The Extreme North.
Bzz~
Jiang Mu suddenly opened his eyes on the ice bed, still somewhat disoriented.
"Hey, don't!"
"Hah, hah..."
He scrambled upright, gulping down air as a wave of cold instantly brushed his face. For a moment, Jiang Mu couldn't quite react.
Tang Wutong, lying beside him, was also awakened by Jiang Mu's sudden cry and movement. Rubbing her eyes, she murmured softly.
"What's wrong, big brother?"
Jiang Mu stiffened at her words.
Only then did he slowly begin to come to his senses and turn to look.
As he turned this time, he realized his hand had already reached his head. There was no restraint around his wrist, no rattling of chains.
He looked around again. All he saw were ice-blue blocks of ice and the damaged furniture he remembered.
"I... I'm back again?"
After checking, he confirmed that this wasn't the basement, but the residence the Snow Empress had arranged for him in the Extreme North, just as he remembered.
Only then did Jiang Mu slowly regain his composure, taking several deep breaths.
"Oh, it's... it's nothing. I had a nightmare."
Hearing that, Tang Wutong relaxed, her expression turning weary again. She hugged Jiang Mu's arm and quietly comforted him.
"Mm, big brother, it was only a nightmare. Let's sleep a little longer."
Traveling between worlds placed a great burden on the body. They hadn't felt it in System Space, but now that they had been resurrected and had human forms, they could certainly feel it.
Jiang Mu, who had handled the main teleportation, was doing relatively well. He simply needed rest after everything that had happened over the past few days.
So after returning to the Extreme North, neither of them had rushed to find the Ice Empress or deal with what came next. Instead,