Chapter 57: The Approaching Danger
"If only we could go down from here. Pannis leaned down on the edge of a crack in the ice and poked his head down, the ice crevice was clear, and there was no fog. Pannis looked at it for a while and said, "Maybe you can take a little less detour, you can look at the trend of this ice crevture, follow it directly through the large iceberg in front, that iceberg does not look very long, but if you really want to go around, it will take at least two hours." ”
"Dear Mr. Pannis, have you considered another question?" Freya lay beside Pannis, made the same movement as him, looked at the bottom of the valley below and said: "Indeed, this place is not too deep, more than eighty meters, if you want to go down, it is not difficult, you can go down by putting down the climbing rope, but after passing through the iceberg over there, how can you go up from the opposite side?" I don't think you can climb up along the ice that is smoother than a mirror, maybe twenty or thirty meters, but this is more than eighty meters, not to mention the situation on the other side is unknown, maybe more than eighty meters. Hmm, why are you looking at me like that, don't tell me you can really climb up. ”
"No, no, no, I'm not referring to myself. Pannis looked at Freya strangely, and asked suspiciously, "Is it because Catherine forced you to go on a diet to lose weight, and hunger has destroyed your memory center?" ”
"I don't have any problems with my brain, Mr. Pannis, you make me sad so much, do you have to hurt the innocent heart of a girl who loves you so much?" Freya held her heart in her hand, making a heartache and despair expression, and suddenly her eyes swept over Eva's expressionless face, and the whole person was stunned, and said with a strange dry smile: "Ha, ha, ha, maybe it's really hungry and brainy, hahahaha, this is just a momentary mistake, a mistake, don't stare at me like this anymore." ”
Pannis deliberately sighed deeply. She glanced at Freya with pity, shook her head and said nothing, but turned directly to Eva and asked, "It's okay, Eva." Let's go down together, go through the canyon, and when we get to the opposite side, you fly up to help us tie the rope, and it won't be difficult to fly up at a height of 80 meters. ”
"Of course not. Eva nodded and walked over the ice. Stamped in the air and said, "Shall I go down and wait for you first?" or do you need me to secure the lower end of the rope underneath?"
"No, we can climb down on our own. Freya didn't bother to bother with Pannis: "Pannis, you go down first, I'll use mechanical assistance to descend, and the speed is relatively slow." ”
"It's okay, it's okay to slow down. Pannis shook his head and said, "It's not safe here, you'd better not act alone, or I'm more secure after breaking it up." ”
"Whatever you want. Freya nodded, securing a few small instruments to her hands and ankles before she grabbed the rope. Freya rappelled in the opposite way of the others, everyone went down. They all face the wall, only she has her back to the wall, because she needs to use the mechanical arm behind her back to make contact with the rock wall, control the descent speed, and adjust the direction of the fall.
As she was preparing, Eva jumped into the crevasse of the ice, her body slowly floating and descending as if it had no weight, but the direction of descent was fixed, remaining perpendicular to the ground. Freya followed Eva. Climbing the zipline and sliding downward, the metal claws behind it pop out from the inside and pierce into the ice wall whenever the speed goes too fast. Although the ice walls are slippery. However, after the metal claw penetrates deeply, it can still have a slowing effect, allowing her to fall from fast to slow, and finally land safely.
When the princess of the Holy Capital successfully stepped on the solid ground with her feet, she immediately picked up the crystal energy gun and guarded the surroundings. The surroundings were empty, though. There are no big monsters in existence. Although it was still cold in the ice crevices, it seemed to be slightly warmer than above, and there was no ice on the lowest section of the rock wall, and dark green moss and lichen mixed together, spreading on the rock wall, like a green coat for the rock wall. A large number of insects, which are wider than two thumbs side by side, crawl around in the green plants, devouring the plants, and while also covering their bodies with moss spores and lichen mycelium, they unknowingly contribute to the spread of plants. Seeing this scene, Freya suddenly felt a chill in her back, but fortunately, in the last half of the downhill, due to the presence of metal claws, her back was kept at a certain distance from the rock wall, otherwise her clothes would be covered with insect corpses and disgusting slime.
"I'll come down. Pannis shouted from above, and fell down the rope. He barely stopped during the fall, and his feet only touched the rock wall a few times, and he landed firmly in front of the girls. As soon as he landed, Pannis also saw the plants and insects on the rock wall, frowned and said, "This is strange. ”
"What's wrong?" Freya asked, confused, "Shouldn't there be these plants and bugs here?"
"Of course not. Pannis shook his head and said, "It's actually normal to have these, on the ice field, as long as it's bare ground, it's everywhere like this." But there is a problem, if these things exist, it stands to reason that there should be a lot of small monsters here preying on insects to satisfy their hunger, but I haven't seen it before. Eva, you came down first, did you see any other magical beasts?"
"Not a single one. Eva shook her head with a straight face and said, "This was the case here when I came down. ”
"Then be careful. Pannis fixed the lower end of the climbing rope on the ground, and waved his hand to signal everyone to move forward along the bottom of the ice crevice: "There may be other dangers, such as high-level magical beasts, they have at least appeared recently, or are still waiting here, so those small magical beasts dare not come and forage for food." ”
The three of them were on high alert, following the natural path beneath the ice crevice, encountering no animals along the way, except for bugs. The more they moved forward, the more strange they felt, the place that should be full of small predators, but there were no predators, which would feel abnormal no matter how you look at it. However, fortunately, they passed through the barrier of the iceberg and there was no danger, and the three of them finally reached the other end of the ice crevasse.
"Hurry up. Pannis's instinct sensed a hint of unease, and urged, "I always feel that danger is slowly approaching." ”
As on the descent, it was Eva who started to float upwards first, successfully reaching the top of the rock face and securing another climbing rope, and Freya grabbed the rope to climb up without waiting for Pannis's reminder. Climbing up is much more difficult than downhill, and it takes a lot more time, but it's not good that she is a mechanic, relying on the assistance of climbers and other equipment, she can rise at a uniform speed without expending too much of her own strength. It took a long time for Freya to reach the top of the ice, and before she could gain her footing, she heard a cry of exclamation from Eva, and a strange sound, like the shrill hiss of a wind passing through the crack in the door. (To be continued.) )
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