Chapter 682: Autumnwatch Peak
Planet M73 was a celestial body located beyond the solar system, with a mass over one hundred and twenty times that of Earth.
Due to its distant position from its host star, surface temperatures remained extremely low, averaging negative fifty degrees Celsius, with extreme cold snaps plunging temperatures as low as negative two hundred degrees. It was a near-uninhabitable death planet.
For years, M73 had served as Chongque City’s primary dumping ground, earning it the infamous nickname, the Junkyard.
The shuttle arrived above the planet and settled into a designated orbit. Dressed in specialized thermal suits, Li Xiaofei, Huang Dinggou, and Little Black entered the descent pod and dropped into low orbit before making a rapid descent toward the planet’s surface. Huang Dinggou had gathered relevant data on this wasteland planet before their arrival.
"There’s oxygen, but in low concentrations," he quickly explained. "There’s liquid water, but it’s trapped beneath a hundred meters of ice. There’s also no vegetation or indigenous life forms either. However, records indicate that some warriors fleeing disasters once attempted to establish survival bases here. However they were all eventually wiped out. Those so-called bases might be abandoned ruins now, if they still exist at all.
"The tallest peak is Autumnwatch Peak, standing at 23,427 meters above sea level, more than 8,000 meters taller than the second-highest unnamed peak."
Huang Dinggou provided a detailed briefing as the descent pod adjusted its landing trajectory. Their landing site was set for a glacier region near Autumnwatch Peak.
The pod's hatch hissed open. A frigid wind howled into the cabin. Snow and ice swirled through the air, pelting their suits like shards of frozen steel.
Huang Dinggou’s teeth immediately began chattering, since he was not nearly as formidable as Li Xiaofei. His body trembled uncontrollably in the subzero onslaught.
Little Black, on the other hand, remained completely unaffected. Its thick, dense fur provided exceptional insulation. Instead of shivering, it joyfully frolicked in the snow, rolling around as if reveling in the icy wonderland.
Li Xiaofei activated the Wind Law he had extracted from Nangong Longjian’s Law Nucleus. Instantly, the raging winds within a hundred-meter radius slowed and stopped, creating a pocket of stillness around them.