Su Yao rushed back to the safe house with the valuable research data. After sharing this hope with her family, she hadn't even had time to rest when the system sent another message. This time, it pointed to the top of a high-rise building in the city center, where there was a satellite communication device. If she could obtain and repair it, she might be able to contact other survivors outside and work together to find a way to survive in the apocalypse.
Su Yao set off again, heading towards the city center. Along the way, the snow had become so thick that it was difficult to walk, forcing her to use her special ability to glide across the snow. The skyscrapers in the city center appeared eerie and cold under the blanket of ice and snow, many buildings teetering on the verge of collapse.
When Su Yao arrived at the target building, she found the entrance blocked by a large amount of ice, snow, and rubble. She used her fire-based abilities to slowly melt the ice and snow, but the process was extremely slow, and rubble kept falling from above. After finally clearing a passage, she heard a series of creaking sounds as soon as she entered the building. It turned out that the building's internal structure had become fragile due to the extreme cold and could collapse at any moment.
Su Yao carefully climbed the stairs, checking their stability with her special ability before each step. However, as she passed a certain floor, a flock of mutated crows swooped out of the darkness. These crows had feathers like sharp blades, and their eyes gleamed with an eerie blue light. They charged towards Su Yao, who quickly retrieved an ice net from her spatial storage—a special item she had obtained during her previous adventure. She threw the ice net at the crows, and it instantly expanded, trapping some of them.
However, many crows still managed to break through the ice net's defenses. Su Yao used her wind-based abilities to create a powerful airflow around her, blowing away the approaching crows. At the same time, she used her fire abilities to attack the blown-away crows, which turned to ashes in the flames.
After dealing with the flock of crows, Su Yao continued upwards. As she ascended, the temperature dropped and the air thinned. She had to frequently use her powers to maintain her body temperature and breathe. Near the top of the building, she encountered a tightly closed iron door with a complex mechanical lock and some strange symbols beside it.
Su Yao carefully observed the symbols and discovered they were related to astronomical constellations. Relying on her knowledge and information gleaned from ancient texts, she began attempting to unlock the mechanical lock. After several attempts, the lock finally clicked open, and the iron gate slowly opened.
The fierce winds at the top of the building nearly blew Su Yao away. She steadied herself and spotted the satellite communication device. However, the device was surrounded by an energy shield, crackling with electric arcs, suggesting it possessed immense power. As Su Yao approached the shield, she felt a powerful repulsive force.
She tried to break the shield using her powers, but all her attempts failed. While racking her brains, she discovered that the shield's energy fluctuations seemed to be related to the surrounding ambient temperature. So, she used her ice and fire powers to try and change the surrounding temperature, thereby affecting the shield's energy. After many attempts, the shield's energy gradually weakened.
Just as the shield was about to disappear, a powerful surge of energy suddenly erupted from the communication device. This energy transformed into a humanoid figure, wielding an electric halberd, and attacked Su Yao. Su Yao quickly dodged, realizing that this was the guardian spirit of the communication device.
Su Yao engaged in a fierce battle with the guardian spirit, whose attacks were incredibly fast, each swing of its electric halberd carrying a powerful surge of electricity. Su Yao constantly dodged, while simultaneously searching for the guardian spirit's weakness. During the battle, she discovered that the guardian spirit had a brief period of energy recharge after launching a powerful attack.
Seizing the opportunity, during a lull in the guardian spirit's attack, Su Yao concentrated all her power into an ice sword and thrust it towards the spirit. The ice sword successfully struck the guardian spirit, creating a crack in its body. Su Yao pressed her advantage, relentlessly attacking the crack.
After a fierce battle, the guardian spirit was finally defeated and vanished in a beam of light. Su Yao walked to the satellite communication device and began to inspect its damage. She took out some tools from her spatial storage and, relying on her technical knowledge, began to repair the communication device.
During the repair process, the building began to shake violently due to the previous battle and energy fluctuations, threatening to collapse at any moment. Su Yao accelerated the repair speed and finally succeeded in repairing the satellite communication device at the last moment before the building was about to collapse.
She activated the communication device, hoping to receive a signal from the outside world. Just then, a bright light shot out from the device, and Su Yao's vision went black; she lost consciousness. When she awoke, she found herself surrounded by a strange light, with indistinct voices speaking around her. She didn't know where she was, but her heart was filled with a mixture of tension and anticipation for the unknown.
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