Chapter 248 The Dawn of Evolution
Two minutes later.
Gothe opened his eyes and stopped triggering the forbidden ice needle.
It's not that his will can't bear the pain caused by Zhen Bing.
The main reason is that after triggering the forbidden ice needle, the chill released by Zhenbing will not only bring extreme cold, but also directly cause damage to his body.
The body has the ability to recover, and some minor injuries are not a problem. It can even promote [Adaptation] and improve the body's recovery ability.
But there is a threshold. Once this critical line is exceeded, the body's load capacity will be overloaded, and then it will not just be a minor injury.
Too much is not enough.
Gaode must wait until the accumulated frostbite has almost recovered before he can start the next adaptation.
This process of recovering from injuries is also the golden period for [Adaptive] to improve the body's recovery ability. It is not just about waiting.
After relaxing for a while and regaining his energy, Gothe also began to rest.
A night without dreams.
Perhaps due to mental exhaustion, Gothe slept extremely deeply until he was woken up by Loic the next morning.
"You are so generous, sleeping so deeply." After Luoic woke up Gothe, he couldn't help but teased.
Gaode smiled "shyly", and the information that appeared in his consciousness showed that the improvement in the body's injury recovery ability had reached 7.1% after one night.
Before reaching the bottleneck, the progress of adaptation always increases very quickly.
The stronger the body's ability to recover from injuries, the shorter the time it takes for Gaode's body to heal itself.
The shorter the interval, the more frequently he can adapt.
With this continuous back and forth, it can be expected that in a few days, his adaptability improvement efficiency will reach an extremely exaggerated level.
After simply having breakfast, Loic and Catherine summoned two spiritual mounts through [Summon Mounts] again, and then took Gothe to the old site of the Snover clan by changing their route.
As for the Seven Nights Owl, it leaned on Catherine's shoulder and entered a motionless dormant state like a wooden sculpture.
Owls are typical nocturnal birds. Even owls with extraordinary abilities still maintain the habit of being active at night and sleeping during the day.
However, the reason why the Seven Nights Owl is called this name is because it can stay awake for seven days and seven nights without any discomfort when necessary.
Of course, this ability is also extremely energy-consuming.
So unless there are special circumstances during the mission, Catherine will usually let the Seven Nights Owl maintain a normal schedule.
With the existence of mounts, he can travel much faster than Gothe himself. It is not a problem to walk hundreds of kilometers a day.
If the weather is good and the mana is sufficient, it will be easy to travel 200 kilometers.
This is also one of the reasons why the two of them were able to quickly track Gaode on the vast snowfield.
How can two legs outrun four legs?
So, the three of them should be able to return to the old site of the Snover clan within four or five days.
The further he walked in the direction of the Snover clan, the more helpless Gothe became. He thought that after traveling for less than half a month, he would soon be back to the starting point.
Why are there so many twists and turns when trying to plant a tree?
But it’s better than being taken directly back to the Snowfield Guardian headquarters.
Therefore, although Gao De was helpless, he was still in a happy mood.
In addition, although they became "prisoners" again, the treatment they gave Gaode was not bad.
Gao De will eat whatever they eat, and they don't have to do the chores themselves when cleaning up the camp, it's all done by the two of them.
It is Gothe who has never been able to see Catherine's face under the mask.
As if there was something cryptic, even when eating, Catherine would turn her back and take off her mask.
I was on the road the whole day.
When it was getting dark, Catherine gently patted the Seven Nights Owl that had been sleeping on her shoulder for a whole day. It immediately woke up from its deep sleep, then flapped its wings and flew away through the sky. .
"The Seven-Night Owl has excellent visual and hearing abilities, which can help us find prey. It is equivalent to giving us two more flying eyes." Loic explained to Gothe.
Soon after, the Seven-Night Owl that flew away from the sky flapped its wings and flew back again, but this time it did not stop on Catherine's shoulder, but flew at low altitude to lead the way.
Loic and Catherine followed the Seven Nights Owl without hesitation.
Under its leadership, after only ten minutes of running, the three of them saw a ring-shaped ice and snow wolf that was a whole circle larger than the ordinary snow wolf. For some reason Alone, wandering in the snowfield.
Katherine immediately rushed towards the ring of ice and snow wolves.
The ice wolf also reacted very quickly. The moment it saw Catherine rushing over, it bared its fangs and entered a fighting posture.
But in front of Catherine, the resistance of an ice wolf seemed meaningless.
A [Ice Blade] that was raised and cast, easily and accurately killed it instantly, turning it into a living corpse lying on the snow.
The efficiency of spawning monsters made Gaode extremely jealous.
Of course, today’s dinner is roasted wolf meat.
After today's dinner in the makeshift camp, the moon was already high in the sky.
The moon today is full, and the moonlight emitted is very bright. Even at night, the visibility is still high.
But Loic and Catherine were obviously not affected by these.
Only a few minutes after they lay down and squinted their eyes, they fell asleep.
And the Seven Nights Owl, just like last night, flew to a higher point, staring at its bright eyes to monitor the surroundings and Gothe.
Gaode was in a calm mood.
When he was on the road today, he imitated the Seven Nights Owl and entered a state of rest.
Although there are bumps on the road, Gothe's experience in practicing meditation has long ago mastered the technique of quickly falling asleep. Similarly, falling asleep quickly is similar and is not difficult.
After resting during the day, he is now very energetic.
In this way, Gothe can seize the rest time of Loic and Catherine to adapt for a longer period of time, instead of starting to rest after one adaptation like last night.
After waiting for another ten minutes, he calmly concentrated, circulated the magic power in his body, and once again touched the forbidden ice needle inserted on the route of the magic power's circulation.
A moment later, beads of sweat began to appear on Gothe's forehead, and his face turned pale.
Two and a half minutes later, sweating profusely, he opened his eyes again.
The frostbite in his body was about to reach the threshold that his body could bear again.
Gaode began to wait patiently for his body to heal itself.
Of course, you don't have to wait until full recovery.
After waiting for about an hour, Gothe began to activate the mana in his body again.
This time, when his body was not restored to its best condition, he only lasted for half a minute before stopping.
In just one night, Gothe used mana for half a minute every hour, and so on.
By the time it was dawn, he had already used his magic like this five times.
Including the time at the beginning, Gothe triggered the forbidden ice needle for more than five minutes this night.
Compared to yesterday, the time has improved by more than twice. After all this trouble, his cold resistance has increased to 112%, his pain tolerance has increased to 74.5%, and even his physical injury recovery ability has reached 14.7% with an extremely exaggerated efficiency.
It seems that because the body's injuries are always on the edge of the threshold, it can trigger the body's self-healing ability to the maximum extent?
Just like exercising to the point of failure in order to maximize muscle growth.
Moreover, during the body's recovery process during the day, the body's ability to recover from injuries can continue to improve. Although the efficiency will decrease rapidly as the injury improves, it is still better than nothing.
The results of this night made Gothe feel dazed and almost couldn't help laughing.
If this continues, the intermediate Bingyou body seems to be within easy reach.
And after the cold resistance improvement value reached the 100% limit, he evolved into the primary Ice Blessing Body.
After the ability to endure pain and the ability to recover from physical injuries reach 100%, can the corresponding abilities also evolve?
When he thought of this possibility, Gaode became full of motivation, and the pain caused by Zhen Bing became sweeter.
After waking up, Loic had already started preparing breakfast.
Gaode stood up and moved his body, while carefully feeling his physical condition at the moment.
Because the chill in his body has not completely subsided, his blood and muscles are still a little stiff, and even his heart rate has dropped to an extremely low level, and there is still obvious frostbite inside his body.
But just for a while, Gaode could feel that his physical condition was better than before.
The body's recovery ability seems to have only increased by 14.7%, which is not an exaggerated number, but in fact the changes in body sensation are very obvious.
After breakfast, the three of them set off again.
Gothe, who had not slept all night, began to rest in meditation on the mount summoned by Loic.
Four days later.
Whoosh!
A shard of ice shards cut through the air.
The ice crystal fragments instantly passed through a distance of tens of meters, piercing the head of a yellow sheep that was looking for moss under the snow layer, and a ball of plasma exploded on the snow.
Immediately afterwards, three figures appeared.
"Ibex, you are in luck again today. In the snowfield, wild beasts are far rarer than earth-line creatures." Loic sighed.
First, the harsh environment makes it difficult for beasts without extraordinary strength to survive in the northern border.
Secondly, even if beasts without extraordinary strength can withstand the harsh environment, they are often hunted and eaten by carnivorous earth-line creatures.
While talking, Loic stepped forward and skillfully separated the yellow sheep that fell to the ground.
Generally, Loic is responsible for these chores.
Although both of them are hunters, Catherine's status is obviously higher than that of Loic.
Even more than one, because Gothe always has a vague feeling that Loic is often like Catherine's "servant"?
Of course, this had nothing to do with him, so he didn't pay much attention to it, let alone ask questions.
While Roic was cutting up the yellow mutton, Catherine took out the map of the North drawn by the Snowfield Guardian from her arms and looked at the map carefully.
"It should be there tomorrow night." After looking at it for a while, Catherine said lightly, both to Roic and Gothe.
"It has been so long, can anything be found?" Gao De frowned slightly and asked one more question.
This is his worry.
Snow and time will bury many things.
"The abilities and methods of the Snowfield Guardian Hunter are beyond your imagination." Catherine's eyes hidden in the mask glanced sideways at Gothe.
Gaode spread his hands and really hoped that Catherine's ability was as reliable as she said.
Beside the fire.
Gaode was chatting with Loic while flipping the mutton chops in his hand to heat them evenly on the fire.
"By the way, can you tell me how you differentiate between hunters and guardians? There seems to be quite a big difference between the two."
After traveling together for four or five days, he became familiar with the two of them. Even though Catherine is taciturn most of the time and is not as talkative as Roic, Gothe can obviously feel that the other party's attitude towards him has softened a lot.
This made him become more natural, and he would even occasionally take the initiative to ask about the internal affairs of the Snowfield Guardian.
As long as there are no secrets involved, Loic will usually answer.
“It’s actually very simple to say. Most hunters and guardians were born as orphans taken in by the sect. Children with ice blood or talents will be picked up by the headquarters. ”
"Then they receive training and instruction, and finally they are divided into two groups based on the principle of voluntariness."
"Those who are willing to devote themselves and wander in the snowfield, and do not have much desire for power, will generally choose to become guardians, and the rest will "
"Of course, there will be people who change their minds after choosing, for example, after being a guardian for a while, they feel it is too hard and want to become a hunter.
Or. After being a hunter for a while, you feel that you are not free enough to constantly accept and complete the tasks assigned by the sect, and you are tired of running.
Both are available, and the sect generally allows it. ”
"The guardians of the snowfield respect everyone's choices."
"I see." Gothe nodded, and at the same time glanced at Catherine who was silent.
Although most of the Snowfield Guardians are orphans, there are also a few who have extraordinary backgrounds.
Obviously, Catherine is one of these few people.
Because of her temperament, she doesn't look like she was born as an orphan.
After finishing today's dinner, Loic and Catherine began to practice the Dharma.
Gaode took the opportunity to sleep for a while.
Although he could catch up on his sleep during the day, the quality of his sleep was still somewhat unsatisfactory, and it was hard for him to overdo it.
After all, if a person can sleep all day during the day, it must mean that he is not sleeping well at night.
After the two of them finished practicing and lay down to rest, Flora followed Gothe's instructions and quietly woke Gothe.
As soon as he woke up, Gaode immediately turned his magic power around without saying a word, and suddenly flowed towards the five forbidden ice needles in his body.
After four days of adaptation, he was now able to endure the coldness of Zhenbing for a full ten minutes at a time.
The intermittent time was also shortened to half an hour, and the persistence time was extended to two minutes
It was not until the sky was dim that Gaode stopped completely and ended today's adaptation:
[Withstand the extreme cold, your cold resistance increases by 157%]
[Withstanding the pain of extreme cold, your ability to withstand pain is increased by 86.2%]
[If you are suffering from extreme cold, your body's ability to recover from injuries is increased by 39.3%].
The improvement in cold resistance is still rising at a steady rate.
Because in the face of Zhenbing's coldness, even Gaode's current high cold resistance is still unbearable and is far from reaching the bottleneck.
It’s just that the rate of increase in pain tolerance has slowed down a lot.
It seems that the critical line of 100% is only 13.8% away, but AutoNavi knows that in fact the gap is very large, and it cannot be reflected by simple numbers.
Fortunately, the ability to recover from physical injuries is still improving very quickly because it is in the "novice welfare period".
In comparison, Gaode also happens to be more looking forward to the abilities that can be evolved after the body's injury recovery ability reaches the critical value.
After all, according to conventional thinking, the physique evolved by the former is related to enduring pain, and its role is limited.
The latter has infinite possibilities. It is not so exaggerated to say that you can regenerate a broken limb, but maybe you can really become an "invincible little strong"?
(End of this chapter)