novellaaa Chapter 97 [Ingredient Name: Mystic Ice Marrow]
Chapter 97 [Ingredient Name: Mystic Ice Marrow]
"Boom—boom—"
A terrifying avalanche swept past, and Lin Ye, holding the yeti cub, hid behind a protruding rock.
The Yeti cub looked at the snow dust rushing past overhead and couldn't resist reaching out to touch it.
"wipe--"
"Aww~~"
The friction caused it to howl in pain and shrink into Lin Ye's arms.
A dozen minutes later, the roar of the avalanche stopped, and the snow above pressed down.
After a while, the avalanche completely subsided, and Lin Ye began digging a passage to prepare to go up.
As I was digging, a roar accompanied by the sound of hammering rang in my ears. It was heart-wrenching, and you could feel the sorrow just by listening to it.
Before long, Lin Ye exerted a sudden force, his palm piercing through the snow. He leaped up, grabbed the snow monster cub, and flipped onto the snow.
Before he could even stand up straight, a roar came from beside him.
The two yetis, who had been wrestling, released each other and rushed over quickly, their faces filled with human-like anxiety and anger.
A moment later, Lin Ye stood on the snow and rubbed his wrist.
Beside them, two three-meter-tall yeti huddled together, bruised and battered, their faces showing fear.
The yeti cub lay down in front of the two, nudging one and then the other.
But the two yetis dared not move an inch, fearing that the humanoid creature in front of them would beat them up again.
They were so anxious and confused that they didn't realize it was this humanoid creature that saved their child.
He became much more sober after being beaten up.
Lin Ye glanced at the family of three, shrugged, and realized he hadn't actually exerted much effort yet.
However, this Yeti feels really good to the touch; it would be great if there were similar sandbags.
Just as I was about to leave, something grabbed my trouser leg.
He looked down, and the yeti cub nibbled at his trouser leg, pulling him toward the two yetis.
The two yetis showed human-like apologies on their faces.
"Can you understand me?"
Across from him, two Yetis stared at him blankly.
Lin Ye was taken aback, then, as if remembering something, asked again in Xilu language.
"Hooray~"
The taller yeti nodded vigorously, pointed into the distance, and waved its hand, indicating that it should follow.
Immediately afterwards, the man and the three monsters left.
After walking for about an hour, Lin Ye looked at the cliff face ahead and saw a cave at the bottom of the cliff.
As we entered the cave, the temperature rose, and it got hotter the further we went in.
Finally, we stopped in front of the entrance to a cave, where the temperature was close to zero degrees Celsius.
Lin Ye scanned the area, and with his weak night vision, he could see clearly.
Before he could do anything, a Yeti walked to the wall and patted something.
Immediately afterwards, points of light appeared above the cave, faintly illuminating it.
Lin Ye looked at the points of light with some curiosity; they seemed to be some kind of magical gemstone that emitted light in response to vibrations.
"Hooray~~"
The Yeti let out two low growls and pointed to a corner of the cave.
Lin Ye looked over; he had only glanced at it briefly and hadn't paid attention to the corners.
This is something resembling a stone platform, with a small pit in the middle, only about the size of a teacup, filled with a milky white liquid.
The liquid originated from a white stone cone directly above the small pit.
【Ingredient Name: Mystic Ice Marrow】
[Ingredient Category: Spiritual Materials]
[Ingredient Tier: Lord Tier]
Edible part: the whole body
[Effects of Consumption: Moderately increases Strength, Constitution, and Intelligence attributes; grants the baptism of Ice Marrow; increases maximum lifespan by 20%.]
A life-extending treasure?
20%, that's been almost 20 years!
Moreover, it is a lord-level spiritual material that can moderately increase the four main attributes, including the rarest attribute, intelligence!
My darling!
As he approached, before he could get a good look at it, he heard the low growl of the Yeti.
The Yeti looked at him, made a gesture of scooping up water to drink with its hand, and then patted its chest.
"Drink! Be strong!"
Although it didn't speak, Lin Ye understood its meaning.
He wasn't embarrassed; just as he was about to lower his head, another Yeti grabbed him.
Before he could understand what was happening, the Yeti picked up the stone platform.
"Hooray~~"
It roared twice and raised its head.
Seeing this, Lin Ye raised his head and opened his mouth, and the Yeti tilted the stone platform.
The Xuanbing mineral marrow flowed down and poured into Lin Ye's mouth.
Instantly, an extreme chill surged from my mouth to my esophagus, and then into my stomach.
"Bang!"
The Yeti put down the stone platform and pulled out several animal hides from somewhere, wrapping the entire forest in them.
Lin Ye did not resist, nor could he resist. The chill in his stomach made him very clear-headed, but at the same time his body was very sluggish.
"Hooray~~"
The Yeti roared, and another Yeti charged over. The two monsters surrounded Lin Ye, absorbing the chill emanating from him.
Gradually, Lin Ye fell into a deep sleep.
After an unknown amount of time, Lin Ye felt a warmth and slowly opened his eyes, only to see the large face of the Yeti cub.
"Aww~~"
It let out a strange cry, and the two snow monsters beside it looked over. Seeing that Lin Ye had woken up, they handed him a piece of roasted meat.
Lin Ye stood up from the pile of animal hides, took the roasted meat, his stomach rumbled, and he began to eat heartily.
A warm feeling spread from his stomach, and he felt the changes in his body.
The improvement in his physical fitness was secondary; he felt an indescribable sense of comfort deep within his body.
Is this an effect of increased lifespan?
"monument."
He silently recited the inscription, and the monument appeared on the back of his right hand, completely unnoticed by the three-headed yeti present.
【Strength: 0.95】
[Physical Fitness: 0.93]
【Intelligence: 0.73】
Although it was a moderate increase, his strength was obviously too great at this moment, with an increase of only 0.01.
It is foreseeable that as his four-dimensional attributes continue to improve, the improvement of ordinary mortal-level ingredients will become weaker and weaker.
Perhaps after breaking through a certain stage, ingredients at the mortal level will become completely ineffective.
He clenched his fist; his current punching power should exceed 700 kilograms.
My gaze fell on the Intelligence attribute, which had increased by 0.03, making it arguably the biggest gain from this trip besides the potions.
However, in terms of physical sensation alone, there doesn't seem to be much change.
I just feel that my thinking is more active and my calculation speed is higher.
He put away the monument, looked at the Yeti's back, and tried to extend his spiritual power outwards.
There has been some improvement compared to before, but not much, and I still cannot clearly feel the presence of spiritual power.
Intelligence and mental strength influence each other, but they are ultimately not the same thing.
"roar?"
The Yeti shuddered, looked around in confusion, and scratched its back.
Seeing that Lin Ye's roasted meat was gone, it handed him another piece.
Half an hour later, Lin Ye stood at the cave entrance and waved.
Behind them, the family of three snow monsters waved as well, the little snow monster sitting on the big snow monster's shoulder, watching the forest recede into the distance with reluctance.
Reaching the edge of the cliff, Lin Ye gazed into the distance and could vaguely see a small town, like a black dot.
"It's time to go back."
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"Waaah—"
The plane engine roared as Lin Ye slowly woke up in his seat.
Looking out the window, the familiar city came into view.
After getting off the plane, he went straight to the laboratory building.
"Click~"
I pushed open the office door; it was empty.
Is the iron piano still there?
I took out my phone and sent a message to the teacher.
After waiting for a while, he suddenly felt a little depressed.
Immediately, he dialed his senior brother's number.
"Beep—beep—"
"Sorry, the number you dialed is..."
After hanging up the phone, he narrowed his eyes and dialed Professor Guderian's number.
"Beep—beep—"
"Hey, Professor"
"Lin! You're finally back! Huaizhang has been kidnapped!"