Steel steam and flame

The extremely fast speed caused the sound of wind to rise in Ye Jielin's ears. The surrounding scenery was almost the same, but at this moment, it still became a flowing object, all of which flew quickly behind her. Lying on Cassia's back, she intuitively felt Cassia's heartbeat and breathing for the first time after the assessment.

She could feel that Cassia had been suppressing something. Ye Jielin thought that he might not have even noticed it. It was like the body's instinctive reaction to the environment. Many ideas came to mind at once, but Ye Jielin just felt like she couldn't concentrate now. The cold-proof clothing worn by the two of them almost completely isolated the body temperature, but Ye Jielin felt that the surrounding temperature seemed to have increased a bit, at least it was no longer as cold as before when they were traveling.

Not sure if it was an illusion, Ye Jielin hugged Cassia tightly with both hands in order to eliminate the adverse effects of her shaking on Cassia while running. Sometimes she would secretly take a breath under the mask, not because she was tired, but because Ye Jielin simply felt the need to do so. She thought she was a little nervous, and her heartbeat became more intense than Cassia's soon after. Although she didn't move at all, the only place that needed to consume physical energy was her arms.

Under the sound of the wind, the only sound was the sound of Cassia hitting the snow as she ran. Ye Jielin thought that she had always had a high position on Cassia's strength, but looking at it now, it seemed that it was not accurate, at least it was growing. on the speed.

Cassia didn't know what Ye Jielin was thinking about at the moment. He had been trying to regulate his breathing and maintain an even speed. It's not heavy, maybe only about two hundred kilograms, Cassia thought when comparing her weight. This kind of load-bearing will not have a huge impact on him. At best, it is just a long-distance load-bearing with full armor, just like when he was still in school, he often went to the construction area to help carry building materials to exercise his physical strength. But in terms of importance, building materials certainly cannot be compared with Ye Jielin. Still feeling a little uncomfortable, his breathing was more rapid than usual. Now that I think about it, when I was twenty years old, I seemed to have only carried my sister Lilia on my back, and this had never happened to other women. It's normal. It should be that his physical energy is exhausted faster than he thought. Cassia comforted herself.

The two of them seemed to be silently guessing each other's thoughts for a while, but no one was willing to say a word. Silence became the best regulator between them, keeping the atmosphere in a subtle state that was difficult to detect.

Advancing at this speed, the shadows of the two peaks ahead are solidifying little by little.

"Cassia, be careful ahead." More than two hours later, Ye Jielin said. The signal flare served as a reminder, and all the examiners guessed where the thirty-six ferocious creatures had been placed in advance. This caused a large number of examiners to evacuate from the foot of the mountain and run to a more open location.

"I noticed it, but that's not what I'm worried about." Cassia turned her head and looked forward. It was difficult to see the figures at this distance, because the natural mimicking clothes made everyone look similar to the environment. But the traces left in the snow after walking can be easily identified. When a group of people gather together, the traces will become more obvious. "I'm worried that these people will leave and wait until the creatures on the mountain are released." People resist. And they are likely to attract them here.”

"Anyway, we need to speed up a little bit." Cassia looked at the sky. The black clouds were always surging, but they seemed calm. This was at least good news.

Not long after, they encountered examiners retreating from the foot of the mountain. Being surrounded by three peaks, these people didn't know how to evacuate for a while. Going towards the central area is not their choice, and the situation in the outer areas is the same as Cassia, and they need to pass between the two peaks.

The light weakened significantly at this time, and the time reached 3:30 in the afternoon, with less than two hours until dark. Cassia has increased his speed to the limit where he can travel long distances. In order to cope with emergencies, he knows that he must have reservations.

At this time, a red light shone from behind again. Cassia and Ye Jielin turned their heads, but they saw three signal bombs burning through the black clouds at the same time and slowly landing.

"The distance is still very far and it has no effect on us." As Ye Jielin spoke, four other flares fell immediately. The nearest one was only a mountain peak away from them. When the red light dissipated, the surroundings became quiet again. However, the mood of the two people has not been relieved. According to the time specified in the assessment, all the ferocious creatures today will be released one by one. They knew the information represented by the increasingly solemn air. This time was probably the peak of the release of those creatures.

After an interval of only five or six minutes, the signal flare again began to erode the space with red light. There is no pattern, and the signal bombs that bring intense light continue to fall one after another. Without any warning, a dark red shadow suddenly appeared on the snow around them. Before Cassia and Ye Jielin raised their heads, they were swallowed up by the red light.

A signal bomb fell behind them, and the "sizzling" sound was like a burning thick fuse, detonating a powerful bomb. Before the red light behind him disappeared, two other sound sources appeared in Cassia's eyes at the same time. He stopped and looked at the mountain peak ahead. The black rocks gradually turned red. When the other two flares broke through the obstruction of the black clouds, the three strong light sources intertwined, covering the vast area in the middle of the mountain peak.

"It will take about an hour to get out of the blockade of the two peaks ahead." Cassia said solemnly, while unhooking his mask, grabbing a few handfuls of snow and stuffing it into his mouth.

"Next, I need you to help me pay attention to farther places. I will speed up some more. In addition, pay attention to lowering your heartbeat and breathing. If possible, try to control your body temperature to the lowest point that can be controlled. If you encounter danger, I will immediately throw myself into the snow. In addition, and most importantly, if you encounter danger, just walk away, and I will stay to help you delay."

"I know what to do." Ye Jielin replied.

"Don't worry about me. Maybe you're lucky and can get a spot accidentally." Cassia said in a comforting tone, "When those ferocious creatures gather towards the central area, we won't be able to go to the outer areas." Chi. Now, I think the situation at the edge will not be very good. Almost all the powerful people are moving towards the center, and it is almost impossible to organize effective resistance at the edge."

"This is the price you should pay for making a mistake in judgment. We almost became one of them." Ye Jielin said, "By the way, have you ever thought about luring another ferocious creature to the Leonard family? Although very dangerous."

"Not yet. We need to have an intuitive feel for the strength of those creatures before we can make a corresponding plan." As he spoke, Cassia put on the mask and moved forward at a speed that was almost sprinting. In fact, he had noticed something, but he was still sure about it. It was a kind of strange ripple, very long and slow, like ocean waves, often very far apart on the sea.

Capturing it carefully, Cassia still heard a little sound, but it was very low, already beyond the hearing range of ordinary humans. The ripples came from a very far away place, and the source was halfway up a mountain peak. It was continuous and it was unknown whether it was a roar or some other purposeful effect.

"But the situation must be a little bad." Cassia said in her heart, and the route changed slightly at this moment, moving away from the source of the sound. He knows the purpose of sound and has consulted a large amount of information and research reports in school. Although it is still at the stage of detecting surrounding things, when the vocal organ of a certain creature is strong enough and supported by huge energy, it can also be used as a weapon.

"Thirty-five flares." When the last catchable red light disappeared between the two peaks, Ye Jielin reminded at this time, "Thirty-five peaks correspond to thirty-five flares, and the last ferocious creature Should be freed up in the center.”

Cassia didn't reply and continued to move forward at a fast pace. My mood was more relaxed at this moment. In another ten minutes or so, the two peaks would disappear behind me. Moreover, the sound source had left the mountain peak not long ago, but then it disappeared. When it reappeared, the two were farther apart.

"It seems that two people can't attract them yet." With some thankful thoughts, Cassia looked ahead, and the black shadow of another mountain peak was blending into the night. He knew that when things there were over, he would be leaving alone. Feeling Ye Jielin's heartbeat and breathing, as well as her body that seemed much softer than her own, Cassia suddenly felt reluctant to let go. Normally he wouldn't feel this way, but at this moment, he had an idea in his mind how great it would be if he didn't encounter all kinds of things and just met Ye Jielin and others alone.

And just behind them, the people who had evacuated from the foot of the mountain began to gather in the center of the three peaks. The landing signal flares with the symbol of death completely blocked these people's escape route. Most people choose to wait in a central location. As night fell, a large team of nearly three thousand assessors began to move toward the outer areas.

The usual training kept them from panicking. Although it was an escape-type evacuation, their basic qualities and strength were there, and nearly three thousand people quickly formed a complete team. There was no sound, and the sound of stepping on the snow replaced everything at this moment.

But soon, as one team stopped, the entire team almost stopped within a few breaths. The words "Something is coming" quickly spread among thousands of people, and everyone held their own defensive positions and observed their surroundings. At this moment, they knew very well that they might have to face the ferocious creatures released from the three peaks next.

I don't know who shouted "Front" at this time, and the entire team turned their heads almost at the same time. In the dim light, there was a thin, gray, white line, less than a hundred meters wide. Before he could take a breath, the thin gray line swept over at an extremely fast speed, and at the same time, the ground shook slightly.

It wasn't until this moment that they could clearly identify what the thin gray line was. Some kind of substance caused violent vibrations in local locations. The high-frequency vibrations of the snow were like boiling water, beating on the ice while rubbing against it. The air was also pushed, and the gentle wind brought together the ice crystals produced by friction, forming a horizontal tornado that quickly approached them and arrived in front of them in the blink of an eye.

The reaction time given was less than two seconds, but everyone just caught the extremely sharp buzzing sound in advance and had no idea how to resist this seemingly harmless attack. Some people rushed to both sides, while those in the middle only prepared to stand firm.

The gray line swept over and passed through the team in an instant. Most of the people who were swept suddenly lost their balance and fell to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, fire flashed in the middle of the team, and reinforced steel shell bombs and some blue silver bullets were detonated by invisible substances at this moment. Before the bodies shattered by the explosion fell to the ground, another gray line appeared out of thin air on the other side of the team.

"In the air! In the air!" In the mid-air where dark red ballistic lines intertwined, other examiners finally saw the creatures that had already arrived beside them. It is a huge bat covered with silver down, with a ferocious face. The most notable feature is the two rows of sharp teeth in the open mouth, and the pair of sharp claws at the front of the wings that do not match the body. With a wingspan of nearly seven or eight meters, it was flying like a piece of paper without direction, avoiding the muzzle of the gun that was locked on it.

The next moment, the silver fur on the silver bat's body seemed to come alive, but it looked more like it had entered the water and was shaking around aimlessly. But below, the movements of the entire film crew were slow, and some people immediately hugged their bodies, not knowing where to place their hands. The pain of tearing came from the organs all over their body almost at the same time, which made them not know how to solve it.

The team immediately lost coordination, and those who were less affected began to flee in all directions. Some people know that this is damage caused by sound waves. In the absence of corresponding equipment, in addition to relying on physical strength to resist, the only way to get relief is to stay away from the area enveloped by sound waves.

A long wolf howl accelerated their escape. A pack of nearly a hundred wolves, led by a giant wolf, came in from another direction, and the team was immediately split in half. But no one discovered that there was another huge danger hidden in the snow.

Perhaps some of them noticed the corpse with a hole in the heart, but under the current circumstances, they had no time to think about other things except escaping as soon as possible and then organizing an effective attack as much as possible.

At the same time, at the foot of a mountain peak.

There didn't seem to be a large number of assessors gathered here. Perhaps the signal bomb caused them to evacuate early. A very kind-looking creature was walking from the foot of the mountain towards the open area in front of it. It is a common elephant in the imperial zoo. Apart from its body shape and its wrinkled skin, there is no other difference.

The long trunk was puffing out white gas, and the speed was very slow. When it left the rock-covered ground and came into the snow, the elephant stretched its trunk, as if drawing an arc with itself as the center. Its huge lung capacity allowed it to All the snow up to the length of the nose is sucked into the body.

Then the breathing did not stop until all the folds of skin on the body were filled up. The elephant moved its ears, then bent its nose and sniffed the air, before continuing forward and stopping several hundred meters away. It straightened its nose, and under the long eyelashes covered with white frost, a pair of cross pupils bloomed out. The eyes were not big. At this time, it was looking carefully in front of it, as if taking aim. Without any warning, there was an explosion of air being torn apart. A wall of air was formed in front of the giant elephant's trunk at the same time, and then disappeared after being pushed a meter or two away.

And from the giant elephant's elongated trunk, a stream of air was ejected simultaneously with the sound of explosion, breaking away the snow within a few dozen meters in front, revealing the dark rocks. Then after sniffing again, the giant elephant walked out of the snow mist blown away by the air current, and slowly moved its thick limbs along a concave mark on the snow.

Less than two hundred meters away, the giant elephant stopped, rolled up a body that was almost beaten in half from the snow with its trunk, and brought it into its mouth to chew.

"Did you see it?" A small voice asked from a thousand meters away.

"The light is too weak to capture the details. But it can be inferred that the inhaled air and snow should have been compressed by huge force, and then fired in the form of bullets through the gun barrel-like nose." "