Chapter 134: Investigating That Mysterious Faction

“Run!”

Lu Ge heard the anguished screams from inside and immediately led his team onto the snowmobiles, fleeing without a second thought.

When some undead emerged from the Fire God Base and saw the footprints and tire tracks left on the ground, their expressions turned puzzled.

The humans outside—all of them had fled.

They glanced at the vast snow-covered landscape, erased the tracks and footprints, and retreated back to the Fire God Base.

They hoped that next time, someone would willingly enter the base again.

They needed more blood.

“Captain, why didn’t you save them?” one team member asked after a moment, suppressing his anger.

“After those screams, there was no more sound from inside. Do you really think anyone who went in is still alive?” Lu Ge said, still shaken. “And there are only six of us left. I don’t want my remaining brothers to die there. Don’t forget, those who went in were all ability users, their strength no less than ours.”

The others fell silent.

Because Lu Ge spoke the truth.

“Captain, what do we do next?” another asked.

“Build an igloo. We wait for a response from those people from yesterday. If nothing comes, we go back,” Lu Ge hesitated before answering.

To be honest, judging from the attitude of Sun Rong, Chu Zekai, Yu Feng, Guo Yixing, and the others they encountered, the mysterious force that wiped out the Fire God Base would never be willing to support the Four Seas Base.

Put yourself in their shoes: if you were the leader of that mysterious force and suddenly received a request for aid from a base nearby claiming cannibals had attacked and they were barely holding on, what would you do?

First, you don’t know the details. You’d send scouts to investigate, then decide later. But by the time a decision is made, the Four Seas Base might already be lost.

Second, you could believe the story and send reinforcements but then suspect a trap halfway. Would you still continue?

Third, knowing the cannibals and the base are fighting, you might wait for both sides to weaken each other, then swoop in to pick the spoils.

Fourth, none of your business.

Fifth, wait until you’re done, then come if you can.

Lu Ge ran through every possibility, his heart turning cold.

At the same time, he realized something—if he could think of so many scenarios, then Yu Yuangei, their supervisor, certainly knew them all.

Since under these conditions, the Four Seas Base couldn’t expect reinforcements, why send them here to find the mysterious force that destroyed the Fire God Base?

Why?

The more he pondered, the more terrified he became.

“We’re all bait…”

Suddenly, Lu Ge understood.

He looked at the team inside the igloo eating their meal, his emotions tangled.

Yu Yuangei intended to lure the cannibals over using them—whether successful or not, they served as a means to ease the pressure on the Four Seas Base.

Ha ha ha.

Bitter laughter echoed in Lu Ge’s heart.

He understood all this but couldn’t tell his comrades directly.

No, maybe he could…

…

Inside the villa.

Guo Yixing and Yu Feng watched as Sun Rong and Chu Zekai returned.

“No one followed our tracks. They must have been stopped by the mutated forest barrier,” Guo said.

Mentioning the mutated forest barrier, their expressions grew complicated.

Without the powdered vegetables supplied by the Witch Lady, none of them would dare approach those mutated trees.

“I hope no one tries to follow,” Sun Rong said.

Chu Zekai smiled, happily biting into a freshly picked tomato.

The tomatoes grown by the Witch Lady were truly delicious.

“Are those fresh tomatoes?” Guo Yixing asked, surprised.

“Yes,” Chu Zekai replied cheerfully. “Want one?”

Guo Yixing quickly waved them off. “Aren’t you afraid they’re poisonous?”

Chu Zekai said, “The Lady gave her permission. They’re safe.”

He continued eating—two or three pounds of tomatoes gone in a few bites.

Everyone else was speechless.

But judging by Chu Zekai’s condition, there was no harm.

Guo Yixing asked, “What about those people from Four Seas Base?”

Sun Rong answered, “The Lady’s attitude is indifferent.”

Chu Zekai, Guo Yixing, and Yu Feng nodded in agreement.

Honestly, they were worried the Witch Lady might send them as representatives of the so-called “mysterious force” to reinforce, but now they could rest easy.

Sun Rong then explained the new rule from the Witch Lady about harvesting vegetables, and everyone accepted it without objection; whatever she said was law.

…

At the Four Seas Base, the war dragged on.

The cannibals kept building ice walls, attempting to connect them with the base’s own ice defenses.

In this situation, even though the base had ample ammunition, there was little they could do against cannibals hiding behind the ice walls.

They could only watch helplessly as the cannibals drew nearer.

The only comfort was that the base still had plenty of grenades and bombs to throw once the cannibals got close, temporarily stabilizing the front line.

What they didn’t know was that this was just one of the cannibals’ attack strategies.

Because the true elite cannibals were now few.

The real battle-changers had become the ability users.

Sitting in the igloo, Daxi King pondered the latest report.

Yu Yuangei had risen and temporarily replaced Lin Heniang, sending him and a team of ability users to raid a cannibal camp.

They poisoned their food pots, killing many cannibal ability users.

Moreover, under Yu Yuangei’s orders, they poisoned the corpses with melamine, arsenic, laxatives, and more.

The cannibal cleanup crews dragged the corpses back, and soon many more cannibals died.

Daxi King’s face darkened.

Poisoning corpses—how could there be someone so cruel?

Yu Yuangei’s disruption seemed to have forced the cannibals to halt their attack on the Four Seas Base.

Because no order from him could prevent those foolish subordinates from eating the poisoned corpses.

Even if the corpses were toxic, they wouldn’t believe it, only suspecting that the order-giver was hoarding food.

The order-giver’s open thievery wasn’t a one-time thing.

Trust meant nothing among the cannibals.

This left Daxi King with only one choice.

Temporarily stop the attack on the Four Seas Base and head south to the Fire God Base.

He had sent several groups there, all dead.

Especially the deaths of Fu Junxiang and Liu Long.

That left Daxi King feeling very displeased.

If they were fighting a regular army, losing so badly would be understandable.

But this was just a private base.

Along the way, the cannibals had consumed countless others.

Whether it was the Four Seas Base or that mysterious force, they were all just food!

Glancing at the darkening night outside, Daxi King sneered coldly.

“Lan Shaokong, Yu Yuangei, if you want me to move south, I’ll show you what south means.”

“Bring He Chao!”

Minutes later, bloodstained He Chao stumbled into the igloo through the snow.

He had just clashed with Lin Heniang during the camp raid, killing several Four Seas Base ability users, with no time to change clothes.

“Wait for the snow to stop, then move south to the Fire God Base and find that mysterious force,” Daxi King said, taking a sip of hot wine.

He Chao was taken aback.

“Daxi King, this will stretch us to fight on two fronts and could be dangerous.”

He did not mention the deaths of Fu Junxiang and Liu Long near the Fire God Base, fearing Daxi King’s anger.

Daxi King took another sip.

“You think I don’t know?”

He Chao pushed up his glasses.

“Daxi King, are you trying to lure out Lan Shaokong? Brilliant! Given the current situation, we could storm in, but with so little ammunition, the risks are high.”

“And that old fox Yu Yuangei keeps poisoning the corpses, causing more and more of our side to get sick from the food.”

“Going directly south avoids that risk.”

“Wise plan, Daxi King!”

“Tomorrow, south,” Daxi King declared.

“Yes, I’ll arrange it immediately,” He Chao said, then added, “Daxi King, the temperature is dropping sharply, and more injured are freezing to death.”

Daxi King replied, “Keep them all — they’ll serve as rations.”

“Yes.”

…

Su Miao was studying magic.

Unlike before, this time she was outside.

Though wrapped in a thick, high-end down jacket covered by magic, she still felt the bitter cold.

She checked the thermometer.

Good heavens!

Minus 85 degrees Celsius.

She hadn’t checked the temperature for days, and daytime cold had become so extreme—not a drop of mercy.

No wonder she felt cold even with magic shielding her.

With such temperatures, she hoped more cannibals would freeze to death in the wild.

Su Miao drew her umbrella sword.

This time she intended to experiment with water magic—specifically, a heavy rain spell.

In such extreme cold, anyone drenched by a heavy rain would be miserable within seconds.

In a way, this spell’s lethality would surpass that of a blizzard.

Why use the umbrella sword?

Because it contained silver, mithril, and platinum silver alloys, barely suitable as a casting tool.

“Great Water Ball!”

Su Miao first cast a large water sphere.

Immediately, a big water ball appeared in the air, then she controlled it to burst, scattering countless droplets in all directions.

The next moment, many ice balls fell onto the snowy ground.

She observed carefully.

These droplets mostly froze into ice just before hitting the ground, meeting her needs.

However, the water ball’s coverage was too limited.

Su Miao swung the umbrella sword again, condensing a much larger water ball high above, then flattened it to mimic a cloud...

After only a few seconds, she released control, letting a torrent fall from the sky.

The experiment failed.

The casting time was too long, and the mana consumption excessive.

In a real battle, casting like this might invite a rocket attack.

“I must change the spell from the magic circle.”

Su Miao opened her magic notes, studying the reasoning and began modifying the Great Water Ball spell.

Boom!

As expected, when she tried to cast the revised spell, a massive explosion erupted.

Wild magic tore through the area, mixed with numerous icy water balls, carving out a deep pit in the snow ahead and triggering a sizable avalanche.

Watching the snow thunder down the mountainside, Su Miao was frightened to tears.

She had only slightly altered the magic pathways and a few runes.

How did it turn out like this?

Earlier, ice spike and frost arrow spells worked fine, so why did the rain spell fail?

Luckily, she hadn’t experimented inside the villa, or else it would have been destroyed, leaving her nowhere to cry.

“Your Highness, what happened?” Bage flew back like lightning.

It had been patrolling the blizzard, checking the Fire God Base’s direction.

Suddenly, it heard a loud explosion from the villa’s direction, shaking the ground, and rushed here.

Upon arrival, Bage saw a large-scale avalanche.

Su Miao stood outside the villa, umbrella sword in hand, tears at the corners of her eyes but otherwise unharmed.

Bage was speechless.

It understood the noise was caused by Su Miao, but seeing her terrified expression made it afraid too.

Looking at the courtyard, Bage noticed fallen flowers scattered across the ground.

“It’s nothing,” Su Miao wiped away her tears.

Thankfully, she had magic shielding her body; otherwise, her tears would have frozen—a troublesome matter.

Meanwhile, inside the villa, Sun Rong, Chu Zekai, Yu Feng, and Guo Yixing suddenly stood up.

“What just happened?”

“Sounds like an explosion from the Witch Lady’s side. Should we check it out?”

“Better not…” they hesitated, uneasy, and sat back down.

It wasn’t a lack of concern for the Witch Lady but fear of what they might find.

“I’m experimenting with magic,” Su Miao adjusted her mood and raised the umbrella sword.

“You should return to the villa or keep a distance.”

Bage looked at the water-blue magic light bursting from the umbrella sword.

“You continue, Your Highness. I’ll patrol.”

With a swift whoosh, Bage flew away.

Staying here was frightening.

In fact, Bage’s departure was wise.

Shortly after, Su Miao triggered several more terrifying magical explosions.

After multiple attempts, she finally developed a spell that could be considered heavy rain.

The magic covered a diameter of about 800 meters, lasting 18 seconds.

Rainfall measured 120 millimeters, enough to soak everyone within the range thoroughly.

The only issue was the high mana consumption.

But it should be sufficient.

In such freezing weather, once drenched, people would soon freeze solid like ice sculptures.