Cole gritted his chattering teeth and said, “Jay, this place might be infested with large beasts. Let’s leave quickly.”
The nip in the air was terrifying.
Jay saw that Cole’s face was turning blue and he could not resist the cold any longer. Even if they saw a beast, they would not be able to subdue it in the state they were in now.
Jay pulled Cole as they quickly left the place.
Back at home, Angeline and Josephine had already prepared dinner and were waiting for them to return.
When Jay and Cole entered the house, Angeline noticed that their faces were unusually pale. She quickly added layers of clothes on them.
She turned on the stove again and brought it to the living hall.
Jay’s and Cole’s body temperature slowly warmed up.
Zayne asked them curiously, “Where did the two of you go, Jay? Why are your bodies so cold?”
Jay immediately turned his head to look at Cole. “What is that place?”
Cole said suspiciously, “That place is called Oolong Mountain. I used to play there a lot when I was a kid, but it wasn’t so cold there back then.”
A look of surprise appeared on Jay’s handsome face. He said, “It seems that we need to explore that place again.”
Cole said to him with lingering fear, “But the temperature there is so low that we can’t go far at all. Even if we’re lucky and get into the depths of it, what should we do if we encounter that beast again?”
Jay could not think of a method as well.
That night, something happened inside the stronghold.
Cole suddenly thought of the deaf and mute old man. He added in a stirred up manner, “Were they cold to the touch as well?”
“Yes, yes!” said the young man.
Cole felt frightened as he and Jay had also gone to Oolong Mountain in the afternoon. He was worried if he would also become a walking dead.
He hesitantly felt his body temperature and pinched himself.
Looking at his strange behavior, Jay comforted him. “Rest assured. Since we were able to successfully leave Oolong Mountain, it means we’re unharmed.”
Only then did Cole feel more relieved. He continued to ask the young man, “And then what?”
The young man said, “Perhaps since such a mysterious and strange thing had happened in Yorks Stronghold, it attracted the attention of explorers from outside. Recently, a group of strangers came to the village. I could sense that those people shouldn’t be messed with.”
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