The Fire Pit in the Snowy Mountains, and the Girl Beside It

Qing Chen walked through the long corridor and took out his most handy gun from inside the house, the Ash-012, with a magazine of 9 rounds and a 5.6mm caliber.

Easy to carry.

After he was ready, he did not rush out, but waited quietly for his return.

He held a new gene serum in each of his hands, one was FDE-005 and the other was FDE-004.

Qing Chen originally thought that the box Li Changqing gave him only contained the unfinished 002 and 001, but he didn't expect this woman to be so generous, saying she would give him a set, and even the ones Qing Chen didn't need.

Coincidentally, FDE-005 is given to Li Dongze of the Outer World, and FDE-004 is given to Liu Dezhu.

As for the one that Li Dongze brought back for Hu Xiaoniu, it can be sold to Zhang Chengze.

Now, the Daylight Organization has a complete method of cultivation, so even if you can't follow the path of a knight, you can still cultivate the Zhunti Method.

Gene therapy is no longer of much use to them.

Qing Chen glanced at the time; there was still a moment left...

Just then, he suddenly noticed the fruit plate on the living room table. The apples inside had dried out into dried apple jerky because they had been sitting there for too long.

Looking at the apple, Qing Chen suddenly thought of the girl in the wilderness, wondering what she was doing.

Winter in the snow-capped mountains of Southwest China seems unaffected by the changing seasons.

The Wilderness People living here are already accustomed to the local temperature, and winter is not particularly difficult for them.

On the contrary, the melting of snow and ice on the mountains during the spring and summer seasons brings flood season, causing river levels to rise and reducing their living space.

At this moment, a group of people were driving off-road vehicles, traveling on a rugged road, heading into the snow-capped mountains.

Even though it was already late at night, the sky here was not completely dark yet, and the white snow seemed to glow in the night.

As the vehicle jolted, the knuckles of the group of Wilderness People inside, strung together with hemp rope, rattled and clattered against each other.

There were a total of 32 pickup trucks, with the first Twenty-Nine of them fully loaded with game and furs, including a huge bison carcass.

The bison has dark red stripes on its horns and a touch of vermilion between its brows, resembling a closed third eye.

That was prey captured by a certain fire pit Divine Child when he completed his coming-of-age ceremony, hunted from a Forbidden Zone.

Behind these Twenty-Nine vehicles were three more vehicles loaded with diesel fuel and miscellaneous modern technological items—the spoils of their raid on the Federation's production base.

Sitting on that pile of miscellaneous items was a young girl with wheat-colored skin, wrapped in a thick fur coat, gazing blankly at the magnificent snow-capped mountains in the distance.

At that moment, the sunlight reflected from the moon onto the Earth was refracted and shone down on that lonely snow-capped mountain.

It was as if a lamp had been lit on the snow-capped mountain, burning brightly for a long time.

The snow-capped peaks are hidden in the clouds, making people very curious about what the summit of the snow-capped mountains looks like.

Inside the carriage, an eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy turned around and shouted, "Yiyi, did you see that? That's our sacred mountain. It's said that the gods were born there. On that day, a huge hand, surrounded by light, appeared in the sky and placed the baby on the summit of the snow-capped mountain. Then the gods grew up among the mountains."

The one speaking is the Divine Child has just completed his coming-of-age ceremony, the son of an elder.

The girl sitting in the back of the truck did not respond. She just thought the legend was a bit far-fetched. Wouldn't a baby freeze to death if it was left on a snowy mountain?

Besides, what do babies eat to grow up on snowy mountains? Snow?

Xiao Yi did not respond to Divine Child's words, as if she had not heard anything.

She gazed at the snow-capped mountain, lost in thought, thinking that the snow was as beautiful as the boy's skin.

The snow-capped mountain peaks hidden in the clouds were as mysterious as the boy.

Seeing that Yi Yi was ignoring him, the Divine Child in the car scratched his head and asked, "Why don't you come sit in the car? There are empty seats."

Xiao Yiyi said, "No need, thank you."

As she spoke, she took the last apple out of the pocket of her fur coat.

The apples were a bit dried out, but Xiao Yiyi couldn't bear to eat them. Whenever she missed her hometown or someone, she would take them out and smell the apple scent.

It was as if that smell could take her back to a campfire on a certain night, when the boy and the middle-aged man had just arrived at their camp and asked if they could stay overnight nearby.

However, Qin Yiyi was different from others. When she met that amazing young man, she was not overshadowed. Instead, she tried her best to get closer to him.

Whether or not we can have it, we'll have to try to find out.

Children of the wilderness have always been passionate and decisive in their love and hate.

That's why she came to the snowy mountains of Southwest China to find a hearth.

The car slowly drove along the road, and after they passed through a narrow Yamaguchi, the scenery in the snow-capped mountains suddenly changed, becoming lush and green.

This is a deep and open valley plain, where the massive earth's crust has been torn apart, and because it is so open, it has formed a deep valley that is like a plain.

In this deep valley, a lukewarm river flows through, steaming gently.

It was clearly a spring gushing from the ground, and the rising steam soared upwards, forming a cloud of mist that never dissipated above the valley.

Xiao Yi looked at the valley with curiosity, thinking to herself that it was too vast. If the climate were not taken into account, it would probably be no problem to cultivate several thousand acres of farmland here.

The valley is warm and humid, with temperatures more than ten degrees higher than outside.

Surprisingly, the warm river water didn't smell of sulfur. Xiao Yiyi saw women fetching water from the river, indicating that the entire hearth's water supply came from here.

Rows of wooden houses stood in the valley and plains, looking quite exquisite. People inside saw the convoy returning through the windows and ran out happily; there were young people and children among them.

The convoy hadn't stopped yet, it was just moving slowly. They jumped and laughed around the convoy, and curiously looked at the unfamiliar face in the truck bed, Qin Yiyi.

The elderly and women of the Huotang tribe stood there, laughing happily.

The elder who had led the team to Forbidden Zone No. 002 got off the vehicle and hurriedly walked into the depths of the valley plain, where the Great Elder resided. He needed to tell the Great Elder about some strange things that had happened in the Forbidden Zone.

"Brother Jiacuo, who is that girl behind you?" a child asked the Divine Child.

Divine Child Jiacuo rested one arm on the car window and laughed, "That was a girl who wanted to come to the fire pit, but she got lost in the snow mountain."

The child who asked the question glanced at the Divine Child Jiacuo, then at Qin Yiyi behind the cart, who seemed curious about everything. "Brother, she's so beautiful."

Jiacuo stretched his hand out the window, rubbed the child's head, and laughed, "You're just a little calf, what do you know about being pretty or not?"

By the standards of the Federation, Qin Yiyi was not considered particularly beautiful, simply because her skin was dark and she had a few tiny freckles on either side of her nose.

The people of the Commonwealth consider white skin to be beautiful, and during major holidays they will even apply thick makeup to make their skin appear pure white.

However, in the eyes of the people at Huotang, Qin Yiyi extremely beautiful, a rare beauty.

Divine Child Jiacuo thought of this, he wanted to secretly turn around and look at Qin Yiyi, but he held back.

The child looked at Qin Yiyi and asked bluntly, "Sister, do you have someone you like? If not, can you wait for me to grow up and marry you?"

Qin Yiyi looked at the little kid with the agate hair accessory on his head next to the car, thought for a moment, and said, "I've got it."

"Okay, then I'll ask Ah Zhen next door again," the little kid said, somewhat disappointed.

Qin Yiyi amused and exasperated; were all the relationships in this tribe so casual?

At this moment, Qin Yiyi, sitting in the back of the cart, suddenly felt a pang of heart palpitation. She silently looked towards a distant house, at the hearth where flames still flickered even though there was no firewood.

The hearth was made of black stones, and no one knew where the stones came from, yet they were so pure and flawless.

For some reason, Qin Yiyi glanced at the fire pit before realizing that the power that made her heart tremble came from there.

As the convoy continued deeper into the valley plains, the feeling of palpitations grew stronger.

At this moment, the elder leading the team had already lifted the curtain and entered the Great Elder's room.

An elderly man sat on the carpet with his eyes closed, meditating. As he meditated, he began to doze off.

"Ah Da, I'm back," the elder leading the team patted the dust off his clothes. "The Qing family's eldest First Branch broke their promise. I brought so much pollen from the Fengjun flower, but I still couldn't hold out until the people they wanted to kill entered the heart of the Forbidden Zone."

The old man slowly opened his eyes. "Have you contacted them?"

"We made contact," the elder in charge said, bewildered. "After our mission failed, we stayed in the Federation for a few more days. It was only when we saw their news that we discovered the person the Qing First Branch had asked us to kill was already dead. But everyone says we did it... The Qing First Branch also delivered this batch of weapons to the Wilderness People as promised."

The old man thought for a moment and said, "Isn't this a good thing?"

"It's good," the elder in charge said with a puzzled look, "But the problem is, we didn't do this. I feel there's something fishy about it."

"There's nothing strange about it, Yangcuo. It's good to be a little confused in life... What you gain unintentionally may be what the gods want to bestow upon you," the old man said, mixing the mud with water.

"Alright," said Elder Yangcuo, the team leader, his teeth aching, "Thank you, God."

At this moment, Qing Chen had no idea that he had unintentionally become a god of the Huotang tribe. If he did know, he would probably find it quite enjoyable.

However, just as they were talking, a wave of heat swept up from outside the door, forcefully blowing away the Great Elder's curtain.

The Great Elder's eyes gleamed. He looked through the open curtain at the hearth outside and saw a strange girl slowly approaching.

The closer the girl got, the brighter the flames in the hearth burned.

Before the team leader, Elder Yangcuo, could react, he discovered that the seemingly old and frail Great Elder had already appeared beside the fire pit with lightning speed.

The Great Elder carefully observed the flames, and within them, a figure could be vaguely seen.

The figure was none other than Qin Yiyi.

However, Qin Yiyi in the flames was no longer wearing a tattered fur coat, but stood majestically like a war god, holding a long sword in her hand.

The Great Elder glanced back at the long sword hanging on the wall of his room, identical to the one revealed in the flames. "It's over, the gods sent me to deliver the sword! My sword!"

The next moment, the scene inside the flames changed, and totem patterns began to appear on the girl's body.

The Great Elder was taken aback. "Divine Child from outside!"

He stared in astonishment at Qin Yiyi across from him, where mysterious black totems were spreading across her body.

Behind her, a divine image suddenly appeared, and a beautiful Vermilion Bird with a long tail flew into the sky, its clear cry echoing through the valleys and plains.

However, before the light and shadow in the flames had ended, a young man appeared beside the girl in the fire, standing there quietly gazing at the Great Elder.

The firelight flickered, Great Elder paused for a moment, stunned. "Who is this? There have never been two people in the hearth before. Could it be a deity himself?"

The team leader, Elder Yangcuo, stared blankly at the scene. "Ah, this!"

The countdown to the return has reached zero.

The world fell into darkness, and then it lit up again.

Qing Chen was still in the hotel in Miancheng, the Outer World. Not far from him, Jiang Xue was still staring intently at his arm as it fell.

"Aunt Jiang Xue, how have you been these past seven days?" Qing Chen greeted her with a smile.

Even though everyone is still in this house, we haven't seen each other for seven days.

It was a wonderful experience.

Jiang Xue smiled and said, "After this time I traveled through time, my skills in installing mechanical limbs have improved again. I can now independently complete some limb installation techniques."

Qing Chen asked curiously, "What exactly is used in the Inner World to connect the mechanical limbs to the physical body?"

Jiang Xue replied, "Bionic nanorobots, this is the most crucial part of the mechanical limbs. The little guys rely on human bioenergy to survive, connecting the mechanical limbs to the human body."

"I see," Qing Chen nodded. "Aunt Jiang Xue, please pack your things. We might return to Luocheng around dawn."

"Good."

Qing Chen turned around and went to the next room. Nan Gengchen also returned and was staring at Li Dongze in the Outer World.

Seeing Qing Chen go out and come back in such a short time, Li Dongze asked curiously, "Did you just return? I saw online that you Time Walker have double the time... There's something I can discuss with you."

Qing Chen glanced at him. "Go ahead."

"It's like this," Li Dongze said after considering his tone, "Is Li Dongze in the Inner World of great status? So high that everyone has to fight for me."

"You're not completely stupid after all. After four days holed up in the hotel, you finally figured it out?" Qing Chen asked. "So, all those times you ran away these past few days were actually your way of going to Luo City and transmigrating into the Inner World as Li Dongze, right?"

Li Dongze from the Outer World said, "How about this, we make a deal. You send me to Los Angeles, and I will transmigrate and become Li Dongze. I can give you a high reward. If I am still a master, I can also provide you with some protection."

Qing Chen sighed. Even after he was safe, this guy still couldn't resist the temptation to become a Time Walker boss.

Previously, the other party was forced to replace Li Dongze, but now they are actively seeking to replace Li Dongze.

However, he could understand it, because most people would be tempted by such temptations; it's only human nature.

If it were Qing Chen himself, could he guarantee that he wouldn't be tempted?

Qing Chen said to Jiang Xue, who had followed him outside the door, "Transfer 100,000 to him as... compensation for the continuation of his lineage."

The so-called continuation of offspring refers to the medical expenses for frozen sperm.

Then Qing Chen said to Li Dongze in the Outer World, "I'll give you thirty minutes to sort this out yourself, so you can leave yourself some hope."

However, at that moment, upon hearing this, Li Dongze immediately ran to the window, opened it, and prepared to jump.

"Never mind, sorry," Qing Chen sighed as he pulled the other person back. He pressed Li Dongze onto the bed and then stabbed the FDE-005 gene serum into his buttocks.

"Awooo!" Li Dongze from the Outer World cried out.

Then began the long period of pain.

Qing Chen bound the other party's hands and feet, and stuffed a towel into Li Dongze's mouth in the Outer World, letting the other party endure this long process of 'digesting' the genes.

Actually, Qing Chen originally said he would return to Luo City at dawn because he wanted to give Li Dongze in the Outer World a chance to freeze his sperm before administering the gene serum.

Finally, leave the other party with a sum of money.

But now he feels it's unnecessary. Since he can't be a good person, it doesn't matter if he's a bad one.

Qing Chen glanced at Nan Gengchen and said, "Let's go. Miancheng is only an hour away from Luocheng. Let's go home tonight."

"What should we do with this person?" Nan Gengchen asked curiously.

"It's alright, I'll send a message to Kunlun and ask them to help handle it. Go back to where you came from," Qing Chen said.

Nan Gengchen curled his lip. "Why be so nice to this kind of person? It's a complete waste of a gene serum."

Qing Chen glanced at Nan Gengchen: "We're not doing this for him, but to ensure we have Heart's Inquiry."

Just like the principles he taught Li Ke, a knight never needs to explain his actions to outsiders. Giving money to a beggar is simply to find peace of mind for himself.

Don't always think about grand things like saving the world. When you encounter problems, just act according to your conscience, and you won't go wrong.

Li Dongze, lying on the bed, watched in despair as Qing Chen and Nan Gengchen opened the door and left.

On the highway, Nan Gengchen, who was sitting in the back seat looking at his phone, suddenly said, "Brother Chen, look, they're discussing the Li family in He Xiaoxiao's group chat."

Qing Chen opened his phone and saw Chuang Wang say, "Something big is about to happen! Everyone, pay attention! The Li family has suddenly transferred the direct descendants of the Federation Group Army from their posts. As far as I know, at least eight of them have taken leave to visit their families and have been sent back to City No. 18 by airships dispatched by the Group Army."

"What's going to happen?" Li Si asked curiously.

"Can't you guess that?" Chuang Wang explained impatiently, "That old man from the Li family doesn't have much time left. These grandsons will definitely go back to mourn him, attend the funeral, and fight for family power! It's not just me guessing; many people are saying the same thing! Moreover, the Group Army groups controlled by Kamishiro and Kashima have already marched south, using exercises as a pretext for provocation and probing. The Federation Civil War expansion is about to begin!"

Everyone in the group was immediately startled. Was the big event they had been waiting for finally about to happen?

The life or death of that old man has touched the hearts of too many people.

Many people know that the day he dies will be a day of great upheaval throughout the Federation!

Qing Chen stared speechlessly at the messages in the group chat. These direct descendants, including Li Shu, had clearly returned to become disciples, not to hold a funeral or seize power...

He never expected that his act of taking on an apprentice would have such a huge impact.

If future historical records state that the cause of this civil war was that his taking on a disciple touched a nerve with Kamishiro and Kashima, leading to the outbreak of a major war.

That would be kind of funny...

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The chapter is 5,000 words long, and 10,000 words have been updated today. One chapter was also added for the indifferent scumbag boss. This boss's debt has been paid off!

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