Chapter 433: Sudden Battle
In the Far North, the cold wind is raging and the weather is freezing cold.
There is very little rainfall here, and what is flying in the air is not snowflakes but tiny ice crystals, and this is the case all year round.
Before the age of psychic powers, probably no other race except humans had the courage to go deep into this lifeless ice and snow desert.
There are many living creatures in the outer areas, such as polar bears, puffins, grouse, snowy owls and other creatures.
“Huff…”
The sharp wind blew across Su Xia's face, making his clothes flutter and his hair fly, and he could hardly open his eyes.
Flying at high speed in this world where temperatures drop below zero all year round puts a lot of pressure on the body. The cold wind inhaled into the lungs cuts like a knife, and the muscles all over the body are always tense, and physical strength is consumed abnormally quickly.
At this moment, he was flying at an altitude of 100 meters, neither too high nor too low, and at a very fast speed.
After saying goodbye to the big whale, Su Xia had been flying for more than six hours, but still had not flown out of this world of ice and snow.
During this period, he discovered many patrol teams of the mechanical race, but he avoided them safely and was not discovered by those mechanical creatures.
The snowfield is vast, and even with the ability of the mechanical race, it is difficult to find a person in this huge and cold area.
This difficulty is actually similar to finding a needle in a haystack.
Moreover, the Mechanical Clan is not sure where Su Xia will land, and their forces are scattered all over the world, making it difficult to completely block all areas.
After the incident in the northern seas last time, some people thought that Su Xia would land in the north, some thought that Su Xia did this on purpose to confuse the outside world, and that he actually wanted to land in the south, and some thought that he would go to the other two continents...
In short, everything is unknown.
Su Xia, who owns a submarine, is like a fish in the vast ocean, with countless choices.
"This choice is correct now... There are more signs of life activities, and it seems that we are not far from the edge area."
Su Xia looked normal. He wore life-sensing glasses the whole time during the flight. He never took them off even when his eyes were dry and swollen. He was always concentrating on observing the situation around him.
In the world he saw, there were more and more signs of life, including some small animals commonly seen in the Far North.
After more than two hours, Su Xia finally approached the edge area and was far away from the far north inland. The white in his vision gradually faded, and was replaced by a world of green and light yellow.
"Tundra..."
Su Xia looked at the map and found that he had arrived at about 60 degrees north latitude, the coastal area of the Far North Sea.
He slowed down, took a few deep breaths, and relaxed his tense body. The temperature here was not that low anymore, and the whistling wind was no longer so cold. There was just a little more warmth and breath of life.
Looking ahead, the area ahead is mostly flat, with a few undulating hills occasionally, and light green and light yellow vegetation are everywhere in sight.
Combining the map, Su Xia knew that his direction was correct.
Going all the way south, you'll come across this vast tundra.
If the direction was a little off, what he would see now would not be the tundra vegetation, but pieces of broken ice floating on the sea.
Tundra is also called frozen plain. Its biggest feature is the presence of a frozen soil zone.
You know, a few days ago, Su Xia entered the extreme north region from the southeast. There was no permafrost in that direction, only a gradually thickening ice layer.
"The direction is correct and the time is calculated almost right. We will be able to return to Coral City in one day."
Su Xia looked at the time, then slowly landed on the soft tundra and sat on a rock to rest for more than ten minutes.
There are no tall trees in this area, the view is wide, the vegetation is very short, mostly mosses and lichens, and occasionally some small bushes with berries hanging on them can be seen.
In a small bush not far ahead, you can see a few gray hares jumping quickly, and in the burrows farther away, there are several nests of gray-brown lemmings.
These places are very peaceful, and animals live in harmony with nature. Su Xia especially likes this environment far away from human habitation.
If he has no more worries in the future, he can build a small cabin near the Arctic Circle, come here to stay for a few days every once in a while, and enjoy the comfort of being alone.
But now, there is still a lot going on with him.
"It's time to go..."
After the rest, Su Xia stood up, cleared away all traces of herself, and continued this lonely journey.
About half an hour later, he flew out of the tundra area, then passed through the blockades of the mechanical tribe, entered the Beiyang Bay, and flew over the choppy sea.
After flying over Beiyang Bay, Su Xia carefully passed through the blockade of the mechanical tribe on the shore and successfully entered the northern area of the Central Continent.
"This blockade by the Mechanical Clan is useless."
After passing the blockade, Su Xia looked back and was surprised that the process was not as difficult as he had imagined.
It has to be said that the Mechanical Clan did put a lot of effort into the blockade of the continent's coastline.
On the coastlines on both sides of Beiyang Bay, the mechanical clan has set up no less than ten blockades, many of which are spherical mechanical instruments that can sense any movement.
Those mechanical instruments were suspended in the air, with one every few meters, connecting the sky and the ground, forming a tight net. Even if a bird flew over, it would trigger their alarms.
Even a gust of wind would sound an alarm and attract patrol officers from the mechanical clan.
Because the creatures of the mechanical clan know that Su Xia has the ability to be invisible, but when he is invisible, if he takes action, it will still cause air fluctuations.
Above these suspended nets, ten thousand meters in the air, there are high-speed, high-altitude flying mechanical creatures patrolling back and forth.
The wind speed above 10,000 meters is too high, which is not suitable for those detection machines, so only high-altitude fighters can be dispatched.
However, none of these could stop Su Xia.
"If I had known it was so simple, I should have tried to break out from the southern seas and not spent more than half a month on the seabed." Su Xia's eyes flickered. "Although the number of troops in the southern seas is more than ten times that of here, as long as we make good use of the three opportunities to walk in the different space, there should be no problem...
"However, I have fought several battles in the south before and am not in good condition. It is really not suitable for me to take risks again. Walking on the seabed is indeed the safest way."
In fact, if it weren't for this underwater journey, Su Xia would not have been able to obtain an astonishing number of psychic pearls, nor would he have been able to discover the underwater abyss where the wreckage of the spacecraft existed.
Although this journey took him more than half a month, it also laid the foundation for his future path. Overall, the benefits outweighed the disadvantages.
"After I go back, I should break through to the fifth-level pharmacist as soon as possible. The fifth-level potions I have are almost used up... The third-level and fourth-level potions are not so effective for me now. The only fifth-level potions left are those left by my father, but I don't know where my father is now..."
During the more than half a month under the sea, Su Xia was not idle. He was either studying courses on submarine driving techniques or studying the two pharmacist experience books in his mind.
He felt that he should be able to refine fifth-order potions now, but he had never actually tried it out because there was no compartment for refining potions in the submarine.
"The old lady, the sixth-rank pharmacist at the Zero Point Tavern headquarters, said she would come to the Coral City Pharmacy to find me, but she hasn't come yet..."
Su Xia suddenly remembered the old woman who had refined the sixth-grade medicinal wine, Starry Sky Flowing Sound. She seemed to be very familiar with his father and knew a lot about him.
Last time, in the Midnight Tavern in Seahorse City, Su Xia had communicated with the old woman before exchanging for the Starry Sky Flow.
The old woman knew that he was her father's apprentice, and she also knew that he was not a traitor as the outside world said.
“The main building of the pharmacist school should also be completed, but…the school should not only teach pharmacy knowledge, but also mathematics, physics, chemistry and other knowledge, so that children can learn more and apply more knowledge.
"It's fine to just let them study for fun, but that will only ruin those kids. They were born poor, so they can only work harder to catch up with their peers who have resources and backgrounds.
"There are also Hong Bafu and Lan Bafu. They are both very talented, but too lazy. If I didn't have the help of the Pharmacist Experience Book, I would probably not be able to beat them. I have to spur them on when I go back so that they can become fifth-level pharmacists as soon as possible...
“As for the gaming team, the recent development of the Rebellion Alliance doesn’t seem to be going smoothly, and Li Defu and the others didn’t tell us.
"The most important thing is still the Experimental Subject No. 28. We must deal with it when we return this time..."
Su Xia thought about it and felt that there were a lot of things to do after returning. She got a headache every time she thought about it and couldn't help but sigh.
The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.
Since he has this special identity and more abilities, he has to pay more than others.
After entering the inland, Su Xia sped up, raced against time, crossed the vast plains, and changed direction, no longer flying directly south, but southeast.
Four hours later, he crossed the Ur Mountains and entered another cold and sparsely populated plain.
"The northern plains of the continent are another white world. It is cold all year round and there are very few humans living here. However, it is said that the underground mineral resources here are quite rich, but it is difficult to mine them..."
Flying above this vast northern plain, Su Xia could clearly feel that the temperature here had dropped again.
Before, on the other side of the Ur Mountains, there was warm wind blowing from the ocean, and in the warmest places, the temperature could even reach over ten degrees.
On this side of the mountains, the temperature dropped suddenly and fell below zero.
"The legendary Bear City is located in this snow-covered plain."
Su Xia glanced at the map. The northern part of the continent on the world map was still covered in fog, which meant that he had not yet finished his exploration.
In the fog, there is a mark that looks like a white bear, which is the symbol of Bear City.
That city is as mysterious as Dragon City in the southwest of the continent.
This plain is covered with ice and snow, with low temperatures all year round and scarce surface resources, making it completely unsuitable for living. Life here is like the falling ice and snow, cold, bitter and extremely difficult.
Perhaps influenced by some literary works she had read in the past, whenever Su Xia thought of this place, images of the cold wooden house, dry and hard black bread, the alcoholic father, the miserable apprenticeship life, etc. always appeared in her mind.
He slowed down his flying speed again, not in a hurry. As he flew over the earth, he carefully looked at this land full of suffering and sadness.
Time flew past Su Xia like wind and snow, gradually fading away.
More than an hour passed by unknowingly.
During the flight, Su Xia focused his eyes and suddenly found a very small and dilapidated city on the ground below.
"A city with no signs of life. It looks like it has been abandoned for a long time. Most of the buildings have been buried under a thick layer of snow..."
It is said that on this cold and vast plain, there are many similar small cities, all of which are uninhabited cities. No one has lived in them since before the Psychic Age, and they have become ghost towns in this wasteland.
Most of these small cities were built decades ago as a precaution against a global war.
Once a global war breaks out, these small cities scattered across the cold plains can serve as backup cities for civilians to evacuate or live in.
Half an hour later, Su Xia discovered another small city, which was also a ghost town and had similar specifications to the one he had discovered before.
"It seems that the rumors are true. There are indeed many such cities in this icy wasteland."
The buildings in these small cities are not exquisite. They are all low reinforced concrete buildings. They look rough on the outside, but they are extremely strong and can withstand heavy weapons bombing to a certain extent.
Under the city, there are air-raid shelters that are interconnected and store a large amount of survival supplies.
Unfortunately, during the war with the mechanical race, these small cities did not play their due role and are now abandoned.
Walking in such a city, there is a different feeling. Every building around is empty, the wind is howling, and the broken windows are like a pair of dead eyes, making people feel as if they have entered a forgotten corner of the world.
After more than three hours, Su Xia planned to find a place to land and recover his strength.
"It looks like there's another ghost town ahead. We can go in and rest for ten minutes."
He narrowed his eyes slightly, looking into the distance in mid-air. The small city in the distance was similar to the ghost town he had passed by before.
The entire city is made up of low reinforced concrete buildings, most of which are only three or four stories high. Similar to some old tube-shaped buildings, they bear the mottled marks of time, are deserted and extremely deserted.
"This kind of city is actually a good place to hunt for treasure. It is said that in the air-raid shelters under each city, there are a lot of daily necessities, money, and military supplies. It's a pity that we don't have enough time now, otherwise... eh..."
Su Xia was suddenly stunned and blinked her dry eyes.
In that city, he actually saw more than a dozen living organisms.
The distance was too far at the moment, and those organisms were just moving dots in his eyes, and could not be seen clearly.
"Mechanical people?"
Su Xia didn't think so, so he slowly slowed down his pace, making sure his movements wouldn't cause too much obvious air movement.
He remained invisible, his speed getting slower and slower, gradually approaching the deserted ghost town.
As we got closer, more small dots representing life appeared in our field of vision, all moving rapidly.
Just then, a sharp sound was heard.
"Chiu——"
The sound was so small that it was almost drowned out by the sound of the wind and snow.
But Su Xia 's hearing was so strong. As a level five creature, his five senses were far superior to those of ordinary people. He instantly recognized that it was the sound of a gunshot after a silencer was used.
"Someone fired a gun. Is there a fight?"
Su Xia's expression froze and he continued to approach.
The next moment, he heard another strange roar.
“Squeak——”
The roar was very hoarse, mixed with anger and pain. It didn't sound like something a human or a mechanical creature could make. It was more like...
"insect?"
After getting closer, Su Xia finally saw it clearly.
In the abandoned city in the distance, a battle was going on.
The two sides in the battle were a Terran team and a Zerg team.
