Cyber Era Witch -
Chapter 783 - 649 Frost Core_2
Chapter 783: Chapter 649 Frost Core_2
The people of Yibei City could never imagine that beneath their water supply pipelines lay another layer of pipeline system, drawing tens of millions of cubic meters of water, all converging atop Hill A to sustain its millennia-long existence.
"We can imagine an underground civilization that evolves in cycles with the climate. Over the past 10,000 years, this civilization lived in fear of the mini ice ages that occurred every few thousand years, when water sources dried up, electricity became scarce, and civilization fell into decline, sparking internal strife. And when the climate warmed up again, with water flowing infinitely and electricity once more powering all facilities, the entirety of Hill A would flourish," Lila said.
"If it were your real self here, you could help me track down that guy’s trail; now I can only deal with it myself," Farosa looked down, searching for minute differences on the ground. Her vision, like her other physiological functions, had reached the extraordinary, thus enabling her to discern clues from the slightest environmental differences.
Farosa moved forward, something flashed briefly in the darkness, and she swung her Star Tamer, a red light sparkling, and that thing was instantly sliced into pieces. When she got closer, she saw it was a pale, malformed human, long dead from the cold, now chopped into evenly sized chunks of flesh by magic power. Farosa stamped her foot hard, and the neatly stacked chunks of human flesh scattered in all directions, turning into roughly sixty or seventy blocks of cold, congealed blood and flesh.
Several more frozen pallid malformed humans were squatting nearby in the corridor, seemingly having attempted to huddle together to keep warm before they died, with gestures of reaching out to one another. They had unusually short noses, elongated arms and legs, and completely blind eyes, while their ears had grown larger. It was hard to imagine they had any connection to the Old Ones or humans at all. Their skin had turned black due to rigor mortis, their blood already frozen into ice, only the cold weather prevented microbes from growing, resulting in mummified zombies.
Farosa detested using her own weapon against such repulsive things. She simply strode forward, making a beeline and quickly arriving at a natural cavern. The Old Ones seemed to have constructed a circular control room here, with many cables near the ground connecting it to other regions of the underground world, as though this was indeed the center controlling all facilities behind Hill A.
"That’s the coldest place with the frost," Lila observed.
The surviving Old One woman emerged from the entrance and, upon seeing Farosa and the drone approach, immediately picked up her Black Bow, attempting to make a last stand.
She shot an arrow at Farosa, who was able to anticipate the trajectory of the arrow and wave her Star Tamer to deflect it. Such skill was suitable for dealing with weaker enemies, proving that Farosa could easily crush her opponents with her surpassing physical capabilities alone.
The Old One woman retreated nervously, Farosa’s performance completely exceeding her expectations.
"Corner her against the wall and kill her... I want her to die in pain, in utter despair," Farosa planned to savor the other’s desperation.
"We need to understand the science of the Old Ones from her," Lila reminded softly.
"Just capture her and bully her at leisure."
"If there’s a peaceful way to make her give up the information, it’s a good way to conserve energy and time, considering we are now in a race against the clock."
"Can’t you read brainwaves or something?"
"The Old Ones’ brains are inevitably different from humans’. Some apocrypha and esoteric teachings mention that the Old Ones could transmit words over long distances, communicate minds," Lila reminded.
Indeed, back in the Moonlight Garden, the Old One imprisoned in the rhomboid could also send messages. Farosa mused internally.
"...Then let’s have you give it a try, I want to see what you can do," Farosa said calmly.
"Let’s show her what the sealed Old One at the bottom of Nestor Headquarters looks like," the drone advanced.
"Wait—That secret door was opened by Kirino Reisei and me, how did you know?" Farosa frowned.
"In front of the most powerful reconnaissance Witch, doors are meaningless," Lila said.
Farosa watched with consternation as Lila’s drone approached the remnant Old Ones.
The hologram projected by the drone showed the image of the Old One at the bottom of the tower, very special, the Old One who bore the entire weight of Nestor Headquarters was bound by chains, pierced by three Black Long Spears yet still alive.
"Ah—you—," the ancient woman spoke in Secret Script. Upon seeing the other party, her face immediately revealed a look of surprise, clearly recognizing the existence of the male ancient.
"Tell her that if she is willing to cooperate with us, we can reunite her with him," Lila instructed Farosa to relay in Secret Script. Farosa refused to show the Secret Script to Lila, keeping her excluded from the knowledge.
"It has come to this, so it’s up to me to communicate," Farosa said with a smile. Keeping Lila from the Secret Script was for just this kind of situation.
At that moment, Farosa softly guided the ancient woman in Secret Script, reminding her that as long as she handed over the secrets to the Night Silver forging and the ancient city on Hill A, she would release the ancient who was imprisoned beneath Nestor Headquarters.
Farosa’s words were soft and elegant, captivating, and the ancient woman took a deep breath. She was deeply concerned for the male ancient locked in the tower’s depths and couldn’t help but waver.
She showed a tendency to surrender, and Farosa seized the opportunity to strike while the iron was hot.
"...Zme, gsv xliv lu rxv ult," Farosa requested the Frost Core from her.
The ancient woman clenched her teeth and took out the Frost Core from behind her.
Seeing its intact state, Farosa confirmed one fact, the ancient woman had indeed used it to control the Corpse Dragon in its daylight defense!
If Farosa could get such a core, wouldn’t she also be able to manipulate that dragon?
A Giant Dragon equivalent to an elder dragon in life, even in death, its combat power was strong enough to defeat Pan Ruiyi. Now with the Frost Core, it too would become Farosa’s puppet; she could dispatch it to attack her enemies at will!
"Very good," Farosa was satisfied and called Lila back.
The ancient woman took a deep breath and, steeling herself, followed behind Farosa and Lila with trepidation.
Farosa continued to play nice to lower her guard and kept hinting for her to hand over the Frost Core.
Facing Farosa, whose strength was far beyond her own, the ancient woman had no choice but to submit.
When the ancient woman finally handed over the Frost Core to Farosa, a look of immense relief swept across Farosa’s face as she quickly pocketed the Frost Core.
As Farosa took away the Frost Core, the environment warmed rapidly, and the temperature of the underground space rose swiftly.
"The ice has melted... The temperature has returned above zero?" Lila’s drone detected significant heat changes; it appeared that due to the imbalance of the Frost Core, this area was warming up, consequently restoring the flow of water and causing a rumbling noise within the walls.
The ancient woman calmly observed her surroundings as if she had anticipated such an outcome.
Farosa asked her to come along, and when they reached the dam again, the waterfall had already begun to melt.
Like frozen tears beginning to flow again, huge chunks of ice plummeted downwards, streams formed from the cascading water, scouring the turbines below as the sound of rotating blades buzzed, and in the distance Hill A too began to generate a deep, continuous rumble.
They swiftly returned along the path to Hill A, and before their eyes, the entire lost city was reactivating.
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