"How far is it?"

"3 km."

"Is there any danger observed?"

"It's cold, the sound waves can't detect it."

“……”

Lindsay waved his hand and let the bat rise into the air, always alert.

He whispered:

"With this temperature, there must be something abnormal ahead."

"Take a detour, or go straight ahead?"

It didn't take much reason, and a strong sense of loneliness convinced Lindsay with an irresistible pace.

"If you really encounter any problems, you will choose to take a detour."

"If this continues, even if you arrive in Montenegro, I am afraid that it will cause trouble if you have no growth in strength."

Lindsay's eyes became determined, and she made her way to the increasingly cold wasteland ahead.

Taking risks doesn't mean giving up your cautious attitude.

With the last third of the distance of three kilometers reported by the bats, Lindsay stopped and began to expand the reconnaissance range of her map.

When this skill has just been awakened.

With Lindsay's essentia, it can support a range of about three seconds at a range of 1 km.

Now that his life essence had advanced, this time and limit distance was a little more, enough for him to distinguish some situations.

All the way along the wasteland, the temperature is still dropping.

The change in temperature also continues to defy the common sense of the Montenegrin world, as if it is about to re-enact a scene of ice and snow here.

And in Lindsay's map scouting.

Although it was only a glimpse of the limit, he still saw something there.

"Yellow ...... Mark? ”

Lindsay raised her eyebrows, and the curiosity in her heart began to emerge more quickly.

Ordinary beasts must be marked with red dots in his detection range, not to mention the monsters and those enemies loyal to the dragon beasts.

But the neutral yellow dot......

Except for some strange townspeople in the hidden borderlands, and the mountain spirits encountered in the underground world, it is really quite rare!

Add to that this temperature change that defies common sense.

"Could it be that the spider said before, the fish that slipped through the net against the dragon beast?"

Lindsay was ready to prove his conjecture, so she continued to dig deeper.

At the end of the 3-kilometer range, cold winds began to blow on the wasteland, and although the vegetation on the ground was sparse, there were mosses and weeds that could tolerate low temperatures.

Lindsey herself can resist the cold, and she is in a good mood to come here.

As he continued to explore, the surrounding ground became undulating, and weeds grew among the small mounds. The frequent low-lying pools soon wet his trouser legs.

"Is this a swamp in the record......

Walking on this muddy land, Lindsay turned over the records of the expedition.

Judging from the location and geographical distribution, walking into the swamp on the other side of the wasteland is not bad.

However, the records of the expedition clearly recorded such a piece of information.

[This swamp is hot and humid, and mosquitoes are abundant. It certainly doesn't hurt us, but it's enough to give us a headache. 】

"Hot and humid, mosquitoes are ......"

Lindsay looked around, the scene here could not match the description in the book.

"This change must be within a hundred years, and it is inseparable from the appearance of dragon beasts."

Lindsay made a judgment, and as he advanced, he took a closer look in the swamp.

The results also confirmed his speculation.

In the weeds and shallow pools of the swamp, he did not find any corpses of mosquitoes. This directly excludes the possibility that the abnormal temperature here is caused by a short period of time.

Lindsey continued to move on, and the temperature also decreased in tandem.

Another 1 kilometer passed, and the low-lying pools also broke through the freezing point and turned into mottled and broken mirrors embedded in the grass.

The environment has completely turned into a frozen swamp, and it is like a desolation after the mud has become frozen soil.

Combine feelings of loneliness and anticipation in your heart.

Lindsay remembered "A Little Residence by the Forest on a Snowy Night", and couldn't help but read it:

"I think I know the owner of this forest,

And he lived in the village by the edge of the forest.

But you won't see me here in the snowsuit of his forest.

……”

It was at this moment that the yellow marker on the map finally appeared.

An ice sculpture glistens in the sunlight, reflecting the light of the cold winter sun, like an elaborate art sculpture.

Lindsay stepped closer.

The ice sculpture is angular, but slender and sleek, with long icicle-like spikes on its arms and back, resembling both armor and weapons.

But inside the ice sculpture.

No living creature froze, only ice-blue cores, like shimmering transparent crystals.

"Elemental creatures?"

Lindsey had already seen fire elemental and earth elemental life in the Hidden Frontiers.

Although there are some differences in the ice sculptures in front of you, it is not difficult to recognize the essence of the other party's elemental life.

And unlike the previous two.

This ice elemental creature doesn't make any movements.

Even if Lindsey appeared and came closer, it would just remain in its original position.

It's like a motionless statue!

"It's all here, we have to see how it goes."

The anomalous temperature of this swamp may be due to the cold elemental in front of you.

However, on the map, this elemental creature is a yellow mark that symbolizes neutrality, and Lindsey certainly has no intention of killing one, and has no intention of investigating it with the hunting module.

He stretched out his hand and chose to simulate the business.

【Elemental Creature: Glacier Elemental】

[The cold ice in the depths of the glacier, the elemental creatures formed after the fusion of essentia; Good at using various ice-based abilities; It likes low temperatures and has the ability to regenerate in glaciers; He is currently in a long sleep, delaying his melting time. 】

[A rare elemental creature that can be tamed as a slave and can be sold for a good price.] 】

"Glacial elementals, in eternal sleep?"

"No matter how you look at it, it can't appear in the swamp!"

"And according to the current environment of the Black Mountain world, those towering glaciers must have relatively low temperatures, why do they come to such a place to sleep for a long time?"

Lindsay remembers the glacier very well.

There are two places in the Montenegrin world where this environment exists.

One is in the middle of the world; The second is the glacier that exists around Black Mountain at the end of the world where the dragon beast is located.

But both places are still far from the swamp in front of them.

Let the elemental creatures who naturally like the birthplace bid farewell to their hometown and migrate to such a distant place for a long sleep.

Lindsay had a new association in her mind.

Maybe these ice elementals rebelled against the rule of the dragon beasts, so they were driven here and became one of the few fish that slipped through the net?

"The enemy of the enemy is not necessarily a friend, but you can also try it."

At this moment, Lindsay's position, on the edge of the entire frozen swamp, was also the first glacial element to appear in front of him.

To talk about exchange and discussion, or to run away after a failed negotiation.

There's no better place to be.

Nation! Nation!

Lindsay stepped forward and reached out and tapped twice on the cold ice.

"Hello!"

“……”

"Hey, are you there?"

“……”

"Wake up!"

“……”

The glacial element is unresponsive.

It still stood in the icy cold wind, its ice-blue core glowing slightly.

Lindsay folded her hands to her chest and pursed her mouth. His question now was how to wake this thing up.

"I'm here to negotiate and get information."

"Shun...... Incidentally! By the way, chat to relieve boredom! In this case, you can't just burn it with fire, right? ”

At this moment, it was as if responding to something.

Lindsay's taskbar has been updated.

【Ice crystals under the dilemma of temperature difference】

[There seems to be some kind of dilemma hidden in the swamp with unique temperatures.] Find out the truth and solve this terrible crisis. 】

[Reward: Secret Treasure Map; RPG Module Upgrade]

(End of chapter)