The moon is quite bright tonight, and with Gou's warning, driving down the mountain at night shouldn't be a problem.

However, the road was slippery and it was downhill all the way, so Lu Xi'an could only drive slowly and with caution.

But before they even had the chance to descend to the foot of the mountain, a sudden chill hit them, rushing in through the open window.

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei gazed downwards, and the city revealed in full view suddenly became covered with a layer of frost.

—The ebb of the tide is completely different from when it comes surging in.

The sea came roaring with towering waves, but when it retreated, it was relatively calm, with the waterline lowering bit by bit, only causing waves at the edges of the retreat or where there were objects to collide with.

Such as Caiyang Mountain, and those buildings.

The terrain of Caiyang Mountain is higher and has already been fully revealed, but the city below has been frozen.

At the foot of the mountain, the edges of buildings high and low, large and small, were piled with ice flowers formed by frost, making the whole world gleam with purity, as if the mountains and buildings were growing on a darkened mirror surface.

The road beneath their feet was already slippery, and now frozen by the chill, it turned into ice in an instant.

The downhill road immediately became an ice slope downwards, and the tread of the RV's tires was far from providing effective traction.

Lu Xi'an stomped hard on the brakes, but it was useless; the vehicle slid down without a moment of pause.

Damn, this cold front came at the worst time!

Lu Xi'an couldn't help but clench his teeth.

Seeing a turn ahead, and the steering wheel already losing effect, Lu Xi'an quickly said, "Get out, let's lift the car and move!"

"Okay."

Yao Wei replied, tossing the new piece of Fungus Stone to Lu Xi'an, saying, "One piece each."

Lu Xi'an reached out and caught it. With this in hand, he could at least maintain his own state. The clothes he wore were not particularly thick, so he didn't have to worry about getting too cold.

Hmm… Back in the apple orchard, it was so cold outside that he'd gone out and forgotten about it. Later, he had to rely on Yao Wei to warm him up when he got back.

That's actually quite nice.

The effect of the Fungus Stone should be remembered when necessary, and forgotten when it's not; there's no harm in it.

The two of them simultaneously opened the doors and jumped off the car, still finding the ground somewhat slippery beneath their feet.

However, they had already practiced more than once in icy and snowy conditions and knew how to manage their bodies and exert force on such surfaces and environments. For the present moment, one moved forward, one backward, and they lifted the car up.

"Shush—"

Feet still slipping and sliding beneath them, but both remained calm in their hearts. At the curve, they twisted their waists, turned their feet, and with a forceful shove, kicked the ground to forcibly adjust the direction, continuing to carry the car downhill on the road.

—This road was uneven and bumpy, full of ups and downs, jostling like crazy while driving; but now, for Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei, it was all advantages, no disadvantages.

Relying on these bumps on the road, they descended smoothly and managed to make their way down the mountain stably.

The sea level was still some distance from the ground, and Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei steadily set the car down, looking around. The ice surface was flat, with only around the buildings, white ice flowers blossomed into eternal moments, waiting to wither when the cold front passed and the weather warmed.

Those ice flowers, from near to far, some blossomed at the waistline of buildings, some in the middle of floors, depending on whether it was on the slope or the bottom of the city.

Overall, this city is not level, with quite considerable altitude differences, so near Caiyang Mountain, more of the buildings are exposed.

Lu Xi'an bent down to look, under the thick ice layer there seemed to be water flowing, though it was quite deep below.

He and Yao Wei stood on the ice layer, the RV placed on top, seeming to have no impact on the ice layer, with no hint of a crack.

If that's the case, walking on the ice should be safe.

But once this ice melts, he and Yao Wei, and the RV, are bound to slip into the water.

He and Yao Wei would be fine, they could just swim back to the surface. But the problem lies with the RV.

Lu Xi'an glanced back, the road up Caiyang Mountain seemed to be coated by an ice film, making it impossible to go back up the mountain.

Before, even if they didn't drive down, parked there, they might have slipped down unless they stayed at the top, or the tires got frozen with the ground.

But now it's too late to talk about these things; who could have anticipated such a thing happening in the middle of a good sea retreat?

The world's temperature changes come so quickly, catching people off guard.

"We need to get out of here quickly, it'll be too late once the ice melts."

Lu Xi'an said.

"Okay."

Yao Wei responded, frowning, "But with the road so slippery, how do we walk?"

Lu Xi'an thought for a moment, and then issued commands to Gou in the car through the window: "Gou, you navigate the RV south, try to see which side we can land ashore.

"Also, pay attention to the ice layer thickness beneath the car, don't break the ice and fall into the water.

"We will assist directions on each side of the car, if you can't control the car, alert us and we'll give it a push."

Gou promptly replied through the RV's sound system: "Mechanical Dog 02 understands, taking over vehicle control now."

With those words, the RV started moving on its own.

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei saw the steering wheel on the driver's seat rotating on its own, and the tires below skidding. Then they heard Gou's electronic synthesized voice again:

"The road is slippery, the vehicle cannot self-complete the turn, please assist with a twenty-degree turn to the west."

Lu Xi'an gently pushed it from outside the car, and the car head immediately turned to the southwest.

The uncontrolled steering wheel turned in the opposite direction again, and Gou's voice sounded again: "The turn exceeded twenty degrees, please adjust slightly to the east."

This time it didn't mention the angle. Perhaps it felt that the two humans were too slow and lacked sensitivity to precise angles.

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei said, "You go to the passenger seat and give it a slight push. We'll follow the car from left and right."

"Alright."

Yao Wei agreed, went around to the RV's passenger seat, and gave it a slight push.

The wheels started to turn but didn't move the car forward, only spinning in place.

Lu Xi'an: "..."

Yao Wei: "..."

Gou: "Please assist the vehicle forward."

The two had no choice but to slightly push the window frames from both sides, and the car finally started moving.

Once moving, it was better said; the tires slowly moved forward. As long as there was no sudden acceleration or braking, there wouldn't be much impact, allowing for a smooth forward progression.

The vehicle continued southwest, encountering buildings and ice flowers blocking the way. Gou directed the two humans to push the car, turning west or east to bypass the obstacles, then returning to the original direction.

Thus the two humans and the vehicle moved forward on the ice. The combination was strange but not comical; rather, it was quite effective, slow, but steady.

Not only could they steadily head southwest, towards the direction off the ice, but they could also avoid the fragile spots of the ice layer, continuously moving forward, avoiding crashing through the ice and sinking into the sea.

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei knew that speed was not the focus at this time; the focus was stability and safety—especially the safety of the RV—so they didn't rush to accelerate.

They walked for quite a while before approaching the junction between ice and land.

They had already left Yangcai County far behind. Looking back, the city struggling within the ice had become a distant view, seemingly trapped on the edge of hell, unable to progress or retreat.

Turning back, rows of white ice flowers bloomed before their eyes; beyond the ice flowers, it was still bitter cold, but the road with only a thin ice film looked far kinder than the world underfoot now.

"Alright. Let's lift the car ashore."

Lu Xi'an spoke through the window to Yao Wei in the passenger seat, then went to the front of the car.

Yao Wei understood, went to the back of the car, and together with Lu Xi'an lifted the car, then leapt and jumped off the ice formed by the sea.

"Phew..."

The two let out a long breath; Lu Xi'an smiled and said, "Luckily, we are Neo-Humans."

"Mm."

Yao Wei nodded, indeed, and added, "Luckily we are Type A Neo-Humans."

Yes, luckily they were Type A Neo-Humans; otherwise, this time, the car would truly not have been saved.

Though protected by Dyson Sphere material, who knows if the car losing control from such a height at Caiyang Mountain would break?

Not every part of the car is protected by Dyson Sphere material.

At the very least, the eggs in the car definitely wouldn't survive.

Lu Xi'an smiled and said, "You're right. Let's get in the car, move forward, find a place to stop and rest."

"Mm."

Yao Wei agreed.

But just as they were about to get in the car, suddenly Gou's electronic synthesized voice came through the RV's speakers again:

"The Resonant Gene Scanner provides data detecting three energy sources coming from the northwest, currently more than five kilometers away."

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei were stunned, looked inside through the car window, and saw three red dots moving quickly on the Resonant Gene Scanner placed on the table at the back of the RV. They were still quite far from the red dots representing them and the two pieces of Fungus Stone.

But they were rapidly approaching.

"Four point five kilometers."

Gou updated the data, saying.

Those three red dots must be Type A Neo-Humans, or at least one of them is a Type A Neo-Human!

In the blink of an eye, Gou announced the new distance: "Four kilometers."

Lu Xi'an made a quick decision and said, "Gou, control the RV to move forward and hide!"

Looking at the movement direction of the red dots on the Resonant Gene Scanner, he was basically sure that those three red dots were coming for them.

Those three red dots, however, the means by which they found Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei was unknown, but their target was them!

With their speed, Lu Xi'an was certain it was impossible to leave with the RV, yet it couldn't be abandoned.

Therefore, they could only stop and prepare to face the battle.

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