Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

Chapter 1228 Cold Wave
It is a long journey from the Star Stronghold to the Everfrost Land.

Traveling with a large group is not as simple as Feng Ying and the others described: "Just take an airship and arrive in two or three days."

A large team of more than one hundred people, carrying a huge amount of supplies, boarded the ship from the port of the Star Stronghold and set sail on several ocean-going ships.

They set out from the southern part of the New World and sailed westward along the coast of the New World. After more than a week of sailing, they arrived at the coastline in the northwest of the continent.

Unlike the warm and comfortable South China Sea, there are strong winds on the sea here all year round. It is winter now and large pieces of ice are floating in some areas.

Thin ice floes are not a problem and large ocean-going ships can easily run over them.

However, once the fleet encounters an iceberg that appears inconspicuous on the sea surface but is actually a huge monster beneath the sea, it is normal for the fleet to run aground and sink if it fails to avoid it in time.

Fortunately, there are sea people to help.

Under the order of the commander-in-chief, the sea hunters of Az Territory arrived in this sea area early and explored a relatively safe waterway.

They also rode in a small boat and led the fleet several nautical miles ahead throughout the journey.

Following closely in the wake of these "sons of the sea", after several days of safe sailing, they finally approached the coast of the ice field.

However, they encountered the biggest trouble of this trip.

Severe cold wave.

The sea surface dozens of miles away from the permafrost coastline was frozen hard by the sudden cold wave, and ships could not get close at all.

According to Az and others who dived into the sea to investigate, the ice layer freezing the coastal waters is several meters thick, and in some places it can even reach ten meters.

There are both good and bad sides to this matter.

The bad side is that there is no way to break the ice and the ships cannot move forward at all.

The good thing is that, not to mention walking and driving, even if a few hammer dragons came and ran over the ice, it would be fine.

Therefore, the leader of the logistics squad in charge decisively gave the order for the personnel to disembark, unload the cargo and walk.

But then they encountered new troubles.

There is too much cargo, the ice surface is slippery and difficult to navigate, and there is a lack of suitable means of transportation. If people are the only ones to pull and haul the goods, it would take weeks to transport all the supplies.

Just when everything was at a stalemate, the messenger who went to the Yuechen base to make contact brought back good news.

After several hours of anxious waiting, a large number of snow deer and the sled pulled by Bobo appeared at the end of the ice.

With the help of these snow creatures and large sleds, land transportation became possible.

Although it is still impossible to take away all the goods at once, we can always transport them all by spending more manpower and making more trips back and forth.

The fourth group is specialized in this.

A furry figure jumped off the sled and bouncing towards Gordon and the others.

"Master Gordon! You are finally here!"

The person who came running was Feng Ying. Her snow-white fur outfit made Hayata stunned.

Isn’t this the snow mountain suit she often wore back then?
"wind"

"Oh! Oh, I almost forgot about this!"

Just as Anshil was about to speak, Fengying remembered something and ran back to the sled, bringing some clothes.

"This is a cloak for keeping warm, put it on quickly!" She stuffed an extra-large fur cloak into Gordon's arms, and then stuffed one into Hayata's arms and the others' arms, as well as into Pork Chops' arms.

The same was true for the others who came from Yuechen. The sled team brought a large number of cold-proof cloaks and distributed them to the newcomers.

Everyone from Xingchen has tried their best to wear thick clothes, but it is still not warm enough in this icy and snowy place with temperatures of minus 20 to 30 degrees Celsius.

These heavy capes made a big difference.

Feng Ying looked around and saw that there was no one around, so she said slyly, "Don't tell anyone, these cloaks we brought are high-end products made of thick fur of ice jackals, and they are warmer than those other cloaks made of snow deer fur.

More importantly, it is waterproof. Snow will slide off it and it won't get wet.

If your clothes or shoes get wet in this place, it will be fatal. "

Gordon said "Hey". I haven't seen this guy for a month or two. How come he has become so handsome?
Ansil didn't have time to put on his cloak, and hurriedly asked, "How long will it take to get to the Moon Star base by these sleds? Are there any warm houses in Moon Star?"

He himself was not that afraid of the cold, he was worried about his mother and Fu Fu.

It happened to be a cold wave, the temperature was lower than expected, and the wind was stronger. Even the young people could not bear it, let alone the elderly and children.

Mrs. Sterling and Fufu were still on the boat, and Ansel didn't dare let them get off.

He already felt a little regretful. Perhaps he should have left them in Xingchen.

"Don't worry, the sled is very fast. It will take less than an hour to get there.

As for Yuechen's house, hehe, don't worry, it will be warmer than you think!"

Feng Ying intentionally left the question half-answered, obviously keeping the audience in suspense.

Ansir breathed a sigh of relief. He believed that Feng Ying would not talk nonsense. As long as Fu Fu and the others could live in peace, he didn't care about anything else.

As for what Yuechen looks like after it is built, you will know when you see it with your own eyes.

Under the organization of the leader of the supply squad, important goods were quickly loaded onto the sleds, and the remaining large quantities of supplies were neatly stacked up, leaving several hunters to guard them, waiting for subsequent transportation.

Fou, who was wrapped up like a fur ball by Gale, Mrs. Sterling, and some elderly scholars were crowded on a large sled padded with thick fur.

They will go to the Yuechen base first with the sled transport team.

As for the young and strong men like Gordon, they were not qualified to enjoy the warm sleds. They had to walk to the stronghold in the wind and snow.

Everyone had no opinion.

All members of the survey team who are able to come to the New World are capable of enduring hardship, and those who are in poor physical condition will not be sent here to develop the ice field.

The Yuechen stronghold is built in a snowy forest not far from the coastline, and the straight-line distance from here is only about 20 kilometers.

According to Feng Ying and the others, the terrain along the way was flat, but the snow was a little thick.

This level of trek is just a warm-up for the hunters, and even the civilian personnel can walk it easily.

As the sun rose, the wind and snow stopped temporarily.

The air is still bitterly cold, but there is no longer that feeling of cold wind hitting your face and making it difficult to breathe.

A hundred people formed a long line.

Everyone was full of curiosity about this new land and looked around along the way.

There is no need to worry about danger.

Even without counting Silver Edge, there are more than twenty elite hunters in this team.

Not to mention a flying dragon coming to cause trouble, even an ancient dragon might be repelled on the spot.

Hayata tied her cloak tightly and pulled the hood down low, so that the fur on the edge of the hood covered her entire face.

Feng Ying was surprised. "Huh? Sister Hayata, you are like this too. So is Gene. He likes to cover his whole face with a hood."

Hayata smiled and said, “This way we can avoid the wind and snow, and more importantly, it can block the sunlight reflected from the snow.

Otherwise, if you walk in the snow for too long on a sunny day, your eyesight will be damaged.”

She also made her way up in the Flasiya Snow Mountain. The environment on the top of the snow mountain is not much better than here.

"No wonder there's this on the hat of this winter suit." Feng Ying looked up at the fur-made light-filtering eye mask on her forehead, "I thought it was a face mask."

"Now that you know this, why don't you take off the blindfold?" Gordon scolded.

"Ooh!"

"By the way, Feng Ying, do you know where to find the Fengpialong?" Hayata asked again.

"I know. We have to go through the snow forest and head further north. There are a lot of them in the mountain valleys over there." Feng Ying muttered to this.

"Gugu always wants to run over there, but we don't dare to let her go. There are many dangerous monsters over there, and I have even seen Qilin's footprints.

Sister Hayata, do you also want to find that purple wind dragon?"

".Um, no, I'm looking for another Wind Drifter."

(End of this chapter)