Chapter 81 Lake Baikal Trip for Two
Qin Mo steered his sled across the ice, the biting north wind whipping around him, unable to stop the chill from seeping into his neck no matter how much fur he was wrapped in. He had almost completely halted the circulation of his primordial energy in his dantian, relying entirely on his powerful physique to keep moving. He didn't know when he might encounter another enemy and feared his unique primordial energy would be discovered again; last time, it was because he used his primordial energy to resist King Bernullis's oppressive aura that his secret was revealed.
"How much longer will it take us to search this lake?" Danfengyan held Qin Mo's binoculars and looked around from the carriage. She was very interested in this novel thing and "borrowed" it from Qin Mo.
"I don't know. I told you before, Beihai has a... such a big official, there's no way the two of us could possibly search it. Besides, it's better if we don't find it, but if we do run into it, we'll both be buried far from home. Why did you come to Ulan-Ude?"
"What are you doing here alone, a prince of such high status?" the phoenix-eyed man asked intimately.
"I'm here for military merit. What about you? You're not going to ask me to go with you to claim the military merit of the Great Wizard Blackham, are you?"
"Even if you don't kill Blackham, finding out his whereabouts is a decent military achievement. Besides, he has many warlords and generals with close entourages. Aren't you envious of all those military achievements?"
"I'm not envious. I know my own limitations," Qin Mo replied decisively.
With her phoenix eyes, she glanced at Qin Mo and said disdainfully, "What kind of person is Prince Heng, Qin Lan? How could he have given birth to such a good-for-nothing as you? The beastmen have great shamans... but my Great Xia... doesn't have any realms?"
"You are... a realm expert?" Qin Mo gasped, staring blankly at Danhuang eyes. This was... truly a blow to her.
"If I were in the realm of immortality, would I need to go to such lengths to kill Bernoullius?"
"What's the use? It's like trying to quench a thirsty thirst with water from afar. Do you think cultivators in the Realm of Realm would surrender? Wake up, they're all very busy. They won't be protecting world peace." Qin Mo said dejectedly. As a strategic force of Great Xia, cultivators in the Realm of Realm wouldn't be so idle as to wander around the North Wind Wasteland.
She glanced at him with her phoenix eyes, not wanting to pay him any more attention, and got into the car. A thin whip extended from the curtain, and with a gentle flick, nearly twenty huskies began to run with all their might.
Qin Mo had no choice but to follow silently. However, his sled was an open type, with a clear view. Lake Baikal in winter was showing him its beautiful scenery from all angles, and it also gave him the cold wind of minus thirty degrees Celsius for free.
Two groups of dog sleds raced each other across the vast ice surface, tracing two beautiful arcs as they headed towards the next search area.
They have already searched four times. After searching each area, Qin Mo would draw a square on the map to avoid searching repeatedly and wasting effort.
"Why didn't I see your 'seal'?" Danfengyan dragged Qin Mo to this awkward place. At first, Qin Mo didn't say a word in protest. Danfengyan felt a little guilty and occasionally said a few words to him to ease the awkwardness between them.
"That seal only comes out to hunt at night. Bai usually stays in the water under the ice and doesn't move much. He only comes up to breathe once every half hour."
"It's under the ice! Why didn't you come sooner? I've been searching for days and haven't seen anything alive..." Danfeng's phoenix eyes suddenly flared with anger, and she glared at Qin Mo with puffed-up cheeks.
Qin Mo was dumbfounded. These phoenix-eyed girls would often take out binoculars to look around, even occasionally coming out from the galloping carriage to peek out. He had always thought that the phoenix-eyed girls were searching for Kogar's whereabouts, but he never expected that they were actually looking for the seals belonging to his unit.
"You didn't ask me..." Qin Mo didn't dare to argue, so she could only answer weakly.
She glanced at him with her phoenix eyes, her expression returning to its aloofness, and ignored him completely. Qin Mo felt a momentary daze; wasn't this the way his ex-girlfriend used to act when she was sulking?
"How do seals live in such a cold place? I know there are fish under the ice, but why? Why don't they freeze to death?" Danfeng muttered to herself.
"Because ice can block the cold wind and snow, and the sun can pass through the ice into the water, making the water very warm, even reaching summer temperatures." Qin Mo began to explain involuntarily, as if she were talking to herself.
Danfengyan jumped off the carriage, grabbed a heavy sword, and smashed a large hole in the ice with one strike. He then stuck his hand in and tested it, frowning as he asked, "Although the temperature isn't quite summer, it's certainly warm. Why is that?"
Qin Mo also ran over and tested the water temperature, inwardly praising television programs for not being entirely deceptive. The water temperature of Lake Baikal in winter can be close to that of summer because sunlight transmits heat beneath the ice, creating a greenhouse effect. It's truly unbelievable unless you try it yourself.
"Actually, I don't understand the reasoning behind this either, but I've heard my father say that houses built with ice can be lived in, and they're quite warm! ...How about we try it today?" Qin Mo suddenly decided that it would be good to play with Danfengyan in different ways, saving him the trouble of tracking down Blackham. Build an ice house today, hunt seals tomorrow, and maybe... winter diving...?
The igloos were built quickly. To save time, the two igloos were stacked back to back, so the two people became neighbors at night, separated only by a wall.
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