Volume 1, Chapter 26, Snow Lotus
Royal Calendar Era 438 January 13, 7.50 am
The next day Ergou woke up early, and Anna was too. It was still dark outside, thinking about the arrangements behind. Ergou now has a clear positioning for herself. The son-in-law protects Zowei's protection base to protect Os and the people of the earth. God knows where they can go? He thinks about his memory. It is best not to force him to do his best. Leave it to fate.
The simple breakfast oatmeal porridge, fried eggs, bacon, and bread were all brought by Ergou. Benjamin's family ate it very well. Anna has a good appetite. She has to eat as much as Ergou eats.
After breakfast, the three of them were about to set off. Ergou was driving a motorcycle in a mecha. Benjamin wore a leather jacket with various animal skins and also drove a motorcycle to guide Ergou. Anna was still on a sled and dressed in a cool snow cold-proof suit. Before leaving with a helmet, Benjamin mysteriously brought a large wooden box and didn't know what he was holding.
"Walking northwest, about thirty-five to fifty kilometers, there is a canal connected to the luminous lake at the foot of the Central Mountain, and the remains I found nearby." Benjamin said
Ergou was silent and drove the motorcycle silently. At this time, he was not driving fast, and Benjie was obviously not familiar with motorcycle driving.
The surrounding scenery is not as much as Ergou thought before, all of them were radiation deaths, and most of them were alive high-hard-resistant trees, and there were also many small animals like squirrels.
An hour and a half later, several people approached a small ridge, and Ergou slowed down. Benjamin told him that he would be very close to his destination bypassing the ridge.
"Stop, stop quickly!" Anna shouted:
Ergou stopped the car: "What's wrong?"
"What do you think?" Anna pointed to a ridge to the left of everyone.
At the leeward of the ridge, a large area of unsnow-covered ground was exposed, and a small cave was filled with a series of snow-white flowers around the entrance.
"I'm going, it's so beautiful." Ergou exclaimed:
"Let's go and have a look." Anna jumped off the sled:
"Don't go." Benjamin instinctively shouted out, but it was a little too late, and Anna had already run away:
Ergou also followed him, and he wanted to pick flowers to give it to his lover, of course, including taking samples to his father-in-law.
Beauty, especially in this ice and snow, in this end of the world where humanities are declining, this tenacious vitality and this flower bring much more impact on people's soul than on visual impact. If you can, Ergou really wants to bring Zuowei to take a look.
Benjamin also had no choice but to follow him, holding a hunting rifle in his hands and guarding them behind them.
A few dozen meters away, Anna arrived instantly, and she was already leaning on the ground with her butt sticking out and looking at the flowers: "It's so beautiful." The pure white flowers and yellow stamens are about twenty centimeters tall, and there are not many branches and leaves. They seem to have fluff. They bloom in a small piece, and some of them are not in full bloom, with large buds a bit like cabbage.
Ergou and Benjamin followed behind.
"Snow Lotus? Such a place." Benjamin behind him recognized the name of the flower. Obviously, he also wanted to pick a few plants and put them back to his small farm.
"Woo~Woo" At this moment, two snow-white and huge snow wolf appeared in the hole, with lush fur, and fangs exposed from time to time. He dragged his thick tail and roared towards Anna. Ergou quickly took out his pistol. His mecha had a pistol bay on his thigh. Benjamin aimed at it with a shotgun, but his angle shotgun seemed to hurt Anna.
A wolf couldn't help but jumped towards Anna, and Ergou thought he was going to shoot if he couldn't do it.
"Ah~ Go back, I don't want to hurt you, I'll take a few flowers and leave." Anna, who was just lying on the ground to look at the flowers, stood up and punched the giant wolf that jumped towards her, and shouted to the wolf:
The beating giant wolf actually flew backwards and fell firmly on the rock at the entrance of the cave: "Aowu~Aowu" screamed a few times, and ran into the cave with its tail squashed. The other wolf also took two steps back, not daring to move anymore and just roared.
Ergou was still hesitating whether to kill, but he didn't expect Anna to be so powerful. I asked if she could take Anna's punch without wearing a mecha, and the almost deaf roar. Could it be the lion roar that is the legendary lion roar? Benjamin was even more incredible and thought to himself who is the master of the Ergou? Anna, a child, has such a strong skill.
At this time, a row of green eyes appeared in the hole behind the giant wolf, but they were all a group of curious little wolf cubs, who looked a little cute. The giant wolf didn't care about the few people, and turned around anxiously, trying to drive the little wolf cubs back to the hole.
Ergou took back his pistol. Obviously, he couldn't bear to take action when he saw this scene. Everyone was not in danger, so why should they kill?
"Anna, collect a few roots and soil, and let's go." Ergou said as he walked to the front to protect Anna with his body:
Anna didn't drag her back and moved quickly. She hugged the flower of Otaku in a few strokes and ran back to the sled. It seemed that she knew she was not an opponent, and it seemed that she was to protect the little wolf cub. The giant wolf did not chase Anna, but was just alert to the second dog.
Then Ergou and Benjamin returned to the motorcycle: "Sir, go quickly, there must be a large group of wolves living in groups." Benjamin was afraid, and being surrounded by wolves is quite dangerous. The group hunting skills of wolves are not simple, and Benjamin is very clear as a hunter.
Ergou started the motorcycle directly and continued on the road.
For some reason, Ergou felt happy when he saw the wolf. Humans committed crimes to make the world environment so harsh. These wolves survived tenaciously, especially when they saw a group of little wolf cubs behind the giant wolf. Ergou felt the tenacity of vitality. He even wanted to take out food to feed them and touch them with his hands. He felt that he shouldn't disturb these creatures and shouldn't have entered the wolf's territory.
"Did you know there was a wolf?" Ergou asked Benjamin:
"I just suspect that there are large animals when I see the cave, and the snow lotus is probably related to animal feces." Benjamin said of his experience:
"How did they survive such a harsh natural environment? Why do I feel that they live well? They are not thin at all?" Ergou was puzzled:
"There are many woodlands nearby, and there are actually many small animals, snow rabbits, squirrels, foxes, and even elks and bears. There are fish in the Grand Canal later. When my brother is alive, we will come a few times a year and return with a full load. However, it is not safe to have no men at home, and it is indeed too far away to come here without transportation." Benjamin remembered his miserable brother who was barbecued by the skinheads:
"If it goes well after a while, will we go to ice fishing if we have plenty of time? Sir?" Benjamin suggested:
"Fishing? How?" Ergou was curious:
"Many are very fat. There have been no human activities for so many years. Although it is cold and freezing, the fish resources are extremely rich. If conditions permit me in all aspects, I even want to live near the river. The fish is so delicious." Benjamin seemed to be drooling:
Soon after walking around the ridge, the three of them came to an open river stilt. The wide river channel was actually hundreds of meters above it. There were thick ice layers on both sides of the river channel. There were thick snow and woods on both sides of the river channel. Occasionally, a few huge rocks exposed in the snow.
The ice layer was thick, and Ergou followed Benjamin to the ice surface and marched upstream along the river and northwest.
"It's almost here, the body found at the foot of the mountain where the river is turning in front." Benjamin said:
Ergou turned the accelerator and arrived in a short distance of hundreds of meters. He found a flat river beach and stopped.
The three got out of the car. The ridge on the south side of the river stretched for several kilometers to the peak of the Central Mountain. Among the peak is the base of the Ergou's favorite Zuo Wei. Although it is not very steep, it is tortuous and long. It is almost impossible to climb up the mountain without professional climbing equipment. The black sharp rock ridge exposed in the thick snow is like a blade. Looking at the peak from afar, the low clouds seem to swallow the peak. Ergou wanted to see the plank road halfway up the mountainside, which was obviously impossible to see. The passing place was full of white snow, and the sparse trees were dotted with the thick snow-covered mountainside, which was indescribable. Ergou couldn't help thinking that Zuo Wei was probably busy in the research room at this time. Zuo Wei's temptation figure in her research uniform appeared in her mind, and she smiled bitterly and shook her head.
The strong wind on the ridge blew up the snow fog and the thick clouds in the sky, it seemed that it was going to snow again, so hurry up and get busy with work.
On the north side of the river is a large open and primeval forest. The trees are tall and dense, and the edge is invisible at a glance.
Benjamin had already walked to a dead tree on the north side of the river bank, looking back and forth, as if looking for something. Anna was also excitedly jumping around the ice on the river channel, slashing the ice exaggeratedly.
Soon Benjamin stopped in front of a tree. Obviously he left a mark on the tree. Then he walked to the other side of the river with his back to the tree. The snow was thick, and every step would sink deep into it. It was a shallow waist. It seemed that Benjamin had been walking for a long time after a hundred meters away. Ergou took out a weapon from the sled. He opened the mecha telescope and wanted to explore the nearby environment. The wolf pack just now and the endless forest, there were still many dangerous possibilities. See the time.
"Let's go down and hide!" Ergou suddenly shouted:
The other two responded quickly and lay down.
Ergou, who had seen the time, remembered the drone, and at this time, a silver drone flew at a low altitude in the northeast direction. He had discovered at the base before, but Ergou was careless and remembered it. Sure enough, just after eight o'clock, one flew over, and it flew very slowly and lowly, with four propellers powering, and there seemed to be a small cargo container under the fuselage.
"Bang bang" Ergou actually fired a sniper in his hand, but the sound of one shot was compact and difficult to detect and two consecutive sounds.
A few seconds later, at a low altitude of 3.5 kilometers, the engine of the drone's left front was hit, and black smoke and electric sparks were emitted. The fuselage shook and flew to the lower left, looking at the direction facing the ridge to Ergou's right.
Chapter completed!