Infinite Survival: The winner takes all!

"I can't be sure." Li Ming answered frankly, "'Time Pupil Shadow' can only show the scene five seconds later from an objective perspective. I have no idea about my own state at that time."

Yun Shan pondered and asked, "Then do we still need to go to the statue to absorb the crystal core energy?"

"Go, of course I will." Li Ming's eyes showed a hint of coldness, "This little trick can't scare me."

At this point, a smile suddenly appeared on his lips. "Now we have figured out the killing mechanism of the statue. This is good news for us. If we encounter a statue with crystal butterflies flying around again, while others are still considering whether to risk their lives to approach it, I can try it at no cost and with no limit on the number of times!"

Hearing this, Yunshan and Dongmen Qiansha smiled at each other, with anticipation gleaming in their eyes.

The treasure-hunting crystal butterfly next to the statue looks like an alluring pufferfish, extremely delicious, but harbouring unfathomable dangers.

At the moment, it has been confirmed that Li Ming's 5-second advance warning can avoid this fatal danger. This is of course great news for them.

Yun Shan rubbed her hands excitedly and urged, "Then let's not waste time. Let's absorb the crystal core quickly and then go to the second floor of the Ice Source. There may be more statues waiting for us there."

"Wait a moment." Li Ming said with a helpless smile, "I have consumed a lot of mental energy. I need to rest for a while to recover my energy."

After saying this, he immediately sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes and began to meditate.

"Captain, it's really too hard." Dongmen Qiansha glanced at Yunshan and whispered, "He has to absorb the crystal core and activate the 'Time Pupil Shadow' to be on guard, causing his mind to be in a highly tense state all the time."

Yunshan pondered for a moment, then slowly walked behind Li Ming, knelt on her knees, then stretched out her two small hands emitting a faint green light and gently massaged his temples.

This is a new skill she acquired after awakening her attribute power, which can help others recover their mental strength.

Although she had not studied this ability deeply enough and the effects were not very significant, even so, it still had a certain soothing effect.

About half an hour later, Li Ming slowly opened his eyes, and his originally tired expression had improved significantly.

Seeing this, Yunshan stopped massaging and said with a smile, "How is it, Li Ming, my massage technique is pretty good, right?"

"Well, very good." Li Ming nodded in praise, and then added, "You have great potential in this ability. You can study it more when you have time."

He was not exaggerating. The recovery of mental strength has always been a difficult problem. Not only is the recovery speed slow, but there is also a lack of effective recovery methods.

The mental medicines in the system store are no longer of any effect to him now.

Therefore, Yunshan's ability is indeed worth spending some time and energy to study in depth.

Next, the three planned to return to the statue on the ice platform and continue absorbing the crystal core.

Li Ming was still the first to take the lead, responsible for investigating whether the statue would trigger danger.

He flew to the center of the ice cave with ease, jumped onto the ice platform, and then walked over calmly.

The moment he stepped into the ten-meter range around the statue, the statue suddenly burst out with dazzling white light, instantly illuminating the entire space.

But this time, the statue did not remain silent as before.

Instead, it quickly turned black and purple and exuded an extremely evil aura.

Faced with this sudden change, although Li Ming was shocked, his actions did not slow down at all.

His figure flashed and he immediately retreated to the entrance of the ice cave.

However, for Yunshan and Dongmen Qiansha, the scenes they saw were completely different.

In the eyes of the two, Li Ming did not approach the statue at all. He just jumped onto the ice platform and immediately turned back.

"What danger did you find? Is it similar to the previous situation?" Yunshan couldn't help but ask.

Li Ming nodded slightly and replied, "Very similar. The moment the statue turned black and purple, I immediately retreated."

"This thing is really incredible..." Dongmen Qiansha murmured, "It is not only potentially deadly dangerous, but also has the magical ability to calm the violent energy of the ice element."

"Moreover, it can also 'grow' treasure-hunting crystal butterflies." Yunshan added.

Li Ming didn't say much. He waited for three minutes, then jumped onto the ice platform again and continued to test the statue.

However, the result of the test is exactly the same as before, the statue will still trigger danger!

Faced with this situation, he had no choice but to retreat to the entrance of the ice cave.

"Is there no pattern to this thing? Or are its changes completely random, and life and death can only be left to fate?" Yun Shan asked doubtfully.

Dongmen Qiansha couldn't answer this question, and she subconsciously turned her gaze to Li Ming.

After pondering for a moment, Li Ming put forward his own conjecture, "Perhaps there is indeed some kind of pattern, such as it is dangerous in certain time periods and safe in other time periods."

Yunshan's eyes suddenly lit up. "What you said seems to make sense. We stayed next to the last statue for so long and were safe and sound. Maybe it's just in a safe period."

"And now, the statue here may be in danger, so you saw it turn black and purple when you explored it just now."

Dongmen Qiansha nodded, "Yes or no, we'll get the answer after trying a few more times."

For the next hour, Li Ming would fly onto the ice platform every one to five minutes to test the statue.

The results completely confirmed the three people's speculation. The statue was indeed in danger at this time, because every time the statue was probed, it would turn black and purple.

From a probabilistic perspective, this has ruled out the possibility that the hazard was triggered randomly.

It was not until an hour and a half later, when Li Ming conducted his 32nd exploration of the statue, that the statue did not change color after emitting a dazzling white light, but quickly returned to calm.

He quickly waved to the two people in the distance.

"We're finally safe." Yunshan flew over, her voice revealing obvious relief and joy.

"Hurry up and absorb it." Li Ming sat cross-legged in front of the crystal core floating in the air, concentrating and preparing to begin absorbing the energy from it.

Seeing this, the other two did not dare to delay at all. They sat down next to Li Ming, one on the left and one on the right, then stretched out their slender hands and gently placed them on the crystal core in front of them.

Peace returned to the vast giant ice cave again, and time seemed to have lost its inherent meaning in this space.

The three persons are like three lifelike statues, sitting quietly opposite the extraordinary and flawless statue, forming a harmonious and mysterious picture.