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However, this will only last a little longer than the dungeons. With the first sneeze before the sun's first breath, Terra's atmosphere will completely disappear, the snow crust will turn into torrents and then into steam within a few years, and everything hiding in the seabed will turn into boiled fish.

As for the spectacular scene of Terra being swallowed by a star in the future, it is a sight that no Terran can see. Moreover, this is based on the premise that the standard of their shelters is that of interstellar civilization. In reality... considering the technological reasons, they may not even live to see the ice age.

Although they gained some inside information by choosing the space program, Da Yan and Ursus didn't quite understand the doctor's reasons for expanding to the Arctic. Da Yan, however, understood a little better: the further north they went, the more ruins and industrial debris they found. Many of Da Yan's unique technologies were also developed during the "going beyond the Great Wall" era.

"Whoosh!" A huge, old map was spread out on the table made of supply crates. It was a hand-drawn map from the Great Yan Dynasty, and every fiber of it exuded the fragrance of history.

“The polar region, from the outside in, is divided into four layers based on the information we obtained from both countries and the comprehensive information provided by the doctor. The first layer is here, the Great Yan's Changyuan. However, Great Yan says it's best not to choose this route. This place is closest to the North Pole, and therefore, as a protrusion, it has restrained a large number of demons.” Kal'tsit pointed to the red, winding line in the south on the map.

“So, we have to start from the Kosichean territory. Black Serpent and the Doctor have already reached an agreement. According to the intelligence that Da Yan and Ursus have, the width of the first layer is about 300 kilometers or more.” Kal'tsit threw a stack of photos on the map. The photos were quite old.

On the desolate land, jagged rocks and tombstone-like crystals formed from the remains of demons are scattered across the land. New demons will be born from these crystals, but that will take time.

"The Great Yan calls this the 'Grave Forest' area. This area is the main activity zone for demons and their derivatives. However, don't worry, a 'Beast-class' supply ship will be traveling with us, so we don't need to worry about ammunition and equipment at all."

The behemoth was a land-based vessel provided by Koschei, a superior ship of Rhodes Island. It was originally used as a large base ship and transport ship for polar exploration and was also a trump card in the hands of the Black Serpent. Unfortunately, the ship was in very poor condition, unlike the Rhodes Island ships which were buried deep in the earth and isolated from oxidation to maintain their better condition.

After centuries of repairs and efforts, the Black Serpent could only be used as a transport ship. Of course, in the past, it was still a secret weapon in the boarding era due to its hull, which was several times larger than other ships and its large troop-hiding structure. Even in the later era of artillery warfare, it could destroy all enemies by having the advantage of being able to stuff city defense cannons inside.

However, in the modern era, it can probably only be used as an armed transport ship. But it is indeed suitable for this purpose, as it can provide a qualified mobile base for people entering the polar region and establish a forward base before the debris belt in the latter half of the cemetery area.

“The entire cemetery is divided into six parts, but at least three of them are unrelated to us,” Kyle moved his pen to the right side of the map. “The part near the sea is too far from us, and we won’t pass through here. Then there’s Changyuan, where Da Yan will help us draw the attention of the evil spirits.”

Compared to the allure of Changyuan, a small force like ours is less likely to be targeted by demons. Only three areas, or even two, are truly meaningful to us.

“North of the Kosichite territory lies the Snowhills region. Due to the Great Flame attracting a lot of attention, there aren’t many demon tombstones here, unlike the Graveyard region,” Kal’tsit posted a newly taken photo.

"However, it should be noted that a large number of black-shelled rock crabs infected by demons live here. They are very difficult to deal with. Their magic resistance is almost infinite, and their physical attack defense is also very strong. Most importantly, they have extremely high regeneration ability. Ordinary weapons are simply no match for these things." The photo of Kal'tsit showed a black rock crab, lurking under the snowflakes as if it were an ordinary rock.

"However, this refers to individual weapons. For us, it's not much of an obstacle." There are plenty of high-yield and powered weapons, and wet magic devices are even more merciless, like scraping you to death.

"Therefore, compared to the damage caused to us, we should pay more attention to the construction of the base. This is the only relatively safe area into the polar region. Even so, we cannot guarantee that there will be no demons," Kal'tsit said. "Therefore, I need everyone to wear anti-contamination protective gear and mental calming collars when fighting. These items can effectively increase your resistance to demons and block their nerve contamination."

"Once you cross the snow-covered hills, you enter the fragment zone. There are a lot of demonic fragments here, so you have to be extra careful with every step." The same old photo of the Great Yan Dynasty shows the earth covered with dense black fragments, and black smoke-like substances swirling in this area filled with tombstone fragments.

"Passing through the fragment zone will take you to the Aurora Wall." The information behind the Aurora Wall comes from the Doctor, Black Serpent, and the ancient records of the Great Flame. The aurora seems to divide the earth like a curtain.

"What's behind the wall?" Even the usually carefree W became serious; this scene looked troublesome.

There are no photos of "The Great Hollow" this time, only memoirs and ancient records. "It is said that behind the wall, the Originium radiation is so strong that it is unbelievable. Everyone must undergo regular medical diagnosis. At any time, except for necessary posts, no one can leave the vehicle. Tuberculosis tests are done three times a day. If you get Oripathy here, it means that your life can only be counted in minutes."

Everyone's expression turned serious.

"Didn't you say it had four floors? What about the third floor?"

"The third level is located near the center of the Great Hollow. No one knows what's there, or if anyone has seen it, no one has ever returned. The doctor calls it the 'Tomb Zone,' the tomb of the ancient cities and civilizations. Therefore, we must be fully prepared before entering the Great Hollow."

"What about the core area?"

"The Tower of Babel, that's what the Doctor calls it," is also the name of the organization that was the predecessor of Rhodes Island, "a tower that was destroyed by the gods and represents unity."

“Our target is not the Tower of Babel, but the maintenance facilities beneath it. Here, we need to find a relic of our ancestors,” Kal'tsit explained the mission in general.

"In addition, this time we have plenty of personnel, and Doctor and Boss Xia will be participating." Kal'tsit and Swire stayed behind, and Mudrock and Amiya also had to stay behind to avoid any mishaps.

"And me? Which side?"

"Following the action, we need your demolition skills" to deal with those closed gates and potential rubble-blocked areas.

"The entire operation team is divided into three groups. The medical group is responsible for providing logistical support and maintaining our health and safety in the polar region. The exploration group consists of the most elite operatives. However, due to supply issues and various reasons, the actual number of participants will not be too large, and accidents may happen at any time along the way. It is best to prepare enough replacements. The risk is very high. Does anyone want to withdraw?"

"The last group is the meteorological team. They will provide us with weather and exploration intelligence, but it's best not to have too high hopes."

In addition to the action forces, there are also logistics forces responsible for providing other assistance on the behemoth, including resupplying supplies, launching packages and cargo boxes using electromagnetic launchers, etc. However, according to Kal'tsit, it is best not to have any hope, as no one has ever ventured so deep into the Arctic wilderness, and even the Wendigo have only ever reached the Aurora Veil.

A few days later, at the rear base.

"The exploration team is divided into four groups. The first group consists of the most elite melee operators, led by Bozokasti. As a Wendigo and anti-demon expert, he will clear the way for us and minimize the number and threat of demons as much as possible." The Doctor began to read out the names. "The fixed operators are Skadi and Specter. The rest of the personnel will be arranged and adjusted according to the actual situation. Therefore, in the months leading up to our departure, all personnel skilled in melee combat and anti-demon operations must undergo intensive training."

"Second group, technical team, team leader: me, fixed members: Xia Lin, Gretia, Kroos, and Stranger. We are a fixed team and will avoid combat as much as possible. Our responsibility is to provide technical support."

"The third group, the flanking team, is responsible for protecting the weather team and the medical team. It is mainly composed of operators who are good at guarding. Originally, this job should have been done by Mudrock, but for some reason, Mudrock could not join us. Therefore, the team leader is the experienced Ace. There are no fixed members, or rather, all operators who can handle weapons and are not from the weather team or the medical team belong to the flanking team."

"Fourth Group, Support Group, Group Leader: W. All ranged operators and non-medical and non-weather caster operators belong to this group, responsible for providing us with firepower and spell support."

"The medical team is divided into two groups: a field group and a standby group. The former is responsible for accompanying the team, while the latter needs to cooperate with the support troops to quickly establish a field hospital to treat the wounded caused by Originium radiation and demonic contamination. We don't have many people, so we must try our best to avoid failure."

"Battlefield Team, Team Leader: Warfarin. You are a veteran of Rhodes Island with extensive experience in battlefield blood transfusions and resuscitation. You will lead this team. Fixed member: Nightingale. You can choose the rest of the members."

"All the remaining personnel who were not selected belong to the support team, which will be led by Dr. Himer and Dr. Sussuro. That concludes the arrangements for this operation." After reading out the arrangements, the doctor gestured for the others to bring up a large pile of documents.

"This is the data for this operation. There's too much, you'll have to look at it yourselves later. I'll just mention a few things you must pay attention to here." The doctor pulled down the projection screen and pointed to the images on it with a laser pointer. "First, we need to pay attention to a few essential parameters for operations in the contaminated area, especially for the medical team and support troops. You must always keep an eye on the life monitoring bracelets and mental sedation rings of every operator." The images showed tricolor symbols.

"The higher the contamination rate, the more disordered the mind and nervous system become. If it exceeds the threshold, troops must be recalled. The way to deal with the contamination rate is to keep the enemy away from our positions as much as possible."

“Originium radiation. If you don’t want your life to be reduced to just minutes, then put on all your protective suits. Any operator whose accumulated Originium radiation exceeds 1 unit must be withdrawn for mandatory treatment.”

"The infection rate of demons means how much demonic invasion you have. As long as you are injured, you will be infected by demons. According to our research and Patriot's research, demonic invasion will increase your physical strength and also rapidly amplify your mental stress. Therefore, operators who are injured multiple times should be sent back to the departure base for long-term treatment."

"Finally, in the contaminated area, collect as many artifact samples and demonic crystal fragments as possible. This will help the technical team improve protective equipment and our operational efficiency in the contaminated area. The above are the main precautions for this operation. The detailed rules are in these documents. Everyone must read and memorize them before summer."

This is probably the largest operator operation in Rhodes Island's history, and also the most dangerous. It is even more dangerous and lengthy than the exploration of the ancient castle in Gaul. Every step requires precise judgment and knowing when to give up.

"In addition, all the support equipment will be delivered within a week. You need to familiarize yourselves with this equipment as quickly as possible, otherwise... this may be the first and last great adventure of your lives." All the operators' expressions turned serious.

Although the Doctor also wanted to use the same tactic as when fighting Kazdel, to overwhelm them with pure firepower, the Great Flame had already tried this tactic and it was completely ineffective.

It's fine before you cross the cemetery area and enter the fragmented area in the second half, but once you enter the fragmented area, those elusive demonic offspring will appear in every corner, and if you don't have melee equipment, you can easily be overwhelmed.

Although a gun is fast and accurate within seven steps, it is not as effective as a knife at close range of three steps, especially when the demonic larva is agile and elusive.

Although shotgun shells are still effective at this time, their magazine capacity makes it difficult to maintain sustained firepower when dealing with large numbers of demons.

Moreover, given the characteristics of demons, in Patriot's words, it's more effective to smash or tear open their cores with melee weapons than to shoot them with a gun for ages without hitting the core—in the absence of artillery in field battles, his halberd and heavy shield are indeed effective equipment for tearing demons apart.

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New Meat Pigeon - Polar Exploration

污染：+20%伤害、+20%技力获得/感染，-15%生命上限、-25%防御/感染，+1攻速/感染

Radiation: For each battle fought, the number of active operators increases by 2. After reaching 10, the operator cannot be deployed. Operators not in an active state move -2 per tile.

Supply materials: Resources, recruit new operators, purchase exploration tools and relic devices.

Demon Shard: A special bonus resource for upgrading the entire team, obtained after completing one exploration.

region:

Starting area: No bonus;

Graveyard Area: Increased chance of elite combat, more supplies available.

Fragment Zone: Increased chance of elite combat, +1 contamination, more demon fragments.

Veiled Zone: Boss battle, additional radiation +1, advance to base (restores all contamination and radiation status).

Tomb Area: Boss battle, extra radiation +1, extra pollution +1, more relics and events.

Tower of Babel: Final boss battle, temporary camp (restores half health), decision event (one-time powerful buff).

Special Mode:

Assault Mode: You can form a maximum of 5 teams of 9 operators before entering, but no operators will be added during the process, and you cannot stand by to recover radiation.

Aggressive Mode: There is no limit to the number of monsters that can be missed, but if one monster is missed, the pollution level increases by 1. When the pollution level reaches 10, a forced retreat will occur after the battle ends.

Supply Camp:

Purification and Restoration: Consumes supplies to restore pollution and radiation; the higher the value, the higher the cost.

Restoring Relics: Randomly displays several relics, which can be purchased with resources.

Chapter Three: The Truth About Training and Demons

third chapter

At the polar camp, the training ground, all the operators selected for this operation need to learn the relevant basic skills. This operation is extremely harsh, with extreme cold, infection, elusive enemies like cockroaches, mental pollution, and so on. The most troublesome thing is that their understanding of the operation area is still from hundreds of years ago.

Therefore, in order to ensure the success rate of the operation, a large number of new equipment were put into service, which meant that the operators needed to learn all the new weapons and protective gear from scratch. The weapons were relatively simple because the technology was different, but the appearance and usage were similar. However, the real trouble was in wearing and using the protective gear.

"Pay attention to the condition of the three important pieces of equipment on your bodies." Frostnova pointed to the collar around her neck. "This is a mental calming ring. The electric needles on the back are directly connected to your spine. It will be very uncomfortable to install, but it is an important piece of equipment to protect you from the mental corruption of evil spirits."

Froststar activated the button on the side. "When you activate it, you will feel a tingling sensation at the back of your neck. Information will be displayed on your PDA. Even in the midst of intense battle, you will need to pay some attention to this data section. When it is green, it means that most of the demonic contamination has been filtered out, and you will only suffer the lowest level of contamination."

"When it turns yellow, it means that the nerve signal blocking has reached saturation. At this time, you must retreat to your stronghold and rear to rest. It is worth noting that during this stage, you are still under protection, but you will already feel the corruption of the evil spirits."

The veteran shield guards stationed nearby spoke up, "Besides the data on the PDA, there is another way to judge the degree of demonic contamination. If you feel dizzy, nauseous, or abnormally excited, it means that the demonic contamination has already shown obvious symptoms. At this stage, your signal may still be green, but the demonic contamination you have absorbed is approaching saturation. You must pay attention to your condition at all times."

“If the yellow standard is reached, then the demonic contamination will begin to show more serious symptoms, such as involuntary convulsions, manic tendencies, emotional instability, and mild auditory and visual hallucinations. Here is a rulebook on how to avoid contamination during operations. Please pass it around.” Frostnova gestured for the others to distribute the materials, then picked up the second piece of equipment.

"During the operation, except inside the mobile base vehicle, never remove the respirator at any time, including inside other vehicles. If you see an operator not wearing a respirator, do not believe what they say. This means that you may have reached a certain level of contamination or are in a demonic mimicry trap."

The demonic alpha brainwave pulses cause abnormal excitement in the Terrans' brains, and over time, this can lead to organic neurological damage. This is the cause of mental pollution.

“The respirators can protect you from the effects of the Originium dust, but they are not invincible,” Frostnova said. “Therefore, you should always remember the working time of each respirator filter. We have issued each operator a watch with a timer. You should turn the watch face one full turn to set the time when you change to a new filter.”

She gestured to the watch on her wrist. After everyone had learned how to quickly change the filter, how to check the filter's contamination status, and how to repair and manufacture simple filters for breathing masks in rudimentary conditions,

Froststar picked up the last piece of equipment. "The scanner gun. This equipment is connected to your PDAs and the expedition's server. You'd better hold the weapon in one hand and the scanner gun in the other, otherwise you might miss out on a lot of life-saving items and gains."

"But don't have too high hopes for it. The scanner can only roughly determine the material and type of an object to prevent you from being killed by the mimicry demon. It can also determine the type of the relic. Specific relic analysis and identification will have to be done after we return to the base."

On the other side, Skadi is responsible for teaching all melee operators basic combat skills against demons and sea monsters. Although these people are not modified warriors, some skills and principles are common to them.

“…Watch closely.” Facing the opaque, black, gel-like model used to simulate the demon, Skadi straightened her molten greatsword. “When using a greatsword against this kind of monster, avoid overly large movements. First, bait it into making the first move.”

Controlling the model, Whisper activated Originium Arts and the staff. The gel suddenly thrust forward, only to be sliced ​​in two by the molten sword. "Your mission is to assault, to destroy dangerous targets. Don't focus on the others behind you."

Skadi sprang into the air, controlling her strength and speed at the level of an elite operator. Using the power of her waist in mid-air, she swung her blade, executing a rather absurd aerial spinning slash that sliced ​​the gel in two.

“Such actions are very dangerous when dealing with demons, because they are not human and do not only have two hands.” Skadi stepped back to her original position and waited for Whisper to repair the gel model before speaking to the students.

"Therefore, do not expect to solve the problem once and for all by attacking the opponent's vitals, nor do you expect to destroy the target with a single powerful attack. For a warrior wielding a greatsword, the simplest tactic is to hold the sword horizontally, strike, sever the opponent's lower joints, and shatter their armor..."

Skadi briefly demonstrated the basic combat techniques and related concepts for fighting demons. Demons and Haizi have some things in common, and the Agorians themselves also have some understanding of demons.

While the close-combat training is underway, the technical and medical teams are also training the operators. This side is focusing more on theoretical training. Currently, the training is conducted separately, and they will come together for coordinated practice in the last month or two.

"The essence of the demon is a planet-modified organism created by our ancestors. It is a special kind of single-celled plant, which you can think of as an aggregate of some kind of algae. It can understand your thoughts and read your surface memories, bringing your imagination and fears to life. Even without considering the demon's mental pollution, it will become more terrifying because of your thoughts."

The initial purpose of Project Ark in creating this bizarre contraption was to allow the Terrans, who had lost their physical bodies, to directly control this planetary terraforming device using brain signals within the Sail constellation for modification.

"The evil spirits will devour all the matter in the environment, flesh and blood, and then reshape it according to your imagination. Under normal circumstances, they will be good helpers to mankind."

After all, you don't need complicated operations. You just need to imagine and recall what Terra looks like, and these single-celled nanoclusters will automatically stack up one by one, mimicking Terra's plants, animals, and environment. Then, just like removing a casting mold, after the shape stabilizes, the clusters recede, leaving behind "daughters" that look like they have been bio-printed.