Ark Journey

"..."

Frost Star didn't know how to respond for a moment, and could only say "oh" in the end.

Feeling the awkward atmosphere, Xue Zhi finally withdrew his gaze and began to pay attention to Shuang Xing who was standing next to him and took the initiative to talk to him.

"How are you feeling now? Are the effects of the oripathy still severe?"

Speaking of this, Frost Star couldn't help but hug her arms. She hadn't felt the warmth of this body for a long time. Her five senses that had been weakened by the oripathy also returned. She felt joy from the food again last night.

"Your medicine is very effective. Although I still feel a little uncomfortable, it's much better now."

Now we can see the difference in Originium resistance between the Sarkaz and other Terrans. With the same dose, after taking a tube of W, they are basically no different from normal people, but Froststar still feels a little uncomfortable.

"Does your use of Originium techniques have any impact?"

“At the moment, it is indeed much weaker.”

Frost Star raised his hand and condensed a crystal snowflake. At first glance, there was nothing wrong with it, but if you looked closely, you would find that it lacked a lot of details.

What was shown was only a lack of control, but Xue Zhi remembered that the severely infected Frost Star was able to use large-scale Originium techniques to kill the enemy, but it was probably no longer possible now.

After learning the news, the Yeti Squad basically did not use potions except for those who were seriously infected. Their main occupation is magicians, and after losing the ability to use Originium skills, their combat effectiveness will drop very seriously, which is currently unacceptable.

Xue Zhi picked out a slender sword-shaped staff from her personal storage and used her telekinesis to slowly float it in front of Shuang Xing.

"You have to lose something if you gain something. It's normal. Maybe you can try this."

After scattering the snowflakes, Shuangxing took the weapon handed to him by Xue Zhi and tried to swing it, only to find that it felt a bit heavy.

"Is this a staff?"

"Yes, but it can be used as a short sword as well."

After trying to release the Originium technique again, Froststar found that the effect was indeed improved.

"Since it's useful, take it."

"Thank you."

After hanging the weapon around his waist, Frost Star turned his long ears, with the furry side facing Xue Zhi, and one of his hands involuntarily entangled with the hair hanging on both sides.

"I came here mainly to apologize to you. I was too cautious and impolite yesterday. You saved us..."

After a night of rethinking, Shuang Xing discovered that his attitude towards Xue Zhi was problematic, which led to the current scene.

Hearing Shuang Xing's voice getting lower and lower, Xue Zhi interrupted her directly.

"It's human nature. Don't take it too seriously. It's normal for you to still doubt me. I know clearly what the consequences of my actions and words will be."

After saying that, he followed the team that was moving forward, leaving Frost Star alone standing there.

Seeing Xue Zhi leave, the members of the Snow Monster Team came over.

"Sister, have you been dumped?"

Frost Star held his forehead.

"Petrova, I suggest you read fewer storybooks."

"Oh, isn't it? I saw you being so shy just now, and I thought you were talking about something special."

“Something just went wrong.”

"alright."

After that, they encountered several waves of enemies on the march, but this time Xue Zhi directly used magic to bring death to them.

The sooner you go back, the better, to avoid complications.

The patriot who witnessed the whole process of Xue Zhi killing the enemy remembered that he met some Yan country warriors when he fought for Ursus in various places in the early years, and Xue Zhi's hair and pupils were very similar to theirs.

"Your Originium skills are very strong, Yan Country, a hidden family?"

Xue Zhi put down her hand and shook her head.

"Not really."

The team returned to calm, and by noon, Xue Zhi could already see the camp in the distance.

Then he noticed a young girl with deer antlers leading a group of children back to the camp from another direction.

Seeing Alina intact, Xue Zhi breathed a sigh of relief.

This unusually obvious action attracted the attention of several snow monsters who were secretly observing him from behind.

"Sister, does he know Alina?"

"I'm not sure, but he seems to know Alina and...cares about her a lot."

"Could it be that some old lover has come looking for me?"

"Do you believe this yourself? There must be some other source."

Alina also noticed Xue Zhi's gaze. She had never seen this stranger before, but as a polite girl, she still smiled at Xue Zhi.

But after confirming that Alina was still alive, Xue Zhi withdrew her gaze and no longer paid attention to her.

However, all this has a different meaning to the snow monsters behind.

"Is he shy? Alina smiled at him."

"How interesting."

Shuangxing, who did not participate in the discussion, formed his own opinion based on Xue Zhi's behavior.

[It seems that what I thought was right. What he cares about is not Alina's life or death. Or maybe he cares about that, but some things related to Alina are more important to him... Is it Tallulah? ]

After entering the base, the team disbanded on the spot, and the Patriot took Xue Zhi to find Tallulah. Since they wanted to join the integration movement, they had to at least meet the leader.

Chapter 6: Hidden dangers begin to emerge

Walking in the camp after the snow had been cleared, many people looked at Xue Zhi sideways, mainly because his leather armor, which changed color at any time according to the environment, was too eye-catching.

The Patriots were also curious about this, it's a great piece of equipment.

"Is this the new standard equipment from Kazdel?"

For such a trivial matter, Xue Zhi just made up a lie.

"No, it's a phenomenon caused by the body fluids of a strange creature encountered in the wilderness north of Kazdel."

"pity."

As they chatted, the two of them moved closer to the center of the camp. On the way, Xue Zhi also saw Faust and Mephistopheles. The white-haired child who would later become the "Singer" was looking at them timidly.

[It seems that this kid has not gone astray. His Originium skills can be a great help if used in the right direction. ]

After looking at him for a few seconds, Xue Zhi looked away.

After Xue Zhi and the Patriot walked away, the two children began to discuss in a low voice.

Mephisto had a strange look on his face.

"Sasha, did you notice that man just now? The way he looked at me, I felt like I was transparent in front of him, without any secrets."

"Really? I don't feel that way."

"Maybe it's my illusion."

A magician's spiritual power is always more acute, so it is normal for him to be able to sense some of the thoughts emanating from Xue Zhi.

"Patriot, you were training those two kids, right?"

"I am responsible for training most of the combat units in the Reunion Movement."

"Very good. Can you hand over the white-haired child to me later? As a fellow magician, I feel that he has great talent."

Xue Zhi planned to interfere with the child a little to prevent him from being targeted by the black snake. This kind of Terran guy must be guarded against.

However, the patriot obviously doesn't trust Xue Zhi very much.

"talk about it later."

"Ah."

Along the way, Xue Zhi saw a lot. He even noticed that in the distance there was a group of people arguing with several shield guards.

The sound came here with the wind.

"We don't have any extra food for you! Everyone, even the soldiers, are currently starving!"

"What!? We came here because we heard that we could have a good meal here! You liars!"

"you!"

Xue Zhi tilted her head to look at the patriot, but he seemed not to have heard her.

At present, I am an outsider and there is no need to get involved in their "family affairs".

We arrived at our destination, which was a larger tent.

Xue Zhi, standing at the door, concentrated his mental strength. He planned to see how deep the power of the Black Snake was hidden and how strong it was without alerting the enemy. This old guy who had lived for who knows how long could almost be regarded as the national will of the Ursus Empire. Although he only had war in his mind as a way to make Ursus great again, you could say he was stupid but not incompetent.

Pushing open the door of the tent, Xue Zhi saw Tallulah writing at her desk in the changing light.

She has short silver-gray hair, a slender figure wrapped in a military uniform, and a black tail with a spike at the end. She is almost the same as depicted in the portrait. She is a very heroic woman.

Noticing someone coming in, Tallulah put down her pen.

"Back, Patriot, how's it going?"

"Yes, we got the food, and we also met him, a powerful magician who wanted to join the Reunion Movement."

Tallulah noticed a big improvement in the Patriot’s voice.

"Very good, and your voice... Has your oripathy improved?"

"He brought it. Ore sickness inhibitor."

"!!!"

"Hello, Tallulah, my name is Xue Zhi."

What Xue Zhi was communicating with Tallulah now was actually only one tenth of his thoughts. The moment he entered the room, he divided his mind and put a lot of mental energy into investigating her.

This had no effect on him.

[It seems that I have a talent for using the Hell God of War. ]

If a powerful magician were to observe this room with spiritual power, he would see many tentacles extending from a black-gold sun emitting faint blue flames, and surrounded by the tentacles was Tallulah, whose spiritual body was a small fireball shining with dazzling light.

The sizes of the two are almost the same.

On the other side, there is a dark sphere, which should be the spirit of the Patriot.

After seeing a spiritual body that looked like her real body from a third-person perspective, Xue Zhi raised questions in her heart.

[What kind of change is this? I don't remember getting angry when I saw it before? And can the size of this spirit body represent the strength of its spiritual power? ]

Just when Xue Zhi was confused, some information came into his mind.

[The void that decays into the material level can be manifested on the spiritual level...]

【...】

【...】

[Fuck, I think I know what I am.]

Knowing the key information made Xue Zhi understand a lot instantly and became more confident.

[Never mind for now, let me see where the old thing is hiding. I hope it’s not a change in the physical body that caused him to take over another body. That would be difficult to deal with.]

Striving not to be discovered, Xue Zhi carefully used her mental tentacles to search for places that might be showing signs of something strange.

"Hello, you look like... are you from Yan country?"

"Yes, but I'm from Kazdel."

"That's amazing. The Patriot said you have an inhibitor of mineral sickness. Is that true?"

"Correct."

While the two were communicating, Xue Zhi suddenly discovered a black spot on Tallulah's spirit body.

[Is this the place? ]