Chapter 1 Enigmas

Despite the eerie mysteries shrouding this place, Fang Senyan and Reef had only two choices: advance or retreat. Retreating meant traversing the strange lake, the deathly silent pine forest, the cold ice valley, and finally facing the Uruk-hai search party... Fang Senyan and Reef had personally experienced these horrors and dangers, and were unwilling to go through them again.

So, without much effort, they decided to continue forward, buoyed by the feeling that they had already gotten a great bargain: no matter what risks lay ahead, every second they lingered was a bonus.

Although they were powerful contractors, they were suppressed to a level only slightly stronger than ordinary people in this A-grade difficulty world. Having experienced so many horrors and twists, the frozen corpses provided little more than a initial shock. Reef sat down on a piece of pine wood, casually hefting a wineskin in his hand, and asked dubiously, "What were these guys doing here?"

Handicrafts were quite primitive at this time, mainly due to the lack of plastics, so carrying liquids over long distances was difficult. Wineskins like this usually had an inner lining and an outer skin. The inner lining was often made from the bladders of large animals (commonly known as urine sacs) after a complex tanning process, while the outer skin was made of tanned cowhide sewn together. It could hold water without leaking, making it quite valuable. If Reef's wineskin were taken to the Elven lands, it would be worth at least two or three cows, even empty.

Fang Senyan's thoughts were much more meticulous. Although he was surrounded by mysteries, he had a nagging feeling that a great truth was gradually approaching. This feeling made Fang Senyan quite irritable. He picked up another wineskin, tore it open, and drank deeply.

The wine was extremely strong, yet the wineskin had been buried in the snow for a long time, so the wine was still icy cold in his mouth, only warming up when it entered his stomach. The contradictory feeling of extreme cold and extreme heat was hard to describe. Reef took a few large gulps of wine, felt a surge of heat, and suddenly said, "Should we stop here for a while and rest?"

Fang Senyan also took a few big gulps of wine and said with a wry smile, "Looking at the fate of these frozen corpses, do you dare to stay here? We are quite fragile in this difficult world, and I'm most worried that the Space will weaken us again soon!"

Reef exclaimed, "Weaken us again?"

"That's right." Fang Senyan said bitterly, "There was a warning when they sealed our storage space. Every time we stay in this world for a certain amount of time, we should trigger a critical point. I estimate that we will soon reach the second time we trigger the critical point."

Reef, who had always been very cultivated, couldn't help but curse, "Fuck, will all our active abilities be sealed this time?"

Fang Senyan said helplessly, "The second critical point is okay, but it can be expected that the time interval between each trigger of the critical point will become shorter and shorter and more frequent, and finally it is likely to directly return us to the ranks of ordinary people. Completely lose any bonus from the Space! At that time, without any natural disasters or man-made calamities, the cold temperature and scarce food will become our biggest enemies, forcing us back into the Space without any preparation."

Reef now deeply agreed with Fang Senyan's words and pondered: "Then you mean: we had better find a safe and warmer place before we are completely weakened by the Space." Fang Senyan nodded seriously and said: "That's what I mean.

Even the place where we just entered this world, although there are Uruk-hai and Orcs, at least the natural environment will not be our enemy."

The two put their miscellaneous thoughts behind them and continued to move forward. The alcohol gradually spread out with the flow of blood. They only felt warm and exhausted. After walking less than a few miles, they walked out of the pine forest. The valley gradually narrowed, and finally turned into a canyon. The ground was covered with sparse snow, and no grass or trees grew. They could only see piles of strange rocks standing in disarray, and vaguely see traces of being washed by water. It seemed that when the temperature warmed up and the snow melted, there had been a flood. If you looked up, you could see cliffs all around, with only a line of sky running through the top, extending unyieldingly forward.

Walking in such rugged terrain was undoubtedly very strenuous, but fortunately, Fang Senyan and Reef still had various bonus abilities at this time, so even walking with a person was not difficult to adapt to. For them, it didn't matter if the road was difficult to walk. What was most worrying was that there was suddenly no way to go forward. That was the most despairing thing.

Because Reef had strong eyesight and was empty-handed, he had been walking in front of the team. After the two trudged through the rubble for hundreds of meters with difficulty, they were blocked by a rather high and wide rock.

This rock should be the product of a mountain collapse, completely blocking the entire valley. It should have rolled down from the cliff next to it. It was covered with cracks, and there was a dark hole in the lower left corner against the mountain wall. When you probed your head up, you could feel a cold wind blowing out of it, obviously very deep, but there was no hope of someone drilling into it.

To continue moving forward, you still had to climb over it from above. If it were ordinary people, then they would inevitably only sigh and return to the pine forest to make ladders, but for Fang Senyan and Reef, who were both contractors, such a height was not enough to stump them.

Reef, who had better jumping ability and higher agility, started to run from a distance, and then jumped high towards the giant rock, but

his fingertips were always a section short of reaching the top of the rock.

After trying several times without success. Fang Senyan stood in front of the giant rock, put his hands together and made a volleyball player's bump posture, and then told Reef something. Reef then ran over at high speed, stepping on Fang Senyan's hands!

At this time, Fang Senyan lifted his hands with force. His strength of thirty-seven points was already quite considerable. Coupled with Reef's own jumping ability, he jumped up with force, and his hands successfully grabbed the edge of the rock, and successfully climbed to the top of the giant stone.

If this action was on flat ground, Reef's action would naturally not be a problem, but at this time he was stepping on Fang Senyan's hands. Even though he had been prepared for a long time, Fang Senyan was still staggered back by the huge recoil force, and finally couldn't maintain his balance and fell to the ground.

With this sit, there was probably a small stone under Fang Senyan's butt, which made him feel pain. Fang Senyan frowned, cursed angrily, and reached out to touch it sideways. As a result, he took out a black stone the size of a ping pong ball. He was about to throw it away casually, but suddenly felt something was wrong: How could this stone be so light? Why are there a few more fresh cracks on the surface? Did this ass sit down and even crack the stone?

Fang Senyan's curiosity arose and became more and more unstoppable. He immediately studied the "stone" carefully, only to realize that the appearance of this thing was indeed very similar to a round black stone, but it weighed much less. Its surface was actually a layer of extremely hard shell. After breaking it open along the cracks on the outer shell, the inner wall inside actually slightly showed a litchi red color, and in the center of the outer shell, there was a green core, and the surface of the core was slightly blue.

What was even more amazing was that the folds of its inner layer actually grew into light-like radial shapes, and the overall feeling looked like a scorching sun in the sky! In an inconspicuous "stone", this kind of strange phenomenon was naturally formed, which made people marvel at the supernatural craftsmanship of nature while being surprised and sighed.

For some reason, Fang Senyan always felt that something was missing after seeing the "stone", just like seeing an extremely exquisite portrait of a person, but the person was missing the most important eyes.

Just as he was studying this strange thing, Fang Senyan suddenly felt dizzy, and a scream came from the opposite side! Then it stopped abruptly, and there was no sound since then.

Fang Senyan jumped up as if pricked by a needle. The scream was clearly Reef's. Could there be any great danger on the opposite side? He immediately stood up and shouted loudly, hoping to figure out what happened in front.

It was a pity that this wall-like giant stone was in front of him. Although Fang Senyan was anxious and his throat was almost hoarse, there was no response from the opposite side. He tried to contact the team's communication channel, but still got nothing!

What kind of danger can make a powerful Reef evaporate directly without even being able to send out a warning?

The empty valley was silent, and the surroundings were silent. Only the echoes of Fang Senyan's shouting were still faintly heard. The surrounding air seemed to be completely frozen. In such a depressing and lonely environment, people's negative emotions would be greatly amplified, and they would not be able to find a way to vent or an object to confide in. If some people with fragile spirits were afraid that they would commit suicide in despair and terror!

However, Fang Senyan was originally a person with a very firm will, and he could return to the Space at any time, so he could control his emotions quite well. Therefore, after confirming that an unimaginable accident had indeed happened on the opposite side, he quickly left, and retreated to a place with a wide view holding the still comatose Elf girl.