Steel steam and flame

The floor unfolded, and the man who announced it walked to the window and looked at the huge alloy frame flying under the searchlight. A soothing expression finally appeared on his face: "Finally, the task was completed within the specified time."

The alloy frame quickly left the range of the searchlight, but the man still didn't take his eyes off it. During this period, he checked the time. About a minute later, in the darkness surrounding the searchlights, a blazing white flame that spread hundreds of meters illuminated the rolling clouds. Then a huge roar penetrated the heavy armor plates of the airship. Get into his ears.

"Fortunately, we are not asked to extinguish his anger." Without luck, after the faint words disappeared, the man had already left this huge room.

On another airship, in a special rectangular monitoring room, nearly fifty machines have all been started. Thirty-six of them are displaying signs waiting to receive signals, and staff are already in place in front of the machines.

"I don't know when the first signal will be transmitted here." At the end of the room, two men were talking. This is the place where communication signals from ferocious organisms are received, and it is also the institution that records the performance of each assessor in the final stage of the assessment. There are no published rules. Everyone who can use the communicator to report their identity code will be observed and evaluated as a key point based on the length of their existence and the information actually observed by the inspectors. Even if they may not get a spot in the end, there are still many positions in the empire waiting for them to choose.

The other person shook his head. They had just finished reading the latest monitoring report. Although due to the influence of communication, only a few situations were transmitted back, but the status shown in it was not very good. It has been several hours since the first ferocious creature was released. During this period, apart from the increasing number of casualties according to rough statistics, not a single ferocious creature was hunted.

"It will be more difficult in the future. The vacuum period has passed and the last creature has been released. The situation will only get worse. Do you think that in the end, will the quota be filled?"

"I don't know, but as far as I know, there are still many powerful people below. It's the third stage. Although the system of self-assimilation and fusion is not perfect yet, it is developed according to the surgical project. As long as it is used properly, there will be no big problems. . All have been restricted. Otherwise, these second-class creatures captured and modified from various extreme areas would not be easy for even the two of us to deal with, let alone them. We must have high expectations for them. .”

"I have people I'm optimistic about, but I just think those creatures are really tricky."

Meanwhile, where the tundra is close to the sea. In the quiet ice and snow, with the sound of ice cubes colliding and falling, a dark head poked out from under the snow.

Kaxihei got out of the ice cave he dug, raised his head and looked in the direction of the assessment area. The sound is very faint and here is almost completely absorbed by the environment. Just as a unique way for dragons to transmit information, it captured something. Looking over with some confusion, Cassie Hei then also called out "Aoao" a few times. Not getting any response, it stayed there and waited for more than ten minutes before it got into the ice cave again, picked up its giant sword, and drew another horizontal line on the ice covered with sword marks.

That is the basic arithmetic taught to it by Cassia, used to calculate the specific time for it to return to the assessment area. Paying great attention to it, taking advantage of the sparks coming out of his mouth, Cassie Hei put his head close to the ice covered with sword marks. After counting several times from beginning to end, he hugged the giant sword and rested.

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In the darkness, Cassia calculated the approximate distance forward based on physical energy consumption. At midnight, they were very far away from the mountains behind them and came to an open snow-covered land. The surrounding silence and darkness corresponded, and the heartbeats of the two of them could be captured by each other at this moment.

After stuffing more than a dozen mouthfuls of snow into her mouth, Cassia felt that her need for water had eased. After comparing the rough walking route with the map of the assessment area to get the approximate location, Cassia sat up and her breathing quickly calmed down. He looked at his side in the darkness, and the sound ripples painted Ye Jielin's other appearance into his eyes.

"That's almost it. The last flare has fallen." Cassia said, stopping at this moment because his head had no follow-up. The position established by the Leonard family is at the foot of a mountain peak. Ten hours have passed since the signal bomb was dropped there. Regardless of the battle between the two, there will be dangers for whichever side stays.

Of course there will be good results, but Cassia always considers the worst case scenario first.

"Cassia, send me to the edge of the assessment area. At your speed, it will take about four or five hours." Ye Jielin sat up, moved little by little to Cassia and said, "I really want to stay here as a help You are here, but it seems that me leaving is the biggest help.”

"Sometimes I have been thinking about why you don't think about 'using' our allies. This is something you should learn, and it is the same at all times. Now I seem to understand a little bit. It's not that you don't want to seek it. The reason is probably It's because we can't help you with some things. Or maybe you're too,,um,,,I wanted to describe it as kind, but now you don't have any feelings about killing anyone, right? That's right. My friends are a bit too nice, but maybe there’s a reason why you don’t want us to get involved in a lot of huge trouble?”

"I don't know if what I said is right." Ye Jielin never thought that Cassia would answer. She thought about it in the dark and said it. She didn't know why she suddenly felt like this, but her instinct made her think that it was the right thing to say more now.

"During the mission in the southern forest, I had some doubts since the other party could dispatch armed airships and use the solid red mercury bomb made for you by the Webley family. Because I specifically asked Fatty to investigate this matter later. All relevant information. It’s not just collecting intelligence and sorting it out. Fatty knows my character, and he knows very well what things require greater strength and resources to complete. After all, he has been following me since he was a child.”

"He relied on his relationship with several laboratory personnel in his family and used a large sum of money I provided to investigate. But in the end, except for the identities and families of several of them, nothing was found."

Ye Jielin looked beside her, and Cassia's face automatically appeared in her head: "It was also at that time that I started to pay attention to some things. Women seem to be naturally sensitive, and their intuition is also extremely sharp..."

"Anyway, I just want to remind you of something. Although in terms of strength, Fatty, Selmer and I will often become a burden to you, it is not without any effect. Take away the strength, Cassia, we still have a lot It can bring you great convenience, and the same is true for Sotagang."

"My tutor has always taught us a concept when we were young. If we want to defeat a giant, the best way is to stand on the giant and then make weapons that can kill it. This is the case with other families, companies, and forces in the Quartet. , people like us have always taken it for granted to rely on family background, and this has always been the case."