The life of Jing Shan Yan has co to an end.
Gu Shen did not use the "Pure Land" to resurrect his soul.
In the depths of the Frozen Lake, Chi Huo burns, turning everything here into ashes.
Once the curse of the "Child" dissipates, perhaps soone will reach here again... but nothing will remain in the depths of the Frozen Lake.
Years later, when the "guilt" of the Ancient Literature Society is washed away, Gu Shen will erect a monunt for Mr. Jing Shan Yan at Changye Cetery, in a high place belonging to the three leaders.
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"Three hours have passed."
The patrol above the Frozen Lake has never ceased. The main vessel underwent backup power replacent, deployed a shield, and gradually descended, conducting "clean-up work" at about 300 ters above the lake.
"A full three hours... and still no word from Gu Shen..."
The initial plan was 300 seconds to restore communications.
But three hours have passed and not a single ssage has arrived!
Initially, everyone could endure patiently, holding their breath and waiting, but now their hearts have grown cold.
After the attack of the "Child."
The Frozen Lake completely descended into silent annihilation.
Due to the Sky Sheath Fission, an area of dozens of miles has beco an "Extraordinary Forbidden Zone," where Transcendents simply cannot enter, no matter how anxious they are.
"It shouldn’t be like this. In theory, with the Sixth-Order Source Armor, plus Brother Gu’s thods..."
By the lakeside, outside the safety line.
Gong Zi paced back and forth, his expression anxious.
"We can’t do anything. Are we just going to wait here?"
"Let’s wait."
Luo Yu was also anxious, but he knew being anxious had no use. He comforted, "With Mr. Xiao Gu’s abilities, he should be fine. Most likely sothing happened at the bottom of the Frozen Lake... delaying things a bit."
"What happened?"
Gong Zi angrily said, "You an, after the blow from the ’Child,’ soone can still survive? That can only be Jing Shan Yan and Zhu Wang, right? With them there, doesn’t that make Gu Shen even more dangerous?"
"If Zhu Wang and the others were still alive, there wouldn’t be three hours of silence."
Bai Xiu’s voice ca through at this mont, calming Gong Zi sowhat.
"Three hours isn’t long, let’s wait calmly."
Among the crowd, only Bai Xiu showed no signs of anxiety on his face.
He sat on the ground, patiently waiting, not saying a word, appearing as if he was ditating, but in reality, his spiritual power was continuously monitoring the drop point of the "Child" at the Frozen Lake.
"Uncle Gao... Gu Shen, is he really okay?"
Li Qingsui clutched her sleeve, the youngest and weakest, unable to help.
In reality, even if she grew older, it wouldn’t help.
Because even soone as strong as Uncle Gao couldn’t do anything, only wait outside the Frozen Lake together with everyone else—
"... With our prior preparations, he should be able to leave the Frozen Lake."
Gao Tian hesitated, thought for a long ti, and finally could only say this.
Everyone waited silently like this, the long night was almost over, the night sky thinning, and the distant sky was already showing signs of dawn. However, the fog in the distance of the Frozen Lake remained dense, still silent.
In such circumstances, few held onto hope anymore.
"Buzz—"
Suddenly, the mist enveloping the Frozen Lake began to tremble slightly!
The vibrations in the air were very subtle, but they could not escape the keen senses of high-level Transcendents.
Gao Tian, standing with his staff, suddenly looked up in the direction of the tremor.
Bai Xiu opened his eyes.
"Boom!"
A water column abruptly erupted from the depths of the Frozen Lake, surrounded by countless thin iron scales, swirling around Gu Shen, expelling all the contaminated water corroded by the "Child."
"Gu Shen! Gu Shen has co out!"
The Transcendents waiting around the Frozen Lake, at the cusp of the long night, witnessed this thrilling scene of breaking through the ice!
"That damn kid, how dare he make this old man wait so long..."
The old man in the main vessel, who had not closed his eyes all night, finally exhaled deeply.
Gu Qilin cursed, "Did he sleep in the lake? The sky’s almost bright!"
Though the old man appeared angry, when he saw the face reflected on the screen, and the hand gesturing a victory sign at him, he couldn’t help but smile.
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"System check, ntal stability index, 94%, slight fluctuations, current assessnt: Safe. Physical condition, minor injuries, self-healable, current assessnt: Safe."
The mont he erged from the Frozen Lake.
Gu Shen reconnected his Spirit Sea to the Deep Sea.
He knew many were worrying about him.
So he linked to the master control channel of all Law Enforcers and said softly, "I’m back."
These four words were not just for the Law Enforcers above the lake.
They were also for the girl who had been waiting for him in Zero Zero One.
"Congratulations on completing the ’Frozen Lake’ mission."
Chu Ling sent congratulations the mont the connection was restored.
However, her voice didn’t carry any hint of congratulations: "The maximum duration of the mission was 400 seconds, you took a total of 3 hours, 18 minutes, and 31 seconds, exceeding the maximum by 3000%, worthy of the Judgent Institute’s ’S-class.’"
"I’m sorry."
Gu Shen apologized, "Due to ’force majeure,’ I was delayed."
"This isn’t just a simple delay..."
Obviously, the far overdue ti for Gu Shen’s ergence from the lake caused everyone’s concern.
And Chu Ling, who refreshed the close view of the Frozen Lake ten thousand tis per second, was the most worried.
But Chu Ling didn’t finish this sentence.
She stopped midway.
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