I transformed into a cute girl and lived a carefree life in the apocalypse.

However, from the soldiers' descriptions, Yan Ziming learned how brave her younger sister, who was incredibly lazy at home, had been in this operation, and she suddenly felt a little gratified.

"you......."

Just as Yan Ziming was about to ask for more information, many figures appeared on the distant horizon, one of whom exuded a dangerous aura that even made Yan Ziming take notice.

"It's Russian reinforcements," the commander warned, noticing Yan Ziming's growing wariness.

"Reinforcements? They're too late, even slower than me..."

Yan Ziming muttered, "But the arrival of reinforcements means that the army here is safe, and I can go find Ye Qianxue without worry."

"Then I'll go first. Take care."

After saying that, Yan Ziming, like Mu Mu, appeared and disappeared without a trace, vanishing from the soldiers' sight in the blink of an eye, his whereabouts unknown.

You ask why Yan Ziming didn't let the soldiers search together?

That's because I don't want them to know about Ozawa's existence!

After arriving at a deserted place and confirming that no one was watching her, Yan Ziming pulled Xiao Ze out of her collar.

"Hurry up, use your omnipotent Five Elements power to find Qianxue."

"Meow......"

"What? We need to go to the site to confirm? Isn't that where Mu Mu went!"

Yan Ziming said unhappily, but his body was already moving. In a short while, he arrived at his destination. He did not see Mu Mu and the others, but only a row of ice sculptures.

Chapter Seventy-One: Mysterious and Unpredictable

"These... damn it!"

Yan Ziming ran his hand over the ice sculptures, looking at the soldiers' frozen expressions of resignation to death. He gritted his teeth, a surge of anger rising in his heart.

These are all soldiers from their own country, China!

I tapped the ice surface, even sending in a little lightning bolt, but the ice remained completely undamaged, demonstrating its remarkable hardness.

"This ice is harder than usual. It seems to be caused by a special ability. It's most likely that ninth-tier attacker from the last attack on Bei'an. Tsk..."

"Xiaoze, is there any hope for them?"

"Meow~" (Still alive.)

"Oh ho~~ What are you waiting for? Get started! Use your best Five Elements power." Yan Zimo tossed Xiao Ze in front of an ice sculpture, urging it to get started.

Yan Ziming was overjoyed. Auspicious beasts were indeed useful; they could come in handy at times like this.

After landing on the ground, Xiaoze's body suddenly changed, transforming into a beast over two meters tall with a pair of antlers on its head, and the five elements flashing wildly.

The five colors of light blended together, unexpectedly forming a chaotic gray, which then took on a hint of blue light and slowly merged into a spherical bubble, covering the ice sculpture in front of him.

A miracle occurred: the thick ice melted into a puddle of water within moments, flowing onto the ice on the ground. The people inside seemed to be frozen stiff, remaining motionless in their original positions.

"Meow......."

"Just leave them alone? That's not a good idea... Well, they won't die anyway, so let's just leave them here. We still need to find Chiyuki, Ozawa, you continue."

Yan Ziming took out his phone to report the situation to the people on the front line, but considering that he could not expose the existence of Qilin, he had to wait for Xiao Ze to unfreeze all the people before he could do so.

"The efficiency is still too low... I'll try to help, I don't know if it'll work."

The Raikiri appeared in Yan Ziming's palm and swiftly slashed at the ice sculpture in front of him, reducing the half-meter-thick ice layer to less than one centimeter thick.

Lightning crackled on his arm as he gently pressed it onto the ice sculpture, causing blue-purple ripples to spread along his arm.

Without any change, the lightning followed the ice sculpture to the ground, and the scorching lightning instantly melted a large area of ​​ice, with wisps of water vapor rising upwards.

Left with no other option, Yan Ziming increased the output power of the lightning very slowly, making sure there were no problems. She was afraid that these soldiers wouldn't die at the hands of the enemy, but rather at the hands of her, their ally.

—Beating up teammates is a dark history that can never be washed away if it gets out.

When she raised the quality of the lightning to the seventh level, some water droplets finally appeared on the surface of the ice sculpture, melting due to the high temperature of the lightning.

Yan Ziming was overjoyed. With this power, he quickly rescued the human ice sculpture, but it would take some time for his body to recover.

Over the next ten minutes, Yan Ziming and Xiao Ze worked together to melt most of the hundreds of ice sculptures, and steam rose up, making it feel like a hot spring.

Seeing that the first person to be thawed was about to wake up, Yan Ziming realized that the thawing work was almost done, with about ten people left. He then let Xiao Ze return to his chest and thawed the rest of the people himself.

Subsequently, the thawed people awoke one after another. After learning that Yan Ziming had saved them, they were extremely grateful to him and treated him almost like their own parents.

However, Yan Ziming only wants to do one thing right now: find Ye Qianxue's whereabouts.

"If you must thank me, please tell me about my sister. I need to know everything about her situation at the time."

The group exchanged bewildered glances, receiving the same unhelpful response as before.

"Perhaps I can help you with this." Just then, a wounded soldier who had just awakened from his frozen state provided information.

He had been in a coma after his right eye was blinded by shrapnel, so when Mo Sheng was gathering intelligence, he skipped over him, resulting in some gaps in the intelligence.

"oh--!!!"

Yan Ziming's eyes lit up, and she excitedly grabbed his shoulders, about to shake him violently, but after realizing that he was injured, she forcibly suppressed her excitement.

"The last time I saw her, I vaguely saw that there was another woman next to her, but at that time... sigh, you know, I didn't see her clearly."

The wounded soldier pointed to his bandaged right eye and smiled wryly.

"Thank you for the intelligence. The Russian troops are arriving soon. You can wait here. I'll be going now."

............

As Mu Mu flew through the snow-covered Siberian plains, the ravaged land below spoke volumes about the intensity of the battle.

It's now basically confirmed that the ninth-tier expert who fought Mo Sheng was the same person who attacked Bei'an last time. A ninth-tier ice-type expert, the improvement he would receive here must be enormous. Mo Sheng won't be able to hold out for long!

Thinking of this, Mu Mu became extremely anxious, fearing that her late arrival would lead to Mo Sheng's death in battle.

"Huh?" Mu Mu suddenly stopped in her tracks.

Here, a third characteristic appeared among the previously uniform signs of battle—claw marks.

Furthermore, the icebergs here were shattered into hundreds or thousands of pieces, clearly broken by extreme force.

With the dense claw marks, the killer's identity is self-evident; they must be a mutated species, and at least an SSS-level being.

A clue began to connect in Mu Mu's mind.

The battle between the two ninth-tier powerhouses alarmed one of the SSS overlords of the Siberian Plains. Their fight turned into a chaotic melee, adding variables and making the battle situation even more unpredictable.

Following the traces of the battle, Mu Mu moved forward. The density of the claw marks increased, and after careful comparison, Mu Mu discovered that two of the claw marks were different sizes!

This shows what?

This means there's more than one SSS-level mutated species!

If it's just an SSS-level mutated species, even if the two are enemies, they should join forces to fight it in order to protect themselves, and their chances of winning are still very high.

But if it's two... considering the immense energy consumed in the battle between two, facing two SSS-level mutated species would undoubtedly result in defeat.

"Ugh... This is such a headache. Why are they so troublesome? I encountered two in Sichuan last time, and I've encountered two here too. Could there be more?"

Mu Mu muttered to himself, "With the appearance of two SSS-level mutated species, the two who should have been rivals are probably no longer able to fight. If they continue to fight, they will only die. Who would risk their own life?"

Just as Mu Mu had expected, the traces of the battle ended a short distance further ahead. The two SSS-level mutated species might have left some tracks, but they were covered by the heavy snow, and the trail went cold.

Meanwhile, about ten kilometers away from Mu Mu, two furtive figures were moving across the Siberian plains...

Chapter Seventy-Two: Persuasion

In the icy snow, two figures staggered past, supporting each other. If you only looked at them, you would think they were close comrades-in-arms.

But this is not the case.

These two were naturally Mo Sheng and Xue Yunling, who were exhausted after the great battle.

In their previous battle, Mo Sheng was at a significant disadvantage, and Xue Yunling was just a hair's breadth away from defeating him. But then, an SSS-rank polar bear suddenly appeared out of nowhere!

This is an incredible behemoth, a seasoned SSS-level mutated species. Judging from its size, its overall strength is roughly equivalent to a ninth-tier expert in the Void Realm, making it a very high-ranking existence among the SSS-level species that have appeared so far.

The polar bear had thick skin and flesh, and it was born to survive in extremely cold conditions, so Xue Yunling's extreme cold attack had little effect on it.

Meanwhile, because Mo Sheng wanted to retreat, he used the SSS-class polar bear to stall Xue Yunling, buying Mo Sheng considerable time to recover. The scales of victory, which had initially tipped in Xue Yunling's favor, returned to equilibrium.

Then, as their chase continued, a second SSS-level polar bear suddenly appeared!

At this point, even a fool would know that these two SSS-level polar bears were definitely having an affair!

At the SSS level, their intelligence surpasses that of some human infants. Being of the same race, they joined forces to attack the two women without hesitation. Xue Yunling, caught in the crossfire, was nearly beaten to death!

In the end, Mo Sheng risked his life to save her, but it almost completely depleted her newly recovered energy.

The two are now each harboring their own agendas. Mo Sheng wants to kidnap Xue Yunling and take her back to China, while Xue Yunling wants to defeat Mo Sheng and bring her back to the organization. Their goals are essentially the same.

Thus began a fierce power struggle.

Mo Sheng, taking advantage of the fact that her injuries were less severe than Xue Yunling's, forcibly used her special ability to dissolve the energy that her childhood sweetheart was rapidly recovering. Xue Yunling, on the other hand, kept trying to break through Mo Sheng's blockade, thus engaging in a war of attrition.

"It's about time... we gave up."

Mo Sheng, panting, held Xue Yunling's arms behind her back.