Chapter 230: Never Back Down (1/2)

Chapter 230: Never Back Down

Translator: Double_LEditor: Hitesh_

Wang Tong began to initialize his tactics in his own icy room. To be honest, this was the perfect chance for Wang Tong’s own practice. In fact, the resonance of the five genome sources in his body had become stronger ever since the blizzard began. Hence, Wang Tong decided to make use of this environment to strengthen his basics. Moreover, the natural coldness seemed to be able to enhance the resonance.

Unlike most ordinary people, an experienced fighter would always make use of the environment for his or her own good.

The harsher the surroundings, the more energetic Wang Tong would become, and obviously, he would never miss such an opportunity to enhance his practice. Wang Tong’s brutal experiences at Norton had shaped him into a tough survivor. In fact, even Ma Xiaoru and Li Ruo-Er would never be able to do what Wang Tong had achieved, even though they had also been through some harsh training. In short, Wang Tong’s past experience was what differed him from most ordinary students.

Wang Tong gradually fell asleep after he finished initializing his tactics. However, Wang Tong’s Tactics of the Blade would still carry on initializing by itself even though he had fallen asleep. It couldn’t be helped since the continuous initialization of tactics was the only way to survive Norton’s five times greater gravity. In this case, the continuous initialization of tactics of the Blade would be able to protect Wang Tong from hypothermia.

In other words, this auto-initialization of tactics of the Blade would be able to act as a protective barrier that could keep Wang Tong’s body from harm in a harsh environment.

However, it seemed like Wang Tong had forgotten that only his version of Tactics of the Blade was able to do so, while Tactics of the Enchantress had no functions like this!

As Wang Tong woke up the next day, he couldn’t tell if it was morning or noon, because everything was still blinded by the blizzard. Since there was no sound from the girls’ room, Wang Tong decided not to wake them up and carried on with his initialization. This time, he was surprised to discover that the five genome sources had started to change after absorbing the cold aura. Wang Tong could feel an icy layer of GN Force channeling from his palms.

Wang Tong smiled satisfyingly. He couldn’t believe that he was lucky enough to learn that in such a short period of time, and he decided to brag about his unexpected discovery to Einherjar Wannabe as soon as he got back.

The wind was still roaring outside, Wang Tong checked his watch and noticed that another hour had passed, but still there wasn’t any sound from the girls’ room. Wang Tong got a bit worried and decided to check on them.

Soon, Wang Tong discovered that Ma Xiaoru and Li Ruo-Er were still lying on the mat. However, their faces looked quite pale and immediately Wang Tong realized that this was bad. What was worse, the girls were having a fever.

In general, those who practiced martial arts were unlikely to fall sick, and to fall sick would mean that the body had reached its limits. Things wouldn’t be that bad if the girls listened to Wang Tong and initialized their tactics, but it seemed like they had forgotten about it. In the end, the coldness gradually penetrated into their body, not to mention their bodies were practically vulnerable without the protection of GN Force. Hence, they developed the fever.

”Xiaoru! Xiaoru! Hey, wake up! Wake up!” Wang Tong then tried to wake the two of them. However, the girls could barely remain conscious. Their bodies were feverish hot, and they were murmuring about the coldness and headache. Things were not looking good at all.

Wang Tong was well aware that they were all in deep trouble, and there was no way he could find any help in the middle of this snowstorm. Normally, fever wasn’t some sort of big issue, but it could develop into a life-threatening situation in this extreme environment.

If it weren’t because they were wearing the jackets and sleeping on the warming mat, both ladies would’ve been frozen to death already.

This was Wang Tong’s first time surviving in a cold and snowy region, as for the girls, this happened to be their first time being stranded in the wilds, and he absolutely had no idea that the girls’ bodies were that weak.

Wang Tong looked outside and noticed that the blizzard showed no sign of dying down. The ground was covered with thick layers of snow, and it was quite dim. Their lives could be in grave danger if they chose to head out. But if they chose to stay, Ma Xiaoru and Li Ruo-Er would be dead for sure.

The condition of both ladies was gradually getting worse. However, no one had brought any medications in the Space Crystals. Even if Wang Tong were to give them his clothes, still it wouldn’t make any difference.

Wang Tong was not a hesitant person. However, the blizzard was raging continuously. Nevertheless, he was aware that time was running out, and if they were to wait any longer, their body temperature would start to drop, and the girls would be doomed.

According to his map on Skynet, Wang Tong could roughly identify the direction towards Aurora City. However, this would be a gamble of death. If he failed, nobody would live.

After checking on the weather, Wang Tong decided to head out. In fact, he wasn’t going to pack anything because this had to conserve his stamina. There was only one chance. Whether they succeeded or not, the three of them would not be coming back to the shelter as soon as they marched towards the blizzard.

Wang Tong knew that he couldn’t wait any longer as he saw Ma Xiaoru’s suffering expression, and even though he was not very fond of Li Ruo-Er, he had no intention of leaving the spoiled princess here by herself. After all, he was raised as a gentleman.

Wang Tong then carefully fed both Ma Xiaoru and Li Ruo-Er some water. Fortunately, both ladies were able to regain some consciousness after drinking some water. After that, he quickly explained what happened to the both of them.

”That… would be too d… dangerous… We’ll be... fine...” Ma Xiaoru mustered her strength and said. Apparently, she was already too weak that she could barely speak.

Yet, Wang Tong insisted on his dangerous plan.

Li Ruo-Er didn’t say anything because she didn’t want to show her weaker side. Honestly, she was aware that her current condition was very bad. Unlike men, women’s body would suffer greater damages after being exposed to the coldness for too long.