After searching for over ten minutes, they hadn't found any button mechanisms. They had basically felt along the entire wall; if there was one, it would have been activated already!

"Damn it!" Lin Mu cursed.

"Boss, what do we do? There's no way out!" Earth Wolf said from the side.

Lin Mu took out a cigarette, planning to have one to ease the cold air, but the cigarette he took out had turned soft, dampened by this cold air!

"Boss, we have to think of something quickly. We're okay for now, but these two brothers probably can't hold on much longer!" Earth Wolf said, pointing at the two security officers curled up on the ground.

The two security officers were huddled together, already covered with a layer of frost, their lips pale. The two hugged and shivered continuously. These poor guards had swum over from the pond and were now only wearing briefs, looking extremely miserable!

"You two try moving around for a bit, maybe it'll get better!" Lin Mu ordered.

"Yes, boss," the two security officers shivered as they stood up and moved slightly, feeling even colder.

"C-c-cold... Boss..." the two security officers said, their lips turning purple. Lin Mu knew that if this continued, the two security officers would surely freeze to death. He went over to them, helped them up. Their bodies were already starting to stiffen!

"Hang in there, we're getting out of here soon!" Lin Mu said, patting their faces.

"Brother Lin... but... we're so cold!" they said weakly to Lin Mu.

"Cold my ass, the more you think about it the colder it gets. Stop thinking about the cold, think about how to chase women and woo girls when we get out!" Lin Mu swore.

To be honest, Lin Mu himself was freezing right now, but fortunately, he had True Qi to protect him and could temporarily resist the cold. But the two security officers were much weaker!

There was nothing else, Lin Mu, being the boss, had to be responsible for his men. So he helped the two to the ground and ordered them to gather Qi, "You two sit down, I'll transfer some True Qi to you!"

"Boss, if you give them True Qi in this situation, what about yourself?" Earth Wolf worriedly pulled Lin Mu aside.

The situation was clear now, if Lin Mu transferred True Qi to the security officers, he probably wouldn't last long either, but it would hasten Lin Mu's death!

"It's okay, saving lives is most important. We either all live to get out of here or face death together—it doesn't matter if it's sooner or later!" Lin Mu said, sitting cross-legged and began transferring True Qi to one of the officers.

Earth Wolf obviously couldn't let Lin Mu transfer True Qi to both security officers by himself. He sat down too, transferring True Qi to the other officer!

Half an hour later, the two security officers temporarily came out of their stupor, their consciousness gradually becoming clearer. Meanwhile, Lin Mu and Earth Wolf felt increasingly cold, the cold air piercing through their pores into their bones, leaving them at a loss!

As he gathered his Qi, Lin Mu shivered involuntarily, while Earth Wolf simply fell over next to him. Earth Wolf, having a weaker constitution than Lin Mu, couldn't withstand the cold air's invasion!

"Earth Wolf!" Lin Mu shouted, pulling Earth Wolf up, then struck him on the back.

Ten minutes later, Lin Mu began to feel his head getting dizzy. The prolonged transfer of True Qi was wearing him out, he had almost exhausted all of his True Qi. The next second, a short blackout occurred in Lin Mu's mind, and he fell to the ground with his eyes closed!

Earth Wolf and the two security officers weren't doing much better. Seeing Lin Mu fall, they tried to reach out and help him, but they simply lacked the strength, the perfect example of willing but unable!

Lin Mu lay on the ground, having lost sensation, but an instinctual survival urge remained in his subconscious. This was a sign that often appeared before human death. Various images continuously flashed in Lin Mu's mind: Sophie's aloofness, Qi Manlin's tyrannical violence, Zhou Xun's understanding temperament, Xiong Xiaoxiao's lively cuteness—they all surfaced in Lin Mu's thoughts!

Soon, his mental images shifted to that old man, his grandfather, whose face still carried that roguishly annoying grin. Lin Mu felt an irresistible urge to punch him. So, Lin Mu subconsciously told himself he couldn't die—not for President Su, Miss Qi, Star Zhou, nor for that pesky old man...

Suddenly, the mantra from the Diamond Sutra his grandfather had taught him began chanting in his mind, "Bodhi is not a tree, the clear mirror is not a stand, the Vajra Prājñā-Pāramitā cannot be tainted by dust..."

In his daze, Lin Mu could only hear the nagging voice of his grandfather's mouth chanting faster and faster in his mind, so fast it was indistinguishable as a mantra—more like incoherent murmuring!

The complicated sound was giving Lin Mu a headache, a tangled feeling making him restless, agitated, driving him mad. Gradually, Lin Mu's fingers twitched, and he started to regain a bit of consciousness. Lin Mu slowly opened his eyes and sat up cross-legged, while Earth Wolf and the two security officers lay on the ground, shivering continuously!

Lin Mu could no longer afford to worry about Earth Wolf and the others but kept silently reciting the mantra from the Diamond Sutra taught by his grandfather. Meanwhile, his mind continued to echo his grandfather's past words. For the first time, Lin Mu recalled the old man fondly despite his ill humor. Suddenly, he found that detestable face endearing.

Following the Diamond Sutra mantra, Lin Mu involuntarily began to cultivate. For some reason, his cultivation was exceptionally smooth under these circumstances. Soon, Lin Mu felt a fiery sensation in his lower abdomen!

If someone were observing him at that moment, they would notice wisps of heated vapor continuously emanating from Lin Mu, merging with the Ice Cave's cold air into droplets of water. The internal strength described in the Diamond Sutra comprises nine levels: Red Qi, Orange Qi, Yellow Qi, Green Qi, Cyan Qi, Blue Qi, Purple Qi, Black Qi, and the 9th Floor is White Qi. If one transcends the White Qi stage, they reach the highest realm of the Diamond Sutra, achieving the Vajra Indestructible Body and the supreme status in Martial Arts.

Lin Mu currently reached the Purple Qi Stage, and as the most formidable martial arts manual of the Shaolin Sect, once reaching the Purple Qi Stage, breaking through further is extremely difficult! Lin Mu was precisely at this stage now, so could this mean he was about to break through Purple Qi and enter the Black Qi rhythm? If so, it would be an unprecedented breakthrough for Lin Mu, and a substantial boost to his strength!

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