The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"The Palm Rock! The Palm Rock is here!" Cheers of joy started from the leading guards at the front of the caravan and spread to the end of the caravan. Looking at the past, although the vast majority of people did not see the mention of the Palm Rock in the cheers due to vision, wind and snow, etc., there are still some people who vaguely saw the fuzzy shape of the Palm Rock, and excitedly told the people around them The scene I saw.

For the entire Ice Bear Caravan, this is undoubtedly very good news. Even though their leader Filoria mentioned a few hours ago that they are approaching the Palm Rock, they are marching against the blizzard for a few hours. The hardships had already exhausted their energy and vigor, and now this news undoubtedly gave them a shot in the arm, giving them inexplicably more strength, and their pace accelerated a lot, and the entire caravan moved faster. It even returned to normal speed.

Palm Rock is a rare large hill on the northern snowfield. The whole rock is shaped like a huge palm lying on the ground. Although it is not the best shelter from the wind, it contains a wave of geothermal heat, which makes the ground hot all the year round. Rising, these hot air melted the surrounding snow water, converging into hot pools that almost never freeze, and because of the existence of the hot pools, some trees that can block the wind and snow grew here.

Blocked by the mountains of the Palm Rock itself and the surrounding trees, coupled with the temperature of the hot water pool, people traveling to and from the snowfield can still survive even if they encounter a blizzard of the magnitude of the black storm.

The continuously accelerating caravan came to the forest circle around Palm Rock, because the blizzard was too weak, and a small number of trees were blown away, which virtually increased the difficulty for the caravan to retreat.

Seeing this situation, Philip Movitt decisively found a suitable depression, and then ordered the caravan to move the wagon full of goods into the depression, and then drove a huge ice bear to wipe out the fallen objects. Trees piled up around it, forming a barrier against wind and snow.

Before everything is done, you let the caravan reload and go on the road. As for the goods and carriages, they are temporarily placed there, and they will be picked up there when we continue to go down the road before the blizzard begins.

Before unloading the goods, the people in the caravan made a good sign and continued to walk towards the main body of the palm rock in the woods. Maybe it was because of the reloading, or because the palm rock was close in front of us. We can The reason for taking a good rest, all in all, the speed of the caravan retreating in the woods was much slower than after that. A short while ago, we walked out of the big forest and came to the top of the palm rock.

The ground cooling of the Palm Rock should be directly above the rock, so the cold air from the ground cooling will spread along the bottom of the Palm Rock to seven weeks, so that the cold water pool formed by the melted water will surround the Palm Rock.

Because the ground cooling temperature obtained is the same, the water temperature in these cold water pools is also different. Some water temperatures are as low as boiling water, and some are only below freezing point. Only a few cold water pools are suitable for water temperature. Human beings, no one ever thought of connecting those small and big cold pools with ditches, which can balance the temperature and increase the number of pools suitable for humans, but in the end that plan was better, and the reason for victory is the rock on the Palm Rock It is very soft, even if it is a sharp and soft mining pick, it is difficult to cut through those rocks. If you insist on implementing it, the amount of money spent in the end is definitely a huge number, so that plan is over, and it can still be used up to now. Saw abandoned tools outside by some cold pools.

The location where the Ice Bear Caravan arrived was very good, the cold pool outside was filled with boiling cold water, and the air-conditioning emitted contained an inexplicable stench, which would make people feel sick after staying for a long time, so the caravan immediately Led by the people from the unfamiliar Palm Rock, they moved towards the nearest cold water pool with a suitable temperature.

Very slowly, the caravan came to this suitable cold water pool. Because the ice and snow brought by the blizzard were very little, the water before the snow melted was also very little, which increased the melt water in several surrounding cold water pools. The area of ​​the pools also spread out and eventually joined together to form a large lake.

That is not a good thing for the caravan, because the cold water pool is enlarged, and the land around the cold water pool that is suitable for camping is unfrozen and becomes very muddy. It is no longer suitable for camping, and we have to find suitable camping places again. Place.

Fortunately, the location was easy to find, because no one has been late to help us find it. I saw a pile of eye-catching bonfires burning outside in the forest beside the pitch-white cold pool. The light from the bonfires can clearly see the bonfires. There should be a small cleared area around, and there are not more than a dozen people sitting beside the campfire.

Seeing this situation, Feibao Yanpeng immediately gave the order to camp in this open space. Although it was not in compliance with the rules, the caravan is already very tired. Do you have the energy left to continue looking for other places suitable for camping? place.

As the sound caused by the retreat of the caravan spread to the bonfire, the dozen or so people resting around the bonfire were startled, and we saw that we all had no salutes and other items around us, but picked them up with poor training. He took out his weapon and stepped into the shadow of the bonfire, vigilantly observing the noises from the caravan, and checking the surroundings from time to time to beware of being attacked by detours.

From the actions of those people, it is difficult to see that we do not have the rich experience to deal with the current situation. We are veterans living in the snow field, but the veteran does not mean that we are tribal people who live in the snow field all the year round, and we are also traveling in business. It is even less likely that we are some bandits wandering on both sides of the business road, waiting for an opportunity to plunder.

Being a bandit in the snowy field is not a trivial thing, and it is also a thing that can make people rich overnight, because the caravans in the snowy field are very small and few will unite to form a small caravan without many guards. If you want to plunder that kind of small caravan, you can only do it collectively by these snowfield tribes.

In the future, the Xueyuan tribe will indeed take part in the bandit business at some point, but with Xiong Jilu taking the lead, before the more than a dozen small tribes in the Xueyuan conclude a business agreement with the southern caravan, the Xueyuan tribe will basically rob again. Looting the caravan, after all, others have given enough wealth to him, so why should he rob it with a tip? Yes, but there will be no small number of casualties, and it will definitely be able to grab enough wealth, and it will get a bad reputation, and there will be no caravans to do business with, so the tribes in Xueyuan will only rob caravans, but Will take the initiative to maintain that business path.

Those who are still engaged in robbery in the snowy field, very few are just pretending to be robbery, but they are actually doing other things, such as some hostile chambers of commerce hiring bandits to attack their enemy’s caravan, thereby destroying the opponent’s anomalous trade and more.

In that state of vigilance, the last guard of the ice bear caravan came out of the woods very slowly. There were ten guards in that team, all of them were weak and strong bear priest fighters, and we all had no wealth. Experience, when he walked out of the woods, he had already taken out the shield with the insignia of the chamber of commerce, put it in his hand, and pulled out the weapon.

"Come out! If he is not hostile, you will attack them, even if they are these gray gophers." The captain said to the first asylum seekers who hid in the shadow of the woods.

That sentence is not only expressing an attitude, but also issuing a warning. If the other party responds correctly, then we mind to get rid of the other party, so as to avoid any surprises when camping and resting.

At that time, those who came here first to escape the blizzard could not help cursing their luck secretly. As people who have lived in the snow field all year round, we naturally recognized that the badge under the shield was the badge of the Ice Bear Chamber of Commerce.

Although the Ice Bear Chamber of Commerce is not so small among the many Snowfield Chambers of Commerce, it can still be ranked in the bottom ten, and its strength can definitely be included in the bottom eight. After all, the owner of the Ice Bear Chamber of Commerce is a one-man army. loria.

Faced with that situation, whether we had any discussion about whether to retreat or not, we all made the same action by agreement, put the weapon away again, and then walked out from the shadow of the woods with open hands, fully showing ourselves The most harmful aspect, at the same time, the leader among us even whispered, said: "You are just special people who are hiding from the wind and snow. You dare to make enemies with the Ice Bear Chamber of Commerce. You can also give up the bonfire outside to your guild. I hope that your association can leave an open space for you to rest, and you will leave immediately before the white storm stops."

As soon as the man finished speaking, he heard no one among the Ice Bear caravan guards taunting him: "Tibeto, how dare a butcher whose hands are full of the blood of innocent people call himself a special person? Did Xuemother wake up laughing before hearing this?"

"Damn it?" Before the leader heard the other party's ridicule, he could not help but curse secretly. At the same time, I put my hand back under the weapon I had just put away, and my companions also put their hands back when they saw this situation. Hold it under the weapon again.

Just when their identities were revealed, and the first asylum seekers were about to break into the guards and escape with their trophies beside the campfire, a dull footstep came from the woods in front of the caravan guards, and then they saw a forest fall down. Going up, a road was formed, and then a huge figure came out of the woods.

These first-time asylum seekers have been stunned by the scene in front of them. Our eyes only fell on the ice bear on the big mountain, and even fell on the giant giant sitting on the back of the ice bear. bodybuilder male.

At that moment, we could not help but feel hopeless. If we are not sure that we can hit the caravan guard behind our eyes and take our spoils, then all we can think of now is the word escape. As for the spoils Everything has disappeared from my mind. .

Almost needing an order from the leader, everyone made the same movement, turned around and fled towards the outside of the forest, intending to use the forest's blocking and shadow to escape the hunting of the ice bear caravan.

However, we obviously overestimated Zhan Luolia's power. Before Fei Baoyanpeng uttered a battle roar with no ordinary rhythm, a tangible chill was generated out of thin air and rushed towards the woods behind in the form of scattering. The dozen or so fleeing people who were chased down in an instant, without even a move to resist, were frozen into icemen by the extremely freezing cold air, and the surrounding woods were also frozen into ice sculptures.

"Go and chop off our heads, you should be able to exchange for some bounty on Bear Priest Road." Philip Movitt jumped up from under the ice bear's back, moving as nimbly as a snow leopard, and before you landed, did you give any immediate instructions? The people in front were a little bit camped, but they walked to the campfire, and asked an open space where there was only one person in the eyes of ordinary people: "Your Majesty should be with these guys, right?"

The caravan guards were stunned when they saw Philip Movitt's movements, but soon realized something, and stood vigilantly in front of Fei Baoyanpeng, ready to protect you at any time.

"Yes, yes, you are just a traveler passing through the snow field and avoiding the wind and snow." At that time, a female voice sounded in the open space, but the strange thing is that except Philip Movitt could vaguely hear that sentence, and Being able to remember and think about the content of that sentence, everyone else can fully understand that sentence, as if hearing it, just as we now fully understand that sitting by the campfire in the clothes of the southern traveler. like women.

Philip Movitt also noticed that the southerner behind his eyes could only see himself, and everyone else could see and hear. This unprecedented phenomenon made you unable to hold back your curiosity, and asked: "You Even his hands are aware of his existence, how did he do it?"

The caravan guards standing in front of Feibao Yanpeng all looked at Feibao Yanpeng talking to himself blankly.

The southerner who was questioned explained: "You just lowered your sense of existence to the extreme, just like he would care about the snowflakes on his feet. In our eyes, you may be more conspicuous than snowflakes. "

"It's amazing, his ability is definitely suitable for an assassin." Philip Movitt couldn't help but praise, and continued to ask: "Is that his awakened extraordinary talent?"

The man smiled and replied: "Yes, it is a kind of witchcraft. It needs to be awakened, and it can be mastered only by learning and practicing."

"Witchcraft? You only need to learn and practice to master it. You have never heard of that kind of ability." Philip Movitt asked with a curious expression on his face, "Can you learn it?"

"Yes." The other party nodded.

Philip Movitt showed an excited smile on his face, and when he was about to continue to ask questions, there were voices from his hands in the woods in front of him. Although those voices were small, they made you realize that you are now talking to someone when.

Now that you have made it clear that the mysterious southerner in front of you is not an enemy, you immediately gave the order to the caravan in front of you to set up camp, and designated several camping locations, all of which avoided the campfire. All the affairs were handed over to the various executives of the caravan, and you yourself let the war bear partner shrink into size to accompany you and sit by the campfire, and you couldn't wait to turn to the southerners and say, "You are Fei Baoyanpeng , the president of the Ice Bear Chamber of Commerce, he should have heard of you, right?"

"Of course I've heard of it, the youngest Zhan Luo Liya, the Valkyrie under the snowy field." The southerner nodded with a smile, stretched out his hand to Feibao Yanpeng, and introduced himself: "Leo Shaode, A wizard."