After trekking for nearly half a day on the rocky and snow-covered land, the adventurers have long been accustomed to a vision dominated by gray and white. The scenery that suddenly hit their eyes made them stunned for a moment, and they even suspected that they had accidentally entered the fairyland.
Fortunately, the three of them were well-prepared players and had done a lot of research on the local ecological environment of Fengxue Mountain before entering. Therefore, they knew that the continuous sea of crystal trees under their feet was not a fantasy, but a special kind of tree that actually existed in the cold mountains and cold areas.
Its scientific name is so long that few people can pronounce it fluently. People living in snowy areas prefer to simply call it "ice willow" - unlike willows in warm areas, the leaves of the "subspecies" in cold areas are lighter and thinner. The end often presents a translucent visual sense of flowing brilliance. It is lighter in color than ordinary willow leaves, and is a gorgeous glazed color, which is very similar to the color of the eyes of the Himi tribe.
Under the setting sun on the horizon, the clear willow leaves reflect the warm light of the stars, flickering and particularly breathtaking.
Standing on the highest point of the hill, Xiaoye had a panoramic view of the Ice Willow Forest, and confirmed a certain guess in her heart.
Then, she turned around and looked at the Terashima siblings who were still in a daze.
"——That's why I made my choice."
Both of them were stunned. Question marks appeared above their heads for a while before they realized that Big Dipper was saying that he refused to form an alliance with Ikawa Hidechi. only……
Xiaoye couldn't help but smile when she saw the words "Bingliu is beautiful and she refuses to form a team have anything to do with it" written all over their faces.
"During the meeting this morning, the third elder said that 'in the west of Fengxue Mountain, there is a forest of magical beasts covered with "evil trees"'; and Lily once told us, 'in the forest of magical beasts, there are "holy trees" growing all over the mountains and plains'. "Xiaoye said, pointing to the boundless forest at the foot of the mountain, "But, as you can see - there is only one kind of tree in the Warcraft Forest. "
Combined with the old man's songs and the abandoned ancient boundary markers, all the speculations came true.
The residents of Fengxue Villa regard Warcraft as their enemies and call the ice willows in Warcraft Forest evil trees; but many years ago, people living on the ice fields once carved patterns of frozen birds to protect human beings, and sang praises to Snowstorm and the Holy Spirit. The song of the tree, and it is very likely that it is not hostile to the monsters. Such people still exist in Snow Mountain Villa, perhaps it's just that their voices are too quiet to be easily noticed by adventurers - just like Lily's grandfather.
If there are two groups of people with completely opposite ideas in Fengxue Villa, then in order to ensure that what they do conforms to the principle of "justice", they cannot easily believe one of them and do irreparable things when the situation is unclear.
——At least, you shouldn’t join a team that actively massacres World of Warcraft.
After listening to Xiaoye's explanation, the Terashima siblings expressed their agreement again and again, and were even more glad that they had chosen the strategy of "only defending themselves, not taking the initiative" along the way - in case it was finally discovered that the monsters were innocent, and humans were the evil ones. There is no place to cry. Snowstorm Battle does not provide file deletion and restart service.
After a short meeting, the three of them determined the course of action for the early stage of the game: focusing on exploration, focusing on collecting intelligence, finding out everything that happened in Snow Wind Villa, and choosing a stance based on this. Therefore, after entering the Warcraft Forest, they need to hide their traces as much as possible to avoid direct confrontation with the Warcraft.
The Nanguo siblings acted unambiguously and immediately began to practice "moving forward on tiptoe", wishing that tails would grow behind them and sweep away their footprints. They walked cautiously to the foot of the hill, and when they were about to enter the forest, their steps suddenly froze.
Deep in the shadow-shrouded forest, a Pokémon was dancing.
Its dancing posture is very funny, its steps are swaying, as if it is about to fall down in the next second. If the scene were changed to a gorgeous stage, maybe its performance would attract a lot of applause - but in the silence of the ice and snow, the Pokémon dancing under the shade looked weird and scary, with the patterns on its abdomen It appears and disappears in the shadows, resembling a clown's distorted smile. Lijiu's gaze met those lantern-like yellow eyes, and she immediately shuddered and shrank back subconsciously.
The silent ice-stepping doll is still dancing as if no one is watching. Perhaps it was the lack of interruption from the visitors that allowed it to dance happily enough. After the song ended, the ice-walking doll raised its cane in the distance and saluted to the audience in the distance.
Then, it walked away in a shaky dance.
The Terashima siblings all breathed a sigh of relief - we can't blame them for being timid. This silent show is really full of the atmosphere of a horror movie. It's not surprising that the ice-walking doll's eyes will glow red and its fangs will appear in the next second. Long Xing moved closer to the middle of the team and lowered his voice cautiously, "Boss, should we follow that ice-walking doll? I think there must be a secret about that guy!"
"Wait a minute." Xiaoye shook her head.
The information from the waveguide detection was not abnormal, but she had a vague sense of crisis - as if she was being scrutinized by some unknown creature. After the Ice-Treading Doll left, this strange feeling intensified.
To be on the safe side, she did not enter the forest immediately, but planned to complete Lily's commission first - to obtain the leaves of the sacred tree.
Ice willow leaves are easy to collect. There was no trace of Pokémon nearby, and there was no "powerful monster protecting the sacred tree" that the siblings imagined. They spotted a lonely tree at the edge of the forest. The three of them picked it up with six hands and quickly picked a large handful.
After storing the crystal clear willow leaves properly, Xiaoye asked: "Are you ready?"
Lijiu and Long Xing made an OK gesture with firm eyes.
Under the increasingly dark sky, the three-person team cautiously walked towards the ice willow forest that covered the mountains and plains.
When people are in it, it is often difficult to tell where the boundary line of the forest is. They passed by the snow-covered willow trees and were gradually surrounded by beautiful tones of white and light green.
The change occurred at an unexpected moment - with a deafening roar, a huge monster blocked their way.
The monster was about ten meters tall and covered in snow-colored fur. The shadow cast by its body could easily completely cover the tiny human. The wind and snow then started to blow, and the biting cold air hit the face, making it difficult to open one's eyes and unable to see clearly what the monster looked like.
Just as Lijiu was about to speak out, she suddenly realized that the blizzard was so fierce that it drowned out people's shouts. Vaguely, she saw the giant monster take a deep breath——
The next moment, a hurricane rose from the ground. The three of them felt an irresistible force coming towards them. They soared into the air like a kite with its string cut off, and fell into the gloomy sky of the snow-capped mountains.
The weightlessness and dizziness lasted for a long time. Just when the siblings were about to suspect that they had been blown down the mountain and were about to fall to death at the bottom of the cliff, the cold touch of the snow finally came.
Lijiu was dizzy for a long time before she managed to get up. She looked left and right to make sure that neither she nor her friends were missing arms or legs, and then she recovered from the huge shock.
The younger brother's reaction was a little more exciting. Before he could even struggle out of the snow pit, he threw the Poké Ball and shouted for the Spiny Shell to fight back. The confused Pokémon looked around and couldn't find any. Like the enemy's target, in the end he had no choice but to point the spike at the only person in the audience who could still stand firm while facing question marks.
Xiaoye stood firm: "..."
Is this a rebellion?
The spiny shellfish gradually became unsteady on its feet: "..."
I felt the threat of death secretly.
Fortunately, Long Xingcha thought it was timely and hurriedly retrieved his partner, preventing a tragedy of fratricide. At this time, the siblings finally realized that something was not right about their environment.
"Where is...where?"
All that could be seen with the naked eye was a vast expanse of white snow, with a few scattered rocks dotted in the snow. This was not an uncommon sight in the Snowy Mountains - it was just that before that weird blizzard, they were clearly standing in the Warcraft Forest. inside.
The temporary leader of the three-person team seemed very calm. She pointed to the distance and replied: "It's a place we are very familiar with."
Lijiu and Long Xing looked in the direction pointed by Xiaoye and fell into silence.
Under the dark sky, bright lights flickered in the southeast. The smoke rises slowly, stained with the last traces of the sunset, blending into the endless clouds high in the sky.
And with this skylight, they could clearly see the familiar row of stone pillars in front of the lights.
The Terashima siblings looked at each other with blank expressions——
Therefore, they were blown back to the entrance of Fengxue Villa from the World of Warcraft Forest by a gust of wind! ?
The experience along the way was so magical that the Nanguo siblings, who thought they were well-informed, were also thrown into a daze and found it difficult to think normally for a while. Considering that it was already getting late and it was not suitable for exploring in the wild anymore, Xiaoye called on her teammates to return to the villa to finish today's work.
After walking a few steps, they saw a long queue forming at the entrance of the villa, and the neatly dressed adventurers crowded the entrance to the villa. Long Xing scratched his head and couldn't help but muttered, "Why do you have to queue up to enter every village? They can't all be blown back by the wind at the same time..."
Xiaoye, who was walking at the front, suddenly stopped when she noticed something.
"We will enter the villa later." She said decisively.
Lijiu and Long Xing were confused, and were dragged by Xiaoye to the unobtrusive shadow behind the rock. When the fire-breathing dragon appeared from the elf ball, the two of them thought they had encountered some terrible enemy, and they were extremely vigilant.
...Then they saw the leader leisurely roasting leaves with the flames from the fire-breathing dragon's tail.
"Uh, boss?" Lijiu felt that the question mark she produced today weighed three tons. "Although Lijiu did say that the leaves must be burned before they can be used as medicine..."
"But you don't have to burn it in the wilderness..." Long Xing was about to scratch his scalp.
"Just in case." Xiaoye didn't explain much. She quickly burned the beautiful glazed leaves until they turned black, crushed them into pieces, and then wrapped them in clean compressed biscuit wrapping paper. Stuff into cookie boxes.
Beidou's operation made the siblings confused - and this confusion turned into deep respect within ten minutes.
It wasn't until they followed the team to the stone pillars that they discovered that the slow pace of entering the village was because a "security checkpoint" was set up at the door. Each adventurer had to open his or her own package and undergo a detailed search. The Terashima siblings watched as ice willow branches and leaves were found in the bag of the person in front of them. Immediately, the heavily armed Himi clan members dragged him away aggressively, claiming that anyone carrying the evil tree must have bad intentions and would be imprisoned and severely punished. torture.
The two siblings were stunned for a long time, and then turned around together, casting respectful and admiring glances at their eldest brother. They stared at him until his hair stood on end and he didn't want to continue to be the eldest son.
Although the "security inspection" of the Himi tribe is meticulous, they are not so crazy that they even open packages of cookies to check them - even if they do open them, they will only see a pile of unknown black powder that looks like soot. Soon, the three of them successfully passed the customs and finally returned to the brightly lit Snow Wind Villa before it was completely dark.
They had planned to go to Lily's house first to hand over the burnt leaves of the sacred tree. However, when they arrived, they discovered that there was only an unconscious old man in the house.
Lijiu inquired about the neighbors and learned that the little girl had been assigned to the task of keeping vigil at the Fengxue Ancestral Hall and would probably not be able to return home until tomorrow morning. Therefore, they had no choice but to leave temporarily and head to the Elder's Mansion next to the assembly square.
As the curfew approached, the area around the assembly square became much deserted and no longer as crowded as during the day. There were still a few people waiting to enter in front of the Grand Elder's courtyard - looking at the people queuing up with red faces and a sense of mission, the Terashima siblings just wanted to wipe away tears of sympathy for their fellow contestants.
If he had listened to that old gentleman's nonsense for seven whole days, no matter how strong a trainer he was, he would have been deceived...
In contrast, the Third Elder's office was deserted, and permission to meet was quickly obtained after being notified by the servant.
The desk of Third Elder Morton was still piled with brown paper rolls, and it seemed even more so than during the day. The author himself looked like a scumbag who was in a daze after suddenly finishing homework the day before winter vacation, which made the brothers and sisters from Nanguo who had the same experience inexplicably feel a strange resonance.
"Thank you, adventurers. Is there anything you need my help with?" Although his eyes were filled with stars when approving official documents, the model worker elder still showed full etiquette to receive guests.
"Hello, respected third elder." Xiaoye bowed and saluted, "We are here to register today's results."
The middle-aged man raised his eyelids and seemed a little surprised - obviously not many adventurers came to register on the first night. However, he still waved his hand and motioned for the servant to bring the roster.
"A very remarkable result - it can be seen that the three of them are quite capable adventurers."
After seeing the nine bright magic cores taken out by the leader, the third elder said. It's just that his expression is too serious, and even his praises sound like preaching.
"If you need to replenish medicines, you can apply to my subordinates at any time."
"Thank you for your concern, but it's not needed yet." The purple-haired adventurer replied with a smile. His tone was very relaxed, even with a slight sense of weariness, as if even the ferocious monsters on the ice field could not cheer him up. "If you have any other requirements, feel free to ask us. We will be happy to help you."
"As long as the three of you can kill as many monsters as possible, it will be the greatest help to me." The third elder answered meticulously.
The servant recorded the names of the three people on the roster one by one, and marked the number of World of Warcraft killed and the date. After the registration, the third elder stroked the candle on the table and asked casually, "I wonder if you have any questions about the tasks I arranged or other matters? If so, you can come and interview me at any time, and I will answer Answer for you."
"No."
The adventurer's overly decisive tone made the third elder startled.
"——In other words, we don't care about those. Paying too much attention to useless things will only reduce our enemy-killing efficiency, won't it." The purple-haired adventurer explained in a matter-of-fact tone, "Of course, if you want, Third Elder, Let’s find the suspicious person in Fengxue Mountain Villa..."
The third elder shook his head and interrupted the adventurer.
He looked at the three people in front of him, then lowered his eyes and said: "No need, killing the monsters and defeating the snowmen is still your first priority."
"As you command." The adventurer responded simply.
"Go and rest." The middle-aged man picked up the pen and returned his gaze to the case files on the table.
"——Looking forward to your results tomorrow."
After the victory results were registered, the curfew time had arrived and the patrol team also began night patrols. In order to avoid being jailed for violating the rules, Xiaoye and the others had to go back to the house first and leave the task of exchanging information with other contestants until tomorrow.
The maid Linda still had the same arrogant look. When she saw that the adventurers arrived late due to the curfew time, she immediately sent a strange sarcasm. The Terashima siblings originally wanted to argue with the maid for a while, but after hearing that the important NPC Master Carl had taken a break, they immediately lost interest and had to go upstairs unhappy.
A full day of exploring and trekking can be very draining. The two siblings shouted, "We need to have a combat meeting first," but before they could even say a few words, their eyelids were so sleepy that they clenched their eyes. Seeing this, Xiaoye immediately pushed them into their respective bedrooms, and using his status as the boss, ordered them not to stay up late and recharge their batteries to fight the next day.
There was silence in Fengxue Mountain Villa after the curfew. The tired adventurers soon fell asleep, and only the flame of the oil lamp in the hand of the patrol flickered, becoming the only light in the valley.
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[Adventurer Team·Big Dipper and his two younger brothers]
Day 1·Task progress:
·Main mission one [For survival, for home]
Posted by: Third Elder Morton
Mission location: Icefield, Warcraft Forest
Mission goal: Destroy the monsters
Progress: Number of kills +9
You produced excellent results on the first day, and I must praise your strength and efficiency. Please continue to work hard to kill more monsters. If you have any questions during the mission, I am willing to answer them at any time.
——Of course, I don’t hate people who never ask questions.
·Main mission two [Troll hiding deep in the jungle]
Posted by: Third Elder Morton
Mission location: Warcraft Forest
Mission objective: Defeat the snowman
Progress: None yet
Congratulations, adventurers. You have seen what the snowman looks like, and this is a step towards success.
Yes, it is huge and ferocious - although you were swallowed up by the blizzard the moment you saw it, I believe you will regain your strength. After all, the Yeti is our common enemy.
·Main mission three[? ? ? ]
announcer:? ? ?
Mission location:? ? ?
mission target:? ? ?
schedule:? ? ?
Diligent, willing to work, and competent - you are undoubtedly excellent adventurers and qualified mercenaries.
Next, please use tomorrow's results to prove to me that your results on the first day were not due to luck - if you want to "do more".
·Side mission 1 [The ancient song that once rang through the mountains and fields]
Posted by: Villa resident Lily
Mission location: Warcraft Forest
Mission goal: Collect the leaves of the "Holy Tree"
Progress: The leaves of the "Holy Tree" have been collected
Sorry, adventurers. It's my turn to guard Fengxue Temple tonight, so I can't go and meet you.
But it doesn't matter, I will go home early tomorrow morning! You are so powerful that you can even command monsters like an arm. You must have obtained the leaves of the holy tree, right?
·Side Mission 2 [This is the time to work together]
Posted by: Adventurer Hidechi Ikawa
Mission location: Fengxue Mountain
Mission goal: Build the strongest adventurer alliance
Progress: Aborted
I have nothing to say. If you must say something...
After the Himi family's employment period ends, can you tell me why you didn't send out Charizard? I don’t want this problem to torture my brain anymore, QAQ.
·Side mission three (to be unlocked)
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"Huh, it's almost over here." Xiaoling stretched her somewhat stiff body.
"The screen in the personal live broadcast room is all black, and there is nothing to watch." Xiaojie lay on the table and couldn't help but sigh, "I really want to participate in such a fun competition...Grandpa, why do you have to Organize special training at this time.”
"Xiaotian, your competition is the day after tomorrow, right?" Xiaoling looked at the video phone.
"Yes." The silver-haired boy on the screen nodded.
"Then we have to train harder tomorrow, and we can't watch the live broadcast." Xiaojie frowned, feeling that the remaining three people in Dawn were miserable.
"I wonder if there will be a night plot in this year's snowstorm battle... I originally wanted to wait and see." Xiaoling muttered quietly.
"Since there is a curfew, it means there shouldn't be one, right?" Xiaojie said, "And we all have to get up early for training tomorrow, but we can't stay up late - okay, Iceberg boy, we won't disturb you anymore, good night! Come on for the game!"
"I won the runner-up last time. If you make a little progress this time, it will be no problem to win the championship, right?" Xiaoling smiled and approached the screen, "If you don't win, you will be punished by being a dawn errand boy for a month. .”
Xiaotian never bothered with the nonsense golden retrievers, and nodded quite tolerantly, pretending that he didn't hear anything, "Good night, you guys should go to bed early."
As the personal live broadcast rooms were closed one by one, the content of the main channel of the live broadcast room gradually changed to the innocuous chat conversations of NPCs and the scenic overlooks of Fengxue Mountain Villa. Of course, there are always a few reckless guys who didn't have time to return to the villa, so they had to spend the night in the wild and became the source of the show's laughter for a short time.
Time passed, and most of the netizens who watched the Snowy Battle had gone offline to take a rest, and the live broadcast room also fell into a rare calm. Just when the night owl audience was drowsy by the boring scenery display and wanted to close the web page, an unusual sound suddenly came from the computer speakers.
At the same time, the purple-haired adventurer who was sleeping quietly opened his eyes.
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small theater:
Terashima Sibling: (Curious) What is the official document that the third elder has been approving all day long? Let’s take it quietly and take a look!
——Unroll the kraft paper roll——
[1000 Years Snow Battle Scene Construction Plan]
[Fengxue Villa Landscaping Construction Materials and Cost Accounting]
[Final draft of the construction drawings of the Elder’s Mansion]
[Webcast Agreement and Publicity Strategy]
[Overview of clothing and props design concepts]
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Terashima sister and brother: ... (dumbfounded) (awe-struck) (no wonder he was in a trance)
