Chapter 14: Abundant Reward

Zhang Bei reached out and made a gentle slash on the fish's belly.

The rice hidden inside instantly spilled out.

Su Xiao Xiao reached out, pinched a piece and put it into their mouth.

As they chewed gently, their eyes grew brighter.

Zhang Bei also pinched a piece of fish meat and took a bite.

He turned his head toward the viewers in the live stream and said, "I have to admit, there's a reason this fish is becoming endangered from being eaten."

While speaking, he displayed a piece of fish meat in front of the audience.

The fish meat was milky white and, in this cold weather, emitted faint wisps of heat.

Zhang Bei, in front of everyone, shoved the fish meat into his mouth and said, "It's soft and delicate on entry, but a gentle bite reveals a very firm texture."

Seeing Zhang Bei's face full of enjoyment, the entire live stream erupted in wails.

Qiu Xingwen: "WTF, even poisoning isn't done this excessively?"

Ye Fan: "I just finished eating, and I'm hungry again."

Hong Hui: "Looking at the instant noodles before me, I feel a murderous urge."

However, Su Xiao Xiao, sitting aside, paid no mind to the stream and kept eating piece after piece of fish meat.

The lunch was quickly finished, the site cleared, and the two continued on their journey.

The white ice snow vehicle was hardly noticeable in the snow.

Mid‑afternoon, with the route just past halfway, a scene that appeared before them made Zhang Bei stop the vehicle.

It was a tent constructed from dead wood.

But it hadn't survived the past two days of blizzard and had already been destroyed.

Zhang Bei exchanged a glance with Su Xiao Xiao, and the two walked toward the tent's ruins.

He reached out, brushed aside the snow ahead, and saw a wooden box.

Next to the box lay a middle‑aged man who was somewhat balding.

Zhang Bei's gaze shifted to the man's hand,

He forcefully pulled the man's hand away, and a necklace with a crystal pendant appeared before him.

Su Xiao Xiao hid behind Zhang Bei and said, "There's writing on the box."

Zhang Bei moved his gaze to look at it.

【Hello, if nothing went wrong, I might already be dead at this moment,

If you return, give this pendant to my daughter,

Consider the contents of this box as a reward, please.】

The whole message was carved onto the box with a small knife, letter by letter.

Looking at the man's lying posture, Zhang Bei was certain that he had long anticipated his own death.

He let out a silent sigh and placed the pendant in his chest.

It was a father's dying wish; if there's a chance later, just help out.

Inside the box there was only one item: a golden coin.

Engraved on it was a Buddha statue resembling Guanyin.

Just as he lifted the coin, his wristwatch suddenly emitted a sound.

【Congratulations, player Zhang Bei, you have obtained the Divine Coin: Rakshami】

So this is the Divine Coin?

Holding the coin, Zhang Bei swiped his wristwatch and quickly opened his personal panel.

Player: Zhang Bei

Extraordinary Attribute: Unknown

Special Ability: Petrification (LV5)

Bloodline: Not activated

Affiliation: Unknown

Divine Coin: 1 (Rakshami)

Everything else remained unchanged; only the Divine Coin count increased by one.

Su Xiao Xiao stood nearby, frowned, and asked, "Auspicious Heaven?"

Zhang Bei turned his head toward Su Xiao Xiao and asked, "What does that mean?"

Su Xiao Xiao rubbed her temples and began to explain, "Rakshami comes from the A‑San mythos; it is the true name of the god Auspicious Heaven."

Zhang Bei squinted at the coin before him.

The engraved deity indeed bore A‑San's style.

What the Divine Coin does is still unknown.

But since it appears on his personal panel,

that shows the item must be very important.

He kept the Divine Coin close, looked at the man lying in the snow,

and waved at Su Xiao Xiao, "Go fetch me an axe."

Soon, Zhang Bei, wielding a Second Level axe, split the ice surface.

He placed the man's corpse onto the ice and covered it with snow.

Only then did he exhale slowly, looked at the silent Su Xiao Xiao and said, "Let's go, we should hurry on."

The ice snow vehicle drove onto the snow once again.

The blizzard covered all traces, leaving only the ability to constantly guess the direction of animal migration along the river.

As we traveled along the river, two days quickly passed.

On the tenth day of the Bing He Ji, Zhang Bei's vehicle finally stopped during the day.

What appeared before the two of them was a wide city wall.

This place is marked on the map as Fallen Star.

It is obvious that this is a human settlement!

Zhang Bei slung his long sword behind his back and stepped on the snow as he approached the city wall.

Li Qinqin: 【Holy shit, is this gate made of metal?】

Lu Zhong: 【Holy shit, is that thing on the city wall a cannon?】

Ye Fan: 【The theory of evolution has completely collapsed!】

Although the entire city wall was built of stone, the gate gleamed with metallic luster.

Even on the city wall, one could see artillery similar to that of wartime.

However, on the side of the city wall, there is a gap that appears to have been knocked out by some unknown creature.

He waved at Su Xiao Xiao, staying alert as he walked into the city.

What appeared before Zhang Bei was not an empty city,

but a ruin, a ruin buried under the snow.

Only in the center of the city did there remain an intact building.

Li Qinqin: 【Holy shit, was this a battle?】

Qiu Xingwen: 【Does the Bing He Ji still have such a city?】

Niu Xuanming: 【Quickly go check that building; maybe we can find some clues!】

Without needing a reminder from the livestream, Zhang Bei walked toward the building ahead.

The building's structure resembled a church, except it lacked the distinctive cross.

He reached out and pushed open the building's gate, and a cloud of dust billowed out.

Zhang Bei narrowed his eyes and stepped back, and only after the dust cleared could he see what was inside the building.

Placed in the very center was a stone statue as tall as three meters.

Zhang Bei walked around the statue once and said: "It's the same person as the previous one,"

Su Xiao Xiao was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted.

What Zhang Bei referred to was the broken statue that the two of them had discovered in Malai Ge.

The statue depicted a man with a square face, bearing a treasured sword on his back.

Besides the statue, the room contained only a stone platform.

On it lay a stone box.

Zhang Bei reached out and opened it, revealing a dust-covered scroll before his eyes.

Looking at its shape, it seemed the same as the scroll Su Xiao Xiao had found previously.

Suddenly, Su Xiao Xiao somehow triggered a mechanism, and the statue burst forth with purple light.

Accompanying the purple light, an image like that of a projector appeared in midair.

Su Xiao Xiao looked at Zhang Bei and stuck out her tongue: "I just touched that treasured sword."

Zhang Bei didn't mind, merely nodding, and focused his attention on the image in midair.

In the image, the figure depicted on the statue held a treasured sword and gazed at the sky.