Annihilated Lilith

Chapter 39 39. Secret Search and Rescue (1)

The news of Huazheng's accident came the morning after the full moon holiday.At that time, everyone was listening to Ms. Alesia's talk about a war in the era of the separatist regime with great interest.

The voice transmission of Vice President Passy interrupted the lecture.

The international student left after submitting the application to go out the day before, and did not return to the dormitory until dawn the next day.Only then did her roommate report it to the dormitory teacher in fear.

Vice President Passy immediately used search techniques to check, and found that she did not board the spaceship to go to Calilia, but went to the holy mountain, where she left the last trace and disappeared.

After briefly introducing the current situation and information about the missing apprentices, Vice President Passy paused and said solemnly: "I announce the temporary suspension of classes today, and all teachers will report to the auditorium immediately. In addition, the college is now reporting to the apprentices. Volunteers are being recruited to form a search and rescue team. Attention! This is voluntary participation, not mandatory obligation!"

"Attention! This is voluntary participation, not mandatory obligation!"

Vice President Passy repeatedly emphasized.

Emma and Hayward turned their heads at the same time and exchanged glances.Get up and follow Ms. Alessia's footsteps.

"No way! You two are going to participate in the search and rescue? We are only in the second grade..."

Jenny looked miserable, not sure whether to go with her dear roommates.

"If you don't dare to go, don't go."

Katarina also stood up, adjusted her burqa first, and then ran out of the classroom door.

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In addition to the teacher, a total of 21 apprentices signed up for the search and rescue, most of them from the upper grades.Vice President Passy quickly divided the apprentices into groups of three, and immediately summoned Nid Hogg to set off.

"Listen to me, all of you! After the search and rescue starts later, the teacher will search alone, and the apprentices must search in groups. It is absolutely not allowed to scatter with members of the same group! It is not allowed to exceed three meters! You must be careful Remember, take your own safety as the first consideration! In most cases, bravery and stupidity point to the same behavior, the only difference is the result is good or bad!"

On the deck of the spaceship, Vice President Passy ordered solemnly.

"Yes! Master Dean!"

Emma looked around, and most of the seniors who participated in the search and rescue had met in elective courses.It is rare for all the teachers to gather together, including the senior teachers who are still relatively unfamiliar... No, I forgot Mr. Milton who was asking for leave.But Ms. Ruiwen came, and to her surprise, she and Ms. Alessia seemed to have a good relationship, and they were standing close together, exchanging information they knew in a low voice.

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Starting from the college, you will soon reach the snow line of the main peak of the holy mountain.Going forward, you will enter the only ice and snow area on the entire continent.

Looking down from the sky, the side peak where the college is located and the main peak are connected by a steep ridge, which looks very dangerous.God knows how Huazheng got there yesterday.

Not long after Nidhogg crossed the snow line, he could no longer ascend, and magic also had an insurmountable limit.So they found a relatively stable place to dock and let everyone disembark.

"I will send you a crystal for each group now. If you encounter danger, squeeze it immediately, and it will summon a semicircular shield to protect you, and at the same time send a signal to notify the nearest teacher."

Vice President Passy put the crystals in the hands of the team leader one by one.The captain of the second-year trio was Hayward. After she got the crystal, she immediately checked it in front of her eyes, wanting to know how the magic circle inside worked.

Emma was very curious about this world of ice and snow. When she first saw the white steam coming out of her mouth and nose, she couldn't help but take a deep breath and let out a few more mouthfuls.She found that she didn't hate the cold, and even began to enjoy it a little.This may be related to the specialization in ice magic, and I always feel that I have come to my home field.

"The last place where the first-year apprentice Hua Zheng appeared is not far from here. Because the snow fell on the mountain last night, all the traces were covered up, and I can't provide you with more clues. Everyone, hurry up and start, whether you find it or not, in the evening We must come back here. I will light the signal here when the time comes."

"How is it? There is no designated search and rescue route, and we are completely on our own. Do you two have any suggestions?"

Now that he is the captain, Hayward has to be responsible for formulating the next action plan.

Emma suddenly remembered something from the past.

"Do you remember the day we first met Jenny?"

"Hmm...it seems to be on the balcony?"

"Yes, Jenny said at the time that when she was looking at the holy mountain, she saw a hidden cave."

"so what?"

"I'm just guessing...Hua Zheng probably came to the holy mountain to find the mountain god she said. If she first went to the balcony to search for areas worth exploring, then this cave that is visible to the naked eye is very likely to be her destination. "

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Emma had a good idea, but it was really difficult to actually find that cave.Leaving aside the fact that there is no road, it takes a lot of energy just to determine the position.

The three of them could only use the most clumsy method, keeping their eyes on the academy castle, and then roughly estimated the direction to move forward.

After an hour or two of climbing, both Hayward and Catalina couldn't resist summoning fireballs to fly around them to keep warm.Emma was still unaffected by the cold, and even her bare hands were not red from the cold.

"Why are you so perverted... aren't you afraid of the cold?"

Hayward complained bitterly, she had already started rubbing her hands involuntarily, shrinking her neck, looking a little embarrassed.Katarina is not much better, but the obsession with "manners" supports her, making her grit her teeth and stand upright.

"I don't know. It stands to reason that I was born in the south and I should be afraid of the cold, but my hands feel cool when I touch the snow. Not only is it not cold, but I feel very close... Maybe it's because you two are both of the fire element." , that’s why I’m particularly afraid of the cold.”

Vice-President Passy specifically warned that it is not allowed to shout loudly during the search and rescue process, because the sound will cause an avalanche and bring disaster.Therefore, the three of them could only move forward quietly.The cave that was the target gradually became ethereal.

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In order to maintain their strength, the three of them stopped around noon, chose a snow-free mountain to sit down, and ate something.Although it is just a simple hard bread, it is extraordinarily sweet after climbing the mountain, and it is worth chewing carefully and swallowing.

Before I finished eating, there was snow on the mountain.

This is the first time Emma has seen snow. Snowflakes are extremely small ice flakes. Like her ice flakes, they are in the shape of hexagrams. Each piece is different and unique.With great interest, she summoned ice flakes to dance with the snowflakes, leaving Hayward and Catalina a little dazed.

There was a dead silence all around.There was no animal sound, only the sound of snow falling gently on the ground.The tranquility brought by Bai Xue is profound, and the coldness in people's hearts continues to expand, expanding to numbness, expanding to only exhaustion.

Even Hayward, who is usually full of energy, is a little sluggish at this time.She became dull and depressed, and the cold, which could not be driven away by fireballs, attacked her every minute, eroding her bone marrow.

Hayward and Catalina looked at the free Emma, ​​feeling unprecedented shame.Even if I remind myself that this is their friend, the sense of shame is also accompanied by the cold.

What a nuisance...

(End of this chapter)