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

"Hey!"

Ye Qianxue, who had quietly approached Mu Mu from behind, lunged forward with a handful of snow in her hand, preparing to repeat her previous move, but she missed.

The figure in front of her was illusory, and Ye Qianxue passed right through it, falling flat on her face on the ground, leaving a clear human imprint on the deep snow.

"Pfft-"

Ye Qianxue got up from the snow, spat out the snow she had eaten, and then Mu Mu pinched her face and lifted it up. "Really, how old are you now? Why are you still so playful?"

"Hehe~~ I just noticed that Master Sister looked like she had something on her mind~~"

Mu Mu rolled her eyes at her. She knew Ye Qianxue was making excuses, but she still fell for it, and she was genuinely worried.

"By the way, what's with your outfit?" Mu Mu removed the military hat that Ye Qianxue had put on her head, and Ye Qianxue's beautiful hair was immediately blown backward by the cold wind.

Phoenix Dances with a Mad Dragon!!!

77. Life on the Ice Field

But then they saw that Ye Qianxue had changed into a white military uniform, which added a touch of naive cuteness to her cleverness, making her look like a snow doll.

Mu Mu poked Ye Qianxue's cheek, "You're the one who least needs to wear military uniform here, and you're still wasting resources!"

"When in Rome, do as the Romans do."

"Whose country are you visiting? What kind of customs are you following? This is Africa! Do you expect to walk around shirtless like those grown men? You can only do that in front of me at night."

"......"

Ye Qianxue understood that her master sister was eager for more again. After all, she had been stood up for a day this week and happened to be on a mission, so she hadn't had time to have a proper intimate moment.

I just hope she can be a little quieter tonight, otherwise she might not be able to stop herself from screaming.

Ye Qianxue and Mu Mu stood there for an entire afternoon. The sun had already set, and the world was about to fall into silence. In this place, the sun was a beacon in people's hearts, and when it set, there was bound to be some panic.

Suddenly, the atmosphere here changed abruptly, and dinner began to be served.

People who have been under constant tension due to being in Africa can't help but relax a bit at this time, enjoying this rare moment of leisure that is usually not worth mentioning.

However, the lunch was by no means lavish; in fact, it was quite disappointing.

To minimize the risk of the aroma wafting out and causing discovery, the team only brought dry rations; forget about having four dishes and a soup.

"Ugh...this is so hard."

Ye Qianxue took a bite of the compressed biscuit in her hand. This type of food is known for its hardness, and after being frozen in this cold weather, it becomes harder than a brick and could be used as bulletproof.

However, this was nothing to Ye Qianxue. She could easily crush it with a little force and swallow it, adding a tiny, almost imperceptible amount of nourishment to her body.

Everyone else looked at Ye Qianxue with envy and surprise.

She can eat something this hard, but they can't. If they try to bite into it, they'll only break their own teeth first.

"Take out the heating equipment."

As soon as someone said this, the others immediately took out an electric induction cooker from the equipment. They heated their dry rations on it for a long time before they could barely eat them.

In Ye Qianxue's opinion, the interactions between these 'snowmen' were quite interesting.

They were all dressed in snow-white military uniforms to minimize the risk of being discovered. Their tents and packs were all snow-white, and even their machinery had been painted snow-white in advance.

"Master Sister, aren't you going to eat?"

"At our level, do we still need to eat? We're just indulging in a craving."

Mu Mu shook her head. Eating these dry rations was torture. Others had to eat them for their bodies' energy supply, but she didn't need to.

Upon reaching the ninth level, her body had already embarked on a transformation, and she could go for long periods without food without any problems. In a sense, she had already become what is known in ancient legends as a half-immortal.

"I'm still quite worried about what kind of consequences the changes here will have on a global scale," Mu Mu said with a worried expression.

When this topic came up, Ye Qianxue recalled what Yan Shan had told her before, and for a moment she felt a little heavy-hearted. She replied listlessly, "...Perhaps it's another form of catastrophe."

“That’s right, a catastrophe.” Mu Mu touched Ye Qianxue’s cheek, her beautiful eyes filled with determination.

"If we don't figure out the reason, it will be all over when this happens in places where humans live."

Imagine if such extreme weather suddenly struck a densely populated city, the resulting changes would plunge them into extreme hardship.

The plants will die, plunging the city into famine. People will freeze to death; after all, this is an extreme cold that even those with supernatural abilities struggle to withstand. If mutated species were to attack, the already weakened army would suffer heavy casualties, and the entire city would gradually perish...

If we set aside our preconceived notions and limit the form of such disasters to icy landscapes, but also to fiery lava flows, devastating floods, and so on, the possibilities become far greater, making them impossible to prevent.

Therefore, if the cause cannot be determined in a short period of time, there will be nothing that can be done when this phenomenon occurs to them.

"Hopefully we can find something here."

Mu Mu sighed, feeling that in this world, strength alone cannot determine the course of everything, and there are many things that are beyond one's reach.

Time passed quietly, and soon night fell. Ye Qianxue took out her phone and saw that it was a little past nine o'clock at night, but the place was still so dark.

The lighting equipment they brought was all of the lowest power, barely enough to make people see the road clearly. The idea of ​​seeing a thousand meters ahead was a pipe dream. On the African continent, they had to proceed with extreme caution.

However, the tent's light-blocking performance was excellent, allowing for normal use of lights inside, which was a comfort to the helpless lamb. Ye Qianxue was about to crawl inside to play on her phone, and Mu Mu was also preparing to follow her in and take advantage of the situation.

At this moment, an observer seemed to have discovered something extraordinary and hurriedly ran over to report to Mu Mu in a stammering manner:

"Report! We've discovered that the polar ice cap area may be expanding at an abnormal rate!"

“What do you mean by ‘maybe’? Explain it more clearly.” Mu Mu sensed something was amiss.

"When we arrived here, we made a mark five kilometers from the edge of the ice field to record temperature changes. At first, the temperature there was cold, but still within the normal range, around 6°C. Now it has dropped to below zero degrees Celsius!"

This indicates that the area of ​​the ice sheet is expanding at an extremely rapid rate.

Could it be related to the fact that it's nighttime?

Mu Mu only thought about it for a moment before rejecting it. Even without the sun, it shouldn't be expanding so quickly. Or are there other variables?

Thinking about it carefully, the temperature difference isn't so unacceptable. The temperature difference between day and night in the Sahara Desert is thirty to fifty degrees Celsius, so it may just be a normal phenomenon.

"Fine, I'll go myself."

Nothing is more convincing than seeing it with one's own eyes, so Mu Mu decided to set off. But before that, Ye Qianxue, who had been idle all day, volunteered and raised her hand: "Let Qianxue go. It's better for you to stay here and guard the camp, Master Sister."

There's no reason for an ace to personally handle even the smallest tasks. It's most appropriate for her to step in at this time.

She is also a space ability user, and an eighth-level one at that. The round trip is not much slower than Mu Mu's, making it a very easy task.

"Okay, but remember to be back within half an hour, or I'll have to come looking for you."

"Please take this."

The staff member who came up to report just now handed her a tablet device with a red dot emitting ripples on it.

"The location of this red dot is the marker we set."

"Uh-huh."

Ye Qianxue nodded in agreement, and after learning more from the staff, she traveled through space to her destination.

77. Discovery

Ye Qianxue traveled through space to the location marked on the flat panel display. The moment she came out, she breathed hot air onto her hand.

"Haha—this is definitely more ceremonial~~"

Alone and smugly talking to himself, he gradually turned into a sigh: "Life has changed so much since that time..."

As she grows stronger, she also yearns for the kind of life she used to lead.

Ever since her older sister saved her, she has never experienced the life of an ordinary person again.

The cold, which is no small matter for others, including high-level ability users, will affect their combat abilities to some extent. In Ye Qianxue's senses, it is at most a feeling of "Ah, autumn has arrived"...

Therefore, since then, Ye Qianxue has been pursuing a sense of ritual, and the military uniform she wears is a product of this.

What might seem a bit affected to others is, for her, a deliberate "instinct" that is proof of her being human.

This is also her persistence.

"Hoo hoo~~ I actually miss my days when I was weak. Is Chiyuki a masochist after all?"

After making a small joke about herself, Ye Qianxue focused her attention on exploring this land.

If she didn't go to the wrong place, then the technician's guess was undoubtedly correct.

As far as the eye could see, there was only frozen soil, a vast expanse of white, with nothing around except for the falling snowflakes, creating a serene atmosphere.

If Ye Qianxue were to describe it, it would undoubtedly be a very beautiful scene. She had always wanted to have a simple and beautiful date with Yan Ziming and Mu Mu here.

But if you knew that just half a day ago this place was still tropical land, it would be a little creepy.

She had seen this place when she came here with the main group. It used to be a landscape that was fairly typical of the African continent, but now it had changed drastically and had truly become a frozen wasteland.

With a gentle flick of the wrist, the snow on the ground was pulled aside by a force, revealing the dark brown ground beneath, which reflected a metallic sheen under the moonlight.

boom!

"Wow...it's so hard, oh no, I forgot to take off my gloves..."

He slammed his little fist into the ground, producing a sound similar to striking steel. The ground immediately caved in, and spiderweb-like cracks spread outwards.

The part of the glove that touched the ground was completely torn apart; the fibers inside had been forcibly snapped by tremendous force, so it seemed unusable.