Chapter 168 The Truth About the [Spontaneous Combustion Curse], Entering the Elf Temple! (Please Give Me a Monthly Ticket! Please Subscribe!)

"Village Chief - Village Chief Ruhr!"

In the freezing cold sea, Yan Yan paddled with difficulty and shouted loudly.

"Listen to my advice..."

But soon, Yan Yan, who was on fire, was stunned.

Because, the one who stuck his head out from the deck of the Diamond Star was not the village chief of the Ice and Snow Island, but the captain of the Black Swan - Shane!

Shane jumped lightly and jumped onto a floating ice on the sea, looking at Yan Yan with a smile.

"What do you want to do here?"

Yan Yan has a simple personality, but he is still very smart. Looking at Shane's expression, he guessed that he was probably late, so he said honestly.

"I saw the Diamond Star disappear on the coast, so I guessed that Village Chief Ruel might attack you."

"So I followed him and wanted to persuade him to give up."

"But now it seems that I am still a step too late."

Hearing this, Shane said directly: "Yes, Village Chief Ruel and other villagers have been captured by me, including the young man named Gray."

"...Do you want to plead for them?"

For Shane, the life and death of these villagers is not important at all.

Anyway, after getting the sea chart and diving in the Emerald Ancient City a few more times, he will leave this sea area.

It is estimated that he will never meet these villagers again.

Except for the main culprit Ruel, Shane has the idea of ​​killing him, and it doesn't matter whether the others live or die.

In contrast, Shane cares more about this blazing fire man - Yan Yan!

If he really pleads with him, Shane is willing to do him a favor and ask him to help lift the "extreme cold seal" under the ice sea.

But what Shane didn't expect was

At this time, Yan Yan shook his head firmly: "How could it be so?"

"If they haven't taken action yet, it would be fine. Now that they have already taken action, they have made enemies with Captain Shane."

"No matter what the result is, it's all their own fault. Why should I, an outsider, plead for them?"

Hearing this, Shane looked at Yan Yan unexpectedly.

Obviously, although this young man is kind-hearted, he also has his own bottom line and principles. He is not an annoying "saint."

"But..."

Yan Yan looked at Shane and continued: "I do have a request."

"Please speak."

"Captain Shane, please don't vent your anger on the other villagers on the Ice and Snow Island and leave them a way out."

Yan Yan said sincerely: "Many of them don't know Ruhl's ideas and plans. Now that they have lost so many young and middle-aged people, life is already more difficult. There is no need to kill them all."

Shane smiled and asked back: "Do you think I'm the kind of person who will casually massacre an island?"

Yan Yan stopped talking.

The scene he saw in the extreme cold storm left a deep impression on him.

Even the storm had to bow down to this captain. To such a person, slaughtering an island doesn't seem to be too exaggerated, right?

Xia En: "..."

Although he would use the most cruel means to root out the problem when necessary.

But normally, in his opinion, killing is just a means, not an end.

Why is he like a villain in Yan Yan's eyes?

"... Am I that scary?"

Xia En's mouth twitched slightly, and he took the initiative to change the subject and said, "As far as I know, you don't have a good relationship with the villagers on the island, right?"

"Why do you still want to protect them?"

After a brief hesitation, Yan Yan sighed and explained.

"In fact, the spontaneous combustion curse in their village does have a lot to do with me."

"... Huh?"

Xia En was stunned. He just asked casually, but he didn't expect that he seemed to have asked some great secrets.

"This ice island is remote and the weather is extremely cold."

Yan Yan slowly said: "The food needed by the villagers on the island mainly comes from hunting, fishing, and a piece of farmland in the core area of ​​the village."

"Farmland?"

Xia En thought of the relatively warm temperature in the village and guessed that some valuable crops or other fruits and vegetables were probably planted in that field.

After all, anyone with a little common sense knows that eating only fish and animal meat for a long time will cause damage to the human body.

And this piece of farmland is probably the key factor for the ice island to continue to this day.

But what does this have to do with the so-called "spontaneous combustion curse"?

Soon, Yan Yan's words answered Xia En's doubts.

"A few hundred years ago, a terrible blizzard swept across the island."

"The blizzard was so big that even though the villagers had special bloodlines, they couldn't leave the village too far, or they would be frozen into ice sculptures."

"During these months of wind and snow, the villagers couldn't go out hunting, and the food reserves in the village continued to decrease."

"Even the farmland was covered by the blizzard, and the crops that had been planted before were all gone."

"The terrible hunger hangs over the whole village like a dark cloud."

Yan Yan's handsome face showed memories and pity, and he said in a complicated tone.

"Once people are hungry, they can do anything."

"Captain Shane, you should be able to imagine that situation, right?"

Shane nodded slightly heavily.

"Seeing that the whole village was about to perish because of hunger, I thought of a solution that was not a solution."

Yan Yan pointed at himself: "I can survive without eating, and my body can regenerate infinitely..."

His expression was very calm, as if he had said something insignificant.

But Shane's eyes suddenly changed.

He didn't need Yan Yan to say anything more, he already understood everything.

If it is said that the [Rust Duke] of [Rust Waste City] uses civilians as consumables and resources, and squeezes out their surplus value.

And Yan Yan is just like himself, treating himself as firewood, burning himself and illuminating others.

Such awareness and courage really shocked Xia En.

Yan Yan smiled bitterly and continued, "But what I didn't expect was..."

"After that, the villagers in the village were infected with the 'spontaneous combustion curse'. Every few months, someone would spontaneously combust and die."

"That's why I said that this curse is related to me."

Xia En immediately figured out the reason behind it.

There must be some unique secret power hidden in the flesh and blood that never extinguishes and regenerates infinitely.

And after this secret power enters the bodies of the villagers, it is passed down from generation to generation, and one day it accumulates to the limit, detonating like a time bomb, thus igniting the body of that person.

This is the truth of the "mystery of spontaneous combustion" on the ice and snow island!

But how can this be said to be Yan Yan's fault?

If it weren't for Yan Yan's dedication, this village would have ceased to exist hundreds of years ago!

Xia En stared into Yan Yan's eyes and said very seriously.

"You did nothing wrong."

"The ignorant and stupid villagers were wrong."

"You are amazing, I say...really!"

Looking at Xia En's sincere eyes, Yan Yan felt as if his heart was hit hard by something.

On the Ice and Snow Island, he always heard the villagers' reproaches and scoldings, and felt only disgust, alienation, and fear...

No one had ever said to him, "You did nothing wrong."

No one had ever praised him so sincerely.

At this moment, Yan Yan felt a complex emotion that he had never experienced before.

"Don't worry, I didn't intend to attack the villagers on the island."

Xia En directly explained his purpose: "And it just so happens that I have another thing that I hope you can help me with."

...

...

The next day.

After the [Submersible] times were refreshed, Xia En took Yan Yan to the sea area where the [Emerald Ancient City] was located.

The only two places on Yan Yan's body that were not covered by flames were his feet and head, which made him barely stand on the deck.

Of course, if you get too close to other things on the ship, there is still a risk of causing a fire.

Without Xia En's reminder, Yan Yan stood in the corner of the deck, trying to shrink the flames around him, fearing that he would make a big mistake.

With his body of two and a half meters, he even looked a little "pitiful".

At this time, the [Black Swan] and [Diamond Star] were sailing one after the other.

Because the damage of the [Diamond Star (Incomplete)] was too serious.

Going out to sea rashly would undoubtedly seriously slow down the speed of the [Black Swan].

Therefore, Xia En planned to upgrade its level to LV2 in the [Emerald Ancient City] first, and then leave this sea area after the hull is healed.

At first, Xia En was worried that it would be difficult to control two ships at the same time.

But the actual operation was much simpler than expected.

Under normal circumstances, he only needs to control the front ship, and the rear ship is like turning on the "auto-follow" function, silently following behind.

However, if you want to micromanage the two ships, you have to devote yourself to the perception of the two bonds in your soul.

Not long after.

Facing the pale sunlight in the sky and the cold air blowing on the deck, the [Black Swan] came to the edge of the ice again.

It took less than two days.

The ice layer, which was full of cracks and holes before, was frozen smooth again, and there was no trace of the battle that day.

And with the arrival of the [Black Swan], some existences under the ice seemed to be ready to move again.

Xia En had no interest in dealing with the replica sea beasts that could not give experience.

So, after throwing Yan Yan off the bow, he drove the two ships to a slightly farther sea area.

Then...

"Submerge, start!"

The dark and deep projection body emerged in the cold sea water like a ghost.

Soon, Shane saw Yan Yan, who looked like a torch, not far away.

This bright fire was very eye-catching in the dim sea water.

But perhaps it was the instinct of the creatures, and the sea beasts around him, who should have never seen fire in their lives, showed awe.

So no sea beast dared to approach him.

"Are the fish in the sea afraid of fire?"

Shane was in a strange mood, and swam quickly to Yan Yan.

"Hmm... Hmm!?"

It can be seen that after seeing Shane's projected body, Yan Yan was obviously startled, and seemed to be confused about what the human-shaped black shadow in front of him was.

This is no wonder.

With the improvement of the [Mysterious] attribute, Shane's body on the boat was at least covered with a handsome skin, and his charm was greater than his mystery.

But the projected body under the sea was originally unclear, and this temperament became more and more mysterious, which naturally made people feel scared.

If a person with higher inspiration looked at him, he might have some confused hallucinations and let his imagination run wild.

At this moment, Xia En was more and more in line with the image in the [Shadow without Face] story.

"I am Xia En."

With the ability of [Underwater Conversation], Xia En spoke decisively, allowing Yan Yan to calm down quickly.

'Captain Xia En under the sea, it turns out to be like this...'

'Or is this some kind of special secret ability? '

While Yan Yan was still surprised, he saw Xia En's figure diving down first, and he immediately followed.

Soon, the [Emerald Ancient City] submerged in volcanic ash came into his sight, which surprised him secretly.

But Xia En still did not stop at all, and went straight through the ice layer under the ancient city.

This elf city under the ice layer opened Yan Yan's eyes, and he secretly admired it.

"Captain Xia En can actually find such a hidden city, it's amazing!"

The two people's dive naturally attracted the attention of the sea beasts under the ice.

But perhaps because Yan Yan's flame was too special, these magic pattern sea beasts hesitated and dared not approach.

"Come on!"

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xia En immediately brought Yan Yan to the front of the Elf Temple.

"Go, go and melt this layer of ice!"

Yan Yan nodded heavily, quickly swam towards the temple, and opened his arms towards the ice.

At some point, the fairy Tracy came to Xia En and murmured.

"Do you think he can succeed?"

Xia En said with certainty: "He definitely can!"

Yan Yan did not disappoint Xia En's expectations after all.

The moment his body touched the ice, the strange flame immediately spread to the ice layer, and the unquenchable fire flowed like water around the periphery of the temple.

The fire swept out from Yan Yan's body, over the gate, over the stone pillars, over the murals...

The flames intertwined like a net, and rose from the wall like breathing.

Crack...

With a slight cracking sound, a crack first appeared in the ice layer.

Then, the crack continued to expand, covering the entire temple in the blink of an eye.

What surprised Xia En even more was that part of the icy power penetrated into Yan Yan's body, and gradually offset his flames.

Let him peel off from the flames.

The charred skin with granulation growing continuously was truly exposed to the sea water for the first time.

Yan Yan himself was also very surprised, but soon showed an ecstatic expression.

"... What is this?"

Xia En's heart moved.

This situation is like a reward given to Yan Yan by the "Extreme Cold Seal", which is really hard to explain by coincidence.

Could it be that his previous guess was right?

Yan Yan was the [key] that was prepared in advance to unlock this seal?

Creaking——

At this moment, the door of the Elf Temple slowly opened.

Xia En looked up and saw that the interior of the temple was both dilapidated and empty. The floor and walls had been baptized by time, and it seemed to have experienced a tragic battle.

A statue of a goddess whose face could not be seen clearly stood at the end of the hall.

For some reason, this statue gave him a very familiar feeling.

For some reason, Xia En subconsciously walked into the hall.

Fairies Cui Xi and Yan Yan followed naturally.

The next moment.

"Click".

Xia En looked at his palm in astonishment. He took out the pocket watch named [Moment of Time] at some point.

At this moment, the pointer on the pocket watch, which had been moving continuously, stopped by itself and froze at this moment.

In the silver-white light.

Xia En's eyes went dark, and countless bizarre scenes appeared in his mind.

When he opened his eyes again, the world was very different!