Ji Lin kept a distance of more than several kilometers, followed Sun Moon Empire's army from a distance, and headed straight to the north.
The army was marching at a very fast pace, almost all marching at a trot. Every half an hour, they would walk a short distance and then trot forward again. This marching speed was quite impressive, which showed the overall quality of this army.
At the end of the day, the army marched more than a hundred kilometers to the north, and the air began to get colder and colder. Sun Moon Empire The army finally stopped to rest, set up camp, and bury pots to make rice.
Ji Lin was leaning on a hill. The cold weather had no effect on Ji Lin. However, he looked at the smoke rising from the distant military camp, and then looked at the dry food he took out from Storage Spirit Tool. He instantly felt that the dried meat in his hand was no longer fragrant.
Ji Lin took a vicious bite of the dried meat in his hand, then looked at the military camp in the distance and murmured, "Wait, let you eat and drink first, and then I will give you the whole big one."
When he thought of himself struggling to eat dry food alone in the ice and snow, while Sun Moon Empire's army was drinking hot soup in the military camp, he felt unbalanced.
When he thought of this, Ji Lin remembered what Her Highness the Princess had promised, and he became motivated instantly. Although this task was quite hard, the reward was sufficient!
If you can get Her Highness the Princess to say yes, it will be worth it even if you have to eat dried meat for a few more days.
Leaning on the rock, Ji Lin took out a map from Storage Spirit Tool and spread it out. This was prepared for him by Xu Jiujiu. It was not the northern map of the Heaven Dou Empire, but the fine northern map of the Douluo Continent. The map itself was made of sheepskin, which was soft and tough and could be preserved for a long time.
After a rough identification, Ji Lin found his current location from the map. On this day's march, Sun Moon Empire was still heading northeast. A little further northeast, he would reach the border junction of the Heaven Dou Empire and Dou Ling Empire. And there, it had already reached the edge of Northern Extreme Ice Plains, and it must be colder than here.
The temperature there is no small problem for ordinary soul masters. Can ordinary soldiers really hold on?
Ji Lin looked in the direction of Sun Moon Empire Military Camp, turned on Spirit Detection, and remotely scanned the military camp. He soon discovered that something seemed to be distributed among Sun Moon Empire Military Camp. The soldiers lined up to receive it. Everyone received two small boxes, and a cotton coat.
The texture of cotton-padded clothes looks very good, especially the cotton-padded shoes, which are very thick and very warm at first glance.
Sure enough, Sun Moon Empire had already prepared. With these cold-resistant clothing, ordinary soldiers should be able to last longer in this cold weather.
But even so, in an environment like Northern Extreme Ice Plains, if you are not a soul master, even if you have cold-resistant clothing, you can only last a few more days at most. I think those two boxes are the key.
That night, Ji Lin set up a small tent on a hidden rocky place and spent the night in the cold wind.
Early the next morning, he understood what the two boxes issued to the soldiers were for.
Each box was palm-sized and was placed inside the clothes of the soldiers, attached tightly to their underwear and tied around their waists. After they started marching, Ji Lin immediately discovered that the inside of the box radiated gentle heat, soaking into the soldiers' bodies and helping them resist the cold outside.
As expected of the Sun Moon Empire, there is even this kind of Soul Tool. Indeed, with this kind of Soul Tool, even ordinary soldiers can survive in extreme environments like Northern Extreme Ice Plains for a long time., then Soul Tool must also be installed with Sealed Milk Bottle. The Soul Power that is required to maintain heat will not consume much, but judging from the size of the small box, it will need to be recharged once for a few days.
However, there is also a powerful Soul Engineer regiment in the Sun Moon Empire army. Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps has three hundred Soul Engineer who are level four or above. For those Soul Tool charging doesn't consume much Soul Power from them at all. As long as each soul master is responsible for Sealed Milk Bottle charging of some soldiers when the garrison is resting at night, the Soul Power replenishment can naturally be completed.
The development of Soul Tool by the Sun Moon Empire is no longer limited to military use, but has begun to develop this kind of suitable for civilian use. If one day, Sun Moon Empire finds a way to drive Soul Tool instead of Soul Power, I am afraid, Soul Tool is no longer exclusive to Soul Engineer. At that time, ordinary soldiers can use Soul Tool, which has the attack power of a soul master. Just think of hundreds of thousands of Soul Engineer appearing on the battlefield, and I am afraid even Limit Douluo will be sweating!
Just think about it and you will know how scary it is. Nowadays, the original Three Douluo Kingdoms soul master army only has tens of thousands. But once Sun Moon Empire popularizes Soul Tool, then even a million Soul Engineer army will not be impossible to achieve.
Thinking of this, Ji Lin shook his head. If Divine Realm hadn't intervened, if he hadn't appeared, if there hadn't been a strong man descended from the sky, even if Sun Moon Empire didn't start a war, An An Xinxin develops Soul Tool in his own territory, and within a hundred years, he can still unify Douluo Continent. It is difficult for the original Three Douluo Kingdoms to turn around. This is already an established fact.
Although I felt sad in my heart, the tracking still had to continue. Ji Lin was still following from a distance, as the army kept moving forward, heading towards the northeast of the Heaven Dou Empire.
As the weather got colder, the marching speed of the Sun Moon Empire army also began to slow down. It took two full days for the Sun Moon Empire army to finally arrive at the place that Ji Lin expected to reach in one day.
At a glance, you can see the white snow and the howling cold wind, as sharp as a knife. In such an icy and snowy place, there is very little moisture in the air, because once there is moisture, it will freeze immediately. The temperature here has reached at least minus 30, making it even more difficult for ordinary people to survive in this environment.
It was almost evening at this time, and the Sun Moon Empire army camped again. Compared with before, the camp this time became tighter. The Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps tents that were originally on the innermost side were moved to the outside and lined up. It formed an arc, just facing the biting northwest wind, like a wolf guarding its companions, blocking the coldest wind from behind. Among them, the Marshal's Tent was impressively at the front, unmoved by the cold wind.
The other tents are neatly and densely arranged at the back. Only this arrangement can retain heat to the greatest extent.
It turns out that the curling smoke has disappeared, and occasionally you can see steam rising from some large tents. Undoubtedly, the Huotoujun placed the cooking place inside the room instead of outside. Otherwise, it would be too difficult to light a fire in this place where water drops turn into ice.
Ji Lin took out dry food with an expressionless face, but the dried meat he had just taken out from Storage Spirit Tool began to be covered with a thin layer of ice crystals the moment it appeared in the outside world. The corner of his mouth twitched, and a red flame rose up in his hand, starting to heat the dried meat.
Ji Lin sighed, although the Sun Moon Empire army had been frozen for a day, they at least had a mouthful of hot soup to drink! Although he was not afraid of the cold, he had to sleep in the cold and snow for many days, and his life was not very comfortable.
However, Ji Lin looked at the endless snow-capped mountains in the distance and narrowed his eyes slightly. According to his judgment, the Sun Moon Empire army should not be far from their destination, because they have been marching towards the north, and now they have reached the edge of Far North. If they continue inward, they will really enter the range of Far North.
Ji Lin has actually entered Far North, and he is very clear about the harsh weather conditions there. It is absolutely impossible for ordinary people to survive in that place, even with the heat energy Soul Tool provided by the Sun Moon Empire.
That kind of place can be said to be a forbidden area for ordinary people. Even a soul master without Soul King or above strength will get in for free. There is no ice attribute, and just to resist the cold, he will soon be exhausted Soul Power and freeze to death inside.
This is just an environmental factor. There are also a large number of ice attribute Soul Beast living in Northern Extreme Ice Plains. With the help of the power of the environment, they are much more powerful than ordinary Soul Beast. Once they encounter a powerful Soul Beast group, even Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps will have no chance of walking out of Far North intact.
Sun Moon Empire sent Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps to lead this mission, most likely because Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps, all members are good at using the fire attribute Soul Tool. In this Far North, although the fire attribute will be limited, it can also resist the cold to a greater extent. This is the best choice without the ice attribute Soul Engineer group.
In the Douluo Continent, ice attribute is a rare attribute.
After dinner, under the observation of Ji Lin, the Sun Moon Empire army in the distance finally made some movement.
Sun Moon Empire, taking advantage of the darkness, placed thick metal pillars around the camp. Some Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps members wearing red armor were busy. They flew in the air, placed the metal pillars in specific positions, and then drove them into the ground to fix them.
For ordinary people, this kind of work must be completed with the help of large machinery, but for Soul Engineer, it is nothing. Soul Engineer is a soul master himself, and can also use the help of some auxiliary Soul Tool. It is not difficult to do these tasks. In a short time, he has completed seven or eighty-eight.
Are these Sun Moon Empire Soul Tool preparing to mine metal ores? Are the metal mines just under the Sun Moon Empire army? Ji Lin looked curiously in the direction of Sun Moon Empire Military Camp and observed carefully.
Those metal pillars are not light at first glance. Each pillar is fifty meters long and more than three meters in diameter. You can imagine its weight. It weighs at least fifty tons, which is about the weight of a Sea God Trident. It requires the combined efforts of several Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps and Soul Engineer to position it and install it on the ground.