The cold wind is howling. Even as summer has gradually entered the Golden Dragon Kingdom, the climate in the snowfield is still extreme. Heavy snow falls every now and then, and white wind blows from time to time. The temperature in the snowfield is still around zero during the day. At night, it can
It can get as low as fifty degrees below zero.
Looking up, it is all white. Even the sunlight seems to be cold here. The light reflected when it shines on a white snowfield is a bit dazzling. Anything that can survive in this environment, no matter it is an animal,
Both plants are ruthless characters.
More than a dozen mammoths were taking advantage of the rare daytime to forage. Their huge tusks turned up the snow on the ground like hoes, gradually revealing a large area of bryophytes under the snow. Then the tusks hooked out more than ten meters.
Long moss.
"hold head high!"
At this time, a seven- to eight-meter-tall mammoth suddenly roared loudly. It seemed that it had discovered something that frightened it and began to run away. At the reminder of this mammoth, other mammoths also gave up the food in front of them and joined in.
formed an escape procession.
There are not many creatures in this snowfield that can scare mammoths, or in other words, there is only one kind, and that is the overlord of the snowfield, the snow giant.
In the harsh natural environment of the snowfield, creatures still maintain a delicate balance. The giant cattle herds and mammoth herds that rely on various bryophytes to survive have always maintained a large population.
Giant oxen are just fine, but mammoths, which are six to seven meters tall at the shoulder when they are adults, are definitely overlord-level creatures in the human world. It is absolutely difficult to solve them without mobilizing a large number of troops. But when they are placed on the snowy fields, they are defeated by their natural enemies, the Yetis.
The number has been limited, and they all have a fear of snow giants engraved in their genes. When a few snow giants appeared in the distance, they made them run away in panic. Fortunately, these snow giants had no intention of chasing them. Looking at these snow giants,
A small herd of mammoths disappears into the snowfield.
"Brother, we don't have enough food."
After the mammoths escaped, a small group of snow giants arrived at their previous location. These snow giants were Mangu and others from the Ice Flame Tribe. They searched several places in the snowfield according to the map given by Richard. Now
It seems that the leather jackets on their bodies are a bit tattered, but because Mangu, who has the peak strength of the earth, leads the team, they have not yet experienced attrition.
"There is a large tribe here, so don't add extraneous branches."
Mangu looked at the snow that had been turned over by the mammoths, picked up the stone shovel on his back and walked over.
"Get to work quickly and clean up this area quickly."
Barbarian Bone's caution is not unreasonable. Snow giants are very sensitive to hunting grounds. It is somewhat provocative for them to enter other snow giants' hunting grounds. If they take away the prey again, it will easily cause a conflict.
It's okay to encounter some small tribes. With the strength of Barbarian Bones, they are not afraid of each other at all. When encountering medium-sized tribes, Barbarian Bones will retreat after showing their strength and expel them. But now this hunting ground is a large tribe.
All in all, large tribes like Mangu have at least double-digit snow giants with strength, and there will also be fifteen-meter-level snow giants. If this tribe discovers them, they will not get any good results.
Xiaoman could be ignorant, but Mangu was not. It was also because of this caution that Mangu was able to lead the soldiers of the Bingyan Tribe around half of the snowfield without any attrition.
"Sand, sand, sand..."
With Mangu taking the lead, the rest of the snow giants also came up and started searching.
Even if this map is extremely accurate and no one specifically destroys it on the snowfield, after so many years, even the normal accumulation of ice and snow would cover several meters.
Just now, the mammoths turned over the new snow in order to eat some moss, which saved Mangu and the others a lot of work, but the remaining workload was still huge and could not be completed in a short time.
"Brother, when did it become a thing for us to dig like this? Looking for something with a picture from hundreds of years ago is beyond the imagination of those humans!"
Man Gu said nothing and continued to wave the shovel in his hand. The snow giant worked very efficiently. In a short time, he had dug a large pit several meters deep along the fresh snow that the mammoth had just thrown away.
Come.
"well!"
Xiao Man saw Man Gu continuing to work on the ground. After complaining a few times, Xiao Man did not slack off and continued to work honestly. The workload of a few snow giants was completely equivalent to that of hundreds of humans.
"clang!"
"clang!"
After a while, the sound of several hard objects colliding with each other was heard in the pit, indicating that the ice layer had been dug.
"Brother, it's all covered in ice and we can't dig. There's something wrong with this map."
After digging into the ice layer, Xiaoman stopped. Digging further would be a waste of effort. The ice layer on the snowfield might be tens of meters deep. Even if the snow giants were extremely powerful, they would not be able to survive in a short time just by themselves.
It digs through the ice layer more than ten meters deep.
The other snow giants also stopped and looked at Mangu. Apparently they thought Xiaoman's words made sense. We all have lived on the snowfield for so long, so we naturally know how difficult it is to break through these ice layers. They can't dig more than a few meters in a day.
Woolen cloth.
"If there are any problems, we'll know if we dig a little more. We're already here. It's hard to explain if we go back like this."
Barbarian Bone really regards the Ice Flame Tribe as his own flesh and blood, otherwise it would not be a problem to raise a small tribe on the snowfield with his strength, instead of having to be controlled by the Hunter family. Now he has to try even when facing the ice.
Dig it up and give an explanation when you go back.
"Keep digging. There is no need to expand the scope so much. Just dig a few deep holes and check."
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Mangu's prestige among this group of warriors is quite high. After he made a decision, even though it seemed to be a very unreliable decision, the others continued to dig in.
It's just that this time the tools hit the solid ice, and the progress slowed down. However, after all, these snow giants are so powerful, and when they hit with the tools in their hands, they still made ice splashes everywhere and made small holes.
.
A few hours later.
Several snow giants, including Xiaoman, stopped on the spot with their tools and gasped for air. Being able to cut through the ice with such high intensity for several hours was already a sign of the snow giant's natural physical strength. However, good physical strength does not mean unlimited physical strength. Now they have exhausted all their physical strength.
The snow giant could only rest on the spot, leaving only the more powerful Barbarian Bones to continue beating the ice. Now Barbarian Bones had knocked out a three or four-meter deep cave in the ice in front of it.
"clang!"
Mangu's strength was so great that the chisel in his hand seemed to break off when it hit something hard.
"Brother, stop digging. There are no ruins here. I guess those humans were also deceived..."
"Wait a minute, I seem to have discovered something."
Mangu, who had been silent all this time, suddenly silenced Xiaoman with a gesture. It seemed that his chisel just now did not dig out any ice, but other solid objects.
Instead of looking for a new tool, Man Gu reached out and grabbed it in the air, and a new ice chisel condensed in his hand. This kind of tool condensed by magic power is harder.
"Dang! Dang! Dang!"
After Barbarian Bones was discovered, other snow giants rushed over to help, and quickly cleared a small clearing several meters square.
"It really does!"
Evenly distributed stone slabs can be seen in the open space of several meters square. These are obviously man-made creations rather than naturally formed ground.
According to the urine of the snow giant, it is impossible to spend such effort to lay a layer of stone slabs on the snowfield, and it is even less possible for humans to penetrate deep into the snowfield. After thinking about it, other than the ruins they are looking for, it cannot be anything else.
s things.
"Okay, okay! Stop digging, try to pry off a piece of stone, then fill it back with ice and snow, make a mark, and leave here as soon as you're done."
Mangu still has a clear understanding of his mission. After confirming the location, he will report back instead of being responsible for exploring the entire ruins. That is not his business, and the nearby environment does not allow him to explore slowly. If he stays for a while, he will be nearby.
If the large tribe finds out, it will cause more trouble.
"Yes! Patriarch!"
Several snow giants around were also very excited after hearing Mangu's order. Although there was no attrition along the way, they were still tired enough. Poaching in other people's hunting grounds is always frightening, and occasionally they are hungry and full.
How could the Bingyan Tribe feel comfortable? It was a little hot, but there was no shortage of food at all.
The snow giants were very proactive at the moment, filling up the broken ice in a few clicks, and then walked to the snow pit to backfill the dug-up snow.
"Brother, I have to leave anyway. I don't have much food. The prey around here is pretty good. Do you want some?"
Xiaoman walked up to Mangu and mentioned the food again, obviously he also had some thoughts about the abundant prey nearby.
After thinking about it for a moment, Mangu shook his head.
"Forget it, there is a hunting ground on the way back. It is a hunting ground for a medium-sized tribe. Hunt some prey there and then leave. Don't take risks near here."
"Okay, listen to big brother."
"Go help fill the snow back together, and leave here as soon as possible without causing trouble!"
"yes!"
…
The events in the snowfield have not reached Richard yet, and now he is still focusing all his attention on the management of the territory. This rare peaceful time is a great opportunity for the development of the Northland.
After receiving a large amount of financial and material support from the river valley, the entire Northland developed rapidly like clockwork. In the past half month, Miracle City has been changing day by day. Even the city wall that Viscount Sauter is most concerned about is basically close to completion.
, we are still working on some details.
After the main members of the college and the Hunter family moved into Miracle City, the popularity of the entire city began to increase. After all, with the main consumer group, the related supporting consumption will gradually improve under the adjustment of the market. Now there are
The circus entered the city and brought a lot of happiness to Viscount Sauter.
But Richard is more concerned about these things, but about the new things that appear under his guidance.
"Master Richard, the things at Test Site No. 3 are ready."
