Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

Chapter 1249: Shipwreck in the Glacier
Hayata arranged for the hunters to remain on guard, and then ordered the hunting dogs and cats to scout along the scent trail.

Only after confirming that the monster was not lurking nearby and had actually left did they lift the alert.

The team moved on.

As Alva walked, he drew a topographic map, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

"Master Yuanye, although I don't know much about geology, do you think the terrain here is somewhat..."

"Well, I understand what you mean." Master Yuanye responded.

She paused and touched the almost vertical ice wall beside her, then continued, “After arriving at the ice field, we discovered that the geological changes in this land were very drastic.

The snow forest area near the south, where the Yuechen stronghold is located, is relatively better.

This is especially evident in the northern mountains and the glaciers here. It feels a bit unnatural.”

“This phenomenon reminds me of two places.”

"what?"

"The Grand Canyon and the Coral Plateau." Alva put down the paper and pen he was using to record the topography and looked up at the towering ice walls.

Master Yuanye was stunned when he heard this, then he smiled bitterly and said, "It's true. We old guys have been in the New World for too long, and we are no longer surprised by those abnormal terrains.

Hearing you say that reminded me that in the early days of the investigation team, investigating the causes of the formation of the Grand Canyon was one of the important topics.

Unfortunately, there was no progress and the project was abandoned hastily."

"You said, is it possible that the drastic geological changes on both sides are caused by the same reason? Or in other words, they have the same source?"

Master Yuanye was silent for a few seconds, "This possibility cannot be ruled out."

After that, the two did not continue discussing this topic. In the absence of necessary clues and evidence, any additional discussion could only be regarded as speculation and had no practical significance.

The group traveled for some time between the glacier and the ice caves that were everywhere.

Finally, they came to an area surrounded by glaciers, with a large rift in the center formed by the collapse of the glacier.

Here, they made an important discovery - a wooden ship lying on its side at the bottom of the rift valley.

The hull is about thirty meters long, which is somewhat different from the fifty-meter-class ocean-going warships used by the investigation team, but it can definitely be called a large ship.

"It doesn't look like it's a ship belonging to the investigation team?" After saying this subconsciously, Ai Bo realized that he had said nonsense.

"Well, we found it."

Master Yuanye's eyes flashed with a complex emotion, "It must be much older. This is the ship of the expedition team."

"This place is quite far from the coast, and this is not an airship. How did this ship get here?" Gene looked puzzled.

Others had similar questions in their minds, but no one could answer them.

"Go down and have a look."

The group helped each other and used ropes to descend into the ice valley.

They came to the ship. The wooden hull did not rot due to the low temperature, but the knife-like wind and snow kept corroding it, making it look dilapidated.

Master Yuanye walked to the side of the ship, reached out to brush away the snow, and a mottled mark appeared on the side of the ship.

The main body of the emblem is a cross-shaped star.

Several people couldn't help but look at Master Yuanye.

You know, the emblem of the first group was also a cross star.

Understanding the doubts in the young people's hearts, Master Yuanye smiled and said, "In our time, the routes to the New World were not as clear as they are now, but many adventure groups have already tried to come here.

At that time, the only thing that could guide the direction was the blue star hanging high in the sky.

Therefore, most expedition teams that came to the New World would use the cross star as their flag.

Although the first New World Ancient Dragon Survey Team was supported by the Guild and was considered an official survey team, it was essentially a large-scale expedition team, so.

Feng Ying blinked and asked, "Since it is a period, is there anyone you know in this expedition team?"

"Feng Ying." Hayata gave her a reproachful look.

The expedition team's ship actually appeared at the bottom of the glacier, so all members of the expedition team must have died.

Feng Ying's question was somewhat inappropriate.

Feng Ying realized her problem and quickly said "sorry".

"It's okay. There is indeed a guy I know. When I first arrived in the New World, I thought that maybe we would have a chance to meet here." Master Yuanye smiled freely.

"Is that so?" Feng Ying scratched her head, feeling a little embarrassed and not knowing what to say.

"Everyone, spread out and investigate around this ship. Hunters, please be on guard and sound the alarm at any time in case of any unexpected situation," said Hayata.

The team dispersed and went into the cabin, deck and other areas to investigate.

It was discovered that there was almost no item left in the cabin, as if it had been moved away long ago, and no body was found.

This made everyone feel a little weird.

You can imagine a scene like this.

——The glaciers were rising, the ocean turned into land, the big ship was trapped, and the members of the expedition team survived by chance. They took away all the supplies they could use and made a difficult investigation in this icy and snowy land to survive.
It's hard to say whether this is fortunate or unfortunate.

“Look at this!”

Hearing Gene's howl, everyone gathered around.

He dug out a strange stone with a texture like obsidian but colorful, and a piece of tattered leather from a pile of ice that seemed to be deliberately piled up.

"Ah! This is it!" After seeing the stone, Ai Bo hurriedly took out a stone from his bag that was slightly smaller in size but made of exactly the same material.

"This is what my grandfather left me! He said this was the mystery he hadn't been able to solve, and he gave it to me!" Ai Bo was very excited.

As a former member of the first group, the secret hidden in the stone left to her by her grandfather was one of the important reasons that drove her to join the investigation team and come to the New World.

"Did that glutton give it to you?" Master Yuanye smiled, obviously also impressed by the stone.

She unfolded the tattered leather, on which were some words and pictures drawn. Due to the erosion of time and wind and frost, the handwriting had long been blurred.

"Sure enough, it's that guy's handwriting." Master Yuanye sighed.

Alva leaned over and began to read: "A large number of monsters were making a commotion and singing. Strange stones were found that were formed under special circumstances. We need to investigate further.
The rest of the content is unclear, but the strange stone must be this."

Alva moved closer to Aybo again and said, "Based on my limited knowledge of geology, the texture of this stone is somewhat similar to obsidian. Was it formed when magma cooled?"

However, April didn't hear the second half of his words at all, her mind was occupied by the word "singing".

Xixi and Fengying also seemed a little concerned.

The butterfly-wing-shaped headdress on her head fluttered, and she said, "When the wind was blowing the dragon across the sea, we heard a sound similar to a song, so we hid in the sound of the wind."

"Yeah! I heard it too!" Feng Ying nodded quickly.

"Monsters are rioting, wind dragons are migrating, could all of this be caused by that 'song'?" Hayata guessed, "If that 'song' is the ability of some ancient dragon, then everything makes sense."

"It's possible." Gale nodded seriously.

Based on their experience in solving ancient dragon incidents over the years, if they encounter any "supernatural" unknown phenomenon, it will most likely fall on the head of an ancient dragon species or some powerful ancient dragon-level creature.
This speculation caused everyone to fall into a brief silence.

Finally, Hayata, the leader of the hunters in this team, broke the silence, "Master Yuanye, what shall we do next?"

Master Yuanye exhaled.

"Let's check if there are any clues left in the cabin. We will return to the Yuechen base first."

Ps.
　This chapter describes a lot of in-game plots, but there is no way to omit them. Without this plot as an explanation, readers who have not played World will probably be confused. Emmmm
　　
　
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