Ori Forest, Ori Forest.

This ancient boreal coniferous forest, which seems to hold an unspeakable secret, is under the control of the winter cold wave, so a large cloud of cold wind swept through the forest border with the fresh coarse snow, bypassing the staggered millions of trees, and rudely striking all the arrogant creatures who dared to expose their fragile flesh directly to the wrath of nature.

Unfortunately, Kaede, who was squatting unprotected in a clearing in the woods, looked like the typical stupid guy trying to challenge nature - the cold wind coming from all directions would naturally not miss such a good opportunity to hit her, and the sudden swift knife wind was also sandwiched with small pieces of ice slag and hard snow, and her face was so painful that she could barely open her eyes - but she had something to do that she needed to endure the pain to do.

Besides, she is a person who is tough and stubborn.

A sharp fiberglass dagger was stabbed into the body of the dead prey by Feng Ke, and after cutting indiscriminately, she vigorously peeled off its fur - she was a good hand at playing with knives, but she didn't do much to skin animal carcasses like this, not to mention that there was no spare time to separate flesh and fur as fine as before. Because she really doesn't have enough time, really not enough.

"Smack!"

She could already feel a difficult blocking sensation from the handle when the knife stabbed into the hare's body again, and she knew that it was all a trick of the violent cold air currents that surrounded her—they had drained the precious residual heat of their prey's flesh in a playful play, and the blood and flesh of the plaything had easily solidified together.

They didn't want her to be good, so she had to hurry up so that their dirty plans could be aborted.

She had to dispose of the delicious flesh far from the shelter before it was completely reduced to a lump of fleshy ice.

Kaede wasn't happy to share it with the lone wolf and bear who might follow the smell of blood to their shelter—it was her prey, and only she, and whoever she was willing to share it with, could swallow it in her stomach.

"Smack!"

The knife she swung with force only poked a ridiculous little hole in the frozen flesh, as if she could no longer fulfill her original wish.

But what she can do, what she can do.

Even though the frigid storm continues, at least the traveler's pace is no longer as faltering as it once was.

Her thick knitted hat and snowcoat shielded her from the blowing of the north wind, and although the snow swept up by the cold snap greatly blurred her vision, Kaede was able to defy the storm and make her way towards her temporary shelter with the carefully carved marks she had carved before—it was slow and difficult.

In particular, the sudden formation of a snowstorm without warning has turned everything around it into a white abstract object, and the already dim daylight is even more pale when it is blocked by the tens of billions of snowflakes hovering over the forest.

But the weather in the Ori Forest has always been like this, and the bright sun and warm breeze are only occasional illusions—this obedient old man rarely gives good looks to others, and he is especially fond of playing tricks on misguided creatures, whether they are men or animals. It couldn't have been happier to make fun of those poor worms shivering in the cold wind.

In order to prevent her wide coat from being swept away by the gale, Kaede had to free one hand to grasp the placket of her clothes that was hunting in the wind, so she was left with only one hand to help her balance - in addition to making sure that the support she grabbed was solid and reliable, Kaede had to keep an eye out for the rocks and branches that hid her body in the snow, and if she was mixed at this time, she would have to fall here forever.

The tormented Kaede Ke seemed to be very resolute, she just lowered her head in the diffuse cold and cold snow, watching her legs swing back and forth mechanically - they were numb, but the rabbit meat she held in her arms, which had begun to soften as her body temperature began, gave her a great, indescribable courage.

She squinted her eyes that were about to be glued by the snowflakes, trying to find a place to take a temporary refuge in the slaughtering white—it would be nice to find a small cavern in the earth that could hide from the wind and snow, even if it was just a large bluestone standing alone on the mountain, enough for her to catch her breath and rest a little in the crazy blizzard.

But there was nothing here—except for the thin, tall, thin, boreal trees that looked almost identical.

They can't help her, and they won't help her.

Her low, compacted snow boots occasionally slipped, but she was able to sway and stabilize herself in the furious snowstorm, and continued to drive her tired body forward. The hard snow and ice mixed in the wind hammered down on her again and again, and the severe pain and great resistance of the cold temperature still could not freeze this determined soul.

But her consciousness had begun to become blurred, and some chaotic and illogical grotesque thoughts kept coming out, making her brain a sticky mess and losing her proper judgment of her surroundings.

Phew!

She suddenly stepped into the air, and her dull nerves finally understood something in the rapidly falling weightlessness - it was over.

Feng Ke stepped on a thin piece of crisp snow that was hidden in a cave, and disappeared from the solid color of the world in an instant.

The process of falling should not be too long, but she seemed to feel the tremor of time from the fluttering snow brought down by her body, it was very shy, but after the interspersed flickering snowflakes, it still gave Kaede a little obvious tenderness - this made her fall be infinitely prolonged, her thoughts and countless Xiaoice crystals were frozen in this cold gas, and the charming brilliance refracted by tens of thousands of snowflakes was still slowly flowing and changing in Kaede Ke's pupils.

She felt something wonderful, but soon she couldn't be happy, and a sharp pain erupted from her back, destroying all of Kaede's sanity and spirit—she touched the ground.

It was a fucking pain to fall from such a great height—that was the last thought that came to Kaede's mind before he fell unconscious.

By the time she opened her eyes again, it was already dark.

The large hole overhead barely collected any light, and the dark light only shone a little bit of fine snow that seeped into the area.

This round hole with a radius of about one meter is about the gap she fell into, although it is not very high, but it is still hanging in the air at three or four meters. So Kaede couldn't jump straight out of the way - unless the protocratic limbs that still grew on her body were actually two mechanical bionic legs.

She pinched her legs - oh, the unnecessary pain wasn't getting in the way, so they shouldn't be mechanical legs - which meant she didn't need to lubricate them, which was nice.

Fortunately, Feng Ke didn't fall very hard, and there was snow cushioning underneath, so after two struggles, he got up from the ground. It's just that the back that landed directly on the ground hurts, and it was probably caused by Mr. "Survivor" behind him.

She's not dead, which is really good news - Kaede thought she was going to fall into the ice abyss!

The hollow hole was not large, nor did it look like something had been dug out by man, and she looked around, but could not find anything useful on the bare rock face.

There were small protrusions on the tiled snow, and when Kaede dug up the snow covering them, he realized that they were nothing more than a few yellowed skeletons.

The scattered bones were large and small, probably left behind by the unlucky ones who had accidentally fallen into the pit and starved to death.

Feng Ke raised his head again and carefully observed the small opening on his head.

But it just hung there, and the irregular shape didn't make her think of a way out of it.

The annoying hole looked like a black hole left by a careless painter in a very incongruous way compared to the dark blue snow background around it, and it was silently exuding an air of sarcasm, playing with the cold and hungry Kaede as she pleased—much to her displeasure.

So she spun around a few times, trying to climb up the irregular depression of the rock face – climbing with bare hands was obviously not a good idea, especially on such a smooth rock wall covered with a thin layer of ice. After falling from above for the third time, Kaede rubbed his numb buttocks, finally ending his stupid behavior.

She sat on the ground and rested for a while, listening to the cold wind howling from outside the mouth of the cave, and an interesting idea popped into her head—now she finally knew what the frogs at the bottom of the well usually saw.

But before he could do anything more, a black lump fell out of the gap in the top, startling Kaede.

"What the hell?!"

Kaede pulled off the rifle behind his back and aimed it at the mass of snow that was thrown into the snow.

"Crooked?" The figure turned over on the snow, and it took a long time to finally stand up, and smashed a few mouths at Feng Ke: "Crooked Bibab? ”

Oh, it's just a dumb zombie.

She sighed and locked onto its head with the crosshair in the dim light, intending to give it a free slap.