Super Gene Hunting Ground

Chapter 206: Chapter 206: The Small Island in the Ice Lake (Third Update)

The area of Star Moon Lake is very large, and Star Moon Town has a dike. Once you climb over the dike, you find yourself at Star Moon Lake, which before the freeze would have been an endless expanse of water, but now has turned into a snowy world.

Xia Luo and the others casually picked a spot, jumped off the dike, and treaded on the lake ice towards the heart of Star Moon Lake.

Like the Star River, the entire Star Moon Lake had almost completely frozen over; the thick ice could easily support the weight of a car, and Xia Luo reckoned even a tank wouldn’t pose any problem.

To avoid the people of Star Moon Town, Xia Luo led Zhou Qiang and the others towards a spot far away from the town.

After about half an hour’s walk, the group looked back and could no longer see Star Moon Town, and there wasn’t a soul in sight around them.

Xia Luo lightly tapped the ice with his foot, feeling it was very thick. He then let out a shout and stomped hard with his right foot, and with a ”crack” sound,

a crack as thick as a thumb extended from under his foot, spreading outwards on both sides to more than a dozen meters.

Xia Luo took a few more steps, picked another spot, and stomped again, creating another crack in the ice.

After three or four tries, several fissures had formed in the surrounding ice blocks.

”Zhou Qiang, let’s try here. Break open the ice blocks.”

”Alright.”

Zhou Qiang and the others took out their Longswords and started cutting the ice blocks near the cracks, carving out square blocks one meter on each side, and then used their hands to forcefully break them off.

Moments later, they had cut a staircase-shaped ice cave several meters long and deep on the ice surface.

Zhou Qiang, at the bottom of the ice cellar, made a slash with his sword and suddenly fresh blood seeped out along the crack in the ice.

”Boss, we’ve got Ice Fish here.”

Zhou Qiang and the others worked quickly, and after about ten minutes, they extracted a four-meter-long silver carp.

”What a big fish head, stewing a pot of fish soup would definitely be delicious,” Zhou Qiang said with a smile.

The silver carp was still twitching, but under the severe cold, it had lost its vitality and was in a state of hibernation.

Zhou Qiang chopped off the fish’s head with a sword, and out burst a piece of Fish Skin Armor and ten complete Genetic Fragments.

Subsequently, at a depth of 3 meters in the ice, they dug out five or six large fish in succession, each of which yielded more than ten whole Genetic Disks.

Apart from Fish Skin Armor, some of the fish also burst forth short and Longswords.

”Boss, the Ice Fish here are much denser than in Star River; it’s such a great place,” Xia Luo nodded and said.

”Indeed, the resources here are rich, and luckily, it’s winter. If it were any other time, we wouldn’t be able to handle so many large mutated fish. Alright, now that we know what’s here, let’s wrap this up and head back.”

Everyone climbed out of the ice cellar, intending to leave, when they saw a group of dark figures running towards them from afar, and there were more than a dozen birdmen in the sky.

”Not good, someone is chasing after us, what do we do?”

”Don’t panic, let’s make a run for it right away, and head towards the direction of Star River’s entrance to the lake.”

Xia Luo said, and everyone started to sprint on the ice, with five birdmen flying in the air, the rest running on the ground.

”Stop, you bunch of fish thieves, stop, I’ll kill you and feed you to the turtles!”

The people behind shouted.

The pursuers were none other than Tan Fa leading fifty or sixty subordinates in the chase.

Tan Fa and his men reached the spot where Xia Luo and associates had been ice fishing, seeing the corpses of five or six big fish scattered on the ice surface, which made them even angrier.

For the people of Star Moon Town, they naturally considered some of the resources of Star Moon Lake to be theirs, and no one was allowed to take them without their permission.

”Brothers, chase after them, and kill this bunch of fish thieves!”

Tan Fa, relying on his superior numbers, including ten members at the Primordial Gene Primary Stage, decided to pursue and punish Xia Luo and his party.

Fifteen birdmen spread their wings and flew towards Xia Luo and his group with a whoosh, while Tan Fa and his men chased after them on the ground.

No matter how fast Xia Luo and his crew ran, they couldn’t outfly the birdmen. Half an hour later, Tan Fa’s fifteen birdmen caught up with Xia Luo and his group and began a barrage of Feathered Arrow fire.

Xia Luo was instantly burning with anger. ’I didn’t want to make trouble, but that doesn’t mean I’m afraid of you!’

He turned around and led Zhou Qiang and the others in retaliation.

Five birdmen charged up and clashed with the fifteen birdmen from Star Moon Town in the sky, with Xia Luo and Zhou Qiang providing support from the ground. How could those fifteen birdmen withstand this?

Especially Xia Luo, who executed the Tiger Claw from afar, sending a birdman flying. Zhou Hua and the rest were not to be outdone, particularly the five Elemental Mages, who unleashed Ice Ball, Fireball, and electric arc concurrently, causing the flock of birdmen to scream in agony and five of them plummeted onto the icy surface.

In less than two minutes, Xia Luo and his party had knocked down ten of the fifteen birdmen. The remaining five dared not continue the fight and hurriedly retreated, running straight into Tan Fa and his group, who had arrived.

Seeing the situation, Tan Fa was instantly enraged. Twenty archers drew their bows and began shooting, and arrows fell like raindrops.

The Arrow Skill level of these people was all above five, and they were using Hard Bows, which were even more powerful than Yang Xiao’s sparrow bow.

Xia Luo activated his Light Shield and charged over with a battle cry, delivering a Mountain Crossing Punch from afar. With a thunderous boom, Tan Fa’s body shook, and two of his companions behind him were sent flying.

Xia Luo, after all, was at the Intermediate Stage of the Primordial Gene, far more formidable than Tan Fa and his men. With his left hand upholding the Light Shield and his right hand repeatedly executing the Soul Skill, Mountain Crossing Punch, a crackling series of explosions resounded as he sent more than a dozen men flying.

Zhou Qiang and the others also rushed in and joined the fray, overwhelming Tan Fa and his men until they were beaten black and blue, utterly routed.

Tan Fa didn’t anticipate Xia Luo and his group to be this formidable and was sent into a daze by their ferocity. Moments later, abandoning the bodies of several companions, he hastily fled with his tail between his legs.

Xia Luo and his party didn’t chase after them and quickly headed towards Nanmu City.

By evening, Xia Luo and his team finally arrived at the inlet of the Star River flowing into Star Moon Lake.

”Boss, are we going to spend the night on the ice today?”

”Yeah, there’s no helping it.”

”Could we freeze to death?”

”Let’s continue on, see if we can go ashore nearby to rest for a bit.”

”It seems like without the Transmission Array of Star Moon Town, it’s indeed difficult for us to get to Star Moon Lake to dig up Ice Fish.”

After groping about in the dark for two hours, the group stumbled upon a small island on the lake with an abandoned house, once a place where fishermen rested overnight during their fishing trips.

”Thank heavens, finally, we don’t have to spend the night on the freezing ice, or who knows if we would even wake up in the morning.”

Everyone sighed in relief.

After a simple clean-up of the broken house, they gathered some branches, lit a bonfire, and finally sat around it to enjoy roasted meat. They put ice cubes into their carried iron cups, warming them by the fire until melted, and each drank a few sips of hot water, sighing in comfort.

They took turns keeping watch while the rest of the group nestled comfortably around the bonfire for the night. The next morning, Xia Luo took a walk around the island and found that it had an area of about one square kilometer. There were at least a hundred or two hundred trees, making it a unique spot in the midst of the icy lake.

A flash of inspiration struck Xia Luo, and he exclaimed:

”Zhou Qiang, I have an idea.”

Zhou Qiang and the others were puzzled and asked,

”Boss, what’s your plan?”

”Estimate for me, how far is this island from Star Moon Town?”

”We’ve run for half a day, I reckon it’s at least thirty kilometers?”

”And from the border of our Nanmu City?”

”About ten kilometers, I guess.”

”Look, if we use this island as a temporary base, bringing some supplies for overnight stays, then during the day we can dig for Ice Fish here, and spend the nights in the house, isn’t that great?

Then we can set up a temporary logistic point on the border of Nanmu City ten kilometers away, send supplies every other day from there and bring back the resources of Ice Fish that we’ve dug up. Isn’t this much better?

While it’s not as convenient as using a Transmission Array, at least we would be able to dig for Ice Fish at Star Moon Lake, seizing resources from Shanyun City. Plus, it’s unlikely that people from Star Moon Town would patrol here. It’s deserted around here, they wouldn’t expect us to have established a base.”

Xia Luo was excited about the plan he had suddenly come up with.

Deep down Xia Luo knew that it wouldn’t be wise to start a war with Shanyun City over digging for Ice Fish at Star Moon Lake. If they could sneakily extract the resources, he would be overjoyed.

What’s more important was that he felt he had found a solution to relieve Yang Xiao’s troubles.