Chapter 531

In a certain mountain forest in the Far North region.

Bai Ge and Sakura were strolling forward. The latter walked in front like a samurai serving a monarch, her 'Frozen Hell' blade cutting every Honkai beast in sight in two.

"Sakura, isn't it about time I took over as the vanguard?"

"No need. I haven't consumed much, and these Honkai beasts are all too weak to be worth your personal intervention. It's better if I just handle them."

Sakura turned around and smiled softly.

Like a pink cherry blossom tree blooming in the ice and snow.

Bai Ge couldn't help but stare in a daze. He had originally thought this icy, snowy place was a hellhole, but after seeing the girl's smile, he felt it wasn't so hateful after all.

At least it could serve as a backdrop for the girl before him, setting off Sakura's beauty and gentleness.

"It's so good to have you here, Sakura~"

"!!"

This sentence dealt a critical hit to Sakura.

She almost lost her grip on 'Frozen Hell', hurriedly turning her back so as not to look at Bai Ge, the corners of her lips curling up uncontrollably.

Just a single compliment from Bai Ge made Sakura feel that her consumed stamina had completely recovered. The girl's morale instantly doubled; now, even if she were asked to solo a Judgment-class Honkai beast or a Herrscher, Sakura wouldn't even flinch!

"But let me do something trivial as well."

Bai Ge said, snapping his fingers.

The authority of the Herrscher of Flamescion generated a fiery ring of light centered on him. Instantly, the surrounding cold could no longer invade even a fraction, and the wind and snow were isolated outside the ring.

"So warm."

Sakura, enveloped within the ring of light, exclaimed.

For Fusion Warriors, most environments were not a problem; let alone low temperatures, even a vacuum couldn't threaten their lives, but they would still feel cold when it was cold.

And at this moment, Sakura only felt as if she were enjoying a sunbath, her whole body warm, and the ice and snow accumulated on her clothes melted completely in an instant.

"Sakura's ears were shivering from the cold just now. Is it better now?"

"You noticed?"

"Of course. After all, the scenery here isn't much, but I'm more fascinated by the way Sakura fights. Besides, I know better than anyone how sensitive your fox ears are."

Bai Ge said with some pride.

The young man raised his hand to grasp the fox ears on the girl's head, skillfully winding them in his hand to stroke them. During this time, whenever he was under high pressure, he would play with Sakura's ears like this; it had a miraculous effect on relaxing his body and mind.

The gentle yet stimulating sensation came from the top of her head. Sakura's face flushed red, and she subconsciously tensed her body, but she offered no resistance.

After a while, Bai Ge let her go only after he had his fill of playing.

"Thanks, Sakura, I'm good now."

"Mm, you're... you're welcome... haa~ haa~"

Sakura's legs went weak, and she almost couldn't stand steady. If Bai Mouren had continued for a few more minutes without letting go, she felt she might have needed to rest for a while before continuing the journey.

"But having said that, we've been investigating for so long, and we still haven't found the cause of the anomaly. It couldn't possibly be another Vishnu Honkai beast, could it?"

Bai Ge scanned the surroundings impatiently.

The reason he and Sakura had come here this time was to investigate the bizarre death events of Honkai beasts.

Recently, the Fire Moth, which had finally started operating at full speed and put all its heart into defeating the Honkai, had reorganized the past intelligence.

As a result, they discovered a clear anomaly in this region.

Even though there were no Fire Moth garrisons or Spiral Workshop hangars, all Honkai beasts that entered this region died, and the Honkai energy concentration in this area was also unbelievably low.

Thinking of this, Bai Ge dismissed the conjecture in his heart about a second Vishnu Honkai beast.

Although Vishnu was the only Honkai beast that would kill and devour other Honkai beasts, it did so for its own evolution, and the Honkai energy concentration would only get higher and higher; it couldn't be suppressed.

"According to the intelligence, there is only one isolated village tribe in this region that still retains some primitive customs. Perhaps the cause of the anomaly is related to them."

"Mm, what you say makes sense. Let's go take a look."

Bai Ge nodded. He had a guess in his heart, but he wasn't certain. After all, the pre-civilization intelligence in the game was always full of riddles... it was all MiHoYo's fault!

By the way, not bringing Aili on this mission was definitely not because Bai Mouren was fickle and didn't want her anymore.

It was because Miss Pink Elf was very weak against the cold.

With Miss Pink Elf's current strength, soloing a Herrscher or something wasn't a problem, but last time she hit a snag while subjugating a 'Vampati'. Although she eventually subjugated it without injury, she sneezed for two consecutive days afterward.

Elysia was intolerant of the cold; she was the type of girl who had to pay a price for wearing a short skirt in winter. Therefore, Bai Ge didn't bring her along on the mission to find the anomaly in the ice and snow.

(Elysia: "Touched! I knew you loved me, Bai Ge!")

However, just as Bai Ge and Sakura passed through the snowy forest and finally found the village hidden within it.

Whoosh—!

A violent blizzard appeared without warning, and the temperature in this area plummeted to minus tens of degrees instantly.

At the same time, the Honkai energy detectors they were carrying emitted a piercing high-risk alarm.

【Alert! Alert! A sharp rise in Honkai energy detected in this region! 1000HW, 2000HW, 4000HW... the value is continuing to rise. Please leave this region immediately!】

Bai Ge and Sakura looked at each other, both of them extremely shocked.

"This is... a Great Honkai Eruption?!"