With great difficulty, the boots were pulled out of the knee-deep snowdrift, and then landed in front of them, and plunged deep into the snowdrift in a mechanical, endless repetition of the motion.

Zero looks ahead.

At the moment when the ice and snow have melted in the east, the cold wind is still howling and the ice and snow are still in the western tundra. As far as the eye can see, there is a scene of silver makeup everywhere, and even the woods are covered with a layer of silver frost, and there is not a trace of greenery in sight. Yes, only the endless cold, and the white of the sky!

Looking behind him, the line dragged on for a long time. In the silver snow, people become black spots. The line of black dots is not neat, and it is crooked, as if it will be blown away by this wind and snow at any time.

It's been three days since I met Ademili.

For three days, they descended the mountain and traveled west under the guidance of Adimili. The mountains that had been relatively tall were descending from the slope and quickly sank into the endless snowfield like an ice knife stuck diagonally into the earth, and the forest in the distance was only a faint black line, and most of the trees were submerged in the vast snowfield. Occasionally, a few old-time towers pop out of the snow, their leeward side already covered with snow. The steel brackets were overwhelmed and bent by the snow. The iron structure has been frozen by the perennial low temperature and is very fragile, and the snow will break and collapse at any time.

It can be said that after entering the snowfield, Zero people really set foot on the land of the western tundra. The environment here is harsh and harsh beyond anyone's imagination, and it will be very difficult for both animals and humans to survive in this environment. And as a standard soldier, Wren's face has not been relaxed since he stepped into the snowfield. The soldiers of the alien race who can survive in such a harsh situation must be fearful.

In the course of three days, a dozen or so servants had become ice sculptures on the snowfield forever. The harsh climate and environment made these low-ability soldiers completely unbearable, and with the deepening of the snowfield, a small number of soldiers have developed frostbite to varying degrees. The cold weather combined with the presence of a lot of radiant snow made the march on foot a grueling race.

A race against the Grim Reaper!

"Our soldiers don't last long. For God's sake, tell me how long it will take to get to that damn Mobistone Market?" Wren asked aloud as he pushed aside a few of the fish-man warriors and walked straight to the goddess-like Ademili, revered by the Gegnayans.

Ademili stretched out her arm straight in her cloak and pointed in a direction to the west: "Go ahead, if you convert it to the human unit of measurement." In about 120 kilometers we will see the Zambis. There's a hidden tunnel that's a remnant of the old days. Through the tunnel, we reach the Mobistone Market, where the Zambis Mountains shelter it from the cold wind, snow and ice, where we can rest. ”

"All right, 120 km!" Wren retreated, and yelled at the fighters behind him, "Do you hear that, boys?" There are more than 100 kilometers left, and they are all holding on to me. When we get to the bazaar, we will have wine to drink and meat to eat. Tell me, can you still support it?"

"Yes!" shouted the servants, looking excited.

"He seemed to be a little too excited. Had he forgotten that our dear fish-man friend had said that Mobistone Market was far from being a place for friends, especially to us humans. Staley walked beside Zero and whispered, shaking the bottle and gesturing to Zero, "Some?"

Zero was not polite, took Staley's bottle and took a big sip. Seeing that Staley was both distressed and happy, and finally saw that Zero put down the bottle, Staley quickly snatched it and poured himself a big sip.

The spicy liquid flows into the body through the esophagus, and all the calories in the wine are absorbed by the zero body, and then converted into energy to replenish the body. In the whole process of transformation, the loss of energy is basically controlled to the extent of less than 1%. If Zero's body is considered an energy converter, then it is definitely the most efficient machine.

Experiencing the process of transforming spirits into energy, Zero remembered the words that Ademili had described to them before setting off for the Mobistone Market.

It was a fair, a fairplace of aliens.

The higher beings living in the western tundra somehow discovered this old-time town in the Zambis Mountains that survived. At that time, there was no Mobistone Bazaar, and the name of the bazaar was a later thing. This town, which was kept out of the wind and snow, was originally only used as a resting place for foreign races passing by near the Zambis Mountains.

But later, some of the aliens simply lived in the town and sold their wares. From rare mutant beasts to all kinds of news and intelligence, it has formed a bazaar among different races over time. Of course, there are also occasional human adventure merchants. It's just that there are few humans in the west of the frozen plain, so there are basically no humans in the Mobistone market.

If there were humans, they would be either risky traders or wilderness outcasts who had been captured by aliens for slavery or food for sale out of nowhere.

Mobistone Bazaar is not like humans, there is a management class such as a so-called mayor or committee. There are no rules in the bazaars of different races, and it is not uncommon for them to resort to force at the slightest discord.

It was a real land of lawlessness.

Ademilius chose to pass through this place, firstly to rest and recuperate, and secondly to join up with the lost Baltimore. When Betsy and Pedefany were attacked, they were attacked near Mount Zambis. Therefore, as long as Baltimore is not dead, it will wait for Ademili in the bazaar as previously agreed. Of course, this second reason was not mentioned by Adimili to anyone else, except for Zero.

Out of interracial exclusivity, humans are the natural enemies of almost all races. So it's not hard to imagine that humans aren't welcome in the Mobystone Bazaar, especially the all-armed warriors like Zero.

So in the evening, after a hundred kilometers on foot, when Ademili led the group to a tunnel left over from the old era, an argument arose.

Wren blushed and yelled at Ademilius like an angry lion, "What? You want my soldiers to stay in the tunnel? This is impossible, if you can't give me a satisfactory answer, I refuse!"

Or fearing for Ademili's safety, several strong fish-man warriors stood in front of it, gripping the hilt of their heavy swords to prevent Wren from suddenly bursting out and hurting people.

Adimiri said calmly in human language, "I have already said the reason, Mobistone is not a human city. If you see so many humans at once, I'm afraid it will cause unnecessary trouble. So I would like to ask you to leave the soldiers here, and let Mr. Wren and the captains follow me into the bazaar to buy supplies to replenish the needs of the journey. ”

Wren wanted to say something, but Zero grabbed him and said, "Captain Wren, don't forget our mission." What's more, Mobistone is the news distribution center for the entire western tundra, and if something happens here, it will be unclear to tell the other aliens about our existence. Maybe you have the courage to fight all the way to Gegenia, but I don't accompany you. ”

Wren was speechless for a long time, and his momentum was weak. After a while, he waved his hand and said, "Then I won't go in either, and I'll leave the purchase of supplies to you and Captain Starley." ”

It wasn't until Wren left that the fish-man warriors were on guard. Ademili nodded towards Zero, thanking him for his relief. The next issue was the deployment of personnel, and the servants of the three teams were retained. In addition to Starley and Zero, there are also Su, Kaede, and Leah. The others, including Brown, Barrien, and Yeliu, also remained in the tunnels, lest too many people enter the bazaar and attract the attention of the aliens.

As the remaining servants began to erect their tents for the march, Ademili and the few men went deeper and deeper along the tunnel. At the exit of the tunnel, you can still hear the wind and feel a chill. But the deeper you go into the tunnel, the wind stops and the chill fades. A few people turned on the tactical lights to illuminate the dark tunnels. In the old days, there were trains passing through this tunnel, and the more you walked through the snow-covered front, the more you walked into the tunnel, the more the rails on the ground were clearly visible.

After a 10-minute walk, the exit is in sight. Walking out of the exit, there is a hillside. The slopes are rocky, dry and free of snow, not even long grass. The hillside descends into the old town below.

Mobistone Market sits in a narrow depression that stretches from a distance and is only crisscrossed by two main streets, east and west. East Street, directly in the direction of the downhill slope, is the entrance to the town. It was the first to pass an open parking lot, and of course there were no more cars in sight, only the wreckage of cars and other debris, which looked more like a garbage dump. Further on, there is an abandoned factory, the dilapidated factory buildings and broken chimneys still have the color of the old days, but that's about it.

This is followed by rows of shops, grocery stores, gas stations, and even a bowling alley. This made Zero feel incredible, after so many years of being occupied by aliens, the town still maintained its old appearance.

However, this is also in contrast to East Main Street, which is a residential area of the town, which appears to be large houses surrounded by terraces and long lawns. In the distance, there was a school that I don't know if it was a middle school or a high school, and there were many small buildings scattered in a mess, and some buildings of unknown purpose and strange shapes, surrounded by towering barbed wire.

The buildings on South Street show signs of being renovated or the living habits of different races, so the appearance of the houses is not the same, and there is no planning at all. Viewed from the hillside, it looks like an abstract painting with a strange style, so out of place with the old-time architecture on East Main Street.

It was dusk, and the wind and snow had stopped. The sky is dyed in orange and bright red, with strong contrasts and gradual spreads. Light poured down from the sky, dragging the figures of the Zero and the Outsiders on the ground.

"Let's go. Ademili whispered, and led the way downhill.

Zero and the others mingled among the fish-man warriors, cloaked in the same one-piece cloaks as the Gegnats, and their faces were tightly wrapped in hoods and scarves, revealing only one pair of eyes. There are not a few humanoid beings in the alien race, as long as the human face is not exposed, and the breath of the Gegna is used as a cover. If there is no accident, the identities of a few people will not be revealed.

As we walked towards the market, the noise in the market gradually reached the ears of everyone. As night began to fall, the town was already lit up with various colors. From the most primitive firelight to the energy halo emitted by the high-energy hedrons, coupled with the various strange shapes of life in the town on the edge, it gives people a strange and wonderful feeling.

It's chaotic, it's disorderly, there's no rules to speak of. The bazaar is filled with a large number of strange beings that humans have never seen and heard. Among these alien beings, there are dioecious, some look like overlord snails, but some other lives live in thick shells, some are small like fairy elves, and some are as large as houses.

There are cowardly, cowardly, violent, irritable alien beings of all appearances and temperaments haunt every corner of the bazaar. They occupy the shops of the old human beings, and some of them sell some strange goods on the streets, and they are overwhelmed by the number of people who see them. While following a building that resembled a bar, a praying mantis man suddenly threw out and fell in front of Zero and the others in embarrassment. Then the door of the store slammed open, and a humanoid creature with a rhinoceros head waved the iron fist in its hand and sent a series of syllables of unknown meaning at the mantisman, as if to warn the other party of something.

The mantis man got up from the ground with his head down, and the compound eyes on his head glanced at Ademili. Then he took a light breath as if he had discovered something, and a pair of green wings spread out behind his back and flapped, turning into a cyan trajectory and flying into the night sky and quickly disappearing under everyone's noses.

After the mantis man left, the rhino man took a deep look at Ademili. But as if unaware, he turned and walked into the bar, and slammed the door shut. Ademilius gestured for the group to move on. At this moment, East Street is crowded, and there are strange lives passing by all the time. A few people could only bow their heads and try not to attract the attention of these lives.

After walking for a while, Leah suddenly pulled the corner of Zero's robe and said, "Look, it's human." ”

Zero looked up and saw that the entrance of an alley was filled with all kinds of strange life. And the alien beings were watching several naked people, several men and a woman. The men looked wilted and had more or less scars on their bodies, which looked like they had been whipped. And standing in front of these humans is a creature that looks like an octopus.

From time to time, the octopus man swept his long tentacles over one of the humans, leaving a bloody scar that Leah couldn't bear to look away.