"Everything in this icy world operates according to its basic rules. The only thing that doesn't conform to these rules is the hot spring. How could there be a hot spring in a snow-covered mountain?"
After exploring the entire snow mountain, Xiao Feng and his two companions began to examine the areas they suspected.
After sorting everything out, the only question remaining is about the hot spring pool.
Apart from the hot spring pools, all other creatures in the valley were normal.
All the plants that have appeared here are crystal clear and feel icy cold to the touch.
The animals that appeared here had thick fur, clearly indicating that they were not ordinary animals and had a certain ability to keep warm.
This further proves that their speculation is correct.
Xiao Feng and his companions had also been curious about this hot spring pool.
The three of them even deliberately explored the hot spring pool.
But like most hot springs, this one is located beneath a wildfire.
The unique geological structure has given rise to a hot spring that is completely different from everything around it.
Now they carefully recall the scenes in the valley.
Since the spring water is warm, why didn't the snow around the spring melt at all due to the temperature of the hot spring pool?
It was because Xiao Feng and his men cleaned up the area around the hot spring pool and then repaved it with wooden planks.
This prevented them from having to lean against extremely cold stones while soaking in the hot spring.
Looking back now, these are clearly all problems.
“Our small building is not far from the hot spring. If there is something wrong with the hot spring pool, then is there something wrong with that mysteriously appeared valley as well?”
Once suspicion arises, one will subconsciously magnify everything around the object of suspicion that is also suspect.
The idea proposed by Zhou Ming instantly gave Xiao Feng a bad feeling.
Xiao Feng looked up at Zhou Ming, who clearly realized something they had overlooked.
The three exchanged glances and quickly headed back towards the valley.
"We were too careless! Since we already knew something was wrong here, how could we not have thought that the creature hiding here might attack Miss Zhao!" Zhou Ming said with some annoyance.
“Xiao Feng, you said before that this snow mountain is actually a magical artifact. Do you think this artifact might have developed its own spirit? Could it be that the spirit was behind our attempts to make us stay here?” Wu Qi asked Xiao Feng, speculating.
Wu Qi truly deserves to be the most experienced of the three.
Although Xiao Feng did not reveal his communication with the system to them, Wu Qi still guessed that there was very likely a spirit of the artifact here.
“I also have my doubts. If there really is a spirit here, this entire snow mountain is its world, and it can do whatever it wants with ease.”
“We are already trapped in its world. If it does something to us, we will naturally not have the idea of leaving.”
Xiao Feng then confirmed Wu Qi's guess.
The three of them rushed back as fast as they could.
The valley still exists.
The hot spring pool remained quiet.
Everything seemed to have returned to the way it was when the three of them first discovered this valley.
The small building where they used to live had indeed disappeared.
The three of them, ignoring their shock, quickly entered the valley and searched everywhere.
No matter how the three searched, or how they used their spiritual or demonic powers to sense the presence of the small building, they could not detect its existence.
Xiao Feng's face was extremely grim.
He immediately opened the system panel and asked the system, "Where are Senior Sister and Zhao Yun now?"
[System query in progress...]
Xiao Feng waited anxiously, and while waiting, he and Wu Qi and Zhou Ming searched the place thoroughly again.
[The search results are in; the two individuals are no longer in this magical artifact world.]
Upon seeing the system's query result, Xiao Feng nearly vomited a mouthful of blood.
If he had known that Zhao Yuwei would get into trouble after they were only gone for a short time, he would never have let Zhao Yuwei and Zhao Yun rest in the small building!
He should have recalled them to the system space when he noticed something was wrong here.
Thinking of this, Xiao Feng was filled with remorse and immediately raised his hand to slap himself hard.
Xiao Feng's actions immediately alerted Zhou Ming and Wu Qi, who were searching nearby.
Zhou Ming and Wu Qi thought that Xiao Feng was blaming them for Zhao Yuwei's disappearance.
Zhou Ming quickly grabbed Xiao Feng's hand, stopping Xiao Feng from slapping himself again.
"What are you doing? Are you crazy?" Zhou Ming couldn't help but ask.
"I promised my senior sister that I would protect her. In just a short while, where did the spirit of this artifact take my senior sister? I failed to protect her!" Xiao Feng was filled with remorse.
Zhou Ming almost couldn't stop Xiao Feng from harming himself.
Left with no other choice, Zhou Ming could only say, "Even if you beat yourself to death now, it won't do any good. We must find a way to find Miss Zhao and Xiao Zhao Yun."
Zhou Ming's words awakened Xiao Feng's rationality.
Xiao Feng nodded. He was right. They needed to find Zhao Yuwei and the other woman.
They need to find the spirit of this place and make it hand over the person obediently!
Xiao Feng's gaze suddenly turned to the strange things they had discovered earlier.
The hot spring remained undisturbed and quietly stood there.
Xiao Feng had already gathered a dense amount of spiritual energy in his hands, preparing to directly attack the hot spring.
"Xiao Feng, calm down!" They had only guessed that this hot spring was the last thing that should exist in the entire snow mountain.
However, they were unsure whether the solution to the problem was actually the hot spring.
But Xiao Feng had clearly gone mad by this point; he couldn't wait any longer.
"I don't care whether the solution is a hot spring or not. If it's not a hot spring, I'll continue to destroy this valley. I don't believe that after I destroy the entire snow mountain, the spirit will still dare to hide."
Xiao Feng's eyes were bloodshot, and he slammed the spiritual energy in his hand directly into the hot spring pool.
The hot spring pool burst open, and the hot spring water splashed everywhere, quickly melting the surrounding ice and snow.
Xiao Feng continued to attack the hot spring with his spiritual power.
Soon, a whirlpool formed in the hot spring pool.
Seeing that the hot spring pool had indeed changed, Zhou Ming and Wu Qi no longer hesitated.
The two immediately joined in, also working on the hot spring pool.
Xiao Feng and his two companions completely destroyed the hot spring pool, and even the snow-covered area around the hot spring was affected, becoming a chaotic mess.
Suddenly, an extremely powerful spiritual energy erupted from the completely destroyed hot spring pool.
A snow-white figure rushed out from inside, her graceful figure like a celestial being descending to earth.
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