[It's not much, it's only 3,000 words, and it's hard to force office workers to squeeze in time, and the old and young masters forgive me. Keep begging for subscriptions, everyone will help me rush the results again!!Thank you!!]

It's winter again.

Before November, the weather was already getting colder. This year's winter seems to have come exceptionally early, and more and more data shows that the Earth's environment is getting worse day by day. According to statistics, the number of cold winters is increasing year by year, and if we extrapolate from these data, then in ten years, the winter will be extended to as many as four months. This refers to the Central Continent, which is located in the center of the ocean, and those regions that are biased towards the poles can have up to half a year in winter!

As a result, some scholars have called for a halt in the plundering of the earth's resources by companies or organizations, and the investment of money and manpower in projects to improve the earth's environment. Otherwise, fifty years later, even on the Middle-earth continent, the duration of winter may be as long as half a year, or even longer.

And a hundred years from now, the earth is more likely to usher in an eternal winter. At that time, it will really be the end of Shijie.

It's a pity that these calls will not be heard by the big guys. In their eyes, no matter how bad the surface environment is, it is none of their business. Instead of investing a lot of resources to improve the entire atmosphere, it is better to build some underground cities. In terms of investment and return, it is definitely more straightforward than the former, and the return is faster.

Similarly, such a problem is not something that the people of Shengdou can worry about. So when Zero drove through the small square in front of the National Assembly and saw a few academics trying their best to mobilize passing citizens to demonstrate for climate change, Zero just laughed.

The little guy can't make Shijie hear him, and the only way to do that is to become a big guy.

Public opinion may still have some role in the old days. But in the new era, absolute liliang will overshadow the so-called liberal democracy. Even in a city like Asgard, which claims to be liberal and democratic, there are limits to these two things.

The root of everything lies in the emergence of the capable.

Judging from the huge base of the human race, the capable ones occupy only a very small minority. Ironically, the scales of the new era are absolutely insane, and it is these very few people who have made the scales of fate completely tilt in their favor. Ordinary people are like pigs and sheep to those who are capable. Either become a slave or kill.

The ordinary people who were able to live in Asgard were already much luckier than those in the rest of the wilderness, at least they didn't have to be slaves for the rest of their lives. The limited freedom allows them to be promoted to freemen with hard work and dedication.

But that's about it.

Isn't it a joke to use the little power given by the superior to threaten the superior in turn? The reason why Valhalla provides the people with a stage for free speech is nothing more than to channel some negative emotions among the people at the bottom. No matter how intense these emotions are, they are at best a fast-flowing river. No matter how fast the river is, it can't cross the towering embankment built with iron power.

Driving past the Senate Square, Zero follows the highway towards the city's exit. He received a mission in the command's mission system, and the mission was codenamed "Winter Hunting". This is a crusade against a foreign race that had previously maintained friendly relations with Asgard.

The alien race named Ace is a half-human, half-beast monster. They are covered in long hair, with one eye and a huge mouth, and fangs. The Ace people have arms like apes, long and long to touch the ground, and are good at climbing. There is a flesh [slit] between the palms, and when encountering an enemy, sharp and short bone spurs can protrude from the flesh [slits], and the bone spurs are hollow, and there are slender pipes in which they can be controlled by certain organs to pressurize to eject the venom that paralyzes the nerves of the prey.

This is the most common hunting method used by the Es, a group of aliens who are classified as less intelligent creatures in Asgard's evaluation system. Their intelligence is similar to that of the Aarons with whom Zero came into contact with them, and they already have their own rudimentary language system and are capable of making simple tools.

The El occupy a small sanctuary in the old days, and have made it their domain within a radius of 100 miles. There are about 300 members of this alien race, of which about 200 are in the prime of life. Despite their short tempers, the El have maintained friendly relations with the Asgard presence during the period of contact with Asgard.

But just recently, Asgard suddenly received a request for advice from the El garrison. For unknown reasons, the El suddenly changed their temperament, brutally killed the only three garrisons, and then cut off their heads, Zuihou pierced them with sharp stakes and stuck them in the edge of the territory. This is a common form of demonstration by the lower aliens to warn the race to which the skull above the stake belongs not to enter their territory.

Otherwise, the consequences will be the same as those warning objects.

Undoubtedly, this is the biggest provocation to Asgard, and Asgard naturally has to respond, so this crusade mission was posted.

It is true that the reward for the mission is very good, but the opponent is an alien race of about 300 people, but it is not a task that an ordinary adventuring team can take. As for the corporate-like military, it is not interested in the remuneration of tasks. So the mission was idle for almost a week, and when the command decided to recover it and hand it over to the regular troops for disposal, it was taken by zero.

What we want is not a reward, but a chance to train our newly formed army.

Although in terms of numbers, Zero's army is only about a hundred people, the equipment of the army is not comparable to that of the El people. And with one hundred to three hundred, there is not too much disparity in quantity. If the number of the Els was more than five hundred, Zero would not have taken on this task. Winning more with less is not to be done, and quantity and quality are always relative.

When the disparity in numbers is too great, no matter how good the quality of the soldiers is, even if they can win, it will be a miserable victory. Such a victory is meaningless at all.

What Zero needed was a chance to review the soldiers' co-operation, not push them out to their deaths.

After a brief identification process, Zero left Asgard in an off-road vehicle. When he drove out of the long tunnel, a silver shijie stood in Zero's eyes.

The wilderness was already covered with snow, and despite the intense radiation it contained, there was no doubt that the snow-covered wilderness was much more beautiful than usual. At first glance, the snow is covered with snow, and the undulating slopes create a serene beauty. Occasionally, bare mountain rocks become the embellishment of some blue-gray blocks in this snow scene, making it more layered.

It's a pity that not everyone can enjoy such a beautiful view. With the arrival of winter, the radiation intensity of the snow-covered surface is three to five times higher than in other seasons. If you are an ordinary person, you already need the highest level of protective clothing to ensure that your body is not harmed by radiation. In addition, only those who have grown mutated tissue in the wilderness can walk normally in this strong radiation environment.

It's just that in the coming year, their mutated tissue will also increase by two to three times, and their lifespan will be shortened by one to two percent.

This is a fair deal between man and nature, and there will never be a free lunch in the world.

As for those with abilities, the environment below the fourth order will also have an impact on them. Above the fourth order, the impact is much smaller. For those who have reached the eighth order like Zero, the threat posed by the environment is almost negligible.

The evolution of genes and even the body in all aspects has allowed the capable to escape the category of human beings. It's like Yeru, a new member of Team Zero, who doesn't look petite, but she's wandered the wilderness alone for two years. This ability to resist environmental influences alone is not something that muscular men with well-developed limbs but no abilities can do.

And this is only the slightest difference between the capable and the ordinary person.

Off-road vehicles drive on snow, and modified vehicles are not impassable due to the change of environment. However, it is an indisputable fact that the environment of the new era restricts the inconvenience of human beings in traffic and transportation. Otherwise, with the financial resources of Asgard or the City of Eternal Night, why the expansion of the territory for decades is almost negligible, this may be another means by nature to limit human beings.

Driving on the quiet snowfield, Zero's thoughts are flying. He thought of a lot of things, the blueprint planning, the route to advance, the people and things needed, etc. All kinds of factors and data passed through his mind, and he stored them in different categories, waiting for them to be released when needed. Before that, he needs to make constant revisions and finally complete and complete the ideal kingdom.

When people are thinking, time always flies very quickly. In the notion that zero could be just a "moment", he had already seen the outline of his company's surface building. This is the first territory he owns, and the ideals of Zero will take root in this soil. And now, the ideal flower has grown a small bud. What Zero has to do is to take good care of it and nurture it to grow into a towering tree.

For now, Zero is going to pour a handful of water on it. This handful of water will be brewed from blood. There may be the blood of the soldiers, but more will be the blood of the prey. Zero believed this and never wavered in his mind. Sticking to your beliefs and not going on slowly is the only way to become a superior. Zero has already begun to walk down this path and will go far.

The off-road vehicle drove into the base, and 10 minutes later, a combat meeting was held in the base. After lunch, three large trucks and an off-road vehicle drove out of the base, and their convoy drove towards the vast snowfield, and drove in the direction of the El.

This time, it was a hundred soldiers who had just completed their training. As for the abilities, there are Zero, Brown, Haiwei, and Yeliu. Kaede, Su, and Berrien were left in the base by Zero. After all, this is an opportunity to review the combat strength of the recruits, and even Zero himself is not ready to fight, and he hands over the stage of the performance to the army led by Brown in order to objectively and comprehensively evaluate the real combat strength of this army.

As the convoy drove out of the base, the "Winter Hunting" mission officially began!