After the arrangements for the reserve were over, the hunters spent a few more minutes to determine the grouping of the preliminary investigation operation.

It's not difficult to separate, on the premise that it may satisfy the swordsman, shooter, and compiler, just look for someone you are more familiar with as a teammate.

The personnel of the investigation team are strictly screened, and those who can be selected to come to the New World, whether they are hunters or codifiers, generally do not have flaws in their personalities and are too unsociable.

Especially the young people of the fifth group, because they often form teams together (online?) For the sake of hunting, the groups were divided almost in the blink of an eye.

On the hunter's side, Gordon, Anhill, and Alva naturally formed a team.

Then I started watching the other people arrange and combine.

Feng Ying led Aibo and excitedly found Hayatta and Gail.

The drunkard trio naturally acted together, and they didn't even plan to bring a codifier with them, after all, their squad didn't have a regular codifier partner.

Aiden was stunned by the only one.

The popularity of the sunny personality is excellent, but sometimes there will be problems if the popularity is too good, for example, everyone will subconsciously think that he has already found a team.

When he found out that Aiden was alone, a team immediately invited him.

But Anhill glanced at it and felt that the composition of several teams was complete, and Aiden and his co-co-codifier would be a little bloated when they joined in.

So I began to intervene in the exchange.

Feng Ying and Ai Bo were taken out by Anhill.

Hayata, Gail, and Sophia, the compiler of Hayata, were already a very complete reconnaissance team, and it was a waste of manpower for Feng Ying Aibo to squeeze in.

So it became a team of Fengying, Aibo, and Aiden.

Aiden's competitive co-editor partner (Sister Hiroshi) was assigned to the alcohol squad and personally entrusted her to supervise the trio, and they were not allowed to drink alcohol during the mission.

Miss Compiler, who has a more serious personality, agreed very seriously, and asked the three seniors on the spot to hand over all the "water storage containers" on their bodies for inspection.

Ted's faces were devastated, but Anhill was satisfied.

A soft-hearted, easy-to-talk person can't control these three drunkards.

"That's all for the specific task arrangement, do anyone still have any questions?" Gordon's gaze swept over the group.

No one spoke.

Even Nora, the youngest and youngest in the group, has a lot of experience, and there is no need to ask too few questions.

"Very good, hurry up and rest, check the equipment, and leave early tomorrow morning."

On the second day, the people dispersed.

After a short half-day circumnavigation in the air, Gordon and his party came to the edge of the northern region of the Dragon's Crystal Lands.

Of course, they also wanted to cross directly from the air and overlook the entire Dragon Crystal Land, after all, the efficiency of aerial reconnaissance was far from being comparable to that of ground reconnaissance.

But correspondingly, the risks that need to be taken will also be greatly increased.

The situation was not urgent enough to gamble his life for time, and for the safety of everyone, Gordon did not consider the option of aerial reconnaissance from the beginning.

Instead, let a total of eight teams, starting from the eight directions on the periphery of the Dragon Crystal Land, explore inward, collect intelligence separately, and confirm the location of the source of energy.

This is the so-called "pre-reconnaissance".

The specific direction and position of each team is not randomly assigned.

Studies in recent decades have shown that the population density of ancient dragons in the northern part of the New World is significantly higher than that in the south, so that the "north" is always more dangerous than the "south" in the general perception of the members of the mission.

The stronger ones should take greater risks, and the team of the upper hunters was naturally placed in the northerly direction.

And the team composed of Gordon Anhill, the two eight-star hunters, and Alva, a veteran scrivener, is naturally responsible for the most dangerous due north.

After landing in an open, relatively safe area, Gordon Anhill immediately went into a state of alert.

Alva took out his notebook and map, and quickly wrote and drawn.

There is a roughly semicircular arc on the map, which Alva recorded as they flew through the air around the Dragon's Crystal.

"We flew around here from the west, and if the situation was similar to that in the east, the entire area of the Dragon Crystallization Land would be about six hundred and fifty to seven hundred square kilometers.

It's bigger than I expected. As he spoke, Alva marked a few more points on the map, which were the locations where the groups that had landed with them earlier.

After completing a simple calculation of the area of the survey area and the distance between the groups, Alva began to observe the surrounding ground and the crystallization on the nearby mountains.

The Land of Dragon Crystallization is not like the Ancient Tree Forest and the Land Coral Plateau, with the Grand Canyon in the middle as an obvious boundary.

In order to facilitate the division, the commander-in-chief gave a "definition" of the land of dragon crystallization - it refers to the area in the northern mountains of the continent where there are obvious crystals on the surface.

The land area of six or seven hundred square kilometers seems large, but compared to the entire northern part of the continent, it is only an inconspicuous small piece.

Alva's gaze traveled back and forth over the crystals, and minutes passed like this.

Gordon turned his head and asked, "Did you find anything?" ”

Alva frowned and shook his head, "I was expecting to be able to roughly determine the location of the energy source through the direction of crystal growth, but. . .

These crystals are growing in all directions, and it seems that they can only be explored little by little. ”

"We're now in the northernmost part of the Dragon's Crystal, how far is it in a straight line if we cross straight to the south?" Gordon continued to ask.

"About thirty kilometers." Alva replied immediately.

Gordon laughed, "Hey, it's not far, I'll be able to run back to camp and sleep tonight." ”

"Thirty kilometers is a straight-line distance, and this is a mountainous area with complex terrain and underground areas." Anhill reminded him.

"I know, isn't this meant to make everyone feel more relaxed?"

Anhill tugged at the corners of his mouth, too lazy to continue arguing with this guy.

After a few casual jokes, Gordon looked at his fellow hunters, "Pork chops, gale, you have a keen perception of energy, can you sense which direction has a higher energy density?" ”

A cat and a dog shook their heads in unison.

"The energy intensity of the place where we are standing now is already very high, and this aspect of the senses is completely confused." Pork Chop explained.

"How is it confusing? Can a high-energy environment confuse Ellu's perception? Alva's claim of being chopped with pork ignited curiosity.

Pork Chop squinted at him, "You closed your eyes and walked into a stinking toilet meow, can you pinpoint which pit has a poop meow?" ”

"I see." Alva nodded in thought.

Gordon pinched his chin as well, "Maybe it's okay to get close enough?" ”

"Then you might have to stick your head in the pit and meow."

"Well, that is, come to the distance dung. I mean, close enough to the source of the energy, you can smell it, right? ”

"It's not a smelling meow! Well, it's not impossible for you to understand it that way."

Listening to their bad analogy, Anhill's expression gradually distorted, "Are you all finished?!" ”

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about that." Gordon smiled dryly and waved his hand, "Pork chop gale, you guys go in a roundabout way to investigate, and once you find something, come back and report it in time." ”

The pork chop rubbed his little nose, jumped on the back of the gale, and flew forward.

(End of chapter)