Inside the safe house, Su Yao monitored the operation of the defense facilities while pondering how to acquire more resources to combat the relentless heat. She knew that passive defense would eventually be breached by the intense heat, and she had to take the initiative.
"System, search for nearby locations with collectable water sources or cooling supplies, expand the search area to fifty kilometers," Su Yao silently ordered in her mind.
The system quickly responded after a moment: "A weak signal was detected 35 kilometers to the southeast of an underground ice cellar, which may contain a large amount of ice. However, there are strong high-temperature energy fluctuations in the area, suggesting that it may be guarded by a high-temperature beast."
Su Yao's eyes narrowed. Risk could be rewarding, and she decided to investigate. She took out a more advanced heat-resistant protective suit from her spatial storage. This suit not only insulated against high temperatures but also concealed her presence to some extent; she had obtained it from a mysterious ruin.
"Mom and Dad, I'm going out to find something that can help us cool down. Please stay inside and don't go out. If anything happens, notify me through the system," Su Yao instructed her parents.
Although her parents were full of worry, they knew that they could only rely on Su Yao at this moment, and they nodded and told her to be careful.
As Su Yao stepped out of the safe house, she was instantly enveloped in scorching heat. She activated her supernatural abilities, concealing her presence to the extreme, and sped off in a southeast direction. The ground beneath her feet was already cracked and parched, each step kicking up ash from the intense heat.
As she approached the target area, Su Yao felt a strong wave of heat wash over her—the aura emanating from the high-temperature beast. She slowed her pace and cautiously drew near. Sure enough, in the center of a scorched earth, a gigantic, fiery red lizard-like beast lay there, its presence distorting the surrounding air.
Su Yao hid behind a boulder, observing the strange beast's movements. She knew that a direct assault was not a good strategy; she had to use her intelligence and the environment to win. She activated the system's environmental analysis function, searching for any usable factors in her surroundings.
Suddenly, she noticed a riverbed that had dried up due to the high temperature not far away, with some sharp stone spikes at the bottom. Su Yao had a plan in mind. She quietly circled around to the vicinity of the riverbed, then used her supernatural ability to manipulate the surrounding high-temperature airflow, causing it to surge towards the direction of the strange beast, while simultaneously creating some noise to attract its attention.
Enraged, the high-temperature lizard charged towards the source of the sound. Seizing the opportunity, as the lizard crossed the river, Su Yao unleashed her full power, forcefully pulling up a rock spike from the riverbed and stabbing it into the lizard's abdomen. The lizard, in pain, roared and turned to pounce on Su Yao.
Su Yao flashed, using the concealment function of her protective suit to disappear from the lizard's sight. She circled behind the lizard and launched another attack, this time condensing her supernatural power into an ice blade, which she fiercely stabbed into the lizard's back. After a fierce battle, Su Yao finally succeeded in killing the high-temperature beast.
Without taking a break, she quickly dug towards the location of the underground ice cellar. Upon reaching it, a chilling aura rushed towards her. Overjoyed, Su Yao took out storage containers from her spatial storage and filled them with as much ice as possible.
Just as she filled the ice and was preparing to return, a strange light suddenly appeared in the sky, followed by countless high-temperature meteorites falling towards the ground. Su Yao's expression changed drastically. She hurriedly opened a spatial portal and hid inside with the ice.
After the meteor shower subsided, Su Yao emerged from her spatial dimension and hurried towards the safe house. Upon returning, she placed ice blocks in various corners of the safe house, and instantly, the temperature inside plummeted.
However, Su Yao knew that this was only a temporary relief from the crisis. Looking at the still scorching heat outside the window, she understood that in this apocalyptic world of extreme heat, they would need to constantly explore and fight to survive in this cruel world. She clenched her fists, her eyes filled with determination. No matter how many hardships and obstacles lay ahead, she would not give up her belief in protecting her family and finding hope.
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