After the environmental mutation of the earth, in addition to the most significant feature of the rampant beasts is the extremes of the climate, summer and winter that is worthy of the name there is a gap between fire and ice, every winter when the earth seems to enter the ice age, from December to the global scale began to cool sharply until the end of the month, most of the earth has been covered by ice and snow, if from the satellite monitoring can find that the blue earth has become a snow-white ball, called ice balls are no problem.

The location of the five security zones of the Earth Alliance is determined by particular rather than blindly, and the geographical location of the security zone can be regarded as the most suitable place for human habitation on the earth, with the average low temperature not lower than minus 35 degrees in winter and no more than 60 degrees in summer.

Most of the alien beasts that have been in the wild area for a year have entered a state of hibernation, and if the explorers think that this is a good time to hunt while they are asleep to engage in sneak attacks, it would be a big mistake, even if the ice beasts are strong and not afraid to forage for food, the low temperature alone can torture people to death.

Take a breath and your nose is filled with ice slag, drinking saliva can freeze your tongue into a popsicle with water, and even more unlucky will even stick your lips to the water bottle, and a pee can freeze key parts into bird-shaped ice sculptures, who dares to go out hunting at this time is simply fearless to ask for money and death, go to the ice-covered forest to walk around the prey and can't find it, and the explorer cliff is all human-shaped popsicles.

And there is a very important and warm festival in the cold winter, the alliance legal Spring Festival on January 15, whether it is an adventurous explorer or a hard-working officeman, everyone is willing to take an annual leave to go home to reunite with their families to share the various harvests of the year, or simply rest and relax, alien beasts and humans are temporarily truce in winter, each living in a corner to recuperate and wait for the next spring to fight again.

But there are exceptions to everything, and on such days, there are still people who are busy in the cold wilderness

Southwest forest area, minus 45 degrees

The vast forest is covered with a thick layer of snow and ice. The sea of green trees turned into a white world of ice and snow, and there was a temporary military camp near the coastline, and the soldiers patrolling around the camp wore military combat uniforms without epaulettes, which just explained their identity, directly subordinate to the special operations department of Marshal Huo Yuandong of the Alliance Army, a special unit hidden in the shadows without military rank.

A sturdy and tall dark-skinned man dressed in the combat uniform of the Special Operations Department of the Union Army walked into a spacious tent conference room, and even though the tent was equipped with a warming device, the temperature was still only minus 10 degrees, but the sturdy black soldier seemed not afraid of the cold at all, and even took off his coat.

In the center of the tent was a conference table and a few chairs, and a curtain of light popped up at one end of the round table when the black GI entered. The picture shows an old officer with gray hair sitting at his desk, whose epaulettes reveal his identity, a general of the Union Army.

On the Admiral's desk is the detailed information about the ruins currently in his possession, the mysterious teleportation array. The peculiar structure, the special metal that can absorb the attack energy, and the light wave that kills the high-level alien beast in seconds', the marshal has already given him an order to take the ruins into his pocket at any cost.

Flipping through the information, the admiral asked, "Have you found the location of that labyrinth city?"

"Report sir. It has been basically determined that the southwest forest area has been carpet searched, except for the black area, and the search of the troops is advancing towards the coastline, and the remains are likely to be near the coastline based on the current situation."

The black GI, your eyes are too vicious, and you almost got the truth.

"Have those who have been to the ruins done their investigation? Are there any new discoveries?"

"Report to the sir, the list of people who disappeared and reappeared in the southwestern forest area has been fully verified, and one hundred and eight people are missing. Fifty-six returned,...... During this time, they have been trapped in an eerie metal labyrinth city, and the reason for the teleportation is yet to be determined, so it is certain that they have not gained anything from the ruins."

The Admiral stopped flipping through and looked up at Merritt, "Okay." You guys speed up the process, you can apply to me at any time if you have any needs. You know that the marshal has always valued ancient ruins, it is too important to mankind" At this time, the admiral's tone became a little softer, "Merritt, the marshal has high hopes for you to give you the task, and he has decided to transfer you back to the General Military Region after this mission is completed, and you will be awarded the rank of major general"

Merritt looked a little excited, then got up and saluted with a solemn face, "Report to the sir, Merritt is willing to serve the marshal in the Special Operations Department forever"

"The Special Operations Department doesn't have any military ranks, and it can't award the Medal of Honor."

"Serving the marshal is the greatest honour"

The admiral showed an appreciative smile "Haha, silly boy, everywhere you go is serving the marshal"

"Yes, sir"

The admiral chatted with Merritt a few more words and exchanged some intelligence information before hanging up the video.

As soon as Merritt stepped out of the tent, one of his Pioneer Scouts, who was also his younger brother, rushed over and nearly threw Merritt to the ground. There is a heavy....heavy dà hair... Discover"

Merritt's swarthy face darkened a little more, "Where do you look like a soldier now, just right to talk"

"It's "Haidt stood up straight" and reported to the captain that the reconnaissance team detected a huge unidentified metal object at the coordinates of the southwest sea at 794,787, and the detection picture was very blurry due to the ice blocking, but it was initially suspected that it was a metal labyrinth city,"

Merritt's black face flushed with excitement, "Immediately send an unmanned submarine to break the ice and go to the sea to explore"

"Yes"

……

While the elite members of the Special Operations Department in the southwest forest area are excited to discover the traces of the ruins, Mo Ye, as the new owner of the metal labyrinth city, still has no idea about it, and she is celebrating the Spring Festival with her mother and younger brother at home.

This is the first time that the family of three has spent the Spring Festival together since Mo Ye was conscious, and it is also the first time in His Excellency the Magician to have this kind of family reunion festival in his two lives.

Early in the morning, facing the cold wind and ink night, I accompanied Mo Jingqiu to the supermarket to buy fresh ingredients, no matter how the times change, how time and space change, 'eating' is always the most important thing for human beings, and the festival is indispensable to eat delicious food.

However, due to the cold climate, ordinary vegetables can not survive at this low temperature, even if it is a greenhouse vegetables, strong mutated vegetables and tenacious mutated fruits have become the mainstream food in winter, the first time I visited the supermarket, Mo Ye was very curious about this kind of free purchase place, and her face was very calm, in fact, she had used the 'observation eye' to quietly observe the supermarket boy carefully.

In the vegetable and fruit section of the supermarket, all kinds of mutated vegetables and fruits made Mo Ye grow a handful of knowledge,

A smooth ball the size of a fist, with a metallic hard shell, if you think that the supermarket will sell bombs, it would be wrong, peel off its hard shell and you can see its fiery heart, it is actually just a tomato,

The wooden hard shell is covered with slender spikes, and at first glance it looks like a hedgehog shrunken into a ball, but there is no doubt that it is a rough on the outside but soft and sweet on the inside.

Have you ever seen a cowpea that looks like a blue and white snake no matter how you look at it 360 degrees? Don't make a fuss, passers-by will despise you, it's really just a cowpea with a thicker and smoother skin

In these years, the earth has been so dangerous that even vegetables and fruits know to protect and cover themselves, but the deception of appearances can only be temporary

Mo Ye looked at these vegetables and fruits and thought with emotion, but it's a pity that their disguise can't fool humans even if they deceive the alien beasts, haven't you heard of the famous warning saying that starve to death the timid and support the bold?

… food

After selecting vegetables and fruits, Mo Jingqiu took Mo Ye to the seafood market, and carefully selected one-tenth of the shrimp, not reluctant to buy a whole one, but it was too big.

Although it is artificially bred, it is still a mutant species, Mo Ye looked at the prawn that was tall by one person, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, "The mutations of animals and plants are really fierce, why didn't I see the Earth Alliance become a giant country"

Because there was a lot of exotic beast meat in Mo Ye's space ring, Mo Jingqiu didn't buy more meat, and after buying some condiments and daily necessities, the mother and daughter returned home with a large bag of ingredients.

The people are not very prosperous, but the Spring Festival of the Mo family is still very lively and interesting, Mo Jingqiu is responsible for preparing delicious meals, and Mo Ye and Xiaobai help to help,

"Mom, you can rest for a while, I'll leave the work of washing and chopping vegetables to me" Mo Ye thinks that he is a first-class knife worker, and it is definitely not difficult to cut a vegetable with a stack of side dishes.

Mo Jingqiu didn't believe it at first, but when he thought that the child was willing to help, and he wanted to have a good time during the festival, there was no need to discourage his daughter's enthusiasm, but when he saw Mo Ye's knife work, he was really shocked, this dish was really magical

Mo Ye threw a basket of potatoes into the air, first wrapped it in a water balloon and cleaned it, and after washing it, the wind blade flew out immediately, under the control of spiritual power, a few clicks, a few seconds, the potatoes became floating filaments in the air, and they were all dropped into the plate by the spiritual power.

Mo Jingqiu was shocked, and only after a while did he say, "Night, the dish I want to make is stewed chicken with potatoes and yellow"

Mo Ye looked at Mo Jingqiu with puzzled eyes, not understanding

"Sister, mom wants potato wedges, not shredded potatoes" Xiaobai said what Mo Jingqiu couldn't bear to say

"Ahh Mo Ye was embarrassed, and the slender white devil's claws stretched out to the face of the little white meaty bun and pinched it and ravaged it on both sides, it was too embarrassing

Mo Jingqiu looked at the two children and laughed, and the family of three cooperated happily to prepare the holiday food.

While enjoying the food, I watched the traditional program 'New Year's Party' broadcast on the CCGV channel of the alliance

"Happy New Year"

"I'm going to start, wow, the braised chicken with shredded potatoes is delicious"