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Chapter 466 - 363: Ice Palace City (First Update)

Chapter 466: Chapter 363: Ice Palace City (First Update)

Ada suddenly let out a scream, startling both Su Yu and Diu Diu on the spot.

"Ada, what’s wrong?" Su Yu anxiously asked. After her scream, Ada quickly calmed down, but the look of surprise remained on her face. Noting Su Yu and Diu Diu’s concerned expressions, she shook her head and said, "I’m fine...I’m fine. It was just...a few annoying memories, all about things that happened in the previous era."

As she spoke, Ada wore a smile and shook her head, seemingly indicating that she was alright.

Looking at Ada, Su Yu felt a sudden stir in his heart. What had Ada experienced in the previous era? He knew that if a Category 5 Lifeform failed in one era, it would go into hibernation until the next. If conditions were right, it might be reborn.

So, Ada was no exception. What had she encountered in the previous era that forced her into hibernation?

Su Yu hesitated to ask. Seeing Ada’s reluctance to revisit her past, he silently pocketed his doubts. He reached out to stroke Ada, saying through a smile, "Don’t overthink, little one. You said it yourself, everything happened in the previous era. Now our focus should be on moving through this ’Demon Beast Mountain Range’ to find that miraculous ’Water of the Netherworld.’"

"Mm-hmm." Ada nodded repeatedly, apparently infected by Su Yu’s spirit. Her ebony eyes gleamed with a hint of mirth. She cocked her head and said after some thought, "We should be close now. I can strongly sense it."

"Then let’s move on." Su Yu gave Diu Diu a kick and called out, "Knight Diu Diu, time to get on the road!"

Diu Diu shot Su Yu an indignant look, but when it saw Ada, it squinted and plastered a smile on its dog face, wagging its tail persistently. Its attitude was entirely different.

In the following days, they occasionally encountered Level 6 monsters and occasional boss-like monsters. Su Yu shook them off if he could, and fought if he couldn’t. Knight Diu Diu was always the first one to flee at the sight of monsters.

Predicting their calendar, Su Yu realized that it was already the seventh day since they’d entered the "Demon Beast Mountain Range". Their food supply was already depleted, but he wasn’t concerned. The resources in the Demon Beast Mountain Range were abundant enough to prevent starvation.

The further they plunged into the Demon Beast Mountain Range, the colder it got. Luckily, Su Yu was a mutated Black Iron Warrior, so the temperature extremes didn’t affect him that much.

As he was staring out at the night sky with his head resting on his arm, Su Yu suddenly noticed lots of small white things floating gently down from the sky.

"Huh?" As they landed on his face and hands, these white things instantly melted. Su Yu quickly sat up, extended his hand, and saw the delicate white flakes falling quietly onto his palm.

"It’s snow...it’s snowing..." Looking up, Su Yu saw a sky full of fluttering snowflakes.

Excited at the sight of the snowflakes, Su Yu got up and murmured, "Back in the real world...it should be about time for snow too...it should be almost New Year’s Day...I wonder how mom and dad, and my sister are doing..."

The thought of his family back in the real world made Su Yu gloomy. With New Year’s Day coming, the timeline of the Maya Prophecy inevitably got pushed forward to a little over a year. Time had gone by rather quickly, it was almost three months since he’d been in this world.

"My sister loved to take pictures of the snow. She was planning to buy a better camera and give her digital one to me...haha, I wonder if she ever got her new camera. But even if she did, she couldn’t have given me her old one...we’re in separate worlds now..."

Lost in thought, Su Yu couldn’t help but stretch out his arms towards the snow-filled sky. As if with the strength of his arms, he could break through the sky and reach his old world.

"Su Yu, are you thinking about the past?" Ada asked gently.

"Yeah." Su Yu slowly brought his arms back to his side. No matter how far he reached, a huge chasm still loomed between him and the endless skies.

"I was just thinking about my parents, and my older sister. Around this time of the year, I would always go home in the evening, even if our school was hosting a New Year’s Eve party...my family would celebrate together. You know, Ada, you might not believe this, but my parents practically never argued or fought over all these years. They were always setting a good example for me, and were always good-natured."

Ada nodded calmly, "I believe you... no wonder you’re so mild-mannered. It seems your family influenced you a lot."

Su Yu gave a faint smile, noticing that Diudiu had taken cover behind a tilted boulder, hiding from the harsh night wind and the snow that was falling heavily from the sky.

"My mom and dad... they are really kind... My older sister might have a fiery temper, but she treats me very well..." As he said this, Su Yu couldn’t help but tilt his head upward, facing the thousands of dancing snowflakes. Suddenly, he let out a furious roar: "If the Maya Prophecy is true, if they really make it to this world, I will risk my life; I will wager all that I have to protect them -- protect them--!"

The echo of "protect them" reverberated throughout the Demon Beast Mountain Range for a long time, causing a lot of creatures to let out startled cries before slowly returning to silence. On this snowy night, even the creatures inhabiting the mountain range seemed calmer because of it.

It wasn’t until the echoes faded that Su Yu wearily sat down. He raised a hand to his face. In that moment, Ada noticed a glint in the corner of his eye. Ada knew, it was a tear.

With a quiet sigh, Ada extended her small paw and gently patted Su Yu. She knew that no matter how strong Su Yu became, or how many cruel realities he had faced, there was still a vulnerability deep within his increasingly formidable soul. Some feelings of sincere love and affection would never change, regardless of his experiences and strength.

That night, Su Yu, Ada and Diudiu huddled together, relying on the shelter of the tilted boulder to shield themselves from the wind and the snow. Diudiu had indeed chosen a great spot to hide.

Diudiu was very discontent with Su Yu taking up half the space, but considering this was the first time Ada had been so close, he wagged his tail twice, forgave Su Yu, and put up with it. After all, Diudiu was known for his broad heart and unselfish nature.

When Su Yu woke the next day, his breath was like a dragon’s: the temperature had dropped sharply. When he stood up, he saw that the towering trees around him were heavily covered in snow, transforming his surroundings into a pure, white world.

"The weather in the Demon Beast Mountain Range changes so quickly... it just started snowing all of a sudden..." Su Yu shook his head and stretched. After a night in the cold, his arms felt somewhat stiff.

Ada also let out a breath, before laughing and saying, "Su Yu, remember when I told you that the world where the ’Water of the Netherworld’ exists is a world of ice and snow?"

Su Yu looked at her, a smile finally flashing across his face: "Ada, are you saying that the ’Water of the Netherworld’ is... close by?"

"Yes," affirmed Ada, nodding her head. Then, with a leap, she hopped back onto Su Yu’s shoulder, extended her small paw and laughed: "Let’s go, follow this route. Maybe we will find the ’Water of the Netherworld’ today, or maybe tomorrow, but we will definitely find it."

Listening to Ada’s words, Su Yu’s spirits were greatly lifted. Finding the "Water of the Netherworld" could bring incalculable benefits to the future of Freedom Village. Even if as per Ada’s words there was only a one in ten thousand chance, it still had to be taken.

He nudged Diudiu awake and with Ada in company, dashed off into the white world.

Perhaps due to the sudden snowstorm, the roaring beasts that were usually everywhere in the Demon Beast Mountain Range had all disappeared. As Su Yu sprinted through the region, everything in sight was just a sheet of white void, and he didn’t even come across a single creature.

As instructed by Ada, Su Yu kept sprinting. Gradually, the tall trees around him became sparse while the thick ice and even mountains of ice became more numerous. Looking at these layers of ice, he realized they did not form just because of the sudden heavy snowfall last night. It would require a very long time for such a build-up of ice to form.

"World of ice and snow, this is truly a world of ice and snow..." Su Yu ran through this icy world. Here, there were rolling giant ice mountains, towering snow peaks; Su Yu was at a loss. The place where he was now, was it still part of the "Demon Beast Mountain Range"?

Soon, Su Yu had come across glaciers and frozen ice lakes. The temperature fell more and more sharply. Even as a sixth-order peak figure like him, he had to continuously use his special power to resist the cold. As for Diudiu, the thick fur on his body seemed to protect him from feeling too cold.

When Su Yu finally climbed another towering ice peak with his hands and feet, he saw something that shocked him, causing his face to wear an expression of utter surprise. Ada also let out a small gasp.

Before them, in the distance, was a range of ice mountains. These mountains converged to form a city in the middle, where numerous colossal ice pillars crisscrossed. At the center of it all was a grand Ice Palace City, which could be seen in the distance by Su Yu and Ada.

"Is that..." Su Yu was stunned and even Ada didn’t know that such a magnificent ice city would appear in the place where the "Water of the Netherworld" was located.

This was a grand city that was made entirely out of ice. The foundation stone of the ice city was composed of a series of short ice mountains beneath it. Although Su Yu was far away from it, he could still sense the magnificence of the ice city. However, when combined with the surroundings, it gave off a strange appeal, making this grand city seem both majestic and eerily unsettling.

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