Time: Modern.

Location: The icy Siberian wilderness.

This is a vast area of North Asia, stretching from the Ural Mountains in the west, Cape Dezhniv in the east, the Arctic Ocean in the north, the mountains of north-central Kazakhstan in the southwest, and Mongolia and the Trans-Khingan Mountains in the south.

It covers an area of about 13 million square kilometers, and most of it is almost entirely in Russia, except for the southwestern region.

"Siberia" means "place of tranquility" and its name derives from the Mongolian word "Sipol", which means a place of dirt and mud. Because in ancient times, Siberia was a muddy place, and the Mongolian ancestors who lived here named this place after the terrain.

Later, when the Russians came, they transliterated it as "Siberia".

But it's a place of tranquility, and that's right.

This ghost place is no longer an ordinary vast and sparsely populated place, but more like an image of the regional scope than a geographical term.

Those who have never been here have always had a preconception about this vast area, that is, they always associate it with "snowy", "bitterly cold", "empty", "savage...... and so on.

The territory is vast, the land is sparsely populated, the climate is cold, and the conditions are harsh......

And in fact, Siberia is diverse.

There are also cities, forests, seas, rivers, lakes and marshes, after all, twenty France is the size of France, and there is not only one topography and climate......

It's just that even Miss Crawford can't help but have that kind of prejudice now.

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……

It's so cold, it's really cold!

The frozen permafrost is basically nothing but a white expanse at a glance.

There was no trace of human activity in the vicinity, but a few wolf howls could be heard from time to time.

The young lady sat alone in the shack of an old camp, reaching out to add firewood to the campfire in front of the shack, so that the flame burned more vigorously, so as to resist the cold wave on the mountain.

It really can freeze when you blow your breath, and a cup of hot water splashed into the air may form ice before it hits the ground.

And the cold wind came like a knife, slashing at the sore spots on people's bodies one by one...... When she woke up not long ago, she was shivering with cold, and it was very difficult for her to breathe.

This cold welcome party really made Miss Crawford very disliked, and it was completely unexpected by her.

Even in the thick hardy clothes that did not interfere with her movements, she still felt the kind of malice in her surroundings very clearly.

However, it was an accident that she appeared here alone now, so she could only choose to adapt to it.

This girl who should be stunning is wrapping herself tightly with a thick winter coat at the moment, covering her slender figure.

Her eyelashes were stained with frost, and her whole body felt tingling in the extreme cold, and she almost lost consciousness......

But fortunately, her state is fading at a rate that can be clearly felt, and it is much better than before-

"At least it's going to make it...... There should be no problem tonight. ”

Stretch out your hand and place it as close as possible to the roaring campfire, feeling the heat coming out.

Laura let out a long breath as if she had come to life, and she still felt like she was still feeling palpitations.

That's right, at least she can survive now, you know, she really thinks she might freeze to death before this...... If it's really like that, it's really embarrassing.

But now, at least tonight there will be no problem, she can rest in a relatively warm environment and recover enough strength and condition.

And it wasn't just that she found the ruins of an old camp, and then, with her back to a huge rock, built a wind-proof shelter out of a large amount of dead branches and scraps, and built a shelter in it like a bird's nest......

It's not just that the campfire in front of the hut is blazing, but it's also in a sheltered place, and the cold wind outside can't affect the scorching heat it emits......

It's because Miss Crawford's own physique has been strengthened, which is several times that of a normal person, and there are some special abilities that play a role passively.

Although it is not a mysterious statement such as "ice blood", it can indeed be said that it activates a special cold-resistant ability, and the cold-resistant attribute has obtained a verification bonus of +5, which is more resistant to cold and low temperature states and environments.

In addition, she does have a "magic power" in her body, which can play a very key role at such a critical juncture......

Otherwise, it would be difficult for a person who has never been to the Siberian wilderness before to adapt in a short period of time...... It is normal to freeze to death in this harsh and terrible ice and snow.

In the extreme cold environment, you really don't have to think about it.

Hypothermia occurs when a person's core body temperature drops below 35 degrees Celsius. And when the core body temperature is less than 32 degrees, it will be fatal.

And Siberia, the coldest place, once had an official record of minus 71 degrees Celsius - this is the "cold pole" of the Northern Hemisphere.

In particular, Miss Crawford, who has a wealth of knowledge about survival in the wild, knows very well what the situation of ordinary people will be like when they substitute for themselves, so she is even more grateful to someone.

After all, she didn't come here in a normal way and way, but when she was climbing the snow peak, she was blocked by the people of the Holy Trinity.

As a result, she was separated from her companions and went through the perilous process of being washed down a mountain by an avalanche and buried by heavy snow.

And she didn't wake up until she was in a coma for a while, but fortunately she wasn't really buried under a layer of snow several meters thick, otherwise it would have been difficult for her to take any measures to save herself......

After experiencing these emergencies, in the cold wind and heavy snow, he dragged his numb and heavy body to quickly find a place of refuge, light a fire, find food, and build a shack...... Who is a normal person who can do this to such an extent?

It is estimated that it has long been hung up in the previous series of dangerous emergencies.

"Zizi...... Zizi ...... "There is always a murmur from the radio communicator placed next to it, and Ross and them have not been able to be contacted so far.

The girl withdrew her warm palms, then picked up her gloves to thaw them, flipping over the venison roasted on the campfire in the process—there were so many deer nearby that she could easily catch them.

However, there are also Siberian wolves in the vicinity, which are predators in the upper middle and upper layers of the food chain, plus there are packs, which is something to be aware of.

"Drip-drip-"

At this time, the noise of the radio suddenly disappeared, and two crisp ticks were heard, which was a sign of the resumption of normal operation.

Miss Crawford's eyes lit up, and she quickly put down what she was holding and reached out to pick up the radio communicator.

“…… My men are searching for ruins in the mountains, and if the ancient artifacts are here, we will definitely find them......"

A deep man's voice came across the radio.

Laura's eyes froze slightly, this was not the voice of Ross or Jonah, not her companion...... This seems to be the voice of some high-ranking member of the Holy Trinity Organization, I remember that it seems to be called Constantine?

Since she was not a companion, Miss Crawford naturally did not open her mouth to expose herself, she just cheered up and eavesdropped carefully, wanting to see what valuable news she could get.

In the past, Trinity always used those despicable means to seize her intelligence clues, and even sent thugs to break into her manor and rob her father's research results during his lifetime.

Now, too, it's time for a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye.

"What about the remnants?" A voice from someone I don't know who it was, slightly old.

"They've been resisting, but we'll be in control soon." Konstantin replied.

"Very well, Trinity has faith in you......"

At this end of the call, there was another murmur of "zizi" interference on the radio.

"Trinity......" Laura whispered to herself, then put down the radio and continued to focus on roasting venison.

The enemy also came, and even attacked himself and Ross and others before...... But now is not the time to think about this, her top priority is to replenish her strength, recover her state, and prepare for the next step.

The inventory space is limited, and there are not too many survival materials, if she is not hunting and self-sufficient, food and water will be about half a month's amount.

But there is no shortage of war materials, and judging from Miss Crawford's current combat skills of shooting guns and guns and shooting arrows, it is better for the Holy Trinity to have a division here.

……

……

Bang!

That night, Miss Crawford was awakened by the sudden sound of a gunshot, and she barely hesitated to get up and leave the warm shack.

Before leaving, he also made a disguise for the shack.

The campfire outside was no longer very vigorous, but it still continued to burn, emitting heat and fire. If it was the Trinity who shot them, then they would have come for them.

Sure enough, a man soon slowly felt through the snow forest outside and found the old camp.

He only glanced at the campfire that had not yet been extinguished, and then decisively opened fire on the shack one after another, emptying the pistol bullets in one breath before he stepped forward to check.

"Damn it!"

Realizing that there was no one in the shack, he cursed, then squinted at the dense vegetation near the old camp.

Then he loaded the pistol and looked for it again vigilantly.

And on the way, he radioed his companion to say that he had found other people's traces nearby, and asked for an increased search effort, and then ...... And then there was no then......

Death from the sky!

The young lady fell from the tree with neat hands and feet and swift movements, like an agile female leopard, and took away the Holy Trinity soldiers who focused all her attention on the surroundings and underground!

Hot blood poured out of the severed neck, quickly staining the surrounding ground, but it quickly began to freeze due to the extreme cold temperature.

"Hello? Feed! Where have you been...... Too bad, is this means of communication really trustworthy? ”

The other soldier who was nearby was unaware, thinking that there was no response from the other side and that the radio was jamming again, and muttered over.

Then, of course, she was taken away by Miss Crawford, who was lying in ambush in the bushes, without having time to make any sound.

Miss Crawford was very decisive, and knew that she would not be able to make the Trinity people react.

So next, it became her hunting home -

The Holy Trinity came here with just a small team, and Zero Zero always looked like a dozen people, scattered around searching for something, which was really easy to deal with.

Without waiting for anyone to notice that something was wrong, she sent them all away.

And in the center of the snowy forest, Miss Crawford found traces of the Holy Trinity soldiers trying to set up camp, and these guys even moved generators, searchlights, and so on......

So, what's there here that deserves their attention?

Soon, Laura felt she had found the answer, and there she found a monolith.

"Seems to be Mongolian? …… Is it so old? ”

Familiar with the history of the land, she took an interest in examining the monolithic stele that had been cleaned up by the Trinity, using their generators and searchlights to illuminate it, and perusing the accounts on it.

It's just that she is not very proficient in Mongolian, and the monolith is very old, and it has been blurred by the years, and it is difficult to get complete and useful information from it.

"It seems like some kind of primitive ritual...... Get names and myths of the gods? ”

The fragments she recognized were choppy and incoherent, and she didn't know what was being said—

“…… This is...... What is it? To make a transcendent meaning of the name and myth he was given? This is...... A primitive period with fewer mythological conditionings? ”