Xinyuan finished off the last person in white robes, and the entire area was void of any remaining hostile presence. Only the deadly silence of a battlefield remained, like frost that kills all life.
Dragging his aching body, Xinyuan shook his right arm and stood in front of what was now an ice-sealed divine embryo.
"This thing... is an egg? If it's called a divine embryo, does that mean it can hatch a god?"
Looking at the now lifeless specimen, Xinyuan murmured to himself. Based on the information provided earlier by the man in white robes, he could guess that the official superhumans were hiding something from the public.
Moreover, it seemed one had to formally enter a certain organization to learn these secrets—perhaps by officially enrolling in a school?
This time, it seemed he had learned many secrets in advance.
No longer paying attention to the divine embryo, Xinyuan picked up the two children from the ground and started heading towards the nearest police station.
But just after taking a few steps, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.
He turned back, looked at the twelve lifelike ice sculptures, and after a moment of thought, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.
...
Under the cover of night, Jun An Yi and her group were scattered across the Black Horse Stadium, each superhuman responsible for a different area.
As time passed, with no significant events occurring, many people had begun inspecting the underground passages, preparing for an emergency evacuation if needed.
The longer it dragged on, the more Jun An Yi's mental state darkened.
But just as she began imagining the worst possible scenarios, she suddenly raised her head sharply, looking towards the east.
There, she sensed an intense energy fluctuation!
Something must have happened.
Quickly pressing her earpiece, she urgently asked all personnel involved in the operation:
"Who's in the Eastern Plaza? What's going on over there?"
"No one."
"I'm on the north side."
"I'm inside the venue."
...
Everyone responded quickly. They, too, had felt the energy fluctuation, but after checking with each other, they realized something terrifying—no one was in that location.
"Damn!"
"Don't go there! Return to the stadium immediately and be ready to evacuate at any moment!"
Jun An Yi, no longer concerned with protocol, swore, disconnected the earpiece, and sprinted towards the source of the energy with the speed of a cheetah.
She remembered that the location was a small fitness plaza, very conspicuous with no cover. Someone should have already inspected it.
No one was in that direction, yet a violent energy fluctuation appeared there...
Could it be... that a god has descended?
At this critical moment, this was possibly the worst news.
She had already prepared herself—if a god truly descended, she would try to hold the enemy off herself, buying as much time as possible for an evacuation.
She had never fought a god before, so she didn't know if she could handle it...
But upon arriving, her previously unstoppable momentum suddenly stalled.
She halted in her tracks, her red lips slightly parted, and her right hand covered her mouth in disbelief at the scene before her.
The plaza looked like another world!
The ground was covered in white frost, and the harsh, pale ice covered everything in sight. The plants and trees seemed to have entered an ice age, with icicles hanging from the trees and fitness equipment.
This... looks so much like something I would do!
But she knew for sure that this wasn't her doing. So who could it have been...?
Wait, this power?
"Xinyuan?!"
Jun An Yi blurted out in disbelief as she checked Xinyuan's last two chat messages on her phone.
Could he have taken action upon hearing the news and gone to rescue those two children himself?!
Raising her head again, the most eye-catching thing was the giant egg encased in ice in the center of the plaza!
That is... a divine embryo?!
Seeing this, Jun An Yi's expression tightened, and she quickly walked over.
But just as she took a step forward, her foot caught on something.
Hmm?
An ice block?
However, after kicking it lightly, Jun An Yi realized it was actually a hand!
A hand frozen in ice!
Shocked again, she looked around and found pieces of broken ice scattered all over, each containing a severed limb!
Clearly, this was what remained after people had been frozen into statues and then shattered.
Based on the clothing on these "fragments," it was obvious they were a group of divine servants, including a white-robed priest. Coupled with the divine embryo before her, this was clearly the site of a god's descent ritual.
These fanatical divine servants had now turned into a pile of crushed ice.
"Tsk, ruthless..." Jun An Yi clicked her tongue as she looked at the broken pieces on the ground, "But well done!"
Recalling Xinyuan's usual lazy, indifferent demeanor, Jun An Yi couldn't help but laugh.
"Who would've thought you had such a righteous and fierce side? It seems your personality isn't just what it appears on the surface."
"And... impressive! You actually possess such power already?"
If this was Xinyuan's doing, she would have to seriously reevaluate his talents and strength.
She had only started a few years earlier than him. If he had received the same top-tier training since the age of fourteen, her own records might have been partly shared by him.
His talent might even surpass her own!
But for some reason, after having this thought, Jun An Yi didn't feel any jealousy. Instead, she felt an unusual sense of pride and joy, a smile spreading uncontrollably across her face.
Just as she was secretly clenching her fists, feeling an inexplicable excitement, the sound of several figures landing behind her reached her ears.
Instantly, the smile on her face vanished, replaced by her usual cold demeanor.
Snapping out of her thoughts, she looked at the equally shocked superhumans.
Seeing their stunned faces, Jun An Yi felt an odd sense of pride and spoke up:
"Didn't I tell you not to come? Why did you disobey orders and come over?"
A masked female superhuman, glancing around and sensing that the crisis was likely over, let out a sigh of relief and said:
"How could we let you face danger alone?"
A burly man with a dark face laughed heartily and agreed:
"Yeah, you're the strongest among us, but you're also the youngest. Your life is more precious. No way we'd let you die before us."
Jun An Yi's expression didn't change, but her heart warmed as she shook her head:
"Everyone's life is precious."
The dark-faced man kicked an ice-frozen head on the ground hard, saying:
"These traitors deserve to die like this! No wonder they call you the Frost War God. You dealt with them so quickly."
It was clear he despised these divine servants to the core. If they had succeeded in summoning a god today, the casualties would have been unimaginable.
These were truly terrorists in every sense.
Upon hearing this, Jun An Yi shook her head and started walking towards the ice-sealed divine embryo.
"It wasn't me. When I arrived, this was already how it was."
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