Chapter 379 - Corpses
When the mobile base vehicle arrived at the mission coordinates, it was just past three o'clock in the afternoon in the local time zone, but it gets dark very early in Siberia, which is close to the North Pole, especially in winter.
It didn’t take long for the sky to get dark quickly.
The remaining heat from the "Falling Star Flame" did not last long. The snow blasted away by the fireball was once again covered with flying snowflakes, and the accumulation became thicker and thicker.
If the snowflakes are allowed to continue to accumulate like this, I am afraid that the work of Team 04 will only be to clear the snow over and over again, and even the investigation work will not be able to be carried out normally.
Team 04 is bound to stay here all night until the investigation is completed.
"Luluan, please."
Adrian did not continue to use fire spells, but nodded to the old tree world ape.
Lululuan, the ape from the World of Warcraft Tree Realm, came to a nearby open space leaning on his withered vine staff. The few verdant green leaves on the staff showed no signs of wilting in the severe cold and were still full of energy. of vitality.
It fumbled for a while from the pocket of the large satchel slung over its shoulder, took out a ball of fluffy seeds, used the end of the staff to dig through the frozen soil, buried the seeds in, and piled them up. Soil and Ice and Snow took a few steps back and began to recite incantations.
The tree-world apes, who have lived a life of peace with the world for generations in the vast forest sea of the firmament star, are a group of monsters that "live from tree to tree". They are able to skillfully distinguish and utilize various plants, are proficient in herbal medicine, and are naturally good at The number of wood spells he masters is comparable to that of human wood magicians, maybe even more.
As soon as the long incantation ended, the tree world ape pointed his staff towards the place where the seeds were buried. Several large droplets emitting a fluorescent green light floated out from the top of the staff, and they were submerged into the frozen soil one after another. among.
The ground swelled slightly, and then a green seedling broke out of the ground. A continuous cracking sound was heard, and the frozen ground broke open one after another.
The seedlings ignored the severe cold and grew taller and thicker, 1 meter, 3 meters, 5 meters... and finally grew into a towering tree more than 50 meters high, with a thick main branch. Raised high, constantly bifurcating, stretching in all directions, soft and tough branches one after another Hanging down, it not only covers the ground with a radius of more than thirty and a half, but also surrounds the edges like a fine curtain, along with the ruins of sheds and mobile base vehicles. Within a certain distance close to the trunk, the branches have not touched There is still a height of about ten meters on the ground.
The branches are covered with fine velvet, which not only blocks the heavy snow falling from the sky, but also blocks the endless cold wind. The waxy layer on the surface of the branches and velvet shows strong hydrophobicity. While swaying slowly, gently shake off the snowflakes and powder that fall on it so that they cannot accumulate.
All the lights of the mobile base vehicle came on, especially several high-brightness searchlights that directly cast beams of light onto the countless branches above.
This strange tree, temporarily spawned by magic, is as transparent as a dream. The soft light diffusely reflected among the downy branches makes the base of the tree and the surrounding area of more than 100 meters look like daylight.
Not only was the pure light sparrow Xiaojiu left in the carriage, there was also the second-level wind-type monster Green-scaled Minnie, who was also not adapted to the tundra environment. The little bird liked to fly around. , looking at the outside of the car from behind the double-layer vacuum insulation window, Qing Linju remained quiet, chewing coarse grain biscuits unhurriedly.
“Hey, it’s not cold anymore!”
The shivering girl with double swords, Maori Meixin, clearly noticed the change in temperature. The deputy director of the ground operations department who once worked in Africa had already It has adapted to the hot environment, but is a little insensitive to the cold tundra.
The severe cold of dozens of degrees below zero made her unable to even hold the handle of the knife steady.
“In the northern part of the continent of Firmament Star Morning Star Continent, the unique plant of the Smir tundra forest in the polar snowy area, the edelweiss weeping willow, has always been the natural nest of the tundra monsters, and it is suitable for the environment here.”
Spell Release After finishing, the old tree world ape raised his hand, and a branch hung down. There was a small bulge at the end that grew and burst at a speed visible to the naked eye, and bloomed into a pink flower the size of a fist. The cold There is a faint fragrance in the air.
Like a short-lived flower, the delicate bloom only lasted for a breath or two. The pink petals clustered together withered and fell off one after another, leaving only a seed with snow-white velvet in the center of the flower, which fell naturally. Enter the palm of Luluan's outstretched hand.
A seed of "Edelweiss Willow" was put back into the satchel pocket.
Plants spawned by magic have inherent deficiencies. Once the supply of magic power is stopped, they will stop growing and gradually wither. Therefore, it is difficult to reproduce naturally. Unless more magic power is invested, a very small number of seeds can be produced.
The various plant seeds carried by the old tree world ape have been approved by the Blue Star Global Joint Defense Committee, which can avoid unnecessary plant population invasion.
Blue Star is already in chaos now that there are a large number of mutants. Adding some plants that grow wantonly will simply add fuel to the fire and make matters worse.
"A very good temporary camp, thank you for your hard work, Luluan!"
Adrian nodded to the tree ape, and then shouted: "Basian, Maoli Mei Xin, Qiao Shipu, the three of you are responsible for searching the scene. If you find anything, report it immediately.”
"Got it!" The Neanderthal patriarch.
"Hi!" Maori Maxim.
"Excavation!"
The puppet master was surrounded by a dozen constructed puppet warriors holding engineer shovels in the center.
Others are on standby or on alert.
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Following the source of the smell of blood smelled by the Neanderthal leader Basian, the A-level spiritual superpower and puppet master Joe Shipp controlled his puppet warriors to dig hard, and the ground The snow no longer thickened, so it became much easier to dig. Soon, more than a dozen bones were dug out from the base of the outer wall of the collapsed shack.
In the large pit with a diameter of ten meters, skeletons of different races appeared. Walter Sam, the Knight of Holy Light, looked at them for a few times and said, "They are polar bears and mammoths!"
The skeleton of a huge carnivore with very eye-catching canine teeth was covered with clearly visible unidentified tooth marks, as well as obviously elephant bones and rotten fur, but there was no trace of ivory or polar bear fur, so it was probably sold for money.
The tusks of modern elephants are contraband that is prohibited from trade and possession, but the tusks of the extinct mammoths are not such an exception. Countless mammoth carcasses and large amounts of ivory are buried under the Siberian tundra. Today, they have never been excavated completely. Occasionally, bones or ivory will poke out of the ground and be discovered by people.
"The tooth marks are from canine teeth, husky's, yes, that's this kind of dog, they eat meat."
Maoli Meixin confirmed with great certainty the teeth of the demolished goods, and the several dogs he raised at home There are Daha and Erha in there, they are so stupid that they are beaten by Shiba Inu every day.
The only dogs that can be active outdoors in Siberia are huskies and Alaskan sled dogs.
The missing mammoth tusks mean that someone has been active here, and there are sled dogs as supporting evidence, because mutants will not be interested in tusks, they will only cull everything they see. Living creatures until they tear each other apart.
Although the Siberian Tundra is close to the Arctic Circle, polar bears make a living by hunting seals, even walruses and beluga whales. Their active areas have always been offshore or in floating ice areas, and they rarely go deep inland. It is definitely not an accident that the bones appear here for no reason.
Although none of them are experts, one person can predict the shortcomings and everyone can judge the strengths. The three cobblers can still stand up to Zhuge Liang. Everyone in Team 04 talked to each other and used their own knowledge to gather quite a lot of clues.
Adrian pondered for a moment and guessed: "Maybe poachers did it?"
"Maybe!"
"High probability event!"
< br>“Criminals who steal mammoth carcasses and poach polar bears.”
Everyone agreed with this guess.
This place is located in an unknown corner of the tundra. If it were not for satellite positioning, it would be impossible to find this place casually. It is even more remote and poached than the abandoned farm where Team 04 is stationed. It’s not surprising that gangs use it as a secret base to carve up prey.
B-level ice superpower Susiena Jean Peart stamped her feet and said, "That means there are no mutants!"
She retreated little by little towards the mobile base vehicle. Planned to go back to the car and warm up with a cup of hot ginger tea.
Otherwise, wouldn’t this life be too miserable if I accidentally turned into an ice superpower who froze to death?
Although the edelweiss weeping willow has withstood the harsh weather of wind and snow, the temperature in the space under the tree has risen significantly, but no matter how it rises, it is still more than 30 degrees below zero. Unless there are other heat sources, it is impossible anyway. temperature rises above zero.
“Isn’t this running in vain?”
The puppet master who spent a lot of mental energy to control the puppet warriors looked hopeless. He was the only one who wasted his energy in vain. , no, there is also a dark and silly Apu, swiveling his butt and jumping around, digging everywhere, Hakuna Matata, digging holes all over the ground, but not doing serious things.
A-level metal superpowers have no use here. Kitli said impatiently: "Adrian, are we going back now?"
Only watching Only when it comes to mutants can he get excited, but now, a group of poachers can't interest him at all.
"No, keep searching, maybe there will be new clues."
It took more than six hours to get here. Adrian is in no hurry to return. He has to report about the poaching gang anyway. It's better to be a favor and do more investigation to facilitate the police who take over.
Now the Blue Star Global Joint Defense Committee has specially set up a "Bear Hunting Special Operations Department", which is looking for clues about the "Water Bear" organization all over the world like crazy, and would rather kill the wrong person than to Let one go, so no one can guarantee whether there will be important clues hidden in seemingly ordinary things.
Perhaps the clues of the "Water Bear" organization are around them, all they need is a pair of eyes that can discover the truth.
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The Q group exploded again. I don’t know the reason, so the group is temporarily closed.
(End of this chapter)