Along the way, Jiang Nan came across plenty of things frozen in the blue ice!
He didn't spot any sloths or squirrels, but he found plenty of creatures like megalodons and sailfish!
He even found the remains of some bizarre-looking spirit beasts—species he'd never seen before!
Jiang Nan even found a human ear frozen in the ice!
It was still lifelike, as if it had just been cut off!
No one knew how long this enormous frozen wasteland had existed. It had preserved far too much of the past!
Jiang Nan couldn't help thinking again of Bai Kou's handwritten notes in the Ancient Oracle!
A wild idea came to him!
Could Bai Kou have been frozen in the ice, kept in cold storage, and only thawed out now?
Was that how she'd lived so long?
Otherwise, it made no sense!
After sorting through his jumbled thoughts, Jiang Nan and the others had followed the main group deep into the glacier!
They continued downward until they finally reached a vast cavern in the ice!
The air pressure, much higher than usual, told Jiang Nan they were countless meters below sea level!
Deep underground in the ice cavern, the chill cut to the bone!
Enormous ice pillars stood everywhere, making the cavern look like a crystal palace.
Aka's group stopped and set up camp here. This was clearly where the Oracle Spirit Ruins would open!
This time, Aka had brought Bell, Nicky, and Gervas!
He'd also brought over three thousand underlings, each carrying a massive backpack crammed with all kinds of high-quality Spirit Binding Weapons!
Detection equipment and survival supplies!
They had cordoned off an area and set up camp there.
The scavengers didn't dare go anywhere near Aka. Every one of them kept well away!
And there were more than ten