Seaside.

Steep peaks stand quietly, and at the foot of the mountain, near the sea, flakes of flaked rocks complain of the erosion of the waves.

The once choppy sea is now as calm as a quiet little girl, and there is no longer the hideous appearance of summer.

"Buzz ......"

The sound of an engine shattered the calm.

In the distance, a snow dragon cut through the white earth and flew here, and the sound of the engine came from the snow dragon.

The snow dragon is getting closer and closer, and the small black dots wrapped in it are gradually becoming clear.

It turned out that the black dot was a ground-effect aircraft, flying at a very fast speed in the air about 20 meters above the ground, and the roaring engine spewed up the snowflakes on the ground, looking like a living dragon snake from a distance.

"Hum-huh-"

The aircraft's engine let out a long sound, slowly slowed down its speed and altitude, and slid against the snow for a while.

"Bump."

The door of the aircraft was kicked open by the people inside, and a muscular hippopotamus-like figure squeezed out of the "narrow" hatch.

This person is the big man who was with the green hair before.

After the big man got out of the ground effect aircraft, he lowered his head and took out a few strange-looking instruments from the aircraft, just lazily put them on his back, and slowly walked in the direction of the mountain peak.

This hill is not high, and the physical strength of the big man is also very good, but it took ten minutes to climb up.

"Hoo ......"

Standing on the top of the peak, the big man let out a sigh.

The view here is extremely open, with the highest peaks at your feet within tens of kilometers of the surrounding area, with an endless frozen sea in front and a vast sea of snow-covered forests in the back.

Breathing in the cold air, the big man suddenly had a kind of heroism at a glance of the mountains.

However, this sentiment quickly faded.

The big man casually threw the instruments on the snow and let them measure by himself, while he lay on his back and embedded himself in the snow in a large shape, letting the thick snow envelop him.

After a long time, the big man sighed and reached out to touch his shoulder, where there was a deep scar.

“…… Monster ......"

The big man muttered to himself with some fear.

"Tick ......"

Suddenly, Dahan's personal terminal shook, and then an audio sign appeared on the right side of his field of vision, and as the lines fluctuated, bursts of human voices came out of the void.

“…… Woohoo...... Woohoo...... Hey! See what we found!? A pioneer! Ha ha...... Good luck ......"

“…… Woohoo...... Did anyone around hear it? And guess what? Hahahaha...... I didn't expect that there would be pioneers in places where this kind of bird doesn't poop...... Brothers, come on!! Rob his ......"

“…… Woohoo ......"

The big man frowned, but that's all.

Which of the men who is begging for a life in the dark realm does not carry some human life on his back? If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't get along in other places, how could he hide in a sinful place like the Dark Realm?

The Darklands have never been a good place.

In the dark region, the "dark sun" rises in the east and the "dark sun" sets in the west, and a year has passed. Hundreds of thousands of intelligent beings die here every time they rise and fall. They either came to the dark realm actively or passively, except for those slaves who were lucky enough to be picked up by the gold owner, most of the others did not see the "dark sun" rise.

The so-called "dark sun" does not refer to a single star, in fact, there is no real "sun" in the entire dark area, and the nearest star here looks like a larger "star".

The "dark sun" actually refers to the Santan Nebula, which emits a shimmering light.

Although the Santan Nebula is more distant than those star-like stars, its sheer size makes it the primary source of illumination for the Dark Domain. I don't know when the Santan Nebula became the "sun" of the dark domain.

The big man lay in the snow and let his thoughts fly, the expression on his face was unpredictable, sometimes gentle, sometimes angry, if no one disturbed him, he could be in a daze all day.

In the audio that had not been interrupted, there was a sudden cacophony......

“…… Wow......"

“…… Yes! My leg!! ”

"Oh my God! He is...... Apostle!!?? ”

"Damn it! That pioneer is an apostle!! ”

"Help! Distress! We...... No way? That's Zero Sword!? He's an apostle on the high level!? …… I...... We're all ...... No...... I don't want to die...... Please spare me...... Yes!! Poof(vomiting blood) ......"

“…… Woohoo ......"

Calm was restored in the channel.

The big man in a daze stood up abruptly, waved his hand and pressed the audio icon on the right side of the field of vision.

As the big man touched, the icon expanded, and the details of the squad were displayed in the form of a list, including their strength, armament, supplies, vehicles, and location.

At this point, the readings representing vital signs were all zeroed out, and everyone's names turned red...... A five-man squad was wiped out.

"Apostle?" Dahan's heart moved, and he sat up.

"Slugg...... No, not him. Zero Sword? Is it really a superior apostle? But what can the superior apostle do on such a barren planet......"

The big man muttered in his mouth, operating the interface of the terminal projected in mid-air in his hand, calling up the long-wave communication application, and opening it.

“…… Greenhair, not there? ”

“…… Woohoo ......"

In the channel, only the sound of electricity repeated.

“…… Green hair? ”

“…… Wow......"

"What a signal!" The big man drew a circle on the virtual map with his finger.

"It's close to here...... Let's take a look? ”

Dahan made up his mind, rolled out a snowmobile from the rear compartment of the ground effect aircraft, and then transmitted the data to the aircraft's onboard computer, set the automatic return to the aircraft, and started the engine.

"Buzz ......"

As the engine spun faster and faster, the ground effect aircraft slid against the snow, and after dozens of seconds, it broke free from the shackles of the ground and flew back in the direction from which the big man came.

The big man looked down at the location marked on the terminal, turned the switch of the snowmobile, and sped away towards the place where the incident occurred......

……

A few hours ago.

……

The sky was just dawning.

Chen Zheng got out of the warm grass, put on a strip of cloth, carried a wooden basin outside to get a pot full of snow, went back to the house, scooped a few spoonfuls of boiling water from the copper pot on the stove to pour the snow water, and began to wash with this basin of warm water.

Today, his goal is the "Rubber Valley", a short distance from the high mountains he had previously discovered, and the entire valley is overgrown with a strangely shaped dwarf tree.

At that time, the specimens sampled by Chen Zheng were frozen hard, and they were placed on the specimen rack after returning home.

Recently, Chen Zheng was troubled by materials and began to rearrange the specimen racks. When I found this branch, I suddenly found that the resin had solidified on the specimen shelf, and after consulting the map, I simply named the valley "Rubber Valley".

With rubber, Chen Zheng didn't have to worry about the insulated wire, he dried his hands and face on the stove after washing, and set off with skis on his shoulders.