Miss White Wolf's Terra Travel Journal

This simple reminder reminded her of the old days in Colombia. She was filled with emotion. She waved to the driver, opened the car door, and walked out into the biting cold wind.

The driver also opened the car door from the other side and stood not far behind her.

Bai Lang noticed that as soon as he got off the car, the workers fell silent and buried their heads in their work. Not far away, the film manager, covered in dust and with frozen mud hanging from the hems of his clothes, trotted over and said hurriedly:

"Sir, the progress of the project is proceeding as planned, that's right." Sweat dripped down his forehead, and he lowered his head and said in one breath, "The wind has been very strong these days. In order not to delay the project, everyone has been working in the middle of the night for several days in a row, but it is still a little behind the expected schedule. But please rest assured that we will complete the task on time no matter what."

"No need to be so anxious." White Wolf shook his head and said softly, "Since this is a special situation, it doesn't matter if the construction period is delayed for a few days. Let everyone take a break."

The person in charge said nervously: "Sir, we are not tired."

The workers who were closest to the scene heard the conversation and glanced over secretly.

White Wolf smiled and said, "You have worked very hard. There are things for you in the car. Today's work ends here. Everyone, take a break and start again tomorrow afternoon."

“But according to the plan…” The person in charge couldn’t believe what he heard and was still hesitant.

"What I said is the plan." White Wolf said without question.

At this time, the driver had already moved a box of vodka to the ground. White Wolf turned around, took out a bottle from the box at random, and shook it gently in front of the workers who were staring at him: "Guess what this is?"

"Vodka." A young Ursus worker threw away his shovel and shouted excitedly. The other workers seemed to be infected. They put their shovels and carts on the ground and cheered.

Bailang threw the vodka in his hand to the first worker who spoke up, then walked aside and watched everyone excitedly go to the driver to get this "traditional drink".

The bottle of vodka that she threw over at the beginning was fought over by several workers, and whoever got it felt like he had obtained a holy object.

She felt a little awkward and a little embarrassed about this, but after a while, her thoughts gradually relaxed and she thought of more things, and all that was left in her heart was the unsuppressible sadness.

White Wolf stood there for only an incense stick of time before her lips turned white from the cold. She began to miss the mink coat that Tallulah had bought for her, but unfortunately the coat had been damaged in the battle with the inner guards.

The windbreaker she was wearing was still too thin, she thought as she said goodbye to the driver, recalled the mine layout map she had seen before, and headed for her residence.

Her room was the first to be renovated, and it should have been completed many days ago.

She found the place and opened the door with the key. The first thing that came into view was a small office, followed by a bedroom. There was no living room, or rather, the office was the living room. Although the furnishings were simple, it was very rare considering the environment here.

Electricity was connected to the room early on. It was said that there were a total of twelve large Originium generators in the mining area, ten for mining and two for daily electricity use.

She looked around the two rooms, inside and outside, but didn't see the heating equipment she had been longing for. It seemed that when decorating the house, everyone assumed that northerners were not afraid of the cold and didn't take this into consideration at all. She had to find a solution herself.

It would not be worth the effort to install an air-conditioning system in a place like this. The excessive temperature difference can turn any heat engine that relies on the Carnot cycle into an energy-consuming monster. Therefore, she plans to buy herself a small electric heater someday and keep it by her side.

The cold nights are bitter and long.

She boiled water for herself in a kettle, poured it into a cup and held it in her hand. She sat alone in silence, and faintly heard the Ursus folk songs sung by the workers in unison.

The wind was so loud that she couldn't hear the lyrics clearly. She could only tell from the tone that it was a cheerful ballad.

They are poor workers living in the suburbs of the city, suffering from all kinds of hardships in life. However, a bottle of wine after a hard day's work can make them sing and dance happily, bringing out joy from the bottom of their hearts.

She fell into a strange confusion. There happened to be a brand new bottle of vodka beside her. She poured out the boiled water and filled her glass.

Volume 4: Chapter 60 Northern Mining Area II

Just taking a small sip, a pungent and spicy smell rushed to the white wolf's throat. His nose felt sour, tears flowed, and he started coughing violently.

It took her a while to recover, and she secretly regretted in her heart, White Wolf, oh White Wolf, why are you trying to make things difficult for me? Do you think you can touch this 'Water of Life'?

She thought about how every time she touched this kind of thing in the past, she would choke and cry, and a feeling of resentment suddenly arose in her heart.

Why?

Others can drink, why can't she?

She stared at the vodka in the glass with hatred, picked it up directly, and after hesitating for a long time, decided to drink it directly.

The cup reached the mouth and suddenly stopped.

She thought silently in her heart: I spilled the wine when I choked just now. This is only half a glass. If you want to drink, have a full glass.

She put the cup on the table and prepared to fill it with the bottle. Miraculously, her right hand accidentally reached for the kettle next to it.

Oh, how could you be so careless?

It doesn’t matter, a kettle is just a kettle, as long as it is filled.

She filled the cup with the kettle, but found that she had poured too much. The cup was overflowing and would overflow if she was not careful. So she poured out most of the mixed drink in the cup and refilled the kettle.

Now everything was done. She sat on the stool, holding the warm cup, and drank a large glass of vodka without changing her expression, just like a real Ursus.

After drinking a glass of wine, Bai Lang felt more and more bored. She leaned down on the table, staring blankly at the glass, imagining what the friends she knew were doing now.

Exia and Texas might be having a party at this time; Tallulah should be having dinner with Alina; Skadi might find a bar and drink one drink after another in silence; Platinum, well, Miss Platinum should still be at work at this time.

She suddenly couldn't help laughing out loud.

To be honest, Miss White Wolf didn't think she was a bad person and had never doubted her loyalty to her friends. But when she thought of Miss Platinum complaining to her about how unlucky she was and how she had to work overtime, her mood would become cheerful.

Well, that's quite strange.

Longing and loneliness are my companions.

The brief joy brought by the memories did not last long, and she felt the loneliness of the moment more deeply.

Alone, with no one to accompany me.

It would be nice if someone could come and keep her company. He doesn't have to be by her side, just next door or somewhere else in the mining area. As long as she knows the other person is nearby, she won't feel lonely.

She remembered the way the Yan people relieved their loneliness, so she took her cup and went to the window to look at the moon.

Today's moon is a waning moon.

She raised her cup to the pale moon in the sky, imagining the grandeur of "raising the cup to invite the bright moon", but what fell into her heart was only the melancholy of "being alone with the moon in the eternal night".

Forget it, forget it. Why am I getting more and more sad?

Well, I guess the wine in the glass is not good, it seems like it was done on purpose.

The workers' gathering outside the window had ended, and the bored White Wolf felt increasingly cold, so he stopped thinking about random things, washed up, and went straight to bed.

Perhaps because she went to bed too early last night, Bai Lang woke up naturally the next morning. She first found some food in the locker in the room to fill her stomach, and then went out to start work.

As the person in charge of the northern mining area, the first thing she had to do was to conduct an overall inspection of the mining area. Specifically, she had to take the layout map and walk through every corner of the area.

The early morning in the mining area was terribly cold and eerily quiet. I guess the workers had received her orders yesterday and had a good rest, so they hadn't woken up yet.

Her teeth were chattering slightly, and she thought it would be better to crawl back into bed and wait for two hours until the temperature rises before coming out.

"Miss, you got up so early. Are you going to inspect the mining area?" Caprini's driver came out at some point and greeted her at this perfect timing.

"Yes, I got up a little early on purpose." Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, Bai Lang had to reply with a serious face and sad heart.

The Caprini driver said respectfully, "The master specifically asked me to do this. I did a survey here a few days ago and can be your guide."

"Well, then you lead the way." Bai Lang felt a little awkward. Wouldn't it be easy for people to misunderstand when the other party kept calling her Master or Miss? Although she was indeed a junior of the Marquis Carolingian, it still sounded a little strange. It would be better to find time to correct it.

Following White Wolf's instructions, the two first walked into the mine, and followed a mine tunnel that was more than one person high, going deeper into the mine.

White Wolf stood on tiptoe, broke off a piece of soil from the top of the mine, pinched it with his fingers, and then looked at the unchanged soil and said, "I also went into the mine when I was in Columbia. The soil layers on both sides seem to be very different."

"The soil here is much harder than other places. The entire northern permafrost is basically like this. The soil is extremely hard and there are many stones in it." The Caprini people replied.

White Wolf nodded and continued to move forward. The mine tunnels here were larger and more complicated than the ones she had seen in the Rhine Life Experiment Area. Not only did they hollow out the entire mountain, but they also went nearly a hundred meters underground. It was probably because the Ursus military gave up on this place because they saw that there was nothing more to dig.

About two hours later, White Wolf was basically familiar with the layout of the mine tunnel. He couldn't help but sigh: "A mine tunnel of this size must have used a lot of Originium bombs when it was excavated."

The Caprini was silent for a moment, then replied, "Miss, you misunderstood. The military needs to control costs and is also worried about destroying minerals, so Originium bombs are generally not used in mining."

Bai Lang was stunned for a moment, but soon understood the other party's subtext. The gloomy mine tunnel turned into a bloody one in her eyes. With a little imagination, she felt depressed and breathless. The first thought in her mind was to leave immediately.

She did not leave. She controlled her psychological discomfort, walked to the stone wall, gently touched the wall with her hand, squatted down and carefully checked every corner.

After an unknown amount of time, the Caprini heard the white wolf whisper, "Let's go out." He nodded, walked in front to lead the way, and led the white wolf out of the mine.

As if stimulated by the things inside the mine, White Wolf said nothing while inspecting outside the mine. The Caprini people only gave the most basic introduction to each place and tried to speak as little as possible.

The two soon reached the back of the mine. This place was filled with hills of black ore, so many that it looked as if half the mountain had been hollowed out.

With White Wolf's eyesight, he could easily tell that these things were crude Originium ore, but wasn't this place abandoned by the military? Why were there so many crude Originium ore here?

Volume 4: Chapter 61 “Gift”

White Wolf extended his index finger and used the Originium Technique to melt a piece of ore. There were only a handful of Originium particles in the palm-sized rough ore.

She picked out one of the dark brown crystals the size of a soybean, held it between her index finger and thumb, and observed it against the sun. Seeing that almost no light could pass through, she immediately understood what was going on.

"As you can see, this is a defective product from the crude source stone ore." The Caprini people also introduced, "These things are difficult to refine and the returns are low. The military is too lazy to clean them up and just threw them here. Miss, you'd better not spend time on them."

But Bai Lang didn't think so. Her thoughts went back to an academic exchange meeting held in Rhodes Island before the New Year last year. As the helmsman of Qingmiao Technology, she attended the meeting with her own researchers.

Miss Eyjafjalla gave a report on Originium mines at the meeting. She had long forgotten all the specific details and complicated academic terms. She only remembered the other party's final summary: Originium mines of different purities have different functions, and we should make full use of existing resources instead of indiscriminate mining.

It seems that Miss Eyjafjalla has already had some ideas about the comprehensive utilization of Originium mines.

How about taking some samples back to show Miss Ayafara? See if she can give you some advice.

She made a note of this and said to the well-informed driver beside her: "I know. We won't consider these abandoned mines for the time being. Is the entire mining area really of no use at all?"

"Actually, there are." The Caprini man answered hesitantly, "If the miners continue to dig in the mine, as long as they have enough time, they will find some source stone mines sooner or later. When the master bought this mining area, the military and some nobles wanted to send a group of miners here."

As the Caprini spoke, he quietly observed White Wolf's expression: "These miners are all infected people who have committed crimes. They are not protected by any laws and are almost cost-free to use. The master said that when the mine starts operating, it will be up to you to decide whether to accept this batch of 'gifts'."

White Wolf was silent for a long time. When she was about to speak, she suddenly noticed the strange look from the Caprini people, so she suddenly changed her words and asked, "What do you think about this matter?"

"A subordinate dare not butt in on your affairs, young lady." Caprini said respectfully.

White Wolf re-examined Caprini in front of him. He was a mature and steady middle-aged man with white hair and beard, and his face always had a calm expression.

Bai Lang had a feeling that this person's speaking habits and methods of doing things seemed to have been specially trained, and it seemed that the Marquis did not just send someone to her casually.

She thought about it secretly in her heart, and then said: "It doesn't matter, I asked you to say it."

Caprini offered a very conservative view: "Accepting it will make everyone think you are the same person."

“Are these miners completely at their mercy?”

"Yes, no one will interfere with your arrangements."

"Then I accept it. Tell the Marquis when you have the chance that there is no need to wait until the mine is officially operational. The sooner it is delivered, the better. I am in a hurry to start work." Bai Lang nodded and made the decision directly.

Then, her expression suddenly turned cold, and she stared at the Caprini and said, "You seem to have tested me a few times, but other than knowing that others call you 'Mu', I don't know anything about you."

"Please forgive me, young lady. I cannot make any excuses for my actions, but if you want to know about me, I will tell you everything I know." The Caprini man bowed slightly and said, "I was originally from Ursus. Due to some changes, I grew up in Syracuse. When the family I followed was destroyed, I returned to Ursus. By chance, I met you, and since then I have been working for you."

"Syracuse, family? Were you ever part of the Mafia?"

"You can say that, but I was trained to be a bodyguard for someone in the family and I am not directly involved in mafia affairs."

Bai Lang remembered that when he came yesterday, the other party accidentally honked the horn to remind the workers, and asked in confusion: "A friend of mine who came from the mafia said that the family guards of Syracuse are the most fierce and cold guys, but I don't think you are like that."

The Caprini looked at the workers who were taking a walk in groups of two or three after resting until the morning, and said with a complicated expression: "The families in Syracuse have their own styles. The more ruthless ones tend to last longer, but there are also some special ones."

White Wolf guessed the other party's subtext. The other party should be from the "good and lawful" Syracuse family, which is the rarest and weakest group in the Syracuse region and seems to not exist at all.

But the world is so wonderful. Even in a place where evil is rampant and poison is spreading, tragic good people will occasionally appear.

In Syracuse, the fate of such a family can be imagined.

Bai Lang sighed inwardly and decided not to mention anything that might expose the other party's scars. She then thought about how she had rejected all the guards, but she didn't expect to miss one. However, this person named "Mu" should not be just a guard. The Marquis asked him to come here to assist her.

Given the current situation, she was also happy to have someone to help her, so she turned around and said in a negotiating tone: "How about this, I will write a note later, and you go to Koros City to purchase some supplies according to the contents of the note, and by the way, tell the Marquis about my decision about the miners."

"Miss, you don't need to discuss it with me, just give the order directly." Mu said respectfully.

Bai Lang smiled and said, "I am not used to bossing others around. Don't take what I say as an order. If you think there is something unreasonable, just tell me directly."

"But, miss, this is against the rules."

"What are the rules?" White Wolf said depressedly. Seeing that the Caprini man in front of her was still hesitant, she simply used her trump card, "What I said are the rules, you just have to follow them."

"Okay, Miss." Mu understood immediately and nodded and asked, "When do you hope to receive the supplies?"

"Tomorrow at noon, you can drive to Koros City to buy it today, and then deliver it tomorrow morning."

"Ok."

White Wolf walked ahead and waved back: "Come with me, I'll write the list for you."

The two entered the small conference room in the mining area. What Bai Lang thought he could accomplish smoothly was unexpectedly frustrated. There was neither paper nor pen in the conference room, only an empty table that had just been renovated.

Finally, they found the person in charge of the construction team, borrowed a pencil, and took a few discarded drawings to write.

As someone who had followed the Marquis Carolingian for many years, Mu deduced from past experience that he would receive a note for office supplies.