Chen Ci woke up half an hour later. He was awakened by the sound of Fu Tianhe packing his sleeping bag.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he felt a heavy weight on his chest. He looked to the side and saw Chen Nian's carefree sleeping face close at hand.

Chen Ci was stunned for two seconds. He rarely looked so stunned.

He grabbed Chen Nian's wrist, gently moved his brother's arm away from his chest, and then sat up.

Fu Tianhe and Shafulai had almost packed up their things. They were afraid of waking them up, so they communicated only with lip movements and gestures. They were both capable people, so they worked well together.

Chen Ci put on his coat, Fu Tianhe put away his sleeping bag, Shafulai glanced at the sky, estimated that it was about time, and reached out to push Chen Nian's shoulder.

"Hmm?" Chen Nian hummed in a daze and subconsciously turned his face towards the direction of Shable. He didn't even need to open his eyes. The pheromones with the smell of sherry were the best guide.

"Shafla..." he said vaguely, calling Alpha out of habit.

"Get ready to set off." Shafulai said softly. Chen Nian spent three seconds thinking about the meaning of this sentence, and suddenly remembered that he seemed to be not in the palace now.

Chen Nian suddenly opened his eyes and sat up straight, which even startled Shafla.

The images of Chen Ci and Fu Tianhe packing their luggage were reflected in his amber eyes. Seeing that the two of them didn't seem to notice his reaction just now, Chen Nian breathed a sigh of relief.

Shafulai saw everything and couldn't help laughing.

"Why didn't you call me when you woke up?" Chen Nian got up hurriedly. He slapped his face hard to wake himself up. The tent was still not warm enough. As soon as he got out of the sleeping bag, Chen Nian couldn't help shivering.

"Didn't you call me?" Shafulai handed him the clothes. By this time, Fu Tianhe had already prepared breakfast, which was indeed very considerate.

"Does your leg hurt?" Shafla asked him.

Chen Nian stretched her legs briefly and shook her head: "No, thanks to you for giving me a massage yesterday."

Shafley: "That's good. We may have to walk more today than yesterday. If you feel uncomfortable, you must tell me immediately."

Chen Nian: “Got it.”

After having a hot breakfast, the four of them packed up their tent and started their journey for the next day.

The snow was much lighter than yesterday and the wind direction had also changed. They were in a position that was well sheltered from the wind, so their speed was much faster.

Following the same pattern explored the day before, Shafulai led the way, followed by Chen Nian, and Chen Ci and Fu Tianhe left the rear.

After walking for nearly two hours, they found more corpses of primitive creatures in the snow.

It was a little different from what I saw yesterday. Although many fish were also arranged in a line, their carcasses were all damaged to some extent.

Some were missing their heads, others had broken off their tails, but judging by the smooth, neat cuts, they did not appear to have died in the mouths of creatures higher up in the food chain.

Besides them, are there any other people in the area?

How did that mysterious man bring the original creatures that were supposed to be in the sea to the frozen ground?

None of the four were experts in the relevant field, not to mention that in the icy and snowy environment, there was no such thing as rotting. Just take the fish out of the water and leave it outside for a dozen minutes, and it will harden into a frozen fish that is more useful than any weapon.

But it shouldn't be too long, after all, the snow is so deep here.

Chen Nian took photos as evidence and continued moving forward.

Two quarters of an hour later, Shafulai's steps suddenly slowed down, and immediately, Chen Nian received a mental reminder from Chen Ci behind him.

He directed his mental power in the direction indicated by his brother. It was a raised snow hill, unremarkable in appearance, just like the countless other snow hills around it. But as long as he went a little deeper, he could find the hidden life therein.

Those are wild animals. Are they wolves? Or foxes?

They must be staring at the humans walking in the snow with hungry eyes, because Chen Nian could sense their chests rising and falling with their breathing, with the amplitude getting bigger and bigger.

Chen Ci raised his hand and gestured to Fu Tianhe behind him.

None of the four said anything. They carefully moved closer to the inner wall of the moonlight, circling the snow hills, trying to slip away.

But for wild animals, the delicious meal in their mouths cannot just fly away like that.

When a few streaks of white flew over, Fu Tianhe saw clearly that it was a group of Arctic wolves. The leader was two meters long, even with its tail included, but it was still considered a huge beast in the group.

Sharp brown eyes stared at everyone, saliva flowed from yellow sharp teeth onto the snow, pulling out silk threads, which were torn off in an instant. In just a few seconds, the team was surrounded silently.

Everyone simultaneously tightened their trekking poles as their adrenaline surged due to the noise made by the wolves, but no one was really panicked.

Mental power is like three rivers originating from different peaks, gathering into even more powerful energy at the confluence. No matter how smart these ferocious creatures that survived the Ice Age are, they have little room to resist.

This force led by Chen Ci enveloped the wolves, instantly rendering them unable to move and freezing them in place.

Chen Ci does not want to hurt them.

Shafla immediately started walking, and the four of them passed through the area as quickly as possible. When they were far enough away, Chen Ci relaxed his control.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, if a fight really broke out, the wolves would not be their match, but it would definitely consume everyone's physical strength and energy.

Besides, these creatures originally lived in this area, and hunting was a normal habit for them. Naturally, they had already been destroyed beyond recognition by humans. They should not harm these hunters who were struggling to survive on the snowy plains.

His accelerated heartbeat gradually calmed down, and Fu Tianhe suddenly felt a little itchy in his chest.

It’s hard to describe it exactly, it’s like a kind of throbbing, but Fu Tianhe is very sure that’s not it, because the young man who can really make him throbbing is right in front of him.

Fu Tianhe didn't say anything at first, but after more than ten minutes, the abnormality became more intense and could be described as "itching".

Things hidden deep in memory also emerged.

Yes, he should not forget that this was the itch he was most familiar with.

It emerged silently from the inside of his body, entangled him like a ghost, and refused to disappear forever.

However, it later became extremely intense, even accompanied by pain, penetrating deep into his bones and soul, which prevented Fu Tianhe from recalling it at the first time.

Fu Tianhe raised his hand and touched Chen Ci's shoulder.

Chen Ci turned around and made eye contact. In those dark eyes, he saw an unspeakable deep sorrow.

Chen Ci reacted immediately.

He stopped, turned around, moved slightly forward, closer to Fu Tianhe, put his hands on the Alpha's shoulders, tilted his head back and gave him a kiss.

The lips were cold, but the tongue was hot. The hot breath turned into white mist and quickly condensed into frost on the ends of the hair and eyelashes. Snow hit the face, and a few flakes fell between the tips of their noses and melted into water.

The subtle fragrance of tuberose lingers around, absorbing factors that cannot be seen or smelled, soothing the discomfort in the body.

Ten seconds later, Chen Ci pushed Fu Tianhe's shoulder and took the initiative to step back: "Is it okay?"

Fu Tianhe nodded.

Shafulai and Chen Nian also noticed the two people's stop and stopped in front to wait. Seeing Chen Ci and Fu Tianhe hugging each other and starting to walk again, Chen Nian asked softly, "Are you okay?"

Chen Ci: "It's okay, let's go."

The team continued to move forward, but compared to the ease they had just felt, everyone's heart was filled with an indelible haze.

Especially Fu Tianhe.

He had thought that he had gained enough from September the night before to keep himself safe for at least three or four days, but he had not expected that something bad would happen on the second day.

It doesn't happen from the bottom of the eyes.

He hadn't experienced any abnormalities inside his body for a long, long time. It seemed that for a long time after his eyeball was removed, the Ashes had gathered around his right eye.

This made Fu Tianhe pay attention. It seemed that there was something in the dark that was attracting the hard crystal in his body.

Fu Tianhe thought of what he saw yesterday, the purple color growing wildly from the outer wall of the moonlight. Could it be related to that?

Speaking of which, Moonlight is the birthplace of Ashes.

Fu Tianhe's poor mental condition was also conveyed to Chen Ci.

They are combined AOs, and part of their souls have already merged. Their joy, anger, sorrow, pain, or abnormality will also be reflected in the other half.

Fu Tianhe still showed no expression and followed the team normally. Only he knew that he was enduring the itching and pain all the time.

This was the pain he had been accustomed to since he was six years old. His mother's teachings echoed in his ears again, sad and severe.

No matter what, don't let anyone discover your pain.

But no matter how superb the acting skills are, it is impossible to hide the truth.

"Fu Tianhe." He called out to Alpha, "We agreed that you won't hide this from me anymore."

Fu Tianhe raised the corners of his lips habitually, wanting to tell Chen Ci that everything was fine, but then he realized that the young man in front of him was someone he could confide all his trust in.

"I don't know what's going on. It seems to have suddenly become a little serious." Fu Tianhe said truthfully.

The abnormality had already flowed from his chest to his abdomen, stimulating the solar nerve complex and heading towards his throat. Perhaps before long, every time he spoke, his trachea and vocal cords would be cut by hard matter.

Obviously, September had just given him a kiss, but it didn't have the suppressive effect it should have.

"Ah, this is for you." Chen Nian hurried over, rummaged through Chen Ci's bag, and took out a plastic tube from the innermost pocket.

The tube contained a dark red liquid which had already been frozen.

Shafley also came over, took out the heater, grabbed a few handfuls of snow into it, heated the test tube in a water bath, and the frozen blood slowly melted.

Chen Nian: "My brother and I took a little blood before we left. You can try it first to see if it works."

Fu Tianhe took the thawed test tube from Shafley.

It contained the blood of the two brothers. He had already obtained a lot from Jiu Yue, and he even forced Jiu Yue to cut his palm to provide blood. Now he had to ask Jiu Yue's younger brother for help.

"Don't feel guilty." Shafley said, "What we do is not just for you, there are many others who are waiting for a way to cure Ashes."

Fu Tianhe nodded. Without further delay, he opened the test tube and drank the blood inside.

Chen Ci and Chen Nian each provided three small test tubes of blood, and the one that Fu Tianhe drank was from Chen Ci.

Although the two brothers have exactly the same pheromone scent, as the Alphas closest to them, both Fu Tianhe and Shafulai can accurately identify them at the first moment.

The fishy, ​​sweet and warm blood entered the stomach, and both the itching and the pain were effectively suppressed.

Chen Ci handed Fu Tianhe a cup of water and asked him to rinse his mouth.

Fu Tianhe spat the mouthwash onto the ground, and the snow was immediately dyed a diluted bright red, then melted silently due to the heat.

"Okay, let's get going."

Chen Ci said, "You walk in front of me."

Fu Tianhe always felt embarrassed, but facing Chen Ci's serious look, he didn't say anything nonsense and obediently became the third of the team.

In this way, Chen Ci can always keep an eye on Fu Tianhe.

When they realized that the outer wall of the Moonlight was strictly sealed, they had already prepared for the worst. Perhaps even if they walked around the outer wall of the Moonlight, they might not be able to find a passage to enter.

But perhaps it was God's blessing, at four o'clock in the afternoon of the second day after arriving at the Greenland Ice and Snow Plateau, Shafley's spiritual power, which was exploring at the front, suddenly detected something unusual.

In this place filled with irregular closed structures, he actually discovered something similar to a door.

At the same time, Chen Ci was also discovered.

This information was more effective than any functional drink. The stamina bars that had been mostly used up and were about to run out were immediately restored to full. The four of them were like chickens with blood pumped up, and they walked faster than ever before.

Shafley was the first to walk around the raised outer wall and saw the metal door embedded in the outer wall.

This is a door with a very beautiful shape, so beautiful that at first glance you can tell who designed it.

The metal is lead gray in color. The two doors on the left and right fit tightly together. The gap in the middle is so fine that not even a hair can fit through. Its lower half has been buried by the wind and snow. Judging from the exposed shape, the whole door should be five meters high, but two meters are buried.

The fact that such a door-shaped structure could appear on a long-collapsed beacon was obvious to me. It couldn't be a coincidence.

Chen Nian exclaimed in surprise, he walked to the door step by step and observed the situation carefully.

There are intricate patterns carved on the door, the patterns are a finger deep, showing how thick the door is. The patterns have a crescent-shaped outline, and the left and right sides come together to form a round moon.

Like a pale symmetrical face, cold and stern.

As for why it was the moon and not the sun, or something else, Chen Nian couldn't figure it out.

The first thing that came to his mind was the moon.

The three of them used their mental power to explore, but it seemed as if their mental power was sucked away by some strange substance and could not go deeper even an inch.

Even someone as powerful as Chen Ci has no way of knowing what is going on inside the sect.

"Is this the place we can enter?" Chen Nian raised his hand and gently touched the door.

The metal had long been frozen to be as cold as the ice on the soles of my feet, and it seemed that the coldness could be transmitted to my fingertips through the thick gloves.

Chen Nian touched every place he could reach, and it seemed that the only way to get in was to find a way to open the door.

Based on what he had discovered over the past two days, the moonlight was incredibly well blocked, and he didn't think there were any other ways for them to sneak in except the door in front of them.

But...how can I do it?

There seemed to be a voice calling from somewhere.

——Come, come here.

Chen Nian took off his gloves, and when he put his palm on it, it was not as cold as he had imagined.

He closed his eyes and concentrated on feeling. The patterns were clearly imprinted on the palm of his hand. The five curved lines were pressed by Chen Nian's five fingers, but they seemed to emanate from his fingertips, winding and entwining.

Is it a coincidence?

The strange feeling that had appeared in my heart since I approached the moonlight yesterday has not disappeared, but has become even stronger. I don’t know if it is due to psychological factors, but it has rushed to my throat as if it is about to burst out.

—Open the door and come here.

Chen Ci seemed to have heard the voice as well and walked over. He stood beside Chen Nian, stretched out his hand as well, took off his gloves, and gently pressed on the door.

When the two brothers touched the full moon pattern on the door at the same time——

A dazzling light suddenly burst out from Chen Nian's left shoulder!

The light was so bright that even thick clothes could not completely cover it, and Shaflay beside him could not help but turn his head to avoid being burned in the eyes.

The light was reflected by the ice and snow, like a thousand mirrors and ten thousand panes of glass exposed to the scorching sun. Countless light paths were projected straight, interweaving with each other, and interweaving into a kaleidoscopic and chaotic cage.

Then the mirror broke and the glass shattered.

Countless fragments reflected the light into an even more chaotic and dazzling appearance. They penetrated every hole, and even though Shaflay had closed his eyes, he was still hurt.

The temperature of a branding iron emanated from the birthmark on her shoulder. If she ripped open her clothes at this moment, Chen Nian would be surprised to find that the crescent-shaped birthmark had turned fiery red, like a burning star.

It is about to pierce through the real sun that is hidden by dark clouds in the sky.

A slight stinging pain came from the fingertips of the five fingers, and tiny wounds appeared quietly. Blood flowed out, flowing along the lines, spreading to the entire half moon, dyeing it a sacrificial red.

Chen Nian opened his eyes wide, staring in astonishment at everything that was happening before his eyes.

The bright red spread, as if it was given real life at this moment. Even though the surrounding temperature was so low that no liquid should flow freely, it was unable to stop this spontaneous diffusion.

Compared to the strange scene on Chen Nian's side, Chen Ci's side was indifferent.

The birthmark on his right shoulder did not glow, nor did blood ooze from his fingertips.

There should also be some feeling that is about to burst out from the bottom of his heart, but just like countless times in the past ten years, a thin membrane wrapped around him, filtering everything again and again.

Whether from the inside out or from the outside in.

End in indifference and dullness.

After dozens of seconds, Chen Nian's blood finally spread to the edge of the texture. It waited at the crack of the door, waiting, hoping to get a response from the other side.

But there was nothing.

The light dissipated unwillingly, and the blood that was originally flowing silently was quickly frozen, becoming red ice crystals, falling on the snow, blooming like broken flowers.

Chen Nian abruptly withdrew his hand, took two steps back, and bumped into Shafulai's chest.

no.

He alone cannot open this door.

At this point, Chen Nian was very sure that this door was the correct entrance to the moonlight and was designed for the two brothers.

The pattern on the door corresponds to the birthmarks on their shoulders, which are neatly marked like a seal.

But why didn't Chen Ci have the same reaction as him? Since he could do it, there was no reason why his brother couldn't do it.

Chen Nian looked at Chen Ci, only to see that Chen Ci's face was pale and he pursed his lips tightly, as if he was enduring some intense discomfort.

Something wanted to burst out from his body, like a seed beneath the soil, nourished by the spring rain and bursting with tremendous vitality.

However, it was firmly blocked, with a feeling of stagnation in his chest, even making it difficult for him to breathe.

I am clearly being called and I want to respond eagerly, but why can't I do it?

"Chen Ci?"

Chen Nian called him softly, and within a short while, the wounds on Chen Nian's five fingers were frozen. Shafulai quickly put on gloves for him.

Chen Ci closed his eyes tightly.

Why? Why was Chen Nian so successful, but he was completely unable to do it?

What exactly went wrong?

Right at this moment.

There was a muffled sound, and the three people standing in front of the door turned around suddenly, only to find Fu Tianhe kneeling on the ground.

His upper body was bent in pain, one hand supporting himself on the snow, the other hand tightly grasping his chest, the thick clothes crumpled into a ball in his palm.

He gasped in pain, making obvious rales, and finally coughed a few times, and something spurted out of his throat in an instant.

Fu Tianhe looked intently with difficulty, and saw a few pieces of bright red blooming on the white snow, splashing red as wildly as ink.

Chen Nian: “Ah——!”

Chen Ci's pupils suddenly shrank.

He rushed to Fu Tianhe's side and held Alpha's shoulders. Blood continued to flow out from the corners of Fu Tianhe's lips, with purple foam coming out. The dazzling red was mixed with crystal fragments, like purple quicksand.

How did the situation suddenly deteriorate to this point?!

No one could answer, and Chen Nian and Shafulai also rushed to Fu Tianhe.

Chen Ci immediately grabbed the end of the trekking pole and slashed his palm with the sharp metal. Blood gushed out and flowed into Fu Tianhe's mouth the next moment.

However, it was difficult for Fu Tianhe to even swallow now. For a moment, his body was stained with more blood, some of which was his own and some was Chen Ci's.

Chen Nian hurriedly took out the prepared blood and the small pot for heating from his and Chen Ci's backpacks.

No one expected that Fu Tianhe's condition would suddenly become so serious. The two brothers did not take too much blood, only six small ones in total, and Fu Tianhe just drank one of them on the way.

Shafulai frowned. You know, when Chen Nian and Chen Ci walked forward, he turned back to look at Fu Tianhe. At that time, Fu Tianhe's condition was quite normal. How come he suddenly fell to the ground and vomited blood?

Shafla looked towards the gate and saw purple crystals growing on the edge of the metal door!

The clusters of purple seemed to be responding to something and quickly extended in their direction, to be precise, towards Fu Tianhe!

Similarly, Ashes, who is lurking in Fu Tianhe's body, is also trying his best to reunite with his companions.

"Get him out of here!"

Shafley made a decision immediately. He grabbed Fu Tianhe's shoulders, pulled Alpha up, threw the bag on his back, and ran away from the gate with Fu Tianhe on his back.

"Be careful!" Chen Nian cried out in surprise. The blood that was gushing out of Fu Tianhe's mouth and nose fell on Shafulai's side face, staining Shafulai's skin with purple crystals.