To my frozen hometown

Chapter 5 Yes, this story is Monster Hunter iceborne

In the middle of the night, the wind was a little less, and the snow was a little less, but the temperature did not rise.

Fortunately, the flame on the stove finally brought a little warmth to the night on the ice field, which made Al feel a lot better.

One liquid fuel is enough for this portable stove to last for about half a month, and Liu Yuan has two in his hand, so it should be more than enough to reach Greenhouse No. [-] in the west from here in one month.

Al's complexion was a little ugly, probably due to lack of oxygen, so he had some accompanying symptoms.

Liu Yuan didn't say much, just walked to the side of the snowmobile, took out an oxygen tank, held it to Al's side and said.

"If you feel dizzy and tight in your chest, just inhale a little. It will make you feel better, but don't inhale all the time. You still need to use these three tanks of oxygen to walk to Greenhouse No. [-]."

Al nodded. He probably didn't have the strength to speak, so he picked up the mask on the oxygen tank and took a deep breath.

The environment of the ice field was much worse than she had imagined, which made her worry about the future trip again.

Liu Yuan seemed to have noticed this, she was silent for a while, then she seemed to sigh, and asked aloud.

"Why did your sister leave you alone to go to Greenhouse No. [-]?"

She probably wanted to ease the atmosphere, but obviously, she asked the wrong question.

Liu Yuan hadn't dealt with any normal people for a long time, which made her almost inexperienced in small talk.

Al's expression became even more gloomy, she put down the mask in her hand, and after a while, she spoke.

"She is also an employee like you. She received a commission that day to go to Greenhouse No. [-], and then she left. She said that when the shortest hour hand on the clock passed forty laps, she would Will come back, and let her friend take care of me..."

"What about now?" Liu Yuan subconsciously glanced at his pocket, where the pocket watch was right now.

"The hour hand has passed No.60 four times, and her friends have stopped coming." Al replied.

"Really..." Liu Yuan replied softly, not knowing what to say.

"Liuyuan." Instead, it was Al who broke the calm first.

"My sister is still alive, isn't she?"

She asked like this, raised her head, and looked at Liu Yuan with those eyes that were still full of hope.

Liu Yuan really wanted to answer her question truthfully, saying that her sister should be dead, which was obviously a rational judgment.

But when the words came to her lips, when she looked into the girl's eyes, what Liu Yuan said was not what she wanted to say.

"Well, she should still be alive."

Liuyuan said this, she never thought that she would lie about such a meaningless matter.

But she did tell a lie.

Why, maybe because she didn't want the hope in the girl's eyes to dissipate like this.

Or maybe it was because she saw a trace of begging in the girl's eyes.

She seemed to be begging her to lie to her, so Liuyuan granted her wish.

"Yeah." Listening to Liuyuan's answer, Al laughed, her face was slightly flushed, which was very pretty.

If this is not a cold night, it should be warm and moving.

"Go to sleep, it's already late." Liu Yuan stood up and said, driving Al into the tent.

She extinguished the stove, turned it to the temperature wave mode and put it in the tent, and also threw the oxygen tank in.

"Your head may hurt the first few nights, remember to take oxygen."

After finishing speaking, Liu Yuan withdrew from the tent and sat outside alone.

At night on the snow field, someone always needs a vigil. After all, no one knows when a wild beast will attack.

The snow was a little smaller, and when I looked up, I could see the starry sky on the snow field.

This is probably the most beautiful scenery in this snow field.

It's a pity that most people who are on the road on the snow field are not in the mood to appreciate such a scenery.

Looking up at the night sky in a piece of silvery white, looking at the vast Milky Way, sometimes people can't tell the difference between the sky and the ground, as if they will fall into the deep and boundless night unconsciously. , and my mind will also sink into that galaxy in a trance.

This can be regarded as one of Liuyuan's few hobbies, looking up at this beautiful legacy left before the disaster.

She watched it engrossed until the whole night.

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When Al woke up the next day, Liu Yuan happened to leave a mutated wild dog next to the camp.

Just an hour ago, a group of wild dogs attacked their camp, but Liu Yuan drove them all out, leaving one of them by the way.

Of course, these Al didn't see it.

All she saw was the bloodstains on Liu Yuan's body, and the wild dog that had been torn in half.

Well, Liuyuan's strength is also a little stronger than ordinary people, but that's just a little.

Obviously Al was frightened to a certain extent. As a child who had never seen blood, the stench in the air gave her an urge to vomit.

But soon, Liu Yuan began to introduce the benefits of these wild dogs to her.

As the bottom of the food chain in the ice sheet, these wild dogs usually prey on snow rats and snow worms that live in the snow.

Snow worms are one of the most common insects on this snowfield. They feed on the feces of other animals and microorganisms in the snow water. Perhaps because of the very special way of obtaining food, they rarely move during the day, just Bury yourself in snow to reduce consumption.

At the same time, they will use the straw-like mouthparts to continuously swallow and filter snow to meet the needs of growth.

Snow worms grow very fast in their juvenile stages, but because of their long lifespans, their body sizes vary greatly. Some are only the size of a finger, but some can even grow to the size of a person because they have not been disturbed all year round. body type.At that point, they can already devour some small animals.

But under normal circumstances, this kind of worms that are easy to prey, non-aggressive, and can reproduce themselves is one of the most popular foods for bottom animals on the snow field, and the snow filtered by them is indeed clean and melts. You can basically drink it straight away.

Snow worms are high-protein foods, and a snow worm that has grown for more than half a year is enough to support the energy consumption of a wild dog for a day.

The wild dogs that prey on them all the year round are usually well-proportioned and have tight meat, especially the meat of the neck, waist and abdomen, which has an excellent taste after being roasted.However, the hind leg meat is not so easy to bite because the muscle fibers are too thick.

Don't ask Liu Yuan why she knows this, she has lived on this ice field for too long.Whether it is what ordinary people have eaten or what ordinary people have not eaten, she has basically eaten everything.

"Z, Z."

Seeing Liuyuan dismembering the wild dog's body and roasting it on the fire, Al's expression was not good.

But when the grilled meat began to secrete grease and the scent began to overflow, she couldn't help but swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

You know, during her growing up, she seldom ate food other than jerky, and occasionally some nutritional supplements brought back by her sister were mostly like pills.

Barbecue, this is definitely a way of eating that she has never tried. People in the greenhouse basically don't know how to barbecue, and the reason is very simple, because it is not convenient for storage.

"Huh~huh~huh."

You can have a delicious breakfast early in the morning, which makes Liu Yuan, who hasn't eaten anything last night, feel very good.

She began humming again, and at the same time she dug out a jar of white powder from her kit.

Oh, don't get me wrong, it's not a bad thing, it's just salt, table salt.

This was ground by Liu Yuan from a mineral she found during her travels. Well, as long as the dosage is appropriate, it shouldn't matter if ordinary people eat it.

"Sasa Sasa."

Sprinkling salt powder evenly on the barbecue, Liuyuan sat beside the fire expectantly with bright eyes.

She clasped her ankles with her hands and shook her body.

Al has never seen her like this before, but it doesn't look bad, on the contrary, it makes people feel a lot more friendly.

Probably when the aroma of barbecue had overflowed to a certain extent, Liu Yuan stopped his shaking body.

Her expression became serious, she sat upright on the snow, her eyes closed, her hands folded around her chest, and her index finger tapped her arm.

Until the index finger No. 13 was raised, a miscellaneous hair on the top of Liuyuan's head twitched, she opened her eyes suddenly, and at the same time reached out to turn off the stove, picked up two iron boxes and picked out the meat slices with a knife .

"Ziz."

It should be that Liu Yuan moved too fast, the grease on the barbecue was still beating.

Liu Yuan handed an iron box to Al, and said, "While it's hot."

Then she picked up her own tin box, and started to swallow the slices of meat inside with the help of a knife.

When eating on the ice field, one must pay attention to fast words, otherwise the prepared food will be cooled immediately, or even frozen on the dinner plate and cannot be eaten again.

Al was still a little bit resistant at first, but because of the smell of the barbecue, she finally couldn't hold back, and used the fork in the iron box to fork a piece of meat and stuff it into her mouth.

"Oh!" Al let out an exclamation when the sliced ​​meat entered the mouth.

It is no exaggeration to say that she has never eaten such delicious food in her life.

Although she hadn't eaten too much in her life, she never thought that there would be such delicious food in this world.

The completely opposite taste of jerky filled her mouth, the indescribably soft or elastic slices of meat danced between her lips and teeth, the meat juices flowed out along with the fat, and the rich aroma seemed to be able to rush to her chest brain.

And unlike the jerky that had almost no flavor, this piece of meat had a wonderful taste that made her want to chew her mouth, as if she wanted to bite out every bit of flavor in it.

"Is it delicious?" Looking at Al's appearance, Liuyuan asked with a rare smile.

"But this is not the most delicious. If there is a chance in the future, I can catch a diretooth for you to taste. Their belly meat is called delicious. Oh, by the way, there are also honey wolves, their internal organs There is a special pouch, which secretes a kind of saliva specially used to lure prey, but it is most suitable for roasting meat..."

When it comes to food, Liu Yuan's chatterbox seems to be opened in an instant.

It's just that what she said is obviously a little scary. At this time, anyone who has a little understanding of the ice field standing aside will probably be frightened.

Because whether it is a dire-toothed tiger or a honey wolf, they are all giant monsters with a size of several meters or more. It is absolutely impossible to hunt them without a professional hunting team.

But in Liuyuan's mouth, these were like snow worms, useless and easy to catch.

Well, maybe it was true for her.After all, she traveled alone in the ice field, had seen countless monsters, and killed many things that people living in the greenhouse would never dare to imagine.These are all recorded on her notched blade.

Al ate the meat in her mouth, and couldn't understand what Liuyuan said, she only knew that the meat was really delicious.

So she also had a special yearning for the dire-toothed tiger and honey wolf that Liu Yuan was talking about.

So, is this the beast?

(End of this chapter)