For the "monsters" above the ice field, ordinary firearms are almost indestructible. If you want them to be injured or retired, you must use heavy weapons to concentrate fire.

And the current mercenary team obviously has no possibility of possessing heavy weapons.

All were in an unbelievable trance and fear.

In the face of the barbarism of nature, human beings can only feel their own insignificance and powerlessness.

"Mine can't die." The only female employee in the car said.

In a panic, she made a decision that was not very wise, abandoning the car and running away.

She jumped off the parked snowmobile and ran in the other direction of the canyon, expecting the snowmobile to attract the attention of the giant worm. Unfortunately, she forgot that snow worms don't have vision, so they're better at perceiving things that move.

The next moment, the worm that covered the sky was already moving through the snow.

The canyon shook, and gravel fell from the cliff face. The worm's massive body didn't slow its movement, but instead caused it to cross a distance of more than ten meters in an instant, appearing above the female mercenary.

"Silk ······"

A puddle of sticky liquid dripped onto the female employee's face.

Little by little, she stopped, and finally raised her hand to touch her face, and looked up blankly.

By this time, her face had been half dissolved by the mucus, and the blood-red muscle tissue was exposed, looking horrible and disgusting.

On her head, a mouthpiece full of sharp teeth pounced and swallowed her in the blink of an eye.

"Boom!"

There was a loud noise, which made the eardrums tremble.

The snow worm re-submerged in the snow and walked up and down, its massive body and mouthparts looming in the snow.

And the people in the car just watched as it bit the female mercenary's body in one bite. A severed arm fell to the snow with blood on it, and its fingers were still twitching, causing everyone's hearts to sink to the bottom.

In the carriage of the snowmobile, De Roso's face was pale, he had never left the greenhouse before, he had never seen such a scene, he wanted to scream, but fear prevented him from screaming. His hands and feet were weak, he had no strength, so he could only sit motionless in his seat, unable to do anything.

He had thought that he would not be afraid of death, but now he knew that it was only because death was not really near.

People are afraid, when they really face their fears.

The snow worm was still wriggling and crawling around the snowmobile, and it was clear that the flesh of a mercenary could not satisfy it completely.

The captain of the mercenary finally regained a bit of reason.

"Calm down, keep breathing, don't move, slow down your heart rate."

He stood in the car and whispered to the crowd around him.

He remembered some of the properties of the snow worm.

If this "monster" snow worm is still a snow worm, then they may be able to use these properties to save their lives.

First of all, snow worms do not have vision, they perceive direction through the vibration and heat of the snow, which allows them to avoid danger and also allows them to find the animal's fresh feces to draw nutrients.

Most of the time, of course, they bury themselves deep in the ground, motionless, and grow by filtering microorganisms from the snow. And take advantage of this way of infinitely close to sleep to reduce energy consumption.

So theoretically, as long as they are buried in the ground long enough, they can grow indefinitely. However, after a year of growth, their growth rate becomes extremely slow, which makes it almost impossible to see snow worms larger than two meters.

This "monster" in front of me may have a lifespan of a hundred years.

To get back to the point, the hires and De Rosso were in the car, the heat was not transferred to the snow, and the snowmobile's tracks had stopped. Without the vibrations, the snow worms would not be able to perceive their exact location.

Now all it takes is to wait until the engine is completely cooled down, and the snow worms will completely lose their perception of them.

In that case, it may leave on its own.

The car fell silent, no one said another word, and no one made another movement.

The hirers squatted or stood motionless on the snowmobiles, while De Rosso sat motionless.

"Silk, Silk ······"

The snow worm did seem to have lost its bearings, and it walked through the snow, feeling the temperature in the snow that was gradually becoming intangible.

Unfortunately, the worm's body was too large.

In the not-so-open canyon, its body eventually touched a snowmobile.

"Silk!"

The eyeless head suddenly twisted and pointed straight in the direction of the snowmobile.

At this point, though, it wasn't sure if it was a rock or something else.

Its head slowly approached the snowmobile.

The people in the car held their breath and did not dare to make any movements.

The scales of life and death seem to be reversed repeatedly in this moment of silence.

"Ahh Finally, one of the mercenaries couldn't hold it anymore and let out a scream and a gasp.

So the next moment, the sharp mouthparts of the snow worm suddenly opened.

"Silk!"

It chirped, its body erect, as if it could pounce directly on the snowmobile at any moment.

The mercenaries in the shadows turned pale, for they knew that they couldn't run away.

But at this moment, a voice suddenly came from the canyon.

"Hey, you guys look like you're in trouble, do you want help?"

The sound echoed through the canyon, causing a slight vibration, and for a moment the attention of the snow worms and the mercenaries was drawn to it.

I saw a figure standing there, standing on the canyon more than twenty meters high, with his back to the sun, waving at them.

Is it a passing traveler?

Employers thought so.

Then they noticed that there seemed to be a short figure standing next to the figure, which looked like a child.

Can't go, can't implicate them too, that's the last thought of the mercenary captain.

So the next moment, he fired a shot at the giant snow worm and shouted loudly.

"We've got a 'monster' here, run!"

In his opinion, this may be the last thing he can do.

The bullet sank into the snow worm's skin, but it had no way to penetrate its muscles, so that it could not do any effective damage to it, but instead completely angered the monster.

"Silk!" The worm chirped, and its massive body soared into the sky.

Looking at the sunlight that was completely blocked in front of him, the captain of the mercenary smiled wryly and reloaded his rifle with a bullet.

Is this the end of it?

He sighed, but in the next moment, he saw a figure land on the head of the snow worm.

"Monsters"?

Yanagihara stood above the snow worm and pulled his short knife from his waist.

She hadn't seen a creature like this in a long time.

Huge individuals of more than fifteen meters are very rare in the east and west of the ice field.

Because in order to ensure the safety of the living environment, human beings once launched a racial war called "scavengers".

Humanity has used almost all the power at its disposal to expel most of the "monsters" from the main living area of the people, that is, the east and west parts of the ice field.

So today, most of the giant creatures live in the north and south of the ice sheet.

In this war, Yanagihara once participated.

As a result, she is familiar with the hunting methods of most "monsters", and she also knows which parts of their bodies are more delicious.

Snow worms, like their food chain level, are the weakest of the "monsters", and often fall prey to other "monsters".

The only tricky part is that their acidic body fluids are extremely corrosive and are best not sprayed if you can.

There is nothing good to eat on the body.

So, worthless.

Thinking so, Yanagihara raised the dagger in his hand and stabbed the snow worm into its muscles as it was about to pounce on the mercenary team.

There was little resistance when the knife fell, and although the short knife was broken, no "war" it had ever experienced was comparable to the insect in front of it.

The radius of the snow worm's body is only 1.5 meters, and the 40-centimeter short knife piercing into it is enough to make it feel obvious pain.

"Silk!" Huge worms hissed and rolled in the snow between the canyons.

The huge body turned up the snow and rolled it up all over the sky.

In the white snow mist, Yanagihara stood steadily on the front neck of the snow worm. Twisting the short knife in his hand, he manipulated the direction of the snow worm's movement through pain, causing it to temporarily move away from the mercenary team's snowmobile.

The worm's body slammed into the canyon's rock walls, trembling with such force that the canyon trembled.

Luckily, there is no snow on the vertical rock face, otherwise it would have caused a huge avalanche.

It's been a long time since I've experienced a battle like this.

Yanagihara thought about it, and a cruel smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Let me reminisce about that feeling from the past.

But what exactly does she want to reminisce, whether it is a brutal battle, or the faith she believes in the battle.

Yanagihara didn't know, she didn't think about it carefully, she just took out the revolver in her arms, pressed it on the forehead of the snow worm, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"Bang!!"

The deafening sound of gunfire woke De Rosso on the snowmobile.

He looked at the snow and fog in front of the car, hissing, shaking, rubble, everything was so chaotic.

He thought he was going to die.

Until, he saw the "Venus" again.