Chapter 629 Snow White Shadow

with the passage of time.

The wet days passed slowly.

In this regard, Luo Ji only hoped that his bad luck would disappear along with him.

The temperature is slowly rising.

Foreshadowing that the cool days will soon leave them.

However, somewhere outside the Wanjie Civilization, it is still as cold as winter...

The whistling north wind, with a little wind and snow, made everyone shrink their necks.

It's obviously already this season, but the snow in the bitter cold land doesn't mean much to melt.

The captain of the exploration team, Jiang Yan, let out a breath of heat, then glanced at the map in his hand, and shouted at the crowd...

"Everyone work harder and try to set up the camp before dark!"

Unlike the previous trip.

On the previous trip, they went straight to the bitter cold land and went straight to the resource point.

And this time, according to His Majesty the Emperor, they had to start a carpet-like search.

While exploring geology and looking for mineral resources, a more complete map is drawn.

Now their location is in an area outside the Bitter Cold Land.

However, extending in the other two directions, there are actually large unexplored areas.

It takes a month or even two months to conduct detailed geological inspections of these areas, confirm mineral deposits, and draw maps.

Therefore, it is necessary to establish a temporary camp first.

One tent after another was quickly set up.

Then create a wooden fence around the perimeter.

A simple makeshift camp can be completed in a day.

The next morning, the logisticians were left in the camp.

And left some kobold short spearmen and northern soldiers stationed.

The members of the exploration team took the others to start a new day of exploration work.

The composition of an entire exploration team is actually very complicated.

There are capable scouts, highly skilled cartographers, and highly specialized goblin geologists, goblin ore scientists, and miners.

Of course there are also locals like Hill and Harold who are familiar with the environment and terrain.

Plus the logistics workers and escorts who stayed in the camp.

That's more.

They confirm the route, draw the map, and carry out their work step by step.

It's been almost a month like this.

The exploration team's work finally paid off.

"Everyone, look at this."

While speaking, one of the team members raised the fist-sized stone in his hand.

"There seems to be a metallic ore in this stone."

Hearing this, the two goblins in the team, wrapped in padded jackets, hurried up.

After taking the piece of ore and looking at it for a while.

The goblin who was an ore scientist immediately rubbed his chin.

"According to my preliminary judgment from personal experience, this should be a piece of copper ore. Of course, the specific situation will have to wait for further inspection after returning to the camp to get the result."

Everyone was excited about this.

In any case, there must be ore veins around here!

As the captain of the exploration team, Jiang Yan showed a relieved look at this time.

Follow the rules and regulations established before the expedition team departs.

As the captain, he has to send regular reports back every month.

Last month's regular report, except for the map drawn, was arguably nothing.

It made him, the captain, under inexplicable pressure.

But looking at the current situation, this month, he can finally come up with some results.

Needless to say.

The members of the exploration team quickly confirmed the location of the found ore.

Then seriously left a mark one by one.

Whether the veins can be found next depends on the abilities of the two geologists from the geological exploration team.

Just when everyone was excited about the harvest.

A kobold short spearman in charge of the escort mission suddenly shook his ears.

Immediately, the short kobold spear in his hand was suddenly thrown out in one direction!

It all happened too fast.

As a result, the members of the exploration team who were excited just a moment ago had no idea what happened just now.

When they turned their heads when they heard the movement.

In the snow in the distance, a white figure quickly fled into the distance.

"what?!"

The white shadow in the snowdrift has a natural protective color on the other side.

Everyone only felt dazzling for a while, and before they could see anything clearly, the figure ran away.

The kobold short spearman who threw the short spear.

After a few quick steps.

It bent down to pick up the short spear it had stuck in the snowdrift, and frowned.

"Gou Baihu, what happened just now? What is that white thing?"

Afterwards, everyone who had reacted trotted to catch up, and after taking a breath, Jiang Yan asked Gou Shan, who was the centurion of the guard.

Facing Jiang Yan's question, Gou Shan shook his head.

"Not sure yet, the white guy is not easy to see in the snow, but..."

While speaking, Gou Shan's words turned slightly, and then his eyes fell on the remaining footprints.

"Judging from the shape and spacing of the footprints, the other party should be walking on two legs, probably an orc living in this area."

After reaching this conclusion, everyone's nerves were subconsciously tense.

After all, last year, they were chased by the orcs in this bitter cold land.

But Jiang Yan and the others never thought that there were other orcs in the periphery of this bitter cold land.

Unknown threats are terrifying.

Especially on the premise that the other party is so good at hiding traces.

After thinking for a while in his heart, Gou Shan said again, "Why don't I bring a group of soldiers to catch up and see if I can find out the details of the other party."

The captain of the exploration team, Jiang Yan, is also clearly aware of the troubles of unknown threats.

It is important to confirm the identity of the white figure.

So he nodded quite simply.

"Then, Gou Baihu, you will have to work hard for this."

After hearing this, Gou Shan nodded and followed the footprints with fifty kobold short spearmen.

After chasing for a distance, Gou Shan soon found that the footprints in front of him suddenly separated.

One left and one right, actually extended in two different directions.

There is no doubt that this is what the other party stayed to confuse them.

That white guy is really cunning.

Taking a breath, both directions carried the residual scent of the other.

The troops it brought out this time were limited, and it would be too risky to find them separately.

Gou Shan, who hesitated in his heart, stretched out his hand and pointed to the left.

"Go left!"

Following the footprints on the left, they probably chased nearly 100 meters.

Then, the footprints were broken, and there was no doubt that this was a pretense.

Gou Shan, who hurriedly turned back, followed the footprints on the right with his soldiers aggressively.

However, after waiting for them to catch up, there was a sudden tremor in the snowdrift behind.

A white figure emerged from the snow.

Immediately after that, he quickly fled to the left where the footprints were trampled...