allonlinenovel Chapter 163 Strategic Shift
Chapter 163 Strategic Shift
"Ak, let me treat your wound!"
As an old friend, Hu Bayi readily took on the task of treating Ak's wounds.
Cheng Feng then turned his gaze away from the distant snow-capped mountains and spoke:
"Everyone, go inside the tents and warm up. The White Wolf King has already left."
The White Wolf King was so clever that he was not like a beast. Even though Cheng Feng had already restrained himself, the White Wolf King still chose to escape early on.
However, Cheng Feng was not in a hurry. He knew that the White Wolf King's mission at the Nine-Story Demon Tower would drive it to its death.
"Let's go, Chu Yi. Old Cheng's eyesight is better than ours. If he says that, then the White Wolf King must have left."
Chu Yi, who was initially skeptical, stopped asking questions after hearing what the fat man said.
When everyone returned to the tent, Hu Bayi was bandaging Ak's shoulder.
"It's getting dark, why don't we all spend the night here?"
Yang Xueli sat down next to Cheng Feng and made the suggestion.
At this moment, Cheng Feng suddenly remembered something, and he stood up again after sitting down.
"Old Cheng, what happened?"
Seeing Cheng Feng's actions, the others also became nervous.
"The snow wolf's corpse will probably attract Snow Maitreya. We need to make preparations before it gets dark."
"Snow Maitreya? What is that?"
After hearing Cheng Feng's words, Fatty Wang stood up and asked in confusion.
Chu Yi looked at Cheng Feng with some surprise and explained:
"Snow Maitreya is a kind of monster that lives under the ice, according to local legend."
Every night, it emerges from the ice to feed on human blood.
The fat man chuckled dryly and said:
"Old Cheng, could there really be a monster like Snow Maitreya?"
Cheng Feng nodded seriously.
"Unfortunately, the Snow Maiden does exist; it is a small, colony-living jellyfish."
They are afraid of bright light and salt, so they only come out to forage at night.
They can also attach themselves to the corpses of animals or people.
If you see something resembling a Yeti in the glacier, it's a corpse controlled by the Snow Maitreya.
After hearing Cheng Feng's explanation, everyone could no longer sit still.
They were surrounded by bloody wolf carcasses; it would be strange if they didn't attract Snow Maitreya by nightfall.
"Why don't we leave here right now?"
Yang Xueli planned to run away first, at least to leave this slaughterhouse.
Cheng Feng nodded and said:
"That's what I was thinking too. You guys pack your things right away, I'll go and dig through the ice below."
At this point, everyone nodded in agreement.
With time running out, everyone quickly began packing their luggage.
Cheng Feng then went to the ice crevice and climbed down the rope into the ice chamber.
Then he took out the entrenching tool and started smashing the ice.
The ice layer had already been almost completely destroyed by Hu Bayi and Ak.
In just over ten strokes, Cheng Feng broke through the ice.
The corpse of the Reincarnation Sect Master below came into Cheng Feng's view.
This guy was covered in a layer of snow-white salt, and the golden skin underneath was faintly visible.
"The golden mummy from the snow mountain is quite precious, but unfortunately we can't take it with us."
Having determined the orientation of the corpse's head, Cheng Feng grabbed the rope without hesitation and returned to the ice.
If he could open the Ghost Eye, Cheng Feng would simply take it with him.
We can only leave now and see if we have a chance to take it with us when we come back.
Once they reached the top, everyone had already packed up their tents and other belongings.
Yang Xueli handed Cheng Feng's backpack over and said:
"We didn't bring much salt, but we still have plenty of flares. As long as we're careful, we shouldn't have any major problems."
Yang Xueli said calmly.
This time, we also owe a lot to Mr. Yang. At this time, China and the United States were still in their honeymoon period.
Her status as a Chinese American is very advantageous, allowing her to obtain many valuable items both domestically and internationally.
"Everyone, grab your flares. We might have a tough time tonight."
Even for Cheng Feng, something like Snow Maitreya is quite troublesome.
Ultimately, Snow Maiden is just a type of vampire jellyfish that survived from ancient times.
The effectiveness of the Yan Emperor's bloodline in restraining it is questionable.
At the same time, their intelligence is not high, so Cheng Feng's animal affinity is difficult to work.
Before it got dark, everyone returned to being like grasshoppers on a rope and quickly began to leave.
This time, more than twenty snow wolves were killed in total, each one plump and strong.
Standing upright, he was significantly taller than Hu Bayi.
This is a highly nourishing food for the Snow Maitreya, enough to take them a while to digest.
Hopefully, they won't be too greedy and ignore the ready-made feast to chase after Cheng Feng and the others.
While Cheng Feng and his group were traveling through the night, Lei Xianming and his group, who had just arrived at the Karamir Plateau, were having a meeting, their minds unsettled.
The three tomb raiders faintly heard gunshots, and the intensity of the firepower alarmed them.
"Boss Lei, you didn't say that the group ahead had such strong firepower, did you?"
Lei Xianming could tell that the three tomb raiders were considering leaving.
But he had staked everything on this operation, and failure meant certain death, with his wife and children leaving him and his life hanging in the balance.
Therefore, all I could do was speak out and offer advice:
"Isn't it good that they have strong firepower? With them clearing the way, we just need to play the role of the predator at the end and make a fortune."
Lei Xianming's words make a lot of sense.
The three tomb raiders were somewhat tempted; their mission was to seek riches amidst danger.
Driven by profit, the three quickly overcame their initial fear of firearms.
"Besides, we've already come this far, are we really willing to leave you like this?"
Upon hearing this, the leading middle-aged tomb raider nodded and said:
“Boss Lei is right. We’ll just follow behind that group and be the ones who catch the bird.”
Having finally fooled the three tomb raiders, Lei Xianming breathed a sigh of relief.
He didn't have the courage to be the one to catch the falling bird; he was just thinking about whether he could pick up some scraps. With these three mediocre guys, how could they possibly compete with Cheng Feng?
It was already dark by then.
Led by Cheng Feng, the group proceeded several kilometers along the direction of the head of the Reincarnation Sect Master's corpse.
At this moment, Cheng Feng saw a raised ice slope in the distance and immediately said:
"There's a good place to camp up ahead. We've come this far enough."
"Maybe I should walk around a bit more; I think I can keep going."
The fat man said, panting.
Hu Bayi behind him was also panting, but still managed to make the best of a bad situation:
"It seems you, Fatty, have truly inherited the Red Army's spirit of not fearing the hardships of the Long March. I admire you greatly!"
"That's right, I was just born too late, otherwise... otherwise, climbing snow-capped mountains and crossing grasslands would be no problem for a man either..."
The fat man spoke haltingly, pausing to catch his breath in the middle of his sentence.
"Stop joking around, or you'll faint!"
Hu Bayi put his arm around the fat man's shoulder and teased him with a wry smile.
After walking several hundred meters, the group finally arrived at the bottom of the ice slope.
Upon arriving here, everyone, despite their physical exhaustion, took out the tents again and began setting up camp.
After a fire was lit inside the tent, Cheng Feng, the only one in the group who remained unfazed, said:
"Arrange the night watch schedule; we can't let our guard down tonight."