To my frozen hometown

Chapter 24 The world needs more hunters

When Al woke up, he felt some itches on his neck.

It turned out that the wind was blowing the down on the elephant bear's belly, so that these soft hairs fluttered around her neck.

She also wears Yanagihara's motorcycle helmet on her head, which keeps her skin from getting frostbitten from being exposed.

I slept very warmly last night, and the stove beside me was still burning.

But Al couldn't remember how she fell asleep.I just remember that Liu Yuan seemed to sing a song in a language she had never heard before.The singing was very melodious, echoing under the starry sky, so she looked at the galaxy and fell asleep unknowingly.

Turning his head to look beside him, Al found that Liuyuan hadn't woken up yet. At this time, the homeless man was holding the bear's leg with both hands and feet, drooling while sleeping soundly.

The next moment, Liu Yuan turned over.

Under Al's horrified eyes, there was a sound of bone breaking from the elephant bear's thick forelimb.

In the future, you must sleep far away from Liuyuan.

Secretly making up his mind, Al took out a piece of jerky from his pocket, opened his helmet and ate it.

Liu Yuan woke up around nine o'clock in the morning. The reason why the time was so accurate was because she took out her pocket watch to check the time when she woke up.

Leaving aside the forelegs of the elephant bear whose bones had been completely shattered in his arms, Liu Yuan grabbed his hair and sat up.

Her consciousness was a little fuzzy, which made her want to use her special way of waking up to wake herself up, but considering Al was by her side, she finally didn't do that.

The sun had risen completely, and the sun was shining brightly on the snow.

Al was squatting by the fire boiling snow water, the dancing flames and steaming water made her vision a little blurred.

Suddenly, she asked Liu Yuan who was sitting on the side washing his face with snow.

"Liu Yuan, you said we were going to die, so what exactly should we do?"

"Stop." Liu Yuan wiped his face vigorously with his hands, so that the sound he made was a bit weird.

"We'll go to the sea to the east and sink to the bottom of the ocean."

"Won't this be painful?"

"No, under normal circumstances, when you fall into the sea, it is already too cold to feel anything. You will lose consciousness for a few seconds at most."

"Is that so?"

"Mmm, ah..." Liu Yuan, who was washing his face, suddenly called out.

"What's wrong?" Al looked back.

"Oh, it's nothing." Liuyuan turned his back to Al, and put an eyeball that was accidentally gouged out back into his own socket.

"Get ready, it's time for us to go."

"Yeah." Al nodded, not noticing Liu Yuan's strangeness, took a sip of the boiled snow water.

Liu Yuanyuan walked to the side of the snowmobile after straightening his eyeballs, and determined the direction with the compass on the dashboard.

"East..."

After confirming, she raised her head and looked towards the east.

There is a huge snowy canyon.

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"To get to the ice wall of the eastern plain, you must pass through this canyon in the middle."

On the other side of the eastern plain, a team of mercenaries has also reached the outskirts of the plain canyon.

The team was being repaired, and one of the employers was sitting on the ground, holding a map and analyzing it to the others.

"Because of the terrain, you may encounter some beasts that haven't left on the way through the canyon, so you must always pay attention, and you must not let the beasts have a chance to approach."

There are four people in this hiring team, three men and one woman. After hearing the reminder from the first person, the other three nodded and said.

"Don't worry Captain, we won't joke about our own lives."

"Well, anyway, you must be careful." The hirer called the captain said, turned his head sideways, and said to a young man in the team.

"Mr. De Rosso, you only need to stay in the car when the time comes, and we will ensure your safety."

"No problem." The boy smiled and sorted out the things in his hands.

Today is the third day De Rosso has left Greenhouse No. [-].

He sold his studio on Thumb Street and used the ore to buy ten boxes of paint, and hired a team of Hiremen to take him to the ice wall east of the greenhouse.

His condition has worsened, and now he can feel heart throbbing several times a day, and sometimes he has to take medicine to feel better.

However, he was still in a good mood, because he was looking forward to the day when he arrived at the ice wall.Because he was looking forward to his last work.

That would be the treasure he left to this world, the beauty that bloomed amidst the disaster.

He's going to die well, he's sure of it.

The team set off again, and the tracks of the snowmobile left deep marks on the snow. At the end of the marks, the vehicle went further and further away.

Because of the track built in the greenhouse, except for those who want to cross the ice sheet by themselves and those with special destinations, few people usually pass through this canyon in the eastern plain.

This makes this canyon almost untouched, and even on the map, it is not very detailed.There are only a few simple lines, indicating the direction in which the canyon extends.

The unknown always represents danger, but considering that the herd had just been driven away, the hirers took De Rosso into the canyon without thinking too much.

It's a pity that they didn't consider that in this world, there is a kind of creature that can grow infinitely, and the more inaccessible the place, the bigger they grow.

But this is not their fault, after all, this kind of creature does not pose any threat to people in normal times.Even being at the bottom of the food chain all the time, it is really difficult for people to pay attention to them.

The snowmobile was moving, and in the deep canyon, the light was a little dim.

This canyon is at least 20 meters deep. The bottom of the canyon is not narrow, but it is definitely not open. If you encounter wild animals in this kind of place, it will obviously be a very bad situation.

On the snowmobile, the hirers looked around attentively. They held the rifles in their hands horizontally, ready to deal with possible dangers at any time.

It is undeniable that compared to the vast majority of employers, their quality is very high, even reaching the point where they can be compared to guard soldiers.

Even so, they still failed to notice the movement under the snow.

In places where their snowmobile had driven, a few patches of snow would occasionally be turned over, and then settle down again, as if something was driving under them.

It's just that the movement was so small that no one sitting in the car on the snow could notice it in time.

Until a flipping sound woke up the employee in the back seat of the car.

"stop!"

He raised his hand and said.

Out of trust, the captain stopped the snowmobile immediately.

"what happened?"

"Did you hear anything?" said the hireling in the back seat of the car, stood up with the rifle in his hand, and listened carefully.

The others frowned when they heard his words, and listened to the voices in the canyon.

The canyon is very quiet, there should be no sound at all, only the occasional wind will make a whistling sound.

But at this moment, a strange voice did appear.

"rustle···"

The sound was very soft, as if something was turning the snow.

The captain of the employers looked down into the snow, and then he saw a scene of snow being turned over.

"Everyone beware!"

"Crack!" The four hirelings raised their guns at the same time.

"Pay attention to the snow, there is something." The hired captain frowned and stood in the driver's seat, pointing his gun at the snow and said.

But at this time, the mutation has already occurred.

"Shushasha!" Only the sound of flipping more and more quickly could be heard.

The snow around the snowmobile began to rise and fall.

The employees in the car looked gloomy, because they all knew that, according to the current situation, there were either many things or a big thing under the snow in front of them.

No matter what the situation is, it is obviously not a good thing for them.

"boom!"

A hireling fired a shot into the snow, then immediately turned his head and shouted.

"Quick! Start the snowmobile!"

"You don't need to say it!" The hired captain immediately restarted the snowmobile and rushed out of the canyon.

It's just that the thing under the snow obviously didn't intend to just let them go.

After quickly flipping the snow for a while, amidst the tremors on the ground.

"Boom!" There was a loud noise.

A piece of snow in front of the snowmobile was suddenly broken, and a huge figure rushed out of it, covering the sunlight in front of everyone.

The employees in the car raised their heads. What they saw was a snow worm with a body length of at least 15 meters. Its body and mouthparts were nearly three meters wide, enough for it to swallow an adult male in one gulp.

The snow-white body blocked the sky above the canyon, and the open mouth was full of sharp and dense teeth.

"Strange, monster..." a hireling said dumbly while holding a gun.

However, he was not describing it in a panic, but was stating it, because in the ice field, creatures with a size of more than 15 meters have a special term.

That is "monster".

With the ability to single-handedly destroy several teams, they symbolize death on the ice.

"Are you kidding..." The employer captain had lost his former composure at this time.

Because no one thought that there would be a monster in such an inconspicuous canyon.

"hiss!"

The snow worm that covered the sky and the sun neighed, and the muddy saliva flowed out of its mouthparts with a foul smell.

That huge body wriggled between the canyons, and everyone knew what it would bring.

But no one can escape.

(End of this chapter)