Su Yao bid farewell to the survivors and headed towards the safe house. However, the system suddenly notified her that an ancient ruin in the nearby mountains had just had part of its seal broken, potentially containing crucial supplies and information for combating the extreme cold of the apocalypse. After a moment's thought, Su Yao changed her route and headed towards the mountains.
A biting wind howled through the mountains, and the path was rugged and difficult to traverse. Su Yao climbed cautiously, each step requiring a significant expenditure of her supernatural abilities to maintain her balance. As she approached the entrance to the ruins, she discovered two enormous ice sculptures standing at the entrance. The eyes of the statues gleamed with an eerie light, as if scrutinizing any newcomers.
As soon as Su Yao approached, the stone statues came to life, swinging their massive stone arms at her. Su Yao used her spatial abilities to teleport behind the statues and then used her enhanced weapon to slash at their leg joints. However, the stone's material was exceptionally hard, and the attack only left shallow marks.
Su Yao realized that conventional attack methods wouldn't work, so she began to observe the statues' movement patterns. She discovered that the statues would pause briefly after attacking to adjust their posture, and that they seemed to lock onto their targets with their eyes. Therefore, Su Yao used her wind-based abilities to create a large amount of snow mist to interfere with the statues' vision.
Under the cover of the snow mist, Su Yao swiftly moved to the side of the stone statues. Concentrating her fire and lightning powers, she attacked the statues' eyes. The powerful energy impact cracked the statues' eyes, causing them to become disoriented. Su Yao seized the opportunity to intensify her attacks, finally destroying one statue's eye. Deprived of visual guidance, the statues began attacking blindly, which Su Yao easily dodged, continuing her assault on the other statue's eye.
After resolving the threat posed by the stone statue, Su Yao entered the ruins. Inside, the ruins were a vast labyrinth, with ancient murals carved into the walls. The murals seemed to depict the world's prosperity before it was ravaged by extreme cold, and the process of fighting against some kind of dark force.
Su Yao walked along the maze's passages, occasionally encountering ice arrows shooting from the walls or ice spike traps suddenly appearing on the ground. Relying on the system's warnings and her own special abilities, she nimbly dodged these dangers. At a fork in the maze, the system indicated that both paths had energy fluctuations, but the fluctuations on the left were much stronger.
Su Yao chose the left path. As she walked, she discovered a huge frozen lake ahead. In the center of the lake was a small island, on which lay a treasure chest radiating multicolored light. Su Yao attempted to use her spatial abilities to teleport to the island, but a powerful force blocked her way. She carefully observed the frozen lake and noticed some faintly visible ice blocks on its surface; these ice blocks might be the path leading to the island.
Su Yao carefully stepped onto the ice blocks, which shimmered with each step. When she reached the center of the frozen lake, the ice blocks suddenly began to move, forming a complex pattern. Su Yao was trapped in the center of the pattern, and the surrounding lake water began to ripple. Some ice fish leaped out of the lake and attacked her.
These ice fish had bodies as hard as iron and sharp teeth. Su Yao wielded her weapon to defend against the ice fish's attacks while observing the movement of the ice blocks. She discovered that the movement of the ice blocks was related to the frequency of the ice fish's attacks; when the number of attacks reached a certain amount, the ice blocks would briefly stop moving.
Seizing the opportunity, Su Yao used her wind-based ability to accelerate the moment the ice blocks stopped moving, quickly rushing towards the island. Before the ice fish could attack again, she successfully landed on the island. Su Yao opened the treasure chest; inside was a jade pendant radiating a warm light. The system indicated that the pendant could dispel extreme cold within a certain range, along with an ancient book containing lost methods of cultivating special abilities and mysterious formations to combat extreme cold.
Su Yao carefully put away the jade pendant and books, preparing to leave the island. However, the water level of the frozen lake began to rise, threatening to submerge the island soon. Su Yao concentrated her supernatural abilities, releasing a powerful energy wave towards the lake in an attempt to stop the rise. Thanks to her efforts, the rising rate of the lake slowed down, and she seized the opportunity to use her spatial abilities to escape the frozen lake.
Continuing her exploration of the maze, Su Yao finally found the core area of the ruins. Here stood a massive energy crystal pillar, surrounded by various complex runes. The system indicated that by deciphering these runes, she could obtain all the resources within the ruins.
Su Yao began studying the runes, combining the information she had gleaned from the murals in the maze with the knowledge she had learned from ancient texts, attempting to decipher them. After much effort, she successfully unlocked the runes' secrets. The energy crystal pillar emitted a dazzling light, and a large quantity of resources and energy crystals appeared before Su Yao.
Su Yao stored all her gains into her spatial storage and then left the ruins. She knew that these new resources and information would bring more vitality to the safe house and give them more hope in their fight against the extreme cold of the apocalypse. Filled with anticipation, Su Yao headed towards the safe house, ready to share these precious things with everyone.
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