Published: February 12, 2025
In the northern region, there is a unique type of temporary structure called an underground ice house. Due to the existence of cold storms, when the temperature drops sharply at night, evolvers will dig into the snow and take shelter in snow caves, which are both warm and effective at preventing ice storms.
Over time, in some higher-dimensional areas, evolvers have built underground ice houses along frequently traveled hunting routes using ice blocks. These ice houses are exceptionally sturdy, capable of fending off ice storms and preventing attacks from mutated creatures.
Beneath the seemingly vast ice fields of the northern region, there are many safe points, namely these underground ice houses.
At this moment, near the foot of Mount Kess, many people are residing in a row of five underground ice houses, waiting to survive the upcoming night. Tomorrow, they will reach the assembly point and then head to the Fallen Canyon in the north of Black Dragon City, where they will fight to the death against those from the national district.
The stronghold of Black Dragon City has long been coveted by them; there, the weather is relatively warm, rich in mutated life resources, and has several natural hunting grounds at a moderate distance.
It is a place more suitable for human survival in the apocalypse!
By occupying that area, life will become easier, and death will not come so easily. From there, they can also reach the warm south.
This time, the powerful King Mei Buning will personally lead the army into battle, with evolvers from various gathering points participating. The number of matured warriors alone exceeds fifty thousand!
What is a matured warrior? It refers to those with relatively complete professions and skills, who have undergone extensive hunting and evolved beyond four-star!
Compared to the population of Black Dragon City, the number of these warriors is naturally not vast, but each one is an incredibly brave warrior who has endured the tests of cold and death, unlike the weak individuals from the national district who can only hide behind high walls.
Fifty thousand is enough to crush five times or more the opponents of Black Dragon City.
"Hey, I say Old Barry, can you step outside to pee? We don’t want to sleep smelling your urine tonight!"
A slightly red-faced man shouted at another man in the corner who was addressing his personal needs, his breath smelling of alcohol, his tone teasing, as if he wasn’t really asking the man to go to the bathroom, but merely trying to draw attention and joke with friends.
“Damn it, do I have to hold it in?” The man called Old Barry responded nonchalantly. After finishing, he turned around and faced the twenty-some people inside the ice house, provocatively raising his middle finger at the man who had just spoken.
Laughter and chaotic whistles erupted inside the ice house.
"Look, our little Nova is embarrassed!"
Everyone immediately turned to the only woman among the twenty or so people. She was leaning against the ice block, chewing on a half-raw piece of meat still tinged with blood. The so-called embarrassment was merely a bit of blood smeared on her face.
Most people in the ice house had tasted this woman’s flavor, but that was two years ago when she joined the team called Ural as a two-star evolver.
With a low rank, weak strength, and quite good looks, her experiences in a team where the law of the jungle prevailed were predictable.
At that time, almost all the men in the team had been in close contact with Nova.
Nova had resisted, but it was in vain. Later, perhaps she came to terms with it and began to charge fees. Some were unwilling to pay and even beat her up for it, but she endured. Nonetheless, some evolvers would give her a bit of magic crystal or take care of her a little during hunts.
Over two years, Nova evolved from a two-star evolver to a six-star!
In the entire Ural team, her strength could rank within the top ten.
Now, she was not someone one could easily provoke.