Steel steam and flame

The snowflakes fell slowly, very lightly. Maybe it was Cassia who just stuck her head out, and her eyes were a little blurry as her eyes adapted to the bright environment. The temperature was not as cold as he thought, because the strong wind stopped and the blizzard also stopped. During this period, he exhausted all his strength. It rose by about ten degrees, and Cassia even felt that the air was warm.

A thin layer of clouds floated in the sky, but it also covered the entire sky, and the boundary line could not be seen. The misty white light penetrated the clouds and shone down. The dark and thick snow cloud had disappeared. There is only a little residue left, a fragile state that could be dismembered by light at any time.

The surroundings were very quiet, there was no other sound, and the falling snow made a breaking sound. Cassia seemed to be able to capture it from this silence. Her breathing and heartbeat, as well as the sound of blood flowing in her blood vessels, were all clearly heard. in the surrounding space.

After the snowstorm, the whole world seemed to be quiet. It must be because almost everything had lost its life. Cassia raised his head at this time, and the ancient tree he was holding was broken in two-thirds. .Only some simple thick branches are left, the leaves and small branches are all gone, and the trunks are covered with scars of impact and tear. There are several such trees sparsely around, all with the same appearance.

His situation may be very good. Compared with the ancient tree he was holding, Cassia comforted himself. At this time, he looked ahead, and the huge snow peaks suddenly occupied his entire field of vision.

The snow that fell from the snow peaks piled up into a gentle slope at the foot of the mountain. The snow-white slope was completely incompatible with the dark and sharp mountain rocks behind it. The snow peaks are very high. The specific number, Cassia He couldn't remember it anymore. He was standing alone at the foot of the mountain. He raised his head at 90 degrees and couldn't see the height of the top. He thought and sighed, his body was squeezed by the snow, which was very uncomfortable.

Only the circle around the snow peak is not covered by clouds. The clouds there were weighed down by the avalanche at night and have not completely healed yet. From there, you can see a ring-like light blue sky, so clear that there is no impurity. There is still not much sunlight shining on the top of the snow peak, giving it a slightly golden color.

It turns out that there is still a sun above the clouds. Cassia sighed again, hugging the ancient tree and climbing up. Only then did his body regain a little strength. Just maintaining a body temperature above the safety line in the snow was exhausted. He has a lot of physical strength.

I always thought that I was caught in the avalanche for only a few minutes, or at most less than an hour. The battle time at night was around 11 o'clock. Looking at the lighted sky now, I knew that I would never be buried in the snow for a long time. There are so few.

After finally getting out of the snow, Cassia did not have the strength or mood to rush on the road for the time being. The snow under her feet was rolled in from the snow peaks through avalanches, and was very strong and hard. Cassia leaned against the ancient tree, He sat down to rest, and with his weight, he didn't sink much.

This was one thing that made him happy. Another thing was that the bullet bag hanging on his waist was still there, filled with bulging bullets, but the revolver had fallen away. There was also nothing left as a weapon. A tactical knife, securely secured in a scabbard on the leg.

Then she took a slow, deep breath, and Cassia's stiff shoulders relaxed. Her body didn't want to move, and she hadn't rested enough. Cassia also told herself that she didn't have to rush, because she didn't have to think about anything now. Most people They were all buried in the snow, and they definitely haven't climbed out. It can also be said that they will never be able to climb out.

But just in front of him, a line of neat and well-proportioned footprints caught his eye. The footprints were obviously new. Judging from the depth and appearance of the marks, he should have passed here not long ago.

There were still people alive around, but he didn't know whether they were enemies or people from his own side. Cassia decided to follow them and take a look.

"We should leave here. This trace has nothing to do with me." On the way, Cassia said to herself. Her footsteps stopped because of this, and when she was about to change direction and leave here completely, there were multiple buzzing sounds from the sky. Let him continue walking.

In the sky, a dark shadow appeared between the light clouds. The fine clouds there were flowing. On rare occasions, a gap was torn open, revealing the dark background behind. Cassia took this opportunity to peek into the complete shadow of the thing. It was a military airship from the Volcano Base. Even though there was still no specific number on it, he had also stayed in the Volcano Base for a few days, and he was deeply impressed by the several airships that had been undergoing maintenance. He recognized it. This airship is indeed from the volcano base.

"The volcano base finally received the signal?" Cassia thought. Because of the avalanche, the signal interference device was involved in the avalanche and was destroyed. This is also a reasonable guess.

"Perhaps it's just because the impact of the explosion last night was too great, and the avalanche triggered immediately alarmed the volcano base." Cassia continued walking following the airship in the sky and the traces on the snow. The direction pointed directly to the snowy peak in front of him.

There is no need to delve into the specific reasons. As long as you can arrive before the airship leaves, you can take the airship back to the volcano base, then take the train or the airship back to Manoma. This is This is his current plan. To run out of this mountain range on two legs. With his current physical condition and no food source, it is very difficult.

Soon after, Cassia saw a pool of bright red appear on the white snow. At the end of the footprints lay a broken body. Judging from the clothing, it was his own personnel. It should be a certain captain? He could only do this I think, because everything above the chest was broken into pieces, scattered on the ground, and frozen into blocks. No valid information can be obtained.

The footprints were broken here, but not far away, another row of well-proportioned footprints appeared in Cassia's scanning eyes. The row of footprints was small, neat, moving forward slowly, very new, pointing to the tall tower in front of them. Moving snow peaks.

It was the sniper. Cassia said, picking up the blunderbuss next to the cold body, taking all the ammunition, and set off following the row of footprints.

The overall shape of the snow is a gentle slope, because some ancient trees were lucky not to fall in the avalanche. With these ancient trees as the center, the snow accumulated, forming many streamlined small snow packs of different sizes. The line of sight is because of these small snow packs. He was blocked and couldn't see everything at a glance. It was like a huge sea of ​​snow, swallowing up Cassia's small body.