Chapter 251: The Frozen City
Chapter 251: The Frozen City
[Alchemy Material: Frostwater]
[A unique alchemical catalyst that concentrates the essence of cold, with an extremely low temperature; an essential item for crafting certain high-level potions.]
[A special alchemical catalyst, moderately priced.]
Lindsey took out the alchemy workbench and crafted a portion of Frostwater.
However, the subsequent synthesis of this material requires ingredients for potions like Frostbreath Potion or Lich Transformation Elixir, which are made from Glacier Springs and Soul of Revenge—materials he had never even heard of.
"There's no hope of getting those now."
Lindsey quickly put away these items and approached Hong's side.
"There's something frozen beneath us?"
Lindsey bent down, lowering the torch as much as possible, and indeed saw what Hong had mentioned.
The refraction of light through the ice made the vision blurry, but there was indeed a dark, mysterious object.
"Hmm..."
Lindsey looked up at the cave above.
The sound of the broken ice had already caused quite a disturbance. Now, it was time to use the pickaxe to clear the way.
The Meteorite Pickaxe's glow flickered within the glacier.
With a few solid strikes, it broke open the ice below, revealing some obviously man-made black stone materials.
Judging from the top, it seemed to be the peak of a structure.
"Is there a building beneath us?"
Lindsey glanced at the 'Frozen City' on the task bar and immediately called out to the girl beside him:
"Hong, come, let's dig down together."
"But try to keep the noise to a minimum."
Lindsey and Hong began digging.
They followed the peak of the structure, and the top of the building gradually came into view.
Below was a tall, black tower.
The deep black stone exuded solemnity and gravity, and its sharp design also revealed a unique sense of dynamic beauty.
In the past, the tower's peak might have pointed directly at the starry sky.
But now, it was buried deep within the underground glacier, sleeping alongside ancient history.
Digging down from the peak.
The upper part of the black tower was completely frozen, its interior filled with ice.
However, after digging down about forty to fifty meters, the color of the ice encasing it began to fade.
"This color..."
Lindsey paused, and as he put down the pickaxe, the cold air made him shiver:
"Indeed, the temperature here is slightly lower than above."
Hong asked curiously:
"So, the temperature will rise as we go down, and there might even be no ice at all?"
Lindsey raised the Meteorite Pickaxe again:
"We won't know until we get down there."
The two continued digging, and after just over ten meters, the black ancient tower revealed an open-air stargazing platform, clearly showing its internal structure.
"We can go in from here!"
The completely frozen interior of the tall tower was filled with ice, making it impossible to see anything clearly.
From this point on, the interior of the tower was no longer frozen!
Lindsey took out a radar and scanned the area before leading the way by jumping in:
"Hong, put away the pickaxe, we'll go through the inside."
The two carefully entered the stargazing platform and proceeded into the tower's interior.
Although the interior wasn't filled with ice, the temperature was still low, and some glass items were covered in frost, even cracking from the cold.
This tower was obviously not meant for habitation.
Both the exterior and interior were constructed from deep black stone, and from Lindsey's position to the top, the tower's height varied between 3 to 5 meters, increasing as they went deeper.
The items inside the tower were unrelated to daily life, consisting of various strange instruments.
Descending two more levels along the cold staircase, Lindsey and Hong were stopped by a frozen door.
This gate is engraved with strange and mysterious runes.
It might have once held flowing Essence, but after countless years of wear, its original function has long since faded.
Linsey easily opened the door, revealing the floor below.
There was almost nothing here, just an empty hall with a lone platform in the center, featuring a crescent-shaped groove.
"It seems like..."
Upon seeing this, Linsey was reminded of the lighthouse in the Hidden Frontier, where the Ancestor Core was placed.
The structure here was somewhat similar.
Unfortunately, the groove was empty, indicating that the core had long been taken away.
As they descended further, something finally caught their attention.
This floor served as a library, with numerous scrolls on the shelves. Linsey casually picked one and opened it.
Thanks to the unique environment, the scrolls remained undamaged.
But the text...
"Hmm, still can't understand it!"
The scrolls were written in an unfamiliar language, with star-like patterns drawn within.
Linsey wasn't sure if these would be useful in the future.
Nevertheless, as part of his job as an archaeologist, he stuffed these scrolls into his bag, acquiring a total of 127 scrolls of [Unknown Ancient Texts].
"..."
"Linsey, it seems the ice outside is gone!"
At that moment, Hong's voice echoed from below.
While Linsey was collecting ancient documents, the girl, unable to bear the loneliness, had already descended to the lower floor.
Hearing the voice, Linsey hurried downstairs.
Hong was standing at the edge of a stone window.
Half of her body was leaning out, with one leg lifted and swinging back and forth.
Even if she fell at the next moment, it wouldn't surprise anyone.
"..."
Her posture was incredibly alluring.
Linsey felt an urge to lift Hong's other leg and toss her out like garbage, but he resisted.
"What's the situation outside?"
Linsey took a look and confirmed what Hong had said; at this depth, the glacier had disappeared.
In its place was a hemispherical space, held captive by the glacier.
Linsey first looked downward.
The Black Tower extended several dozen meters below, and they were roughly in the middle of it.
As he shifted his gaze to the distance, the glacier sealing the city resembled a semi-transparent dome.
Glowing green orbs hung from the top of the glacier, providing eerie illumination to the city.
"Hmm?"
At that moment, Linsey's attribute panel changed again.
He opened it and saw that not only was the [Frozen City] quest completed,
but the map skill seemed to have unlocked a bird's-eye view, revealing the entire city within its detection range.
However, these messages were not what Linsey was concerned about at the moment.
For within this ancient frozen city, hundreds and thousands of dangerous red dots were moving about!
"Here... there won't be any strange creatures, will there?"
Linsey took out his telescope and peered at a street in the distance where a red dot was moving.
Indeed, a humanoid figure with bizarre tumors on its body was slowly walking.
"Revivers..."
Linsey immediately recognized them.
He dragged Hong back into the Black Tower with such force that their inertia caused them both to sit down.
Linsey turned to Hong, who looked bewildered, and said with a mixture of surprise and joy, "Hong, I have some good news."
"It seems we've accidentally stumbled upon the Revivers' base!"
(End of Chapter)
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