Doomsday Code

Following Dean to the caravan he had mentioned, there was no neighing of horses or shouts of men, only a squad of elite guards dressed in tight-fitting clothes, their waists filled with storage bags.

"Where did all these space bags come from? Did they take all the space bags in the military and use them as transport tools?"

Don't forget that this spatial bag has a wear and tear; once it's gone, it's hard to replenish.

A quick count reveals at least several hundred spatial bags, and with their capacity, a caravan of over a thousand wagons would likely be formed.

Dean shook his head and said:

"These aren't space bags from our side. Otherwise, this trip would consume one-tenth of our reserves. After a few trips, the military's space bags would really be empty."

"These were all funded and supported by Huidun. He said Your Majesty, you have already paid him a permanent storage bag."

Upon hearing Dean's words, Chen Cheng knew that Hui Dun was referring to the spatial ring he had left behind.

Thinking of the spatial ring, Chen Cheng thought of the things he had left inside. He wondered if his disciples, whom he had taken in on a pilgrimage, had managed to come up with anything in the past few years.

Although he could ask Dean, who was standing next to him, Chen Cheng refrained from asking in order to maintain the mystery.

The team then set off, led by Dean, traversing the Northern Wilderness and heading south. When they reached the town where they had first encountered the Snow Maiden, Chen Cheng stopped.

"I have something to do. You go ahead, I'll catch up soon."

Dean and the others were a little worried and wanted to go with them, but Chen Cheng thought of Xue Nu's younger siblings and shook his head, telling them not to come and to continue on their way.

Chen Cheng then headed towards the snow-capped mountains deep outside the town.

When Dean saw that Chen Cheng was going to the snowy mountain, he guessed some of the reasons and knew that there was no great danger there, so he gave up.

Once they reached the snow line, the snow woman, who had been sitting quietly in Chen Cheng's pocket, jumped out.

In this icy, snowy landscape, she moved extremely fast, and with her imminent return home, her speed increased even further.

As a result, Chen Cheng almost fell behind her.

"Be careful, don't fall while running."

Back in her familiar surroundings, she still looked like a young and beautiful girl, and she made a cute face at Chen Cheng.

"That's why you... fell."

Before she could finish speaking, she actually dropped it.

Chen Cheng wanted to go forward and help her up, but the next moment the surrounding snow suddenly rose up, and then dozens of people wearing ice helmets appeared.

Perhaps because her face was too chubby, the helmet looked a bit cramped.

At the same time, a little snowman, who was only the size of a three or four-year-old child, surrounded them with a spear made of solid ice in his chubby little hands and cheered.

"Humans, we've caught two humans."

"Human, tell me quickly, where is our eldest sister?"

"Where's my older sister?"

A group of little snow sprites were chattering away, while their older sister was being buried in snow and pointed at with ice guns.

These ice guns are made of ordinary ice, but getting poked with them still hurts quite a bit.

"Stop poking, isn't your eldest sister right here?"

Before the little creatures could react, the snow woman, buried in the snow, suddenly pounced like a tiger, reaching out to hug several of the snowmen that were closest to her.

Seeing this, the other little snowmen all rushed forward in a noisy swarm, brandishing their ice guns.

At this moment, the Snow Woman also transformed into her Snow Woman form, hugging the little snowmen tightly and rubbing her face against them, saying:

"My sister is back."

Upon hearing the Snow Woman's voice, the few snowmen with their short legs immediately recognized her as their beloved leader.

Once they started, they couldn't stop, and the little snowmen rolled all over the ground like snowballs.

The small helmet on his head was also smashed to pieces.

At this moment, however, these little guys didn't care about military appearance at all. They all turned into little snotty-nosed bugs, opening their arms and rushing over to ask for a hug.

Imagine suddenly having dozens of wailing babies appear. I don't need to describe it in words to know how overwhelming that feeling is.

One of the little ones was perhaps too small and ran a bit slow, and Chen Cheng happened to be blocking his way. The little one ran up and kicked Chen Cheng in the heel, then said in a childish, fierce voice:

"Damn you, can't you see me? Get out of my way!"

Well, they're only a few years old, and they're already swearing. Looks like we need to show them what the power of nine-year compulsory education is.

Then the two of them, one big and one small, started exchanging trash talk.

In the end, the poor little snowman couldn't out-spray Chen Cheng and was sprayed by him until he cried loudly.

Fortunately, since the other snowmen are all crying, it's hard to tell whether he's crying from excitement at seeing the Snow Woman or from being scolded by Chen Cheng.

They returned to the snow cliff where they used to live, which they have now expanded into a small snowman village.

Meanwhile, the leader appointed by the Snow Woman was showing off his achievements over the past few years to the Snow Woman.

"Big sister, I asked my younger siblings to use magic crystals to hire craftsmen in the village to build these houses for us. We didn't bully those villagers at all."

“Big brother is right. On the contrary, those villagers used to bully us because we were young, but for some reason they stopped coming.”

Upon hearing the reports from the little snowmen, Chen Cheng and the Snow Maiden knew that it must be because Chen Cheng and his forces had expanded to this area, which was why no one was bullying the little snowmen anymore.

"Alright, Snow Woman, if you can't bear to part with these little ones, then stay here with them and live together. No humans will come here to bother you from now on."

The Snow Woman hugged several of the grown-up snow sprites, then rolled her eyes at Chen Cheng and said:

"You want to kick me out? At least you have to pay me my wages."

Chen Cheng pretended to suddenly remember that he and the Snow Maiden had an employer-employee relationship, and dawdled for a long time, but in the end he still couldn't take out a single magic crystal.

"Um, I don't have that many magic crystals right now. How about we buy them on credit?"

The Snow Woman snorted and said:

"Stop it. If you can't bear to part with me, just say so. Why do you have to beat around the bush?"

Look me in the eyes, and tell me the truth, have you fallen for me?

Since the Snow Maiden went to the Northern Territory and transformed into her current youthful and beautiful form, she has never reverted to her previous loli-like shape. Now, being stared at by her beautiful eyes and asked if he liked her, Chen Cheng was much more at ease than before.

"like?"

Upon hearing this, the Snow Maiden blushed slightly, but the next moment Chen Cheng shook his head and said:

"I wouldn't say I like you, I just think that I can hold this ball in my hand and play with it when I have nothing to do."

With a loud thud, the Snow Woman punched Chen Cheng on the head.

"Are you trying to get yourself killed? If you don't give me a raise, you can forget about hiring me again."

"Okay, from now on your salary will be converted into gold coins, based on your strength and ability, plus the fact that you have younger brothers and sisters to support."

My monthly base salary, plus settling-in allowance and various profit-sharing and benefits, totals three thousand. If paid annually, that's thirty-six thousand.

Chen Cheng spoke while gesturing.

Then Chen Cheng immediately tossed out a sack of gold coins and said:

"Here are 36,000 gold coins, so you can come with me now."

The little snowman elves who had been following the snow woman around like little shadows all rushed over to pick up the sack of glittering gold coins when they saw it.

"A bunch of heartless bastards, they've already sold out their eldest sister."

"It's alright, big sister. These are gold coins, you know. Just go with me... no, just go with the boss."

These little guys saw that the Snow Maiden had grown into an adult when she returned, and they all knew that their eldest sister had made the right decision to follow Chen Cheng.

They didn't want to be treated like nannies anymore, following them around all day and worrying about them.

Besides, this woman—no, this human—is a big boss, and he would never mistreat his older sister.