Light Fortress
Chapter 436 - 92 Yinta’s Blizzard Night (Part 1)

Chapter 436: Chapter 92 Yinta’s Blizzard Night (Part 1)

Tundra District.

This is the northernmost region of the East Continent, where the climate can compete with the North Continent Fortress. It’s perennially frozen, with harsh winters all year round.

Here, there’s nothing but endless wind and snow!

Yinta is the name of a small city, a place that doesn’t exist on "regular maps." The climate of the Tundra District is so severe that almost no one would venture to such a remote area. Around the essential routes to Yinta, the East Continent Government has erected a long iron net to warn curious "north-goers" to stop here and not proceed any further.

Otherwise...

The massive wind and snow will engulf them.

Only Transcendents would travel so far, and only Transcendents could arrive here safely.

On the outskirts of the small city of Yinta, a "protective dome" has been constructed, somewhat similar to the "Heavenly Curtain" of the North Continent Fortress, formed by countless Source Energy Floating Boards arranged into a huge honeycomb. However, these "source energy boards" could not compare to those of the North Continent in terms of cost, as their only function was to withstand blizzards, while the East Continent Federation built a high tower in the center of Yinta City.

The twenty-four-hour blizzard has reduced visibility to a minimum.

Transcendents need to release their spiritual power just to ensure their most basic "sight."

At night, the high tower would emit a glow through "Source Energy," a bright radiance that could illuminate dozens of miles around. A vast amount of energy was burnt in Yinta City, allowing the tower’s glow to penetrate the heavy snow and ensure the smooth, normal "work" of the small city at night.

There are actually quite a few cities like this one in the northern part of the tundra.

But those that have built such high towers are very few.

In the whole of Jiangbei, only the five great families have enough wealth to support and are willing to generously pay for the operations of such remote city districts.

Yinta is the city of the Bai Family.

Several hours ago, Yinta received an order to halt all normal operations, recall all workers, and grant permission to Deep Sea, swiftly shutting down every "warehouse." After this operation was completed, the Source Energy Floating Boards suspended outside the small city no longer closed; they tilted slowly like fish scales... This meant that the wind and snow would soon pour into Yinta unobstructed, and it would take only a few hours for the snow accumulated in the city to engulf a person.

"This is code number BSZG9873, reporting, the outer city gate is open... clearance has been completed, and it will close in three seconds, initiating lockdown countdown, 3, 2, 1. The lockdown is complete."

"This is code number BSZG5782, reporting, the second sluice gate is open... clearance has been completed, and it will close in three seconds..."

Several hours later.

A convoy arrived at the city gates in the night.

Clear report sounds came through the Bai Family’s central communicator; the four gates used for entering and exiting Yinta opened briefly and then closed again after clearance. At this moment, seen from above, it resembled an enclosure made of iron sheets.

Or rather... a prison.

The convoy’s armored tires crushed the thick snow, reminiscent of ants on the snowfield, moving in a crooked line, proceeding slowly.

Eventually, the convoy reached the location of the high tower, the headquarters that the Bai Family had set up in the city district.

Bai Zesheng’s expression was serious; he had personally left from Changye to escort the "prisoner" of this trip... Opening the back door of the vehicle, a man who was breathing his last lay on the back seat, his life force dwindling, almost dragged out of the car.

As Bai Xiu had requested, this "criminal" was to be executed tonight.

The Bai Family’s Ancestral Hall left the matter entirely in the hands of the Second Elder.

Thus, Bai Zesheng set out overnight, bringing the planner of the entire murder plot to Yinta... having endured a spiritual power scouring along the way, the man barely had a few breaths left to catch, and not even if a god came, could he be saved.

It could be said that he was already a dead man.

Only, he still had some value to be used.

...

...

"You’ve placed him in Tundra’s Warehouse B12... only, during the recent search, no one was found in the warehouse. I don’t believe that you are unaware of his whereabouts," Bai Zesheng said, calmly sitting opposite the "criminal."

A camera was placed above the dark room, recording this last interrogation... He needed to ensure that this case ended steadily, providing a satisfying conclusion for everyone, and this end was not just as simple as executing the plotter from the Elder Council.

He must catch the assassin!

Through the interrogation of the spiritual scouring... the Bai Family had now confirmed that the assassin was still in the small city, so before leaving, the entire Yinta had been locked down immediately, while also opening the Source Energy Floating Boards.

The violent wind and snow almost submerged the whole small city.

Only, the assassin who struck in the Frozen Prairie disappeared like a shadow into the great snow of the small city.

He could withstand the bitter cold beneath the Ice Lake of the Frozen Prairie.

He could also withstand the blizzard of Yinta... but now, he was different from when he lurked in the frozen expanse; he was wounded, and in such adverse conditions without the possibility of treatment, how much longer could he hold on?

The "criminal’s" eyes were nearly scattered.

His will was not strong, and under the forceful questioning and torture of the spiritual power, he had reached the "breaking point."

So Bai Zesheng’s demeanor was not harsh, but rather gentle, as he began to speak, "Judging from the medicines found in the warehouse... his injuries are not light. In a way, he is like you - a dying man. Even if I do nothing and just open the Source Energy Floating Boards, in less than a week, he will freeze to death in Yinta."