When 'God' Decides To Start Over-Chapter 810 - 321: Glacial Crystal Worm (Part 2)
Li Xiu summoned the Pink Nightmare and chased after it, but soon he discovered that the Pink Nightmare was really not suitable for running in such snowy terrain; its speed was much slower than Li Qingyi’s white bear and it couldn’t keep up.
He had no choice but to recall the Pink Nightmare, catch up with the white bear, and follow it, trudging through the snow.
After traveling dozens of miles, Li Xiu hadn’t seen a single magical creature; it seemed that apart from the snow, there was nothing else in this ghostly place.
Li Xiu also realized that the Land of Nine Dragons Profound Ice was different from other Lands of Trial he had visited, which usually had some human structures at the entrance.
Just like Black Death City, as long as you’re inside Black Death City, the Longevity Lamp will always follow, but if you leave Black Death City, the Longevity Lamp won’t go out with you and will just stay inside the city.
The Land of Nine Dragons Profound Ice, however, was different. There were no buildings at the entrance, not even a trace of human presence, just a field of snow.
Even more eerie, they found themselves without the Longevity Lamp. Without it, how were they supposed to leave this land?
"Qingyi, why don’t we see the Longevity Lamp? How are we supposed to get out later?" Li Xiu asked as he walked.
"The Longevity Lamp isn’t at the place where we entered, so we have to find it first before we can leave." Although Qingyi was angry, she still answered Li Xiu’s question, albeit with a cold tone.
"Where do we find it?" Only then did Li Xiu understand why the materials he had read before entering said that entering the Land of Nine Dragons Profound Ice was almost certain death.
Needing to find the Longevity Lamp just to leave, no wonder the mortality rate was so high.
The temperature here was below minus tens of degrees, and just resisting such low temperatures was already difficult for a typical Trial Taker. With nothing to eat and no idea where to find the Longevity Lamp, even without attacks from magical creatures, one might very well die from hunger alone.
"The Land of Nine Dragons Profound Ice has nine fire points. Reaching these fire points might lead you to the Longevity Lamp," Qingyi said.
"What do you mean by might find the Longevity Lamp?" Li Xiu noticed something wrong with Qingyi’s statement.
"Because the Longevity Lamp randomly appears at those nine fire points, so when we get to a fire point, we might not find it," Qingyi explained.
"That’s fine. As long as we know where it is, finding it is just a matter of time," Li Xiu said with relief.
"It’s not that simple. Each fire point is guarded by a large number of magical creatures. Even if we find the Longevity Lamp, getting through those magical creatures is another matter," Qingyi discerned the path as she rode the white bear towards a glacier canyon.
"What level are the magical creatures guarding the fire points?" Li Xiu followed behind, chatting idly.
"They can be of any level. If we’re lucky, we might run into Spirit Casting," Qingyi pointed ahead in the canyon. "At the end of this canyon is the nearest fire point to us. Listen to my commands; if you mess up again, don’t blame me if I don’t save you."
"Understood," Li Xiu performed a military salute, pretending to be very serious.
Qingyi gave him a sidelong glance, "You’re never serious."
The two of them walked along the canyon, not encountering a single magical creature. Li Xiu observed that the canyon meandered like a dragon or an abyss, stretching for hundreds of miles without an end in sight.
After walking for a long time, Li Xiu only felt hungrier and thirstier. He grabbed a handful of snow and stuffed it into his mouth, relishing the cold snow melting into sweet water.
After eating several handfuls of snow, Li Xiu no longer felt thirsty, but his stomach was still extremely hungry.
Hearing Li Xiu’s stomach growling, Qingyi jumped down from the white bear, scrutinized the surroundings, and walked over to an ice wall. She had the white bear dig open the ice layer beside the mountain wall.
Though the white bear was just an S-rank magical creature, its claws were very powerful, and it was impervious to cold. Before long, it had excavated a large ice cave.
Underneath the ice cave, black rocks were exposed, topped with a layer of brownish material, somewhat resembling moss.
Qingyi crouched down, took out a small knife, gently pushed aside the fragments of ice, and scraped the brown material off, quickly gathering a lump the size of a ping-pong ball.
Qingyi divided it into two halves, squeezed them a bit, forming two brownish blocks, and tossed one to Li Xiu.
"Make do with this; there’s not much food to be found here," Qingyi said as she put the remaining piece into her mouth.
Li Xiu caught the brown block, sniffed it—it had a fungus-like smell—and chewed on it. It tasted a bit bitter, but there was an underlying fragrance. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂
The taste wasn’t great, but the texture was good—crisp and smooth, somewhat like eating enoki mushrooms.
"What is this?" After swallowing, Li Xiu felt his stomach fill up significantly. Though he had eaten so little, he miraculously didn’t feel hungry anymore and even felt a bit bloated as if he were full.
"The secretion of the Glacial Crystal Worm," Qingyi answered.
"Isn’t this a fungus?" Li Xiu had thought it was some kind of fungus.
"There are no fungi in the Land of Nine Dragons Profound Ice," Qingyi said as she got back on the white bear and continued on their way.
With Qingyi not speaking, Li Xiu felt a bit bored and asked from behind, "What kind of magical creature is the Glacial Crystal Worm? And its secretion—is it like honey collected by bees? Given that flowers can’t grow here, what does the Glacial Crystal Worm collect?"
