Published: March 12, 2025
Chapter 592: The Discovery
The Extreme North Icefield was even larger than Zhao Hai had imagined. Its area was considerably bigger than the Corpse Swamp. Zhao Hai had been exploring this Extreme North Icefield for ten days, but so far, he had not made significant discoveries. They had seen some frozen corpses, but these bones had been blown clean of flesh by the fierce winds of the icefield. Even the bones were not complete, making it impossible for Zhao Hai and his companions to identify the races of these individuals, leaving them without any clues.
Currently, Zhao Hai was the only one still focused on staring at the screen every day. Laura and the others had long since gone about their business. To be honest, the scenery of the Extreme North Icefield was incredibly monotonous, so dull it could drive a person mad.
Here, there was only one color: white. The terrain was also uniform: flat. Throughout the entire Extreme North Icefield, he could only see these two things, with nothing else in sight.
Zhao Hai was growing weary of this scenery. He couldn't keep staring at it continuously, as he didn't want to contract blood curse disease. So although he still persisted in watching the screen daily, he took many breaks in between.
In fact, whether Zhao Hai stayed or left was nearly irrelevant. He had the space ability, which allowed him to return to the mainland at any time. Business on the mainland had not been affected at all, and he even had to deal with some matters related to the budah family daily.
Now that the budah family had gotten on the right track, there were few matters that required Zhao Hai's personal attention. Unlike other families, where the clan leader might lose power if too much authority was delegated, such a situation would never occur in the budah family. Most of the matters Zhao Hai needed to handle were generally assigned to Laura and the others, with him dealing personally with very few.
Laura and her companions also had a good relationship, and they understood Zhao Hai's personality. As a result, there was no jealousy or competition for favor among them, which relieved Zhao Hai a lot.
This change was partly due to the influence of the space ability, which could gradually alter a person's personality and even thoughts. Everything within the space revolved around Zhao Hai, so when he influenced others, it was centered on him.
Laura and the others were slowly transformed, now completely centered on Zhao Hai, which meant they did not feel jealousy or compete for power; everything was for Zhao Hai's benefit.
However, this transformation was much slower compared to subduing ninth-level magical beasts, so hardly anyone noticed the change, not even Zhao Hai himself.
On the twelfth day of their expedition into the Extreme North Wilderness, Zhao Hai was still watching the seemingly unchanging landscape of the wilderness as usual, and to be honest, he was becoming quite frustrated.
At that moment, something strange on the wilderness suddenly caught Zhao Hai's attention. It was a stone, a very oddly shaped stone.
A stone would not seem unusual in other locations, but here in the Extreme North Icefield, it appeared very strange, almost like a mystical object.
Zhao Hai gazed at the stone for a while, finally snapping out of his daze. He immediately focused all his excitement on that stone.
The screen responded to his thoughts and magnified the stone, allowing Zhao Hai to see what was inside it.
When he saw what was inside the stone, Zhao Hai was stunned. He couldn't help but be shocked because he actually saw an animal resembling the xiao jin race inside the stone, a gigantic ape.
The xiao jin were already quite large, and apart from the xiao jin themselves, other iron forms were not small, especially those that had not been upgraded; they were even bigger.
However, the ape Zhao Hai saw was even larger. Judging by its appearance, it stood over ten meters tall, with an incredibly robust body covered in yellow fur, but now it was encased in ice.