112: Chapter 112 Flaming Mountains of the Western Desert? No, that's the graphics card that burned out.
At the border of the Western Desert, towering waves of heat rolled through the air.
This was a forbidden zone in the Cultivation World, rumored to be the falling place of an ancient Fire God. As far as the eye could see, the land was scorched for thousands of miles, and even the air was distorted by the high temperatures. The gravel on the ground took on an eerie dark red hue, resembling flowing magma.
"Hot... it's too hot..." The massive "Maintenance Army" had just stepped into the Western Desert's territory and was already nearly roasted. Even though everyone was wearing the [Portable Cooling Talisman (Electric Fan Edition)] developed by Lei Wanjun, it still couldn't block the parching heat that pierced straight into the Soul.
"Dean!" Butcher Xiao was shirtless, his whole body as red as a boiled shrimp. He ran over holding a Thermometer (Spiritual Power Sensing Edition). "It's no good! The ambient temperature here has already exceeded five hundred degrees! Ordinary defense Formations simply can't hold up!" "And this fire isn't ordinary fire; it... it's poisonous!"
Tianhe Academy Mobile Command Center (A/C Full Blast Edition).
Li Mo sat on a leather sofa, holding a glass of Happy Water with ice cubes, watching the purgatory-like scene outside the window. In the vision of his Eye of Truth, this was no 'falling place of a Fire God.'
This was clearly a vast area of—red-hot cooling fins.
[Warning: Heat dissipation System (Western Desert Sector) temperature too high.] [Reason: Coolant leak + Cooling fan stuck.] [Current Core Temperature: 1200°C (Alert: Graphics card about to burn out).]
"As expected, it's burnt out." Li Mo shook his head. "This ancient god was quite careless, still running benchmarks (cultivating) when the graphics card is this hot."
At that moment, the earth suddenly trembled. Distant crimson dunes exploded, and flame giants dozens of chang tall, dripping with magma, stood up roaring. They had no facial features, only a massive mouth burning with intense flames, and their roars sounded like volcanic eruptions.
"Roar—!! (Intruders! Burn!)"
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" The students in the front were pale with fright. "It's the legendary 'Flame Demons'! Everyone, use ice Spells quickly!"
Countless ice spikes and water dragons blasted toward the giants. However, before the Spells could even get close, they instantly evaporated into white steam under the high temperature. "It's useless! The temperature is too high! Physical attacks are ineffective!"
The flame giants charged with heavy steps, each stride treading out a sea of fire. They were about to break the Formation of the Maintenance Army.
"Everyone, stop." Li Mo's voice sounded calmly over the broadcast. "Don't waste your mana. Those aren't monsters, they are... maintenance workers driven mad by the heat."
Li Mo pushed open the door of the command center and walked onto the deck. Looking at the rampaging flame giants, he didn't mobilize any earth-shattering Divine Abilities, but instead pulled out a... giant screwdriver from his System space.
"Xiao Hei," Li Mo called out. "Present." Xiao Hei (Abyss Clone) emerged from the shadows, holding a popsicle. "Go, pin down that lead giant for me. Don't kill it, just pin it down."
"Understood." Xiao Hei's figure flashed, transforming into a massive dark canopy that instantly enveloped the flame giant charging at the front. Although fire countered darkness, Xiao Hei was the Abyss itself; that pure aura of "cold silence" caused the rampaging giant's movements to stiffen. Seizing the opportunity, thousands of already-prepared Tentacle Monsters (wearing heat-insulating suits) swarmed up, pinning the giant firmly to the ground like a tied-up zongzi.
"Roar!!" The giant was still struggling, its high temperature melting the sand around it.
Li Mo walked up to the giant, ignoring the incoming heatwaves. He raised the screwdriver in his hand and precisely inserted it into a hidden slot on the giant's back. There was a knob there that had been rusted shut and covered in magma.
[Regulator Valve: Cooling Mode / Heating Mode.] [Current Status: Heating Mode (Stuck).]
"No wonder it's so hot." Li Mo twisted with force. "Turn for me...!"
Creeeak—! Accompanied by a tooth-aching sound of metal grinding, the knob that had been stuck for tens of thousands of years finally moved. It turned from the red 'Heating' to the blue 'Cooling.'
The next second, a miraculous scene occurred.
The flame giant, which was originally covered in fire and incredibly violent, suddenly seemed to have its spine removed and slumped to the ground. Following that, the magma on its body rapidly cooled and solidified, turning into grayish-black rock. From within its body, it no longer spat out fierce fire, but instead emitted a burst of... white cold air.
Whoosh— The surrounding temperature instantly dropped by ten degrees.
"Roar? (So cool...)" The giant let out a comfortable sigh. The flames atop its head extinguished, replaced by a faint blue cold light. It had become a... giant mobile air conditioner.
The entire field fell silent. Everyone was dumbfounded. Was this still the ferocious Flame Demon? No matter how you looked at it, it seemed like a simple, honest stone man.
"Do you see?" Li Mo put away the screwdriver and said to the stunned students. "They don't want to kill people; they just... have heatstroke." "These giants are the 'Temperature Control Units' that come with the warship. Because the switches were broken, they have been heating themselves up continuously until they lost their minds from the heat."
Li Mo pointed to the thousands of giants still raging in the distance. "The mission has changed now." "All Civil Engineering and Physics Departments, listen to my orders!" "Do not use ice Spells to attack; that's just giving them a sauna." "What we need to do is **'Physical Cooling'**."
Li Mo waved his hand and issued the new combat plan: [Codename: Heart-Piercing Cool, Flying Spirit.] [Step 1: Use gravity Formations to pin them down.] [Step 2: Find the switch on their backs (the third vertebra of the spine).] [Step 3: Use a wrench, pliers, or your foot to twist it to the 'Blue' setting!]
"Is that understood?!"
"Understood!!" The students were instantly excited. It wasn't about killing monsters; it was about repairing home appliances! They were experts at this! Especially those students who were scared just now; their gazes changed as they looked at the giants. Those weren't monsters; those were walking academic credits!
"Charge! That big one is mine!" "Don't snatch! I have an Advanced wrench!" "Tentacle Monster brother, help me pin down a leg!"
A massive "Home Appliance Repair Movement" erupted in the Western Desert. The style instantly shifted from a "Magical War" to a "Construction Site." Everywhere, giants were being pinned to the ground, the sound of "creak-creak" from turning switches was everywhere, along with the comfortable sighs of giants transforming into air conditioners.
Half a day later.
The heatwaves of the Western Desert had vanished. In their place was frost covering the ground. Tens of thousands of stone giants converted to "Cooling Mode" were lining up, standing honestly on the dunes, breathing cold air into the atmosphere.
[System Prompt: Heat dissipation System has restarted.] [Current Core Temperature: 60°C (Comfortable).] [Environmental Evaluation: Because the air conditioning is too strong, the Western Desert is about to become the 'North Pole'.]
Li Mo wrapped his heavy coat tightly around himself (he was wearing short sleeves just now, but now he was shivering from the cold). "Alright, alright, stop spraying." "Just leave a few running; set the rest to 'Standby Mode'."
He walked up to the largest giant leader. This leader had now become Li Mo's exclusive mount. Its shoulders were broad and flat, and it came with built-in air conditioning, making it more comfortable to sit on than a sofa.
"Since the radiator is fixed..." Li Mo patted the giant's large head, "then take me to see that 'fan'." "Supposedly there's a big fellow there."
According to the map, in the deepest part of the Western Desert, which was also the core vent of the cooling System, resided a **[Flame Lord]**. That was the true reason why the fan was stuck. It was also the final BOSS of Li Mo's "A/C Repair" journey.
"Move out!" Li Mo gave the order. The Maintenance Army, riding tens of thousands of "Air Conditioner Giants," marched grandly toward the depths of the Western Desert. This time, they no longer feared the high temperatures. Because they brought their own... strongest cold air mass in the entire server.