"Of course, we're leaving from here, aren't we?"
Hearing the elderly rmaid's loud interrogation, Leon, who was about to break the ice, withdrew his hand and turned around with a slightly puzzled expression:
"What's wrong? Is there sothing wrong?"
"No... nothing..."
Seeing the water mbrane around him disappear, yet Leon still dared to directly reach out and touch the surrounding ice layers without showing any discomfort, the elderly rmaid's cheeks twitched, and he had to swallow back the scolding words that had reached his mouth.
That ice couldn't even be touched by the Pillar God! You dare to use your hand directly? You... since you're obviously not afraid of the cold, why did you insist on bringing here?
Carefully taking a step back to avoid the splattering ice chips when Leon broke the ice, the elderly rmaid looked at Leon's back, montarily unsure of what to say.
Although he had long known that the Food God of the Cleansing Bureau was incredibly strong, witnessing him moving freely through ice layers that he didn't dare to touch himself, as if those terrifying ice were completely harmless, still gave the elderly rmaid a significant psychological shock.
Honestly, even though Old Soil is powerful, the Food God and the Cleansing Bureau don't seem to be weak either?
Plus, considering that humans have control over the Watcher's Palace, the supre four Pillar Gods might not necessarily be able to deal with them. Could Evangelin's judgnt be... No! Humans can't be trusted! I will absolutely not cooperate with those damned humans!
Slapping himself twice, he forced the foolish thoughts of siding with humans out of his mind, and the elderly rmaid clenched his staff and took a deep breath. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard Leon's exclamation, followed by a puzzled look in Leon's eyes as he turned to him.
"What's wrong?"
"It's hard to explain... Why don't you co over and have a look yourself?"
"???"
Confounded by Leon's answer, the elderly rmaid quickly picked up his cane and cautiously moved over to look at the "window" Leon had just carved open... and his face was suddenly filled with shock.
"This... this?"
"This is totally different from the Cold Spring Realm you described."
Reaching out to pry open the ice wall next to the "window" and stepping out, Leon walked on the ice pillars floating in the icy ocean and looked at the cold and desolate world in front of him, his brows furrowed as he asked:
"Vortex Ancestor, you told the Cold Spring Realm is a dinsion with nothing but simple seawater and no creatures at all... So can you explain what's happening in front of us here?"
"I..."
The elderly rmaid opened his mouth in confusion and said sowhat helplessly:
"This shouldn't be... Behind the sea eye should be the Cold Spring Realm. This... this..."
Where on earth this is, I'm not sure, but it's probably not the Cold Spring Realm you ntioned.
Looking up at the giant celestial body that might be the "moon" in the sky and using the dim light it cast to survey the surroundings, Leon initially understood the situation around him.
The massive ice pillar trapping him and the Flowing Vortex Ancestor appeared to be floating on the surface of an ocean, and the surrounding sea didn't look too different from ordinary seawater.
Under the reflection of the moonlight, which was even colder than in the current world, these waters shimred with a silvery luster, and like endless shattered glass mirrors, spread out a large array of fine rhombus-shaped light blots as the biting cold sea winds blew.
On the distant horizon where sea and sky connected, vague mountain and hill silhouettes could be seen, suggesting there was land in this dinsion, making it undeniably different from the Cold Spring Realm described by the elderly rmaid.
"I rember, didn't you once break through the ice layer underwater?"
Closing his eyes to sense the surroundings and discovering no sign of life, Leon furrowed his brows and turned to the elderly rmaid, asking:
"When you ca here last ti, was this still the Cold Spring Realm?"
"Well... after breaking through the ice layer, I actually never ca over..."
After hearing Leon's question, the elderly rmaid quickly shook his head, coming to a realization:
"At the ti, the sea eye was also in an expansion period, so the three of us just broke through the ice, confird there was an issue with the sea eye of the current world, and never ca down again, not knowing what's happening here."
So perhaps at that ti, the sea eye wasn't connected to the Cold Spring Realm but to this extrely cold new dinsion?
Upon hearing that, Leon pondered for a mont, then got up and walked to the edge of the ice pillar, temporarily removing the Ocean's Scourge badge, and reached out to touch the surrounding sea.
Bone-chilling cold, just like the ocean currents after breaking the ice layer.
Feeling that freezing sensation that numbed him to the depths of his soul, Leon couldn't help but sigh, his expression slightly complex.
Good news, we've found the source of the ocean floor's freezing.
The sea eye originally connected to the Cold Spring Realm sohow went wrong, suddenly linking up with the seabed of this strange new dinsion, and this dinsion's seawater is sowhat abnormal, maintaining its liquid state while possibly being minus seventy or eighty degrees, perhaps even lower.
Once separated from this dinsion and entering the sea beds of current reality, such frigid seawater instantly froze the ocean floor, and it seems that sealing this "sea eye" and stopping the flow of cold water could potentially solve the ice formation problem.
But apart from this good news, there's another troubleso piece of bad news... Though the reason for the ice formation was found, the two board mbers searching for it seem to have gone missing...
Closing his eyes to sense again and still finding no signs of life or Heart Lake, Leon fixed the Ocean's Scourge badge back and suddenly pulled away the elderly rmaid, who was also attempting to touch the seawater.
"Don't touch it!"
"?"
"While it looks liquid, the temperature is much lower than common ice. If you touch it directly, even the normal body fluids inside you will freeze."
Upon hearing Leon's warning, the elderly rmaid shivered, realizing the gravity of the situation:
"So the reason the ocean floor is freezing in the current world is that the Cold Spring Realm behind the sea eye was replaced by this problematic new dinsion?"
"Most likely."
Leon nodded, then asked:
"Can't your Sea Race manipulate water flows? Could you control the seawater here to check if there are traces of Board mbers Scorpio and Cancer nearby?"
"Well... I'll give it a try..."
After hearing Leon's request, the elderly rmaid took a deep breath and, squatting slightly, attempted as if he were a long-ti constipated patient.
Yet, whether due to the water being different from the current world or being afraid of touching the water flow directly for fear of freezing, the elderly rmaid's water control ability seed significantly reduced, with little to no effect after a long effort.
However, just as Leon was about to lose hope, pondering whether he should first head to the distant land, a hint of joy suddenly appeared on the elderly rmaid's face.
"Got it!"
Under Leon's surprised eyes, he watched as the elderly rmaid shouted fiercely, causing two frigid water streams to rush to the surface and throw out two human-shaped large ice lumps.
He actually found them!
Leon rushed over with a joyful expression to catch the thrown ice lumps, ready to praise, but upon seeing the appearances of the people inside, his joyful expression froze.
Who the heck are these people?
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