?Chapter 79: Chapter 78: Brother Luo Xi’s Body is So Hot~_1 Chapter 79: Chapter 78: Brother Luo Xi’s Body is So Hot~_1 [Traveler, you don’t know the correct path to take. If you follow the main road and catch up with the residents of Grey Stone Street, you will definitely be discovered by the guards in the city.]


    [Wei’er said since we sneaked in anyway, might as well take the back roads and continue to stay hidden; hiding in the shadows is always safer than being out in the open.]


    [Traveler, you think the Cat Cat’s words make sense.]


    [After all, you still don’t know how many old ybs are behind the scenes, ready to stir up trouble.]


    [In any case, heading in the direction of the Divine Tree is always right.]


    [Suddenly, Cat Cat said, “Have you all felt it’s getting colder?”]


    [Traveler, you had already noticed the change in temperature. If the outdoor temperature before was at least minus thirty degrees, now it must be around minus fifty degrees.]


    [The wind and snow that had just started have stopped again, but the temperature keeps dropping.]


    [Why does the locust plague bring such a drastic drop in temperature? Is this its inherent characteristic? But wasn’t it from the warm regions of the East?]


    [Traveler, your mind is full of question marks, completely unable to grasp the current situation.]


    [“Ah Q~”]


    [The nearby Aina gave another gentle sneeze.]


    [The Little Wolf Girl was no longer content with just placing her hands on your arm to absorb warmth; she moved her little hand down, gently touching the back of your hand as if testing whether your body temperature was still scorching hot.]


    [Soon, after Aina tested and confirmed that the temperature of your hand was just right in this environment, she cautiously grabbed your hand.]


    [Ding! Your Happiness Level +20]


    [The Little Lolita exhaled a puff of white breath, her little face flushed as if she was drunk, and she said, “Brother Luo Xi, you’re so warm, even warmer than before~uwu~”]


    Luo Xi: “…”


    This Damn Text is getting weirder and weirder.


    [Note: Garbage Traveler, the one who’s been weird all along is you, okay!]


    [Wei’er glanced at her sister with an expression that didn’t change at all, “Aina, don’t make strange noises.”]


    [“Hehe~ It wasn’t on purpose.”]


    [“Sister is starting to suspect that it’s actually you, Aina, who wants to elope with this weird guy!”]


    [Note: Cat Cat has seen through it!]


    Damn Text, why do you talk so much!


    [Traveler, if it weren’t for the urgent situation, you’d definitely be interested in watching the interaction between these two beast-eared sisters, but for now, let’s drop it, you don’t have the spare mood to be happy.]


    [Ding! Your Happiness Level +10]


    [Note: Garbage Traveler, you didn’t expect to be slapped in the face so quickly, huh?]


    Luo Xi: “…”


    Damn Text, shut up!


    When will this game update me with a mute function?


    I would definitely mute this text first thing.


    [Traveler, you all start moving faster, but the Winter Divine Tree is still far away. At the same time, you hear a creaking sound from the sky above, like the shattering of glass, chilling to the bone.]


    [How much longer can that layer of pale golden Glory last?]


    [Traveler, you ask, “How much further do we need to walk to reach the core Blessing area you mentioned?”]


    [Looking at you, Wei’er said, “Do you still have the map I gave you before on you?”]


    [A map? What map?]


    [Traveler, you hesitated for a moment.]


    [Then you remembered the ‘Wei’er Version Map’ that you couldn’t understand and had tucked away into your dreamland satchel to gather dust.]


    Luo Xi opened the satchel tab.


    He scrolled through a mess of items and text.


    Found it!


    [Traveler, you took the map out of your satchel and handed it to Wei’er.]


    [Cat Cat held the map with one hand, flicked it open with a snap.]


    [She pointed at the center of the map, the Winter City, and said, “The layout of Winter City is a near circle with a radius of about seven kilometers. However, there’s a large blank space from the outer city wall to the core area, mostly filled with vast fields and production sites as well as some manor houses built by high-ranking persons. The core protective region should be within about a three-kilometer radius centered on the Divine Tree, which accommodates at least over three hundred thousand of Winter City’s population. The remaining scattered population is spread out in the wild parts within the city.”]


    [Wei’er drew a few more circles at the center of the map with her fingertip and continued, “But I’ve heard my mother say before that this core area is divided into several different tiers. The closer one lives to the Divine Tree, the more power and wealth they have. The so-called high-ranking persons are them—they control over ninety percent of the city’s wealth, own large tracts of land rights, while many residents living in the outer rings have very poor living conditions. Although, definitely better than our Grey Stone Street.”]


    [Traveler, Cat Cat’s description strangely gave you a sense of déjà vu.]


    [Isn’t this just another otherworld version of the world you’re from?]


    [Even with Variants as the lowest stratum of society, are there still ordinary people living on the fringes of the bottom in the big city?]


    [“So we need to figure out how to get inside here?” you asked.]


    [Wei’er looked up at the sky and murmured softly, “We must find a way in. I don’t mind, but you two need to survive…”]


    [Traveler, you found Cat Cat’s words a bit odd.]


    [What does she mean by ‘I don’t mind’?]


    [However, Aina, being engrossed in warmth, seemed not to have heard what Wei’er said. The cat-eared girl did not repeat her words either.]


    [Traveler, on your forward journey, you discovered numerous manors and castle-like grand buildings nestled among the mountains and forests.]


    [However, these places were all deserted.]


    [Should we speed up the progress?]


    Luo Xi glanced at the time again.


    7:30. Sear?h the N?vel(F)ire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.


    [Yes.]


    [Accelerating…]


    X30.


    [Traveler, after clambering over many furrows and small hills, you finally saw many row upon row of buildings appearing ahead. That is a true city with a variety of different architectural styles, from the outermost edge to the center around the Divine Tree. The closer to the Divine Tree, the more grandiose and taller the architecture, with wider land coverage. On the contrary, near the edge, the low-rise houses, no taller than two stories, were densely packed together.]


    [Different from the pale golden glow that guarded the walls of Winter City, a nearly transparent silver glow centered around the Winter Divine Tree, three to four hundred meters tall, wrapped around all the structures in that area.]


    [What was astonishing is that this Inner City had no walls.]


    [Naturally, whatever could breach the outer golden barrier wouldn’t be stopped by mere walls.]


    [Wei’er breathed a sigh of relief, “Finally here.”]


    [The black plague in the sky doesn’t seem to be coming down anytime soon, giving you three time to figure out how to get inside.]


    [Wei’er called out softly, “It’s the residents of Grey Stone Street!”]


    [You saw the residents of Grey Stone Street currently being held at the edge of the silver glow, led by a group of guards. Someone was holding something, apparently checking the residents’ bodies one by one, and only after passing, were they led inside.]


    [Traveler, you asked, “What are they checking for?”]


    [Cat Cat said, “You should have seen that crystal ball before, it’s used for detecting the degree of mutation.”]