Chapter 108: Frozen Wilderness
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In the far north of the empire is a frozen wilderness, as his name suggests, this territory is definitely a cold barren land, but no matter how difficult the place is always stronger life to survive on, some extremely hardy northern plants and trees on the frozen wasteland grow sparsely, they lie dormant in the long winters, and in the short spring and summer they grow and multiply rapidly, fulfilling their fate as plants. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The most common animals in this frozen wasteland are moose, white bears, and ice wolves, because the harsh environment makes these animals more tenacious and ferocious, otherwise they would not have survived in such a harsh environment.
Today there is such a team of ice wolves in the wasteland, braving the wind and snow to move, they have not eaten food for more than a week, Yu Qi's stomach is hot and hungry constantly stimulates their nerves, making them feel unprecedentedly irritable, suddenly there is a trace of human smell in the air, human beings are definitely synonymous with enemies in their senses.
The ice wolf of the leader bared his teeth, and suddenly roared at the sky, and the other members of the wolf pack immediately became highly concentrated, and scattered to both sides with small steps, I don't know if it was extremely hungry or nature, the wolf king sent a signal to attack.
The smell of humans is getting closer and closer, and some young wolf cubs are a little restless, and they are immediately stopped by the she-wolf next to them, and they must be careful not to expose their bodies in ambush warfare, otherwise everything will be in vain.
Finally, the sound of horses' hooves, human voices, and wheels gradually became clear, and the mixed smell of humans and horses in the air made these wolves saliva almost flow out, and hunger became their best motivation, and under the call of the wolf king's howl, all the wolves rushed out of their hiding places and surrounded the crowd.
"Mom, there's a wolf," one of the people in the crowd screamed, immediately attracting the attention of the others.
"Ahh The crowd immediately cheered, "Everyone be careful, don't blow up the wolf skin, you can peel it off and wear it as a leather jacket, this place is so fucking cold."
The poor ice wolves did not know that they had changed from hunters to prey, and launched a suicidal attack on the crowd with bared teeth, and under the chopping of the melee players' knives and axes, the wolves soon confessed, and the players who got the wolf skin were naturally happy, and found a hunter to help them skin, and happily turned these hungry wolves into warm-up equipment.
Yi Xuan sat on the horse and held the shelf, but he was envious of those players in his heart, in order to increase the realism of this game, all the climates were realistically simulated, and he naturally didn't care too much when the wind and drizzle and the wind and sun were beautiful in the eastern plains, but in this bitter cold place, he was sinned, whether it was the player or Yi Xuan, this kind of NP could feel the deep biting cold. In particular, the metal armor he was wearing seemed to be made of ice in the cold ice and snow, which made Yi Xuan cautious in every move, lest he accidentally touch it, and he would be thrilled.
Seeing that many players have obtained wolf skins to make warm objects such as hats and scarves, Yi Xuan said that it would be good if he could get one himself, even if it was a glove.
Yi Xuan scolded his mother in his heart, but these players didn't mind much one by one, although the environment of this frozen wasteland was difficult, but players who had been playing games for a long time knew that the more difficult the environment, the more good copies could be cultivated. Even if it's just the simplest level of a five-player dungeon, if you find it here, it's definitely more than three notches more difficult than the Plains.
After the team experienced this small hunt, it moved forward for a while, and finally found a leeward flat place, Yi Xuan decided to set up camp here, but the thin tent obviously could not adapt to this extreme weather, Yi Xuan searched for many functions of the team, and finally found various upgrade options, Yi Xuan quickly upgraded the cold protection system to the full level, and the original ordinary canvas tent immediately had a thick layer of fur outside. The NPCs in the convoy were also covered with a thick layer of leather. There was a stove lit in the tent, and as the fire got stronger and stronger, there was finally some heat in the tent, which made Yi Xuan feel a lot more comfortable, although it was still very cold, but he could bear it. Yi Xuan replaced his cold armor and replaced it with a fur coat that he had purchased for himself and Mary in the NPC Mall, because this fur coat did not have any additional attributes and other functions, so the price was not too expensive.
Yi Xuan sat in the tent, surrounded by the stove, wearing fur, but the players outside were already busy, taking the task to go to the nearby to inquire about the information of the dungeon, until the evening, all kinds of news finally began to converge, since being regarded as a smart NPC, Yi Xuan handed over a lot of things to Mary to do, and the players were also happy to deal with this beauty, so this time it was still Mary who collected intelligence, and Yi Xuan hid in the room to roast the fire
The front was a little hot, but the back was still cold, so Yi Xuan had to turn over and bake back and forth, and said in his heart, this ghost weather, he is also a northerner, and this weather feels much colder than the north of the earth.
The thick curtain of the tent was suddenly lifted, Yi Xuan couldn't help but shudder, and hurriedly urged: "Close it quickly, close it quickly." The cold is in. ”
Mary, who was wrapped in a fur coat, squeezed in from the side of the heavy curtain, and immediately said angrily when she heard Yi Xuan say this: "Hey, I said that you are too lazy, you are here alone, let us do anything, I will endure it as your subordinate, but you can't even let me in the door, you have to freeze me to death."
She grumbled as she leaned over to the charcoal basin, letting the flames warm her body, and reached out to place her hand on the brazier, letting out a sigh of satisfaction. "It's so warm."
"Hey, hey." Of course, Yi Xuan knew that Mary was not angry, for this period of time, he and this eccentric little woman had gotten along very well, I have to say that as a summoning hero, Mary still found her position very accurately, and she had no objection to the task assigned by Yi Xuan, and she would definitely do it with full marks, although sometimes she had a little girl's temper, but she was just coquettish with herself, but like a little sister.
"Ah, I'm not working on a map." Yi Xuan said as he put away the scroll in his hand. "How? Did the player who went out scouting come back? ”
Of course, Mary wouldn't go on with Yi Xuan endlessly, she immediately forgot about her complaint just now, and nodded: "Well, they've come back, and they've also brought back enough information, I'll summarize it and report it to you." Mary pretended to straighten up, cleared her throat and said, "There are three copies of this frozen wilderness, two five-person copies, and one ten-person dungeon, all of which are twenty-four or five-level dungeons. ”
Yi Xuan was amused by Mary's youngest daughter, and also cooperated to pretend to be serious, and when she heard Mary say that there was a ten-person copy, she was immediately dazzled: "Ten people? That's great. ”
During this period of time, they have already played two ten-player dungeons, each with four to five thousand bonus points, which is much fatter than the five-player dungeon.
Although the difficulty is also higher, it is really far worse than the forty-person dungeon, and because Yi Xuan is now following a large number of players, almost every time he rushes to the fire, it is not much more difficult for him than the five-person dungeon. Therefore, it is definitely very cost-effective to play a ten-player dungeon compared to a five-player dungeon.
Mary looked at Yi Xuan with a smile on her face with excitement: "I knew that you would definitely be happy to hear this, I have asked them to inquire about the specific content of the copy and the information of h6, this frozen wasteland may have more h6 than the cold ice system in the northern plain, and some adjustments will have to be made at that time." ”
Yi Xuan didn't care much about this, anyway, there were all kinds of people among the players, and the ice system was not good, they would naturally use the fire system, nodded and asked: "So, in addition to the copy, are there any other forces on this map?" ”
"Yes, yes." Mary said seriously: "In addition to the monsters, there are four other forces here that cannot be ignored, there is an imperial outpost not far from us, and more than a hundred imperial soldiers are stationed. Then near the coast, there was also a dock of the Union, where a warship and eighty Union naval officers were stationed. And then in the north of the Frozen Wastes, there's a tribe of barbarians and a tribe of frost trolls, and it's said that these two tribes have been at war lately, so it shouldn't affect us either
Yi Xuan, the residence of the empire and the alliance, was not too unexpected, he woke up along the way, and found that although the empire has only one country, there are a lot of such small outposts and town garrisons, and it is also to ensure the scope of his territory, but the barbarians do not fall and the frost trolls, he is still in contact with it for the first time, and the barbarians should not be in the sphere of influence of the alliance? How could you fight a frost troll alone?
"Do you know which camp those two Buluo belong to?" Yi Xuan asked strangely, if they all belong to the alliance, they shouldn't fight, but if one side belongs to the empire, Yi Xuan also feels incredible.
"The Barbarian Tribe and the Frost Troll Tribe are both neutral." Mary looked at Yi Xuan with a smile on her face, right.
"Neutral camp?" Yi Xuan was really taken aback.
"That's right, they actually belong to the Ice Plains race, no longer within the sphere of influence of the Alliance or the Empire, in this Ice Purgatory, they belong to the indigenous people, and only they can move freely in the blizzard, not restricted by the cold weather. Because of the extremely cold weather in this land, the alliance and the empire did not dare to attack rashly, although they sent garrisons to garrison them, but they did not have actual ownership, but it seems that the empire and the alliance both wanted to gain a foothold in this land, so they also sent people to win them over. ”
Yi Xuan nodded, motioning for Mary to continue, the red firelight reflected Mary's little face and was also red, Mary continued: "Well, due to the characteristics of the race, barbarians are pro-empire, because barbarians are actually similar to people, but they are taller and stronger. If you put it in a crowd, sometimes you can't even see the difference.
Frost Trolls, on the other hand, are very different from humans, so they are naturally closer to the Alliance. In this way, the situation on both sides is immediately on the same page, plus the two tribes are already hostile to each other, and the alliance and the empire are also taking advantage of this, and the two sides are constantly instigating, so it seems that they are going to war recently. ”
"Oh, I see." Yi Xuan nodded, although it was the first time he had encountered a neutral force, as long as they didn't get involved in their own plan to fight a dungeon, they didn't need to care too much, so he said lightly: "Tell the player, just pay close attention, the two of them have nothing to do with us, anyway, we came here, just to go and level those three dungeons, and then we can naturally leave." ”
"Yes, okay, I'll show the player's attention." Now it is much more convenient for Mary to do things with the players than Yi Xuan.
"So, let's talk about the three copies first, especially the ten-person copy, and tell me more about it." Yi Xuan's attention was once again focused on the dungeon.
"Okay, those two five-person dungeons, one is a snow monster cave and the other is an ice canyon. And that ten-person dungeon is a glacier fortress.
The first two dungeons are easy to deal with, and the monsters in it are mainly snow monsters, and the other is based on snow spiders, and there are no too special abilities, so there is nothing to introduce. But that glacier fortress is kind of interesting. There's another legend in this, do you want to hear it? Mary looked at Yi Xuan with a smile and asked.
"Don't sell it, let's talk about it." At this time, Yi Xuan turned over again and began to roast his back.
"It is said that a long time ago, in the north of this frozen wilderness, there was a powerful kingdom, it was not so cold at that time, and this country was ruled by a wise king, and this king gave birth to two daughters, both of whom were very beautiful and well-behaved, but unfortunately the eldest daughter was cursed since she was a child, and possessed the ability to manipulate ice and snow, and as she grew up, this ability became more and more difficult to control.
In order to conceal this ability of his daughter, and also to protect her, the king built a dungeon and locked the eldest daughter in it. Even her own sister could not meet, the eldest daughter spent many years in loneliness, and finally when she was 18 years old, her cold power could no longer be controlled, and began to spread outward, when the king found that the ground of the castle began to freeze in the summer, in order to protect his kingdom, he decided to kill the eldest daughter, but this matter was known to the younger daughter, the two of them have been playing together since childhood, and the relationship is very deep, so she can't bear it, so she quietly opens the door of the dungeon, Let the eldest daughter go.
In a fit of rage, the old king executed the younger daughter, and the eldest daughter, who had fled on the way, fell into an endless rage, causing the energy in her body to explode, and she returned to her kingdom alone, burying the whole country with cold and ice. Although it was only a story, Mary still told a sad face, and it seemed that she felt very wronged for the two daughters.
But as a man, Yi Xuan's emotions are naturally not as delicate as Mary's, and his face is a little strange after listening to it: "Why does this story sound so familiar?" It looks like I've heard it somewhere. ”
"How could you have heard, you haven't been here again."
"Well, maybe I've heard it on Earth before, but whatever, then tell me what's going on with this glacier fortress? Does it have anything to do with the story you just told? ”
"Of course, the glacier fortress is the main setting of this story, and it is inhabited by the last inhabitants of that kingdom. However, they were later killed by the Ice Queen and turned into a group of undead who guarded the gates of the Endless Ice Field. If you want to challenge the Ice Queens of the Endless Ice Plains, you'll have to defeat them first. ”
Yi Xuan nodded, "Oh, that is to say, after this ten-person copy, it is the copy of the Ice Queen?" "This design is a bit similar to some games I've played before, if you want to enter a big dungeon, you have to get through the small dungeon in front of you." So what level is this copy of the Ice Queen? Has anyone ever beaten it
Mary shook her head, "Not yet. This copy is part of the new information section, and has not appeared so far. On the endless ice field, there are no living beings either. According to some players, there is no end to the endless ice field, and along the way, there is only endless cold and dead silence, and there is never an end. Those who have been there have either frozen to death or have to turn back. But it's really difficult, it's a copy of forty people. ”
Yi Xuan nodded, "I understand." ”
Mary immediately asked with an expectant expression, "Then are you going to fight this forty-person dungeon?" The rewards for such a dungeon must be very generous. ”
Yi Xuan smiled slightly: "Of course, it is rich, after all, it is a copy of the difficulty of forty people, however, I don't plan to fight, the difficulty is too great, the risk is too great, now I can earn reward points safely and steadily, there is no need to take such a big risk." Okay, let's start with the low-level dungeons. ”