Chapter 41: Awakening from Hibernation

  "You mean that giant thing is someone's pet?" Bai Cangdong looked at the over 100-meter-tall massive creature in disbelief.

  "Yes, there is only one possibility, and that is for the undead to give birth to their offspring." Yan Mengyun said affirmatively.

  Bai Cang Dong wanted to say something, but the giant egg next to him suddenly cracked open, and a small undead creature crawled out from inside. The smaller undead creatures didn't seem to have the same spiritual energy as the larger ones, and they directly pounced on the two people, completely disregarding the other eggs that hadn't hatched yet.

  "Don't move your hands, it will provoke that giant undead, let's run." Bai Cangdong stopped Yan Mengyun who was about to take action and pulled her around the giant egg to escape.

  They didn't destroy the giant eggs, but those giant eggs were smashed by the small undead tribe that chased them. As they watched one egg after another being smashed, the huge undead finally lost their sanity and spewed out a terrifying undead glow. Regardless of the risk of crushing those eggs, their massive bodies charged towards them.

  "Charge in!" Bai Cangdong roared loudly, and the two of them leapt towards the ice cave passage with all their might.

  Boom!

  At the moment when the two entered the passage, a huge undead with a fierce and unyielding light also rushed over, directly colliding with the entrance of the passage, shattering more than ten meters of it.

  The monster that had sunk into the ice cave bit desperately at the two, but because it was stuck in the ice hole, it could not continue to swallow them. After roaring a few times, it retreated and then the entire passageway collapsed, sealing off the entrance.

  "It's a dead end!" The two of them walked along the ice cave for several hundred meters before discovering that in front of them was an ice wall, completely blocking their path. Suddenly, both of their faces turned extremely awkward.

  "It seems we're going to die here." Yan Mengyun sat weakly on the ground.

  "Don't give up, maybe it's like the Ice Fog Cave, and other ice caves are just separated by a wall of ice." Bai Cangdong summoned his great sword and tapped on the surrounding ice walls, hoping to find the location of the hollow.

  Unfortunately, the result was somewhat disappointing. The ice wall and stone wall seemed to be slightly different, making it difficult to distinguish where there were hollows or if there were no hollows at all.

  "It's just a matter of luck now." Bai Cangdong looked around at the ice walls, judged his current position, and started digging into one of the ice walls with his great sword.

  Yan Mengyun saw Bai Cangdong so calm and composed, her own heart also calmed down a lot, she summoned out her own weapon and together with Bai Cangdong started digging into the ice wall.

  The ice was dug out in blocks, but as far as the eye could see, it was still block after block of ice, and no one knew how thick it was.

  Two people dug for three or four hours, but still couldn't see how thick the ice block was in front of them, and both of their physical strength had been almost exhausted.

  "There's no hope." Yan Mengyun had already given up, throwing away her weapon and sitting on the ground, tears welling up in her eyes.

  Bai Cangdong also stopped, thinking to himself: "The direction we're digging now should be towards the Ice Fog Cave. Based on my impression, I think it's no more than 100 meters away from here, and if we're lucky, maybe only 20-30 meters. We've already dug over a dozen meters, so there's still hope."

  Yan Mengyun was lying on the ice and was about to fall asleep, when Bai Canghai hurried over, embracing her and shaking her: "You can't sleep, if you fall asleep, you'll die."

  "Just die already, I really don't have the energy anymore, I'm so tired." Yan Mengyun said weakly.

  "Don't worry, we'll definitely get out of here alive. If you're tired, take a rest, but don't fall asleep, okay? Keep me company and talk to me." Bai Cangdong patted her cheek gently and said softly.

  Looking at Bai Cangdong's smile, Yan Mengyun felt that her fear seemed to have decreased a bit: "I don't know what to say."

  "It doesn't matter, I'll ask you and you just answer." Bai Cangdong helped Yan Mengyun up, letting her stand, then continued to dig at the ice wall, saying as he dug: "Besides you, who else is in your household?"

  "My parents are still alive, and I also have a younger sister." Yan Mengyun replied.

  "Your sister must be as lovely and charming as you are?" asked Bai Cangdong.

  “……”

  I don't know what they said, but looking at Bai Cangdong's figure digging into the ice wall, Yan Mengyun felt a sense of fear in her heart that she didn't know why was slowly disappearing, and instead had a feeling of relief.

  As she watched, Yan Mengyun suddenly became distracted, staring blankly at Bai Cangdong's back.

  "Yun Yun, are you okay?" Bai Cangdong asked a few questions but didn't hear Yan Mengyun respond, thinking she had fallen asleep, and quickly turned around to look at her.

  Yan Mengyun's small face turned red, and she hastily lowered her head, stuttering: "N-no... nothing..."

  Bai Cangdong placed his large hand on her head, rubbing her scalp: "Be obedient and listen to me, we will definitely be able to get out of here alive."

  "Mm." Yan Mengyun's small face flushed as she softly responded with a single word.

  Bai Cangdong once again started digging at the ice wall, although he was already very tired, but he didn't dare to stop, he feared that if he stopped, he would no longer have the strength and confidence.

  "Boom!" Bai Cangdong's mechanical sword slammed into the ice wall, but it suddenly collapsed, revealing a passageway.

  "We made it through, we really made it through, we're saved!" Bai Cangdong rushed to Yan Mengyun's side with excitement, and they hugged each other, shouting and jumping for joy.

  Yan Mengyun's small face was burning like fire, but she didn't push away Bai Cangdong.

  "Let's hurry up." Bai Cangdong pulled Yan Mengyun into the passage, and after walking for a short distance, he found that this was not the Ice Fog Cave. Turning around a corner, they suddenly saw several figures in front of them.

  "There are actually people here!" Bai Cangdong and Yan Mengyun were both surprised and delighted. The presence of people meant that there might be a way out, but they didn't know if those people would be friendly or not.

  But to their surprise, upon closer inspection, they were both shocked. The figures were not living people, but corpses, which had been preserved in the ice cave for an unknown period of time, still maintaining a lifelike appearance as if they were still alive. If one didn't look closely, it would be difficult to distinguish them from living beings.

  There were six people in total. None of them had any wounds on their bodies, and they either sat or lay down with no signs of pain on their faces. They all looked very peaceful in death.

  "It's strange, how did these people die here without any injuries or signs of struggle? Did they suffocate to death in this place?" Bai Cangdong's face didn't look good, if these people really died from suffocation, the two of them might not be able to escape either.

  "It's a viscount, all six of them are viscounts!" Yan Mengyun said, pointing at the corpse's forehead.

  Bai Cang Dong's eyes condensed as he looked over, and indeed, on the foreheads of the six people, the Viscount seals had all appeared.

  "What a pity, they didn't summon any armed forces. Those armed forces should have all dispersed with the collapse of their fate." Bai Cangdong said regretfully.

  "It seems like there are some words here." Yan Mengyun found a piece of silk with writing all over it.

  "What's written on it?" asked Bai Cangdong.

  "These six people claimed to be from Wanglong City, traveling together in search of a way to become earls. Here, they discovered a viscount-level undead with the special ability of having an immortal light that freezes, and was incredibly powerful. After the six of them joined forces to kill it, the undead surprisingly left behind an egg of the undead."

  "All six of them knew the value of that Undead Egg and how it might affect their future promotion to Earl, so they all wanted to take it for themselves. In the end, they decided to settle it with a contest: whoever could endure the cold in the ice cave the longest would get to keep the Undead Egg."

  Bai Cang said hesitantly: "Could it be that none of the six people moved, and they all froze to death here?"

  "It wasn't like that, there's more to it. The person who proposed this way of fighting was the first to pretend to be unable to hold on, but in the end, they took advantage of everyone's exhaustion and launched a sneak attack, wanting to take possession of the Undead Clan's egg. In the end, the five of them joined forces to fight against that person, but ultimately ended up causing the ice cave to collapse. The six of them didn't have the strength to open up a new path out, and in the end, they could only die trapped inside." Yan Mengyun finished saying everything on the silk scroll in one breath.

  "So there's really no way out of here?" Bai Cangdong said with a hint of disappointment.

  "If there was a way out, they wouldn't have died here either. But in the end, it's said that the six of them were extremely good friends, and that person had only momentarily been overcome with greed, without any intention of harming them. So before their deaths, the six people still shook hands and made amends, remaining good friends to the end. The only regret is that none of the six managed to master the martial art known as 'Surprise Awakening', otherwise they wouldn't have died here either."

  "What kind of martial arts could help them escape?" A glimmer of hope rose in Bai Cang's heart.

  "I don't know, the content on the silk scroll ends here and doesn't record any information about the 'Surprise Awakening' martial skill." Yan Mengyun shook his head.

  "I'll take a look, maybe it's on them." Bai Cangdong also disregarded the respect for the dead and started searching the six corpses.

  Six people had almost nothing on them except for some empty medicine bottles, until they flipped over the fourth corpse, when Bai Cangdong finally found a crystal plate recording martial skills.

  "It's it! The martial skill recorded on this crystal plate is indeed 'Surprise Awakening'." Bai Cangdong exclaimed in surprise.

  The two watched the content above together, and after watching it, Yan Mengyun was greatly disappointed: "This martial skill has no restriction on nobility, but it is really too difficult to cultivate. It may take ten or twenty years to practice, and even if we succeed, it may not necessarily help us get out of trouble."

  Bai Cangdong, however, did not think so. Holding the crystal plate, his expression changed unpredictably: "The martial skill 'Jīng Fēi' is indeed ingenious, and it can actually allow people to recover their physical strength by just entering a state of dormancy without eating or drinking. Unfortunately, the method of cultivation is extremely profound and difficult, just like Meng Yun said, even after ten or twenty years, it may not be possible to cultivate it successfully. However, I have the sword sheath in my hand, if the sword sheath can absorb this crystal plate like it did with 'Nei Dan Shu', turning it into a sword dan, then I will be able to immediately cultivate 'Jīng Fēi' and perhaps there is still a glimmer of hope."