r18novel Chapter 191 After the Storm
Chapter 191 After the Storm
The cracking sound of the rapidly spreading ice crystals drowned out the roar of the storm.
The ice layer is not static; extremely cold energy flows and strengthens within it, causing intricate ice flower patterns to condense on its surface. Against the backdrop of the dark storm, it emits an eerie, ghostly blue glow.
Xu Si knelt on the roof of the "Nirvana" vehicle, pressing one hand firmly against the ice to maintain the output of "Extreme Cold Storm".
His face turned pale at a visible speed, and fine beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.
Maintaining such a large and intensely cold region consumed far more energy than he had anticipated.
Chen Pei's figure appeared and disappeared within the ice layer, like a pale blue water ghost.
Xu Si hadn't expected that it could actually swim in the ice; this sequence was simply amazing under the right conditions.
"Summer Like a Waterfall" also placed a huge burden on Chen Pei.
"Hang in there... every storm eventually passes!" Xu Si gritted his teeth.
Star Eyes peered through the ice, staring intently at the all-consuming darkness outside, as if trying to see through it.
The freezing did not stop the black storm from eroding.
On the contrary, the pitch-black sand and twisted metal fragments were not repelled the moment they came into contact with the ice. Instead, they seemed to have found a new target and attached, piled up, rotated and cut even more frantically!
"Sizzle... crunch..."
The teeth-grinding scraping sound and the cracking sound of the ice breaking under the strain could be clearly heard through the ice.
It's like the sound of glaciers weeping, the sound of continents separating.
The ice layer is struggling to survive amidst constant depletion and reconstruction.
Beyond the ice, the howling of the black storm seemed endless.
Xu Si knelt on the roof of the "Nirvana" vehicle. His hands, which were pressed against the ice, were numb. The biting coldness flowed up his arms and tangled with the nearly depleted source of the sequence in his body.
He could feel the feedback from the "energy siphon" becoming weaker and weaker—this wasteland had been drained too clean, and even the remaining free energy in the air was pitifully thin.
My vision began to darken intermittently, and I had a constant ringing in my ears.
But he dared not stop.
Inside the ice, Chen Pei's figure had faded to almost transparent, like a ripple that could disappear at any moment, but he still tried his best to repair the cracks that appeared.
The immense water vapor brought by "Summer Like a Waterfall" has long been exhausted. What sustains him now is the last bit of power brought by overdrawing the source of the sequence.
The ice layer is being relentlessly eroded and cut by the black gravel, starting from the outermost layer and gradually thinning and breaking apart.
The fine cracks, like the veins of death, traced back to the entire convoy.
"Click..."
A remarkably clear and crisp sound.
The ice layer near the back of the tower was finally pierced by a black whirlwind carrying sharp metal fragments!
A hole about the thickness of a little finger appeared, and the violent airflow from the outside rushed in instantly, emitting a sharp whistling sound!
Then came the second, the third...
"Ugh!" Tashan groaned as a black whirlwind swept past his body, carrying away large pieces of stone and leaving deep, bone-revealing ravines.
Jiao Jiao gritted her teeth, and wave after wave of milky white light fell on him, but it was all in vain.
Su Su's hand was already on the car door handle, her cold eyes staring intently at the gradually crumbling ice outside the frost-covered car window.
Once the ice breaks completely, she will be the first to rush out.
Just as the ice was about to completely collapse—
The all-consuming roar from the outside world, which seemed to last until the end of the world, subsided without warning.
It didn't stop suddenly, but rather, like the receding tide, it quickly diminished from a deafening roar to a low whimper, and then to a distant, muffled sound, as if pierced by a thick veil.
The "wall" of black storm was rolling toward the convoy at a visible speed.
The black gravel and metal fragments that had been frantically cutting into the ice seemed to have lost their power and slid off with a soft rustling sound.
The sky gradually reappeared.
It was still that scorching, scarlet, and ominous blood-red sun.
But in the eyes of everyone at this moment, it seemed as precious as surviving a catastrophe.
Inside the ice, all was deathly still.
Only heavy, suppressed breathing could be heard.
Xu Si slowly and stiffly released his hand from the ice.
My heart was pounding wildly in my chest, and my arm muscles were trembling violently from the prolonged stiffness, making it almost impossible to lift.
He collapsed helplessly onto the roof of the car, gasping for breath of the cold, pure air inside the ice layer, his vision blurring.
Chen Pei's figure flickered in the ice for a moment before completely disintegrating into ordinary water droplets, sliding down the ice surface and disappearing.
Inside the RV, Tang Jinxiu's suppressed gasps and anxious calls could be heard.
The massive body of Tashan swayed.
"Clang!"
The eight rocky arms hung limply, crashing heavily onto the convoy, and then the body was restored.
Its enormous body began to shrink rapidly, returning to a normal human size.
His back was almost completely devoid of healthy flesh, with deep wounds exposing the bone, which had already left him in a coma.
Jiao Jiao scrambled off the pickup truck and pounced on Ta Shan's side, placing her hands on his back, which was almost unrecognizable, as milky white light poured out wildly.
"Brother Shan! Brother Shan, hang in there!"
Her voice was choked with sobs, and tears mixed with ice crystals rolled down her face. She had never felt so exhausted before because of her filial piety.
At this point, however, things became somewhat difficult to continue.
Hearing Tang Jinxiu's calls and seeing Xu Si slumped on the roof of the car, she was momentarily overwhelmed.
Su Su had already jumped onto the roof of Xu Si's car to check on his condition.
Xu Si was somewhat puzzled. The sequence, which should have been exhausted of energy, was now accelerating forward. How could it have such an effect even after the extraordinary energy was used up?
"I'm fine!" Xu Si managed to utter three words.
He did not have any external injuries, but the depletion of sequence energy rendered him unable to move a single finger.
However, if he gets some more sun, he will gradually recover.
Xu Si felt like he was recharging right now!
Chen Pei's situation should be similar to mine; that guy must have also consumed a lot of his essence.
Fortunately, Tang Jinxiu was quite experienced and kept pouring water into his mouth, bottle after bottle, while Chen Pei was like a dry sponge, accepting everything without hesitation.
Therefore, it is actually Tashan that truly needs emergency treatment.
His entire back looked as if it had been pounded by a meat grinder, and the black armor that Wang Hu had made for him was now completely shattered, showing no trace of its mystique.
Without that extraordinary object, Tashan would likely have perished long ago.
Fu Xiaojian opened the door of the Mengshi car and strode over, his face ashen and iron-like.
My gaze swept over the chaotic convoy, where the ice was slowly melting under the sunlight.
Having barely recovered a little through the Star Anchor, Xu Si struggled to slide off the roof of the car. He staggered when he landed, and only managed to stand up after grabbing the cold body of the "Nirvana".
Star Eyes swept across the surroundings.
The black storm vanished completely, as if it had never existed.
The wasteland remains the same wasteland.
Flat and lifeless.
But upon closer inspection, the ground was covered with a uniform layer of gravel, as if it had been finely ground, which shone with an eerie matte luster under the blood-red sun.
Around the convoy, a small ring of wet ground formed from the melting ice contrasted sharply with the endless gravel surrounding it.