Hitzfeld tried to analyze.
"Do you see what it is?"
"No... that thing is quite weird. I feel sick every time I try to look at it." Xia Yibing frowned and described how horrible it felt to be stared at by a mirror - herself in countless mirrors.
"I always feel that it is a living creature... a living creature with a curse and mysterious power... it is very likely a gray fog evil god, or at least a strange creature belonging to their side."
Xia Yibing felt that this was probably the case.
Otherwise, how do you explain the phrase “Who are you?”
You must be self-aware to ask that, right?
Well, since it has self-awareness and is an "alien", and now they all know that the sky is covered with gray fog, then what else could it be other than a "magical creature from the gray fog world"?
"You sleep a little longer."
Hitzfeld suggested.
Then she raised her hand: "Wait."
Xia Yibing saw her run to the front and talk to Heidi and the others, and then she rubbed Lily's dog's head, ran back and said to her, "I'll go with you."
This was of course not an attempt to make love, but an attempt to enter that strange dream again.
It’s a pity that I can’t get in anymore.
Xia Yibing had already slept. After waking up, she was full of energy but couldn't fall asleep no matter what. Even hypnotic drugs were useless. Hitzfeld didn't see anything after he fell asleep on his own. This matter had to be left alone for the time being.
As they moved forward, they saw countless frozen ice sculptures.
These were originally living creatures, some were humans, some were wild animals, and some were even frozen fish that jumped out of the water. The human ice sculptures can be said to be a brief history of the people in the ice lake. The farther out, the more modern the clothes of the frozen people are; and the farther in, the deeper the distance, the simpler the clothes of the human ice sculptures are.
After walking more than a thousand meters, they even saw people with almost half of their arms bare, using only white bear skin skirts to keep warm. Some of them held spears and some held fishing nets. They had long hair and eyebrows, and were completely frozen here.
These should be the people of the ancient Ice Lake Tribe.
Hitzfeld thought to himself.
Clothes alone cannot serve as conclusive evidence, but the fact that they have long eyebrows and eyelashes is obvious evidence.
She had done some preparation before coming to the Arctic. During the long time on the train, she had read a lot of books and materials about the Arctic, so she knew some research results, including that the ancient people of the ice lake needed to grow long eyelashes and eyebrows to protect against wind and snow, because no matter how they covered their faces, their eyes would always be exposed, and the extremely cold temperature would also cause great damage to the eyes, so the hair here must be lush.
This short distance of just one thousand meters actually condenses hundreds of years of glacial lake history.
Hitzfeld felt a little emotional, but quickly put it aside and began to study the ice sculptures from a detective's perspective, trying to find any useful clues.
There has been little progress.
They all looked normal ice sculptures, none of them were mutants. Those inside should be people like "Depp" in the legend, who wanted to try their luck in the depths of the ice lake because of a failed adulthood ceremony, and died and their bodies were frozen in the ice and snow.
They are in better physical condition and go deeper, which is why they are frozen in there.
The ice sculptures outside who were dressed in modern clothes were probably reckless adventurers who wanted to find out the truth about the legend of the cursed ice lake. Whether they published it to become famous or sold it to playwrights for profit, they all ended up in the same way.
So why did the wind stop?
When the wind died down earlier, Hitzfeld thought it was intermittent.
Just like there is always a period of calm after an extreme disaster, or like the eye of a storm, the waves caused by the collapse are spreading outward, causing the wind and snow on the ice lake to temporarily stop.
But it is “temporary” after all.
She didn't expect it to stop for so long. It was actually a little unusual how quiet it was here. There was no wind and no snow. The temperature had risen by about ten degrees.
Although at best it was a rise from minus fifty degrees to about thirty-eight or thirty-nine degrees, it was definitely unusual.
Is this gap naturally occurring?
During those thousands of years, someone must have encountered a similar situation. They might have taken this opportunity to go further and deeper, and they might have had a chance to touch the center of the lake.
As she was thinking this, she suddenly heard a faint movement coming from the shadows ahead.
"Stop."
Shouting to Heidi who was at the front, the girl asked them to wait behind. She and Xia Yibing quietly moved forward, using the ice sculptures as cover, and carefully approached the source of the sound.
"You can't do this...! You can't let everyone's sacrifice go to waste!"
"Yes, we finally got here... How could you... Xintara will never forgive you!"
Is it a rescue team?
With the help of the aurora, the two could see clearly that there were more than a dozen people standing on the ice ahead.
They didn't carry much supplies, and everyone looked sloppy and dishevelled. I couldn't see their expressions clearly because of the distance, but I could hear voices coming from them, and I could understand that they were arguing over the distribution of supplies.
"boom!"
Suddenly there was a flash of fire.
Accompanied by a scream, a figure staggered backward and rolled to the bottom, followed by a long period of dead silence - no one could have imagined that someone would open fire.
"Geyeso!"
Someone nearby shouted in horror: "How dare you do this!"
"Stop calling me that name."
This was vaguely the voice of Geyeso, but surprisingly, he did not recognize this title at all.
"I've been waiting for two years... I finally got this chance... Do you think I care about a bunch of bugs? Ha! Bugs are so naive!"
He said two years—
Xia Yibing's eyebrows twitched.
She reflexively remembered that Griman's arrival in Ice Lake Town had also happened two years ago.
"It seems we accidentally discovered someone's plan."
Hitzfeld sighed beside her.
“It’s a way of exchanging identities.”
"It's really hard to play this scene for him."
Chapter 46: So-called Hope (Two in One)
Geyeso - strictly speaking, "Dr. Griman". When he finally realized that he should be himself and not some crappy ancient witch in a dilapidated town, he really felt a kind of joy and relief that he wanted to vent.
Then just kill a few people, he thought.
Anyway, these people were able to survive and get here thanks to their shitty luck and my guidance. Without my guidance, they would have died in the tunnel, and without my reminders, they would have been stabbed to death by the ice spikes. I saved their lives, so is there any problem with giving it to him now?
No, he just thought it was natural. Moreover, he didn't want to kill these people directly, but just asked them to hand over the supplies and concentrate the valuable resources.
The ice lake is really cold.
Holding a revolver, he unconsciously shrank his neck.
He had been holding the gun in his arms, so it had not been damaged by the extreme cold. But even so, even though the temperature on the lake had risen to more than minus 30 degrees Celsius, the gun, which had just been taken out and still had a hint of body temperature, was still cooling rapidly, which made him alert.
He couldn't delay any longer, otherwise if the gun was frozen, he would have to waste time dealing with these dozen people.
Thinking of this, he immediately fired another shot at the ice next to him. With a loud "bang", the people in the Ice Lake who were trying to gather around were startled.
They quickly dispersed, raised their hands to cover their chests, and kept persuading: "Gu Wu! You need to calm down!"
Calm down!
If it wasn't for the coming of greatness, why would I have nothing better to do than to make myself look like this?
Geyeso had had enough. He waved his revolver and pointed at a few people: "You... and you! Kick your backpacks over here! Hurry up!!"
The two people who were clicked looked at each other, and then looked at the person who had been shot and fell before.
The temperature in the Arctic is low, and the Ice Lake People wear thick clothes when walking on the ice field, but the vicious Geyeso shot the man in the face, and the bullet hit his nose from the front. The face was already bloody and the wound was covered with frost.
This was a helpless deterrent force. Everyone's guns were frozen after a day and a night of exposure on the ice. No one expected that the ancient witch who was supposed to worship mysterious power the most would carry a revolver with him and even wanted to harm everyone.
Is he crazy? Or has some evil spirit bewitched his mind?
Geyeso got the backpack kicked by two people and aimed the gun at the other two people. "And you! Hand over the bag of dry food. Don't make me say it again!"
The person being pointed out was obviously very reluctant, but he had no choice but to follow his orders.
"Is this okay, Geyeso?" Someone asked him when they saw that he had received the backpack and dry food.
"That's all," he got the answer, "Get lost while I'm in a good mood. If you're lucky, you can get back to town in about two days."
"Are you kidding, Geyeso?"
Everyone frowned - if they were well equipped, with ice axes, sleds, weapons, rations, safety ropes, and tents, they could indeed return to the mountain within two days.
But now almost all the supplies are lost. How can they go back without these equipment?
Now there is only one way left for them, which is to be bewitched by the abominable ancient witch in the beginning, follow him to the center of the lake to be baptized, and become ice lake warriors who can go without food or water and are extremely resistant to cold!
"Bang!" The questioner was responded to by a bullet, and he fell on his back, and others screamed again.
"Shut up!" The crazy ancient witch swung his revolver, "Get out of here before I kill you all! Get out of here now!"
"Do we need to move away too?"
Suddenly, he heard a faint sigh coming from the left.
This voice... this voice seems familiar.
Mobilizing his memory and matching the voice with an image in his memory, "Geyeso" instantly turned the muzzle of the gun and pulled the trigger towards the figure walking towards the left.
"Bang bang bang!"
"Clang clang clang!"
The shooting had no effect.
He only saw three sparks appearing in front of the figure - the bullets were clearly located inside the human body outline, but they were blocked by the invisible counterattack and failed to hurt the figure at all.
Stepping out of the darkness, Hitzfeld finally revealed her face. She looked coldly at the terrified ancient witch and said, "It's been a long time since we last met..."
This revolver only had six bullets. "Geyeso" had heard about how powerful she was and knew that she had no chance to reload, so she immediately dropped the revolver and ran to the center of the lake.
"what--!"
Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his right foot, as if a cold steel nail had pierced his ankle. He staggered and fell onto the lake, holding his legs and feet and screaming in agony.
Hitzfeld continued to walk to his side, lowering his hair and looking down at him.
"Aren't you going to explain your plan, Doctor?"
"I...I don't understand what you are talking about..."
"Geyeso" also tried to play dumb.
"what!!!"
With another loud scream, his left ankle was pierced.
This is really an Aisuen I have never seen before...
Xia Yibing followed closely behind and couldn't help but shrink her neck when she saw this scene.
It's rare to see the little angel get so angry, but that guy really deserved it.
After all, if he is really "Dr. Grimman", then the disaster that Aisuen encountered in Blackwood City at the beginning was related to him. He was the underground district leader of the Eclipse Church hidden in Blackwood City. It can be said that it was this person who planned the evil disaster and directly led to the death of Lilith Gle and the district leader of the Mechanical Yang Cult.
The woman knew Hitzfeld's feelings for Mrs. Glee, and now that she had finally found the culprit, her anger was not exaggerated.
The really exaggerated ones have no intention of observing professional ethics at all. After catching the enemy, they don't want to know any secrets. It is better to say that they are deliberately looking for an excuse to torture them rather than torture.
The situation is still under control now.
So Xia Yibing just watched from the side.
"Listen." Hitzfeld began to intimidate the man, "We have all come here, and we have seen the strange light in the sky, and we have also obtained the notes left by Rob Murphy. He gave a lot of key clues in it."
"Geyeso" paused in his scream, raised his head slightly and looked at her.
"Based on those clues, we can roughly deduce what is here."
The girl's face was not facing him, she just looked at him with her eyes downcast.
"You'd better consider whether I still need your information."
Hitzfeld is gambling.
