Snowstorm Passing Through / Outside Chernobog

"A tragic fate, this must be a tragic fate..."

Suika rubbed her arm as she complained.

"What?" Amiya could barely hear the voices around her in the howling north wind. She only noticed Suika talking, but didn't know what she was saying, so she moved closer.

"The snowstorm is too strong; it could easily turn into a blizzard. We need to find somewhere to take shelter."

Suika looked outside. Her group had gotten off to a bad start. On their very first day in Ursus, they had encountered severe weather that was about to intensify into a blizzard.

Amiya nodded in agreement with Suika's words. Kal'tsit had originally planned to assign a guide to each team.

However, Suika rejected him. In her words, Suika had been here for a long time and was a professional Catastrophe Messenger. Putting aside everything else, she was at least good at judging the weather and directions.

Therefore, Amiya chose to believe Suika's judgment as her guide.

Two hours later, the group huddled together in a small cave.

Fortunately, the Suika system raised the temperature, so even though it was a bit crowded, no one was injured because of the freezing weather.

"My God, the environment in Ursus is just too harsh..." A female operator who looked to be in her early twenties crossed her arms and complained as she looked at the white snowstorm outside that almost completely obscured her vision.

"We were just unlucky; we ran into the worst possible blizzard as soon as we arrived."

We don't know how long this snowstorm will last... Please remember, don't leave the cave unless absolutely necessary.

I have magic inside the cave to maintain a temperature suitable for survival.

However, outside the cave... the temperature is estimated to be around minus twenty to thirty degrees Celsius.

In other words, the temperature difference between the inside and outside of the cave is between 30 and 40 degrees Celsius.

"If you haven't received relevant training, you're very likely to get into trouble when you go out."

Suika sat on the edge of the cave entrance, looking at everyone and speaking.

Recalling the biting cold they experienced while trekking outside, everyone said that they wouldn't easily go out unless they were in their right mind.

"However, I have another question..." The woman who had just spoken looked at the wind and snow outside and raised her hand.

"Um... you're called Hui, right? What can I do for you?" Suika looked at her.

"It looks like we'll be resting here today... With your Suika Originium Arts, Suika, eating shouldn't be a problem, but what should we do about the convenience here?"

Her words made everyone realize that although the group consisted of both men and women, and it was normal for them to sleep together when they went out, there were always some situations where they couldn't make do.

Chapter 402 Snowstorm Passes Through

Suika pointed to the side and said with a smile.

"Then let's see what you all can do. Dig a side hole next to the first person before they get an upset stomach..."

Don't even think about solving it outside. At this temperature, hot water would freeze into ice in an instant.

Everyone was startled by Suika's words.

Then several strong and capable operators quickly got up and dug in the direction Suika was pointing.

Fortunately, this is the Terra. The Terra are all strong and powerful. With the help of their Originium Arts, they managed to dig about ten meters in less than an hour using only a few small entrenching tools, which was enough for everyone to take care of their personal hygiene.

The snowstorm subsided the next morning.

Suika group continued their journey towards Chernobog.

Three days later, as they were passing a small hill, Amiya's communicator beeped.

Everyone looked over, and Amiya picked up the communicator and explained.

"Before we came, Closure modified everyone's communicators. When they get within ten kilometers of other people with communicators, I will give them a notification and indicate their location on the other side."

After speaking, she picked up the communicator, looked at it, and pointed to a faintly visible mountain village in the distance.

After glancing at the target's location Suika frowned.

"What's wrong?"

"Ursus is different from other countries. The people here, to be precise, the vast majority of Ursus people, originally had a particularly strong resistance and rejection towards Infected."

Adding to the mess created by the previous New Reunion Movement, the conflict between the Infected and the non- Infected is greater than you might imagine.

Besides, most of Rhodes Island's operators are not Ursus.

Before we arrived, weren't we all warned not to try to contact the locals too easily?

After speaking softly, Suika shook her head.

"It's too early to make any judgments. Everyone, come with me, let's go check out the situation."

After speaking Suika her hand, Dense Fog rose around them, while an iron chain appeared beside everyone's hand.

"Everyone, move forward in the direction the chain is pulling, and remember to watch your step."

Suika's voice came from all directions. Fortunately, Suika had already introduced her Originium Arts to everyone beforehand.

So although they were somewhat surprised when they saw it, everyone immediately tightened the chains in front of them and headed towards the village.

As Suika approached the village, she found it very quiet, with only one house showing signs of cooking fires.

This seemed very abnormal, but Suika immediately thought of the Golden Fir Tree Village.

Upon closer inspection, they discovered signs of human presence in another room not far away. Upon closer inspection, they found two Rhodes Island operators guarding the only route in and out of the mountain village.

Seeing this, Suika waved her hand and withdrew the spell.

Amiya and her group appeared at the entrance of the village.

"What happened?" Amiya Suika had withdrawn her spell.

Suika shook her head, then sighed, "What a scare! Let's go!"

After saying that, he went inside first.

The others followed carefully behind.

As Suika withdrew her spell, their presence was discovered by the two scouts.

Upon seeing them, the two women tensed up immediately; after all, being discovered only after being touched so closely was already a dereliction of duty.

They only relaxed after seeing that it was Amiya's team.

One of them picked up the walkie-talkie and reported the arrival of Amiya's squad to the main force on the other side, while the other opened the door to greet them.

The gate not far away suddenly opened, startling many people, but Amiya and the others breathed a sigh of relief when they saw who came out.

"Keg! So it's the Ace Squad here..."

Amiya was overjoyed to recognize him, because Keg was a member of the Ace Squad, and since he was here, it was obvious who the leader was.

"Amiya, I didn't expect you to arrive so quickly..."

After entering, Keg glanced at Amiya and her group to make sure everything was alright before pointing to the room where Ace was.

As soon as everyone looked over, they saw the door open and ACE walk out.

"Little Amiya, you guys walk really fast!" ACE seemed very happy to see Amiya.

"Yes, Brother ACE, I didn't expect us to reunite so soon."

Amiya gave Ace a sweet smile, making the older brother's laughter even more hearty.

"Come on, it's cold outside, everyone come inside."

Everyone quickly entered their resting room under ACE's guidance.

Everyone was very happy to unexpectedly team up with another small team in this freezing weather.

ACE also explained their situation.

To be precise, Amiya and her group were quite lucky. According to the plan, ACE and the others should have already left this place. However, they also encountered a blizzard a couple of days ago, or rather, the blizzard had only stopped for less than half a day.

The guide suggested that it would be best to stay a day to assess the situation, as the blizzard could suddenly turn around.

If you follow behind a blizzard, and get caught in the blizzard, the team could easily get separated or even suffer casualties.

That's why they stayed an extra day, which is how they encountered Amiya and her group who were catching up from behind.

Suika to the side, expressed her approval of their cautious choice. She dared to lead people behind the blizzard because she was highly skilled and daring. Even if the blizzard turned against her, she was confident that she could lead everyone to safety.

But a normal person certainly couldn't do that, so playing it safe is the safest option.

After all, the operation was given plenty of time, and the operators didn't need to risk crossing the snowstorm.

The village was deserted before their arrival, and the guide said that this was quite common in eastern Ursus.

To be precise, Mephisto' two previous "supplies" to the Herd had depleted the population of these small mountain villages.

If he hadn't been killed by Talulah and Suika working together, there might very well have been a case of "nine out of ten houses empty" in eastern Ursus.

As for the upper-class nobles, they were not worried about this at all. The loss of a few villages was insignificant to them. After all, they were willing to lose even an important military stronghold like Chernobog for their own ambitions.

Compared to the demise of these villages, the nobles considered it insignificant, even less important than the slightly stale Tumor Beast they ate that evening.

After the two teams reunited, they rested for another day. When they woke up the next morning, they found that not only had the wind and snow stopped, but the gloomy sky had also cleared up for once.

With such good weather, no one would choose to linger.

After packing their belongings, the group set off again.

After a bumpy two weeks of stumbling and struggling through the snow, we finally arrived at a mountain village 30 kilometers outside Chernobog.

Chapter 403 Outside Chernobog

When Suika arrived outside the village, she looked around in surprise.

"Oh... I ruined it!"

That's right, the village they arrived at was the very place where they had destroyed it with a single Almighty Push during their previous battle with Mephisto.

Only half a year has passed, and a new village has already been rebuilt.

Talulah earlier, remained quite calm.

"The terrain here is flat, and there is a river not far away. It is a good place to grow crops in the whole of Ursus."

The authorities certainly couldn't leave this area empty.

As far as I know, less than three days after that battle, the authorities had completely cleaned up the battlefield and then arranged for people to rebuild the village on the spot...

Suika looked like she suddenly understood.

"I see. But why did you come in person? You've only been back at the Reunion Movement for a short time. Aren't you afraid someone will take over your place?"

Talulah her eyes at Suika.

"Who can take my place? Captain Patriot? Miss FrostNova? Or Alina?"

Suika scratched her head, then realized it made sense.

The Reunion Movement is a typical pyramid structure, with only a handful of people below Talulah who are capable of succeeding her.

"That's true. If they really wanted that position, you probably wouldn't refuse."

Talulah has a low need for power, and the reason she has always chosen to lead the Reunion Movement is because most of the Reunion Movement members are willing to believe in her and fight for her ideals.

In terms of personality, she is often too soft-hearted. This might be fine in a stable organization, but given the immense external pressure and threats Reunion Movement, coupled with its fragile internal stability, Talulah is not exactly a qualified leader in terms of her methods.

"By the way, you said this is a newly established village, aren't you worried there might be Ursus spies inside?"

Suika followed Talulah toward the village and said.

"Of course, but the only way from here to Chernobog is already under my control, and the previous blizzard 'accidentally' disrupted the village's communications."

So this place won't be discovered until spring arrives.

Talulah turned around, smiled, and winked at Suika. Her words reassured everyone else.

Before the group even entered the village, they saw a large, enthusiastic Feline jump out of it, then hug the little rabbit and rub its face repeatedly.

Upon asking, they learned that Huang and Nearl's team had arrived here a day or two earlier.

It was also thanks to the same communication channel used by Rhodes Island and Reunion Movement; otherwise, it would have been quite troublesome to successfully contact and gather the various teams here.

Upon entering the village, everyone first enjoyed a bowl of hot meat soup.

Talulah then stood up and began to recount the news.

Upon receiving Amiya's message, the Reunion Movement immediately responded.

Talulah, FrostNova, and Red arrived with their Yeti Squad to provide support.