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It wasn't fully light yet, and the wind and snow outside the cave had lessened considerably, but the snoring inside the cave was still very loud.

Luo Xing closed the panel and glanced at Su Mumu beside him. She was clinging to him like a koala, breathing evenly and sleeping soundly.

He was completely tied up, so he decided to take a nap.

Luo Xing closed her eyes and soon drifted off to sleep again.

"Brother Xing! Brother Xing! You weren't eaten by wolves, were you?! How could such a grown man just disappear like that!"

Golden Bean's loud voice came from outside the tent; someone was singing a monologue.

Luo Xing suddenly opened his eyes, and Su Mumu was also awakened. She groggily raised her head, and before she even opened her eyes, she felt something in her arms.

She looked down and saw that her left leg was pressed against Luo Xing's waist, her arms were wrapped around his arm, and her head had just been buried in his chest.

Su Mumu's face changed from white to pink, then to red, as red as a ripe apple, the redness spreading from her ears all the way to her neck.

She jumped up, retreated to a corner of the tent, and covered her face with her hands.

Luo Xing rotated his right arm, which had gone numb from being pressed down, and moved his fingers. Looking at her flustered expression, he smiled and said something.

"I didn't move, but to be fair, you have definitely grown up."

Su Mumu was both ashamed and angry, and picked up a pillow to throw at Luo Xing.

"Luo Xing, you scoundrel!"

Luo Xing quickly crawled out of the tent. Just as he stood up, Huang Jindou, who had heard the noise, came close with his big face, chuckling and giving him a meaningful look, as if to say, "I know, but I won't say."

Luo Xing slapped him on the back of the head.

"What are you thinking about? Pack your things and get ready to leave."

Golden Bean shrank his neck and didn't say anything, but his lecherous look was impossible to hide.

When Su Mumu came out of the tent, her face was still red. She didn't dare to look at Luo Xing and started packing her luggage in silence.

The three ate some dry rations, put the supplies back on Xiao Shitou's back, and set off in the due north direction as Luo Xing directed.

Following the system's instructions, Luo Xing walked for about forty or fifty minutes. The snow was getting deeper and deeper, already reaching above his calves, and the wind was much stronger than yesterday.

Just as Luo Xing was about to stop and check the direction again, a figure appeared in his line of sight.

The person was wearing a gray-green winter coat and a very conspicuous hat with a butterfly-shaped decoration sewn on the top, its wings swaying in the wind.

He was crouching behind a rock, holding a camera in his hand, the lens pointed at a clump of withered grass on the ground, it was unclear what he was filming.

Su Mumu whispered, "What is he doing in this freezing weather?"

Luo Xing gestured for the two to stay where they were, and then stepped forward himself.

Hey bro, how are you?

The other person was startled and turned around abruptly, revealing a dark face to Luo Xing.

"Hello! Are you magicians too?"

"Yes, my name is Luo Xing. What's yours?"

"My name is Ai Cong!" The young man stood up, patted the snow off his knees, and smiled innocently.

"I'm a Bug-type Pokémon enthusiast, and I specialize in studying insect-type Pokémon."

Luo Xing glanced at the camera in his hand. "Taking pictures of insects in a place like this?"

Ai Cong's eyes lit up immediately, and he spoke faster.

Have you heard of the Ice Queen Butterfly?

Luo Xing's heart skipped a beat.

Ice Queen, a legendary spirit in the browser game "Roco Kingdom", is extremely rare due to its dual Ice and Bug attributes.

How could this thing appear in a one-star secret realm?

Luo Xing didn't seem too surprised, and shook his head as if he didn't know anything.

As soon as insects were mentioned, Ai Cong became excited and began to talk on and on.

"Someone has photographed it in this hidden place! I don't even expect to catch it, just taking a picture would be enough for me, but I've been here for two days and haven't found anything."

Luo Xing pondered for a few seconds before saying, "I can help you find it."

Upon hearing this, Ai Cong jumped up.

"real?!"

He excitedly searched his body for a long time, and finally pulled something out of the inner pocket of his winter coat.

A palm-sized metal ring, exquisitely crafted, with a golden five-pointed star inlaid in the center, its surface shimmering with a faint light.

"I don't have much to thank you for. I found this on the edge of the secret realm. I don't know what it's for, but I've been carrying it with me. I hope it will be useful to you."

The moment Luo Xing saw the ring, he froze on the spot, because he was all too familiar with it.

[Astrological Chart]

[Type: Artifact (Growth)]

[Function 1: Unlimited storage space; can store any non-living item.]

[Function 2: Marks the locations visited as teleportation anchors, allowing for spatial teleportation upon activation. The cooldown time is at least 24 hours, increasing with distance.]

Looking at the explanation in front of him, Luo Xing couldn't help but swallow hard.

The Star Chart, a core item in the main storyline of the mobile game "Roco Kingdom," is a protagonist's artifact. I never expected to obtain it by myself like this.

Luo Xing took a deep breath, put the star chart into his pocket, and tried to remain calm.

"Don't worry, I'll let you know if I have any news. By the way, where did you get the clues about the Ice Queen?"

Ai took out his phone, pulled out a photo, and handed it to him.

It's a photo taken by an insect enthusiast. It's quite blurry, but you can tell it's taken under a waterfall. In the rock formation at the lower right corner of the waterfall, a butterfly-shaped black shadow is perched on it, with a hint of blue light emanating from the edges of its wings.

If you don't look closely, you won't even notice it.

"This was taken by a friend by chance in this hidden place last time. He fell into a cave, and when he woke up, there was a photo like this in his camera."

Luo Xing stared at the photo for a few seconds and noticed a key detail: the vegetation in the photo was very similar to the one in the cave he had visited yesterday, suggesting that the cave might be nearby.

"Thanks, I'll bring the photos to you if you find them."

Luo Xing and Ai Cong exchanged contact information and then turned back to Su Mumu and Huang Jindou.

"Let's continue towards the center of the snowfield, and keep an eye out for caves like the ones we saw yesterday."

Su Mumu asked a couple more questions out of curiosity, but Luo Xing only said that he was looking for a very important spirit, without going into details.

The three continued in the direction they had taken yesterday, and the terrain became increasingly open, with the snow growing thicker and thicker.

After walking for about twenty minutes, Huang Jindou suddenly stopped, twisted his legs together, and looked pained.

"I can't take it anymore, I can't hold it in any longer! Wait a minute, I'm going to find somewhere to relieve myself!"

Su Mumu turned her head away in disgust.

Golden Bean rushed hurriedly to the back of a protruding rock not far away.

Luo Xing and Su Mumu waited where they were, while Miao Miao kept watch around them, observing any movement in the surroundings.

"ah!!"

About half a minute later, Golden Bean's screams came from behind the rock. They sounded very pitiful and grew fainter and fainter.

Luo Xing immediately ran towards the rock, but when he arrived, he found that the beans were gone.

A hole appeared in the ground, with snow still falling from its edges; it was dark and bottomless.

"Beans!" Luo Xing called down from the cave entrance.

I called out several times, but no one responded.

Luo Xing probed into the cave and sensed several magical auras. One of them was very familiar; it was the spirit fox that had escaped.