"You're awake!"
Bai Xiaoruo's voice froze for a moment, then instantly turned to wild joy, "You're not dead! That's great! You scared me to death just now!"
"..."
As Bai Xiaoruo's words became clearer, Shen Yunhao's consciousness slowly returned.
"I...I'm not dead yet?"
At this moment, he looked down at the layer of ice crystals on his body, which still emitted a terrifying chill that tried to invade his body, but it was all blocked by the golden threads!
These gold threads... seem to have suddenly been upgraded?
In addition to treatment, it also developed a certain degree of defensive capabilities!
If I can really withstand the cold here, my chances of survival will undoubtedly be much greater!
"Wait... those ice crystal beasts..."
At this moment, Shen Yunhao suddenly remembered the terrifying giant beasts he had just encountered. He turned his head and was instantly so shocked that he held his breath!
The three giant beasts were currently not far behind him.
Strangely, the giant beasts did not come forward to attack him, but instead seemed completely invisible, walking around aimlessly.
At this moment, Shen Yunhao noticed that, apart from the giant python, the rhinoceros monster and the weasel monster also had no eyes, only two sunken lines...
"Could it be..." Shen Yunhao frowned, "Could it be that they can't see me? But why did they attack me before?"
It's impossible that they could hear it, because Bai Xiaoruo shouted really loudly just now to wake them up. If they had hearing, they would definitely have heard her.
So the only remaining possibility is... the sense of smell?
"Do these giant beasts track their prey using their sense of smell?"
After thinking about it, I immediately rejected this conjecture.
Because he had just been struck by the Ice Crystal Sable, he had coughed up a mouthful of blood, and even now, the frozen bloodstains were still visible...
If it were truly using taste tracking, it should have been able to detect it.
Moreover, in such an extreme freezing environment, the smell should be very difficult to dissipate!
If we exclude all of these...
Shen Yunhao's eyes lit up. "I know! It's thermal sensing! These ice crystal beasts can sense differences in temperature!"
He was currently covered in ice crystals, and in their eyes, all they could see were these scattered ice crystals.
Thinking of this, Shen Yunhao bit his tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood.
As the blood was flying, the giant beasts seemed to sense something and turned around to look in this direction!
But after taking only a few steps, once the blood froze into ice, the giant beasts returned to their "confused" state and began to wander around on their own.
"Just as I thought!"
Shen Yunhao breathed a sigh of relief, making sure that the giant beasts couldn't notice him, before turning his head to look at the fox tail in the crevice of the rock not far away.
"You weren't frozen solid after leaving me? Could it be that you have another Demon Emperor's feather?"
"Idiot, I don't have much time left, listen to me first!"
After the initial euphoria, Bai Xiaoruo's voice became much weaker.
"After falling into this icy abyss, I lost all connection with my original body..."
"Out of contact? How could this be..."
Shen Yunhao frowned slightly.
Logically speaking, the fox tail should be an avatar of Bai Xiaoruo, completely controlled by the main body. If it were truly disconnected, it would become an empty shell without a master, and shouldn't possess self-awareness...
"That's exactly what I wanted to tell you!"
The little fox continued, "Theoretically speaking, I should have lost consciousness instantly and turned into an ordinary fox tail, but something here seems to have altered time, pausing the process of me losing consciousness!"
"!!!"
Shen Yunhao was deeply shocked upon hearing this!
"You mean, there are actually people in this world who can change time?"
In response, Bai Xiaoruo said solemnly, "It's impossible for human beings, and even the Taixu Realm can't do it, but... the rules of the world might be able to..."
"What's the meaning?"
Shen Yunhao didn't understand.
"In other words, there might be some secret realms in this world where the flow of time is different from the normal world! We may have been sucked into some secret realm now, and we are not in the same space as the original continent!"
Upon hearing this, Shen Yunhao took a deep breath, thought for a moment, and said, "Then... time travel, time reversal..."
"That's impossible. Slowing down the flow is already the limit within the rules. To achieve what you're talking about... unless we break the rules... Never mind, there's no time to say more!"
The little fox's voice grew weaker and weaker, "I don't know how time is calculated here, but I can feel the consciousness of this clone of mine fading away. Once my consciousness completely disappears, I'll become just an ordinary fox tail, but my illusion-breaking ability will remain. I hope it's useful to you..."
"Once my main body outside realizes that Fox Tail has lost contact, I will definitely try to get Uncle to come and rescue you. You must hold on until Uncle arrives!"
"Your brat sister fell in with you! But... there seem to be some restrictions here for those with high cultivation levels, so her condition probably isn't much better right now. You can go find her..."
"If...if you really do come out alive, I...I'll...be your fox completely! And I'll keep my word!"
"Remember this! Come find me alive! I'll be waiting for you outside!"
After saying this, he fell silent, which meant that the remaining consciousness within his clone had dissipated.
After listening, Shen Yunhao remained silent for a long time before shaking his head and smiling.
"A lousy clone is acting on behalf of the original body? Once I get out of here, that stupid fox will never admit it!"
"only……"
"Whether she admits it or not doesn't matter, she can't escape!"
Another moment of silence followed.
"If it's really as the little fox says, that the flow of time here is different from the outside world, and that it definitely flows slower... then wouldn't this be an excellent place for cultivation?"
"No... it should be called a cheat-like secret realm!"
"I've been cultivating here for ten years, while only one year has passed in the outside world. This is practically a cultivation cheat, a violation of the rules!"
"Forget it... never mind all that, just survive first, then think about everything else!"
After saying that, he sat up cross-legged, covered in ice crystal fragments, and began to heal himself using the Vast Ocean Heart and the ever-active golden threads within his body.
Fortunately, the ice crystals here are extremely cold and won't melt at all. Otherwise, it would be a huge loss if I were discovered and killed by those ice beasts while I was healing!
After recovering from his injuries, Shen Yunhao discovered that the golden threads had not disappeared as usual, but had instead transformed into a protective membrane that enveloped his entire body.
Shen Yunhao tested the effect of the gold film again and came to a conclusion after a while.
It cannot be controlled by oneself and serves no other purpose besides insulating against the cold...
However, in a place like this, it is considered a rather impressive skill.
Only then did he get up, carrying the ice crystals, and while observing the movements of the ice beasts over there, he moved towards the fox's tail.
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