Chapter 209
Everyone got busy on the first day of the trip.
Amiya took some time to come over and formed Special Operations Team with the five Messenger from Penguin Logistics and the medical assistant Mudrock. She told them that they would be notified when there were any requests, and that they were free to do as they pleased otherwise.
Everyone has a good attitude, just treat it as...
This is a business trip paid for by the company. The trip will take us through several countries, so I can enjoy the scenery along the way.
On March 2, the This Ship stopped at a small village south of Ursus. A medical team went to treat local infected people and gather intelligence, and no missions were assigned to the Special Operations Team.
On March 3, we stopped at a small village. The procedure remained the same; no tasks were assigned.
In the end, it was only when Lappland was bored that she went to inquire that she received a regular commission to move goods.
At first, no one took it seriously, thinking there probably wasn't that much to assign. But after the next few days, they gradually began to realize something was amiss.
Perhaps the Special Operations Team has been neglected?
Most Messenger are quite accepting of being neglected. Since the contract is for three months, it doesn't matter how many missions they do. Only large-scale events will result in additional pay based on the actual situation.
Of course, they might be overthinking it. With so many Operator on Rhodes Island, it's perfectly normal for them to have either already been assigned to their positions or forgotten about the Special Operations Team.
The Messenger remained calm, but Lappland grew increasingly agitated. She loathed this monotonous, mechanical life and longed for more exciting experiences.
March 6th.
The This Ship was stationed in a small village to treat infected individuals and gather intelligence.
Lappland, bored out of his mind, suggested that everyone go down to see if there was anything they could do to help.
Seeing that Exusiai and Croissant had both voted in favor, Shi Lei raised his hand, and Texas and Mudrock echoed him.
After explaining their whereabouts to Miss Phoebe, the six of them took Walkie-Talkie and disembarked from the This Ship.
The villages here are quite dilapidated, with cracked walls due to the cold winds. The houses show signs of extensive repairs, indicating that the local economy is not very good.
The group arrived deep into the village and saw an old woman sitting on a mound of earth, sighing deeply. They went up to her and asked:
"Grandma, what's wrong with you?"
"My son, my son is gone..."
The old woman's voice choked with sobs, and she cried continuously after she finished speaking.
The crying attracted the old man inside the house, who came out to investigate. Upon seeing the stranger, he immediately grabbed a shovel and asked:
Who are you?
"We are Rhodes Island operator are passing by and wanted to ask if you need any help?"
Upon learning who the visitors were, the old man dejectedly put down his shovel. Anyway, there was nothing valuable in the house; even if they were Enforcement Team, they wouldn't be able to find anything of value.
"My son Ivan went hunting in the mountains a few days ago and hasn't come back for several days. Some people say that he may have been captured by the Yeti and killed."
"Yeti?"
"Yes, nobody knows what the Yeti looks like. Everyone who has seen it has disappeared. An old hunter called it that, and everyone else just followed suit."
"Did you send anyone to search for them?"
"Search? How do we search?"
The old man sat on the clods of earth, looking utterly helpless.
"The footprints disappear as soon as the wind and snow blow, and there's no way to trace them. Besides, all the young and middle-aged people in the village have gone to work in big cities. Even if we old folks find the lair, there's nothing we can do about the Yeti."
Upon hearing this, Lappland patted his chest:
"I'm quite good at tracking in the wild, why don't we all help them look for them? Aren't those guys ignoring us and letting us do nothing? Let's give them a little shock!"
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After hearing Lappland's suggestion, Exusiai became interested and echoed her sentiments:
"Sure, they're busy treating the infected anyway, they probably don't have the energy to organize a hunt. If we don't deal with the Yeti, even more people will suffer in the future. We have nothing to do right now, so we can treat it as a warm-up exercise."
After saying that, she asked the villagers:
"Grandpa, we can help you look for him, but we need you to provide a photo of the missing person, otherwise even if we find him, we won't recognize him."
"Yes, yes, just wait a moment!"
Upon hearing that a kind person was willing to help, the old man quickly turned around and went back into the house, where he took out a yellowed photograph.
This is a family photo, showing three people. He pointed to the man in the center of the photo and introduced him:
"His name is Ivan, and he is my son. This photo was taken four years ago, and he looks almost the same now. If you can find him, please bring him back. My wife and I would be very grateful to you."
Exusiai took out her phone, snapped a few photos, then said goodbye to the villagers and left the scene.
Based on the experience of the past few days, Rhodes Island's This Ship will not stay in the village for too long. At the fastest, it will be one or two hours, and at the slowest, four or five hours.
Finding an unidentified yeti or missing person in the vast snow-covered mountains in a short period of time is extremely difficult.
After walking some distance, Exusiai looked at the Silver-haired Lupo and asked earnestly:
"Lappland, tell us the truth. Can we find the Yeti in two or three hours?"
"It will be challenging, but I will do my best. As long as I can find the Yeti's footprints, I am confident that I can follow the trail and find its lair."
"But there are no footprints here..."
Exusiai was speechless and turned her head to look at Shi Lei:
"Zhongli, do you have a solution?"
Shi Lei's extraordinary strength has shocked Exusiai countless times. To the point that in her mind, Zhongli is omnipotent.
In the past, when I had something to ask, I would consult the all-knowing Isu.
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If you need anything, just turn to the all-powerful Zhongli.
"I'm not very good at searching, but I could give it a try if it were in an ice field."
After Shi Lei finished speaking, he started walking north. Seeing this, the others followed him to the village entrance.
Shi Lei closed his eyes, and the powerful Psychic Power fluctuations of the Archon Realm spread northward in a fan shape. This mental energy fluctuation was like a high-powered ultrasonic wave, allowing him to perceive the outlines of all living things within range.
This tactic doesn't work very well in cities, but it's worth a try in remote, icy areas.
Standing beside her, Xi could clearly feel the spiritual energy spreading outwards again and again. This shocked her beyond measure, and her heart surged with extraordinary emotion:
"Using mental energy like radar? That's way out of line!"
"Is this the power of the Dragon King?"
Like Xi, the original body split into twelve parts. Although each sibling possesses different powers, they generally use internalized techniques.
A few can project energy outwards, but the range they can release is limited. For someone like Shi Lei to project energy that far is truly astounding!
This made Xi even more certain that the Dragon King's true form was far stronger than the Sui Beast's true form. Perhaps even before the fragment was fully formed, it could already easily defeat the Sui Beast's true form.
A strange sense of security welled up inside me.
Xi hides in the painting year after year, using a method that can be described as autism to escape the fate of being destroyed by the original body.
There was nothing she could do about it.
They could only watch helplessly as the seal on the main body gradually weakened until the day it fully awakened.
As part of the Sui Beast, it is absolutely impossible to rebel against the Sui Beast as a whole.
But now, everything is different. She sees hope for changing her fate in Shi Lei!
If Xi came to Lungmen unwillingly before, then staying by Shi Lei's side to build a closer relationship was forced upon her by her sister, Nian.
Now, she truly felt the sense of security this man gave her. It was a genuine desire to stay by his side forever.
This unique sense of security and peace of mind can only be given to her by Shi Lei; no one else can provide it.
Two minutes later.
Shi Lei opened his eyes and said to everyone:
"At one o'clock, about seven or eight kilometers away, there is a creature that is slightly larger than a bear. Perhaps this is the Yeti that the villagers are talking about."
Holy crap!
Exusiai had only tried it out of curiosity, but she never expected him to actually do it. This left her speechless with astonishment, and she gave him a wide, exaggerated thumbs-up, exclaiming:
"Zhongli, you're awesome!"
Shi Lei, with a calm expression, added:
"Let's find a place where no one can see us, and I can fly you there. It'll only take about ten minutes. However, I can't be sure if this creature is the Yeti the villagers mentioned."
"Holy crap, that's already pretty amazing!"
Exusiai's hands are waving, giving a thumbs up repeatedly:
"That guy you mentioned lives so close to the village, getting rid of him would be doing a service to the people."
"Okay, now..."
Before Shi Lei could finish speaking, they suddenly heard a series of chaotic footsteps coming from behind.
He turned around at the sound and found Amiya, local villagers, and several Rhodes Island operator.
Seeing that Penguin Logistics' Messenger had appeared here, Huang frowned and asked in confusion:
"I didn't assign you any tasks, so what are you doing here?"
Amiya sensed that her words were a bit harsh, and quickly smoothed things over, explaining in a way that:
"I'm sorry, everyone. Huang is a bit outspoken, please don't misunderstand."
Lappland thought to herself, "You're so outspoken, but I'm outspoken too," and immediately replied:
"We heard that a Yeti was lurking nearby and could endanger the lives of the villagers. So we said we would find a way to find the Yeti and get rid of it to prevent it from causing further trouble."
Ever since Huang participated in the last Penguin Logistics Messenger's comprehensive physical fitness test, she felt that all of them were incompetent. However, due to the decision of many Operator not to expose her, she has been tolerant until now.
However, Huang was unlikely to show any kindness to these Messenger, and his words were rather harsh:
"You should go back to the ship as soon as possible and stop meddling in other people's business. We won't stay in the village for long, and we don't have time for you to search."
Upon hearing this, Amiya quickly tugged at Huang's clothes and politely offered a contingency plan:
"What Miss Huang said is indeed the truth. We will be performing surgery on the infected people in the village later, which will take about two hours. After that, it will be time for us to leave. There isn't enough time for you to search for the Yeti on this icy plain."
However, I will leave two Operator stationed in the village to maintain order when I leave. We'll pick Operator up when we return from Columbia.
Her proposed solution was indeed sound.
Even the villagers in the group were very grateful to Amiya and the others upon hearing this.
"You Rhodes Island people are so kind!"
Lappland is dissatisfied with Blaze's attitude but still insists on hunting the Yeti.
"Two hours is enough. We have clues about the Yeti and will be back soon. You go about your business and we'll come back after we've dealt with the Yeti. It won't delay anything."
This act of going out to search despite knowing time is tight is seen by most Rhodes Island operator as stubbornness and disobedience. Especially Blaze, regarding Penguin Logistics...
The Messenger was even more disappointed:
"We don't have that much time to wait for you."
"Who asked you to wait? We can get it done in an hour. Right, Zhongli?"
Shi Lei was standing at the end of the line when Lappland suddenly called him out. Seeing everyone's attention, he stepped forward and politely replied:
"Miss Amiya, we do have a lead on the Yeti and plan to confirm it at the scene. We can be back within an hour, which won't delay our departure."
"Tsk, you guys are just bragging."
This time, it was a local villager who spoke up: