Battlefield of Civilization: From the Bottom to the First Citizen

Chapter 15 Frost Mammoth

"Could it be that serious?" Boss Qi asked, shivering. He was actually dressed quite warmly, but he just felt cold.

"Although those mutated beasts can adapt to low temperatures, this kind of weather will trigger their deep-seated fear response."

Many animals hibernate or use other methods during the winter. In addition to the lack of food sources during the winter, another reason is that they can control their nutritional needs within a range that they can adapt to.

But now that it has evolved…” Wu Ou shook his head at this point.

Before reaching level one, source energy beasts do not actively absorb source energy from heaven and earth; instead, they rely more on their animal instincts to eat and drink to maintain their survival.

Now that their physical abilities have been enhanced by the source energy, their sense of smell has also been strengthened.

With their own increased strength, humans were no longer seen as a significant threat.

As for why different species of wild animals that might have formed a hunting relationship would attack together?

This can only be described as the 'rules' of competition between humanoid and animaloid life forms under the rules of the universe.

"Anyway, get ready! Captain Leng, make a batch of weapons for everyone using the method I taught you, preferably heavy weapons like hammers and axes, so that more people can have some ability to cope."

"Brother Wu, are you going out?" Hu Meng asked as soon as Wu Ou finished speaking and was about to leave.

"Go outside and take a look, to buy you some time."

Don't worry, if a beast tide really comes, I'll be back.

After saying that, Wu Ou quickened his pace and finally leaped over the camp wall.

"Captain Leng, I'm willing to believe Brother Wu's words. I'll go and prepare." Hu Meng scratched his head. He couldn't quite understand the reasons Wu Ou gave, but just as Wu Ou said, it would be best if there was no danger, but if there was, he would have a way to deal with it.

Anyway, there are still three days before their overall relocation, so it won't matter if I sleep a little less tonight.

"Captain Leng, this..." Boss Qi felt that Wu Ou was exaggerating. Since they set up camp here, there were only a few months when mutated beasts attacked, and there was never a beast tide as Wu Ou described.

At most, it was just an attack by hordes of mutated beasts of the same species. After they repelled them several times, it became much safer.

Sometimes, they even have to go to faraway places to hunt.

"Prevention is better than cure, Boss Qi, find me some scrap metal." Leng Yue also chose to trust Wu Ou's judgment, because his previous understanding of mutated beasts and human evolution was much greater than that of ordinary people.

The global catastrophe and this biological evolution that we are facing today were previously considered "fantasy," but now they have become reality.

So, it wouldn't hurt to trust Wu Ou just once.

"Alright then! We can find quite a bit of scrap metal."

"But even if strong people came together, it would be difficult to turn those into hammers and axes in a short time..." Before he could finish speaking, he saw Leng Yue get into the car.

"Captain Leng, Captain Leng... never mind, I'd better just follow orders!" He knew that his skills were inferior to Leng Yue's.

If Leng Yue doesn't protect them here, I'm afraid that if those powerful mutated beasts really rush over, his relatives and bodyguards won't be able to stop them.

On the other side, braving the wind and snow to enter the forest area, Wu Ou casually killed a snake-like energy beast that was hiding in a tree and trying to ambush him.

"Even snakes have come out?"

Wu Ou couldn't help but look into the depths of the mountains and forests. The excuses he had made up earlier at the camp were just that—excuses he had come up with on the spot.

What he truly suspected was that the beast king deep in the mountains had undergone an unusual change, which would have led to this incident.

Moreover, something that could cause such a huge change in the world is definitely not a good thing.

Take a deep breath, and continue leaping from the branches to venture deeper into the depths.

In the valley, the wind and snow have created a whirlwind barrier at the valley entrance.

The ice crystals, moving with the whirlwind, cut through anything that tried to pass through.

Where the beast king's corpse had originally been, a huge ice crystal had formed, sealing it away.

It looks just like a special piece of amber.

It is clearly visible that the corpses, which should have died normally, did not stop changing within the ice crystals.

Instead of accelerating decay, long hair began to grow on its body, just like the mammoths that once lived on Earth in ancient times!

On its forehead, an ice crystal was faintly visible, as if it were shimmering with light.

If you look closely, you can see that it is the shimmering ice crystals that attract the external energy, which, after passing through the ice crystals that envelop it, is drawn into the Beast King's corpse, accelerating the transformation of the body.

As you get closer to the valley, both the plants and the rocks are gradually covered by ice crystals, forming another kind of ice sculpture, but with a sense of 'life'.

In the mountains and forests, Wu Ou jumped out of a snow pit.

He hadn't expected things to be this serious so soon after he arrived.

Under the blanket of snow, the road and direction were almost invisible on the ground ahead; everything was a vast expanse of white.

Even when viewed from the treetop, it is difficult to find a standard reference point.

As for the source energy beasts that were here before, they either escaped or were trapped and died here.

"Could it be that I'm overthinking things?" In this situation, even if the Beast King's strength is maintained at the mid-level of level one, there won't be enough source energy beasts for him to command, thus preventing the formation of a beast tide.

"It can't possibly reach level one late-game stage in one go!"

A thought flashed through Wu Ou's mind, but then he laughed at himself.

He had seen source energy beasts at the late stage of level one before, and he didn't think they couldn't appear.

But now, even if they existed, they would be in the deep sea.

Just as he was about to turn around and leave to kill some of the source beasts still active in the outer area and bring them back, a sense of crisis suddenly came over him.

With a twist of his waist, he dodged the sneak attack from behind.

Using the tree trunk as leverage, Wu Ou landed on a rock not far away.

Looking in the direction the attack came from, there was a patch of snow.

"What is it..." He frowned, quickly searching his mind for a source energy beast with this ability.

But apart from the Snow Demon, none of the other source beasts in his memory could have done such a thing when their strength was below level one.

Even some source energy beasts with special abilities cannot do that.

"So, it's a type I never knew about before my rebirth?"

As Wu Ou was thinking, a chill suddenly came from his feet and quickly crept up to his legs.

He activated his superpower, shattering the frost on his legs, and leaped away at lightning speed!

boom!

The rock exploded, shooting out countless tiny ice crystals.

"What is that?!"

Wu Ou retreated repeatedly, and the snow at that spot had been 'blasted' away.

What was revealed was a strange-looking "snow sculpture," with a head made of a frozen stone, forming the upper body of a bear.

The lower half, however, is a scorpion body with snow as the main element and ice crystals as embellishments.

The attack that ambushed him earlier came from the barbs on its tail!