The first rays of dawn rose on the horizon. Invisible flames melted furiously out from the depths of the Land of Fallen Fire. Even from far away, Su Xiao could feel the waves of heat surging toward him.
Hiss~
The bandages wrapped around Su Xiao burned to ash and scattered. Seeing this, he ducked into the tent-like small shelter and pulled down the door latch from inside. With a click, the shelter sealed shut.
The shelter was tiny, only five square meters, and about 1.4 meters high. Sitting or lying inside did not feel cramped or stuffy, but standing up was practically impossible.
Because the shelter was made of layers of over a hundred composite materials, it was opaque and completely sealed. Its auxiliary systems had activated, bathing the interior in pale-blue light. Wisps of cool mist drifted from around the circular cold-light lamp overhead, making the heat accumulated in Su Xiao's body rapidly fade.
"So there's a shelter too. Looks like you prepared for the 'True Flame' long ago."
Father spoke while holding a glass of iced lemonade, a straw between his lips.
"..."
Su Xiao said nothing. He raised a hand and pressed it against the shelter's inner wall, sensing the change in temperature.
"Don't stay silent. At least give me some confidence..."
Before Father could finish, the invisible flames outside surged over. The impact caused the shelter to tremble faintly, while its alarms shrieked. The cooling system switched to maximum and barely kept the interior around 26°C. Every warning light lit up, and all kinds of readings shot off the charts.
Even so, the shelter remained sturdy. After all, it was high-tech equipment purchased at great cost from the Goblin Merchant Association. The association might be unscrupulous, but the quality of the goods it sold was absolutely