Three days later, Song Xiaodong had reached the primordial forests in the northernmost region of China. It was already deep winter, with temperatures dropping below negative twenty degrees Celsius. Whenever he exhaled, his breath instantly froze into a white mist.
The ground was covered with a thick layer of snow, difficult to tread on as each step sank into the whiteness.
A few years ago, while on a mission in this area, Xiaodong had stumbled upon an extraordinary place: a special hot spring. Though outside was icy cold, the water in that spring was scalding hot, containing many special substances with remarkable healing properties. Previously, he had been gravely injured and surprisingly, he had healed quickly after immersing himself in that spring. This time, he was determined to relocate that special hot spring and cure his injuries.
However, Xiaodong could only remember the general direction of the spring and locating it was challenging.