New Book "Old Stories of Hong Kong Island" Published

"Hoo..."
"Sss..."
A gentle breeze blew, causing the white plants on both sides of the street to sway lightly. The branches and leaves collided with each other, producing a continuous sound that echoed throughout the quiet street.
Step, step, step...
Lin Li slowed down his pace, walking slowly in this somewhat strange neighborhood. The sound of his footsteps gradually faded away as he moved.
Three minutes, five minutes, ten minutes...
Lin Li continued walking and noticed that the temperature in the area was dropping even further. The thin jacket he was wearing was no longer sufficient to ward off the cold.
"Hoo..."
A gust of wind blew directly at him, bringing a chill that made Lin Li's body tremble involuntarily.
"It's getting colder! If it keeps going like this, I might catch a cold from freezing..."
Lin Li furrowed his brows and murmured to himself. He only packed one jacket for this mysterious island, and now that the environment is so cold, he doesn't have any spare clothes to wear.
Fortunately, there are always more solutions than difficulties. After pondering for a dozen seconds, Lin Li came up with a method to deal with the current cold environment.
Though it can't be considered a perfect solution, it is still a very decent way to resolve the situation.
"Snap."
Lifted his right hand and snapped his fingers, orange sparks burst from his fingertips.
Clusters of weak flames grew against the wind, in the cold environment, in just a few seconds, they turned into significant size fireballs, one after another.
A bear-like creature with a basketball-sized head, engulfed in a blazing fireball, constantly emits flames and releases waves of heat that warm up a small area around it. This is enough to prevent people from catching cold from the cold, biting winds in the frigid environment.
After creating several fireballs, Linli immediately let them swirl around his body according to his thoughts.
"Hoo..."
A gust of cold wind blew again. When this gust of cold wind passed by the fireballs around Linli, the temperature quickly increased and became a warm breeze.
Lin Li feels the warm breeze blowing against his body and says to himself with a smile, "Now, I don't have to worry about catching a cold from the cold anymore."
With the problem of keeping warm solved, Lin Li takes a step forward and continues walking towards the distant neighborhood.
Step, step, step...
The sound of footsteps resounded on the quiet street, soon to be masked by a sudden booming thunder.
"Boom..."
The sky, covered with dark clouds, though not pouring heavy rain, occasionally flashed a brilliant silver-white lightning.
Lin Li had become accustomed to continuing on as if nothing had happened in this thunderous and lightning-filled environment.

In a block with white plants, standing on a spacious street, there are more than a dozen humanoid ice sculptures covered in frost.
These humanoid ice sculptures are in different poses, either lying on the ground, or kneeling on the ground, or with their arms spread out.
However, one thing is the same - the expressions of these thawed humans are filled with fear.
It is evident how terrified they were before being frozen.
Although there are so many people who have died from freezing, there are no traces of a fight at the scene, which leaves Lin Lifeng, who looks around to investigate the situation, very confused.
"What happened? What killed these people?"
Lin Li, full of doubt, carefully searched around the dozen frozen humans, but did not find any trace.
He continued to walk forward, and within a distance of less than a hundred meters, he began to see more and more frozen human figures.
Along the way, as he saw more and more frozen humans, Linli's relaxed mood disappeared, and he moved forward with caution.
The current situation is extremely strange, with the danger level constantly rising.
As Lin Li cautiously explores further, thoughts of when to retreat and leave this dangerous place start to cross his mind.
Step, step, step...
Faint footsteps resound on these desolate streets, where human ice sculptures lie scattered. The eerie sound reaches people's ears, creating an ominous atmosphere.
If someone with a weak mind were to walk in this place, they would likely be scared witless in no time.
"Tsk..."
As Lin Li noticed more and more frozen humans on the road, he started to feel a tingling sensation on his scalp and couldn't help but click his tongue in annoyance.
"If this place were used to shoot a horror movie, the director wouldn't even need to set up the scene, actors could just start performing."
As soon as the words fell, a very clear sound came from afar.



Wherever he looked, Lin saw the door frame of a two-story building in the distance swaying.
The unusual sound he had just heard was caused by the door frame being blown by the wind.
As Lin Li was preparing to move forward again, a strong sense of danger enveloped him.
Danger!
！”
Sensing the approaching danger, Lin Li decisively made an evasive action and leaped forward to the left.



The opponent missed hitting Lin Li and his fist hit the ground, cracking it.
Although the person was clearly frozen to death, he can now move and launch a sneak attack on Lin Li, which is truly shocking.
And what happened next was even more chilling.
"Kacha, Kacha, Kacha..."
The human ice sculptures, scattered throughout the streets in various poses, all started moving. They gathered together and looked towards Lin Li.
"Oh my, how come these guys have all come back to life...?!
！”
The frozen people were already ice-cold, so it wouldn't be accurate to say they came back to life.
However, now all these frozen figures can move freely, except they lack the breath of the living and consciousness. In reality, there isn't much difference between them and living people who can move freely.
Step, step, step...
The ice-thawed monsters gathered together, staring intensely at Lin Li. They took steps forward and approached Lin Li.
"What's going on? How can these people, who were frozen solid, now move freely?"
Lin Li looked at the ice decay monster approaching him and murmured to himself. Then he turned around and retreated into the distance.
The ice decay monster saw Lin Li retreating and immediately accelerated and ran after him.
"Such a fast speed, I'm already freezing, and they can still run so quickly, it's really unbelievable..."
Lin Li turned around and glanced back at those eerie ice withering creatures chasing after him at super speed, feeling extremely amazed.
After running for over ten minutes, Lin Li found himself unable to shake off the ice-dwelling monster that was chasing him relentlessly, and he also noticed other abnormal phenomena.
"It seems like I've been here before... that white flower missing from that plant, did I pluck it?"
Lin Li looked at the scattered white petals on the ground, and his heart sank.
A few more minutes passed, and Lin Li, who was being chased relentlessly by the ice withering monster, arrived at the place where the white petals were scattered once again.
He stopped in his tracks, looking at the scattered white petals on the ground, and chose not to continue running forward.
"It seems like I'm trapped in this area. Is someone using their awakened abilities to influence this area, or is this area inherently strange?"
After pondering for a few seconds, Lin realized that it was highly unlikely for someone to use their awakened abilities to influence this area.
The area he was running through was quite extensive, and it would require extraordinary practitioners to exert their abilities on such a large scale.
Previously, Wu Qingfang mentioned to Lin Li about the ancient city ruins, mentioning that there are many eerie areas within the ancient city walls left by humans in ancient times.
These areas are extremely dangerous for anyone attempting to search for treasures within the ancient city.
Once accidentally ventured into those eerie areas, the chance of safely escaping is very slim.
Therefore, when exploring in the ancient city, whenever encountering peculiar anomalies in certain regions, one must promptly withdraw and by no means delve deeper into them.
"Damn... It seems like I have now stumbled upon the mysterious area that Wu Qingfang mentioned to me before, which exists in the ancient fortified city."
Lin recalled in his mind the information that Wu Qingfang had informed him about the ancient fortified city, finally realizing what was happening.
Actually, at the beginning, when Lin Li felt that the street he was in started to cool down, if he had turned around and left immediately, without continuing to move forward into the depths, he would not be trapped now.
Lin Li, who is currently in a dangerous situation, has no other choice.
Step, step, step...
Loud noises can be heard from afar as the ice freezing monsters relentlessly chase after Lin Li.
Lin Li, with an expressionless face, looks at these pale-faced, lifeless human ice freezes.
They must have been the unfortunate souls who accidentally stumbled into this eerie area, unable to escape, and ultimately perished here.
If it were someone else, they would have already despaired upon realizing their predicament.
However, Lin Li did not feel any despair, because he had just tried and found that he could still have a thought to enter the mysterious island.
With an escape route that he could withdraw from at any time, it was clearly impossible for him to have any trace of despair.
"I now want to see for myself just how dangerous this eerie region that Wu Qingfang spoke of really is..." Lin Li muttered to himself as he watched the rapidly approaching ice thawing monster.

The Ice-Thawing Monster, who charged ahead at the forefront, received a kick to its chest and immediately flew backwards, crashing into a distant wall. Upon landing, it shattered into four or five pieces.
"Drink."
With a low growl, a pale golden light emerged on the surface of Lin Li's body as he willingly faced a large group of ice freezing monsters that wanted to kill him.


"Boom..."
If these ice freezing monsters besieging Lin Li had the cultivation before their death, they could have caused him some trouble.
However, once you die, you are dead, even if you can become as agile as a living person, a body without cultivation is only slightly stronger than an ordinary person.
Ordinary people would quickly succumb and perish when faced with the onslaught of ice-dissolving monsters.
With a preliminary cultivation of the third stage, Lin Li can effortlessly sweep away these seemingly terrifying ice-cold monsters once he decides to fight back.

As the last ice-cold monster was slapped away by Lin Li, falling to the ground in disarray, there were no intact ice-cold monsters left at the scene.
"If you want to kill me, this little ability is far from enough..." Lin Li looked at the shattered ice monster created by himself, turned his neck, and said with a smile.

However, soon he had another doubt in his mind.
Through the recent confrontation, he discovered that these seemingly fierce and ferocious ice decay monsters were quite powerful for ordinary people.
However, if he encounters those treasure hunting team members he saw before, it is impossible for him to pose a threat to them.
The ice melting monster on the scene was also a cultivator before it died! Moreover, it was among the members who formed the treasure hunting team.
Since the Ice Melting Monster cannot harm the members of the Treasure Hunting Team, why did these people ultimately die here and turn into Ice Melting Monsters?
Lin Li, filled with confusion, pondered for half a minute but couldn't come up with any clue.
After all, he doesn't have much knowledge about the ancient city, and what he knows is all obtained from Wu Qingfang.
If Wu Qingfang were with him now, she should be able to answer his question.
If I have the chance to meet Wu Qingfang later, I can ask her...
Linli muttered to himself.
"Hoo..."
The cold and biting wind howled, causing the various white plants growing on both sides of the streets to violently shake.
Warmth emanated from the blazing fireballs that surrounded Lin Li's body, but the flames flickered slightly under the influence of this gust of cold wind.
"Kacha, Kacha, Kacha..."
The cold wind did not cover up the loud sound falling into Lin Li's ears among the dense woods.
Lin Li, who originally planned to walk around and find a way out, stared ahead with wide eyes.
I saw those ice melting creatures that were shattered by Linli quickly converging.
After a while, intact and unharmed ice melting creatures appeared in front of Linli.
After recovering, these ice melting monsters turned their heads and looked in one direction, their lifeless eyes staring at Lin Li.
"Damn, this guy can actually recover so quickly?!"
！”
Step, step, step...
Neat footsteps resound as the intact Ice Melter Creature takes a step forward, charging once again towards the adversaries.
"I want to see for myself if your recovery abilities are truly unlimited."
Lin Li looked at the ice decay monster charging towards him and muttered to himself.
Then he clenched his fist, shrugged his shoulders, and with a sudden movement, disappeared on the spot.
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