After the Five Spirits Disk completed its spirit gathering, the twenty-four hours were almost up.
The berserk effect of the War God Lu Bu ended, and Bai Ye returned to his normal state. At the same time, Bai Ye finally reached the boundary of this supernatural region.
"This time, I should be in the right place!"
Bai Ye stepped across the boundary, and as the light around him dissipated, then...
"Achoo!"
As soon as Bai Ye stepped out of the light, he felt a cold aura rush towards him. He couldn't help but cover his nose and sneeze.
What appeared before Bai Ye was a vast expanse of glaciers, with wind and snow blowing all around, and waves of cold instantly assaulting him.
Even with Bai Ye's current physique, he could feel the cold air invading, making him shiver involuntarily.
However, a look of joy appeared on Bai Ye's face. Glaciers, that's right!
He hadn't come to the wrong place; this should be the venue for the coming-of-age ceremony.
"So then..." Bai Ye said, breathing out warm air, "First, I need to find the expedition team's base. I remember its location shouldn't be far from the regional boundary!"
Bai Ye mused as he rubbed his hands together and continued to move forward.
The icy and snowy environment made one doubt if this was a doomsday region, as it seemed no living creature could survive here.
But Bai Ye knew that this was actually a technologically advanced region.
A wealthy man named Viland owned a private satellite. One day, this satellite discovered the ruins of a pyramid-shaped temple deep within the Antarctic glaciers. Coincidentally, Viland was a wealthy man who loved adventure and possessed an exploratory spirit.
Thus, Viland spent a fortune assembling an expedition team to travel deep into the Antarctic glaciers to explore the pyramid ruins, and that's when the trouble began.
Within the pyramid ruins, there were terrifying extraterrestrial creatures known as Xenomorphs, a nearly perfect combat-form organic creature. They had been imprisoned here by ancient human gods for at least two thousand years and would have continued to be imprisoned if not for an accident. However, the expedition team's arrival disrupted everything. The team entered the ruins, awakened the slumbering Xenomorphs, and these Xenomorphs began to lay eggs, breeding in large numbers. Moreover, these creatures were extremely aggressive, possessing a killing instinct that would lead them to kill all other species.
At the same time...
A spaceship also landed on this glacier. Three Predators were also intending to enter the ruins.
They were the ancient humans of the world where this region was located. The pyramid ruins were built by their ancestors. When their technological civilization reached its peak, they built spaceships and began to explore the universe, leaving this world.
However, two thousand years later, these ancient humans still retained their traditions. Every ancient human who wished to become a true warrior needed to complete their coming-of-age ceremony, which was to return to their ancestral land and hunt the Xenomorphs imprisoned there.
Live or die!
Complete the hunt, or die in the ruins.
Therefore, although the environment of this glacier had no connection to "technology," it was, in fact, a technologically advanced region.
Of course, if one insisted on calling it a doomsday region, Bai Ye felt it wouldn't be entirely wrong. If those Xenomorphs left the ruins, it would undoubtedly be a catastrophe for humanity, as they would slaughter all other species, including humans.
However, Bai Ye did not know the final outcome.
Perhaps in that world, the Xenomorphs ultimately emerged victorious, and that world might have become a doomsday under the devastation of the Xenomorphs.
Of course, it was also possible that humanity or the Predators emerged victorious, in which case peace would continue. Although Predators were also ferocious, they did not possess the same innate killing instinct as Xenomorphs.
But the specific state of that world was not important. What was important was that this region had become part of the world battlefield.
Lost in thought, Bai Ye stopped as a building appeared in front of him.
The building resembled an oversized container, square-shaped with a silver-white exterior.
"Is it a monitoring station?"
Bai Ye deduced that it was not the expedition team's base, as the base was much larger. Therefore, it should only be a monitoring station set up by the expedition team here.
Bai Ye glanced at the sky. The wind and snow seemed to have intensified a bit.
It was truly difficult to travel in this accursed weather, with very low visibility and extreme cold. If not for his body being modified by the T-virus and the continuous strengthening from the Five Spirits Disk, Bai Ye felt he would have long since frozen into an icicle. But even if he could endure it, Bai Ye felt it would be better to find some warm clothes and then continue his journey after the snow stopped.
Bai Ye mused as he walked into the building and pushed the door open.
Then...
Bai Ye was dumbfounded!
What was going on?
The monitoring station was brightly lit, and there were quite a few people inside, probably four or five. Most of them were wrapped in blankets, sitting at tables or resting on the floor.
When Bai Ye opened the door, many people's gazes shifted towards him, but only for a brief moment before they looked away and continued with their activities, as if Bai Ye's arrival was a common occurrence and nothing to be surprised about.
Bai Ye, however, was utterly bewildered. Were there so many people gathered in this godforsaken place?
After all, this was a glacier, devoid of human habitation, and there couldn't be any neutral zones. Therefore, even if one was randomly assigned to this area upon entering the world battlefield, they would try their best to leave as soon as possible, let alone gather here.
"Could it be that the forbidden zone has already been claimed?"
This thought popped into Bai Ye's mind.
If the forbidden zone opened and everyone in the region was teleported into it...
Bai Ye shook his head. That didn't make sense either. If that were the case, people would be gathered *within* the forbidden zone, not outside it. And after the battles in the forbidden zone ended, everyone would be teleported back to their original locations, so they wouldn't be gathered here.
"Hi, would you like a cup of cocoa?"
At this moment, a voice sounded from behind Bai Ye.
Bai Ye turned to look. It was a petite woman, about 1.6 meters tall, bundled up in a thick cotton coat, making her appear even smaller.
At the same time, the woman held two cups in her hands, filled with steaming cocoa.
The woman smiled, raised the cups, and gestured to Bai Ye.
Bai Ye reached out and took a cup, saying, "Thank you."
The woman took a sip of cocoa and said, "My name is Jin Sha, what's yours?"
Bai Ye replied, "Bai Ye."
Jin Sha nodded and asked, "Are you here for Regiess too?"
Bai Ye blinked in surprise. "What's that?"
Jin Sha said, "The Ice God Pillar, Regiess!"