Ning Beichen searched all over the ice lake. As he expected, he found a passage at the bottom of the ice lake.
Moreover, Ning Beichen also found a large number of silverfish entering and exiting this passage, which made Ning Beichen very excited.
Although this passage was not very large, it was enough for Ning Beichen to swim into.
After entering the passage, Ning Beichen found a large number of these silverfish inside. Ning Beichen easily caught a few, killed them, and put them in his body as food.
Whether it was because the scales of these silverfish had a glow or for some other reason, this passage was not dark at all. One could see the traces of silverfish ahead at a glance, which also provided Ning Beichen with a direction.
Ning Beichen swam along this passage. After swimming for about half an hour, Ning Beichen discovered a colorful vortex ahead.
Ning Beichen did not act impulsively but observed the vortex. However, when he saw silverfish coming out of the vortex, Ning Beichen's heart settled.
Since the silverfish could come out of the vortex, it proved that the vortex was not dangerous.
Although Ning Beichen did not know where this vortex led,
did he have any other choice?
If there were other ways out, Ning Beichen would have already left.
This was the only path, and Ning Beichen would naturally not give up.
After preparing himself mentally, Ning Beichen swam into the colorful vortex.
A burst of dazzling light blinded Ning Beichen, and he immediately felt a strong suction dragging him. Ning Beichen did not struggle but allowed the suction to drag him away.
After a few more minutes.
The dazzling light disappeared, and Ning Beichen found himself in another icy and snowy land with ice floes above.
Ning Beichen broke through the ice floe and swam out of the water. He found himself beside an ice mountain. Ning Beichen quickly swam over, climbed onto the ice mountain, and looked around.
Ning Beichen was astonished to discover that he had emerged from the bottom of the snow mountain. Above him was a vast blue sky, and all around was a vast glacial environment.
However, Ning Beichen soon found that something was not right. This place felt very unfamiliar to him.
So unfamiliar that it felt like a different world.
Logically, he was in the Siberian ice plains before, but this place did not seem to have any connection to Siberia at all.
Just as Ning Beichen was trying to figure out his surroundings, the ice mountain suddenly trembled. Ning Beichen quickly stabilized himself and saw a huge fish冲撞 the ice mountain from underwater.
"Is it a whale?"
Ning Beichen carefully looked at the large fish underwater, but the more he looked, the more he felt something was wrong. This large fish was completely different from the whales he was familiar with. It looked somewhat like a tuna.
Only...
Did such large tuna exist in the world?
At least Ning Beichen had never seen a tuna that could shake an ice mountain.
Ning Beichen, being new to the area, did not provoke the giant fish in the water but cautiously observed everything around him.
Before long, Ning Beichen spotted a landmass.
This landmass was not too far from the ice mountain where he was. Ning Beichen was worried about the large fish from underwater, so he did not swim over but used his qinggong to fly across.
Since there were many ice floes on the water, Ning Beichen did not have to worry about not having anything to push off from.
Soon Ning Beichen left the ice mountain and reached the land. In the distance, he saw a few figures that appeared to be human, which made Ning Beichen overjoyed.
The most important thing for Ning Beichen now was to know his current location. Only then could he find a way to return.
However, as Ning Beichen approached the figures that seemed to be human, he realized that these people were wearing thick fur clothing, looking like Eskimos.
These people were catching a large fish, and this large fish was of the same species as the one that had collided with the ice mountain.
When Ning Beichen approached, these people, who looked like Eskimos, immediately showed vigilance and aggression towards Ning Beichen.
"Hello, I mean no harm. I am just lost. Can you tell me where this place is?"
Ning Beichen made a universally recognized gesture, raising both his hands, meaning he had no weapons, to make the other party lower their guard.
However, these people clearly seemed not to understand Ning Beichen's language and remained vigilant. But they understood from his gestures that Ning Beichen had no ill intentions.
So one of them babbled something at Ning Beichen, and he had no idea what he was saying.
Ning Beichen also felt a headache because he couldn't understand what these people were saying.
Ning Beichen then switched to multiple languages, but unfortunately, none of them could be used to communicate with them.
With no other option, Ning Beichen had to use gestures to communicate with them.
After more than half a day of gesturing, both sides understood each other's meaning.
Since they were not enemies, these people who looked like Eskimos became enthusiastic towards Ning Beichen and no longer resisted his approach.
But their hunt was not yet complete; they were still dealing with the large fish in the water that looked like a tuna.
Ning Beichen watched from the side without disturbing them.
These humans worked together to catch the large fish and desperately dragged it ashore.
But at this moment, the large fish suddenly opened its mouth and bit down on one of the human's arms, causing that person to scream.
The other companions rushed to help, punching and hitting the fish, but the fish refused to open its mouth.
Just as the human's arm was about to be lost, Ning Beichen walked over, saw that he directly pried open the fish's mouth with his bare hands, and rescued the human whose arm was bitten.
Then Ning Beichen waved his fists at the giant fish, and with a series of thuds, the fish was beaten to death by Ning Beichen.
When these humans saw Ning Beichen kill the giant fish by himself, their attitude towards Ning Beichen changed drastically.
They gestured with their hands, seemingly asking Ning Beichen to follow them.
Ning Beichen naturally would not refuse, as he needed more information to figure out where he was.
He was in the Siberian mountains and now appeared in a place that seemed to be the Arctic or Antarctic. This strange situation made Ning Beichen uneasy.
What he wanted most now was to meet people from civilization, preferably with satellite phones or other means to contact the outside world. Only then could he leave this place and return to the Siberian mountains to bring James back.