165: A colossal shadow looms deep in the Arctic!

"You people are always like this, bowing and scraping at every turn. So what if I'm from a hundred thousand years ago? I'm not your ancestor, so why be so polite? Forget it, forget it, I'm leaving. Someone as free and easy as me really isn't used to this kind of place!"

Lu Chen yawned, turned around, and left the Tianji Pavilion.

The old man behind him, a man of several hundred years, only straightened his back after Lu Chen had left and his figure had completely disappeared.

His eyes were filled with reverence for such a powerful Senior like Lu Chen.

He was the one who stopped the Heaven-Extinction a hundred thousand years ago!

That is a god-like figure anywhere.

The Grand Elder's heart was filled with admiration!

Returning to his living quarters, Lu Chen quickly entered into Cultivate.

He was already at the King level, and there were very few opponents left in the world for him.

However, the Secret Realm was indeed a huge challenge.

The opponents he would have to face in the future would certainly not be ordinary people.

This was a critical point.

...

Three days later.

The Arctic.

After arriving here, Lu Chen encountered some scientific researchers who were already present.

Among them were people from the Northern Territory, and quite a few from Huaxia.

After all, the relationship between the Northern Territory and Huaxia was extraordinary.

Since Huaxia had no territory in the Arctic, it had always valued the Northern Territory, which inclined towards it.

The fact that the Northern Territory was right next to the Arctic Circle was especially important.

Naturally, the world of today is no longer the world it once was.

However, the petty schemes of various countries that should exist will naturally not be lacking.

Huaxia, having played power politics for who knows how many generations, naturally would not lack such thoughts.

It is worth mentioning that as soon as Lu Chen landed, Shelley had already been waiting for a long time with the members of the Council of Elders.

Shelley's attire today was unlike her usual style, nor did it resemble the attire of the Kunlun Academy.

Instead, she was dressed like a princess.

Looking at Shelley like this, Lu Chen thought of someone: the "Ice Princess."

That was a female character from the anime and ACG circle.

But looking at Shelley now, she really looked just like the Ice Princess.

Very beautiful and very cold.

But the moment she saw him, this Ice Princess revealed a sweet smile.

Ice and snow melted, spring flowers bloomed.

Such a smile would only be directed at him, right?

Lu Chen walked forward, followed by the Grand Elder of the Kunlun Academy.

He was also the liaison officer of the five powerful leaders of the Huaxia Supreme Committee at the Kunlun Academy.

He was even the teacher of one of those five powerful leaders.

If placed in ancient times, he would be the Grand Tutor.

"Lu Chen, you're here."

Shelley approached him intimately. If there hadn't been others around, she would have already wanted to take Lu Chen's hand and link arms with him. Unfortunately, there were other people here, so for now, she could only maintain the airs of a princess while also paying attention to the behavior expected of her as a future empress.

Then, Shelley began to introduce the seven Elders behind her to Lu Chen one by one.

They were all ministers or generals from the previous generation of the Arctic Realm who had eventually become members of the Council of Elders.

They were all old ministers who were loyal to Shelley.

More importantly, each of them possessed the strength of a Grand Magister.

When they joined forces, the national defense Formation they could set up was rumored to possess power that could reach the Imperial level.

That was a Formation left over from the ancient era.

It was also left behind by the first Ice Emperor of the Arctic Realm.

Come to think of it, Lu Chen still remembered the first Ice Emperor.

That was also a hundred thousand years ago, when a white-haired youth came from the Arctic to Huaxia to seek knowledge and the Dao.

He successively joined the Daoist school, Confucian school, and Yin and Yang school, and finally, after completing his studies in the Legalist school, he returned to the Arctic.

Back when Lu Chen led the Heaven-Extinction campaign, he even brought him along.

It was a pity that he eventually died on Mercury!

That was someone who stayed behind to cover for everyone, holding off countless monsters of the Heavenly Dao alone.

Lu Chen looked at the Arctic before him, and a trace of sorrow appeared in his eyes.

A hundred thousand years; that is not a short time!

"Alright, let's head into the depths!"

"The icebreaker is already prepared."

"Lead the way, Shelley. We'll go directly to the largest iceberg area; the place we are looking for is underwater there."

"Alright."

...

Arriving at the center of the Arctic Circle.

Lu Chen felt for the first time what it meant to be in a world of ice and snow.

Standing on the ice sheet at the edge of the Arctic Circle, Lu Chen felt the sensation of his breath condensing into ice crystal in the negative thirty-degree air.

The compass on his left wrist spun crazily in the polar magnetic field, just like his heartbeat being disrupted by the polar day light at this moment.

This was an April morning at 79 degrees north latitude, where the sun traced an arc along the horizon that never set, dyeing the entire ice sea into flowing liquid gold.

Although everyone was an extraordinary person possessing magic power.

Lu Chen still dispelled his magic barrier at the first opportunity.

It was the first time he had felt such a temperature directly.

He was an immortal skeleton anyway.

It was a rare chance to properly experience it.

The scenes before his eyes were truly a symphony of ice and light.

When stepping onto the frozen ground.

Behind Lu Chen and his group were over a dozen military icebreakers.

They were all troops from Huaxia and the Arctic Realm.

They were the military personnel coordinating this operation.

They were also joint combat personnel.

The command was in the hands of the Grand Elder of the Kunlun Academy.

The cracking sound made by his boots crushing the thousand-year-old permafrost was like stepping on the piano keys of the primordial Universe.

The floating ice of the Arctic Ocean was like tin foil crumpled by a giant god, rising and falling, colliding in the pale green seawater. Occasionally, the roar of ancient glaciers collapsing could be heard; that was the sleeping white giant beast turning over.

In the distance, the outline of Greenland blurred into an ink wash painting, and the deep blue halo refracted by the ice sheet made the entire sea area look like it was floating with countless sapphires; this was probably the Earth's most expensive jewelry box.

Lu Chen exhaled a breath of turbid air.

His whole body transformed into his true skeletal form.

In this world, he appeared so unique.

The aura of the undead on his body blossomed even further.

The powerful aura of a King made people involuntarily awe-struck.

This was the strength of the King level!

Suddenly, a sound of ice cracking came from beneath his feet.

Lu Chen slowly retreated and saw the black seawater surging in the ice crevice, greedily devouring the sunlight.

This reminded Lu Chen of the scientific research data he had reviewed, which mentioned that the Arctic sea ice coverage had shrunk from 7.3 million square kilometers thirty years ago to less than 5 million. Every crack before his eyes seemed like cold sweat seeping out as the Earth broke its fever.

If the heavenly dao contamination is not stopped, it will likely be even faster.

When that time truly comes, the goal of the Heavenly Dao will have been achieved.

There would be no need to descend with giant god soldiers; the Earth would already be gone.

Civilization would naturally end as well.

"Tell everyone to prepare; in six hours, we begin the descent,"

Lu Chen said to Shelley behind him.

Shelley nodded slightly and notified the command center behind them through the communicator.

The operation began!

One hour later.

A herd of reindeer appeared in the distance, trampling through the ice fog, and the ice sheet here instantly gained some vitality.

The antlers of over a hundred creatures wove into flowing coral trees under the low, slanted sunlight. The snow dust kicked up by their hooves condensed into diamond dust in mid-air, and the ice beads falling on the eyelashes of the lead stag refracted seven-colored rainbow light.

Lu Chen, holding a handful of white snow, gazed at these creatures.