CHAPTER 340: CHAPTER 248 INVESTIGATING THE RUINS_2

"Since you all clearly didn’t understand my meaning, I’ll state the truth."

"Actually, there’s one point where your guess isn’t wrong. Before my sister and I fought over the blanket, she was indeed already a corpse."

Meng Die’s words caused Rosen and the Barefoot Immortal’s faces to change once again, growing tense.

Rosen suddenly had a light bulb moment, "I get it! I finally get it! So that’s how it is!"

"What exactly do you mean by that?" the Barefoot Immortal asked with a pained expression.

Rosen organized his thoughts and explained, "Meng Die just said that her sister was already a corpse before they fought, right?"

"That’s right," the Barefoot Immortal replied.

"Then it makes sense. Imagine this, under what circumstances would two sisters, who understand each other’s hearts, fight to the death over a blanket?" Rosen asked again.

"Such a situation is indeed hard to imagine, but I suspect it must be due to a severe drop in temperature," the Barefoot Immortal pondered.

"Personally, if my hundred pairs of stinky socks were festering, I’d also discard them without hesitation. After all, in extreme situations, even I couldn’t tolerate it."

"Yes," Rosen agreed with the Barefoot Immortal’s answer, saying, "It’s because the temperature suddenly dropped to a level they couldn’t endure, that they started fighting over the blanket."

"Moreover, since Meng Die’s sister was already a corpse before the fight, it shows she had already frozen to death before that."

"But why, even as a frozen corpse, continue fighting for the blanket? It’s because the deceased try to satisfy the regrets they had in life, and Meng Die’s sister, as a frozen corpse, would also try to fulfill the need for warmth."

"Then, Meng Die said she defeated her sister and gained control of the blanket. But imagine, a frozen corpse feels no pain, recognizes no kin; how could Meng Die defeat her? Even if she did, she must have paid a price, likely using a powerful destructive move, which would damage the corpse, making Meng Die realize the issue immediately."

"So, are you saying Meng Die found out her sister was a frozen corpse back then?" the Barefoot Immortal asked.

"No, given Meng Die’s intelligence at such a young age, she wouldn’t think that. At most, she might have thought she had killed her sister, and that’s why Meng Die only said half of what she knew just now. She’s still not sure, but as she talked, she figured out what happened," Rosen explained.

Meng Die looked at Rosen, nodded, and said, "That’s right, that’s what I mean. Although it’s complex, that’s the meaning."

"I already know my sister was a frozen corpse before entering the blanket, but what I couldn’t comprehend is why the room’s temperature dropped, and even hiding in the blanket, given the cold environment, I couldn’t endure it for long. I immediately thought of teleporting away."

"And as my body quickly began to freeze, I didn’t hesitate to teleport myself out."

Meng Die’s words led to a new question: why did the room suddenly experience massive cooling?

Rosen rubbed his nose and asked, "Could it be that you forgot to close the fridge door?"

"Or perhaps you forgot to turn off the air conditioner?" The Barefoot Immortal also speculated.

"Impossible!" Meng Die stamped her little hoof, causing the ground to shake, and said, "My sister was very electricity-conscious. She bought appliances under one kilowatt, and the air conditioner was the small hanging type, worse than an electric fan, and the refrigerator was just a small bedside table type, only ten liters in capacity with weak cooling ability."

After Meng Die spoke, Rosen and the Barefoot Immortal fell into confusion again.

"So, is there a third cooling source in your room?"

Meng Die shook her head, "No, if there was, the reason would be easy to figure out, but because there isn’t, I still can’t understand the truth from back then."

Rosen shook his head, sighed, and said, "It’s been ten thousand years, no wonder you can’t figure it out."

"Wait a minute!"

Suddenly, Rosen’s face lit up as he said, "Ten thousand years ago, there seemed to be a Little Ice Age, right?"

Upon hearing this, the Barefoot Immortal said, "It seems so, there was something like that, and the news recently said we’re almost entering the next Little Ice Age."

Meng Die hesitated at this point, saying, "But it was a sudden temperature drop, late at night, during what was originally a stuffy summer night, suddenly dropping to freezing, we were caught off guard."

Rosen actually figured out everything by then and said, "Before the storm, it’s always calm, and no signs before cooling down is quite normal too."

The three analyzed further and finally confirmed that the problem that year was the sudden arrival of a Little Ice Age at night.

"This way, I can already confirm why this relic is related to Meng Die. It not only preserves all of Meng Die’s memories, but also all the life traces of her twin sister."

Rosen took a black stocking from a corner and said, "This is a garter black silk stocking. Based on my many years of observations of Meng Die, it’s not her style, so it must belong to her sister."

The Barefoot Immortal took the stocking from Rosen’s hand, sniffed it, analyzed, and said, "Indeed, the scent isn’t right; it’s not Meng Die’s."

But upon seeing the black stocking, Meng Die shed ancient tears.

These tears contained sorrow crossing time and space.

"I remember now, this was the black stocking my sister wore close to her body, while I often wore white stockings—ten thousand years ago, we were the infamous Black and White Duo!"

Upon Meng Die’s words, Rosen and the Barefoot Immortal were shocked again.

"I never imagined that the notorious Black and White Duo from ten thousand years ago would be you two!"

The Barefoot Immortal suddenly dropped the black stocking in horror, recalling the rumors about the Black and White Duo.

It’s said that the Black and White Duo would use any means possible to kill, and anything could be their murder weapon.

Even a black stocking could be covered in poison, killing without a trace.

However, within five steps of the poison, there would be an antidote, the only cure for the Black Duo’s poison is from the White Duo.

The poison on the Black Duo’s body, you could only find the antidote on the White Duo’s body.

So the Barefoot Immortal leaned towards Meng Die’s white stockings.

The result was that he was kicked away, almost dying on the spot.

"Meng Die, I didn’t expect your Death Kick to have improved. Even I am feeling fear deep down in my soul!" Rosen said, trembling.

Meng Die wiped her long beautiful legs clad in white stockings and said, "That’s because with every step I take, I’m cultivating my Death Kick, so naturally, it grows stronger each day."

Meng Die approached Rosen and said, "I think your scenario is possible, but not absolute, because even during a Little Ice Age, theoretically, not that many people should have frozen to death, and upon later checking literature, I found that in that Little Ice Age, only one person froze to death—yes, it was my sister."

"So I suspect it’s most likely murder!"

Meng Die’s words made Rosen’s expression grow serious.

"What you’re saying could be very true, and since this is the scene of the incident, perhaps we can find some clues," Rosen said, then began searching the surroundings.

Meng Die, however, picked up the black stocking from the ground, handed it to Rosen, and said, "Since this relic belongs to my sister and me, the treasures here are our living items. This black stocking, though seemingly worthless, is an antique having gone through ten thousand years—just look at the patina on it, rarer than the Barefoot Immortal’s smelly socks. Keep it; you may be able to exchange it for money in tough times."

[Caidie’s Black Stocking ×1, added to the backpack!]

[Dun-dun-dun, dun-dun-dun-dun～]

After Rosen stored the black stocking in his pack, he discovered a pink pair of panties on the ground.

"This shouldn’t be your sister’s relic, right?"

Meng Die blushed and shyly said, "That’s my relic. You can keep it to disassemble into corresponding equipment materials for crafting relic gear."

"Looks like there are quite some treasures in this place," Rosen said, accepting the panties without hesitation.

Just then, Rosen’s eyes lit up!

"This is a nuclear reactor—what the hell, how could there be a nuclear reactor here?!" Rosen was completely invigorated.

This was simply a significant archaeological discovery!