Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

Hayata arranged for the hunters to stay on alert, and then ordered the hounds and hunting cats to follow the scent traces for reconnaissance.

After confirming that the monster was not lurking nearby, but actually left, the alert was lifted.

The team moved on.

As Alva walked, he drew a map of the terrain, his frown deepening.

"Master Yuanye, although I don't have much research on geology, do you think there is something about the terrain here?"

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

She paused and touched the almost vertical ice wall beside her, and continued: "After arriving at the ice field, we discovered that the geology of this land has changed very drastically.

Near the south, that is, the snow forest area where Yuechen's stronghold is located, is relatively better.

This is especially obvious in the northern mountainous areas and the glacier areas here, which seem to have an 'unnatural' feeling. "

"This phenomenon reminds me of two places."

"What?"

"The Grand Canyon, and the Coral Platform." Alva put down the pen and paper recording the terrain and looked up at the towering ice walls.

Master Yuanye was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled bitterly and said: "It's true, we old guys have been in the New World for so long that we have become accustomed to those abnormal terrains.

After hearing what you said, I remembered that in the early days of the survey team, investigating the causes of the formation of the Grand Canyon was one of the important topics.

Unfortunately, there has been little progress since then, so I had to end it hastily. "

"Do you think it's possible that the drastic geological changes on both sides are caused by the same cause? Or that they have the same source?"

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

After that, the two stopped discussing this topic. In the absence of necessary clues and evidence, the extra discussion could only be called conjecture and had no practical significance.

The group walked for a while between glaciers and ice caves that could be seen everywhere.

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

Here, they made an important discovery - a wooden ship leaning sideways 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 ships used by the investigation team, but it can definitely be called a large ship.

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

"Well, we found it."

A trace of complicated emotions flashed through Master Yuanye's eyes, "The time is longer, this is the ship of that expedition team."

"It's quite far from the coast, isn't it? It's not an airship. How did this ship get here?" Jean asked with a question mark on his face.

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

"Go down and have a look."

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

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

Master Yuanye walked to the side of the ship and brushed away the snow, revealing a mottled mark on the side of the ship.

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

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

You know, the emblem of the first phase of the regiment is also a cross star.

Understanding the doubts in the hearts of the young people, Master Yuanye smiled and said: "In our time, the route to the New World was not as clear as it is now, but many adventure groups have already tried to come.

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 phase of the New World Ancient Dragon Investigation Team was supported by the guild and was considered an official investigation team, it was essentially a large-scale expedition team, so. "

Feng Ying blinked after hearing this, "Since we are from the same era, are there anyone you know in this expedition team?"

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

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

Feng Ying's question was a bit inappropriate.

Feng Ying, who realized her problem, quickly said "Sorry".

"It's okay. There is indeed a guy I know. When I arrived in the New World at the beginning of the year, I thought I might have a chance to meet here." Master Yuanye smiled freely.

"That's it." Feng Ying scratched her head, a little embarrassed and didn't know what to say.

"Everyone should gather around this ship and conduct investigations separately. The hunters should be well guarded and sound the warning at any time if an unexpected situation occurs." Hayata said.

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

It was found that there were almost no items left in the cabin. It seemed that someone had moved them away long ago, and no body was found.

This made everyone's mood become a little subtle.

You can imagine such a scene.

——The glaciers were rising, the ocean turned into the earth, and the big ship was trapped. The members of the expedition team survived by luck. They took away all the available materials and struggled to investigate and survive in this ice and snow.

It's hard to tell whether this is luck or misfortune.

"Come and see this!"

Hearing Gene howl, everyone gathered around.

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

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

"My grandfather left this to me! He said it was a mystery he couldn't solve, so he said he would leave it to me!" Ai Bo was very excited.

As a former member of the first phase of the team, the secrets hidden in the stones left to her by her grandfather were one of the important reasons that drove her to join the investigation team and come to the New World.

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

She unfolded the tattered piece of leather and drew some words and pictures on it. Due to the erosion of time and wind and frost, the writing 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 noises and singing. They found strange stones formed under special circumstances. We need to investigate further."

I can't see the other content clearly. This is probably what the strange stone refers to. "

Alva came closer to April again, "Based on my limited geological knowledge, the texture of this stone is somewhat similar to obsidian, formed after the magma cooled?"

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

Xuanxu and Feng Ying also seemed a little concerned.

The butterfly-wing-shaped headdress above her head was fanned, and Xuanxu said: "When the wind drifted 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.

"The monsters are commotion and the wind-drifting dragons are migrating. Could all this be caused by the 'singing sound'?" Hayata guessed, "If the 'singing sound' is the ability of some kind of ancient dragon, everything would make 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, they will eventually fall on a certain ancient dragon species, or some powerful ancient dragon-level creature.

This suspicion caused everyone to fall into a brief silence.

Finally, Hayata, the leader of the hunters in this team, broke the silence, "Master of the Wilderness, who are we next?"

Master Yuanye exhaled.

"Check again to see if there are any missing clues in the cabin. Let's return to the Yuechen stronghold first."

Ps.

This chapter describes a lot of the plot in the game, but there is no way to omit it. Without this plot as an explanation, readers who have never played World may be confused. emmmm