This is a life-saving benefactor, this is a life-saving benefactor, can't get angry, absolutely can't get angry, if cold then let it be cold, just endure it, this is also for the team, endure, mutual tolerance for the greater good, Ji Jue!

But for some reason, those pair of frozen hands did not warm for a long time, completely devoid of temperature.

"Oh dear, what's going on?" An Ning was shocked: "Maybe it's the back part not quite warm, let me try the front—"

Pa!

The mischievous hand was instantly caught and mercilessly pulled out.

Before being let go, the originally stiff icy hands held his palm, tangled together, quickly softening, with warmth returning.

Small, soft, fair with a slight blush, utterly different from Ji Jue's rough hands.

"Wow, worthy of Heavenly Skill, so amazing, instantly warmed up!"

An Ning exclaimed, rubbing his hand, having taken enough advantage, then quickly withdrew before those hands turned into a furnace, giggling.

"Thank you, Ji Jue!"

Thank you for what, thank you Ji Jue for warming you, or thank you Ji Jue for letting you take advantage?

Ji Jue rolled his eyes, sighed silently.

Could not possibly begrudge such trivialities?

Cannot be helped.

In the howling storm, the distant ground shook the sky, the ice cliffs continuously made cracking sounds, without knowing when it might completely collapse, constantly causing anxiety.

But even if it collapses, it doesn't matter, even if it buries the whole Little Niu Ma underneath, they could dig out once the wind stops.

Suddenly, in the silence, came a tranquil feeling of peace through the years.

Outside the car, the temperature quickly dropped, plummeting to over seventy degrees below zero, yet inside the car after Little Niu Ma stalled, it was warm.

No other heating needed, Blood of the Melting Furnace gradually opened up, Ji Jue was the largest heat source.

Even now, in this disaster, Ji Jue could feel an endless stream of small, fragmented light spots descending from the storm, like hallucinations, passing through the disaster, merging into his body.

[Unquenchable Firewood]!

Fuel falling into the furnace, among the flowing blood, the threads of Transformation had never ceased.

With these days of Coastal Automobile Factory's violent production output, the Embers' blessings grow more generous and frequent, even forming tiny glows in the blood, akin to sparks floating up from the burning furnace.

Now, with the completion of the Unquenchable Firewood, a certain perception became increasingly clear, seeming to extend to Hai Province, the origin of countless flames.

It's like a vegetable platter.

Peanuts, beans, cucumbers, carrots, and cabbage.

Every vehicle driving on the streets or wilderness silently nurtures sparks, slowly accumulating some kind of change, eventually transforming into a steady stream back to Ji Jue.

Yet compared to these, what appears more now is...

Artificial limbs?!

Ji Jue had a moment of stupor, hard to comprehend.

Clearly, the exoskeleton assist system has not yet been officially mass-produced, not even a bit of alchemy has been mixed in!

Purely just an engineering product...

Yet now, in distant Hai Province, the tiny lights continuously ascend, providing Ji Jue with fuel more efficiently than all vehicles.

Even though only two or three thousand sets were sent out now, the feedback almost matched the output from the Coastal Automobile Factory.

Is this the generosity of the Embers?

Ji Jue pondered, immediately denying.

No, perhaps it isn't related to generosity or cruelty, just simply for Superior, for Embers: the impact and change brought by artificial limbs are greater and more significant than selling so many cars!

Even though they are not alchemy products!

Not related to alchemy, even unrelated to success or failure, merely a heartless act resulting from past obsessions, a project casually added alongside the exoskeleton production plan, embellishment on an already finished work, that already left Ji Jue mesmerized.

Compared to those similar models, with minor innovations but no fundamental changes, the exoskeleton assist system in an unexplored area, raised unnoticed turbulent waves.

Even as later manufacturers started imitating, despite the minimal technical barriers for replication with some time investment, the effects and changes, the births of fuel will most likely be attributed to Ji Jue.

It's like suddenly discovering a treasure trove, even Ji Jue himself finds it hard to believe.

Because this really lacks technical content, not even considered difficult.

Just...

Just that, the former military enterprises mastering exoskeleton technology were disdainful to do it.

"..."

In the moment of realization, Ji Jue fell silent, uncertain what to say.

In the quiet, he sighed silently, self-mockingly smiled, gazing out at the dark and tumultuous world.

Countless snowflakes like torrential rain, drifting down, accumulating, almost burying the leeward vehicles completely.

"Such heavy snow."

He whispered.

"Ooh—"

Cheerful shouts flashed from outside the car.

In the bone-chilling temperature and the still far from comforting wind, An Ning pushed an exaggeratedly larger snowball than Little Niu Ma from a short distance away, running up to Little Niu Ma with excited presentation:

"Look, look!"

Without the usual slyness and distance, such sweet and joyful laughter made Ji Jue pause.

Then, An Ning turned the snowball around, showing him a cartoonish Ji Jue face sculpted on the back, only she had no talent for drawing, making Ji Jue resemble a goblin with sharp features.

With a swipe, An Ning carved the face from the snowball, and stuck it on the window:

"Gift for you!"

...Could you please return that moment of feeling?

Ji Jue rolled his eyes, shaking his head.

Still a naughty child!

He closed his eyes, leaned on the reclined car seat, and began resting.

An Ning occasionally entered the car to play with her phone, sometimes went outside to fetch some miscellaneous things, playing contentedly.

No longer acting the tranquil Little An role, instead like a child out for the first time, finding everything novel.

Not long after, the storm gradually abated, seemingly returning to calm.

The entire process barely lasted more than an hour.

Unbelievable.

What's more incredible is, once the polar night begins, such storms become nothing unusual, like sneezing, saying coming as it comes.

Definitely not just once or twice...

As the snow started to slightly cease, Ji Jue prepared to set off.

Thanks to the storm sweeping away the majority of the snow, the road ahead might be easier to navigate, however, just before departing, a convoy drove up from afar.

The leading vehicle was entirely white, carrying ambulance warning lights.

In the slightly eased gale, a loudspeaker shouted, searching for survivors.

It's the rescue team.

Apparently, they set out non-stop as soon as the snow stopped.

Only...

An Ning smiled, unlike her earlier sweetness, more like seeing a hunter disguised as a fox.

"Ready to act, Ji Jue?"

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