Trickster Hunter.

Chapter 251 Aurora
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The northernmost part of the Xiazhou Federation, the Siberian Autonomous Region, the northern suburbs of Baikal City.

Affected by global climate change, even in summer, the shores of Lake Baikal are still covered with snow, and a thin layer of ice covers the entire surface of the lake, just like a huge and clear glass mirror. The bright moonlight projected on the mirror makes the whole scene like a dream.

It was almost dusk and the sun had completely sunk below the horizon. Half of the sky was dyed with red-gold afterglow, while the other half of the sky had a texture like sapphire.

"It's a pity that it's summer now. If you leaders had come here in winter, you could have seen the beautiful aurora." The fisherman wearing professional mountaineering equipment said to several middle-aged men who were following him in the same attire.

This is a small team of about twenty people, and they are climbing up along the southern foot of the Yablonov Mountains - this is the northeastern corner of the federal controlled area... Shuzhou in the southwest corner is now shrouded in the dark clouds of eternal night, but this place, which is the farthest away from it on the federal territory, has already experienced dozens of peaceful years.

Some say that Lake Baikal serves as a natural barrier, preventing the evil creatures roaming Western Siberia from invading; others say that the heroic spirits of the soldiers who sacrificed their lives on this frozen land are protecting their descendants... But no matter which statement it is, the city of Baikal has hardly been invaded by evil creatures since it was built... Even if there were, the threat these evil creatures pose to the city is not even as great as that of an armed bank robber.

The area most seriously affected by monsters in the Siberian Autonomous Region is only the coastal area of ​​the Far East, but it is too far away from the city of Baikal. In addition, there are more than a dozen coastal defense divisions and a large number of monster hunters guarding it. It is difficult for those monsters in the sea to even get close to the coast, let alone land.

"Yes, but summer also has its own scenery." Another middle-aged man with obvious Siberian features flattered, "Look, Lake Baikal is so beautiful."

But who would have thought that as soon as he said this, the square-faced middle-aged man behind him showed a hint of displeasure between his eyebrows.

He said in a deep voice: "Minister Sergei, to be honest, I don't like this name. I prefer to call it... the North Sea."

The middle-aged man who was called Minister Sergei froze for a moment. The next second he nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes, yes... Beihai, it should be called Beihai."

The fisherman watched this little episode happening right up close and couldn't help but roll his eyes at his boss in his heart.

Where did this come from?
Mr. Minister, don't you know how to do some homework before flattering others?
To use the Xiazhou dialect, isn't it like flattering the horse by the foot?

But given this old man's habits, after this group of leaders leave, he will probably vent his anger on this group of people again...

Sukabulie, how many years will it take for this old guy to retire?

Since returning from the Nameless Island, the fisherman's position and treatment have been promoted three levels. Not only has he become one of the few high-level hunters in the Siberian Autonomous Region, but he has also gained the leadership of a hunter team.

But what remained unchanged was that he still didn't receive any combat missions, and he was extremely idle during the past half month - apart from routine patrols and training tasks, the only thing he could do was to hang out with his team members in a bar in Baikal City, drinking vodka to enhance their relationships.

Just yesterday, the fisherman's boss, Minister Sergei, suddenly found him and asked him to gather all the team members to prepare to carry out a very important mission.

When the fisherman heard about the mission, he immediately became excited, thinking that he was going to deal with some powerful monster. He immediately asked Minister Sergei what the target was, but Minister Sergei just glared at him and said sternly: "This is confidential, you will know tomorrow!" However, it was not until six hours later that the fisherman learned that the so-called "very important" "confidential mission" by Minister Sergei was actually to accompany the federal senior officials who came to inspect Chunmingcheng to visit the surrounding areas of Lake Baikal.

"Well, let's talk about the aurora..." The fisherman saw that his boss seemed to be about to end the conversation, so he quickly saved the situation and said, "After November, if you stand on the high ground in Baikal and look north, you can..."

Before the fisherman finished speaking, an attendant suddenly pointed to the sky in the south and asked, "Is that the aurora you mentioned?"

"Ah?" The fisherman was stunned and turned to look to the south, which is the direction of the city of Baikal.

I saw several gorgeous and magnificent light bands suspended in the air. They were like silk ribbons left behind by gods, slowly floating down from the divine realm and descending to the human world.

"It's really the Aurora." The fisherman was dumbfounded. "No... that's not right. How can there be Aurora in this season? And the direction is wrong too. The Aurora should appear in the north, why is it in the south?"

"This aurora... why is it getting bigger and bigger?" said another person.

"Yeah, I thought it was my illusion...but in just a few seconds, they really became many times bigger than before." Another hunter in the fisherman's team echoed.

"Something's wrong!" the fisherman shouted, "This is not a normal aurora! It's descending! It's falling rapidly towards the city of Baikal!!"

“Sergei!!” The square-faced man also reacted, and pulled Minister Sergei, who was still in a daze, over to him and yelled at him, “Contact Baikal City quickly! Find out what’s going on!!”

"Ah?! Okay... okay! I'll have someone contact Baikal City right away!"

Sergei said this as if he had just woken up from a dream, but at this time, the fisherman had already taken out his mobile phone and dialed the number of the Baikal City Weird Research Institute.

"Communications are being interfered with and calls can't be made!" On the other end of the phone, all that could be heard was "Sorry, the user you dialed is temporarily unavailable" repeated in Chinese and Russian - the fisherman took a closer look and saw that, sure enough, the signal icon in the upper right corner of the phone screen showed zero bars, and even the satellite network that was constantly connected had lost the signal.

"It's the aurora. The aurora has affected communications." The square-faced man murmured.

The essence of the aurora is the ionization of the high-altitude atmosphere caused by the flow of high-energy charged particles from the Earth's magnetosphere. Under normal circumstances, the reason why the aurora does not affect communication equipment is actually very simple - it is too far away.

But now, these beautiful silks are almost touching the tallest "Siberian TV Tower" in the city of Baikal.

(End of this chapter)