Saving Their Lives Again

At this place, Xu Mu had no other choice. The only thing he could do was use his own body to help them stay warm.

He originally thought Tong Guoguo's physique would be stronger and able to resist the cold.

Unexpectedly, she was only slightly stronger than Fu Jinyu.

It seemed the surgery she had undergone could only defend against traditional physical damage; it was completely useless against this so-called magical damage of extreme cold.

Xu Mu first removed the cotton quilts wrapped around the two of them, only to find that Fu Jinyu seemed to have lost consciousness.

He grabbed Fu Jinyu's casual clothes, trying to open them, but found they were completely frozen together.

The clothes felt like solid rock. With no other option, Xu Mu had to use his strength to forcefully tear the frozen garments off.

The torn clothes didn't come off as strips of cloth, but rather like hard stone fragments, each piece incredibly sharp.

The casual wear had completely stuck together with the black thermal underwear and undergarments inside.

Tearing off one piece brought the rest with it.

When he saw the things he had been dreaming about, he cursed inwardly at the damn ice.

The reason he liked the power of thunder was precisely because of its softness; like water, it could embrace everything in the world, giving a sense of security like a mother.

But now, it had turned into hard stone.

Xu Mu didn't stop and continued to help Tong Guoguo out of her predicament.

"Fuck!"

Xu Mu cursed in his heart. He clearly just wanted to tear off the frozen clothes around Tong Guoguo's stomach, but he didn't expect to accidentally pull off her beige undergarments along with it.

He shook his head slightly; truly pure and flawless.

After everything was done, Xu Mu also took off his own clothes and put them into his storage space.

Then, he huddled close with the two of them, wrapping them all in the quilt to share body heat.

At first, Xu Mu was also freezing; it felt exactly like holding two pillars of ice.

Fortunately, his Qi was of the fire attribute. After a period of low-temperature roasting from him, steam began to rise from the tops of Fu Jinyu and Tong Guoguo's heads.

Their originally stiff bodies slowly began to return to normal.

With the quilt and tent acting as barriers to trap the released heat inside, the bodies of the two women beside him finally softened.

"Xu Mu..."

Fu Jinyu was the first to wake up. She frowned slightly and pressed one hand against the ground to get up, only to realize her current situation.

"Xu Mu, you're courting death!"

Fu Jinyu was furious.

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With that, she threw a punch at Xu Mu.

"What the hell! Why are you hitting me?"

Xu Mu immediately reached out and caught Fu Jinyu's fist, but his body was forced back several steps.

Beside them, Tong Guoguo also gradually woke up due to their scuffle.

Because Xu Mu stepped back, Tong Guoguo, who had been leaning on his shoulder, fell directly to the ground, which completely woke her up.

"Xu Mu, why are you two fighting..."

As Tong Guoguo spoke, she instinctively touched her own body and froze. "Xu Mu! You're dead, taking advantage of people in danger!"

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She stood up abruptly, shaking off the quilt that had been wrapping them.

At this moment, the few of them were all looking at each other face to face.

Especially when they saw Xu Mu's aroused state, they suddenly didn't know what to do.

However, they were also deeply shocked in their hearts. Xu Mu truly deserved to be called a genius capable of fighting above his level; his "strength" was indeed incredibly formidable.

"It's like a dog biting Lu Dongbin! You don't recognize a good person when you see one. I ruined my innocence for your sakes, and yet you slander me like this!"

Xu Mu had a look of grief and indignation as he clenched his fists tightly.

"For our sakes..."

Fu Jinyu was speaking when she suddenly remembered what had happened earlier.

Because she had gradually lost consciousness at the end, she hadn't immediately recalled what had just happened.

Now she remembered that during the battle earlier, her body had suddenly stopped listening to her, feeling completely frozen stiff.

Then Xu Mu immediately took them away and tried to keep them warm.

But it was to no avail. After that, Fu Jinyu had no memory. Now, seeing that she had recovered to her original state, it was obvious that Xu Mu had used this method to save them.

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Tong Guoguo also remembered what happened. It turned out Xu Mu had saved their lives once again.

If Xu Mu hadn't thought of this method to treat them, perhaps both of them would have frozen to death.

Yet just now, they had actually wanted to beat Xu Mu up.

Tong Guoguo's face was now full of embarrassment.

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The two of them immediately picked up the quilt from the side, stepped forward again, and wrapped themselves together with Xu Mu.

Fu Jinyu said with a calm expression, "Alright, I was wrong. It was my fault just now."

"Sigh, am I really that kind of person in your hearts? How pathetic. If we encounter this kind of situation again in the future, I've decided not to rescue you anymore. I'll just let you fend for yourselves."

Xu Mu took a deep breath.

"Stop pretending. I admit you saved us, but do you think I'm blind?"

Tong Guoguo puffed her cheeks slightly and said, "Don't think I don't know what you want to do."

"What do you know? This is a biological instinct, carved into our genes. What does it have to do with me?"

Xu Mu simply closed his eyes. "Don't talk to me, I want some peace and quiet."

"I just said a couple of things to you, didn't I?"

Fu Jinyu took out some clothes from her spatial ring. "I haven't even said anything yet. I've recovered now. Let's take this time to hurry deeper in; maybe we can find a way out of here."

"That's right, staying here all the time isn't a solution either."

Tong Guoguo chimed in.

"No, because of my body's condition, we can't leave just yet."

Xu Mu said from the side.

"Why? Aren't you fine?"

Fu Jinyu asked with an innocent face.

"Do you really need me to explain it so bluntly? I can't put my clothes on right now."

Xu Mu looked at Fu Jinyu helplessly.

Fu Jinyu and Tong Guoguo looked at each other, suddenly recalling the scene from just a moment ago.

"Then... when will you be back to normal?"

Fu Jinyu didn't have that many reservations; she was genuinely curious.

Growing up, no man had ever been as close to her as Xu Mu was right now.

She also knew very little about male anatomy.

"About four or five hours."

Xu Mu said calmly, "If we make it soften up, it should be pretty fast."

"Xu Mu! Don't tell me you want to..."

Tong Guoguo cast a disgusted glance at Xu Mu.

"Alright, time waits for no one. What if there really are treasures and they get snatched away by others?"

Fu Jinyu waved her hand dismissively. "Tell me what you need me to do, hurry up."

"You're really going to help?"

Xu Mu looked at Fu Jinyu, somewhat dumbfounded.

From Tong Guoguo's words, it was obvious she already knew what he wanted to do.

But judging by the innocent yet foolish look in Fu Jinyu's eyes, she probably had no idea.

"Hurry up, stop talking nonsense."

Fu Jinyu said coldly.

"Alright then."

Xu Mu whispered a few words softly into Fu Jinyu's ear.