Free Web NovelThere’s still a chance.
Mingxi’s luck wasn't completely bottomed out by a balance mechanism, despite the great harvest from her fishing operation.
Perhaps she hadn’t harvested enough yet.
After shattering twelve more energy crystals in a row, Mingxi finally felt the current’s speed slow down.
She suppressed the intense dizziness, closed her eyes, then opened them again.
“Grass (a plant)!”
Upon seeing the scene not far away, Mingxi’s vision went dark again.
She thought she would be swept into a Mystic Ground or Mystic Realm by the ocean current vortex, embarking on a spontaneous Mystic Realm ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) journey.
She was used to it.
But how naive she was.
Because this world is filled with various forms of special energy, the spatial passages or rifts created by ocean current vortices don’t only occur in Mystic Grounds or Mystic Realms.
Yes.
The real world occasionally experiences spatial passages due to spatial turbulence and other reasons that even science struggles to explain.
That is to say, sometimes you might be enjoying the scorching sun in Han Ning City, and the next second a spatial passage appears before you; you just need to stroll in a few steps, and you’ll arrive in the icy, snowy Antarctic, staring wide-eyed at adorable penguin babies.
Isn’t that surprising?
Alas.
Let’s first solve the problem of how not to freeze to death.
Mingxi was currently facing this exact situation; this time, she hadn’t been lucky enough to get a free ticket to a Mystic Realm.
Don’t ask her how she knew.
A massive black ice mountain was smiling and greeting her.
What made Mingxi even more distraught was that she also saw that Venerable-level Starfish!
It was a colossal, orange-red behemoth, easily a hundred meters long, looking like a giant version of a sun starfish from its appearance.
Its body was disc-shaped, with 12 arms, resembling a huge sun hanging in the ocean.
However, a large mouth grew in the center of the ‘sun’.
The Starfish’s facial features were quite peculiar; its mouth grew separately on its back, while its eyes, nose, ears, and eyebrows all grew on its ‘abdomen’.
A certain organ took the mouth’s proper position.
When it rested or slept, its back was always facing up, and its face down.
At this moment, the Starfish’s 12 arms were firmly suctioned to the surface of the black ice, revealing only a large mouth that seemed capable of swallowing heaven and earth, opening and closing with its breathing.
If it weren't for the sheer size of the black ice, Mingxi estimated she wouldn't have been able to determine in a short time that she was still within the North Cold Ocean region.
Previously, Zhou Yaqi was worried she might accidentally enter the Starfish’s area, so he had specifically sought out personnel to inquire about the Starfish’s exact location and explained it to her in detail.
So, Mingxi’s washing machine tumble ride this time was actually a transfer from 76.2° North latitude, 23.9° East longitude, to the area of 76.2° North latitude, 25.4° East longitude.
This is truly...
“Crack!”
The sound of a shattered energy crystal pulled Mingxi’s soul back from her speechlessness; she skillfully replaced it with two S-grade energy crystals.
This can’t go on.
Even the landlord’s family would run out of supplies.
Mingxi immediately summoned Jin Yinfei Hei.
Lan Yue, once again forced to guard the house alone, gnawed on an imaginary handkerchief, secretly vowing.
After returning, she absolutely had to immediately raise her energy purity to 60%, then evolve to General-level, apply for a pet beast shrinking bracelet, otherwise, if she encountered this situation again, she would cry like Black Pearl to her Beast Tamer!
“Black Pearl, quick! Bubble!”
Black Pearl didn’t say a word, happily spitting out bubbles.
It loved spitting bubbles the most.
“Pop, pop, pop...”
At first glance, one might think it wasn’t a fish, but a pea shooter.
As the Rainbow Bubbles enveloped the Two-Worlds Rotation Platform layer by layer, Mingxi finally felt her breathing ease considerably.
It was truly costly, truly lung-bursting.
“Luo?”
Little Silver Flower flew to her side, asking if she needed treatment.
Normally, Little Silver Flower would have already given her a full set of treatment and care without Mingxi even needing to ask.
But before this trip, given the peculiarity of the black ice, Mingxi had specifically instructed them not to use skills casually.
Mingxi shook her head at Little Silver Flower: “I’m fine, no need to use skills specifically.”
She looked again at the orange-yellow starfish not far away.
“The Starfish is here, which means that black ice rift is beneath it.”
According to Zhou Yaqi, the Deep Sea Observation Team’s original target was here, but due to this Venerable-level Starfish’s ‘uninvited arrival’, they had no choice but to abandon their optimal choice.
Which also led to her, a small fry, being kicked out of the observation team.
“...If only there was a way to make this Starfish leave on its own.”
Mingxi murmured.
Reportedly, there weren’t just one or two rifts appearing in the black ice this time; 173 could be detected, but only a handful were cracked open enough for humans to enter.
Besides the height and width of the rift, the direction and depth of its spread also needed to be considered.
And after several months of investigation, consuming a large amount of manpower and resources, it was confirmed that only two rifts might lead to the Mystic Mirage Sea.
That is, the one occupied by the Starfish, and the one 7000 meters below.
Mingxi had roughly understood the situation from Zhou Yaqi.
The two rifts had significant differences.
The rift at 76.2° North latitude, 25.4° East longitude, at a depth of 1836 meters, was spacious, had a low danger factor, was minimally affected by black ice, and was highly likely to lead directly to the Mystic Mirage Sea.
Whereas the rift at 76.2° North latitude, 23.9° East longitude, at a depth of 7122 meters, was narrow and winding, making passage difficult, and it would likely require a very long detour, with no guarantee of reaching the interior of the Mystic Mirage Sea.
The superiority and inferiority were clear at a glance.
If the observation team hadn’t been absolutely unable to make the Starfish leave, they would never have settled for the second-best option.
They had considered using cannon fodder to lure the Starfish, but the result was a certain unlucky Beast Tamer losing three pet beasts consecutively and becoming a complete cripple.
But the Starfish remained in place, not moving an inch.
As if the mysterious properties of the black ice couldn’t affect it at all.
From all the Starfish’s behaviors, it seemed that the black ice truly had no effect on it.
Some said it was because it had no brain.
Some said it was because the Starfish was too strong, and the black ice couldn’t suppress it.
Others said the Starfish had unknown special abilities.
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Mingxi thought of her own Black Pearl, which was also unaffected by the black ice.
Strength?
Black Pearl didn’t have that yet.
Special ability?
That unanalyzable SSS-grade characteristic? It was sealed, so it was as good as non-existent.
So...
“Could it really be because it has no brain?”
Mingxi cleared her throat, silently apologizing to Black Pearl in her heart.
Considering the Starfish’s terrifying strength and its ‘touch me and I’ll instantly kill your whole family’ personality, Mingxi had originally planned to head for the deep sea.
But now.
A better choice is clearly right in front of you; are you really willing to compromise and settle for something subpar?
Moreover, choosing that rift would greatly increase the chance of encountering the Deep Sea Observation Team head-on.
“Cannot attack, cannot use skills, cannot release ill will... How exactly can I get rid of that Starfish?”
Mingxi tapped her palm.
“Got it!”
