Chapter 5, Level 7 Chapter 9 The Coldness of the Third Planet
call!
A man wrapped like a bear suddenly appeared next to Xu Jingming. His thick hair stubbornly emerged from his turban, and only a pair of big black eyes were exposed on his entire body.
"It's too cold, really too cold." The man returned to the starting point and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "It's still the warmest at the starting point."
"Warm?" Xu Jingming looked at him.
Such biting cold is called warm?
"Brother." The tightly wrapped man looked at Xu Jingming and said with a smile, "Have you just arrived at the third planet?"
"Wu Gou Star Alliance, Wu Ming." Xu Jingming gave his pseudonym.
"Lan Nuo, the Changyu Star Alliance." The man chuckled, "I have been trapped on this third planet for more than two months and have frozen to death nineteen times."
"Freeze to death?" Xu Jingming's heart tightened, "It's so cold?"
"Every one of us explorers is limited to the physical level of the 'Blood Rain World'." The man shook his head, "So everyone experiences the same cold. The feeling of freezing to death is really unpleasant."
Xu Jingming immediately opened his personal panel and began to check the test content of the third planet.
Wow.
A virtual map of the third planet appeared, with a map marked on it.
"Please reach the 'Extreme Cold Land' on the third planet. If you arrive successfully, you can proceed to the fourth planet." The test content was just a few lines of text, but looking at the marked location and the name of the destination, Xu Jingming felt something was wrong.
"There is no life on this planet except for us explorers." The man shook his head. "It's just one word: cold! Cold enough to freeze us to death! Good luck, brother. I'm going to try for the twentieth time!"
As he spoke, the man lowered his head and moved forward step by step.
"He was frozen to death nineteen times, but he still tried the twentieth time... This man's mind and will are extraordinary." Xu Jingming thought to himself after seeing this, "But he was still trapped on the third planet for more than two months."
"Take as many clothes and armor as you can."
Xu Jingming did not dare to be careless at all. He tried his best to choose a high enough "cold resistance" in his personal panel, wore a close-fitting cotton coat inside, then put on a layer of soft armor, and finally a layer of solid armor.
"I can't choose a helmet, so I can only use a belt." The cloth belt that Xu Jingming chose was thick enough, but at this moment he used it as a headscarf, wrapping his head and leaving only a pair of eyes exposed.
"Set off."
The whole person looked a little bloated, and in order to deal with unexpected dangers, Xu Jingming was also carrying a gun bag.
"Fortunately, my body doesn't get hungry or thirsty, so I can always maintain peak physical strength." Xu Jingming mobilized all the cells in his body while walking, trying to generate as much heat as possible! Reaching cellular level control, with just one thought, the heat that bursts out of the whole body is much stronger than the effect of strenuous exercise.
"My whole body is warming up."
Xu Jingming felt quite relaxed when he set out.
After all, the armor and soft armor clothes wrap tightly, and the body generates enough heat, so even walking easily leaves a trail of afterimages, and the speed is over 100 kilometers per hour.
"From the starting point to the extremely cold place, the total distance is 936 kilometers, which is not far." After experiencing the test of the Zerg planet, Xu Jingming felt that this distance was close.
But gradually...
"It's getting colder and colder." Xu Jingming felt that the coldness outside was constantly rising. The coldness began to penetrate through the armor, inner armor, and cotton clothes. The heat generated by the body gradually couldn't resist such coldness, and the cold air began to penetrate into the body.
"Ta-da-da!!!" Xu Jingming's teeth chattered uncontrollably.
"The most fundamental thing in starry sky life cultivation is to control the physical body! The physical body must be controlled!" Xu Jingming's mind and will tried their best to control every cell, wanting to stop his body from trembling.
But the cold invaded every cell, competing with Xu Jingming's mental will for "dominance".
"Why is it so cold? I've only walked more than 200 kilometers." Xu Jingming shivered, but still gritted his teeth and moved forward.
At first glance, the whole world was icy white.
The ice covered countless rocks, and some of the rocks were exposed, devoid of any signs of life.
Xu Jingming walked alone.
Occasionally, I saw other space citizens walking in silence. In such terrible cold... no one wanted to talk.
"Um?"
Xu Jingming saw a tightly wrapped space citizen standing on the side of the road ahead, maintaining a walking posture but not moving, with his entire body covered with a layer of ice.
"He's not dead yet." Xu Jingming watched silently, "But he won't be able to hold on for much longer."
When Xu Jingming approached the man.
Wow!
The space citizen who was frozen into ice disappeared completely.
"If I freeze to death, I will return to the starting point." Xu Jingming thought to himself, "If I freeze to death more than 300 kilometers away, it will be too far to reach the extremely cold place more than 900 kilometers away."
Xu Jingming walked with his head down.
After walking 500 kilometers, they occasionally saw space citizens whose "walking posture" was frozen. Those space citizens still had consciousness and had not been completely frozen to death.
When they reached 600 kilometers, Xu Jingming was no longer shivering, but parts of his body were numb from the cold.
"Oh no, parts of my body are starting to go numb." Xu Jingming's heart tightened.
Just shivering is a small matter, numbness is a big matter!
Xu Jingming’s mind already had a strong control over his body, but he could feel that part of his body had lost consciousness!
Even without any feeling, Xu Jingming could still barely keep walking.
"Is the third planet so difficult?" Xu Jingming said silently.
"Persevere, as long as you reach the finish line, you win." Xu Jingming comforted himself.
However, at 700 kilometers, Xu Jingming lost most of his body's perception, and his mind's ability to regulate his body weakened.
"Am I going to freeze to death too?" Xu Jingming vaguely understood that he was not far from being frozen into an ice cube.
"This is the third planet! I must hold on." Xu Jingming persisted with his ardent belief.
“I can’t fail!”
"I have to at least reach the fifth planet."
Xu Jingming was roaring in his heart. He thought of his wife and family, his daughter who was only a few months old, and the entire Blue Star that was about to face ups and downs...
"Hold on, control every cell in my body, control them all!" In desperate situation, Xu Jingming tried hard to mobilize his body with an even more fervent belief.
The mind's will is fighting against the cold for control over the body.
Take control of your body! Keep walking!
Eight hundred kilometers!
Xu Jingming only had one belief left: "Go forward and reach the extremely cold place!"
Even though it was numb and had no feeling, this body still walked step by step. Xu Jingming did not even have the thought of opening the panel to check his own position.
Only one thought remains!
finally……
A lake appeared in front of Xu Jingming!
The deep blue lake water is still flowing slowly despite the horribly low temperature.
"We're almost there. If we swim across the lake, we will reach the extremely cold place in the center of the lake." Xu Jingming stepped directly into the lake. The deep blue water was very dense, and most of his body was above the water.
"Swim, swim over..."
Xu Jingming swam forward, but the lake water penetrated the inner armor of his armor and his clothes. The even more terrifying cold was invading his body. Xu Jingming swam only more than ten meters before he became slower and slower. His right hand stretched forward very slowly, and gradually, ice began to condense on the surface of his body.
“Swim, swim!”
Xu Jingming's mind was still issuing orders, but his body was motionless. Xu Jingming could feel that the ice on his body was getting thicker and thicker, and his consciousness was being suppressed more and more, as if he was falling into an endless abyss.
Finally, it was complete darkness.
The figure frozen in the lake also disappeared out of thin air.
…
When he appeared again, Xu Jingming had returned to the starting point of the third planet.
"Am I frozen to death?" At this moment, Xu Jingming felt that the starting point was really warm, and the heat naturally generated by the body could resist the cold.
The spiritual consciousness is also fully awakened.
Under the terrible cold, my consciousness became more and more numb and weaker as time went on.
"It feels good to have consciousness awakening and become stronger." Xu Jingming frowned slightly.
When he arrived at the mysterious land, he passed the first and second planets in one go.
However, when he arrived at the third planet, his first attempt failed and he froze to death in the extremely cold lake.
"If you want to pass the test of the third planet, you must have strong enough perseverance and extremely strong mental strength." Xu Jingming understood that these were the two keys to passing the third planet.
Perseverance and resilience are characteristics that many strong people possess.
For example, the person who froze to death nineteen times but continued to try naturally has strong perseverance and resilience.
Xu Jingming was also very perseverant. No matter how desperate or painful he was, he never gave up, even until he froze to death.
but……
Perseverance and resilience alone are not enough.
It also requires extremely strong "mental power".
"My spiritual power is strong enough. Even in the horrible cold, my spiritual power can still control my body." Xu Jingming thought to himself, "Obviously my spiritual power is still weak."
He knew that his mental strength was not that strong.
He became a seventh-level starry sky life after his actual combat power was increased by 20 times.
Obviously, Xu Jingming, who is only 31 years old and has been practicing the evolution method for less than two years, is still a little weak in spiritual power.
"Only after reaching the fifth planet will you be eligible to be selected by the Hunter Universe." Xu Jingming thought to himself, "And I can't even pass the test of the third planet for now. There is still a more difficult test of the fourth planet."
Wow.
Xu Jingming is temporarily offline.
…
When you encounter a problem, first look for the best way to deal with it.
"On the one hand, I have to learn how to dress to better keep out the cold." Xu Jingming searched for information on the virtual world website. "I can directly ask experts in this field to help me develop a clothing plan. With the help of clothing and equipment, I can reduce the power of the cold."
"On the other hand, I have to increase my spiritual awareness."
"In addition to the conventional training methods, I have to break through to the 'High Star Life Realm' in reality ." Xu Jingming thought to himself, "My body will be much stronger if it breaks through from the middle star life realm to the high realm."
"A strong body, a strong brain... will also strengthen the spiritual consciousness." Xu Jingming said secretly.
The physical body and spiritual consciousness complement each other.
Why do eighth-order star life forms have such ridiculously strong spiritual consciousness? Their ridiculously strong physical bodies are also a key factor.
…
After Xu Jingming went offline, he went to the underwater base and practiced with the help of the gravity room and artificial stars.
He has maintained a practice frequency of about once every three days, allowing his body to evolve at a high enough efficiency.
"It is estimated that in about half a month, my body will be able to reach the high realm of starry sky life." After finishing his training, Xu Jingming also returned home on his own small spaceship.
In the courtyard of the residence, Director Zhou was already waiting.
"Director Zhou." Xu Jingming walked out of the spaceship and looked at Director Zhou in surprise. "If you have anything, just call me directly."
"It's a very important matter."
Director Zhou came over and whispered, "We have received news... A relatively powerful civilization in the Wu Gou Star Alliance, the 'Black Moon Civilization', has sent an envoy, which is expected to arrive on Blue Star on June 2."
"The Black Moon Civilization's envoy?" Xu Jingming's heart tightened. "Didn't the civilization protection period just end on June 2?"
"Um."
Director Zhou nodded. "The other party made a lot of noise. They even took the initiative to release the news of 'visiting the Blue Star civilization'."
Xu Jingming frowned: "Take the initiative to release the news?"
"It is to declare to the surrounding areas that the Blue Star civilization is their prey." Director Zhou said in a low voice.
Xu Jingming's heart tightened: "Are you acting so domineeringly?"
"We, the Blue Star civilization, have calculated that the greatest threat we will face after the protection period ends... is most likely the Black Moon civilization." Director Zhou said, "We once hoped that the Black Moon civilization would look down on us. But the fact is that the Black Moon civilization has already sent an envoy."
"It's useless to be afraid. We can only face it with all our strength." Director Zhou looked at Xu Jingming, "So we need you to contribute as well."
"At this moment, I have no choice but to do my part." Xu Jingming nodded. "What do you need me to do?"
