After Su Yao and her team successfully reinforced the safe house's defenses, life temporarily returned to normal. However, Su Yao did not let her guard down, and she frequently monitored changes in the environment surrounding the safe house through the system.
On this day, Su Yao detected some abnormal energy fluctuations in the system's detection feedback. These fluctuations originated from a high-temperature desert not far from the safe house. That desert was usually fraught with danger, the territory of high-temperature mutated sandworms and scorching quicksand. The appearance of abnormal fluctuations now must have foreshadowed a new crisis.
"I have to go check it out. You guys guard the safe house," Su Yao said to her team members, before embarking on her journey to the desert alone.
She stepped into the desert, the scorching sand shimmering brightly under the intense heat, each step feeling like being plunged into a furnace. Su Yao used her supernatural ability to create a thin layer of ice beneath her feet to resist the heat, while simultaneously accelerating her flight towards the source of the energy fluctuations.
As Su Yao ventured deeper into the desert, she witnessed an astonishing scene: the originally loose sand grains seemed to be manipulated by some force, converging in the air to form enormous sand shadows. These sand shadows took on various shapes, some resembling ferocious beasts, others like eerie ghosts, roaming and wandering through the desert, subtly distorting the space in their wake.
Su Yao activated the system analysis and soon learned that these sand shadows were formed by the fusion of special high-temperature energy and mysterious substances in the desert, possessing powerful attack capabilities and assimilation abilities. Once touched by a sand shadow, one's own energy and consciousness could be devoured.
"We can't let them get near the safe house." Su Yao's heart tightened, and she quickly formed hand seals, mobilizing the power of the crystal cluster, and shouted in a low voice, "Ice Storm!"
In an instant, a powerful icy storm formed around her, carrying countless sharp ice spikes that swept towards the sand shadows. Sensing the threat, the sand shadows rushed towards Su Yao, colliding with the icy storm. For a moment, sharp howls echoed across the desert, and fragments of ice and sand flew everywhere.
However, the sand shadows were numerous, and although the ice storm temporarily halted their advance, it could not completely eliminate them. Su Yao's gaze sharpened, and she took out a longsword crafted from crystal clusters from her spatial storage; the blade shimmered with a ghostly blue light.
Su Yao gripped her longsword tightly and charged into the swarm of sand shadows. She unleashed exquisite swordsmanship, each strike imbued with icy power, freezing and shattering the sand shadows wherever she went. But the sand shadows continued to surge in from all directions, attempting to overwhelm Su Yao.
During the battle, Su Yao discovered faint energy nodes at the core of these sand shadows. Destroying these nodes would completely destroy the sand shadows. Seizing the opportunity, she used spatial power to teleport near the core of a sand shadow, thrusting her longsword fiercely and shattering the energy nodes. The sand shadow instantly vanished.
With this discovery, Su Yao used the same method to move freely among the sand shadows, and one by one the sand shadows were reduced to ashes under her attacks.
After a fierce battle, Su Yao finally wiped out all the sand shadows. But she knew that this was just another small test in the high-temperature apocalypse, and more dangers awaited them in the future.
Su Yao returned to the safe house and shared her experience with the team. They realized they needed to further improve their own capabilities and the safe house's defenses. Therefore, Su Yao used the resources in the space and the technical blueprints provided by the system to guide the team in a new round of modifications and upgrades to the safe house.
They embedded more crystal clusters in the walls of the safe house, enhancing the strength and stability of the energy shield; at the same time, Su Yao combined her mastery of ice-based abilities with the safe house's defensive formation, enabling the safe house to release cold energy to counterattack when facing high-temperature attacks.
Thanks to everyone's efforts, the safe house was completely transformed, its defenses greatly enhanced. Su Yao sat inside, keeping her parents company, silently contemplating their next strategy. She knew that in this brutal, high-temperature apocalypse, only by constantly growing stronger could they protect this small, peaceful place.
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