Walking on the ice field, you have to be careful with every step, and if you are not careful, you will find yourself in an extremely dangerous situation. Because on the ice sheet, some of the rifts on the ice have been in existence for too long, and the surface is covered with a layer of frozen snow and ice, which intuitively looks no different from the normal ground. But when passing from above, if the weight is too large, it is possible to crush the ice that is not very explained, and the person who passes by can fall into the abyss, and this terrible natural trap is completely unpreventable, and such an empty shell of ice cannot be detected visually, even by the most discerning people.

"Oh, I see. After listening to Pannis's description, Vivien nodded solemnly, poked Freya's waist, and said solemnly: "Hear no, once the weight is too large, it may fall, you must be careful." ”

"I've lost twenty kilograms. Freya angrily took Vivien's hand away and said dissatisfiedly, "This is already a great achievement, you idiot actually said that about me, I really want to beat you up." ”

"It's amazing, it's 20 kilograms. Vivien held her heart in her hands and exclaimed exaggeratedly: "The weight has been reduced by one-tenth, what an admirable achievement, the weight has almost caught up with my total weight, I admire you so much." ”

"You two stop arguing, two fools. Catherine turned around and knocked on the heads of the two girls, stopping the tragedy of the two mages from engaging in hand-to-hand duels, and asked Pannis: "Actually, there is a way to prevent it, if the ice is very thin, the sound of walking on it will change, if there is no sound change, then the ice there should be thick enough to support everyone walking on it." The only problem is that this subtle difference in sound is difficult to detect without professional training, but it is not a problem for you, we have seen your hearing many times. ”

"Well, you guessed it. Pannis wanted to scratch his head. But he could only pat the fur on the top of his head, and said with a dry smile: "I'm just reminding you that this phenomenon may happen." I do know by sound whether there's an empty shell underneath the ice, but. Everyone should be mentally prepared and prepare wrist ropes and climbing ropes at any time, because sometimes it is likely that I will collapse before I have time to prompt, and then the hook rope and climbing rope can save your life. ”

Shortly after everyone arrived in the ice field, Lina had the experience of stepping into this natural trap once. Almost fell into the abyss, but at that time, there was a very small crack, and Freya happened to follow behind, and a small mechanical arm popped out of her waist in time, grabbing Lina's collar as soon as she began to fall, and then successfully pulled the priest girl up. However, because the information provided by the head of the chapter did not introduce this aspect very much, and everyone did not pay much attention to it, it was not until after Pannis's introduction that they realized that these strange natural traps were so dangerous. I also know that in this cold wasteland, it turns out that if you just walk normally, you may encounter the threat of death.

Although there is no trace of the existence of demonic beasts on the icy wilderness, according to the introduction of the adventurer's guild, there are actually many ice-attribute demonic beasts living here, just like the snowfields in the south, even if there is a lack of food, these demonic beasts are not willing to leave this cold area, and would rather endure hunger here. On the surface of the plateau beneath the ice and on the occasional bare rocks, there is always a large number of mosses and lichens that love low temperatures. These plants provided insufficient food for some small monsters, and these small monsters became prey for large monsters, and a fairly stable food chain was barely formed. Although it is not a bad thing to say that there are no Warcraft, a few people wander in the empty ice field. On the contrary, I hope that there will be demonic beasts around, and the appearance of demonic beasts can at least reduce people's loneliness a little.

Yes, loneliness, permafrost and sighing deserts are considered forbidden places of life, in addition to the harsh living conditions and dangerous environmental factors, another reason is this terrible loneliness. Empty and vast space. Monotonous with the same color, no living creatures can be seen around, a silent environment, even a slight cough, will be infinitely magnified in the silence, in this kind of space alone, even the most experienced adventurer can not hold on for a long time, the illusion of being abandoned by the whole world will drive people crazy. Fortunately, the members of the adventure group are not alone, although loneliness and anxiety still surround everyone's hearts, but the existence of six people can weaken and alleviate this anxiety to a certain extent, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.

"Because of this, very few people can escape the ice field without all of their teammates dead. "When no one is in company, the environment alone is enough to completely collapse a person with sufficient supplies, and even the most determined person may not be able to last ten days here alone." ”

"But I've heard of people who have escaped on their own. Vivien said, "It was written by scholars less than twenty years ago. ”

"Indeed, there are exceptions, both here and in the desert of sighs. Pannis nodded, "But there are always exceptions for their own reasons, and in general, there are still a few who can leave alone." ”

"The exception you mentioned, I've seen it in the files of the Adventurer's Guild. Catherine's voice didn't sound very emotional: "The person who escaped was actually insane, and one day in his house three years later, he bled to death after eating one of his arms, but due to the long interval, many documents did not record it. ”

"Ahh Just at the front of the team, a translucent object with a side length of six or seven meters, like a film, suddenly bounced off the ground and flew quickly towards Catherine and Eva. The film flew fast, seemingly completely ignoring the effect of air resistance, and before the exclamation was over, it had already flown a quarter of the distance.

Catherine didn't pause, and the one-handed sword in her right hand flew out of her hand, stabbing far away at the flying translucent film. For this kind of unknown object, experience told her not to get close to touch it, and it was the smartest choice to use the objects around her to find out the situation first. Sure enough, the one-handed sword that was blessed with fighting spirit stabbed the membrane, as if it had stabbed a thick piece of leather, and there was no damage on the membrane at all, and even the speed of flight only decreased slightly.

"Dodge the attack path. Immediately following the one-handed sword, Catherine threw the iis shield in her hand again, this time not simply throwing, but turned on the skill of shield pursuit, the heavy metal iris shield spun and hit the transparent film, making a dull sound like beating a drum, and quickly spun back into Catherine's hand. Under the impact of the huge force, the forward speed of the transparent film slowed down significantly, and the part of the center that was hit also bulged backwards, but even so, the entire film was still not damaged at all, and the impact of the legendary force did not have any effect on the structure of the film.

The people behind him dodged away from both sides under Catherine's reminder, and saw that everyone was out of the path of the film, so Catherine stopped throwing the shield for the second time, and also took evasive measures, causing the translucent film to pounce into the air and slap on the ice with a snapping sound. Several girls watched in surprise as the film slapped on the ice, and after a squirming on the ground, they stretched their bodies and spread flat on the ice, visually blending themselves with the ice, Lina couldn't help but ask in surprise: "What is this? How can it move on its own?"

"I haven't seen it either. Pannis shook his head and said, "But just think about it, remember what I just told you, those weird beings who can't tell if they are creatures? ”

"It's weird enough. Lina knocked down a piece of crushed ice and threw it from a distance, the film didn't react, as if it didn't exist, if it hadn't just arrived home and saw the seemingly living film spread out on the ice, there would definitely be no details that there was something else there. Lina threw a few more pieces in a row, smacking her tongue: "If I'm not mistaken, it's a transparent membrane, even if there are no limbs, what about its internal organs, what about the organs? It can't be that it doesn't exist at all." ”

"So no one can say whether these things are living things or not. "Maybe these are elemental creatures like ice crystals, but they're a little more special," said Pannis. ”

"Can you go over and have a look?" Vivien's eyes flashed with anticipation, "I'd like to take a closer look." ”

"It's better not to. Catherine hurriedly stopped: "You have all seen the situation just now, the speed at which it pounced is too fast, and it is difficult to avoid it in time if it is too close." ”

"Maybe it's not hard to see it. Pannis frowned and thought about it, and after muttering to Vivian for a while, Vivian took out a few bottles of potion and poured them on the ground, and several spell marks changed in his hand in a row, and soon, under the spell effect and Pannis's cutting, a cylindrical ice cube equivalent to the size of a person was separated from the ice, and Pannis picked up the heavy ice cube and threw it far away at the area where the film was located.

Sure enough, as he had guessed, before the ice hit the ground, the film bounced off the ground again, and with a snap, the entire ice cube was tightly wrapped, leaving no gaps. Not only wrapping, but the membrane is constantly tightening inward, like a python that has strangled itself after entangled its prey, and the ice squeezed by the huge force made a creaking sound. (To be continued.) )

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