Qin Che had no intention of continuing.
He and Li Xin rested at the hunter's outpost for a few days and put all the supplies in the outpost into their personal space.
They emptied it out completely.
“We’ve already investigated. The building materials of this outpost contain some psionic ores. They can continuously absorb psionic energy from the ice field. No wonder the interior of the building is so warm; the energy source is these ores,” Li Xin said to Qin Che after looking around.
"Is it really necessary for an outpost to use such precious ore?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Che shook his head and said, "Not necessarily. These are just ore residues, which actually shows that the Empire has a mature psionic industry. They've even used it in building materials."
"This building is indeed very sturdy. If it weren't for my molecular slash, even cannons couldn't penetrate it if an ordinary person came here."
Qin Che smiled.
Li Xin's molecular slash cuts directly at the molecular level, so it is naturally extremely sharp.
Even the hardest ore can't stop it.
"You're not planning to go any further?"
"We've already suffered considerable losses this time. Not to mention the risks of going any further, we've now reached the Hunter's Outpost, the southernmost point of the Empire, and we've made significant progress," Qin Che said.
Li Xin asked him, "What are you planning to do next?"
"Go back first. Next time I come, I will bring the Leopard Court's troops and venture deep into the empire's territory."
Li Xin said, "Ordinary people can't stand this kind of temperature."
“I know, so I plan to go back and form a psionic brigade.”
Li Xin smiled: "Planning to select personnel from the Special Operations Team and the Mobile Team?"
Qin Che shrugged: "There's no other choice."
Leopard Court has a well-organized legion of psionicists.
These people are exceptionally capable and loyal to the Leopard Court and the Regent.
At Qin Che's command, they would depart directly from Leopard Court and head north to join them.
"Furthermore, the border outposts should have been completed by now. We need to go back and reorganize them to see if there's anything that needs to be dealt with."
Li Xin nodded, agreeing wholeheartedly.
Staying on the ice field indefinitely is not a good idea.
They should at least go back once to show everyone that they are alright and have actually discovered the imperial ruins.
After resting at the hunter's outpost, the two returned along the same route, guided by the ancient patterns.
They arrived at the edge of the cliff once again, feeling extremely relieved.
This time, Qin Che finally found the remaining path to the First Empire.
They jumped off the cliff, and Li Xin asked him, "I wonder if we'll have to go through the same scene and journey three more times when we get back."
"It shouldn't be like that. We've already passed through the projection world, and there's another way back."
Qin Che had seen those patterns underground in the Black Tide. There were similarities between going in and going out, but they were not exactly the same.
Some of the patterns are extra; they had seen them on the way here, and the same principle should apply to the return journey. As long as they follow those extra patterns and take new routes and directions, they will not enter the projected world again.
"In other words, the place we are standing on now is the place where we came from in the beginning."
Qin Che nodded: "That's right, the first sheer cliff. Once you get out of here, you can go home."
Li Xin nodded happily.
From that moment on, the glacier lost its mystery and could no longer stop them.
The next time we come, we will send a large army to invade the empire and investigate its ruins and history.
Qin Che's ambitions are even greater.
He also wants to develop imperial ruins and explore their history and science.
If they could obtain even a small portion of the legacy, Lingbi's technological progress and research projects on psionic energy might experience a dramatic leap forward.
The barrier on the cliff was no longer effective against the two of them. They turned their backs to the cliff and left, soon seeing the spot where the aircraft had crashed.
That aircraft still lies in Qin Che's personal space.
Only then did they realize that they had really returned.
...
The two spent more than ten days quickly returning to the village.
When they appeared, Xiao Shitou and Li Zhanhuo came to greet them.
"It really is Master, they're back!"
Early this morning, Little Stone had a premonition that someone would return from the ice field. She was certain that the Master and Minister Li had survived successfully in the glacier, and the heavy weight in her heart was finally lifted.
Little Stone has been worried for the past few months.
Because this trip will last longer than the previous one.
Little Stone was terrified that the old man would never return, and was trapped in the glacier for many years.
But she never imagined that Qin Che would die in the glacier.
To this day, she still believes in the master's strength and that he will not be drained of his life by this mere glacier.
The return of the gods greatly inspired the slaves at the outpost.
Now, several months have passed, and a full year has gone by since Qin Che first arrived at the Ice Plains.
The village has been transformed into a town, and the Leopard Court's troops have all arrived.
Not far away, a huge fortress was under construction, with heavy construction equipment constantly operating, and towering construction machines covering the entire fortress.
After hearing Qin Che and Li Xin's experiences, Xiao Shitou, Li Zhanhuo, and the others were also deeply moved and shocked.
"The Empire's territory... seems to be a world we don't understand. And time seems to stand still inside the Hunter's Outpost, which means they have extremely advanced technology. I suspect it may even surpass our dimension. After all, they can even build space and use it as tools and building materials."
“The projected world is the evidence.”
"They trapped those tall guys, and the logs I found in their recorders show that, besides us Lingbi, the underwater people are also very curious about the Empire. However, they are trapped in the glacier. Of the three branches, only the second and third branches are still investigating."
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