The day after they buried De Rosso, Yanagihara and Al said goodbye to Maika and the others and continued their journey to the depths of the Eastern Plains.

The three of them are preparing to return the same way and go to the West Greenhouse No. 4 to continue to be their hires.

The weather seemed to have suddenly turned bad, and Yanagihara and the others walked east for three days, and it snowed heavily for three days, and the temperature was low and the air was dreary. This makes it a little difficult for people to breathe, so much so that Al has been relying on oxygen to survive these days.

It wasn't until the morning of the fourth day that some glimmers of light were released from the sky.

The sun is slightly warm, and the wind and snow are rare.

The small snowmobile belonging to Yanagihara stayed on the snow, and in the cab, Yanagihara leaned there, holding a map in his hand and looking at it silently.

This map is De Rosso's, and according to the entrusted agreement, after the mission is over, the three of Maika give this map to Yanagihara.

Admittedly, this map is very detailed, and it allows Yanagihara to be more clearly identified on the ice sheet.

Al sat in the back compartment inhaling oxygen, still holding the rifle in her hand, and now she was able to handle every part of the gun with great skill.

The dexterous hands don't look clumsy even with gloves, and even the originally simple eyes have become a lot sharper.

The child has changed a lot since she learned of her sister's death.

"One more day, we'll be able to leave this plain area."

Yanagihara crossed his legs on the dashboard of the snowmobile and said unhurriedly, not knowing if he was talking to Al or just talking to himself.

"Then we'll go into the jurisdiction of Western Greenhouse Five, but it's going to take about half a month to get there."

As he spoke, Yanagihara raised his head and looked at the sky.

"It's been too long, this weather, I'm afraid there will be a snowstorm in a while, we have to speed up a bit."

"Hmm." In the back seat, Al answered with the bolt of the gun, even though she knew that Yanagihara might not be talking to her.

It's not hard to understand that people who wander alone on the ice fields will always have some quirks.

As for the speculation about the blizzard, it is true that Yanagihara is not talking nonsense.

This time of year is a time when snowstorms are common, and the recent weather has not been good, so the likelihood of a snowstorm is naturally high.

I just hope it's not really so unlucky.

Yanagihara put away the map and restarted the snowmobile, which started with a dull exhaust sound and gradually disappeared into the snow.

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"Bang!"

In the night, a snowmobile crashed through a pile of snow, burst out of countless snowflakes, and fell heavily on the snow.

Al regretted it and agreed to Yanagihara's suggestion to speed up.

This made her unable to rest normally in the car all afternoon.

Trust me, riding a heavily speeding snowmobile without a seatbelt is definitely not a good experience, especially if you're sitting in an open-air car.

Several times Al thought she was going to be thrown out of the car, and if she hadn't clung to the handrail, she would have been buried in some unknown snowdrift by now.

Fortunately, Yanagihara finally stopped, and he will probably rest here today.

"Yanagihara, is this what you mean by speeding up?"

Touching his almost unconscious ass, Al limped out of the car and pulled down, looking at Yanagihara with a resentful look.

"It's okay, I've relented a bit." Liu Cheng calmly sorted out his luggage, took out a roll of tent from the carriage, patted the snowflakes on it and said.

"Do you know what I used to have a nickname for?"

"What's it called?"

"Takumi Yanagihara."

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Well, being able to make serious jokes that others don't understand is probably one of Yanagihara's specialties.

In the silent rest, the night passed quietly.

The next few days were mostly like this, hurrying, resting, hurrying, resting.

The journey is always monotonous and boring, especially when the scenery on both sides is rocky except for the snow.

It wasn't until the eighth day that Yanagihara and Al arrived early at the West Fifth Greenhouse.

Unlike the West No. 4 Greenhouse, which is known as the Huanshan Greenhouse, the West No. 5 Greenhouse is also known as the Ruins Greenhouse.

Because it was built in the ruins of a city.

It is no exaggeration to say that if you count the area of ruins, the fifth greenhouse in the west is definitely one of the largest.

But in fact, the real area of Greenhouse 5 is actually only the size of a city center.

As for the rest of the city, it is truly abandoned.

The reason for the abandonment is also very simple, because their resources are simply not enough to supply a greenhouse the size of a city.

This makes the No. 5 greenhouse in the west have a unique geographical style, ruins and civilization coexist, and the dilapidated buildings and the walls of the greenhouse stand together, as if there is a silent exchange between the two eras.

I heard that this was once a huge city, and it was once extremely prosperous, it was called Perran.

Unfortunately, now it can only be covered with ice and snow, silently recalling its former glory.

As you walk through the ruins of the city, you can see buildings that were once considered proud of humans, symbolizing a great era, an era in which people thought they had conquered nature.

Sadly, there are only a few ruins left of them, and the pride and dignity of humanity are gone.

The crevasse-infested ground feels uneven, but fortunately, the strength of the tracked vehicle is that it is good at adapting to all kinds of terrain.

Yanagihara drove Al through the ruins in his car, and the girl looked at the "wreckage" around her with curiosity, occasionally letting out a slight exclamation.

"Yanagihara, can you build a house so high in the pre-disaster era?"

Al asked, looking up at a ruined tall building.

This "old fellow" is even much higher than the walls of the greenhouse, and it is hard to imagine how tall it was in the first place when it is broken.

"It's about the same, but at this height, it should be considered a landmark."

Yanagihara said lazily, obviously not very interested in it.

If she had encountered the ruins of the city in the wilderness, she might have been more energetic, because then she would have at least been able to search the ruins for supplies.

Instead of being like this empty shell in front of you, useful things have probably been moved to the greenhouse.

"Alright." Looking at the greenhouse barrier that was getting closer and closer, Yanagihara turned his head sideways and said to Al.

"Prepare yourself, we're going to enter the greenhouse."

But is it really going to be that smooth?

In the corner of the ruins, several pairs of eyes flickered, silently looking at the snowmobile.

Half a sound, and then disappeared into the shadows of the darkness.