◎The premise is that they can successfully deal with the things in the cave◎

The blizzard gradually faded away, but the sky and the earth were still terribly gray and lifeless, pressing so hard on people's chests that they could hardly breathe.

Everyone huddled together like quails, looking at each other, all with confused faces.

"Let's go and find the main force." Xia Li was the first to break the silence.

"Just... just the five of us?" Dawn poked his head out timidly and looked around. He couldn't find any large group, not even a dead branch.

"Well, it's best to meet up before dark." Xia Li nodded, shaking off the thick ice chips on her head, shoulders and arms, and prepared to walk towards the finish line.

Everyone has the same goal, so only by moving in the same direction can they have a chance to reunite.

"What will happen if you don't return to the team before dark?" Yue Se heard something else in her words and asked another question.

Xia Li thought for a moment and said, "Not very good."

The other four: Phew—that’s good.

"But we might encounter nocturnal creatures," Xia Li added, "and that would be quite difficult."

In order to avoid being discovered, she still used vague words like "maybe".

"Nocturnal creatures? Oh, that's nothing. Zero and I used to hunt monsters late at night. There were vampire bats, undead, dark sand pythons... They were higher level than us, and they were no match for us!"

"Well, that's good," Xia Li looked at him with a smile, without saying much.

Xia Li led the five people, and the others followed closely behind her, moving deeper and deeper into the ice.

According to the location shown on the map, the cold wave just now happened to blow them from the entrance to the center, which was a blessing in disguise, allowing them to explore the map much faster than others.

Thinking of this, Poxiao suddenly felt the tension in his body slowly ease.

"Hurry up, you're lagging behind." Ice Cream looked back at him from time to time, and when he found that he was a little behind, he urged him softly.

"I'm already walking very fast." Dawn frowned, feeling strange. He was a thief, and should be the fastest one in the team. Why was he now falling behind the archer and the priest?

Although it was strange, in order not to slow down the team's progress, Poxiao still put in more effort and walked forward with all his strength.

But as I hurried on, I felt more and more that something was wrong, but I couldn't put my finger on what exactly was wrong.

He shook his head in confusion and glanced down casually.

"Fuck my feet!"

In the empty and silent ice field, Dawn's rough voice shook everyone's ears like a wave.

Yuese turned around and looked at him as if he were mentally retarded: "You just realized it?"

Dawn stared at his feet, which were covered in a thick layer of ice, and continued to exclaim: "Why are my feet frozen?!"

No wonder he walked slower and slower and it became more and more difficult for him to walk. It turned out that he was being held back by the ice.

but!

They were both frozen, so why was he the slowest one?

Poxiao looked at the moonlight, Zero Degree, and the ice on Xia Li's legs that was thicker than him, and fell into silent shock.

"Didn't you listen to the president and change your equipment to high-sensitivity ones?" Yue Se then remembered to look at his clothes.

However, her profession is a shooter, and she doesn't know much about thieves' equipment.

"What...? Gao Min?" Poxiao felt his heart skip a beat. It seemed like he had missed some important information.

"Didn't the president send a message in the group last week? He said that those who plan to enter the Ite Ice Land should remember to change their equipment. Didn't you see it?" Ice Cream saw that Dawn's expression was not right, and asked him with blinking eyes.

Dawn: ...I saw nothing!

Then he suddenly remembered something and his eyes quickly turned to Zero: "I was with you last week. Did you see the news?"

Zero: “I see.”

Dawn: "Then why didn't you tell me?!"

Zero: "I said it."

Dawn: "Why don't I remember you saying that?"

Zero: "It was the day you said you had a headache, and I remembered it and mentioned it to you."

After a pause, he added: "But it seems that you don't take it to heart."

Dawn: "Who told you to talk about serious matters when I have a headache?"

Bastard! Poxiao cursed inwardly.

"Why do you have a headache, Dawn? Are you not used to the holographic environment?" Although Ice Cream is young, he is very considerate. After hearing Zero say this, he hurriedly asked.

"That's not the case. I'm very adaptable," Poxiao said, patting his chest. "Besides, how long have we been playing this? It's too late to say you can't adapt now, hahaha!"

Everyone: Look at the ice on your feet, aren’t you just realizing it too late?

Poxiao didn't know what everyone was thinking at the moment, so he continued, "I accidentally drank a little that day, and whenever I drink, I get a headache, but it's just an old problem. I'll be fine after a good night's sleep."

"Drinking?" Yue Se frowned slightly when she heard this. "I've never heard of you being in a tavern in the royal city."

"No, I mean home." Dawn smiled and shook her head.

Oh, reality.

Xia Li walked in front, listening to their conversation while being on guard around her.

In fact, she is not very close to the members of Fengyun Tianxia. Apart from the last time they went through the joint dungeon together, she has had no interaction with Dawn, Ice Cream, and Moonlight since then, so her relationship with them can only be said to be okay.

Hearing Poxiao talking about drinking, Xia Li suddenly thought of the young woman who lived next door to her. She was always drinking with other men at home, and after drinking, they would kiss and kiss each other. This forced her to go out in the middle of the night to pick up trash, and then calculate the time to go home with the trash and her sleeves rolled up.

"Drink less next time."

Although it was reality and had nothing to do with the game or them, Yue Se still gave a reminder with a serious face.

"I know, I don't like drinking." Dawn responded with a giggle, but a hint of bitterness quickly flashed in his eyes.

Xia Li caught it the moment she looked back.

Soon, the team returned to calm.

Everyone dragged Poxiao, a teammate who was obviously a thief but was as slow as a turtle, and hurried to reach a cave entrance after half an hour.

The entrance to the cave is not big, the highest point is only 2 meters and the width is about 3 meters.

The cave was pitch black, seemingly bottomless.

"It's obvious that a monster is coming to our door!" Poxiao clenched his fists and spoke with great determination.

At this moment, the ice on his feet had melted, and the -20% agility he suffered also disappeared.

In addition to pits and cold waves, there is another difficulty in surviving in the Ite Ice Land - freezing.

Every half hour, the map will place a freezing debuff on all players, reducing their agility by 20%. The ice will remain on the feet for 8-12 minutes, and will automatically melt after the maximum time is reached.

All five of them had been affected by the ice on their feet before, but because they had all changed into high-sensitivity equipment, adding one and subtracting one, the overall impact was not significant.

Except for the silly Poxiao.

Now the ice on his feet has melted and his readings have returned to normal. Looking at the cave entrance, he is eager to try again.

Xia Li tilted her head and looked at the sky. According to the time flow on the map, it would be completely dark in half an hour at most.

It’s hard to say whether they can find Mu Yang and the others within half an hour. Even if they do, there is no guarantee that they will be safe.

Since that’s the case, Xia Li thought about it and decided that they should spend the night in the cave.

Of course, the premise is that they can successfully deal with the things in the cave.

-over-