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Chapter 302 Blizzard
The tracks of the outpost vehicle rolled over the frozen soil, making a harsh friction sound on the blue-purple spore ice crystals. Misaki turned the heating knob to the bottom, and the white mist she exhaled still formed frost on the inside of the cold-proof mask.
Jiuji curled up in the back seat, leaning against Slowpoke, and looked out through the frosted car window. The veins of the coniferous forest, which should have been emerald green, were now tinged with a strange bluish-gray color, as if the vitality had been drained away by some unknown existence.
"The coordinates of the old habitat of the Blizzard King tribe are within a two-kilometer radius." Misaki checked the satellite map again and again and stepped on the brake. The dashboard showed that the temperature outside the car had dropped to -42°C, and she tightened the collar of her thickened protective suit.
Jiuji stretched her stiff neck and shoulders and got out of the car. Her neck was sore after three hours of bumpy ride. The snow hat monster was scratching the car window with its leaf-shaped hands, and the ice crystals on the snow pile above its head reflected tiny pieces of light.
"Snow Hat Monster, I'll rely on you to lead the way from now on." She said while exhaling white air, "Take us to the place you used to go!"
"Xue!" Xueliguai nodded, pushed open the car door and walked in front.
The blizzard drew a gray-white curtain over the ice field, visibility was less than 20 meters, and the Snow Hat Monster was always tripped by the abrupt ice cones when leading the way - when it fell into the snow pile for the third time, even Slowpoke let out a sigh, "Slowpoke..."
The first target was the feeding spot of the snow hat monster tribe. The rock wall that should have been draped with fresh vines was now covered with blue-purple ice crystals, like the blood vessels of some giant creature. Misaki used a portable microscope to examine twelve types of mosses and lichens. Her protective gloves were crackling from the cold, but she still could not see the spiral patterns unique to symbiotic bacteria on the slide.
It was dusk when they moved to the ice lake. Slowpoke used telekinesis to blast through the three-meter-thick ice layer, and the two knelt on the edge of the ice cave to salvage seven kinds of aquatic plants. Misaki's tweezers suddenly stopped: "Wait, this mycelium..."
Before he could finish his words, the detector suddenly made a shrill sound, and the sample turned into blue-purple mucus and seeped into the ice layer.
"The fourth host plant is ruled out." Jiuji crossed out an item on the list on the tablet and couldn't help but let out a long sigh. There was only an hour left before dark, and they weren't even sure whether the symbiotic bacteria grew on trees or in water.
When we arrived at the third coordinate point, the ice cave where the snow monsters once rested, the aurora was already flowing in the night.
"Looks like we may have to spend the night here." Misaki leaned against the ice wall and panted. She usually didn't go on outdoor missions. Even though the equipment was carried by Slowpoke, these two hours of exercise still made her exhausted.
Jiuji's powerful flashlight swept across the jagged ice ridges above his head, and the reflections wove spider-web-like light traces in the cave: "Okay, but it needs to be dealt with."
If these icicles fall while you are sleeping, it would be a life-threatening situation.
Let Xueliguai and Daidai deal with the ice, while Jiuji and Misaki began to sort out the plant specimens they had collected before. If the symbiotic bacteria were really not found, these samples would be taken back for testing again.
At this moment, there was a sudden cracking sound from the top of the ice cave. Just as the Snow Hat Monster had used the freezing beam to reinforce the ice layer in the southeast corner, a half-meter-long ice cone fell down along the rock wall.
"So fragile?" Jiuji felt that something must have been forgotten. What was it?
Amid the clinking sound of hitting the ice spikes, she began to recall her previous actions. Symbiosis, symbiosis, must be symbiosis with the snow hat monsters, so from the beginning she set her target on the places where the snow hat monsters often stayed.
The direction should be correct, what is missing?
"Hmm?" When his eyes accidentally fell on the snow hat monster, Jiuji suddenly realized.
Snowcap is an ice and grass-type Pokémon. It is true that they live in a snowy place, but there must be plants as well, so the problem is found.
There are mosses and lichens everywhere else, but Xueli was surprised that the ice cave where they rested for a long time was so clean. There was not a single plant or mutant spores to be found!
"Researcher Misaki!" Jiuji turned around quickly, and the protective suit rubbed against the ice surface, making a crackling sound. "I know where the symbiotic bacteria is!"
Misaki, who was sorting the test tubes, almost dropped her tweezers: "Where are they!"
"It's right here!" Jiuji said with great certainty, "Daidai, use Iron Tail on the ground, be quiet and don't affect the ice outside."
"stay."
Slowpoke slapped the ground with its tail, and the moment the ripples of its superpower spread, the ice rippled like a lake wrinkled by the wind. As the Snow Hat Monster retreated in panic, it kicked the rock wall, and a palm-sized piece of ice shell peeled off, revealing dense frost-green moss underneath.
"You mean this moss?!" Misaki is no fool to be a researcher, and she quickly figured out the key point, "I'll test it right away!"
The Snow Hat Monster moved even faster. It stumbled and fell to the rock wall, and the gray part of the pine cone crown on its head began to peel off visibly.
"It looks like this is it!" Misaki's tweezers were shaking. Xue Li's strange behavior was the best proof. However, for the sake of rigor, she calmed down and put the moss into the detector.
The green light on the detector in the ice cave flashed steadily, and Misaki's fingers were almost frozen on the operating panel. She quickly sealed the moss sample into a sterile container, her voice trembling with excitement: "The activity of the symbiotic bacteria has been confirmed! These mosses can neutralize the neurotoxins of the spores!"
Jiuji let out a long sigh, and a layer of white mist instantly covered her protective mask. She turned around and patted the snow hat monster's head: "Thanks, I wouldn't have found this place without you leading the way." The pine cone crown on the snow hat monster's head was slightly shiny, and it was turning green at a speed visible to the naked eye.
However, the sudden shriek outside the ice cave pinned everyone to the spot. The snowstorm tore through the sky without warning, and a hurricane carrying broken ice crashed into the cave entrance. The crisp sound of hail hitting the rock wall instantly swallowed up all other sounds.
The telekinetic barrier erected by Daidai began to ripple, and Kenta's urgent voice burst out from the communicators on Kyuki and Misaki's waists at the same time: "A strong convective cyclone has been detected in the camp! What's the situation over there?!"
"We got the sample, but we can't go back for now." Jiuji stared at the snow curtain rolling outside the cave through the icy mist. "The blizzard will last at least until tomorrow morning. We have to stay here overnight."
In the face of such violent weather, even Dai Dai's teleportation was not safe. Moreover, the current situation was not so urgent that Dai Dai had to risk his life.
Then again, if an emergency really came, she wouldn't necessarily let Daidai take risks in this kind of weather. After all, she was just an ordinary person...
"Be careful!" The heavy breathing of everyone in the camp was heard amid the noise of the electric current, and the communication was forced to be interrupted after the coordinates were confirmed.
"Don't worry, it's just an ordinary snowstorm." Jiuji looked at the somewhat nervous researcher. It was obviously the first time for the other party to face the outbreak of nature in the wild. His face was pale and his fingers unconsciously stroked the equipment.
The clear sound of the metal buckle of the tactical bag popping open cut through the wind, and she placed the foldable energy furnace in front of Misaki: "Dada will protect us from the cold wind, just pretend you are still in the camp."
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