6kv Chapter 645: Signal Arrow
Chapter 645: Signal Arrow
Although the stone house had thick walls and a roof to provide shade from the heat, and there were even some old, worn talismans inside helping to lower the temperature, the actual temperature inside the room was still as stiflingly hot as the outdoors on a midsummer day in reality.The moment Li Nian took off her soft garment, a layer of fine sweat beads immediately formed on her forehead.
"Damn it, this hellhole is way too hot," Li Nian stuck out her tongue, but still tossed the soft garment to Lin Yu, "But wear it... it's too hot outside, Sister Zhu Ming, I'm afraid you'd die on the way."
Lin Yu caught the soft garment, feeling only that it was light, thin, and cool to the touch, as if woven from silk threads spun from ice and snow.
He didn't decline out of politeness, because the temperature outside did indeed look absurdly hot.
"Thanks, A Nian."
As he spoke, Lin Yu put on the soft garment directly, instantly feeling much more refreshed.
The sensation of coolness continuously transmitted through his skin, completely isolating him from the scorching heat outside.
Although exposed areas could still feel the heat, with such a garment, it would indeed resolve most of the most difficult challenges posed by the Fire Hell of the Prison Mountain Realm!
Lin Yu couldn't help but sigh with emotion; this 'Master Thief' Li Nian was indeed more well-rounded than the average 'Second Tier' Player!
After all, whenever she saw any useful items, she could just steal them directly, so her reserves of various functional items were definitely much larger than those of ordinary Players.
After putting on the soft garment, Lin Yu followed Wu San and Yue Zhenqiao to the door.
Just as they were about to step out, Li Nian spoke from behind Lin Yu, "Hey, Sister Zhu Ming—remember to return that garment when you get back."
"I'm about to die from the heat, so hurry back!"
As she said this, Lin Yu waved his hand.
"Don't worry, it won't take long—it's so hot outside, I don't want to stay out there either."
With that, he, along with Yue Zhenqiao, Wu San, and the others, pushed open the stone house door and stepped outside.
Then...
An unprecedented intensity of daylight poured down, dazzling to the point of making it hard to keep one's eyes open.
Although he didn't know the principle behind the sun's trajectory in the Fire Hell, Lin Yu finally understood at this moment why the Escort Team was so insistent on finding a resting place at noon.
Because the noon in this world was far from having a temperature difference of just a dozen degrees compared to the morning, evening, and noon of midsummer in other worlds.
Just now, the perceived temperature was certainly forty to fifty degrees, but that was still within the scope of "extreme weather."
But now, the world outside was like the apocalypse!
In the sky above, three suns, as large as cartwheels, shone upon each other, their blazing light piercing through the clouds like blades, shooting straight down to the earth.
The distant mountains twisted and deformed in the heat waves, like illusory mirages.
Even with the soft garment's enhancement, Lin Yu still felt he was almost instantly about to be sun-struck and pass out.
He recalled that Jia Yi of the Han Dynasty once wrote a poetic prose, containing a famous line that has been passed down through the ages.
"Consider heaven and earth as a furnace, the Creator as the craftsman; Yin and Yang as the charcoal, all things as the copper!"
At this very moment, Lin Yu actually felt this philosophical line was like a plain description.
Every breath felt like swallowing smoke and fire; every swallow of saliva felt like drinking scalding hot soup!
The current temperature was at least seventy to eighty degrees!
This was absolutely no longer a range where humans could safely operate, not even martial artists.
Lin Yu turned his head to look at Wu San and Yue Zhenqiao, and saw that these two dart masters were indeed not toughing it out.
Yue Zhenqiao carefully took out an exquisitely crafted wooden box, retrieved what looked like very precious talismans from it, tore them, and stuck them on his body.
The talismans emitted wisps of white smoke, seemingly helping them resist the high temperature invasion.
Even so, Wu San and Yue Zhenqiao were still parched and dry-mouthed from the heat—in just a few seconds, sweat soaked through their clothes.
And that sweat was almost instantly evaporated, leaving only a thin layer of white frost.
"Female Warrior, this is the 'Ice Heart Talisman' from 'Deqing Temple,' please stick it on!"
Lin Yu took the talisman from Yue Zhenqiao, didn't decline, and directly tore a slit to stick it on his own forehead.
After all, he had Li Nian's soft garment on his body, so he didn't need this for now.
After tearing it open, Lin Yu instantly felt a refreshing coolness coming from the top of his head.
"Good talisman."
He praised it, rolled the talisman up and clipped it beside his hair with a hairpin, then waved his hand, "Let's go. This talisman probably has a limited duration and is very precious, let's not waste it."
After all, Lin Yu had just glimpsed that there weren't many of these talismans in Yue Zhenqiao's box, just a thin layer.
And if the talisman lasted a long time, Yue Zhenqiao and Wu San certainly wouldn't need to stick them on only after coming outside.
Bracing against the scorching sun, the three immediately set off towards the direction where the dart cart had been left.
Yue Zhenqiao's expression was grave, "I don't know what happened that forced Old Liu to disregard everything and directly fire a signal arrow for help even at noon!"
Wu San also nodded, "Liu Chengyang has been with you for a long time, an old hand, he only entered the profession a year later than me, extremely steady in his actions, he wouldn't rashly fire an arrow."
"He must have encountered some mishap to resort to this last resort!"
Although they were walking inside Chen Family Fort, the surroundings were deathly silent at this moment—not a single sound could be heard from the houses on either side.
Even though it was noon, this excessively silent eeriness also seemed to portend something.
Especially since Lin Yu was also well aware that Chen Family Fort essentially had no living people!
Thinking of this, Lin Yu couldn't help but urge Old Zheng again.
"You also probe the situation—it's cooler now, work more efficiently!"
Old Zheng quickly spoke up, "Stop nagging, I'm investigating—the moment you stepped out, I sensed a certain presence, a very powerful presence, seemed to have glanced at you—I'm discreetly conducting counter-tracking."
"Alright, as long as you're working."
After instructing Old Zheng, Lin Yu then looked at Yue Zhenqiao and Wu San.
From their conversation just now, Lin Yu also had a question.
"Dart Head Yue, Dart Master Wu... why are you so certain that the signal arrow was fired by that dart master named Liu Chengyang?"
After all, Lin Yu remembered that the Deputy Head Escort and the two dart masters in charge of watching were all equipped with bows.
Although the Deputy Head Escort seemed more skilled with a blade—he used a blade during the earlier Mountain Demon ambush, and the bow was just casually placed on his horse.
But... since they carried bows and quivers, they should know how to fire arrows.
Hearing Lin Yu's words, Yue Zhenqiao instead found it strange.
"Female Warrior, that's a strange thing to say... naturally, it's because only Liu Chengyang was watching the dart cart."
Hearing Yue Zhenqiao's words, Lin Yu sighed and spoke.
"In that case, Dart Head Yue, I think I know why they fired the signal arrow over there."
"Would you make an arrangement for only one person to guard the dart cart?"
Yue Zhenqiao's face slightly changed color.
"You mean..."
"Over there, two people are also missing. In my memory, you arranged for three people to guard the dart cart—one of them was even the Deputy Head Escort of your escort agency!"