Chapter 1366: Chapter 1366

1366: Chapter 1352: Demonic Region 1366: Chapter 1352: Demonic Region “Next time, please remind me not to go to Siberia in the winter…”

Lu Ping’an, trapped in the deep snow, sighed helplessly.

Surrounding him was a heavy snowfall; despite the local town’s weather broadcast claiming a clear day, visibility had quickly reduced to less than a hundred meters.

What made things worse was that Lu Ping’an’s car, just half an hour from the nearest town, was completely immobile.

“… Weren’t there anti-freeze measures that could withstand temperatures down to negative 10 degrees?

Uh, it’s minus thirty degrees now?”

Taking a look at the despair-inducing thermometer, as he lamented the sparse population of this godforsaken place, Lu Ping’an felt increasingly less human.

Even in this low-temperature hell where mortals could freeze to death instantly, Lu Ping’an only felt slightly cool…

After briefly moving, he activated the Sun Vine beneath his flesh and not even that slight coolness remained.

In front of him, the world was a true no-go zone for mortals; the cold was not even the toughest challenge, it was the expanse of white, snowy mountains that stretched before him.

Which way should I go?”

Even Lu Ping’an, staring at the undifferentiated snowy landscape all around, felt a moment of confusion.

But the next instant, when he opened the Eye of Truth, the environment was no longer an obstacle; it was just…

“Have I been targeted already?”

Lu Ping’an was somewhat surprised; he had driven out of town for half an hour (Lu: No worries about crashing, how exhilarating!), then walked for twenty minutes.

He had no clue where he was, yet someone had managed to keep up?

“… No, they must have been waiting for me.”

If beasts hadn’t evolved energy-absorbing fur, then those who seemed like animals, yet whose body heat was absorbed by their fur, were likely Infiltrators lying in wait to ambush Lu Ping’an.

“There’s something fishy, but not much…”

Lu Ping’an just walked on by, appearing completely unaware.

When a series of Ghost Shadows suddenly burst from the snow and assassins in the trees simultaneously launched poisoned crossbow bolts.

In the midst of the pristine snow, human figures were engulfed in golden blazes, turning into charred statues.

For assassins armed with poisoned bolts and daggers, the proximity became not an advantage but a threat.

Lu Ping’an flicked his finger, sending a snowball soaring into the sky with a sound akin to a sniper rifle’s shot.

The next moment, a burst of blood bloomed in the firmament, rendering a white Demonized White Eagle a thing of the past.

uh, never mind, it doesn’t matter.”

Lu Ping’an touched the black fabric on the corpse, which had a curious feel with utterly different temperatures on the inside and outside, suggesting high technical complexity.

Within the mercenary team that had lain in ambush, comprising an Asian, two black individuals, and a white person, Lu Ping’an was reminded of that country across the ocean.

I don’t recall offending the Huaqi people.” Had it been merely a suspicion earlier, discovering the passports and US Dollars confirmed his guess.

In actuality, Lu Ping’an had offended them before; the “Red Sand Thief” he had eliminated on his first venture into the Silent Mountain Range World was a group of military personnel from the Huaqi Federation, albeit he barely remembered it.

However, he wasn’t curious as to why the Huaqi people might hold a grudge against him.

On one hand, Lu Ping’an had probably angered the Aus Independent State people greatly during the strife over the Green Planet, and his bounty was still substantial…

And since the Huaqi and the Aus people belonged to the same Western alliance, it was normal for business dealings to occur between them.

On the other hand, Huaqi mercenaries were quite active.

In any world, even without any reason, they could seek him out for the sake of a bounty.

“Let’s take a break…”

Now that he had been found, Lu Ping’an was in no hurry anymore.

He found a wind-protected mountain face nearby and knocked out a cave with his hand.

And then inside, he lit a fire and began to prepare lunch, using the Huaqi people’s army rations and alcoholic beverages.

Another burst of Holy Fire dissipated the chill within the cave, making it slightly more comfortable.

Lu Ping’an wasn’t used to the environment here – he could endure it, but the cold air he breathed still left him feeling uncomfortable.

This was Siberia’s Crow Mountain region, likely one of Earth’s coldest average temperature areas and a no-go zone for the lives of most mortals.

On another timeline, due to extreme cold and sparse population, the area historically had been a human purgatory for exiles; its central mining areas were piled high with corpse bones.

Even by the year 2000, development here remained limited, with just a few railway lines connecting it, and the scant population meant most natural resources lay unmined underground.

In this timeline, however, the situation was even worse.

“… Although there are not many Demonized Animals, they are quite strong.”

Just under half an hour into his break, a large white bear skin appeared at the entrance of the cave; if spread out, it would be larger than a small car.

Lu Ping’an only took a couple of bites of its barbecued meat before spitting it out due to an unpleasantly strange sour and foul taste.

Typically, polar bears can indeed be seen in Siberia, but they should be found further north.

This creature looked more akin to a highly demonized “little raccoon.”

“… This is quite troublesome, there’s not even any railway here.”

In this timeline, the Northern Great Country, which should have rapidly developed during the 1950s, experienced the dawn of a new extraordinary era called the “Great Summon.”

Like most countries, they were forced to contract their Territory to prioritize the protection of populated areas…

As a result, Siberia retained more of its pristine nature.

And with the arrival of Magic Plants, Demons, and lack of management, the Foreign Domain remained unchecked, leading to internal struggle…

The conditions only intensified, and the body of the “little bear” Lu Ping’an had just killed was stronger than most third-tier warriors, which was why the area was infamously known as…

“The Siberian Demonic Region…”

Lu Ping’an had yet to encounter those legendary “Foreign Domain inhabitants” said to live in this area; apparently, even they were threatened by the deadly temperatures and mostly stayed within their own “Exotic Secret Realm.”

Furthermore, within this snowy landscape, those that could adapt are various Ice Attribute Demons, their existence acting as a “Cooling Rule”…

Negative thirty-something degrees is just the beginning – further in, the temperatures could reach unnaturally extreme lows.

The most troublesome part was the many “rules” and “erosive” domains of low temperature, where even Extraordinary individuals would find discomfort.

Compared to another timeline, this was a true uninhabited area.

But from another perspective…

“It’s a fine place for High-Tier Professionals to settle personal scores.