Split Sky Rider

Chapter 379 - Corpse

When the mobile base vehicle arrived at the mission coordinates, it was only around three o'clock in the afternoon in the local time zone, but it gets dark very early in Siberia, which is close to the North Pole, especially in winter.

It didn't take long for the sky to get dark quickly.

The remaining heat from the "Falling Star Flame" did not last long. The snow blasted away by the fireball was once again covered with flying snowflakes, and the accumulation became thicker and thicker.

If the snowflakes are allowed to continue to accumulate like this, I am afraid that the work of Team 04 will only be to clear the snow over and over again, and even the investigation work will not be able to be carried out normally.

Team 04 is bound to stay here all night until the investigation is completed.

"Luluan, please."

Adrian did not continue to use fire spells, but nodded to the old tree world ape.

Lululuan, the ape from the World of Warcraft tree, came to a nearby open space with his withered vine staff. The few verdant green leaves on the staff showed no signs of wilting in the severe cold and were still full of vitality.

It fumbled for a while from the pocket of the large satchel slung over its shoulder, took out a ball of fluffy seeds, used the end of the staff to dig through the frozen soil, buried the seeds in, and piled them with soil crumbs and ice and snow. Then he took a few steps back and began to chant the incantation.

The tree-world apes, who have lived a life of peace with the world for generations in the vast forest sea of ​​the firmament star, are a group of monsters that "live from tree to tree". They are able to skillfully distinguish and utilize various plants, are proficient in herbal medicine, and are naturally good at The number of wood spells he masters is comparable to that of human wood magicians, maybe even more.

As soon as the long incantation ended, the tree world ape pointed his staff towards the place where the seeds were buried. Several large droplets of fluorescent green light floated out from the top of the staff, and they were submerged into the frozen soil one after another.

The ground swelled slightly, and then a green seedling broke out of the ground. A continuous cracking sound was heard, and the frozen ground broke open one after another.

The seedlings that ignored the severe cold grew taller and thicker, 1 meter, 3 meters, 5 meters... and finally grew into a towering tree more than 50 meters high. The thick main branch was raised high and divided continuously. Forks, extending in all directions, soft and tough branches hang down one after another, not only covering the ground with a radius of more than 30 and a half, but also like a fine curtain at the edge, including the ruins of sheds and mobile base vehicles. , within a certain distance close to the trunk, the branches did not touch the ground, still leaving a height of about ten meters.

The branches are covered with fine velvet, which not only blocks the heavy snow falling from the sky, but also blocks the endless cold wind. The waxy layer on the surface of the branches and velvet shows strong hydrophobicity. When swaying slowly, Gently shake off the snowflakes and powder that fall on it so that they cannot accumulate.

All the lights of the mobile base vehicle came on, especially several high-brightness searchlights that directly cast beams of light onto the countless branches above.

This strange tree, temporarily spawned by magic, is as transparent as a dream. The soft light diffusely reflected among the downy branches makes the base of the tree and the surrounding area of ​​more than 100 meters look like daylight.

The ones left in the carriage were not only the pure light sparrow Xiaojiu, but also the second-level wind-type monster Green Scale Jumini, who was also not adapted to the tundra environment. The little bird likes to fly around, and is trapped in the double-layer vacuum compartment. Wen was looking out of the car from behind the window, while Qinglinju kept quiet, chewing coarse grain biscuits unhurriedly.

"Hey, it's not cold anymore!"

The girl with double swords, Maori Meixin, who was shivering with cold, clearly noticed the change in temperature. The deputy section chief of the ground operations department who once worked in Africa had already adapted to the hot environment, but was a little insensitive to the cold tundra zone.

The severe cold of dozens of degrees below zero made her unable to even hold the handle of the knife steady.

"In the northern part of the continent of Firmament Star Morning Star Continent, the unique plant of the Smir Tundra Forest in the polar snowy area, the edelweiss weeping willow, has always been the natural nest of the tundra monsters, and it is suitable for the environment here."

After the spell was released, the old tree world ape raised his hand, and a branch hung down, with a small bulge at the end that grew and burst at a speed visible to the naked eye, and bloomed into a pink flower the size of a fist. There is a faint fragrance in the cold air.

Like a short-lived flower, the delicate bloom lasted only a breath or two. The pink petals clustered together withered and fell off one after another. Only a seed with snow-white velvet was left in the center of the flower, which naturally fell into Lulu An's stretched out hand. Palm.

A seed of "Edelweiss weeping willow" was put back into the satchel pocket.

Plants spawned by magic have inherent deficiencies. Once the supply of magic power is stopped, they will stop growing and gradually wither. Therefore, it is difficult to reproduce naturally. Unless more magic power is invested, a very small number of seeds can be produced.

The various plant seeds carried by the old tree world ape have been approved by the Blue Star Global Joint Defense Committee, which can avoid unnecessary plant population invasion.

Now that Blue Star has a large number of mutants, it is already chaotic enough. Adding some plants that breed wantonly will simply add fuel to the fire and make matters worse.

"A very good temporary camp, thank you for your hard work, Luluan!"

Adrian nodded to the Tree World Ape, and then shouted: "Basian, Maori Meixin, and Qiao Shipu, the three of you are responsible for searching the scene. If you find anything, report it immediately."

"Got it!" The Neanderthal patriarch.

"Hi!" Maori Meixin.

"Digging!"

The puppet master was surrounded by a dozen constructed puppet warriors holding engineer shovels in the center.

Others are on standby or on alert.

…

Following the source of the smell of blood smelled by the Neanderthal leader Basian, the A-level spiritual power user and puppet master Joe Shipp controlled his puppet warriors to dig hard, and the snow on the ground no longer thickened. This made it much easier to dig, and soon more than a dozen bones were dug out from the base of the outer wall of the collapsed shack.

In the large pit with a diameter of ten meters, skeletons of different races appeared. Walter Sam, the Knight of Holy Light, looked at them for a few times and said, "They are polar bears and mammoths!"

The skeleton of a huge carnivore with eye-catching canine teeth was covered with clearly visible unidentified tooth marks, as well as obviously elephant bones and rotten fur, but there was no trace of ivory or polar bear fur, so it was probably sold for money.

The tusks of modern elephants are contraband that is prohibited from trade and possession, but the tusks of the extinct mammoths are not such an exception. There are countless mammoth carcasses and large amounts of ivory buried under the Siberian tundra, and they have not been excavated to this day. Occasionally, bones or tusks poke out of the ground and are discovered.

"The tooth marks are from canine teeth, from huskies. Yes, that's the kind of dog. They eat meat."

Maori Meixin confirmed with absolute certainty that she was the one who broke the household goods. Among the few dogs she raised at home were Daha and Erha. They were so stupid that they were beaten by the Shiba Inu every day.

The only dogs that can roam outdoors in Siberia are huskies and Alaskan sled dogs.

The missing mammoth tusks mean that someone has been active here, and sled dogs serve as supporting evidence, because mutants will not be interested in tusks, they will only kill all living things they see until they kill each other. Tear down the belly.

Although the Siberian tundra is close to the Arctic Circle, polar bears make a living by hunting seals, even walruses and beluga whales. Their active areas have always been offshore or in floating ice areas, and they rarely go deep inland. Their bones appear for no reason. This is definitely not an accident.

Although none of them are experts, one person can predict the shortcomings and everyone can judge the strengths. The three cobblers can still stand up to Zhuge Liang. Everyone in Team 04 talked to each other and used their own knowledge to gather quite a lot of clues.

Adrian pondered for a moment and guessed: "Maybe poachers did it?"

"Maybe!"

"High probability event!"

“Criminals who steal mammoth carcasses and poach polar bears.”

Everyone agreed with this guess.

This place is located in an unknown corner of the tundra. If it were not for satellite positioning, it would be impossible to find this place casually. It is even more remote than the abandoned farm where Team 04 is stationed. Poaching gangs use it as a way to divide their prey. The secret stronghold is not surprising.

Susiena Jean Peart, a Class B ice superpower, stamped her foot and said, "That means there are no mutants!"

She retreated to the mobile base vehicle little by little, intending to return to the vehicle and drink a cup of hot ginger tea to warm herself up.

Otherwise, wouldn't life be too miserable if he accidentally turns into an ice superpower who freezes to death?

Although the edelweiss weeping willow has withstood the harsh weather of wind and snow, the temperature in the space under the tree has risen significantly, but no matter how it rises, it is still more than 30 degrees below zero. Unless there are other heat sources, it is impossible anyway. temperature rises above zero.

"Isn't this running in vain?"

The puppet master who spent a lot of mental energy to control the puppet warriors looked helpless. He was the only one who wasted his energy in vain. No, there was also a dark and stupid Apu, who was twirling his butt and jumping around. , while digging everywhere, Hakuna Matata, digging holes all over the ground, just not doing serious things.

A-level metal-type superpowers have no use here. Kitli said impatiently: "Adrian, should we go back now?"

Only when he saw mutants could he get excited, but now, a group of poachers couldn't arouse his interest at all.

"No, look for it again, maybe there will be new clues."

It took more than six hours to get here. Adrian was in no hurry to return. He had to report something about the poaching gang anyway, so he might as well be a favor and do more investigation to facilitate the police who took over.

Now the Blue Star Global Joint Defense Committee has specially established a "Bear Hunting Special Operations Department", which is looking for clues about the "Water Bear" organization all over the world, and would rather kill the wrong one than let one go, so who There is no guarantee that there may be important clues hidden in seemingly ordinary things.

Maybe the clues to the "Water Bear" organization are around them, all they need is a pair of eyes that can discover the truth.

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The Q group exploded again. I don’t know the reason, so the group is temporarily closed.