furnishings were exquisite, frozen in ice, yet preserved impeccably even now.

The entire room exuded a high-tech style.

Whether it was the spotless super-alloy floor or the various furniture and kitchen appliances, it was the same. And looking at them, they appeared to be equipped with intelligent systems.

Artificial intelligence.

It seemed that in the Frost Imperial, it had already developed to the point of large-scale civilian use.

However, today.

Artificial intelligence is confined to military equipment and official use.

And still quite disappointing.

Some well-developed artificial intelligence was obtained from the relics of the former Human Imperial.

Baiyu profoundly understood.

The saying that technology is declining.

The further back you go in history, the more advanced the technology becomes.

For instance, Legendary Ship and Forbidden Armament are relics of the Ancient Era, which cannot be produced with today's technology level.

Search completed for the entire room.

Baiyu and Tian Haobin found nothing.

The entire room was covered with thick frost, whether the floor or the furniture, their surfaces encased in solid ice.

Precisely because of this.

These things have been preserved to this day without oxidizing in the air.

However.

Baiyu soon found an unusual spot.

In the kitchen of this room, there were unfinished soup and half-eaten food.

These items.

Were covered in thick ice layers, frozen solid, but could still be vaguely identified.

Tian Haobin followed closely behind Baiyu.

Seeing this pot of soup, he was also taken aback.

"This indicates that the family suddenly disappeared, with no signs of a struggle in the house; they had no idea what happened, leaving their meal unfinished."

Baiyu found the city somewhat suspicious.

The whole town seemed like a lifeless dead city, without any remains of life.

If there had been a sudden disaster.

The remains of these people should have been preserved, frozen, yet after traversing these areas, no remains were found.

If it were a sudden evacuation, it was unlikely too.

The valuable items in the city weren't taken, nor were there any signs of large-scale relocation.

Everything was quite mysterious.

Now the city gave Baiyu the impression of its entire population evaporating in an instant, dying simultaneously.

"Keep going."

After confirming there was nothing else in the room, Baiyu went to the edge of the room, pulled out a sharp long blade from the Scholar's Space, and effortlessly cut through the thick ice layer.

Crack.

As the blade slowly moved, Baiyu sliced open a large hole, enough for a person to pass through.

In these ice-sealed city walls.

A little carelessness might trigger a building collapse, so Baiyu chose to use a sharp weapon rather than brute force.

This way, it would also be quieter.

Tian Haobin watched this perfect method of bypassing street turret attacks, his eyes subtly brightened.

Indeed Baiyu has many ideas.

The two searched through several houses this way, all similar to the first one, with the houses being intact but the owners mysteriously disappeared.

This eerie situation.

Made the two even more cautious.

However.

As Baiyu prepared to repeat his trick, a sharp short sword was placed against his neck: "Don't move!"

The voice was entirely mechanical.

Yet it carried a chilling edge and undisguised killing intent.

Baiyu didn't move.

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Tian Haobin, finding him already controlled.

Controlling him was a bald robot.

The opponent wore a long ice-blue robe, with a mechanical arm extending a short sword, resting against Tian Haobin's neck.