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In Iida Mountain, Beidou did not see Wu. But he saw Chao Beast!
Just as Xiaoxue said, there really is a super beast in this mountain! It is a monster that is completely white, the same color as the snow.
It's a hard image to describe, a bit like an upright lizard. Or, a dinosaur! Yes, like a spike-backed dragon with spikes on its body. But its body seems to be made of ice.
So it's an ice dragon?
"That's it! It killed Dad!"
The color of the super beast's body is too similar to that of white snow, so when it lies on the mountain and sleeps, it is just a cliff. And its body temperature is too low, so it is difficult to detect it whether it is infrared radar or other means.
At this time, when the Chao Beast was discovered, Beidou and Xiaoxue were already too close. The awakened Chao Beast saw the two people at its feet and snorted in dissatisfaction. The so-called snorting is the emission of extremely low-temperature gas from the nasal cavity.
The temperature plummeted.
Although the temperature here was very low before, with heavy snow and the temperature only minus 6 or 7 degrees Celsius, after the super beast appeared, the temperature continued to plummet. Beidou didn't have a thermometer, so he could only rely on the uncertain feeling of his body surface. In an instant, the temperature dropped to about minus 20 degrees Celsius.
This is not an exact number, and it cannot be accurate because the temperature is still falling.
The temperature dropped sharply, and Xiaoxue was already frozen and dazed. Beidou was a little better, he clenched his fists and wanted to transform. But at this time, he heard a voice.
Xiaoxue heard it too.
That voice woke Xiaoxue up, because it was her father's voice!
"Don't hurt Xiaoxue... No!"
"Dad? Where are you, Dad?"
No one was there. Beidou had already heard that the sound was coming from underground, deep in the snow. The avalanche had covered everything.
How could anyone survive there? Not to mention a whole day and night, even a few minutes would be enough to suffocate.
Beidou understood that it was Xiaoxue's father who was speaking, but it was the voice of the dead.
Chapter 274 Witch
Xiaoxue's father's name is Ryohei.
He knew clearly that he was dead. After all, living people always need to breathe, but he no longer had this need after being buried by the avalanche.
The only thing that cannot be explained is that he still retains consciousness. Of course, a dead person will not have consciousness. The brain has stopped transmitting biological signals, and the most basic conditions for thinking no longer exist.
His thinking was beyond the physiological aspect, and was more metaphysical. Or at the level of the soul. Ryohei soon realized that the reason he could still think was because of a contract.
Giving away one's body so that a wish can be fulfilled.
It is not a contract with the devil. Not necessarily, sometimes the devil does not call himself a devil, but the other party calls himself a "witch".
Should it be this word, or '乌'? He was not sure.
This was a name that Ryohei had never heard of before, either in reality or in mythology. The word "Wu" was completely foreign to him.
Wu does not refer to witches or wizards, but a race that claims to have lived on Earth millions of years before humans.
Like humans today, they were the masters of the earth at that time and created a brilliant civilization.
They have powerful technology, far beyond today's humans. Even more powerful than the Yabo people who invaded the Earth a year ago.
Yes, there once was a native, intergalactic super civilization on Earth.
When they were in charge of the Earth, space pirates like Yabo would never dare to come to the Earth, or even approach the solar system.
Of course, there were no Yabo people at that time. A million years might be just a short nap for the universe, but for civilization, it was enough time for countless cycles of rebirth and destruction.
Their science originates from the power of the soul, which is also science, but with a different direction of development. It is more idealistic, similar to the power of human mythology.
The witch can move mountains and fill the sea, and even transform the stars with his body, achieving the impossible with his flesh and blood.
But the witches were extinct, having been extinct for millions of years. The one who appeared before Liang Ping and wanted to sign a contract with him was not a survivor of the witch clan.
There were no survivors of the witch, not a single one.
It was just an echo of the soul, an illusion that had been constantly eroded over millions of years and almost turned to ashes.
But he still persisted, using the bodies of different creatures to nourish his soul and slow down the loss of his soul. This is how he spent a long time.
It was a power that made him immortal, but no matter how powerful it was, it could not compete with time itself. He was on the verge of collapse.
What puzzled Liangping was that Wu had the ability to take his body directly, but did not do so.
He is asking for his own consent.
Wu will not forcibly take away the body of another person, even if it is the remains of a dead person. That is the law made by the Wu tribe in the past and the core principle of their civilization. In the name of the contract, the consent of the deceased is obtained, otherwise it is not allowed to touch the remains of others.
Ryohei didn't quite understand why their civilization had such rules. Perhaps it had something to do with their power. Any power must be restrained, otherwise it would hurt others and oneself.
Wu knows the horror of his own technology, so he restrains himself instinctively.
After signing the contract, the witch will use all his strength to realize the deceased's strongest wish before death, which is the reward for borrowing the body.
If the other party disagrees, the witch will leave, preferring to leave the body to rot rather than force it.
Ryohei originally had no wishes, or rather, no wishes that had to be fulfilled by such a contract.
He hoped that Xiaoxue could live well, and be strong even after losing her father. But he did not think such a wish could be realized with a contract.
Until this time, he saw Xiaoxue coming back and was exposed under the iron hoof of the super beast.
The girl's face was red from the cold, and she was still calling "Dad". But her dad could no longer protect her.
The image formed by the huge size of the super beast and the petite size of the girl completely made Ryohei put aside all his worries.
He knew that he had to do something again. Not to mention the body, even if he was still alive, he was willing to exchange his life.
"Save Xiaoxue! Wu, this is my wish! Take my body, my soul, take it all!"
Ryohei didn't know how to sign the contract, but at the moment of making the wish, he once again felt the existence of his body.
His sight was rising, and when he came to his senses, he was already standing in front of the super beast. The super beast, which was originally huge, was now almost as tall as him.
It wasn't that the super beast became smaller, but that he became bigger. He became as big as the super beast. He was covered with long snow-white hair, like the legendary snowman, and like a long-haired gorilla.
It must be ugly, right?
But it didn't matter, he felt the power. This was the power that the Wu Clan had when they dominated the earth.
"father!"
He heard Xiaoxue calling him, and that voice gave Liangping unlimited courage.
Be it super beasts or demons, he is not afraid of anything now.
The Ice Dragon was just surprised by the sudden appearance of the snowman, and did nothing at the first moment. It did not have a rational brain, so it could not tell what the witch that looked like a giant snowman was.
But Ryohei had already rushed towards it.
He swung his hand and hit the beast again and again. The beast retreated again and again, but that was all. It was not injured, but instead became more angry.
The action of the hairy snowman only allowed Chao Beast to confirm the identity of the enemy.
So the super beasts began to resist.
The two giant beasts began to fight on the snowy mountain, savagely and without any plan, shaking the entire Iida Mountain. An avalanche rolled down the distant hillside.
The super beast's thorny arms scraped against the long-haired snowman's body, causing a burning pain.
Ryohei realized that even if he turned into a monster, even if he thought he was extremely powerful, he was still no match for the super beast.
He is indeed extremely powerful. His strength is even greater than that of ten Tyrannosaurus Rex. No species in the natural world on Earth is stronger than him.
But the super beast is supernatural. It is a weapon created by the Yabo people, a weapon rather than a life.
The witch is too weak now.
Even though they were once considered a powerful civilization in the entire galaxy, they could destroy enemies like Yabo with a wave of their hands.
Even the most powerful Dark Empire did not think of becoming an enemy of the Earth during that time. The dozens of star regions around the solar system were all considered the territory of the Wu Clan.
Gonggong, Zhurong, Dijiang, each of these legion commanders can own a star system.
But a million years is too long. The Wu clan had long been exterminated, and the remaining lingering souls were corroded and worn away in the long river of time.
He was in dire straits and was no longer able to deal with even a mere super beast.
The extremely cold ice and snow that spewed out of the super beast's mouth formed strings of icicles on the witch's long hair.
His hair was long and his skin was thick, but it still couldn't withstand the ultra-low temperature of minus 200 degrees. All the heat would be absorbed, and heat is the most essential thing for all life activities.
For Wu, it is already very difficult to maintain such a huge body.
In the snow, Beidou also saw Wu's predicament. He pulled out his gun and shot. The bullets from the TAC gun exploded in the super beast.
But it was no use, the super beast didn't feel even a hint of pain.
"Xiaoxue, listen, you need to get down the mountain now, it's too dangerous here." Beidou said. Avalanches were still happening around them, which were just as dangerous as the super beasts.
His gun didn't work, not even to scratch an itch, and to make matters worse, he had lost contact with headquarters since the storm had just started.
The sky full of wind and snow blocked the radio waves.
Beidou didn't know when reinforcements would arrive, or even if they would come.
"I do not want!"
Xiaoxue was not obedient, and her stubbornness made Beidou a little angry. The girl was wearing a crimson cotton-padded jacket, like the only blooming flower in the vast expanse of white snow.
"Listen, you don't know how dangerous this place is. I'm a member of the TAC team and can protect myself. After I defeat the super beast, I will come down the mountain to find you..."
"I know! I know everything."
It's always like this! Dad said the same thing yesterday. He asked me to go down the mountain first. He said he had a shotgun that could deal with the super beasts and he promised to come down the mountain to find her.
But dad is a big liar!
Now again!
Do adults always think that children know nothing?
She is not afraid of the super beasts! She really is not afraid.
She was afraid that everyone would leave her alone.
For a child, that was truly terrifying. If she hadn't believed her father yesterday, if she had known earlier that her father was just an ordinary person and not as omnipotent as she imagined.
She would rather die in her father's arms than live alone like this.
Wu was no match for Chao Beast and was at a disadvantage from the beginning. But he stood up again and again. Whether he was thrown to the ground or frozen, he would always stand up after falling down.