Steel steam and flame

Many people are injured, and when the team is not assembled, the second-type creatures will pose a huge threat to those who are alone. It had only been less than three days since they all took off their masks to breathe in the cold air, but their faces had already become stiff without being frozen by the cold air.

Perhaps out of numbness, in order to show fairness, the Imperial Council also allocated a small number of quotas. It's just that the effect didn't meet expectations. The net was indeed big enough, but very little could be salvaged. Cassia felt that this was all in front of her. This kind of face already showed that many of them had lost their minds about the thirty-six places in the assessment. There are many people who want to go back early or find a safe place to wait until the assessment is over. However, only those in the second stage of the assessment have the right to send out distress signals. Other assessors can only survive by relying on their own abilities, except for walking to the waiting points scattered around the edge of the assessment.

Going to the waiting base is probably the last option. There are still many people who care about their face, provided that their lives are not threatened.

As soon as they stepped onto the exposed rock, two people approached them directly: "Friends, are you willing to join our alliance?" The person who spoke was a woman. Her slightly pretty face and pleasant voice could bring the two strangers closer together. the distance between them. The woman then spread her hands and pointed behind her, "If you join, most of these people will be your allies."

"I wonder what the purpose of establishing an alliance is?" Na'e Mi took off her mask and asked, her slightly red face quickly fading away from the color after being in the mask for a long time.

The woman hesitated slightly, smiled dryly, and then said: "In order to resist the second-type creatures that may come at any time. You should have thought that the people gathered here may not be very good when facing the second-type creatures alone. It's feasible. Therefore, joining means automatically giving up the opportunity to fight for those thirty-six places, and will not even participate in the subsequent hunting. So..., that is to say, the alliance is only to ensure its maximum survival. rate. We will choose a better terrain later and wait until the assessment is over."

"Let's wait until someone in the family comes over to make a decision, thank you." Na'emi said kindly, but she didn't mean to refuse. Along the way, she understood where the upper limit of her strength was. This is still at the level of only facing the second type of creatures. If other powerful examiners are mixed in, it will be affirmed not only the results, but also the speed will be greatly improved.

A few minutes later, Lucius saw his family's small team, thanked Cassia and said goodbye before leaving. The five people who were originally following also left one after another, and the temporary captain who seemed to have been pushed out before leaving came over: "Thank you, sir. If it weren't for you, we don't know how long we would have been buried in the snow. Thank you very much!"

Still shaking his head silently, seeing the five people leaving, Cassia looked at the time and walked towards her destination.

Na'e Mi followed up at this time, hoping that Cassia would wait a little longer: "It will only take a few minutes. They should be going to get the buried supplies."

"Thank you for your kindness." Cassia replied, and just as she was about to turn around, a voice shouted "Na'e Mi" from the side. Her face immediately showed joy, and Na'e Mi looked at Cassia with some joy.

After confirming the time, Cassia nodded and followed Na'e Mi. Ahead, a group of dozens of people also walked towards them.

"Only four people from my family participated in the assessment this time, and the others were from another family of Tolnaser. Before the assessment, we formed an alliance." Na'e Mi explained at this time, and dozens of people also come over.

After some conversation, the tense atmosphere among dozens of people at least eased. When Na'e Mi explained her intention, the man who was the captain of the family team came out and came to the side with Cassia: "Thank you Mr. Tussos for your kindness. Na'e Mi is the most talented surgeon in the family. , there are only three suppressor tubes in the body. This time, the family will select us to participate in the assessment, and we come here to take a look. I hope we can all return safely." He took out a dozen packages of high-energy food from his backpack. . These are processed meats peeled from Category II creatures, and this is what Cassia ate in the past day or two. Most of them are dried meat with a layer of fat, which can provide about ten times the energy of ordinary lunch.

There was emotion on the man's face: "The family has prepared a lot for us, but it seems we don't need it now. We are no longer planning to go for those places, as long as the remaining people can survive the assessment to the end. Food. I may not be able to provide much, but in terms of weapons, I can provide a larger quantity here." From the man's mouth, he learned that two of them had died on the way to the meeting point. And another important news is that through their feelings, within the entire assessment range, the Imperial Parliament seems to be divided into regions. This is what the man felt when he came from a mountain peak ahead.

"The strength of organisms is indeed weakening with the marginalization of the area. The assessment area is a circle, radiating from the center of the circle. The farther away, the number and overall quality of the second-type organisms are also weakening accordingly. Probably A large number of people who have retreated from the front will soon gather here. There is still some gap between the idea and the reality. With our current strength, there is no chance of waiting for the last thirty-six ferocious creatures in the front. Of course, I just heard Na'e's fan explain the situation. I think Mr. Tussos, your strength must be more than that." The man was very cheerful and optimistic, but Cassia heard a different flavor from it.

"I wish you good luck. If... I mean, if, Tussos, you retreat from the front, you can come here to find us. Although it is the outermost mountain, there is still danger. I don't think a team will Reject powerful people. Of course, if you have the chance, you can come to Torsena after the assessment. It’s not a prosperous area, but the scenery is pretty good.”

After thanking the man for his kindness, Cassia put the food into her backpack and headed towards her goal again. An hour later, the mountain peak behind him was nothing but a solid black shadow. He often met other people on the way, and just as the man said, compared to the people heading toward the center like himself, more people returned. The reason why elites are called elites may be one of the important reasons why their number is far smaller than a constant.

After that, the number of teams that could be encountered began to decrease sharply. When the sky became completely dark, a breeze began to blow from the direction of the Endless Sea.

"There's still half a day to go." Lying in the snow, Cassia calculated that he needed to establish a hotbed for his own recovery there in advance. All that was left was to create and wait for his own opportunities. During this period, he also needed to find Ye Jielin as early as possible. Her mood fell into calm at this time. Cassia felt that she hadn't felt this way for a long time. She actually felt warmth in the darkness and cold, and she laughed unconsciously.

"Being alone is more suitable for my situation." As if she had found the reason, Cassia took a deep breath of cold breath, closed her eyes and fell into half sleep.

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She couldn't remember what happened before. When Na'e woke up from her coma, she only felt the pain throughout her body and the cold that eroded into her bones. As if a hole had been opened in her head and heavy metal was poured into her head, Na'e Mi blinked her swollen eyes hard. In the glare, she noticed bright firelight around her.

"Where is this?" Na'e asked herself in her mind. While trying to remember, she used her arms to support herself and sit up. It seemed that she touched something, like an ice cube, but her numb hands told her that it seemed to be a piece of broken ice. After a few seconds, the vision recovered to some extent, and what was pressed under his hand was a piece of blood that was frozen for a short time after it spattered. Its source has turned into a stiff corpse, leaning to the side. She immediately withdrew her hand, and around her, where the fire was shining, dozens of corpses were lying on the ground, as if they were integrated with the cold mountain rocks. In addition to members of her own family, several other families who have formed alliances are among them.

"What's going on!" Na'e glanced around, eager for someone to answer her at this moment.

Taking a deep breath, Na'e tried to stand up while forcing herself to remember what happened. It was only then that she realized that her legs had been broken at some point, and her knees had already frozen into ice. The mental pain swelled subconsciously in her head, and the panic caused by the silence under the fire made her dare not even breathe.