I became a god by treasure hunting after arriving 500 years early

Chapter 742: Chapter 540 Greedy Demon God Lord, Save Me! _3

“It couldn’t really be a Stone Man, could it?” Someone’s imagination ran wild.

“Wait, do you all feel it? The temperature is getting colder and colder?”

“Y-yeah, it’s so cold it’s making me panic.” The group exchanged uneasy glances, their hearts sinking.

Upon closer inspection, even the alcohol inside the thermometer had frozen solid.

An extreme cold snap had truly arrived at this moment.

This was the most despair-inducing disaster of the Northern Territory, where temperatures dropped below minus 200 degrees Celsius under the terrifying cold wave!

This was truly terrifying ultra-low temperatures!

Even oxygen and nitrogen would liquefy!

These liquefied gases would cling to the surface of the skin, constantly evaporating and stealing away immense heat, freezing a Level 6 Expert to death within minutes.

The group had no choice but to activate their Extraordinary Sparks, forming light screens to resist the cold.

Ta Gang nervously pulled out a bell, from which came the voice of another group: “The Wulan Clan, we may have encountered an extreme cold snap. Most of us won’t survive the night. We must huddle together for warmth.”

“Alright! Come to us. We’ve dug a large igloo.”

In no time, over 200 people from Maige City, leading their mounts, tremblingly entered the igloo.

Everyone’s faces looked grim, their hats frozen stiff atop their heads.

They had come, excited, to dig for treasure, yet without even a glimmer of success they’d encountered this most terrifying cold disaster.

In such extreme temperatures, oxygen began to condense, and oxygen rain started falling from the sky.

With the air growing thinner, the furnaces could no longer stay lit and began to extinguish.

“Damn it… Everyone, back to back, stick together.” Several leaders produced a red-hued stone—”volcanic stone”—which gave off a barely perceptible warmth.

Their entire bodies radiated a red glow, clinging to their Extraordinary Sparks as the only means of survival.

Former enemies now shared the same roof; a tiny bit more warmth meant a tiny bit more hope.

The weaker mounts, standing at the outer edge of the igloo, froze into stiff, lifeless statues within minutes. Liquid oxygen and nitrogen formed a thin layer of frost over their skin.

“It seems your Heavenly Horses aren’t much better than our Double-horned Horses.”

“Hmph.” A big man from Maige City snorted, his teeth chattering uncontrollably. “We won’t even see the Sun rise tomorrow. What’s the point of bickering?”

“Our city will be fine, right?”

“No problem. The city is in a geothermal area… It won’t get as cold as this.”

“But this extreme cold snap might last for days.”

“Damn it, if only we’d pushed a little further to reach that ancient civilization site. At least we’d have shelter from the wind and snow…”

“Divide into shifts, activate the Extraordinary Sparks, and release heat. We must endure.”

Now, all that filled everyone’s minds was one thought: survive…

What once was competition now seemed like a joke in the face of life or death; what once was greed had completely evaporated in the face of these natural disasters.

If they could just get back to a fireplace, they might immediately become best friends, drinking and laughing together.

…

Dozens of kilometers away, in Sky City, the reconnaissance team ate hotpot while watching the oxygen rain fall from the sky, utterly astounded.

In just 10 minutes, the temperature had dropped by 100 degrees Celsius. This could only be described as some kind of unknown supernatural phenomenon.

Many were witnessing for the first time the sight of air freezing into liquid.

“Doesn’t it feel like we’ve entered the Wandering Earth era?”

“Don’t let your guard down. In this kind of environment, anomalies might occur. Make sure the Yingyu tree’s heat supply is stable.”

“The Yingyu tree is fine! The temperature inside the greenhouse is 24 degrees Celsius.”

Inside the small cave, it was naturally as warm as spring.

The cave’s insulation was already excellent, and the controlled nuclear fusion device provided endless heat energy, ensuring that humanity didn’t have to worry about energy shortages.

Many had begun treating the oxygen rain as a world wonder.

The cold snap continued unabated. The blue, glimmering oxygen lakes dotted Earth like its eyes. These lakes bubbled as though boiling, releasing pockets of gas.

The fierce wind surged endlessly, all things in the world interconnected yet independent, together composing the entirety of destiny.

The snow-covered mountain outlines blocked the dim starlight, while swirling dry ice snowflakes kissed the liquid oxygen lakes. The heavy coats from yesterday carried traces of the Northern Territory’s biting weather. Even a harmless-looking coffee mug held traces of a fleeting snowstorm. Inside the small cave, Old Wolf flexed its body like a fern.

Meanwhile, the igloo outside Green Grass City synced with the breathing of the universe…

“Leader! I can’t hold on anymore!”

After days of battling low temperatures and low oxygen levels, the warriors’ faces had turned purplish, their Extraordinary Sparks on the verge of extinction.

“Even if you can’t, you have to! Here, take a drink!” The City Lord reached for the wine sack at his waist but let out a bitter laugh—inside, the wine had already frozen into a solid lump, not a single drop could be poured out.

Despair filled his gaze as he looked at the ashen sky. The cold snap showed no signs of waning, and more and more people were succumbing to exhaustion.

Was the elite fighting force of both cities really about to freeze to death in the wilderness?

If so many experts perished together, what would become of the cities in the future?

Would they be overrun by alien races? Slaughtered?

He didn’t know.

Nor did he want to think about it.

Just then, that mysterious voice returned, overflowing with excitement: “Hahaha! I’ve done it! Three Entropy Elements in total!”

“From the Dao comes One, from One comes Two, from Two comes Three, and from Three comes all things! The field is entirely under my control.”