"Mister, please follow me."
Du Feng was still lamenting the plight of the refugees when a girl suddenly came to his side. The third supreme elder had mentioned this matter before. After entering the extreme north, there would be a girl called Xiao Ya who would contact him. He did not expect her to come so quickly.
"Okay!"
Du Feng looked at Xiao Ya, and it was no different from what the third supreme elder had described, so he followed her. In this kind of snowy place, probably no one would take the initiative to greet him.
"Mister, are you pitying those refugees?"
Xiao Ya saw that Du Feng had been observing those people in the corner, so she asked casually.
"They are quite pitiful. Is there no other way to deal with the bugs?"
Du Feng was a good person after all. He knew that he could not save all the refugees. If possible, it would be good to help some of them. After all, among those people, there were elderly, women, and children. Especially those children, they were too pitiful.
"They are all criminals. If you want to save them, you need to get permission from the authorities."
Xiao Ya was very clear about the rules of the extreme north. Those refugees were all sent to the foot of the ice wall. No one could save them. Even if they were given food or clothes, helping them was equivalent to violating the local laws and regulations. Unless they were bought from the authorities as slaves.
"How many people are guilty? That's impossible, right?"
Du Feng was not a fool. He knew that criminals were sent to the frontier for labor reform. But in the extreme north, how was it possible for so many people to be criminals? Needless to say, most of them were definitely wronged.
"Mister, please come in and listen to me slowly."
Xiao Ya brought Du Feng to the front of a small ice house. There were very few row houses in the extreme north. They were all independent ice houses. There was no courtyard. They were all built with ice and the top was round. The area inside was not big, but it was enough.
Don't look at how cold it was outside. The house was also made of ice, but the temperature inside was not bad. After entering the ice house, his body was much warmer. Xiao Ya took out a talisman and pasted it on the door of the ice house. It immediately formed a layer of fluorescent film.
Du Feng recognized this item. It was the spiritual talisman of the Seven Basaltic Mansions, and it was the work of the Cabinet Elder. With this layer of protection, the conversation between the two would not be leaked, and it also had a certain degree of protection. What Xiao Ya said next was the true secret of the extreme north.
The number of refugees was not that large at first, but there was a rule in the far north: the children of criminals were also sinners. Unless there were special circumstances that could redeem them, they would remain like this for generations to come. It could be said that they would never be able to make a comeback.
This time, the Seven Basaltic Mansions had sent Du Feng over, and one of the reasons was related to these strange insects. These insects that could eat through the ice were called Ice Devouring Insects. They were not the most terrifying ones. The truly terrifying ones were the Ice Eater Queen Bug. In the depths of the ice layer of the extreme northern continent lived an Ice Devouring Queen Insect. This Queen Insect would produce a batch of Ice Devouring Insects from time to time, and these Ice Devouring Insects would constantly eat through the ice layer.
The reason why the Ice Devouring Insects would come out of the ice layer was that they were attracted by the smell of human martial artists. The role of those refugees was to constantly attract the Ice Devouring Insects and then eat them as food. Although the Ice Devouring Insects were constantly being eaten, they were constantly being produced at the same time.
The newly produced Ice Devouring Insects would devour the ice layer all the way until they were eaten. During this process, the ice layer below the extreme northern continent would be destroyed. In order to not let the extreme northern continent sink, the Queen of the Extreme North needed to constantly inject the power of ice into the bottom to refreeze the seawater that entered the hole.
To put it bluntly, this was a process of consumption. If the Ice Devouring Queen Insect was not eliminated, sooner or later, the extreme northern continent would sink. At that time, not only would the Queen of the Extreme North lose her ruling position, but most of the residents on the continent would also die. It could be said that the entire extreme northern circle would be finished.
The reason why the extreme northern continent could stand in the north of the world was not because of how strong the Queen of the Extreme North was. Although she had the Ultimate Emperor Realm Cultivation, to put it bluntly, she was at the same level as the Eight Guardian Deities around Emperor Nan, or the Four Protectors around the Demon Emperor. Compared to the real Four Emperors, it was still not enough.
The main reason was that the environment of this place was bad, and most martial artists were not willing to come here. Moreover, the Four Emperors were all male martial artists, and they were too embarrassed to fight with the Queen of the Extreme North for this desolate ice land. There were some people who wanted to attack the extreme northern land, but their strength was not strong enough.
Besides the Four Emperors and their trusted aides, there were not many forces that could really threaten the extreme northern land. Even if those big families wanted to invade, their strength could not compete with the entire extreme northern continent.
The Queen of the Extreme North was at the peak of the Ultimate Emperor Realm Level Nine Cultivation, and her three daughters were also at the Ultimate Emperor Realm Cultivation. The four Ultimate Emperor Realm women had been guarding the extreme northern land for a long time, so it was considered stable. If the Ice Devouring Queen Bug did not happen, they could continue to be the king of this land in the future.
But now things were getting more and more serious, because the Ice Devouring Queen Bug was hiding in the depths of the ice layer and was constantly growing. It was already a level eleven demon beast. It also produced more and more Ice Devouring Bugs. Although the extreme northern continent looked fine on the surface, it was already riddled with holes. The power of ice released by the Ice King Palace could no longer completely block those holes.
The ordinary residents of the extreme northern continent might not be aware, but the entire extreme northern continent was slowly sinking. As the seawater continued to pour into the holes in the ice layer, the ice layer would become heavier and heavier, and gradually sink into the sea. At a certain point, it would inevitably break away from the little bit of land that was left.
Once the ice layer broke away from the land, even if it was not completely silent, it would become floating ice floes. This matter involved the lives and safety of the entire extreme northern continent. It was also because of this that the Queen of the Extreme North asked for help from the Seven Basaltic Mansions.
The old master of the Seven Basaltic Mansions was an old acquaintance of the Queen of the Extreme North. Thus, he asked the Grand Elders to choose a suitable person to enter the extreme northern continent to help. This person's Cultivation level could not be too high, which meant that they could not reach the Ultimate Emperor Realm. This was because reaching the Ultimate Emperor Realm would threaten the safety of the extreme northern continent. Before they could even reach the shore, they would be bombarded by the Ice Soul Cannon.
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