Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 246 Go there in person
A valley that emits flammable and toxic gases? This immediately aroused Purficott's interest.

After making detailed inquiries, Purficott roughly understood what was going on in the valley.

According to Purficott's judgment, the valley is likely to be a naturally occurring natural gas leak point, and it is likely to be natural gas associated with the oil field.

In other words, there is very likely an oil field underground in the Death Valley mentioned by Lily.

However, the specific situation requires on-site geological survey before a conclusion can be drawn, so organizing a geological survey is very necessary and logical.

For the current northern border, gathering an exploration team is a very simple matter.

The previous exploration team that followed Perficott to the north did not return to the mainland of the empire. Although they did not do much work throughout the winter, as the snow melted in the spring, they resumed exploration work in the wild.

Now that Purficott was needed again, it was only a matter of order from the Northern Lord to gather them together again.

But when the exploration team was ready to set off and invited ancestral warriors from the local indigenous tribes to serve as guides, they were surprised to find that Perficott was going with them.

"No, this is too risky, Earl!" The leader of the exploration team objected hastily. He could not bear the responsibility.

But now the situation is completely different. Not to mention that they are going to Death Valley, a place that sounds very dangerous according to its name. According to the local indigenous people, no matter whether humans or animals enter this place, they will die. For thousands of years, no living thing has come out of it. People who have walked out of it say that it is the passage to hell.

Therefore, even if there was a noble lady in the team at that time, it would not be a big problem, especially since at that time, although Perficott held the letter of appointment as the Queen's special envoy, her title was only Baroness.

Purficott's insistence is not unreasonable. People in this world really have little knowledge about natural gas and oil, and they are equally unprepared for the dangers of oil and natural gas deposits.

But Purficott showed a firm attitude towards this, saying very definitely: "The situation in Death Valley is more complicated than you think, and the resources that may be hidden there are very important to both the North and the Empire. Only Only by going there in person can we effectively deal with those dangers, and you alone are not enough.”

To put it bluntly, this is nothing at all. In the empire, nobles with higher status and status than Purficott carry a lot of money.

This exploration was no better than when they came. Although they were also exploring in the wilderness of the North when they came, the places they walked through were all places that an exploration team had visited once before. The exploration team leader was worried about any dangers. There are several.

Under such circumstances, it would be too dangerous for Purficott, the lord of the north, the earl of the empire, and the best alchemist in the empire, to go there in person. Even the captain of the exploration team cannot bear this responsibility.

To put it bluntly, if something happened to Perficott, his whole family would be torn apart by the big guys in the military department.

At least Purficott saw that the exploration team that was ready to set off did not carry gas masks or related things at all.

Although gas masks should not have been invented in this era, there are still beak masks similar to those used by epidemic doctors during the Black Death. However, they were not even prepared for this.

This was also the main reason why Purficott had to go there in person. After all, she really didn't trust these exploration teams. If their omissions and mistakes caused the entire team to rush into the street like this, for Purficott It's also very troubling. It's not that the death of so many people would bother her, but there is currently only one exploration team with professional skills in the north. If they all die, it will be difficult for Perficott to replace them for a while, which will delay a lot of things.

And in the north, no one can really restrict Purficott from doing what she wants to do.

Even the old housekeeper Foster could only persuade Perfectcott at this time, but could not stop her.

In the end, at Purficott's insistence, the old housekeeper could only ask two teams of White Bear Knights and a company of guard soldiers to follow Purficott to prevent possible accidents.

After all, in the old housekeeper's opinion, the North is not as safe as it seems.

Although most of the local natives have surrendered to the rule of the Northern Territory, there are still some people who are ignorant of current affairs and try to challenge the authority of the Northern Territory Lord. Not to mention that the Northern Territory Lord himself has left the base camp at this moment and is in a relatively more difficult situation. In an environment prone to attack.

Of course, the old butler didn't think anyone could pose any threat to Purficott under the protection of the two teams of White Bear Knights, especially when these White Bear Knights also carried their Steam Knight armors.

In short, what was originally an exploration team with capable members was expanded into a huge team of nearly two hundred people when Purficott wanted to go there in person.

But this is not without its benefits, at least the danger on the road with so many people is no longer a danger.

They went all the way deep into the dense forest, and the obstacles they encountered on the way were basically filled by the White Bear Knight and Purficott's guards. Even the beasts they encountered such as the Blind Bear could only become a snack for the team. At the same time, It's just a contribution of his own skin to Perfectkot.

After harvesting about seven or eight brown bear skins and dozens of wolf skins, so much so that Purficott was hesitant to give each White Bear Knight a wolf skin mattress, they finally arrived at the local indigenous people's mouth. of Death Valley.

Purficott did not rashly let his men enter the valley. Instead, he set up camp about five kilometers away from the valley. Then he took his men to a location where they could overlook the valley and observed Death Valley with a telescope.

It has to be said that this valley is indeed worthy of the name of Death Valley. Just observing from a distance with a telescope, you can see numerous bones scattered on the ground of the valley. Obviously, many animals died here.

However, the valley is rich in water and grass, and flowers are already in bloom during this season, which is full of fatal attraction to various animals.

At least during the time that Purficott was observing, she saw more than one animal pass into the valley before her eyes, and then fall dead on the ground within her sight.

Seeing this scene, the fellow White Bear Knights all had grim expressions on their faces, and they had decided to prevent Perficott from entering the valley, even if they had to sacrifice their lives.

But Purficott obviously had no intention of entering the valley. She just got a little closer to the valley, and after smelling the faint smell of rotten eggs in the air, she retreated.

(End of this chapter)