Steel steam and flame

Novia laughed and thought of something: "Indeed." She agreed, "But maybe she is also planning something. Kara cherishes her life very much, but she is not a peaceful person and will definitely find a way to do something to her." Meredith gives it back. She never owes the family anything."

"By the way, if you have the chance to see her again in the future, remember to say hello to her for me." Nowia turned around and walked towards the ice cave.

"Miss Novia," Cassia called out at this time, "If those things hadn't happened two years ago, and Kara was still a member of the Meredith family, what do you think the outcome would be now?"

Novia, who stopped in place, turned around and looked at the source of the sound, although she couldn't see anything: "Some things are determined from birth, not just Meredith, but also other families in the Quartet. . Many times, many people serve fixed rules and processes mechanically. It is these fixed things that support the operation of a huge system. Rather than saying that it is difficult to change, it is better to say that it is almost impossible to change. . Because no one knows if there is a problem in one of the links, it will cause other changes. Stability can overwhelm everything in most periods, just remember this sentence."

"Furthermore, even if Kara's status will be promoted in the future, her information will not be rewritten in the family's super analysis machine, unless she can stand on both sides in some aspects, such as strength or power. Such an option will only appear when you reach a certain peak among those.”

Watching Novia enter the ice cave, Cassia turned around and looked at the unchanged black in front of her, thinking about something, and finally let out a long sigh.

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The traces on the snow separated in front of him, and the two traces pointed in different directions. Andrew stood at the point of disagreement, lost in thought. The captains also did not speak. They just carefully identified the difference between the two in front of the traces, trying to see if there was any difference. The result is tantamount to disappointment. It would be too true to say that this is a means to confuse latecomers. Based on their experience, they couldn't tell anything from it. It was as if the two people who had been walking in front of their team suddenly separated and moved forward for unknown reasons. At least this is what these two unobstructed traces told them.

Everyone is waiting for Andrew's decision, and the considerations before the fork in the road are very important. Andrew walked a few steps in place, and finally pointed in the direction of one of the tracks, and the team was able to continue moving behind it.

The sky began to darken at this time, and Andrew looked at the time, it was three-thirty in the afternoon. Because the temperature dropped by about ten degrees in the past two days, the night in the tundra also advanced by nearly an hour.

"We have to find a more suitable resting place before dark." After following the trace for about an hour, everything was dark. Andrew, who was thinking, was pulled back to his eyes by the exploration team returning from the front. After listening to the report on the basic situation, Andrew and several captains separated from the advancing team at a faster speed.

At a distance of nearly two thousand meters, Andrew and several captains came to the exploration team and looked in front of them.

It was a battle scar covered with hoarfrost, and nearly a hundred corpses lay randomly in a circular area with a radius of only two to three hundred meters.

"It took less than three hours. Judging from the wounds and the degree of freezing of the body." A captain said after returning from a circle in front. "He is a member of the Telangamus family. We can roughly judge that the person should be from They were discovered at a very far distance, and then their speed increased to the extreme, killing their captain with one blow." He pointed to the side of the crowd, where the traces were like the white triangular tails of boats dragged on the water.

Andrew nodded, greeted the people around him, and walked forward together. There was no thought of disposing of the body or the traces. There was still a lot of information left on it, and Andrew's expression gradually became serious as he observed it. The footsteps finally stopped at several broken ice layers, which were the marks caused by the huge force when moving the body quickly. As long as they have the intention, the captains around Andrew can also have such an effect.

It was just the sharp scratches left under the broken ice that made Andrew narrow his eyes. While the sky was not completely dark yet, Andrew raised his head and looked in the direction where the traces extended. He took about ten seconds to look back.

"Go back, this is not our goal." Andrew turned around and said without explaining anything to the captains.

There seems to be no need to explain. For most of the people who are hired by money, simply following orders is their favorite thing. And one more thing, after what happened last time, the sharp scratches on the ice vaguely reminded them of something.

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We can know the location of such a wide cave. If it weren't for the help of luck, it can only be said that the family's exploration before the assessment started played a huge role.

Two large iron boxes were placed in a corner of the cave, with overlapping shadows drawn out by the light of several piles of flames. Less than sixty or seventy people were sitting around the fire, using the warmth of the flames to enjoy the rare warm food in the cold weather. Some people checked their weapons under the firelight. The new supplies would make them better prepared for subsequent actions.

Yi, Priscilla, and the captains of the three teams were together, but there were not many words between them. They were all thinking about their own things. Someone in the team came over at this moment, left several bottles of distinct potions and left silently. Prista turned his head and looked at it, picked it up and gave one to the corresponding person.

"Thank you." Yi directly injected the medicine into the neck, and threw the empty syringe into the fire, making a "pop" sound, "I didn't expect you to have such a member, otherwise in a short time, I don’t have a good way to undo the damage Annabelle’s biological poison has done to her body.”

"I learned it from the Flame Alliance. How can I put it, the development of the empire is the most balanced, which means that the steam machinery is not as good as that of the Far Sea Common Country, and the creatures and nature fall behind the Flame Alliance. But for the three-phase connection network For the company, it’s not a problem. Exchange of information for information is very popular with the forces of the other two giant countries.”

After injecting the medicine, Priscilla said, as if she was praising herself. Yi smiled and was about to answer, but the smile on his face disappeared. Immediately he turned his head and looked towards the exit of the cave. Priscilla followed Yi's movements and looked over.

The place was shrouded in dim firelight, and a figure close to the color of the rock itself swayed with the swaying light of the fire. I don't know when, an outsider found this place and was standing at the exit searching for his target.