Chapter 154: The Great Magic—The Chill of the Wilderness

[It—it can see!!!]

Tu You screamed in shock.

All the groundhogs instantly erupted in chaos.

Tu You: [That thing isn’t one of us! There’s an intruder. You’d better hide!]

Lu Minli’s voice was icy cold: [Since it’s noticed us, let’s use the flying device to lure them all away.]

As he spoke, he controlled the device to spin in the air, then used a cold beam to shoot at the groundhogs. The groundhogs, sensing the threat, began to emit a strange energy from their bodies.

Yi Ping shivered at the sight: [Oh my god, thank goodness I’m not down there. What are we going to do? Won’t the device get attacked?]

Lu Minli didn’t answer, just furrowed his brow and directed the device to dive straight at the groundhogs.

Suddenly, some groundhogs silently crept onto the device. Lu Minli cursed inwardly and immediately turned the device into particles. With nowhere to stand, all the groundhogs fell to the ground.

At that moment, the device flapped its wings and soared back into the air.

Tu You’s eyes widened in disbelief. [Wow, those rats are really something…]

Tu You: [Now I get why people say you have to pick mountain ridges or lakesides for your base—those places are actually safe!]

He reminded them, and only then did Sang Chu remember the whistle. He quickly said, [Minli, use the whistle!]

Lu Minli’s eyes flashed. He immediately took out the whistle from his ring and blew it.

In an instant, the groundhogs that had been climbing up suddenly seemed to lose their minds, tumbling down like black hailstones.

Lu Minli and Yi Ping both dodged nimbly to avoid being hit.

Yi Ping: [This is brutal.]

[Yeah, it’s different from before. The previous monsters just ran away, but these groundhogs seem to be controlled.]

Yi Ping: [I’ll go check it out. You keep blowing the whistle. If anything happens, let me know right away!]

[Okay.]

Lu Minli kept blowing the whistle while Yi Ping let go of his shoulder and carefully walked forward.

On the ground, the groundhogs were twitching as if electrocuted. Suddenly, Little Nai popped out of Yi Ping’s card, perched on his shoulder, and drooled nonstop: “Master, master~”

[What are you doing out here?]

Little Nai’s childish voice sounded: “I’m hungry, I want to eat…”

Yi Ping pointed at the groundhogs: [You want to eat these rats? Aren’t you a snake? Why do you want to eat them?]

[Eat! I’ll eat them all!]

Lu Minli heard this and quickly said, [Yi-ge, let it eat.]

Yi Ping: [Alright, go ahead, but be careful.]

[Okay, okay~]

In a flash, Little Nai turned into a shadow and darted out. The groundhogs were devoured in an instant. After finishing, Little Nai burped, and a burst of flame shot from its mouth, almost blowing a hole in the groundhog nest!

Yi Ping: [Oh my god, look at you! I don’t think I can call you Little Nai anymore—I should call you Little Boom! That was insane!]

He ran over to check the scorched spot, and saw it had nearly burned through: [Thank goodness! Little Boom, do you know if you’d burned through this spot, no one would ever find your body!]

Finding a nest is hard enough. The magical beast nests are already dangerous, and now the groundhog nest is their only shelter. If it gets destroyed, what will they do?

Little Nai covered its mouth with its tiny hands, hiccuping nonstop, sparks flying out. Yi Ping looked at it helplessly: [Ate too much and can’t digest it?]

Little Nai nodded, so Yi Ping took out a card: [Alright, back inside you go.]

*Whoosh—*

Little Nai didn’t hesitate and disappeared into the card. Lu Minli looked at the now-empty groundhog nest and let out a sigh of relief, but still controlled the flying device to move the nest outward.

Yi Ping watched the device and asked curiously: [Minli, why are you moving the device outside?]

[To see if it can withstand the cold outside. We’ll need to set up a communication system later. If the device can’t block out the cold, I won’t be able to use it to hide from the chill. That would be really dangerous.]

Yi Ping nodded: [Yeah, it’s risky. The monsters here are afraid of the whistle, but the distance between nests is huge. If we can’t find the next nest before the cold sets in, and the device can’t be used, I’ll freeze to death out here!]

Even Yi Ping felt the cold after the chill set in, not to mention the others. Even with abilities or magic, he felt that the cold here was beyond normal defenses—ordinary protection spells were useless.

*Hiss—*

A cold wind blew, making Yi Ping shudder. The wilderness was clearly much colder than the city.

Tu You and Lu Minli both trembled, looking at him in confusion: [Why is it so cold here? Didn’t you just come down the mountain?]

Lu Minli glanced at Tu You, then quickly landed the flying device on the ground.

Sure enough, night had fallen. Frost covered everything, and a thick layer of ice had formed on the ground.

Sang Chu remembered what Tu You had said and hurried over. Looking at the icy wilderness, he couldn’t help but feel a chill in his heart. No wonder people said the magical world was dangerous—not just because of people, but because of the environment itself.

Sang Chu: [How are you holding up now?]

Lu Minli and Yi Ping were huddled together, even the little fire spirit had been summoned.

Yi Ping tried to control his fire ability, but the flame went out instantly. The little fire spirit also shivered, unable to spit out any fire.

Lu Minli’s teeth chattered: “N-not good… v-very, very cold… I c-can’t use my powers!”

Sang Chu immediately stood up, staring anxiously at the screen at the shivering people.

Liu Shu walked in from outside and saw Sang Chu’s pale face. He instantly realized her brother was in trouble.

He sighed and said, “Princess Sang, although we haven’t found his location yet, if something happens in the wild and he can’t get back to the city, he probably won’t survive.”

Sang Jingwen, who had already been anxious, heard this and wanted to knock some sense into him—what was he saying at a time like this!

“Liu Shu, aren’t those mechanical mages your people? None of them have come back yet?”"