Edge of the Apocalypse
Chapter 647: Fate

The fire was cracking, the only sound of the quiet night.

In the cave, Ellen had already chosen a clean and flat place to put on the hide. The animal hide was first wiped off the snow, then melted into water with fire and washed clean. Finally, it was smoked dry on the fire to remove the fishy smell. On the ground, there was a soft and warm bed. Alan patted the hide and said, "Go to sleep."

Catherine shook her head and said, "Don't confuse me with the ladies of your family. I've been in the worst of circumstances. You don't have to work so hard."

"But it's always more comfortable to sleep like this."

Catherine walked over barefoot, and Alan's gaze fell on her toothed toes. He suddenly discovered that Catherine had walked barefoot all the way from the center of the earth to the surface, but there was not a trace of dirt on her barefoot. He really did not know how she had done it. He vaguely felt that it had something to do with Catherine's movement skills. If he could be as untainted as she was, then his movement skill would rise to another level.

"But come?" Catherine sat in a corner of the hide and patted the side. She leaned sideways, and with her petite figure, she was only one-third of the hide, leaving enough space for another Alan to lie down.

Ellen was not courteous and directly sat down beside her. However, he was not sleepy now, so he sat against the mountain wall, facing the campfire and the wind and snow at the entrance of the cave. At this moment, her waist tightened, and it turned out that Catherine's hands were wrapped around her. She pillowed on Ellen's chest and said, "Don't move like that. You smell so good. It makes me feel at ease …"

He reached out and slid through Catherine's strange hair and landed on her shoulder. Alan patted her and said, "Then go to sleep."

After saying that, she realized that Catherine had already fallen asleep. From time to time, her eyelashes could be seen shaking gently in the flames, her little face arching in his arms like a cat, and then she fell asleep quietly. From the deep passageway behind him, the cries of certain underground creatures could be heard from time to time, reminding Allen of the days and nights he had spent underground. Looking at the girl in his arms, Alan felt that fate was so wonderful.

If someone had told him before that he would be so close to Catherine, he would not have believed it even if he had been beaten to death. But now, he was already a man in Catherine's life, even though this powerful girl was still unwilling to admit it.

Thinking of the crazy scene with her in the earth's heart, Allen's body also ignited a ball of fire. Catherine quickly sensed his male reaction. She opened her eyes and said in a daze, "I'm going up there this time!"

Before Alan could answer, the girl had already pressed her hands together. The burst of force forced Alan to lie on the ground, and Catherine was already sitting on his waist. The expression on her face was between sobriety and confusion, and it looked exceptionally attractive. A moment later, Alan was wrapped in the tight, warm world, and Catherine raised her face from her long hair and let out a satisfied groan.

Under the illumination of the fire, the two figures in the cave were entangled tightly until the fire was extinguished. Their breathing was still heard in the darkness, and Catherine occasionally let out a smug chuckle.

The sky quietly brightened.

Inside the extinguished fire, a section of charred wood suddenly snapped into two. Alan turned around and suddenly jumped up from the ground, only to find that he was the only one left in the cave. On the side of the cliff, he saw a line of words: "Let's go, my little man."

Needless to say, it was left behind by Catherine. Alan shook his head and smiled. He reached out to wipe the wall and the handwriting disappeared. He got up to pack his things and kicked the fire away. Finally, he threw the hide on his back like a cloak. Now, he looked like a hunter on the surface.

If there were hunters on Planet Frost.

Walking out of the cave, Ellen looked reluctantly at the cave where the two of them were warm last night. After that, he turned around and let out a clear roar as he descended the slope like a big bird, throwing himself into the forest not far away. Using the shadows of the daylight trees to identify the location, Allen headed east. Kai Yan's base was located in the east. He didn't know where he was now, but as long as he went east, he would find something.

The footprints he left on the snow were very deep. Apart from the weight of Xue Yin's heavy saber, the weight of the backpack that had swelled up again was also not light. The Crystal Thorn Python that he and Catherine had killed was no ordinary thing. In Catherine's words, it was almost covered in treasures.

Of course, the most valuable thing was snake blood, the essence of the python's body. At that time, the serpent blood was absorbed by the devil's praise and some of it was transfused to Allen. Alan was only affected by the snake's nature and had a relationship with Catherine. Not only did the python's blood energy essence increase Alan's Origin Energy and speed up his recovery, part of the crystal python's genes were taken by the Origin Tool, causing a subtle change in the nature of Alan's Origin Energy.

Alan had noticed this change in the few days he had traveled to the surface, when he had fought with underground life. Any attack he casually launched, or any ability he unleashed, would be wrapped around the lightning snake. The light purple lightning came from the Crystal Python's ability. After its gene was plundered by the Origin Tool, it underwent transformation and then combined with Allen's own gene. As a result, Allen's Origin Energy and combat skills changed accordingly.

These lightning snakes added electric shock and paralysis to Allen's attacks. As for more use, Allen still needed to find out.

Apart from the snake blood, the python's scales were extremely strong. These scales are the size of a palm and have an uneven surface. They were sturdy, and Catherine had to use all her strength to pierce through the snake scales. At the same time, they were very light, each scale weighing only a few dozen grams. The rough surface could effectively disperse energy-type attacks, as the fireball of the Mother Earth had indirectly confirmed at that time.

If a set of scaled armor was made from snake scales, there would undoubtedly be some guarantee of survival in a dangerous battlefield.

Unfortunately, Allen's backpack had limited space, so he could not store all of the snake scales, so he only picked out a dozen scales of the best quality to store them. But the backpacks weigh not because of them, but because of something else.

Crystal Thorn.

Allen and the other two took out twenty intact crystal spikes from the python. These were supposed to be bone spikes, but under the python's metamorphosis, these spikes had undergone a qualitative change. From the inside out, their textures were completely crystallized, and even some crystal wires were naturally formed, thus greatly increasing the upper energy storage limit of the crystal spikes. After the python died, the Origin Energy in the crystal spike was still abundant. Catherine deduced that these should be the energy storage nodes of the crystal python, acting like backup batteries. Provide additional Origin Energy to the Crystal Python when needed.

This kind of crystal spike could be used as a raw material for magic energy weapons or energy conduction patterns through processing and cutting processes. It could also be used as a pure energy unit, and its application area was wider than that of snake scales.