"The farther east you go, the colder it gets......"

On the fifth day after separating from the three of her peers, Lindsay sighed as she walked alone through a forest with only cedar trees.

It's autumn now, and it's no surprise that the temperature will drop.

But according to Lindsay's three years of living in the hidden frontier.

In just five days, the temperature dropped faster than the normal seasonal variation.

Lindsay couldn't help but think of Finn's research and instructions.

In recent years, the steady temperature in the hidden frontier has been declining slightly, but steadily.

"Is it because the ambient temperature itself is changing like this, or is there something going on in the east that can affect the temperature?"

Lindsay muttered under his breath.

The direction he headed was the location of the junction of the Black Mountain World and the Hidden Frontier.

Refer to the information you saw earlier on the corpse of the Treant.

Lindsay naturally thought that something might have happened in the world of Montenegro, and that some change had spread to the hidden frontier next door, which had caused the temperature to drop here.

And once this speculation comes true.

Then for the hidden frontier, an unavoidable crisis may be imminent.

After all, if it's the worst-case scenario.

He could even imagine that it was the dragon beast on the Black Mountain that planned to expand its territory and took the initiative to attack the hidden frontier!

Over the years, there have often been attempts to break through Montenegro.

The dragon beast entrenched here is a real high-level magical beast, and through these channels, it has no problem learning human language, and it will not be ignorant of the hidden frontiers!

Thinking so, Lindsay stepped out of the dense forest of cedar trees.

In front of him was a hill that had risen steeply, thinning out the trees and making the terrain a natural demarcation.

[Map]——

Lindsey opened the map, then looked at it from a distance.

Skirting the hills, there is a small river to the south due east, which continues to be occupied by a small grove of trees.

At this moment, dusk has arrived, and the sky is gradually dyed with a layer of twilight.

Today's makeshift camp is here......

"Huh?"

Lindsay was about to pick up the pace.

But when he turned his eyes, he saw that at the junction of the cedar forest and the hill he had just stepped out, there was a special green growing in it.

It was a clump of pinnate green leaves, covered with a layer of sparse white pubescence.

"Potatoes?"

Lindsay was a little incredulous and ran over without saying a word.

His main task these days is to travel, and it is difficult for him to take care of the collection of wild species. Who would have thought that at such a time, they would be lucky enough to find a wild crop!

【Plant: Potato】

[A common Solanaceae plant that survives in high-altitude mountains, forest edges, and other wilderness environments. Leaves and stems can be used as feed, and only tubers are recommended for humans. 】

[Tubers can be sold as food, but wild parents are not popular.] 】

Open the skill, and the product attributes will appear.

Lindsay controlled her excitement and dug the potatoes out.

This wild-grown crop is usually found nearby, and Lindsay carefully investigated the side of the hill and found two other potato plants.

Lindsey had planned to poach them all.

But after digging up two of them, he didn't see any more potato plants around, and Lindsey remembered Finn's teachings, so she gave up all the plants and left the last one to grow naturally.

If memory serves, potatoes are self-pollinating.

"Take what you need and keep what you should keep, and that's enough."

Lindsey stood up in front of the last green leaf, patted the dirt off her hands, and put the two potatoes in the sac.

This is also a strange thing that is unique to the game.

According to the introduction of the carry-on bag, it should not have been used to store living things. Lindsay also tried, and the live chickens, ducks, fish, and insects really couldn't fit in.

But plants are not among them.

They can be put in sacs and even sown normally when taken out.

Obviously, in terms of biological definition, plants are also considered life, but they are not included in the judgment of bags.

It's really unrealistic, but it's quite in line with the game's setting.

"But ...... in that case"

"Carnivorous plants and cordyceps, can you put them in a bag?"

"Also, aren't there living corpses in this world, are they considered undead life, and can they be stuffed directly into them?"

Lindsey muttered about the characteristics of her skills and imagined some wonderful places. But there are no objects that can be used for experimentation with these things, so they only stay at the point of imagination.

It took Lindsay a lot of time to search and dig up these potato plants.

At this time, the sun was sinking in the west, and the sunset behind him dragged a long afterglow in front of Lindsay, as if putting on a gorgeous dress for the hill in front of him.

"It's not too early."

In the spirit of saving time, Lindsay ran straight up the hill.

He was going straight across the hill and looking for a place to sleep tonight by the river opposite.

Then, not long after, Lindsay's footsteps stopped.

As he crossed the high point of the hill and sprinted down the slope, the sight of the distant east caught his attention.

Because of the late hour, the east has been swallowed up by the dark night.

But taking advantage of the last light of the day, Lindsay saw a scene from a very distant position.

To the east of the hill is a wasteland of sparse trees and shrubs, large and small gravel paved with black-brown ground, moss and grass yellowish and green, and large and small faults of the land hidden in between.

But this desolate scene is not the point.

Because at the end of this flat moor, Lindsay saw a yellow line of snow.

The end of the earth is covered with snow, and the white earth reflects the color of the sky, making it hard to imagine that this is the color of heavy snow.

“……”

Lindsay was speechless for a moment.

The majestic natural landscape makes it hard to help but feel emotional.

But Lindsay's long-standing uneasiness was also confirmed by the scene in front of her.

According to the records of the expedition 120 years ago, the overall seasons of the hidden frontier show uniformity, and the maximum seasonal variation is only about a week depending on the distance.

And now it's just the middle of autumn.

This picture of snow covering the earth is definitely a phenomenon that defies the common sense of the season!

"Hah-"

Lindsay inexplicably felt a chill hit her.

He sighed, rubbed his hands together at the distant scene, and then tried to expand the scope of the [map].

But the actual size of this wasteland is far greater than what you can see.

Lindsay's [Map] skill can't even explore the borders of the wasteland.

At this moment, I can only look at the scenery in the distance, and feel a chill that must exist.

On the slope of the hill, Lindsay stopped for a long time.

It wasn't until the darkness completely covered the snowfield that he suddenly woke up and hurriedly ran towards the bottom of the hill.

No matter what lies ahead and in the future, it awaits you.

At least tonight, at least now.

Lindsay also had to find a nice plot of land on the edge of the woods and spend the night first.