Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

Chapter 1127 The First Arrival of Dragon Crystal

After the arrangements for the reserve team were completed, the hunters spent a few more minutes to determine the groups for the preliminary investigation operations.

It's not hard to tell. As long as the combination of swordsman, shooter, and editor is possible, just look for someone who is familiar with you as a teammate.

The personnel of the investigation team are screened very strictly. Those who can be selected to come to the New World, whether they are hunters or compilers, generally do not have character flaws or are too unsociable.

Especially the young people in the fifth group, because they often team up (online?) to hunt together, they are divided into groups almost in the blink of an eye.

For the upper-level hunters, Gordon, Ancier, and Alva naturally formed a team.

Then start watching others arrange and combine.

Feng Ying led Ai Bo and happily approached Hayata and Gale.

The trio of drunkards naturally moved together. They didn't even plan to bring the editor with them. After all, their team didn't have a fixed editor partner.

Aiden was stunned when he was left alone.

He has a bright personality and is very popular, but sometimes problems can arise if he is too popular. For example, everyone will subconsciously think that he has already found a team.

After discovering that Aiden was alone, a team immediately came to invite him.

But after taking a quick glance, Ancier felt that the composition of several teams was complete, and adding Aiden and his editor partner would be a bit bloated.

So the intervention began.

Feng Ying and Ai Bo were carried out by An Xil.

Hayata, Gale, and Hayata's editor Sophia already formed a complete reconnaissance team. It would be a waste of manpower for Feng Ying Aibo to squeeze in.

So it became a team of Feng Ying, Ai Bo, and Aiden.

Aiden's editor partner (Sister Feisty), who has a competitive personality, was assigned to the alcohol team and personally entrusted her to supervise the three of them. She was not allowed to drink during the mission.

The editor, who had a serious personality, agreed very seriously and asked the three seniors on the spot to hand over all the "water storage containers" they had on them for inspection.

Ted and the other three looked devastated, but Ancier was quite satisfied.

People with soft personalities and easy to talk can't control these three drunkards.

"These are the specific task arrangements. Does anyone have any questions?" Gordon glanced at everyone.

No one spoke.

Even Nora, who is the lowest ranking and youngest among this group of people, has rich experience and there is no need to ask too trivial questions.

"Very good, take the time to rest, check the equipment, and set off early tomorrow morning."

On the second day, everyone dispersed and set off.

After half a day of flying around in the air, Gordon and his party arrived at the edge of the northern area of ​​the Dragon Crystal Land.

Of course, they also want to cross directly from the air and overlook the entire Dragon Crystal Land. After all, the efficiency of aerial reconnaissance is far beyond that of ground reconnaissance.

But correspondingly, the risks that need to be taken will also increase greatly.

The situation was not so urgent that he had to risk his life for time. For the safety of everyone, Gordon never considered the option of aerial reconnaissance from the beginning.

Instead, a total of eight teams were asked to start from the eight directions outside the Dragon Crystal Land, explore inside, collect intelligence separately, and confirm the location of the energy source.

This is the so-called "preliminary reconnaissance".

The specific direction positions each team is responsible for are not randomly assigned.

Research in recent decades has shown that the density of ancient dragon species in the northern part of the New World is significantly higher than that in the southern part. Therefore, in the general perception of members of the survey team, "north" is always more dangerous than "south".

Those with stronger strength should bear greater risks, and the team of high-ranking hunters was naturally arranged in the northerly direction. The team composed of Gordon Anhill, the two eight-star hunters, and Alva, the senior scrivener, will naturally be responsible for the most dangerous due north.

After landing in a relatively safe area with open terrain, Gordon Anhill immediately entered a state of alert.

Alva took out his notebook and map and started writing quickly.

There is a roughly semicircular arc on the map. This is the flight path recorded by Alva when they were flying around the Dragon Crystal Land in the air.

"We flew here from the west. If the situation is similar in the east, the entire Dragon Crystal Land covers an area of ​​about 650 to 700 square kilometers.

Is it bigger than expected? "As he said that, Alva marked a few more points on the map, which were the locations where the groups that had been with them landed.

After completing the simple calculation of the area of ​​the investigation area and the distance between each group, Alva began to observe the surrounding ground and the crystallization on nearby mountains.

The Land of Dragon Crystal is not like the ancient tree forest and the continental coral platform, with a grand canyon as a clear boundary in the middle.

In order to facilitate the division, the Commander-in-Chief and others gave a "definition" to the Dragon Crystal Land - it refers to the area in the mountainous area of ​​​​the northern part of the continent where there are obvious crystals on the surface.

The land area of ​​six to seven hundred square kilometers seems large, but compared to the entire northern part of the continent, it is just an inconspicuous small area.

Alva's eyes went back and forth on those crystals, and several minutes passed like this.

Gordon turned around and asked, "Did you find anything?"

Alva frowned and shook his head, "I originally expected to be able to roughly determine the location of the energy source through the direction of crystal growth, but...

These crystals are growing randomly in all directions, and it seems that we can only explore forward a little bit. "

"We are currently located in the northernmost part of the Dragon Crystal Land. If we go straight across to the south, how far is the straight-line distance?" Gordon continued to ask.

"About thirty kilometers." Alva replied immediately.

Gordon laughed, "Hey, it's not far. I can run back to the camp and sleep tonight."

"Thirty kilometers is a straight line distance. This is a mountainous area with complex terrain and underground areas." Anhir reminded him.

"I know, isn't this just to make everyone feel more relaxed?"

Anhil twitched the corner of his mouth, too lazy to continue arguing with this guy.

After making a few casual jokes, Gordon looked at his hunting partners, "Pork chop, Gale, you are more sensitive to energy. Can you feel which direction has higher energy density?"

The cat and the dog shook their heads in unison.

"The energy intensity where we are standing now is already very high, and our senses are completely confused in this regard," Pig Chop explained.

"How is it confused? Can a high-energy environment confuse Elu's perception?" Alva's curiosity was aroused by the story of being pig-chopped.

Pig Chop looked at him sideways, "If you close your eyes and walk into a smelly toilet, cat, can you accurately point out which pit contains poop, cat?"

".I see." Alva nodded in thought.

Gordon also pinched his chin, "Maybe if you get close enough?"

"Then you might have to stick your head in the pit, meow."

"Well, that is to say, if you come to a place close enough to the source of feces, I mean, you can smell it, right?"

"It's not about smelling, meow! Well, if you understand it this way, it's not impossible to meow."

Listening to their bad metaphors, Ancier's expression gradually distorted, "Are you done yet?!"

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore." Gordon smiled dryly and waved his hand, "Pork Chop Gale, you go forward in a roundabout way to explore. Once you find anything, report back in time."

Pig Chop rubbed his little nose, jumped on Gale Feng's back, and flew forward.

(End of this chapter)