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Chapter 838 The Five Wanderers of the Arctic

Da Chun switched to his main account and waited for the mermaid's contact in the Divine Realm Lighthouse.

Although it would be faster to contact Little Mei in the North Pole directly using Ellen's mirror, the mirror is currently focused on communicating with the bats, which is inconvenient. It would also be inconvenient for the goddess Lia to see it.

Da Chun was a little hesitant to ask why Xiao Mei should be sent to meet an enemy.
Finally, the mermaid's voice came from the lighthouse: "Dear warrior, I found that guy according to the time and coordinates you gave me, but it feels very familiar to me, a bit like you. Are you sure you found it using astrology?"

Da Chun's heart skipped a beat! Had she figured out his plan?

Or should I just confess? After all, given the extent of my relationship with the mermaid, continuing to hide it would make it difficult to carry out crucial matters.

Da Chun made up his mind: "My lord, it is actually my clone!"

Keeping a secret for a long time feels like constipation. The moment he revealed the secret, Da Chun felt like he had just passed a huge lump of stool, a huge relief.

So, what would the mermaid's reaction be if she found out?

While waiting, a system notification came from the alt account, and Da Chun immediately switched over to take a look:
—System notification: You have received the blessing of the sea god Helen the mermaid through the channel of Nature's Gift!
—System notification: You have received a call from Helen. Do you want to answer?
Holy crap, they just remotely blessed my alt account!

Answer the call!

The mermaid's laughter rang out: "It really is you! It's convenient to communicate here, no need to wait, let's talk over here."

Da Chun was excited: "Okay!"

The mermaid laughed and said, "Actually, after you transmitted the lyrics of the Nature's Gift rune to me from Oak City, I entered a mental space where there was the old tree Triguda, a group of fishmen named Ebonveld who also knew Nature's Gift, and I also saw you. But I found that there seemed to be two of you, which was very strange. I thought it was because I hadn't mastered Nature's Gift well enough, but now it seems there really are two of you!"

Da Chun suddenly realized that she had already discovered it! Holy crap, does this mean that anyone from a secret cult can see that there are two of me? Or even if they do see it, do they feel uncertain like her?

Da Chun had no choice but to explain: "It's because I have a secret mission and I dare not implicate you, so I have kept the secret of this clone all this time."

The mermaid asked with a smile, "Is your secret mission to do bad things?"

Da Chunhan said, "Actually, it's to cause some trouble for the Emperor."

The mermaid laughed: "That's going to be fun! The Emperor is looking for trouble with me, let's team up to deal with him!"

Da Chun was in a great mood: "Okay, so my lord, when I get to the North Pole, please have your little beauty clone with the water element come out and meet me."

The mermaid sneered, "Don't just think about running away. Not only can I send you the blessing of the sea god, but everyone else in the spiritual space can also send you the power of nature. If I can take this opportunity to defeat the gem guardian, I might be able to find a part-time job in Gem City."

Holy crap, their ambition is as vast as the ocean...

Da Chun became anxious: "My lord, you're already making the Imperial Church and the Emperor uneasy by being the guardian deity of two cities. What would happen if you were to be the guardian deity of three cities as well?"

The mermaid sneered, "Anyway, I'm a god from another race. Whether I control one city or several, the church won't trust me. Since they already don't trust me, I might as well ignore them. I'm currently returning to Gem City to patrol the streets and fill the void left by the Gem Guardian's departure." Da Chun's heart skipped a beat. Was this going to be something serious?

"But even if I gain the natural power of my other companions, I'm afraid I still wouldn't be a match for the guardian deity, would I?"

The mermaid laughed and said, "Let's see if he dares to chase me all the way to the North Pole. I received help from a warrior in the North Pole and made a great breakthrough in my research on geomagnetism. I have prepared a location that will not have much impact on the forces of nature, but will seriously interfere with the power of faith. You can go to that place. There will also be several ancient sea monsters to support you. They are all new friends that I have made recently."

Da Chun was stunned: "Five warriors? The five from the Dragon Sleep Temple who were looking for the water elemental?"

What kind of god is that, the Five Wanderers of the Fallen Wind?
The mermaid chuckled, "Yes, they came with the wanted squad to find Hydasis, but they didn't intend to capture him. They discovered some meteorite iron and used lightning magic to magnetize it... Anyway, it's amazing, and I'm really curious to see how it performs in actual combat..."

What the hell!

Da Chun silently opened the rankings to check the rankings of those characters: Godfallen Wind, Exploding Starry Sky, Illusion Eleven, Airplane Run Fast, and Liu Xiaoyue. It had been about ten days since their last encounter, and they were no longer in the top 1.

Given their social standing at the time, just surviving outside the Third Ring Road was already a struggle; how did they manage in the Arctic? Where did they eat and sleep? They couldn't possibly live in tents, could they? Or did they live in ice caves like Eskimos?
Okay, Zhou Qing said back then that these five random players had the awareness of professional gamers, so he believed that this daily routine wouldn't be difficult for them...

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Within the Arctic Circle, along the coast of the Ice Ocean.

The group of Godfall Wind, carrying the corpse of the Naga sea monster given to them by Lord Hydrasis, unleashed a lightning spell to magnetize the meteorite.

Since their failed attempt to summon Hydrasis and the subsequent SSS-level wanted list for Hydrasis, they were expelled from the Dragon Rest Temple. (Chapter 475, "The Prince's Request").

At that time, the only thing that allowed them to turn the tide was an SSS-level wanted poster that the old man from the temple had angrily thrown at them before expelling them. Ordinary players could never see or obtain a wanted poster of this level.

Using a wanted poster as an entry ticket and spending some jewelry, the five of them gained access to the Adventurers' Guild's high-end mission office, thus boarding a treasure-hunting airship bound for the Arctic as odd jobs. They soon discovered that while the Arctic was a harsh environment, it didn't have many surface monsters; the powerful monsters were mainly below the ice ocean.

But for some unknown reason, the airship abandoned the manhunt and prepared to leave.

The five were determined to find Hydasis and acknowledge him as their leader, since Hydasis's original words were "You can look for him, it depends on luck," so how could they give up and leave?

However, the five people were too weak to survive in the Arctic. So they signed a "black labor" agreement with the airship, requesting to continue their search. As a result, they obtained a batch of tools and supplies for polar survival and landed there.

With this batch of supplies, the five of them managed to build an igloo, similar to that of the Inuit, in a single day at a slightly sheltered spot on an iceberg. They laid out thick leather mats and a charcoal stove inside, which temporarily solved their accommodation problem, but it only ensured they wouldn't freeze to death. The extreme cold of the polar region made everyone's movements extremely stiff and sluggish.

Then everyone learned how to use ice sleds, ensuring that even slow-moving bodies could maneuver at a decent speed on the ice.

Then, the five of them took megaphones and shouted Hydrasis's name along the Arctic Ocean coast. They also erected ice sculptures to reflect light in an attempt to attract the attention of the water elementals, but to no avail.

Until, in a certain area, the five people discovered a pile of black substance, and their compasses suddenly stopped working...

(End of this chapter)