Ji Shiyou carried Mingyue high into the sky.
Although their direction was correct, the two looked around.
They saw no mountain peaks on the ground.
Only a vast, flat expanse, a sea of white.
"There!"
Just as Ji Shiyou was about to change direction and search again,
He heard Mingyue shout, pointing at a house.
Following Mingyue's finger, they descended and examined it carefully.
Mingyue was indeed correct. From the air earlier,
The distance was too great, and the snow cover obscured their view.
Now, standing before the structure, they could see clearly.
This building was unmistakably the Witch Clan's divine temple, originally built on the summit of Yunmeng Mountain to worship the Seven Treasures.
However, most of it was now buried under ice and snow,
With only a small portion of the walls and roof exposed.
Ji Shiyou and Mingyue looked at the scene before them with disbelief.
The temple was built on Yunmeng Mountain, which stood over three thousand meters high.
Now, the entire mountain was frozen beneath the ice, and the surroundings were flat.
The solid ice had not just frozen one mountain; it had frozen the surface of the entire Tianlong Star.
This meant that the entire Tianlong Star,
Had been submerged by floods before freezing.
Then, for some unknown reason, the temperature dropped,
Causing the floodwaters to freeze, resulting in the current state.
Did this mean there were no living beings left on this planet?
Thinking this, the two simultaneously extended their divine senses.
They pierced through the solid ice, probing towards the Mingyue Base on the mountainside of Yunmeng Mountain.
Although Mingyue could not currently use witchcraft, thanks to the Heavenly Dao Disk recognizing her as its master,
Her divine sense was even more powerful than Ji Shiyou's. She saw the situation beneath the ice before him.
She saw that the Mingyue Base, originally located within the mountain's core, was now filled with solid ice.
The buildings and streets inside were just as they had been.
But now they were sealed by ice, encased in transparent blocks.
Inside, Mingyue saw many familiar faces – the people from the base.
They had all lost their lives.
However, the low temperatures had preserved their bodies,
Leaving them undamaged, their faces frozen in expressions of panic and despair from their final moments.
Everyone was in a posture of running outwards, as if a great flood had suddenly surged into the base.
They were trying to escape when the extreme cold instantly froze the water,
Trapping them all within the ice, taking their lives.
Mingyue's heart pounded with anxiety as her divine sense swept over each corpse.
She feared seeing the faces of her Mingyue team members among them.
That was what she dreaded most. Fortunately, she did not find Wen Qingtian and the others.
She also noticed that all the deceased were ordinary people.
No ability users, nor her father He Si.
Nor Dr. You Hen and the other researchers were visible.
Mingyue felt a slight relief. The absence of their bodies offered hope that they might still be alive.
She withdrew her divine sense, and Mingyue and Ji Shiyou met each other's gaze.
The Mingyue Base had been found, but it was a place of changed circumstances and departed souls.
Without a single living person, they still couldn't ascertain the reason for Tianlong Star's transformation.
"There's no other way. We have to use our divine senses for a thorough search."
Ji Shiyou said with a hoarse voice. He had also seen the tragic scene in the base and felt deeply disturbed.
Those people were the ones they had saved from the zombies.
They had followed them to the Mingyue Base, worked together to reclaim the land, and built the base.
Everyone had thought their lives held hope, striving to transform the apocalyptic world into a happy home.
Who knew it would all end in vain, and they would still lose their lives?
"No, let's go to the highest altitude. If there are survivors, they will be there."
Mingyue said in a deep voice.
Ji Shiyou immediately understood her meaning. He took her hand and they ascended.
They headed towards the world's highest point, Tianzhu Peak.
Mingyue was right. Based on the current scene,
The entire world had been submerged by water, and even Yunmeng Mountain was so inundated that only the temple on its summit remained.
A safe haven would logically be the highest point in this world.
If there were survivors, they would surely be there.
Mingyue was burning with impatience, finding Ji Shiyou's speed too slow.
She directly activated the Heavenly Dao Disk, transporting them both instantly.
The Heavenly Dao Disk was a primordial treasure, imbued with the principles of the Heavenly Dao.
It could traverse time and space, moving between different worlds.
Its speed was naturally far greater than Ji Shiyou's flight. In the blink of an eye, they reached their destination.
Tianzhu Peak, as expected of the world's highest point, was different from other areas.
Although this region was still a vast expanse of white,
It was no longer flat. Above the ice and snow,
More than a dozen mountain peaks stood tall. The highest among them,
Reached several thousand meters, likely the Tianzhu Peak.
Mingyue piloted the Heavenly Dao Disk, intending to land directly on the summit of Tianzhu Peak.
However, in mid-air, she detected an anomaly.
From the summit of Tianzhu Peak, fierce roars could be heard.
The creatures making these sounds were unknown to Mingyue and Ji Shiyou.
These creatures had white fur that grew in a swirling pattern.
Each was the size of a calf, with dog-like heads and ox-like bodies.
Yet, they emitted wolf-like howls, and their bodies glowed with a gray light, resembling ancient ferocious beasts.
They were gathered in a circle, attacking a white tiger.
However, this white tiger was peculiar; it stood on two legs like a human.
It was also heavily clothed, layer upon layer.
Whenever the strange creatures approached, it would swing its massive tiger claws,
Repelling them. But it did not pursue.
Leaning against a cliff face, it remained motionless,
As if there was something it needed to protect within the mountain wall.
But it was clearly exhausted, swaying precariously.
The creatures had also sensed the white tiger's fatigue.
With a roar, they bared their fangs and surged forward.
The white tiger let out a roar, filled with despair and unwillingness.
Then, its claws moved rapidly, injuring more than a dozen of these peculiar creatures.
But the ferocious beasts were too numerous, numbering in the hundreds.
The white tiger was surrounded and overwhelmed. Its clothes were torn,
Revealing a tank top and beach shorts underneath. Its body was covered in bite wounds.
"It's Ren Jian, hurry and save him!"
Mingyue had felt the white tiger looked familiar from the start. Seeing its distinctive attire,
She immediately recognized the white tiger being attacked below as Ren Jian, who had undergone beast transformation.
She hastily controlled the Heavenly Dao Disk to descend, urging Ji Shiyou to save him.
Ji Shiyou had also recognized Ren Jian. Before they even landed, countless moon blades appeared.
Half-foot-long crescent blades flew like locusts towards the ferocious beasts.
In an instant, the lives of these beasts were reaped.
However, to their astonishment, after the beasts were killed,
No blood flowed. The gray light on their bodies flashed, and they vanished instantly.
Their bodies seemed to dissolve into energy and disappear into the heavens and earth.
"Ren Jian, are you alright?"
Seeing Ren Jian collapse on the ground, exhausted and unable to maintain his beast form, reverting to human shape.
Mingyue rushed over, helped him up, and asked with concern.
"Am I hallucinating before death, seeing Queen Mingyue?
And Ji Shiyou, is this a dream?"
Ren Jian looked at Mingyue and then at Ji Shiyou before him.
He rubbed his eyes and asked doubtfully.
"It's not a hallucination. Both Ji Shiyou and I are back."
Finally finding a familiar face, Mingyue said excitedly.
"You're back, it's good you're back! Where did you two go?
You know to come back, do you know that
Everyone in this world is about to die out?
Do you have any food? Hurry and take it out.
I've been starving for half a month!"
Ren Jian first smiled with relief, then his expression suddenly changed.
He first scolded them fiercely, then put on a weak appearance, demanding food.
Ji Shiyou and Mingyue were completely unable to keep up with his mood swings,
Like two bewildered monks, utterly confused.