"Captain." The pig-headed warrior guarding the warehouse ran over from a distance.
"What's going on?" The handsome-looking pig-headed logistics captain asked the men who came to him.
"I found some footprints over there." The pig-headed warrior pointed to a place behind him and reported.
"Are they the footprints of the thief?" the pig-headed captain with a brown birthmark on his forehead said to himself.
"You'll know if you go over and take a look." The handsome-looking pig-headed logistics captain said, and then walked over quickly.
After a while, the three people arrived at their destination. Some clear footprints appeared on the outside of the fence. Based on the footprints they had seen before, they were obviously left by thieves.
"How brave you are to come so close to our camp to inquire about the situation." The pig-headed captain with a brown birthmark on his forehead looked at the footprints outside the fence, and after a moment's thought, he knew what was going on.
"He must have finished eating the food he stole from us before, and is planning to find an opportunity to steal some food from us again." The handsome-looking pig-headed logistics captain said.
"That's good. I'm worried that after setting the trap, he won't come for a while." The pig-headed captain with a brown birthmark on his forehead said with a smile.
After observing the scene for a while, the handsome-looking pig-headed logistics captain said to his worried-looking subordinates.
"Don't worry too much. Guard the warehouse during the day and I will set traps at night."
"Yes." The pig-headed warrior nodded and returned to the warehouse.
Because food had been stolen before, the pig-headed soldier guarding the warehouse was unable to leave the warehouse while eating. He had to wait for other companions to come over after eating before it was his turn to eat.
The handsome-looking pig-headed logistics captain looked at his men leaving and said to his friends beside him.
"If we can catch the thief tonight, we won't have to worry about guarding the warehouse from now on."
The pig-headed captain with a brown birthmark on his forehead nodded and said, "Yes! I hope everything goes well tonight!"
The two pig-headed captains patrolled the camp and then began to walk towards the dining area.
After they left, a little further away from where the footprints appeared, a white figure climbed up from the snow.
"Zhizhizhi..."
The white squirrel looked at the pig-headed man's camp and made a subtle cry, its eyes flashing a pale golden light from time to time.
It shook its head, shook off the snow on its head, then turned and retreated away.
Just as the handsome pig-headed man's logistics captain speculated, the white squirrel had finished eating the food he had stolen from the pig-headed man's warehouse, and now he was starting to think about the pig-headed man's warehouse again.
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"call……"
"Crunch, crunch, crunch..."
The cold wind kept blowing, and the bare trees around the frozen lake shook violently, making noisy sounds.
The thick ice surface is not easy to break even with a hammer drill. At this moment, there are some shadows swimming in the lake under the ice surface.
After the shadow appeared, it dived under the water and disappeared after a while.
Under the cloudy sky, falling goose feather-like snowflakes continued to fall on the ice, making the frozen lake surface thicker and thicker.
A figure walked out from the entrance of the valley in the distance, and then walked towards the colorful lake despite the strong wind and snow.
After breakfast, the pig-headed captain with a brown birthmark on his forehead said goodbye to his friends, left the camp as usual, and went to the outpost for security.
Last night, the pig-headed captain, who had a brown birthmark on his forehead, had a rather bad dream.
In his dream, he saw the frozen lake being broken open, and then a large group of strange beasts ran out into the valley and attacked the pig-headed camp.
Having such a bad dream for no reason made the pig-headed captain, who had a brown birthmark on his forehead, become more vigilant about the frozen lake outside the valley.
This morning he left the camp after breakfast and went to the outpost for duty. After coming out of the valley, he did not go directly to the outpost as usual, but first went to the frozen lake in the distance to check the situation.
After a round of inspection, the pig-headed captain, who had a brown birthmark on his forehead, found nothing unusual on the frozen lake. Then he turned around and continued to the outpost.
Ten minutes later.
A fire lit up in the cave, and the pig-headed captain with a brown birthmark on his forehead put the wood into the bonfire.
The orange-red firelight flickered, and the cold cave quickly became warm.
After the fire was lit, the pig-headed captain with a brown birthmark on his forehead came to the entrance of the cave and looked into the distance.
Due to the violent wind and snow outside, everything was completely white. The pig-headed captain, who now had a brown birthmark on his forehead, looked into the distance and saw very limited things.
The snowflakes falling from the cloudy sky were suddenly blown by a gust of wind towards the cave where the pig-headed captain with a brown birthmark on his forehead was.
Snowflakes hit my face, and the biting cold made me shiver.
The pig-headed captain with a brown birthmark on his forehead quickly backed away and shook off the snowflakes that fell on his body.
Then he came to the cave entrance in Shandong again, squinting and staring at a location in the distance.
A little further away, there was a hazy figure moving quickly in the snow.
As this invisible figure moves, the wind that originally blew regularly became chaotic.
"What?" The pig-headed captain with a brown birthmark on his forehead looked at the fast-moving figure in the distance and frowned to himself.
Soon, this figure disappeared, because the time from discovery to disappearance was very short.
Therefore, the pig-headed captain with a brown birthmark on his forehead did not find any useful information from that figure.
I stared at the abnormal place for a while, but didn't find the other party appearing again.
So the pig-headed captain, who had a brown birthmark on his forehead, withdrew his gaze from the distance, turned around and walked deeper into the cave.
The bonfire had been rising for a while, and now it was very warm in the cave. Lying on the wooden bed with a brown birthmark on his forehead, the pig-headed captain closed his eyes and meditated, and at the same time, he expanded his perception to cover the surrounding area.
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Snowflakes continued to fall from the sky, and a modern human stronghold was located at the foot of a mountain.
This stronghold is numbered thirty-five and was built before the cold wave arrived.
On the snow-covered road, a car was driving slowly in the wind and snow.
"Master, stronghold No. 35 should be in front, right?" The young man sitting in the passenger seat looked at the faint mountains ahead and said to the driver who was driving the car.
"Yes, Stronghold No. 35 is at the foot of the mountain in front." The driver in a blue winter coat replied with a smile.
"Once the things are delivered to Stronghold No. 35, Master, you can go back to Blue Star for half a month's vacation." said the young man sitting in the passenger seat.
"Yes! It's been more than two months since I came to the spirit world for a business trip. I have to go back and have a good rest." said the driver in a blue winter coat.
After saying that, he asked, "When can you go back for vacation?"
"There is a bit of a shortage of manpower here. It will be some time before it's my turn to go back for vacation." said the young man sitting in the passenger seat.
"Investigators are short of manpower, so we should recruit more people quickly... Especially now that the cold wave has enveloped the forest and most things can't be done, we should quickly replenish the staff.
When the cold wave subsides and the next phase of development starts, it will be difficult if the manpower is still as short as it is now." said the driver in a blue winter coat.
"That's the truth. I heard from friends in the human resources department that the leaders have held several meetings on this matter, and there should be results soon." The young man sitting in the passenger seat said with a smile.
The two chatted, and after a while, the car arrived in front of Stronghold No. 35.
The investigator standing guard at the door came out of the guard room, confirmed that the person in the car was one of his own, and then let him go.
The vehicle carrying supplies arrived at the parking place, and then the investigators in the stronghold began to move the urgently needed supplies into the warehouse.
"Wang Chao."
Wang Chao got off the car and went to the bathroom. When he came out, he suddenly heard someone calling his name next to him, so he turned his head and looked.
An investigator who was several years older than him walked over. Wang Chao saw this man and shouted, "Brother Angkor, long time no see."
"Yes, I haven't seen you for a while. I didn't expect you to still be in the spirit world. Logically speaking, your group of people who came to support should have gone back!" The investigator, who is a few years older than Wang Chao, said curiously.
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"I was supposed to go back last month, but something happened unexpectedly, so we postponed our return." Wang Chao explained.
"That's it! Then when will you go back?"
"At the end of this month."
"The end of the month? That will be soon."
"Yes! Angkor, everything is fine here at Stronghold No. 35."
"Everything is fine, and Stronghold No. 35 is quite nice here. The living environment is much better than my previous living environment in other strongholds."
"Ah? What's so good about it? It looks no different from other strongholds."
"You don't know this. Have you seen that big mountain in the distance?"
"I saw it, what happened?"
"I went there to explore before and found many hot springs at the foot of the mountain. Now we have built a natural bathing place there. After work, everyone will go there to take a good bath in the hot springs."
When Wang Chao heard the other party say that a hot spring bath had been built at the foot of the mountain not far away, he looked surprised and then very envious.
Unfortunately, the driver who was assigned to protect us came to Stronghold No. 35 this time, and his stay was relatively short, so he was unable to experience the hot spring baths at the stronghold.
The two chatted for a while and then separated from Wang Chao.
The investigators in the stronghold unloaded all the goods from the car. At this time, the driver wearing a blue winter coat got into the driver's seat of the car and went to the restroom. Wang Chao, who had returned, also got into the car.
"It's done, let's go back now." The driver said as he started the car and left Stronghold No. 35.
"Master, I just met an acquaintance at Stronghold No. 35. I heard from him that a hot spring bath was built at the foot of the mountain in the distance." Wang Chao smiled and talked about what he had just heard.
"Hot spring bath? I think I've heard of it. Next time I deliver goods here, I can go there to experience it." The driver in a blue winter coat responded with a smile.
"Now let's go back and we should be able to arrive before noon today!" Wang Chao said.
"If everything goes well, we can arrive at our destination before noon." said the driver wearing a blue winter coat.
After chatting for a while, the car became quiet again. Wang Chao, who had gotten up early today, yawned and closed his eyes for a while.
Of course, Wang Chao knew that his duty was to protect the safety of the driver. Although he closed his eyes and squinted for a while, he did not relax his vigilance and used his mental perception to explore the surrounding situation.
Time passed quickly. After leaving Stronghold No. 35, the car drove on the road for about half an hour.
Suddenly, Wang Chao, who was sitting in the passenger seat, opened his eyes and stared into the distance with a serious expression.
The driver, who was wearing a blue winter coat, was concentrating on driving and did not notice anything unusual. He continued to drive forward at a constant speed.
"Master, there is something in front of you, please stop the car." Wang Chao said.
"Eh?!!!"
The driver in a blue winter coat was shocked when he heard this. He quickly stepped on the brakes. Of course, after the car stopped, he turned his head and looked at Wang Chao, "Is it a strange beast?"
"When weather like this comes out, there's a high probability that it's a strange animal." Wang Chao said.
Because it was snowing heavily outside, the snowflakes blocked the view, so it was impossible to see the situation clearly in the distance.
Only by killing or driving away the strange beasts blocking the way can the car continue to drive.
"I'll go over and take a look. You sit down in the car and wait for me to come back." Wang Chao explained.
"Okay, go ahead and be careful." The driver in a blue winter coat nodded.
This is not the first time he has come to work in the spirit world. He has encountered strange beasts blocking his way several times. With the protection of investigators, his safety is guaranteed, so although he is nervous, he is not afraid.
"Click."
"boom."
Wang Chao opened the car door, got out of the car with a weapon in hand, nodded to the driver in a blue winter coat who was looking at him in the car, and then walked quickly towards the location where the psychic fluctuations appeared.
"This is?"
After arriving at the place, the suspected strange beast was not seen. Wang Chao found a very familiar figure lying on the ground.
"Pig-Headed Man!!!"
Yes, the person blocking the road is a pig-headed man, and the psychic energy fluctuations emanating from him are very weak.
He knelt down and checked, and found that the pig-headed man was severely frozen. If left alone, he would freeze to death in a while.
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This chapter has been completed!