Ark Journey

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Xue Zhi increased the strength of some of her mental tentacles and began to observe from closer. A hint of malice and a lot of negative emotions instantly came over, but they were dispelled before they got close.

"What price will we have to pay for this mineral sickness inhibitor?"

"The price? If you insist on paying, you can use Originium-related products, pure Originium, synthetic jade, or even Originium fragments."

Halfway through the observation, Xue Zhi suddenly thought of a better solution.

[Wait, if I try to remove this thing, there may be some unknown consequences. After all, I am not familiar with the power. Why not disguise myself and try to seduce Black Snake to take over my body? Even if he needs Tallulah's identity to fulfill his wish, there is no reason to give up another stronger body. And it won't hurt to try it once. If this one doesn't work, I can try harder.]

In this way, Xue Zhi finalized the general method, and then he withdrew all his mental strength, planning to learn some disguise in the next few days before going to deal with Black Snake.

"Originium? What do you want these for?"

"Making explosives."

Xue Zhi took out a not-so-good-looking bomb. Although it was smaller than a fist, after W's careful adjustment, its power was even greater than that of a large-caliber mortar shell.

Chapter 7: Ready

Facing Xue Zhi's action of holding the Originium weapon with bare hands, Tallulah felt a little uncomfortable.

"...Okay, I'll help you collect these things."

She casually opened the drawer beside her desk and took out a small box.

"There is a pure source stone inside, take it first."

"Ah."

In return, Xue Zhi took out a small backpack and handed it over.

"My Originium skills are engraved on it. You can take out the Ore Disease Inhibitor from it. As for how to distribute it, that has nothing to do with me."

However, thinking of the purpose of her coming here and the scene she just saw, Xue Zhi still spoke up to remind her:

"These things are very precious and very attractive to the infected. I hope you can make good use of them, Tallulah."

"Okay, I understand." After confirming that there was indeed a potion inside, Tallulah put it aside first: "I saw the Patriot said that you are a very powerful magician. Do you plan to join the combat troops?"

"of course."

"We don't have many combat troops at the moment. You came here with the Patriots, so you should know about snow monsters and shield guards. And you came from Kazdel. We have several Sarkaz troops and other teams here. Which one do you plan to join?"

"Sarkaz troops?"

Xue Zhi quickly figured out who it was.

[Oh, Mudstone's troops, there are no ideological differences yet, so she didn't leave. ]

The Sarkaz girl's place is indeed a good place to go, but it will be very troublesome to integrate into the new army if she leaves.

"The Snow Monster Team, that's the one I mainly use."

After hearing Xue Zhi's choice, Tallulah nodded. She wrote something on a piece of paper, tore it off and handed it to Xue Zhi.

"Okay, welcome to join the Integration Movement. Do you need a tent or something?"

"No, I brought my own."

The conversation ended here, and Xue Zhi and the Patriot walked out of the tent and headed towards the Yeti’s base area.

After they left, Tallulah looked at the backpack full of oripathogen inhibitors and wondered what to think. Today she had just witnessed a conflict within the Integration Movement, where too many people had joined with ulterior motives.

"Patriot, give me your armor and weapons sometime and I'll help you fix them."

The Patriot was not worried about what Xue Zhi would do to his weapons. These works, carefully crafted by Ursus craftsmen, would be difficult for ordinary people to destroy. Besides, he had joined the Integration Movement, so the level of trust should be raised.

"You, can do it?"

"Don't underestimate me."

A handful of flames rose in Xue Zhi's left hand, and a piece of brown, slightly dull metal appeared in her right hand. This was the high-grade alloy of the IC2 module.

"There is fire and materials, enough to repair it."

However, the real focus is on the washing machine and dishwasher in the furniture module. One can repair the durability of armor, and the other can repair the durability of weapons. Soapy water is also very cheap and does not even require additional energy. It is worth having for its good value for money.

Xue Zhi's idea is to quickly improve the combat effectiveness of the Integration Movement. After all, after he has broken Black Snake's preparations for possession, it is hard to say what will come. There might be a few internal guards coming. The only ones who can compete with this thing at present are the Patriots.

"..."

To be honest, in the eyes of Patriot, Xue Zhi's behavior was no different from a child's mischief. He really didn't believe that a weapon that required so much manpower and resources to manufacture could be repaired by one person.

"It's okay if you can't fix it, but don't break it."

"rest assured."

"Also, tell me the missing equipment so I can see if I can help you find some replacements. I remember that the Ursus Empire provided a lot of things for you Wendigos, but I'm afraid you can't take those away, right?"

"you know too much."

Since she has already joined the Integration Movement, Xue Zhi is too lazy to pretend.

"You always have to make some preparations before you come, patriots. Just know that I am on your side."

"..."

After bringing Xue Zhi to the Yeti Squad’s camp, the Patriot left.

After receiving the note from Tallulah, Froststar was somewhat puzzled:

"Join our team?"

"Yes, you saw it on the way. My Originium skills are also ice-related."

On the way back, the waves of enemies they encountered later were all killed by Xue Zhi using ice cones. No matter whether there were dozens or hundreds of them, as long as they launched an attack, they would be killed in an instant by the ice cones piercing their bodies.

"That's true, but I thought you were going to join the medical team."

After learning from the team members what happened during her coma, Shuangxing learned that Xue Zhi not only possessed powerful offensive Originium skills, but also had healing Originium skills that could almost bring the dead back to life.

"In front-line troops, healing spells are more useful."

Without saying anything else, Shuang Xing smiled and stretched out her hand to Xue Zhi. Before, this would have been basically impossible because her body temperature was too low.

"You're right. Welcome to join us, Xue Zhi."

No one would be unwelcome to have a wet nurse of their own.

Holding Frost Star's warm hand, Xue Zhi nodded.

"Ah."

After handing over to Shuangxing, Xue Zhi found a place to set up camp.

Just as he leveled the ground and laid out the mats, several snow monsters came over, and the leader spoke:

"Do you need help? My name is Anton, thank you for saving me before."

Xue Zhi straightened up and waved her hand with a smile:

"No, thank you. How are you feeling?"

As he spoke, the various tent components began to automatically fly to where they should go.

Anton touched the wound that no longer existed.

"It's fine now, but I still feel a little pain."

Xue Zhi scanned him with her mental power and found no hidden injuries, so she gave some advice.

"This is normal. There is always a price to pay for walking back from the gates of death. Just a few more days of adaptation will be fine."

"Ah."

In just a few words, the tent was set up.

This is a fairly large military green tent, big enough for Xue Zhi to put a lot of things in it.

Seeing that the tent was ready, Anton and his group planned to leave.

"Then we won't bother you anymore. We'll come find you if you need anything."

"Ah."

After watching those people walk away, Xue Zhi entered the tent and began to place various things.

After finishing everything, he sat cross-legged on the mat and began to try to disguise his spiritual body.

In Xue Zhi's mind, the black sun floated silently.

[It's hard to disguise such a big thing. I have to try to separate it into smaller parts. I hope it doesn't drive me into schizophrenia.]

A large number of mental tentacles stretched out and then began to gather together. Xue Zhi imitated Tallulah's spirit body and began to control the mental power that stretched out.

Chapter 8: Alina's Fate

We cannot be careless. Black Snake is a master in spiritual matters. This old guy who has changed countless bodies should have the ability to judge in this regard.

Just when Xue Zhi was planning to create a clone, Alina came to the Yeti's base to look for Frost Star.

"Frost Star, have you collected any food?"

"We got a lot and brought them back."

"That's great. The organization is short of some fruits and vegetables. We can go and exchange them with the villagers tomorrow. Besides, it's winter now, and they need to store some food for the winter."

Xue Zhi, who had retained a trace of spiritual perception of the outside world, heard these words.

[Wait, I remember that Alina was killed when she went out to exchange things, right? ]

[Fuck, don't do this. I finally got here. How can I let history develop along its original trajectory? ]

Just as the two girls were talking, a voice suddenly interrupted.

"Are you going to trade items with the villagers, Alina?"

The sudden sound attracted the attention of both of them, and Alina realized that this was the man who had been staring at her earlier.

"Yes, you are the same person from before... Any questions?"

This question now came to Xue Zhi's mind. Although Alina was killed during the exchange of items, he didn't know which time it was.

He can't say that someone has bad intentions towards you, right?

Just as Xue Zhi was silent, his figure suddenly shook a few times and then disappeared out of thin air.

This scared the two girls.

"!?"

But soon the door of the tent opened, and another Xue Zhi walked out with an apologetic look on her face.

"Sorry, my Originium skills are not stable yet."

He was distracted by thinking about how to explain to Alina, and the spiritual body that he had initially condensed directly disintegrated, and the human figure simulated by optical refraction also disappeared directly.

Fortunately, there was no backlash.

Froststar was very curious and found this Originium technique very interesting.

"Xue Zhi, what are you doing?"

"Something that must be done. I will explain it to you later, Froststar."

After saying a few simple words to Shuangxing, Xue Zhi looked at Alina.

"I want to go too, okay?"

This is the best explanation he can think of at the moment. After all, what can an outsider who has just joined say?

Alina glanced at Xue Zhi and nodded after finding that he did not have any obvious signs of being infected.

"That's no problem. If you want to come with us, just go to the east side of the camp tomorrow morning."

"That's good."

After getting a definite answer, Xue Zhi breathed a sigh of relief and turned back to the tent.

[Was my previous speculation wrong? Why is he so concerned about Alina again? Could it be that he really likes her? ]