nucmednet Chapter 266 Wake Up!
Chapter 266 Wake Up!
Yu Mo's head was throbbing with pain, and a nauseating smell forced its way into his nostrils, making his stomach churn.
Before he even opened his eyes, he sprang up from the bed and vomited.
In the clear gastric juice, a bright red bead stood out.
"This must be Neptune Crystal, right?"
Ao Shuang frowned, not daring to approach, and waved her hand in front of her nose.
Chi Miao's gaze swept over him: "Is it really that exaggerated? Isn't this just the taste of the sea?"
Ao Shuang pouted: "I'm not from the sea, I'm not used to it."
The Neptune Crystal was finally expelled, and Yu Mo regained his senses, but he was still somewhat weak and collapsed back onto the bed.
Yu Mo: "What's that smell? It's disgusting..."
Ao Shuang: "Didn't you throw up?"
Yu Mo: "Stop pretending with me, what did you make me smell?"
Ao Shuang stammered, not daring to look Yu Mo in the eye: "Actually... it's nothing, oh well, it's all in the past, why are you still asking..."
Yu Mo: "Don't tell me it's yours..."
Ao Shuang revealed a set of snow-white teeth and smiled shyly.
Yu Mo tried to kick him, but his poor physical condition prevented him from keeping up with the speed, and Ao Shuang dodged the kick.
Ao Shuang said with a smile, "Look at you, still so weak. Lie down, I'm going to get back to work!"
"Hiss..."
Yu Mo flicked out his forked tongue, startling him so much that he instantly transformed into a snow eagle and flew out, almost getting stuck in the window.
Chi Miao had already had the Neptune Crystal cleaned and handed it to Yuan Xiao.
Yuan Xiao: "So this is Neptune Crystal..."
Chi Miao: "Is this a little hard for you to accept...?"
Yuan Xiao shook her head: "No, Chi Hong deserves to die."
Chi Miao: "This is the Neptune Crystal you've always wanted. With it, you can make the Elixir of Immortality."
Yuan Xiao smiled and said, "Yes, I've been feeling much better these past few days. I can give it a try."
Chi Miao nodded slightly and then left the room.
They have always been careful to avoid any appearance of impropriety regarding Yuan Xiao's mysterious "talents".
Yuan Xiao searched through her spatial storage for the materials needed to make the elixir of immortality.
"I wonder how much immortality potion such a piece of Neptune Crystal could make..."
Xiao Chu thought for a moment and said, "Hmm... I think it can make enough for about ten people."
"Serves ten..."
Yuan Xiao silently made plans in her mind.
Each of the five children will definitely need a portion. Yu Mo and Di Lin will basically not need it. Ze Hui, Yun Feng, Chi Miao, and Ao Shuang will each need a portion, and there will be one portion left.
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Meanwhile, in the unfathomable depths of the sea, the search for Chi Qianqian never ceased.
As time went on, the shrimp soldiers and crab generals began to complain.
"We've been looking for so long, she's definitely not here anymore."
Yao Li heard this, lowered her head and bit her lip, and continued swimming forward, gradually widening the distance between herself and the disheartened team that wanted to slack off.
"I think he's probably already dead... Ah!"
The man was flung away by Kurosaki's dragon tail swing.
"If you don't want to look for it, then get lost. If I hear you say that again, don't blame me for being rude."
But the water dragon's intimidating power seemed too great. Before these small fry could even hear what was to come, they were frightened by Kurosaki's temper and scattered in all directions.
In an instant, only Yao Li and Kurosaki remained.
Yao Li sighed, "Forget it, why bother?"
Kurosaki's face remained cold, but his voice was somewhat hoarse: "Then we don't need them, the two of us are enough."
The two searched silently, completely unaware that the temperature of the seawater was gradually decreasing.
Kurosaki noticed something was wrong first: "Don't you think something's not right?"
Yao Li felt her tail was a little stiff, but she didn't pay it any mind.
"Maybe the weather is about to change, it will get colder."
Kurosaki remained silent, clearly dissatisfied with Yao Li's answer.
The two continued swimming forward.
Their task today is to expand the search area and fill in any gaps, trying to go to as many places as possible that they haven't been before.
The surrounding environment became unfamiliar, and the sea surface gradually blurred as one looked down from underwater. The sunlight seemed to be blocked by something, and the underwater world began to flicker.
Yao Li: "Where is this? I don't think I've ever been here before... It's much colder than Xicheng..."
Yao Li's teeth chattered, and her speech became somewhat unclear.
The seawater grew darker and colder.
Kurosaki surveyed his surroundings: "If I'm not mistaken, this is probably the boundary of the Azure Ocean. The other side is likely..."
"It's so cold, I'm about to..."
Before Yao Li could finish speaking, she lost consciousness.
"Wake up, wake up..."
Kurosaki supported Yao Li's body and found that he was ice cold and his tail was stiff. He couldn't help but shiver as well.
Indeed, this must be the boundary between the vast ocean and the glacial river.
Kurosaki was surprised; he hadn't even noticed that the two resentful people had swum so far together.
Yao Li is a sea snake, and it will enter hibernation when the temperature is too low.
Although Kurosaki is fine for now, he won't last long if he really enters the waters of the Glacier River.
"This is how to do……"
Kurosaki was somewhat perplexed.
Having come this far, he can't give up now; he wants to find Qianqian more than anyone else.
But if he left Yao Li behind, he worried that she would be in danger.
"Forget it, that's it."
Kurosaki carried Yao Li on his back and continued swimming forward with difficulty.
The seabed grew increasingly dark, until it was almost impossible to see what lay ahead.
Kurosaki also felt his body getting colder and colder, and his tail felt a little numb.
Suddenly, a beam of light pierced from the surface of the sea into the seabed.
Kurosaki dragged Yao Li upstream toward the light.
The moment it broke through the sea, the white light was so dazzling that Kurosaki's eyes hurt and he couldn't open them.
The tears that streamed down my face froze instantly.
Kurosaki wiped his face, opened his eyes, and saw only a blurry white.
The part above the water quickly froze into ice, and Kurosaki realized that he had indeed arrived at the Ice River.
The temperature was too low, and Kurosaki couldn't see clearly, so he had no choice but to dive back into the sea and acclimatize in shallower water for a while.
He was shivering with cold, and his mind was in complete turmoil.
We haven't been able to find Qianqian before. Could it be that Qianqian is no longer in the Azure Ocean?
Perhaps she really was taken to the Ice River? It's so cold here, can Qianqian bear it?
Thinking of this, Kurosaki felt a warmth in his heart.
"No, we can't waste any more time, Qianqian needs me!"
He carried Yao Li on his back again, gritted his teeth, and swam ashore.
Before he could even shake off the water, Kurosaki felt a biting cold wind.
In his hazy state, he thought he heard someone calling him.
"Kurosaki, I'm here."
"It's Qianqian..."
Kurosaki plunged headfirst into the snow and lost consciousness.
He seemed to have a dream, a dream about Qianqian...