I, a cultivator, have ended up in the wizarding world.

Chapter 195 The Yeti City

"While things haven't fully escalated yet, I can try going to some larger yeti gathering places..." A thought became incredibly clear in his mind.

The reason he came here this time was to verify his conjecture about the mortal energy, although the previous small camp had already basically confirmed it.

Moreover, he himself felt that even if he moved to a larger gathering place, he would most likely still not be able to collect the mortal energy.

However, to be on the safe side, Jemin still hoped to conduct several more experiments.

After all, as a researcher, he would feel uneasy and unable to think clearly if he didn't verify things multiple times.

And now is the best opportunity to experiment!

Those larger, poorly defended Yeti "cities" were the perfect place for him to conduct this experiment!

More importantly, in addition to experiments, he can now conduct searches in large cities that he previously dared not approach.

If you're lucky, you might even get loot that you couldn't get before.

Once he had made up his mind, he immediately told Edgar about his intentions.

“Lord Edgar, I would like to continue my reconnaissance of several larger Yeti settlements.” Jemin casually offered a plausible reason. “Since the high-level combat forces have already withdrawn, the current reconnaissance carries the lowest risk and may yield more valuable intelligence.”

Edgar was not surprised by this, and even appreciated it.

In his view, Jemin is a junior colleague with strong initiative and a spirit of exploration.

“That’s a good idea, but we must be careful,” Edgar cautioned. “I have some information here about several large Yeti ‘cities’ located within the area of ​​our outpost’s jurisdiction that we have already scouted. You can take a look.”

He transmitted a 3D map marked with several red dots to Jemin.

The map clearly marks the coordinates, approximate size, and previously identified defensive deployments of several large Yeti settlements.

Jemin paid the corresponding military merit and stored the precious map in his magic network terminal.

He didn't linger. After a brief farewell to Edgar, he pushed open the heavy metal door of the outpost once more.

"Thank you, then I'll be going."

The icy wind enveloped his body once more, and the "Body Tempering Technique" activated on its own, bringing a slight warmth.

He glanced at the nearest red dot marked on the map in his hand, determined the direction, and then vanished from the outpost in a flash, disappearing into the vast snowstorm.

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With the detailed intelligence he obtained from the outpost wizard and the accurate 3D map on the magic network terminal, Jemin traversed the vast snowstorm for several days.

Finally, a deep abyss covered in ice and snow slowly appeared before him.

This is the first exploration target known as "Yeti City 4".

However, the location of this "city" was not quite what Jemin had originally envisioned.

It wasn't built on top of a towering iceberg, nor was it a nest hidden inside a glacier; rather, it was inside an amazing, very deep, circular crater!
The outline of the entire city appears to have been built according to the edge of this massive crater.

After carefully examining the information he had purchased, Jemin couldn't help but exclaim, "Judging from its smooth inner walls and the remaining traces, this giant crater was actually created by directly hollowing out a large glacial lake and then building upon it?!"

According to information obtained by Jemin from the intelligence station, normal Yeti settlements are usually caves carved into glacial cliffs or igloos built on flat ice fields.

Surprisingly, settlements that reach the scale of "city" all choose to be built in similar lakebeds or basins!
"If an ordinary creature dared to do this, after a blizzard, the entire city would basically be buried alive by the thick snow!" Jemin sighed inwardly.

For any normal creature, tribe, or town, choosing such a low-lying area as a base in such an extreme environment would undoubtedly be suicidal.

However, for a strange elemental creature like the Yeti, such a location seems reasonable and even carries a certain cultural significance.

It seems that in the culture of the Yeti, being buried in snow is a very sacred thing. They regard it as returning to the embrace of nature, and even being frozen deep in the ice is a kind of "slumber" as a form of spiritual practice.

In addition, as elemental beings, they do not need to breathe oxygen, so there is almost no difference between being under thick snow and deep in ice and being on an open ice field.

On the contrary, they are like fish in water, able to better absorb the cold energy in the earth's veins.

That's why the city was chosen in such a unique way.

“But since it’s in a pit, it’s easier to sneak in.” Jemin couldn’t help but chuckle.

He suppressed all energy fluctuations on his body and carefully cast several disguise spells on himself to block infrared detection, life detection, and temperature fluctuations.

He then skillfully employed alchemy to dig a tunnel on the spot and carefully infiltrated the city.

With his skillful technique, the passage slanted downwards, quickly bypassing the sparse patrols outside the Yeti City and leading directly to the city's underground level.

After infiltrating the city, the first thing Jemin did was to conduct his most crucial "verification".

He moved like a ghost through the cold passageways, arriving at the edge of the city's core area.

Quietly hidden in the shadow of a giant ice sculpture, Jemin calmly sensed the complex energy fluctuations permeating the city, generated by the activities of countless Yeti life forms.

Throughout the entire day, Jemin engaged in this complex process of perception and confirmation.

He traveled through various areas of the city, from the ordinary Yeti's dwelling area to the simple "chamber of council," from their "breeding area" to their "training ground."

However, it's a pity!
The final result left him with a sense of disappointment, which he had expected.

Even in such a large Yeti city, no worldly energy can be generated!

"As expected, there's something wrong with this world." Jemin sighed helplessly to himself.

Just as he had considered before, now that it had been confirmed that these elemental beings could not produce mortal energy, the lack of mortal energy alone was no longer a problem for him.

Although the result was somewhat disappointing, it was followed by another piece of good news!

Through his reconnaissance that day, Jemin confirmed another of his preconceptions—there were indeed a large number of Level 1 Yetis in the city, far exceeding any imagination.

However, there are almost no Yetis of level two or higher!
He only sensed a very small number of Yetis that had just advanced from Level 1 to Level 2 and whose auras were still somewhat unstable.

They are clearly recent breakthroughs, and there are not many of them.

Now that the most important "worldly energy" is no longer available, he should proceed with the second main objective of his Frosty Darkness Journey—to find out if there are any rare resources!
After all, a Yeti gathering point of this size usually stockpiles a massive amount of rare resources, including high-level ice-attribute materials and even some unique minerals born deep within the Frost Dark Realm.

Given Jieming's previous strength, he would never dare to approach a gathering point of this level without a clear mission!

But now, with all those high-level Yetis nowhere to be found, the resources here are undoubtedly an open treasure trove!
However, the city's defensive capabilities must also be taken into account.

Although the threat of the higher yeti was gone, their numbers were still outrageously large. Just the number of yetis that Jemin could sense was no less than 100,000!

“One hundred thousand…” Jemin calculated silently in his mind.

Enemies of this magnitude, even if they are all just level one beings of the same level, would be extremely terrifying if they were all mobilized at once, due to their sheer numbers.

Even for him, it would be extremely difficult to quickly take over the entire city with such numerical superiority and in such an icy and snowy environment without suffering any substantial losses!
This requires an efficient and large-scale clearing method.

Standing in the underground area in the city center, Jemin closed his eyes and pondered for a few seconds.

Countless options quickly popped into his mind, and eventually, a simple and direct plan gradually took shape.

He immediately made up his mind, and with a flick of his wrist, he took out the "Level 6 Small Elemental Pool" that he had bought from Mentor Clark at a high price from his internal space.

To be honest, Jemin originally intended to use this as a "backup power source" for his Infernal Sulfur Plane.

However, the infrastructure of the Purgatory Sulfur Plane is not yet complete, so it is still on my person for the time being.

This elemental pool has a mysterious blue-black color and contains a vast and stable energy.

This substance is normally used to provide continuous elemental energy, but his use of it this time was completely different.

Using this small elemental pool as its core, Jemin quickly constructed a simple yet efficient rune array on the ice beneath his feet.

The runes of the magic circle shimmered with a faint red light, creating a stark contrast with the chill emanating from the elemental pool.

The effect of this magic circle is very simple: it forcibly converts the enormous energy stored inside the element pool into heat energy and then releases it all at once!

Simple and straightforward, yet extremely efficient!
He had previously conducted extensive research on the Yeti.

Similar to how lava giants are not afraid of the cold, as an elemental creature, the Yeti is not actually afraid of small amounts of fire attacks.

When Jemin was studying its physiological structure in the laboratory, he discovered that the white fur on the Yeti's exterior was actually composed of energy crystals filled with ice elements.

As long as the fire-attribute attack received does not exceed a certain limit, this layer of hair can act as a kind of "reactive armor" to resist external damage.

Conversely, just as the Lava Giant's body structure changes and becomes sluggish if it is subjected to a large amount of rapidly cooling low-temperature attacks in a short period of time, the Yeti also has its own weaknesses.

If they are subjected to sufficiently high temperatures in a short period of time, their cores will become overactivated, causing them to be unable to maintain a stable physical form for a short period of time.

Simply put—it will melt!

This melting is not fatal. Like the lava giants, the Yetis' core activity will return to normal once the temperature dissipates.

They can also quickly reform and take shape based on their core.

But during this "melting" period, their bodies will become quite vulnerable, unable to move or attack, leaving them at the mercy of others!

This is the "clearing" plan designed by Jemin.

"start up!"

As Jemin issued the new command, the runes on the magic circle beneath their feet suddenly lit up with a dazzling red light, generating a violent energy resonance with the level six elemental pool at its core.

Instantly, a massive energy surge swept outwards in all directions!

Boom! !

The air throughout the entire city of Harbin expanded almost explosively in an instant!

Visible air currents spread rapidly outwards from Jemin's center!
All the energy stored in the level six elemental pool was released at once by the magic array. The enormous heat was like a nuclear explosion, instantly vaporizing the air inside the entire city!

The core area where the magic array was activated even experienced a genuine explosion due to the drastic temperature difference.

The temperature inside the city soared from near-minus 200 degrees Celsius to a terrifying 100 degrees Celsius in a short period of time!

At a glance, steam was rising everywhere, and the originally solidified ice and snow buildings began to creak and melt, with water even beginning to gather on the ground!
"Squeak! Squeak!"

Countless Yetis let out painful and chaotic roars.

Their massive bodies were instantly enveloped in scorching steam and heat waves. The icy fur on their bodies evaporated instantly, and their hard bodies became soft under the high temperature, like heated plastic.

Some of the Yetis' cores began to flicker, and then their bodies quickly went limp like melting ice cream.

They turned into shapeless puddles of ice mud, temporarily losing all ability to move, and could only writhe helplessly on the ground.

At this temperature level, a level 2 Yeti could withstand it entirely thanks to its stronger core activity and physical advantages, but it would come at a considerable cost!

However, for the vast majority of level 1 Yetis, this is enough to completely incapacitate them and render them unable to move or resist!

Jemin was completely unaffected.

After surviving the initial shockwave with protective magic, the "body tempering technique" on his body activated on its own, resisting the impact of the intense temperature difference.

His sharp eyes scanned his surroundings, and he casually activated the rune artifact to eliminate the few remaining level-two yetis that were still howling in pain and trying to resist.

Although they could resist, they were slowed down by the heat and found it difficult to escape Jemin's deadly magic.

The entire city was completely emptied!

He completely ignored the Level 1 Yetis that were slumped on the ground, waiting for the temperature to dissipate and then refreeze.

They are now nothing more than piles of living "materials," posing no threat whatsoever.

Jemin knew his time was running out.

He darted around and quickly began searching the city.

His target is the potential hidden treasure trove of resources in Yeti City, and any other high-value items that may exist!

(End of this chapter)