Su Yao and Ling Yu entered the survivor settlement. The people there were dressed in tattered clothes, their eyes filled with exhaustion and wariness. After briefly explaining their purpose, the people's gazes shifted from suspicion to anticipation, especially when they saw the supplies they had brought; a spark of hope ignited in their eyes.
Su Yao inquired about the whereabouts of the wise man from the crowd, and an old man pointed to a wooden house in the center of the gathering place. They walked towards the wooden house, and the people around them cast curious glances. Several children followed behind them, their eyes filled with curiosity about strangers.
Upon arriving at the cabin, Su Yao gently knocked on the door. The door opened, and an elderly man with white hair but deep, wise eyes appeared before them. Su Yao explained the information she had obtained from the mountain fortress, and the old man invited them inside.
The cabin was simply furnished, filled with a faint scent of herbs. The old man took the documents, examined them carefully, and then frowned. "These documents mention a crucial location, where the core device for controlling extreme cold might be hidden, but the journey is treacherous and fraught with unknowns," the old man said.
Su Yao and Ling Yu exchanged a glance. They knew that in order to change the current state of the apocalypse, they had to go. The old man looked at them again. "You have courage, but be prepared. It is said that there are powerful guardians and all sorts of deadly traps in that place."
After leaving the cabin, Su Yao and Ling Yu decided to rest briefly before setting off again. They distributed the supplies they had brought to the people in the settlement to help them reinforce their defenses. During this process, Su Yao received a system notification that special energy resources were hidden in a snow-capped mountain near the settlement.
They bid farewell to the others and set off towards the snow-capped mountain. The mountain's climate was even harsher, with fierce winds whipping up blizzards that made it almost impossible to open one's eyes. Su Yao activated the system's navigation function and struggled to climb the mountain.
Halfway up the mountain, they were attacked by a group of snow apes. These snow apes were pure white and incredibly strong, moving across the snow-covered mountain as if it were flat ground. The snow apes pounced on them from all directions. Su Yao used spatial teleportation to dodge the attacks with Ling Yu, while simultaneously launching wind blade attacks on the snow apes.
Ling Yu used his ice-based abilities to create an ice shield to block the snow apes' attacks. However, the snow apes' attacks grew increasingly fierce; they slammed their enormous fists into the ice shield, causing cracks to appear. Su Yao discovered that the snow apes' weakness was their eyes, so she concentrated her power and unleashed spatial wind blades aimed at the snow apes' eyes.
The wind blade struck the snow ape's eye, causing it to roar in pain and its attacks to become chaotic. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Ling Yu conjured an ice spear and thrust it towards the snow ape's body. With their combined efforts, they repelled the snow ape.
Continuing upwards, they discovered unusual energy fluctuations in front of a cave. Entering the cave, they found it filled with crystals radiating a mysterious light. These crystals contained powerful energy and were extremely rare resources.
Just as they were collecting crystals, a tremendous tremor came from deep within the cave. A gigantic Yeti appeared, its body made of ice and snow, and the cave shook with every step it took.
The Yeti opened its massive maw and spewed out an extremely cold stream of air. Su Yao and Ling Yu hurriedly dodged, and the surrounding crystals were frozen into powder. Ling Yu tried to fight the Yeti with his ice-based abilities, but the Yeti's power was too great, and his ice-based abilities were easily suppressed.
Su Yao calmed down and used the system to scan the Yeti, discovering that its energy core was in its chest. She shared this information with Ling Yu, and the two began to formulate a battle plan.
Su Yao activated her spatial ability to attract the Yeti's attention, constantly teleporting around it and keeping it constantly on its toes. Ling Yu, meanwhile, gathered all his power to create a giant ice spike, infused with energy extracted from the crystal.
When the Yeti was somewhat exhausted from Su Yao's antics, Ling Yu seized the opportunity and shot an ice spike towards the Yeti's chest. The ice spike successfully struck the Yeti's energy core, and the Yeti let out a deafening roar as its body began to collapse.
After defeating the Yeti, they collected the remaining crystals and left the cave. Carrying these precious supplies, they returned to their settlement for a short rest before preparing to head towards the key location indicated in the information—the place where their hope for changing the fate of the apocalypse lay. Despite the thorny path ahead, they did not flinch.
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