Abstraction for a bad world

Chapter 38 Staying and Moving Forward

Although it's just a guess, Yuan Qingzhuo estimates it's pretty close.

"How do I obtain the Curse of the Unfrozen River?"

he asked Elric.

"Just step into it, but it's not you who gets its curse, it's it who chooses us."

After realizing that his sanity was gradually fading, Elric's eyes began to wander between Yuan Qingzhuo and Aurora.

"In fact, the previous incumbent called it the 'blessing of the unfrozen river', but being trapped in this snow forever, neither dying nor dying, how can it be called a blessing? It's more of a curse."

Elric said: "The stronger your willpower is, the higher the possibility of being chosen by it. Yuan Qingzhuo, you..."

"I'm not going to accept that."

Yuan Qingzhuo shook his head, then said to the others, "I plan to continue heading north, at least to find out the truth about the evil demon fragments."

"It's really foolish to make assumptions about something you haven't seen."

The corner of Hydra's mouth twitched. He was now actively walking north. He really felt that he had not lived long enough.

So she opened her mouth: "Then I..."

"You don't have to go."

Ok?
Hydra's eyes lit up—when did Lao Yuan become so good?
There won’t be any big pit waiting for me.

"You and Aurora stay here, and then give the lantern to her."

Yuan Qingzhuo looked at Hydra who was holding the lantern tightly and patted Aurora on the back. The girl immediately understood and spread her palms towards the lantern.

It means letting Hydra put it up himself.

There was no doubt that if Aurora insisted on snatching the lantern, Hydra would have no means of resistance.

"Why?" Hydra held the lantern above the white and tender little hand. "Tell me what you think now."

"The reason is simple. You and Aurora stay here and kill the corrupted Elric. Then, when we come back, kill the little girl at the bottom of the unfrozen river."

Hydra looked at him blankly, and subconsciously wanted to click three question marks, but when he saw that it was Emperor Aurora who stretched out his hand, he thought, "This will work."

"But why do we want to kill her?"

Hydra was very puzzled, and then she saw Yuan Qingzhuo asked indifferently:

"Do you have an accurate and feasible method?"

Hydra shook his head.

"Then shut up and trust me. I won't have a second chance."

After that, Yuan Qingzhuo handed the small blue medicine bottle in his hand to Hydra: "Before the battle, drink this, it will give you five more minutes of fusion time."

The information on the medicine bottle appeared in Hydra's eyes.

[Specialized endurance potion: After drinking, the duration of the skill "Trinity" is increased by five minutes.

——More durable, deeper, specially tailored for Hydra!

Note: Can only be consumed by the player Morsi Hydra Typhon within 1 hour. 】

The effect of this potion is a bit too targeted. It limits the time of use, the users, the method of use, and even the skills it can be used on...

"Eh? How do you know my skills...wait,"

Hydra suddenly realized that she had never told Yuan Qingzhuo about her hidden card.

This is a potion that Yuan Qingzhuo made in an instant using the collection's fully automatic quantitative vending machine, spending a full 50 points.

At first, Yuan Qingzhuo just wanted to make a potion that could increase the duration of Hydra's ultimate move, but he found that it took 1000 points to complete this vague requirement.

In desperation, the genius Yuan Qingzhuo had to add more restrictions. With each additional restriction, the points required would decrease accordingly.

The final product is this. Yuan Qingzhuo did not explain any more. He took Susie's hand with his left hand and prepared to cross the Unfrozen River and head towards the deeper north.

I don't know when it started snowing in the sky again. It wasn't just a few scattered snowflakes, but a drizzle that looked like rain.

Yuan Qingzhuo caught one and held it in front of his eyes, observing it carefully.

The snowflakes are black and crystal clear, yet they cannot reflect the eyes that are so close to them.

The calm black color seems to absorb all hope and light. Even an ordinary piece of it can drive ordinary people crazy.

He smiled silently, crushed the snowflakes bit by bit, and then took another step forward.

Elric stopped him.

"I don't care what you want to do in the north, but you can't take Susie with you." The tip of the gun was lowered in front of Yuan Qingzhuo's toes, and Elric said in a deep voice: "She will die."

"If she doesn't go now, the day the world is destroyed will be the day she dies."

Yuan Qingzhuo glanced at Susie, who was pursing her lips but looking at him with an appraising look.

"Besides, I won't let her get hurt."

Elric frowned and was about to raise the spear in his hand, but was interrupted by Susie's voice.

"Father."

The girl exhaled hot air, her eyes complicated. "Although I have many questions that I haven't had time to ask you...but the only thing I know clearly is that the master will not let me die. If he wants to do this, he must have his reasons."

"So please stop stopping me."

She bowed slightly to Elric, without even looking at the stunned man, and just pulled Yuan Qingzhuo north.

Yuan Qingzhuo didn't say anything, nor did he pat Susie's little head as usual.

He was thinking about an old question.

——If Susie and the whole world were tied to the railroad tracks at the same time, if the lever was pulled, Susie would die; if the lever was not pulled, the world would be destroyed, and Susie would also be affected and die.

By sacrificing only Susie, the whole world can be saved.

It's really a bargain that couldn't be better.

So how should I choose?
The cold river water flowed over the ankles, and the originally turbulent river seemed to become gentle and tamed the moment it touched the people.

Yuan Qingzhuo picked up Susie and was able to step on the water easily.

He lowered his head and could "see" the countless twisted malice accumulated in the river.

The Budong River is not actually very wide. At least the diameter of this part is no more than 20 meters.
Just before he was about to leave the river, a mysterious will asked him a question.

Susie's expression also changed.

If translated into common language, it would be something like this:

"——Do you want to accept the blessing of eternal life?"

"The old thing is dead and can chew a lighter."

Yuan Qingzhuo curled his lips and ignored the Unfrozen River. After getting ashore, he used his martial arts will to disguise himself and Susie as "evil demons."

It would be possible to force my way out without disguise, but the cost would be too great.

Only a brainless idiot would do such a thing.

Earlier on the journey, Yuan Qingzhuo had been trying to analyze the so-called "evil spirit" and attempted to imitate it.

Judging from the fact that there has been no attack so far, it can be considered to be showing initial results.

The will of martial arts is omnipotent.

There is one more

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(End of this chapter)