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Chapter 72: Snow Disaster

Chapter 72: Chapter 72: Snow Disaster

The situation at hand was quite unfavorable for Night Disaster.

Controlling the calamities of the world could be said to be an invincible ability, yet Bai Kou’s personal guard happened to be the very existence that restrained her. For some unknown reason, the armor formed by this freezing mist easily intercepted the calamities outside.

What did the "Western Wind" that Bai Kou spoke of represent?

Duan Mingyuan carefully observed the cold air lingering around the armor and sensed a vigorous Life Energy emanating from it.

This was an entirely different form of energy from what he had encountered before.

He suddenly realized that the ability of the Western Wind did not originate from himself, but from the armor he wore. For this reason, he gave up his name and no longer revealed his true face, allowing the armor to replace all that was him.

"This is the application of the seventh-class energy. This planet is not the company’s only mining channel,"

Bai Kou looked up at the starry sky.

By now, it was deep into the night, and the heavens were dotted with stars.

He continued, "About 2.7 billion kilometers from here, there exists an ice-enshrouded planet. When the company’s exploration team arrived, they found the environment to be much harsher than here. There were no large cities on the planet, just scattered, struggling settlements. From the moment of birth, every life was forced to confront the cold, the scarcity of supplies, and the assault of blizzards."

"Blizzards on that planet are clusters of elements formed by ice and snow. They take diverse forms and all life they touch heads towards annihilation in the extreme cold. But it is precisely in such conditions that the people of the planet have obtained a special kind of Life Energy. They have been fighting against blizzards generation after generation with this unusual Life Energy.

"But such resistance can never last forever. According to the research of the exploration team, the ’mutation’ of the planet has reached an irreversible point. Contours of a ’Cocoon’ have been detected in the central region of the planet, and the blizzards are birthed from there."

Bai Kou’s slightly frivolous smile vanished as he said seriously, "A planet that has become a ’Cocoon’ cannot be saved. Therefore, the company offered the inhabitants of the planet two choices. One is to continue to stay in their homeland and fight against the increasingly frequent blizzards until the last moment. The second is that the company can provide them with a flagship capable of accommodating all the clan members, ensuring that they can escape the planet before it is completely swallowed by the blizzards."

Duan Mingyuan asked, "What is the price?"

A flagship capable of accommodating the survivors of an entire planet undoubtedly came with an astronomical cost.

With his understanding of the company, they were certainly not any philanthropic organization prone to acts of charity.

"Research on Life Energy,"

Bai Kou disclosed without concealing anything, "According to the contract, after the West Wind Clan has settled on the flagship, they must cooperate with the company’s various research works and provide enough samples for the research projects. What you are seeing now is a result of that research."

It was at this moment that Duan Mingyuan finally understood why Night Disaster’s ability was ineffective against the cold air.

The energy manipulated by the Western Wind was not all the energy of this world. This special Life Energy came from another planet located 2.7 billion kilometers away from them.

This was a way to counteract the calamities of the world that he had never imagined.

Night Disaster seemed never to have encountered a situation where her abilities were ineffective and now appeared to be extremely passive on the battlefield. What was worse, as the battle continued, the area frozen by the cold air grew larger and larger.

The ground, the walls, even the Life Energy that formed the Barrier, was covered with a thin layer of frost.

Correspondingly, the reach of the calamities grew increasingly smaller.

"There also exists a special kind of Life Energy on this planet. Its extraction and expression are utterly different from that of the West Wind Clan. If studied thoroughly, I believe it can produce results no less outstanding than the ’Western Wind’."

Bai Kou looked down at Night Disaster, who was gradually being cornered, "The situation is clear at a glance. If we allow such precious resources to be in the hands of those who do not know how to utilize them properly, it will only lead to wastage of resources. When I think about it, it seems I have seen a similar situation before. It’s fascinating—the ability to manipulate the calamities of the world, or else—"

As he spoke, a loud bang suddenly erupted from behind Night Disaster, who was pushed into a corner.

The beam ejected from the Energy Weapons breached the wall and struck the chest of the Western Wind armor with precision.

The strong impact sent Western Wind flying dozens of meters, breaking through the formed membrane and leaving a huge hole in the wall of the control center building.

The large war machines equipped in the factory burst through the wall behind Night Disaster, aiming their barrels in the direction where Western Wind was blown away.

Liu observed the battle’s progression through the display screen.

Heroes always make their entrance at the crucial moment, delivering a reversing blow to the villain.

At this moment, they had a common enemy. As for the grudge with Night Disaster, it could wait until that troublesome robot was dealt with.

This was the moment Liu had been waiting for, mimicking Night Disaster’s abilities, then letting Bai Kou’s bodyguards gradually get used to Night Disaster’s powers in combat, until the moment the enemy revealed a flaw.

Just like those heart-stirring movies, this was a guaranteed, devastating strike that would determine victory!

However, Bai Kou, who witnessed all this from the control room, touched her chin with interest, "Or perhaps conjuring up the power by imagining yourself as the hero in the movies, turning the scenes of fantasy into actual abilities... And you, Mr. Duan, anything within your cognition is under your control, these abilities all sound overwhelmingly powerful."

Bai Kou paused, then said, "But as you’ve said, no matter how powerful the ability, without sufficient Life Energy and cognition as a foundation, it’s just a paper tiger that looks good but is ineffective."

When the dust settled, a figure with a pierced chest slowly returned to the battlefield.

Beneath the damaged armor, there was no flesh or bone, just a raging blizzard swirling violently.

It appeared to have life and consciousness of its own. In less than five seconds, the hole in its chest had healed itself back to normal.

An existence untouched by the disaster from another world, a life beyond the realm of movie fantasy.

The outcome of this battle had been predetermined before it even began.

The company had not only gathered intelligence on Night Disaster but also on the powers lurking in the shadows, using the abilities of Night Disaster as a front for a surprise attack; none escaped the eye of the company’s intelligence department.

Before Bai Kou attended the meeting, she had already prepared bodyguards who could best restrain both individuals.

No,

to be precise, three individuals.

Things beyond cognition could not be reconstructed, and Duan Mingyuan, who knew nothing about the construction of the West Wind armor and the life form hidden within, naturally could not transform it into something else.

This was why Bai Kou deliberately steered the conversation towards him.

"Don’t be stunned, Night—"

Liu’s shout was abruptly cut off.

Ice covered the war machine under his control, forever freezing his body in place.

At the same moment, Night Disaster, feeling his Life Energy rapidly fading, hadn’t yet reacted before a gigantic hand made of ice seized his body, lifting him into the air and placing him in front of the control room’s glass.

The blood-colored Barrier crumbled and shattered under the onslaught of the blizzard, turning into a semicircular ice sculpture.

"Should I call you Night Disaster, or Miss September?"

The two looked at each other through the cracked glass, Bai Kou asked, "You’re different from those remnants of the hunters, I want to hear your reasons, although it might not be in the way you imagined, the outcome isn’t much different—you have ten minutes before your blood freezes and you fall into a dormant state, if you have any questions you want to ask me, now is the time to start."