Text Game: It All Began when a Cat-eared Girl Took Me In-Chapter 199 - 168: Lady Liya, if you’re back home, please say hello to your daughters for me~_1
Luo Xi walked to the edge of the white rune barrier and bent down to pluck an ice flower from beyond the boundary.
[Ice Flower (’Lord of Snowstorm’ trace left by the advancement to ’Snowice Disaster’)]
[Description: It possesses an extreme freezing intent, and touching it will solidify a person. Clearing a sufficient number of Ice Flowers can effectively slow down the advancement speed.]
[Note: Damn Traveler, are these flowers pretty? Do you want to pick a couple to collect?]
The fat man’s voice arose from behind, "Don’t touch! That’s an Omen left behind by Hiss’s advancement! You’ll die!"
Luo Xi glanced at the text and, after hesitating for a moment, still reached outwards.
The damn text had said that it was possible to pick and collect, so that must mean, even if he were to touch it, he wouldn’t die directly because of that.
"Damn! Why doesn’t this young man listen?!"
The fat man immediately wanted to go out to prevent Luo Xi from courting death.
At that moment, Liya raised her hand to stop the fat man and shook her head, saying, "Don’t bother with him. The Mutant Factor in his body seems to have an extremely hot property, possibly above a king-level Origin Beast factor. If that’s the case, even if he is only a First-tier Mutated Transcender, his resistance against those Snowice traces will be stronger than any of yours."
The fat man was stunned on the spot: "A king-level Origin Beast factor? Really?"
The factor from a Tier Five Origin Beast, regardless of its Category, is calculated in terms of danger to the human body in days, and many who are infected only last half a year at most, falling into mindless monsters as the Mutation deepens.
After all, Mutation is, to some extent, a form of Sublimation, a ’Sublimation’ towards the Origin Beasts. How easy can it be to become a king-level Origin Beast from an ordinary person?
Liyana’s gorgeous purple eyes watched Luo Xi’s back, equally showing a hint of confusion.
In her field of view, the scorching temperature in the young man’s body was tamely remaining within his body without any sign of violence or chaos.
This did not match her understanding of Dragon Species factors or a king-level Origin Beast.
The stability of the Dragon Species factor was already poor, and coupled with the possibility of a Tier Five factor, combining these two was a frightening thought.
Then, when Luo Xi’s hand touched the ice flower, a chilling cold traveled up his arm,
[Ding! Your Cold Value +30]
[Ding! Your Cold Value +100]
The white frost visibly spread across his body, and the rune coat Liya had knitted was no help against this level of cold.
Suddenly, Luo Xi’s heart began to beat rapidly, his blood circulated at high speed, and his body temperature autonomously increased. A blotch of black and red flames burned briefly on the surface of his skin, quickly expelling that coldness completely.
That ice flower also broke into pieces with a delicate crackling sound.
Luo Xi tried to move his hand.
This sensation was somewhat similar to the effects caused by the Snow Disaster.
However, the freezing caused by the Snow Disaster Mislat was something Luo Xi could recover from in a short time, so the impact of such an ice flower seemed to be just a minor issue for him.
Luo Xi took a look at the countless ice flowers covering the hillsides, their number still increasing.
There were too many.
And Liya had also said that it was impossible to clear them all.
"Is this the reason you think you have a way?"
Liya, somehow, had floated to Luo Xi’s side and looked at him, saying, "Your attributes are the complete opposite extremes of Hiss. If you were a Tier Four Transcendent, perhaps you really could break the situation here; but alas, you’re just a First-tier Mutated Transcendent."
Of course, what Liya didn’t say was that considering the state Luo Xi was in, being corrupted by the factor of a Tier Five Dragon Origin Beast, it was a luxurious hope for him to even become a normal Third-tier Mutated Transcendent.
"I’m aware of that."
Luo Xi pointed to the massive silhouette of the Snowice Human Figure in the distant sky and said, "Lady Liya, can you take me there? If dying is inevitable, I would like to do whatever I can."
Liya: "...."
Facing this young man she had known for less than half an hour, Liya found she could no longer see through him, couldn’t comprehend what was inside his heart.
"Aren’t you afraid to die?"
"Not afraid... Well, maybe a little," Luo Xi paused, saying, "That sensation of consciousness falling into profound torpor, once you’ve experienced it once, you won’t want to go through it a second time. But people tend to get used to it; when you get used to death many times, you even have the courage to take your own life."
This was the reason why Luo Xi, on his second loop, dared to use the Dreamstaff’s additional skill to commit suicide when he realized he was trapped in a dead end.
[Ding! Liya’s Confusion Value +20]
"What ’getting used to death’..."
Liya was somewhat dumbfounded.
The way you talk, it’s as though you’ve died many times before?
Could this young man have gone mad?
A sympathy shone through Liya’s gaze.
In the ranks of Mutant Patients, there were not a few whose brains became foolish after being corrupted by the Mutant Factor.
Luo Xi felt somewhat uneasy under Liya’s gaze.
He coughed lightly and said, "Anyway, if I’m going to die either way, I want to do something. If Hiss completes his advancement, then the Snow Disaster Mislat will truly descend, right? The mere omen of the Snow Disaster nearly froze the entire Winter City for nearly two days. If the actual Snow Disaster arrives, then Wei’er and Aina outside... they’re doomed too... They have awaited you, Lady Liya, for three years now; don’t you want to see them?"
Liya shook her head: "Of course I do, but even if I get you there it’s useless. That’s just a Projection of Hiss, I have no idea where his real body is within the Divine Tree. In these three years, the Winter Divine Tree has become his chrysalis, and now only this small piece of Rune Space that I created remains as the last sanctum."
"So, as long as this place you’ve created isn’t destroyed, he won’t succeed?"
"Yes." Liya looked at the fragmented sky, her expression somewhat sorrowful, "But that’s all I can do now; with only two days left, the portents of the Snow Disaster have arrived, Hiss is already half a ’Snowice Disaster,’ I can’t stop him anymore."
"Forget that absurd idea of sending you there; you should go back inside the house. I need to think about what to do when this place completely collapses."
After saying this, Liya turned to leave.
"Wait here for everything to completely collapse? Watch that Hiss ascend?"
Luo Xi said softly, "Isn’t this still evasion and giving up, Lady Liya? Are you... are you really willing to give up on your daughters?"
Liya’s footsteps halted, and in that instant, she turned back, her gaze at Luo Xi was so cold.
The fat man, who lay stunned on the windowsill, exclaimed, "Damn! What did that Variant youngster say to Liya? She seems very angry; he didn’t speak rudely and harass Liya, did he? I wouldn’t even dare to do that!"
The redhead woman glanced at the fat man, "Don’t think I’ve forgotten that you were frozen by her for ten days three years ago for teasing Liya!"
Liya looked at Luo Xi quietly, "You know nothing. I’ve never thought of giving up on them."
[Ding! Liya’s favorability towards you -5]
Luo Xi didn’t care about the dropping favorability, his face carrying a sincere and warm smile, "Wei’er and Aina have been waiting for you for three years. You left the night before Wei’er’s birthday, and today is exactly her 16th birthday. Don’t you want to make up for the gifts you haven’t given her over these years?"
"And then what?" Liya asked coldly, "Do you have any good suggestions?"
She thought the young man knew nothing but dared to make grand claims before her. Hiss had become half a ’Snowice Disaster,’ what could a weak Variant like him possibly do?
Luo Xi pointed to the human silhouette in the distant sky with a smile, "So, send me over there, and maybe that will solve it, huh?"
Liya held her forehead, "Have you really gone mad?"
Luo Xi replied without hesitation, "Not at all, I think I’m quite normal."
"...Fine, stand there and don’t move."
Liya walked over and grabbed Luo Xi’s shoulder.
[Note: Celebrate! This is the garbage Traveler’s first physical contact with his mother-in-law!]
Damn Text, shut up!
Liya whispered, "Teleport."
Countless runes emerged beneath Luo Xi’s feet, forming into a mysterious ring of light. The ring encircled both Luo Xi and Liya’s bodies, and then both of them disappeared from the spot with the ring moving upward.
The three people by the ice house looked confused.
The middle-aged man frowned, "Where did they go?"
The fat man beat his chest and stamped his feet, crying out, "Did Liya run away with that young man? Damn it, I knew it, even the coldest woman can’t hold back forever after three years, but why didn’t she choose me!"
The redhead woman said speechlessly, "You should take a good look at your pig face in the mirror first!"
...
Atop the towering icy cliff.
As soon as Luo Xi emerged, he was nearly blown away by the strong wind, at least a dozen tiers strong. Fortunately, he was quick enough to grab a nearby ice pillar.
A bone-chilling coldness, along with the blizzard hitting his body, made him barely able to open his eyes. He saw outside the ice cliff, countless snowflakes were arranged and gathering according to some rule, forming the human silhouette they had seen from a distance.
[Ding! The duration of your clothes (Rune-Enhanced Version) is decreasing at a rate of 1000%]
"This is the Projection point of Hiss in my Rune Space," Liya said.
Liya bent down slightly to look at the disheveled Luo Xi, her beautiful purple eyes gazing at his face, "Do you still think you can solve the problem here now?"
"I don’t know, have to try, right?"
Luo Xi gave Liya a smile.
After all, he had died so many times before.
Luo Xi didn’t lack this one attempt.
"Abyss Flame."
In an instant, mighty black and red flames blazed through Luo Xi’s clothes on his body.
Luo Xi braved the snow, walking slowly towards the edge of the ice cliff, reaching its edge.
In front of him, among the floating snowflakes, there were many black rifts that looked chilling to the bone.
Damn Text, can I jump in from here?
[Note: Probably?]
Damn Text give me a definite answer!
Liya’s voice, carrying surprise, came from behind through the snowstorm, "Are you serious?"
Luo Xi replied without turning back, "Of course, I’m serious."
"Why would you go to such lengths?"
"Because... it wasn’t easy for me to save them, I can’t just fail at the last step, can I?"
Liya: "?"
Who are these ’them’ he’s referring to?
Luo Xi turned back, standing on the edge of the cliff, looking at the woman behind him, and bowed slightly, as if in salute.
He smiled, "Lady Liya, if you go home, please send Wei’er and Aina my regards."
Then, the young man leaped down from above.
Liya raised her hand, white runes flickering in it. She wanted to pull the young man back.
Suddenly, the floating snow projection and the black rifts boiled over violently, like water tossed into hot oil, shaking violently. Her runes were instantly destroyed. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
"What is this?!"
