Steel steam and flame

The mountain peaks are right in front of you, and the sea surface is replaced by thick ice land in just a few tens of kilometers. The temperature dropped suddenly in a short distance, and the iron box beside him made a crisp sound, as if it could no longer withstand the low temperature, and a layer of white frost formed on it at an extremely fast speed.

The induction was even stronger. When Cassie Hei passed a certain position along the ice, the two seemed to have entered a range affected by invisible forces. For a moment, there was a noise like electronic interference in my ears. When the sound disappeared, Cassie Hei had arrived at the foot of the mountain.

The air here has almost no moisture, and breathing in the body feels like it will freeze into hoarfrost. The moderate wind blew up bursts of dust-like snow and frost flying around, and the snow was just up to my knees. Cassie Hei landed, and his whole body was also frozen with a thin layer of ice.

It's been a long time, and Cassia hasn't felt cold for a long time. Falling off Cassie Hei's back, the weight of about half a ton seemed to become lighter here. I don't know why I feel this way, but one thing I am sure of is that there are invisible things in the surrounding space at all times, affecting all materials that originally belonged here or that later invaded.

I don't know if this will be a good thing, but the information fed back to Cassia by his body told him that this influence seemed to be moving in a good direction. Waving her arms, Cassia didn't know if it was an illusion. Her strength had increased compared to before, and the intensity of the rejection reaction in her body had also been slightly reduced.

"Illusions caused by extreme regional environments?" Cassia thought as she moved down the iron box. Cassie Hei stood aside and looked around, and it had the same feeling. When I was outside before, it seemed like there was always something invisible pressing on my body, and it was like being tightly wrapped in iron chains. But here, the chains and heavy objects all disappeared in an instant, and the indescribable comfort made it feel a little strange.

Keeping this doubt in mind, Cassia considered going back to the military school to ask the old professors. He dragged the iron box, called Kaxi Hei, and walked forward along the gentle ground under the mountain peak.

Cassie Hei echoed, not knowing what he wanted to express, and followed step by step.

The light dimmed very quickly, and it was only around four in the afternoon, and there was only darkness around. Fortunately, there was no strong wind, so Cassia continued to move forward relying on the sound. At nearly six o'clock, she finally found a natural ice cave and began to rest there. After checking the iron box in the dark, the materials chosen took into account the low temperature, and the skills of the old people were very good, and the welding seams did not crack at more than 100 degrees below zero. The temperature will drop even more at night. If there is a storm and snow, even if you are affected by the giant whale in the second dream, your tolerance to the cold will become extremely strong. But at that time, Cassia still needed to expend some physical strength to resist the extreme cold.

It's not that there is no life here. At least judging from the speed of Cassie's return from hunting, there are still many adapted creatures living in this frozen world.

Thick fur and a layer of extremely dense fat are almost necessary for survival, which can save a lot of unnecessary consumption. After simply eating something to fill her stomach, Cassia lay down against the rocky ice, closed her eyes and thought about the map of the endless sea tundra in her head.

It will take about two or three days to get there from here. After placing the iron box, you have to rush to the nearest imperial station and take the airship back to the military school. Cassie Hei will stay here and quietly leave the tundra with him at the end of the assessment.

Soon after, Cassia opened her eyes and couldn't rest at all now. The normal semi-sleep state could no longer be maintained, and the spirit was surprisingly exciting. The fatigue accumulated from the long journey also disappeared after entering the tundra.

"Is it still caused by the influence of the extreme regional environment?" Cassia stood up, glanced at Cassie who was curled up in a ball, and came outside gently. In the silence that adapted to the darkness, the wind also stopped. Apart from his own heartbeat and breathing, there was no other sound around him.

"Most of the second-category creatures and second-category creatures live in extreme areas. A thousand years ago, almost no creature would come out of it on its own initiative." Cassia walked in circles in the snow in front of the ice cave. , something was said in the theoretical course of the military school that he remembered, "When these creatures began to appear, the records in the empire were from the late period of its predecessor, the Kingdom of Mano. Before that, the extreme areas were populated by ordinary humans. The unreachable area also became a natural protective barrier. The two had a tacit understanding and did not disturb each other. It was not until a thousand years later that the environment of either party changed, which caused a small-scale conflict between the two. Transition zone. Some second-type creatures began to invade the world of ordinary humans, but they did not dare to go too deep."

"...It's just that we know that this is not fear of us, but fear of something that has not yet been identified! One of the two must be slowly changing!"

The concluding remarks were as follows. The teacher also told Cassia and the others that what has changed is the environment in which we live. In the eyes of second-class creatures and second-class creatures, the environment in extreme areas is just a normal state, but it is not necessarily the outside. They have a default sense of fear towards it. During the coming of the Red Star, this will become another situation. There are still many things left in history that have not been explored clearly, including the Red Star and the Extreme Region.

We set off again at ten o'clock the next morning, when obvious light appeared. Cassie Hei has been allowed to fly close to the ground because almost all examinees will come over to familiarize themselves with the environment. Without the constraints of rules, many big family forces will send airships to directly reach their destinations.

Three days later, Cassia separated from Cassie at the foot of a mountain peak. He explained a lot of things before leaving, and after making sure that Kaxihei had written them down, he returned to the first resting place when he came.

Watching Cassia disappear into the white world, Cassia exhaled a breath of white frost, then dragged the iron box forward in the snow, leaving a deep mark. A few hours later, the three connected peaks in front of him told him that the assessment area had finally arrived.

In the sky under the dark clouds in the distance, hundreds of looming dots were flying in the direction of the Empire's station, and there were even more snowmobiles on the ground preparing to leave. After calculating the time, there is only less than half a month left before the actual start of the assessment. The remaining time is for each assessor to make corresponding preparations according to their own adaptability.

"I should be the last one to come." Cassia smiled and said somewhat self-deprecatingly. But he doesn't care what the final result of the assessment will be. From the beginning, this trial was not prepared for him.