Su Yao gazed at the faint outline of the safe house in the distance, her heart filled with mixed emotions. The hardships and dangers of the journey flashed through her mind like a movie, but at this moment, all the fatigue vanished in the face of her longing to go home.
"We're almost home," Su Yao said softly, her voice tinged with barely concealed excitement. Ling Yu and the cloaked figure also looked up slightly, their eyes filled with anticipation. They trudged through the snow, each step seemingly requiring all their strength.
Suddenly, a chilling cracking sound came from the ice beneath their feet. Su Yao was startled and cried out, "Oh no, it's ice cracking!" The three of them quickly stopped, only to find that the surrounding ice was rapidly spreading with a network of cracks. Ling Yu acted decisively, using his ice-based ability to try and separate the ice block they were on from the surrounding ice, preventing them from being swallowed by the cracks. However, the ice was cracking too fast; he had only used half of his ability when a huge block of ice began to tilt.
At this critical moment, the cloaked figure tossed out a flying talisman, which instantly transformed into a beam of light, lifting the three of them into the air. Suspended in mid-air, they looked down at the ever-expanding ice cracks, still shaken. "Thanks to this talisman, otherwise we would have been in real trouble," Su Yao remarked.
As they continued forward, the outline of the safe house became increasingly clear. But before they could even catch their breath, a swarm of ice golems surrounded them from all sides. These golems radiated a cold blue light, their movements stiff yet extremely aggressive. Ling Yu was the first to charge forward, wielding his ice sword and engaging the golems in combat. Every strike he landed left a mark on their bodies, but the golems showed no signs of fatigue, relentlessly attacking.
The cloaked figure cast a sealing spell, attempting to trap some of the puppets, but the puppets' power seemed to be amplified in the frigid environment, rendering the sealing spell ineffective. Su Yao, on the other hand, used her spatial abilities to compress the surrounding ice and snow into ice balls, which she then launched like cannonballs at the puppet horde, disrupting their attack rhythm.
"This can't go on; we need to find their core weakness," Su Yao shouted. She activated the system's detection function, scanning the puppets. Soon, the system indicated that the puppets' core was located in the blue crystals on their chests.
Upon receiving the news, Ling Yu concentrated his energy, fusing his ice-type power with the power of the lightning crystal core, and launched a precise attack on the crystal on the puppet's chest. Each time the core was hit, the puppet instantly disintegrated. After a fierce battle, they finally destroyed all the puppets.
Finally, they arrived at the safe house. Su Yao eagerly pushed open the door, and a familiar, warm feeling rushed out. The fire inside was still burning weakly, and various supplies were neatly piled in the corner. Su Yao let out a long sigh of relief, as if all her fatigue had been released in that moment.
She carefully placed the ice crystals she had brought back from the Ice Cave into a specially designed energy conversion device. This device, which they had discovered during a previous exploration of ruins, had been modified to convert the energy of the ice crystals into energy usable in the safe house. As the energy from the ice crystals was slowly poured in, the lights in the safe house gradually brightened, and the indoor temperature began to rise.
Ling Yu sat to one side, taking out the ice-type ability cultivation manual he had obtained in the cave and beginning to study it diligently. He knew that in this extremely cold apocalypse, only by constantly improving his strength could he better protect everyone. The cloaked figure inspected the house, repairing minor damage that had occurred during their absence, and rearranging the defensive array to ensure the safety of the safe house.
After resting for a while, Su Yao began to organize the other supplies she had brought back from the expedition. She carefully cleaned the ice armor and hung it on the wall. This armor not only protected against the extreme cold but also provided some defense, making it essential equipment for their expeditions. The mysterious gems were placed in a specially made box; she planned to study them carefully when she had time to see if there was any connection between these gems and her spatial abilities, perhaps allowing her to further expand her spatial capabilities.
Inside the safe house, they enjoyed the rare tranquility and warmth. Su Yao watched Ling Yu's focused cultivation, then glanced at the cloaked figure bustling about, her heart filled with gratitude and comfort. In this frigid apocalypse, they were each other's strongest support. Although the road ahead was long, filled with unknowns and dangers, as long as they united, relying on their individual abilities and abundant supplies, they would surely be able to persevere, meet challenge after challenge, and write their own survival legend in this icy wasteland.
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