Chapter 925: First Entering the Snowfield
Chapter 925: First Entering the Snowfield
At the border of the Sami snowfield, thick white snow spread from the sky, and the color gradually faded until the original color of the surface was revealed.
The biting cold wind blew in from deep in the snowfield, causing large flakes of snow to swirl around.
A wave like water ripples appeared, and two figures walked out slowly.
"Doctor, the Sami Snowfield is ahead."
The skeleton mark on Jijing's hand flashed twice, and then slowly disappeared. "As expected of a god, it only took you such a short time to run back to Rhodes Island from Yan Country and then take you directly to the Sami Snowfield."
The doctor did not answer, but just lowered his head and observed the thin layer of snow under his feet.
He took out the map he carried with him and compared it with the photo, and said in a deep voice:
“Don’t be careless even with His help. After all, He said personally that there is something strange in the depths of this snowfield, and even He cannot travel freely.
And there seems to be something wrong with this snowfield. According to the map, there shouldn’t be any snow here.”
"You mean the snowfield is expanding?" Jijing pondered, "Could it be because it's not spring yet, and the snowfield is expanding seasonally?"
"I have naturally taken this error into account."
The doctor put away the map, picked a direction and started walking forward.
Jijing quickly followed.
A series of footprints were left under their feet on the white snow, but they were soon smoothed out by the cold wind and snowflakes.
After walking a distance, Jijing couldn't help but ask:
"Doctor, the Sami Snowfield is so large, and as we go deeper, instruments and other things will malfunction. How can we find Skadi?"
"It's simple. Just drill into the deepest part, into the very center of Sammy and that's it."
The doctor seemed very confident: "The thing that can make the white-haired dog so nervous is not just the weirdness of Sammy's corners. It must be the deepest thing that is causing trouble."
"But can we really solve it?" Jijing felt a little unsure.
He and the doctor came this time without bringing anyone else except the giant skeleton beast.
For the evil spirits deep within Sami, the more people who come, the more likely it is that trouble will arise.
The doctor couldn't help but look back at Jijing and said unhappily:
"Who said we are here to deal with those things in the depths of Sammy? We have only one mission goal, to find Skadi and take her away from this troubled place as soon as possible."
Jijing was stunned for a moment, then he suddenly realized.
Although escaping is shameful, it is useful!
He was indeed a little frightened by Qi Yan, and only reacted when the doctor reminded him.
The key to the matter is that Skadi cannot be injured and cannot come into contact with anything deep in the snowfield, but as long as these two accidents can be avoided, the only crisis for this land will be Haisi in the south.
Jijing breathed a sigh of relief.
Without Qi Yan by his side, he was a little nervous about doing such a big thing.
The doctor withdrew his gaze, quickened his pace, and walked forward against the wind and snow. Soon he saw the outline of a building in the white wind.
"Very good, the Columbia Research Station shown on the map is still there." The doctor breathed a sigh of relief. "There are lights in the research station, so there should be people on duty. Let's go and see if we can get some clues."
"Let me go explore the way first."
Jijing has not forgotten his responsibility as a vanguard operator.
But as soon as he took a step, the doctor stopped him.
"Don't be impulsive, you'd better not leave my sight." The doctor said seriously.
Jijing was somewhat touched: "Doctor, you don't have to worry about my safety. I am still confident that I can protect myself outside the snowfield."
"Shit!"
The doctor said angrily: "I am worried about my own safety. If you leave and something happens to me, who will protect me?"
Extreme: “…”
His heart, which had just felt warm, suddenly became colder than the cold wind on the snowy field.
The doctor didn't care about Jijing's resentment. He grabbed his clothes by the shoulders and pulled him in front of him. Then he pushed Jijing in front of him as a human shield to block the cold wind and continued to move towards the scientific research station.
"Doctor, you are more Qi Yan than Qi Yan now!"
"I'm just lending it to you to block the wind. Is it necessary to scold you so viciously?"
The two men walked to the edge of the scientific research station bit by bit, arguing with each other.
Then the two of them stopped talking tacitly, cheered up and walked to the gate of the scientific research station.
Jijing went forward and knocked on the door.
The dull sound echoed from the door panel and was swallowed up by the howling cold wind in an instant.
But there was an immediate response from inside the house. The electronic device next to the door frame emitted a short electric current sound, followed by a woman's voice coming from inside:
"Who's out there?"
"Hello, we are a team of explorers preparing to head to the snowfield. We passed by here and would like to purchase some information." Jijing took the initiative to speak.
"Exploring the snowfields in this season?"
The woman's tone was obviously surprised. "The impact of winter has not yet ended. I don't recommend you go deep into the snowfield at this time. Please go back."
Jijing was not angry because of the other party's blunt rejection. Instead, he initially judged from these words that the other party had some good intentions.
"Sorry, we have reasons to move forward." Jijing took out a small bag from his pocket, "I have some broken red gold here. As long as you can tell us briefly about the situation in the snowfield, I am willing to leave this bag of red gold to you."
The room fell into silence.
Just when Jijing thought that his actions had aroused the other party's vigilance, the protective door of the scientific research station suddenly made a brief sound, and the next second it was opened from the inside.
Inside the door, a Liberian woman wearing thick winter clothes appeared in front of the two people from Jijing, her amber eyes full of curiosity.
As the gate was opened, the never-ending cold wind on the snowfield rushed into the scientific research station like a flood that broke through the dam. The airflow blew up the woman's short brown hair, and a few strands of silver highlights appeared more distinct in the wind.
"Well, the wind is strong. It's stronger than when I first got here."
The woman was blown by the wind and had to raise her hands to cover her face. She only showed half of her pretty smile and said to Jijing: "If you just want to collect some information, you don't need to pay. Of course, if you want some supplies, you still need to trade normally, but the amount I can decide will not be too much.
Anyway, you guys come in and talk first, it’s too windy outside... Oh, yes, my name is Magellan."
Jijing didn't expect that this girl was so naive. She was completely defenseless against two outsiders, himself and the doctor, and opened the protective door without hesitation.
"My name is Jijing, and the person next to me is the doctor."
Jijing walked into the house ahead of the doctor with a smile on his face: "Also, we are operators from Rhodes Island. We are very grateful for your generous help."
"Rhodes Island?!"
The woman named Magellan's eyes widened slightly: "Are you from Rhodes Island?"
Seeing the other party's reaction, Jijing was not surprised.
In fact, he deliberately brought up Rhode Island's reputation in order to intimidate the other party in case they had any bad intentions.
Unfortunately, the woman’s next reaction left Jijing dumbfounded.
"Is it the Rhodes Island that Qi Yan belongs to?" Magellan took a few steps back and said with a stern face, "Qi Yan messed up our Rhine Life headquarters last time. Is he going to send people to harm our company's scientific research station this time?"
(I have cleared the Heimalou level! I am the Monkey King!)
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