Chapter 477 - 473: A Thousand Miles of Ice
Chapter 477: Chapter 473: A Thousand Miles of Ice
Zheng Feina glanced over, pursing her lips speechlessly.
Seeing this, He Zhi reached out and tugged on her sleeve.
Zheng Feina couldn’t help but complain, "Why are you tugging me? I’m not wrong. Isn’t it ridiculous? What even are these people? Strictly speaking, you can’t even call them human anymore."
"Zhuang Xinyi doesn’t know the first thing about the situation, but she’s the first one to jump out and play the Holy Mother. Before criticizing others, shouldn’t she try to understand what’s actually going on?"
"I told you we shouldn’t have brought her along to make the mission harder. Isn’t she just making the Revitalization Team look bad?"
Zha Peng was extremely embarrassed. He glanced at them before quickly running over to Zhuang Xinyi.
Zheng Feina scoffed, "This is just too much."
Soon, Zhuang Xinyi’s suppressed sobs and Zha Peng’s quiet words of comfort could be heard from over there.
He Zhi gave Zheng Feina a pinch. "We already brought her, so just let it go."
"Go on, you’re always the peacemaker. Every time I call her out, you’re right there smoothing things over. What you’re doing isn’t protecting her, you’re hurting her, you know that?"
"If it weren’t for you and Zha Peng acting like her bodyguards and protecting her since the very beginning, do you think she’d still be this naive and clueless about the world?"
"Let me be blunt: a doting mother spoils the child. She’s a grown woman, yet you all still protect her like a child. What do you think will happen to her if she ever leaves us, or if she gets separated from the team? What will her fate be?"
"Yes, yes." The ever-agreeable He Zhi nodded repeatedly, trying to placate Zheng Feina with a careful smile. "I know you mean well. But... even if you want to teach her, you have to do it little by little. Growth doesn’t happen overnight."
Zheng Feina rolled her eyes. "Look at Xie Ning’s team! Their unity, their drive, their cohesion—it’s so good. Now look at us!"
"Their team even has two or three teenagers! No matter how immature Zhuang Xinyi is, look at her age! Is she really less sensible than a few kids?"
"Did you see any of them jump out and start lecturing, ’You can’t do this! You can’t treat the elderly like that! You’ll be old one day too!’"
"Are we targeting the elderly? She has no clue what’s actually going on!"
"Okay, okay, calm down, calm down." He Zhi could only try to soothe Zheng Feina and cool her down. "Nana, don’t worry. From now on, I’ll stick with Xinyi. I’ll make sure she doesn’t do anything too outrageous."
"When it’s a matter of life and death, you’ll still have to look after her!" Zheng Feina huffed, rolling her eyes. "You should be more worried about yourself."
"Alright, I know, I know. Stop complaining. Get in the car. Let’s get in and have something to eat. You haven’t even had dinner. You must be hungry."
He Zhi coaxed and cajoled until she finally got Miss Zheng into the vehicle. Then she turned to see Zheng Heng looking her way and sighed with a wry smile.
"You should look after yourself first." Zheng Heng didn’t join his sister in complaining about Zhuang Xinyi. He just said coolly, "Before we left, Zha Peng promised he would protect Zhuang Xinyi himself. We don’t need to worry about it."
"Let’s get on." Zheng Heng nodded to the other team members. "Everyone, stay alert. We should reach Gushang Base in about an hour."
"The leader mentioned earlier that there might be microorganisms in the sandstorm, something like insects. Take precautions. Plug your ears with cotton and make sure your goggles are on tight."
"Yes, Captain!"
Xie Ning looked at Xiao Gu and asked in a low voice, "Did you make contact?"
"Mhm." Gu Chen nodded. "But it will take some time for the people from the Capital to get here and deal with them."
His brow furrowed slightly. "And we can’t stay here for long."
He had been thinking it over and concluded he would have to leave some team members behind to watch these savages until the people from the Capital arrived.
"Don’t worry about that." Xie Ning gave him a confident smile. "Just ask my mom for help."
"Aunt Song has a way?" Gu Chen’s expression brightened slightly.
Song You’ai was nearby, helping the members of Team A tie people up. When she heard Xie Ning and Gu Chen call her name, she hurried over.
Seeing the perfect couple standing together from a distance, Song You’ai’s eyes curved into crescents.
’My daughter and Xiao Gu are truly a match made in heaven. How can they be so perfect for each other? The more I look, the more I like it.’
"Mom, Xiao Gu has a favor to ask you!" Xie Ning said with a grin.
"Xiao Gu needs something? Oh, no need to ask for a favor, just tell me." Song You’ai laughed. "As long as it’s something this Auntie can do, I’ll definitely get it done for you."
"Aunt Song, Ningning said you have a way to trap all these people here? To prevent them from escaping."
Song You’ai blinked, turning to her daughter with a slightly bewildered look.
’I didn’t even know I had this ability...’
Xie Ning winked back at her and made a rather comical gesture. "Mom, use that ultimate move! The one you told me about before."
Song You’ai’s eyes lit up. "Oh, right, right! Xiao Gu, trapping them is simple. I’ll just seal them inside a wall of ice."
"Aunt Song can make an ice wall that big now?"
"HAHAHAHAHA!" Song You’ai laughed boisterously with her hands on her hips. "This Auntie is a Fifth Rank Superpower User now. Reaching the Sixth Rank in a few days isn’t just a pipe dream!"
Xie Ning stared at her mother, deadpan.
’Who did she learn to brag like this from? She’s laying it on a bit thick...’
"Don’t you worry, Xiao Gu. Just gather these people in one spot, and I’ll create a prison for them."
"If you seal them in completely, won’t they..." Gu Chen cleared his throat. "Suffocate?"
These people did deserve to die, but it had to be handled officially by the base. He didn’t have the authority to decide the life or death of nearly a thousand people.
"No, no." Song You’ai’s expression was a complete guarantee. "I’ll leave a few gaps for them. I promise they won’t die. At worst, they’ll just be cold enough to dance about."
"Aunt Song, I’ll have to ask you to do it then!" Gu Chen’s mood brightened.
Aunt Song was a huge help.
Song You’ai nodded with a smile. After Gu Chen ordered his team members to herd all the savages into a central area like a flock of ducks, Song You’ai began to unleash her ultimate move.
Xie Ning stood to the side, the miraculous well water ready, her eyes fixed on her mother.
A bone-chilling cold began to radiate from her body, and a powerful energy burst forth, spreading wildly in all directions.
Li Dawei, Zheng Heng, and the others all stared at Song You’ai in astonishment. Everyone scrambled to get behind Gu Chen, Lu Wei, and the rest.
The main reason was that the cold air at the front was too intense; it felt like an icy rain was lashing their faces.
Ever since she advanced to the Fifth Rank, Song You’ai’s ice-making skills had become extraordinary.
As a vast expanse of ice spread out before them, even other Ice Ability Users felt inferior.
"What are you doing? What??" The old woman clinging to the heavily tattooed man’s eldest son saw this and her eyes widened in terror. She shrieked, "You can’t do this!"