Mecha Star Wars.

Chapter 1414 Extreme Cold Ice Domain

The extreme cold of the icy plains is the first major challenge the athletes will face.

The enhancement of the Octobers gene made Lin Fan more resistant in all aspects than ordinary Lanxing people. But he was still made of flesh and blood. Without armor, even if the octopus man himself came, he would be turned into a block of ice on the spot.

Protective suits also offer some immune protection, but their primary function is to protect the wearer and shield them from physical harm.

Temperature protection is also provided; I didn't feel any hypothermia at sea or in the wind.

However, when faced with extreme temperatures, such as the lava caves of the past and the current frigid ice fields, resistance does exist, but it is only reduced, not completely eliminated.

Antonio's imagined smooth and beautiful skating scene shattered the moment he stepped onto the ice field.

The cold seemed to seep into every crevice of the soft armor. My body felt like it was filled with lead, my joints were so stiff I could barely bend them, and my limbs quickly lost all feeling.

“Wow…” Antonio opened his mouth, but even his tongue was stiff.

He forced himself to hunch his back, lower his center of gravity, and glided along the slippery, out-of-control star shuttle on the ice.

Being good at ice skating definitely comes with an experience advantage.

Despite the stinging pain all over his body, Antonio struggled to maintain his balance, using his stiff ankles, which were barely perceptible, to subtly adjust his direction. He made a difficult wide arc, running towards the only way out ahead—the narrow passage through the ice peaks.

"Lin!" Antonio felt very uneasy. "How are you?"

Lin Fan noticed his slurred speech, paused, and reminded him, "Those with fire-type abilities can use them."

"..."

Antonio felt his brain must have been frozen just now, otherwise how could he not have thought of that? He could use fire magic too!

Of course, this also stems from the fact that along the way, they never really needed to use their superpowers; they could fight back directly with their physical reactions.

Furthermore, having finally escaped Perlun and returned to a technologically advanced life, Antonio desperately wanted to leave all the painful memories related to Yue Zhengyuanqing on Perlun, throwing them far, far away. This naturally included, of course, the superpower that existed alongside those memories…

However, this minor embarrassment couldn't hold Antonio back at all. His body quickly warmed up, and without the freezing buff interfering, controlling the Star Shuttle was no longer a problem.

"Whoa!" Antonio glided past the white cracks in the ice and plunged headfirst into one of them. "I, Antonio, am back in top form!"

The narrow passages between icebergs were formed by the cleaving stress of the mountain peaks. They are winding and meandering, varying in height and width.

Fortunately, the ice surface underfoot was relatively smooth, but one should be careful of the ice walls on the sides, where sharp ice spikes formed by natural splits would appear from time to time, like sharp daggers protruding from the ice.

Upon entering, these obvious crises were still visible.

Once they reach the depths of the crevice, the echo of the star shuttle gliding across the ice can sometimes trigger a chain reaction.

On both sides of the peaks, ice and snow continued to collapse.

Huge blocks of ice fell from a height, crashing onto the ice surface and causing it to crack. The cracks spread outwards like a tidal wave.

Not to mention, you also have to watch out for icicles that could break and fall at any moment...

Lin Fan's Star Shuttle had just glided across a relatively flat ice surface when it suddenly sank ahead, forming a steep, sloping slope. The slope was a bottomless ice cave, yet the Star Shuttle's speed continued to increase uncontrollably.

Even turning the shuttle to the side to increase drag cannot stop its downward trend.

Lin Fan looked around and found a protruding piece of ice on the side before the end of the steep slope, which had a flat surface that sloped upwards.

She immediately adjusted her direction and pressed down hard with her back foot a short distance in front of the protruding ice block. The star shuttle used its momentum to leap into the air, scraping the edge of the ice block, almost failing to land.

Lin Fan leaned forward instantly, using gravity to give the Star Shuttle a final push and acceleration, successfully pressing it in. It rose up from an oblique angle, flipped 270 degrees in the air, and landed successfully on the other side.

Antonio was unaware that many of the ice crevasses were left by Lin Fan, and he only felt that the organizers had malicious intentions.

These crevasses vary in width; some are only wide enough to fit a finger, while others are several meters wide and bottomless.

Fortunately, he was skilled and kept his weight on his back foot, which allowed the shuttle to lift up and pass over the small gap, moving forward nimbly step by step.

"Speaking of which," he was a talkative person by nature, and whether he was in a good mood or under a lot of pressure, he couldn't stop talking. "What about people who can't use fire-based abilities?"

He and Lin Fan can keep warm on their own, oh, and there's Guan Ying too. So how will the others who can't keep warm manage?

Do they have any ritual implements that can be heated? I don't think they've ever made anything like that before!

However, even if you have it, it's useless, because you can't use equipment other than your own to assist in the game.

Guan Ying arrived at this time as well. After experiencing the cold of the icy plain, she stopped in place and said, "I'll wait for everyone at the entrance so we can cross together."

“Then you can’t bring everyone.” Wu Yi circled around the entrance and returned to Guan Ying’s side. “I’ve tried it. Ice-type items applied to the skin do have some insulating effect. Of course, the effect is definitely not as good as fire. But it doesn’t really hinder the operation, it just doesn’t feel very pleasant. It’s about as difficult as the lava section.”

"Hey! It's good that there's a way." Qi Mai had recovered quite a bit by this time and cheerfully replied, "I thought we were really stuck here, but it turns out there's a way out after all."

"Aren't you going to fight anymore?" Antonio asked.

“If we were ranked higher, we would definitely fight for it,” Lu Xinyuan said with a smile. “But for us, to get into the top five, we would have to wait until all the contestants ahead of us are eliminated. Since we won’t get the prize money anyway, it’s still good to participate if we can go as far as possible.”

"Yeah, yeah!" Wu Yi nodded in agreement. "Anyway, there's not much difference between sixth place and first thousandth place, so finishing the race is the most important thing. Is Lin Fan still in first place?"

"There shouldn't be anyone ahead of me," Lin Fan replied. "I'm currently in first place."

"Yay!" Wu Yi clapped her hands happily. "What about Anton? Anton, can he get into the top three?"

"I really want to, but it's hard to say," Antonio said with a smirk. "There's someone right in front of me. This lousy place doesn't seem as difficult as the previous ones, but it keeps giving you trouble and makes it hard to move... Ugh!"

Antonio suddenly perked up, watching the live feed: "That guy tried to jump onto a piece of ice, use a side path to fly over the crevice, but he jumped too slowly, didn't make it, crashed into a pile of ice chips, and tumbled down... Game over!"

“I know where you’re talking about,” Lin Fan reminded him. “That’s the most dangerous part right now. You have to use the protruding ice block near the bottom of the slope as a slide to fly to the other side. The difficulty is the timing of the jump. I almost failed myself.”

"Huh?" Wu Yi said with a worried expression, "Then it seems that it will be very difficult."

“It’s not easy, it relies entirely on physical sensation…” Lin Fan replied.

"Watch me!" Antonio shouted.

Everyone fell silent for a moment, then burst into laughter: "Absolutely perfect! Let me tell you, look closely at the tracks on the ice. Lin's jump was a hard landing, leaving obvious tracks. She said she was almost there, so I jumped just before her and landed perfectly!"

"Oh, that's a great idea!" Wu Yi clapped her hands.

"Not necessarily," Guan Ying said cruelly. "By the time we get there, there will be countless marks on the ground. How will you be able to tell which one is Lin Fan's?"

"..." Wu Yi's shoulders slumped, but he quickly perked up again. "It's okay, I'll just go with my gut feeling. The worst that can happen is failure. Let's see how my luck is this time."

"The lucky ones have arrived." Merlinnil, who had been waiting for a while, reminded them when he saw Lu Xinyuan and Qi Mai coming together.

"You guys come with me," Guan Ying said directly. "Qi Mai isn't fully recovered, and he's likely to get injured again if he stays with you."

"Then I'm actually benefiting from this," Lu Xinyuan said with a smile.

"That's the reward you deserve for doing good deeds," Qi Mai joked, then thanked Guan Ying.

"Okay, then I'll take them with me." Guan Ying grabbed one of them with each hand.

"Go on, go on!" Wu Yi waved. "There are three people left, we two can split them. Be careful!"

As Lin Fan listened to the sounds in his headphones, he could already feel the temperature gradually rising in the air.

Emerging from the Ice Peak Canyon, the ice field gradually recedes, and ahead, on the yellow-green landscape, a blue pillar of light shoots into the sky.

Behind the beam of light, a huge screen was displaying cuts of each contestant.

The clamor of the spectators on both sides seemed to transcend the distance, stirring up the cold, icy land.

That's the finish line!

Lin Fan couldn't hide his excitement either, so he floored the engine and shouted loudly.

"I'm sprinting in the final stretch!"