Dead forests, a common characteristic oasis on the tundra of the north. These special ecosystems are usually made up of tall, bare trees that teach 'resurrection of dead wood'. These trees are only widely distributed in the tundra of the north, and the peculiarity of these trees lies in their complete adaptation to the harsh climate of the tundra.

In summer, they grow dense foliage and flourishing branches, desperately absorbing water and storing heat from the sun. As winter approaches, the leaves and branches wither, and the fruit on top of it grows a large number of plant flagella from the inside, enveloping the entire fruit. When winter officially arrives, all the 'resurrected dead trees' will completely wither, and the light fruits will be blown around by the wind after being blown by the north wind. In the summer of the following year, the seeds take root and sprout, and the trees that were previously dead are 'resurrected'.

Now that winter is approaching the permafrost, the creatures of the permafrost have migrated away, and the dead forests have become a place of silence. Today, however, the woods welcomed two special visitors.

"Wow, ahh Exhausted! I'm going to die! I'm going offline! I want to rest! I'm going to drink Coke! Yanna fell to the ground, and the high-intensity walking all day made her a little broken.

Scarlet stared at his companion coldly: "Shouting so loudly, it looks like you still have the strength~!" Come over and help, set the coordinates of the offline line, and we can log out, hurry! ”

"Cut~ It's really troublesome, and I don't know how the people on that planet put up with this kind of ghost setting back then." Yanna slowly stood up and began to unfasten her backpack, looking for the ignite.

The two of them were busy for a while, and a small fire was set up. Scarlet lit the fire with a flint and sat down to rest.

Yanna lay on the ground, looked up at the sky, and asked her partner softly, "How long will it take?" Scarlet? ”

"Well, normally it takes five to six minutes, but considering the low temperature environment here, it is estimated that it will take ten minutes."

"It's slow!! This setting is too nonsense~!! Woo woo woo ~ ~~"

"Quiet, no matter how loud you shout, you can't speed up the flow of time like a priest." Scarlet on the side covered his companion's annoying little mouth with his hand.

"Hmm!" Yanna stared at Scarlet with particularly vicious eyes, but the other party was a ruthless facial paralysis, and this trick was useless.

After a while, seeing that Yanna was no longer fried, the tall canine-eared girl took away the hand covering her mouth.

"Hmph~ Scarlet, aren't you afraid that I will bite you? Warning, I'm going to bite hard! Yanna looked at her squatting partner on the side with a huff.

"Well, next time I'll just knock you out." "You!! Hum~! ”

Yanna, who was bored with herself, had nothing to do, and began to look around with curious eyes. After all, rabbits are also felines.

"Scarlet, that green 'moon' over there, is the corpse of a worm that died in the sky?" Yanna asked, pointing to the green crescent moon that was beginning to emerge on the skyline.

"Yes, it's the bug that monitors and protects the eggs, but it's been dead for a long time. There is no need to worry about it, well, if you have the opportunity to open up the material passage to this world in the future, you can apply to come and study the remains of insects. ”

"Well, the heavens don't talk about it for now," Yanna, who was holding her knees, turned around and looked at her partner: "Is the other bug okay?" It is said that it is in the territory of that demon race? Well, if this bug really comes back to life, or if there is any pollution, then it's over~"

"Don't worry about that, just being grazed by a meteor composed of a hammer will directly kill the surveillance bug. With such a great power, if it is directly hit, even an aircraft carrier-level bug will have to die, let alone such an incomplete hatching larva. ”

"Then I'm relieved, well, I'm fed up with fighting bugs, and every time I get dirty, those weird-looking things are really unappetizing." Yanna began to relax and lay on the ground.

"Heh, you're not dirty now." Scarlet looked at the fire, the heating rate was even lower than she expected, she shook her head, she asked the lazy cat lying on the ground: "Yanna, the Juntuan headquarters sent a notice, they agreed to compensate us, do you want to double the vacation?" ”

"Oh~! Is there such a good thing? The cat girl came to her senses, quickly got up, and sat down next to her companion with canine ears.

"Now, Scarlet, you said that it's better to count points or holidays, well, although the points are good, but there is nothing you want to change. If you want to take a vacation, you can take twice as many vacations, and it feels a little too long, so it's really hard to choose. ”

"I don't care, it's up to you, if you want to count, then I'll pick the points too. However, if you choose a holiday, you have to choose a suitable travel route for such a long time. ”

"Well, Bull Star has been there, and the meat is not to my liking. I've been to Fish Star and Cat Star #Note 1 several times, and I always feel like I'm almost done. There's nothing fun going on anywhere else... Well, maybe not. Scarlet, I'll give you points, how about you go for a facial nerve remodeling? Yanna, who had a good idea, looked at her partner.

"It's not enough, if it's modified at the genetic level, this point is not enough, not even a fraction."

"Well, that's that expensive! Tsk, isn't there any other way to get cheaper? Like directly reshaping nerves or something? "Yanna still doesn't give up.

"There are solutions, and the price is cheap, a simple nerve graft will do, but I don't want to do it." Scarlet didn't really want to continue the conversation.

"Huh? So there's a cure for your disease? Then why don't you go to treat it earlier, it's cold and scared to death~ Hmm, what's the solution? Tell me about it? Yanna's curiosity was rekindled.

Seeing that the other party's ears were pricked up, Scarlet could only answer: "The mad doctor's plan is to remove part of the nerve in my buttocks and transplant it to my face, and in the end I refused." ”

"Hips? Burst.. Hahaha... The nerves in the ass ran to the face... Hahaha, isn't it just becoming 'jirimen'? Poofha~" Yanna still couldn't stop laughing.

"If you laugh again, I'll beat you!" Scarlet clenched his fists.

"Okay, okay, I don't laugh, I don't laugh, really, I... Poofhahaha" Yanna still couldn't hold back.

"You brought it on yourself...

"Oops... It hurts, it hurts, it's going to die, you're so vigorous. Woo woo woo ... Yanna clutched the big bag on her head.

"Hmph," Scarlet ignored his awkward companion and looked at the fire, feeling that it was warm enough for the ceremony.

Standing up, the tall canine-eared girl took out a white stone from her waist and began to chant the incantation:

"Father of Time and Space, Lord of Knowledge, please protect us and never be lost."

With that, Scarlet glanced at the white stone, and the blue swirls on it began to shine. She breathed a sigh of relief and said to her companion who was still angry, "Alright, Yanna, it's time to go offline, let's go rest." ”

"Hmph~" The cat-eared girl covering her head turned into a silhouette painted with a starry sky, and then disappeared.

"This guy..." Scarlet shook her head, and gradually disappeared into the woods.

Everything is calm again, leaving only a small fire, which is gradually being extinguished.

Naples. Poliba sat in his office, looking at the report submitted by the arsenal, which was quite satisfying to him. It is mentioned that a small number of samples of the new rifle and its supporting ammunition have been tested, and they are far superior to the old rifle in terms of accuracy, armor-piercing effect, actual lethality and effective distance. At the same time, the structure of the rifle has been improved, eliminating the expensive air closure valve and the design of the integrated air chamber, so that the manufacturing cost and production time of the rifle have been greatly reduced. However, any improvement will encounter difficulties, and the difficulty of making ammunition for the new rifle has increased geometrically, and the predictable increase in ammunition consumption due to the increase in firing rate will definitely not be able to meet the needs of the alchemy units belonging to the royal family and the monarchy.

As for another new cannon, it has also been successfully cast, and the matching shells have also produced a pitiful number of rounds, which is only enough for two test firings. Although the results exceeded the already high expectations, the problems caused by them were also serious. The new cannons had a wider range of angles than before, which further increased the quality of gunners and calibrators, and the difficulty of making shells was much more difficult than rifle eggs, and other changes similar to those required for storage and transportation caused the entire army to be anxious.

After reading the report, Naples was a little helpless, he couldn't solve the problems at all. Although the genius alchemist had told him yesterday that he was going to negotiate a contract with a newly opened alchemy factory today, if everything went well, the pressure on Jun to produce would drop significantly. Originally, Napoli was opposed to outsourcing the production of ammunition, after all, this is a new weapon, or the standard equipment of the new monarch in the future. At this juncture, if it leaks, it will be a Kingdom sinner. But she actually took out the secret decree signed by the king, and she could only go.

At this time, about three thousand meters from the south gate of the royal palace, another Naples --- former alchemist apprentice of the royal palace, Naples. Gallott is inspecting the newly opened Alchemy Factory, which has a feminine name like 'Ellulu's Alchemy Workshop'. The insiders are all thirteen or fourteen-year-old teenagers, and old men over fifty and under sixty. Although the teenagers learn things quickly, they are all children of poor families, and they are energetic and obedient when they work. The old man also has a lot of experience, most of them have management experience, and with that group of teenagers, the efficiency is also quite high. It's just that there are still a lot of problems, a lot of work requires high experience and relatively sufficient energy, which is no problem in the general factory, young employees with several years of operating experience can be competent, and here is troublesome, the teenager will not do it, the old man will not do it for a long time, and most of the hands are a little shaky. There are many similar problems like this, which makes Galllot quite a big deal.

After completing his rounds, Gallott turned to look at the girl who had been following him, Apollil. After thinking about it for a while, he complained to her: "Apollil, I am very grateful that you helped me find such reliable workers, and I really appreciate you. But is there no one else? I mean, someone about my age, even if you're in your forties, okay? ”