Chapter 860: Detecting the Ice Bridge
"Mist Beast?" Tessa Mocha hadn't heard Leo say anything about the fog, so he didn't know anything about the Mist Beast.
Leo had no intention of explaining, and said to the two girls, "Let's go!"
Then he flicked the reins and controlled the pack beast in the direction of the ice bridge.
Tessa Mocha frowned, obviously displeased with Leo's way of saying that it would normally be over, but there was no way to say anything, so she could only follow Sylvia and catch up.
The rest of the journey was peaceful, and although Tessa Mocha felt the aura of power of the strange presence transmitted from the gray fog of the sea many times, she did not take the initiative to perceive it, but tried her best to close the perception on her body and weaken the influence of that aura of power on her.
On the contrary, Leo used his psionic skills to observe the huge creatures in the gray mist with great interest every time, and once he even wanted to try using the thunder gun skill to see if he could cause damage to the huge creatures in the gray mist, but before he could make a thunder gun, the monster in the gray mist had already disappeared, which made him quite disappointed.
However, soon his attention shifted to the ice bridge that was getting closer and closer.
From a distance, the ice bridge is just a silver line on the horizon in the distance, but when you get closer, you will see that this is actually a cylindrical ice wall, and the extremely cold wind and snow blown down from the endless ice fields in the north are affected by the terrain here, freezing the sea surface, and rolling the wind and snow and the water vapor on the sea, and over time it becomes this huge icicle that is more than 50 meters high, and the interior of the icicle is hollow because of the formation process.
However, although it is hollow, it does not mean that the interior is a complete large cave, because the internal rupture of seawater backflow, coupled with the fact that there are sometimes meltwater and other problems inside, make the overall shape of this ice bridge passage more like a beehive, each hive entrance corresponds to a passage, and some of the passages are connected together, some are separate, some are dead ends, and some can go to the end.
Because of this, the inside of the ice bridge is actually more like a giant labyrinth, and a huge labyrinth that is constantly changing, the last time you can walk through a passage, but the next time the same passage is likely to be blocked by ice halfway.
Exploring the inside of the ice bridge has always been the most dangerous adventure in the world of Velon, and hundreds of adventurers have entered the ice bridge before and after, and in the end, only a few of these adventurers can get out alive, and the others have already died inside, even the Reynolds themselves will also get lost in the ice bridge.
So, for most adventurers, the Reynolds' repeated use of the ice bridge to cross the two continents was a bit incredible, and some even referred to it as a miracle.
However, even if the inside of the ice bridge was not the kind of labyrinthine hive passage, it would be difficult for ordinary people in the Velen world to travel to another continent through the ice bridge.
Because this ice bridge is too long, according to the measurement of Delriat, it is fully 4,000 towers long, which is converted into more than 1,200 kilometers of the inner planet measurement unit of the Earth Federation, and it takes more than a month for normal people to walk around the clock, which is still in the case of everything going well, if it doesn't go well, it is possible to walk for half a year, and more importantly, there is no food supply in it, and it is completely necessary to rely on the food they bring to survive, so people who know the details of the ice bridge will think that the Reynolds can be described as a miracle by passing the ice bridgeγ
After the three of them came to the ice bridge, they braved the wind and snow blowing from the north and walked to the entrance at one end of the ice bridge.
Although from all kinds of traces, this end of the ice bridge is naturally formed, but in the eyes of the three of them, they all feel that this entrance is more like it was carved by a giant with an axe, and the almost vertical circular ice surface is covered with more than 20 entrances of various sizes, some of which are half covered by wind and snow, and some of which remain intact.
After the three of them observed for a while, Tessa Mocha, who didn't like the environment here, straightened the hood on her head, swept away the snow on it, and then shouted to Leo on the side against the wind and snow: "Those entrances that are not covered by the wind and snow should be open, and there are air currents gushing out of the passage, which can blow away the snow at the entrance of the passage." β
Leo looked at Tessa Mocha and nodded, but didn't quite agree with the other party's reasoning.
Before Leo could speak, Sylvia, who had a lot of adventure experience, refuted Tessa Mocha's hypothesis.
Under normal circumstances, Tessa Mocha's inference should be correct, but it is obviously a little inappropriate to put it in a passage like the ice bridge.
Because the ice bridge is too long, and at the same time, the internal pipes are connected to each other, and there is a lot of internal space, so even if there is an air flow in the passage, it is absolutely impossible to form an air flow strong enough to blow away the snow, and at most it can only form a way to shake the flames.
Therefore, Sylvia judged that the entrances of those passages without snow were not only not open, but also likely to be blocked, and there was likely to be a break in the connection to the outside not far from the entrance, so that the strong winds from the outside could blow in from the damage and blow away the snow, and the depths of the passage were more likely to be blocked, otherwise if the strong winds were diverted, it would also be impossible to form a strong air flow.
There was also evidence to support her inference, and that was that the snow-free entrances were all located at the outermost part of the ice bridge, near the ice wall.
Leo stepped down from the beast of burden, walked to the huge ice at the entrance of the ice bridge, looked carefully at the entrances above, then took out the detector, activated it with the universal recorder, and randomly selected an entrance to release it.
"What's that?" Tessa Mocha, who wasn't far away, couldn't help but ask in surprise as she watched a metal ball in Leo's palm suddenly fly up and fly into the entrance to one of the ice bridge passages.
"Relics of prehistoric civilization. Sylvia didn't tell Tessa Mocha about the starry sky civilization, but just casually prevaricated with the relics of the recognized prehistoric civilization.
Tessa Mocha didn't doubt Sylvia's words, because she had seen a lot of relics of prehistoric civilization before, and she knew very well what the characteristics of these things were, and the detector used by Leo was the first time she had seen it, but the metallic texture and the mysterious patterns on the surface were undoubtedly exactly the same as the relics of prehistoric civilization.
And what really surprised him was that Leo actually knew how to use the relics of prehistoric civilization, and it seemed that he was extremely proficient in using them, and this news would definitely cause the entire Valon world to shake large and small.
A long time ago, the countries of the world began to study the relics of prehistoric civilization, and also researched some results, mastered the use of some relics of prehistoric civilization, and those relics of prehistoric civilization have unimaginable abilities, Tessa Mocha was also invited to participate in the research of prehistoric relics of the Academy of the Kingdom of America and California in his early years, so he has some understanding of this matter, and he also knows how much the upper echelons of various countries value people who can use the relics of prehistoric civilization.
"What's the use of that thing?" asked Tessa Mocha curiously.
"Being able to find your way. Sylvia replied simply, and in order to avoid Tessa Mocha continuing to ask, she added, "That's a tool that the Reynolds can use to pass through the ice bridge, and I don't know how to use it." β
Tessa Mocha was stunned when she heard this, and she was even more curious about Leo, you must know that all people who are interested in Reynolds culture are curious about how the Reynolds passed through the ice bridge safely in large quantities, and they were able to pass through it repeatedly, but this secret has become an unsolved mystery with the severance of the Reynolds race, and now Sylvia actually claims that the reason why the Reynolds can safely pass through the ice bridge is the relic of the prehistoric civilization, which makes her surprised and a little suspicious at the same time.
At this point, Leo, who was standing in front of the ice wall, seemed to have done his job, turned back to the beast of burden, and turned over and returned to the beast's back.
"Isn't that detector recovered?" asked Sylvia, confused.
Leo explained simply: "There is no need to recycle, it will help us find a way ahead, the data will be passed to you and my universal recorder, and we will leave tomorrow, and the recorder will analyze a safe way at that time." β
Tessa Mocha on the side didn't understand what Leo was saying at all, but she knew that she would find a way tomorrow, and although she was very curious, she didn't ask much.
The trio walked back again, perhaps because of the wind, and they soon returned to the small town of Tanico, which was surrounded by mountains.
Just as when they left, the town was deserted, there was no one on the streets, and if it weren't for the smoke from the chimneys of every house, anyone who came here might think it was an abandoned existence.
However, whether it was Leo, Sylvia, or Tessa Mocha, they could tell from the snow on the ground and at the entrance and exit of the house that during the time they were away, the townspeople had all gone out to move, and the direction of their activities was towards the mayor's house.
"Would you like to check it out?" asked Sylvia with interest.
Leo shook his head and said, "There's no need, we're leaving, there's no need to make a fuss." Then he paused again and asked Sylvia, "You witches must have a special way to communicate with each other from a distance, right?"
"Yes!" Sylvia nodded, "but not too far away." β
"From here to Lisa?" asked Leo again.
"You want to ......" Sylvia immediately understood what Leo meant, thought for a moment, and said, "It's a bit far away, but with Tessa's help, it should be possible." β
Leo nodded, and said, "Well, let's pass on the matter to Lea Vinistan tomorrow! β
Leah Vinistan is willing to take in the dependents, but the dependents she takes in have one condition, that is, they are all ownerless families, and all the lords will be expelled from Dalyat.
Now that there is a demigod church hidden under her eyelids, and a large number of clans and churches have also developed, Elia Vinistan's character will never let go of this demigod, not to mention that she also needs a new demigod to be her promotion, just like the wizard tower.
The three of them soon passed through the town, and from time to time someone looked inside the houses that had been crossed by the road, until their figures disappeared into the woods, they did not know what would happen to them in the near future, and their only thought now was to hope that Leo and the three of them would leave here as soon as possible, so that this place could return to its previous life, instead of staying at home.
The three who returned to the villa were busy with their own things again, and by noon the mayor did not bring food, and the people who were monitoring the villa's gatehouse were also recalled by him, apparently completely isolating the three of them, and no longer had any contact with them, including conversation.
In the evening, the first data transmitted from the detector was received by the universal recorder, although there is no satellite as a repeater to assist in the transmission of data, but the detector has been manufactured with such things as ultra-long-distance data transmission and data signal penetration ability in mind, and the land of Vinylon is flat, and the obstacles encountered by signal wave penetration are much smaller than those of other planets, and the received data is not damaged at all.
Because his Universal Recorder stored Tali's prokaryotic program, a lot of its functionality was limited, so Leo had to use Sylvia's Universal Recorder to analyze and organize the data, and finally make a three-dimensional map to present in front of their eyes.
"Is this the topographic map inside the ice bridge?" Tessa Mocha also ran over to see Leo use these relics of prehistoric civilization out of curiosity, and when she saw a burst of light from the universal recorder on Sylvia's wrist, and the light formed a topographic map of the passage inside the ice bridge in the air, a look of surprise appeared on her face.
I saw that this three-dimensional map shows which ice passages in the ice bridge can be passed, which ice passages are blocked, which ice passages are damaged, and even the thickness of the ice layer is also displayed, and those areas where the ice is too thin are marked, there is no doubt that the use of this map can make it easy for ordinary people to pass through the dangerous areas in those ice layers.
"Did the Reynolds also draw maps in this way?" Sylvia asked, looking at the three-dimensional map in front of her, confused.
"Probably not. Leo shook his head and said, "They should have a special detector receiver that can automatically receive data and analyze it, and it won't be like I have to do it manually." β
As he spoke, he raised his hand and quickly moved the map, allowing it to move forward, seeing farther away, and after moving some distance, he suddenly froze on the map, and then zoomed in on a black part of the map, as if he had found something unusual.
Sylvia and Tessa Mocha were also drawn in, looking over at the magnified area.