Arknights, Suika's Messenger Journey

"Bad fate, this must be bad fate..."

Suika complained while rubbing the arm.

"What?" The voices of the people next to her were almost inaudible in the howling north wind. Amiya only noticed that Suika was talking, but she didn't know what she was saying, so she moved closer.

"The wind and snow are so strong, it might turn into a blizzard. We need to find a place to hide first."

Suixiang looked outside and realized that her group had started off badly. It was only the first day in Ursus and they encountered severe weather that was about to intensify into a blizzard.

Amiya nodded after hearing what Suika said. Originally, Kal'tsit was planning to arrange a guide for each team.

But he was rejected by Suixiang. In her words, she had been here for a long time and was a professional messenger of natural disasters. If nothing else, at least she had no problem judging the weather and direction.

So Amiya chose to believe in Suika's judgment as a guide.

Two hours later, the group nestled in a small cave.

Fortunately, Suika has the ability to raise the temperature, so even though it's a bit crowded, no one will get hurt due to the cold weather.

"My God, the environment in Ursus is too harsh..." A female operator who looked to be in her twenties complained while hugging her chest and looking at the white snow outside that almost blocked her entire vision.

"We were unlucky, as we ran into the most troublesome snowstorm.

I don’t know how long this snowstorm will last... Everyone, remember, don’t leave the cave unless necessary.

I have magic inside the cave that can ensure the temperature is suitable for survival.

But outside the cave... the temperature is estimated to be around minus twenty to thirty degrees Celsius.

That is to say, the temperature difference between inside and outside the cave is between thirty and forty degrees.

If you haven't received relevant training, it's easy for something to go wrong when you go out."

Suika said as she sat at the edge of the cave entrance and looked at everyone.

Recalling the biting cold temperatures when they were trekking outside before, everyone said that as long as they were in their right minds, they would not go out easily.

"But I still have a question..." The woman who had just spoken looked at the wind and snow outside and raised her hand.

"Um...your name is Hui, right? Please tell me if you have anything to say." Suixiang looked at her.

"It looks like we'll probably rest here today... With your Originium skills, Cuixiang, eating shouldn't be a problem, but what should we do if it's convenient here?"

Her words made everyone realize that there were both men and women in the group. Although it was normal for them to sleep together when they went out on weekdays, there were always some things that they couldn't compromise on.

Chapter 402: Snowstorm

Suixiang pointed to the side and said with a smile

"Then it depends on your ability. Dig a secondary hole next to it before the first person gets upset...

Don't even think about solving it outside. With the temperature outside, it only takes a moment for hot water to freeze into ice."

Everyone shuddered when they heard Suika's words.

Then several strong operators quickly got up and dug in the direction Suika pointed.

Fortunately, this is the world of Terra, and all Terrans are strong and powerful. With the help of their Originium skills, they managed to dig more than ten meters in less than an hour with just a few small engineering shovels, which was enough for everyone to take care of their personal hygiene.

The next morning, the wind and snow stopped temporarily.

Suixiang and his group continued their journey towards Chernobog.

Three days later, just as Amiya was passing a hill, her communicator started beeping.

Everyone looked over and Amiya picked up the communicator and explained

"Before coming here, Krosier modified everyone's communicator. Once you get within ten kilometers of someone else with a communicator, I'll alert you and point out the other side's location."

After saying that, she picked up the communicator, looked at it, and pointed to a faint mountain village in the distance.

After looking at the target's location, Suika frowned.

"what happened?"

"Ursus is different from other countries. The people here, or more accurately, the vast majority of Ursus people, have always been extremely resistant and repulsive to those infected.

Coupled with what happened with the New Integration Movement before, the conflict between the infected and the non-infected is greater than you can imagine.

Besides, most of Rhodes Island's operators are not Ursus.

Didn't we warn every team before we came here not to try to interact with the locals easily? "

Suika said softly and shook her head

"It's too early to judge. Everyone, follow me. Let's go and take a look at the situation."

After saying that, Suixiang waved her hand, and thick fog rose around her. At the same time, an iron chain appeared at everyone's hand.

"Everyone, move forward in the direction the chain is pulling. Remember to watch your step."

Suixiang's voice came from all directions. Fortunately, Suixiang had already introduced her Originium skills to everyone before.

So although they were a little surprised when they saw it, everyone immediately tightened the chains in front of them and walked towards the village.

As they approached the village, Suika found it very quiet, with only one house smelling of fireworks.

This seemed very abnormal, but Suika immediately thought of the Golden Fir Tree Village.

After getting closer, they found traces of people in another room not far away. Upon closer inspection, they saw two Rhodes Island operators guarding the road leading in and out of the mountain village.

Seeing this, Suixiang waved her hand and retracted the spell.

Amiya and her group showed up at the village gate.

"What's going on?" Amiya looked at Suika who had retracted her spell.

Suika shook her head and sighed, "It was just a false alarm, let's go!"

After saying that, he walked in first.

The others followed closely behind carefully.

When Suixiang retracted her spell, their tracks were discovered by the two scouts.

After seeing them, the two men tensed up at first. After all, it was a dereliction of duty to let someone get so close before being discovered.

I felt relieved when I saw it was Team Amiya.

One of them picked up the walkie-talkie and reported the arrival of Amiya's team to the main force on the other side, while the other one opened the door to welcome them out.

The gate not far away suddenly opened, scaring many people, but Amiya and the others breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the people coming out.

"Kage! So the ones here are Team ACE..."

Amiya was very happy when she recognized him, because Kage was a member of the ACE team. Since he appeared here, it was self-evident who the leader here was.

"Amiya, I didn't expect you to come so quickly..."

After Kage walked in, he glanced at Amiya and her group to confirm that everything was alright before pointing to the room where ACE was.

As soon as everyone looked over, they saw the door opened and ACE walked out.

"Little Amiya, you guys are walking so fast!" ACE seemed very happy to see Amiya.

"Yeah, Brother ACE, I didn't expect that we would meet up so soon."

Amiya smiled sweetly at ACE, making the older brother's laughter even louder.

"Come on, it's cold outside, let's go inside first."

Everyone quickly entered the house where they were resting, led by ACE.

Everyone seemed very happy to unexpectedly meet up with another team in this snowy and icy place.

ACE also talked about their situation.

To be precise, Amiya and her group were lucky. According to the plan, ACE and the others should have left here, but they encountered a blizzard two days ago. To be precise, the blizzard only stopped for less than half a day.

The guide who accompanied us said that in this situation it would be best to wait a day to see what happens, as the snowstorm could suddenly turn around.

If you follow a blizzard and get caught in the wind and snow, it is very likely that the team will be separated or even lose members.

That's why they stayed one more day, and that's why they met Amiya and her group who were catching up from behind.

Suika on the side expressed her approval of their cautious choice. She dared to follow Blizzard with her men because she was skilled and brave. Even if Blizzard really turned towards her, she was confident that she could escape with everyone.

But normal people certainly can't do this, so it's safest to play it safe.

After all, there is plenty of time for this operation, and the operators don't need to take risks to cross the wind and snow.

This deserted village had been empty before they arrived. The guide said that this situation was very common in the east of Ursus.

To be precise, Mephistopheles' two previous "supplies" to the herds consumed a lot of the population of these small mountain villages.

If he had not been killed by Tallulah and Suika together, I'm afraid that Shishijiusong might really appear in the eastern part of Ursus.

As for the upper nobles, they were not worried about this at all. The loss of a few villages was insignificant to them. You know, for their own ambitions, they could even lose an important military town like Chernobyl.

Compared to that, the demise of these villages was insignificant in the eyes of these nobles, and was not even as important to them as the fact that the tumorous beast meat they ate in the evening was not fresh enough.

After the two teams reunited, they rested for another day. When they woke up the next morning, they found that not only had the wind and snow stopped, but the gloomy sky had also cleared up for a rare time.

Faced with such good weather, no one would choose to stay.

After packing up, the team set off again.

After stumbling through the wind and snow for half a month, we finally arrived at a mountain village 30 kilometers outside the city of Chernobyl.

Chapter 403: Outside the City

When they arrived outside the village, Suika looked around in surprise.

"Ah...isn't this ruined by me?"

That's right, the village they arrived at was the place that was destroyed by his Shinra Tensei during the previous battle with Mephisto.

Only half a year had passed, and a new village had already been rebuilt.

Tallulah was very calm when she came to pick them up.

"The terrain here is flat, and there's a river not far away. It's considered a good place to grow crops in the entire Ursus.

The authorities naturally cannot leave this place empty.

As far as I know, within three days of the battle, the officials had completely cleaned up the battlefield and then arranged for people to rebuild the village on the spot..."

Suika suddenly realized

"I see. But why did you come here in person? You've only just returned from the Reunion Movement. Aren't you afraid someone might take over?"

Tallulah gave Suika a look.

"Who could take my place? Bozhukas for the captain? Miss Froststar or Alina?"

Suika scratched her head and thought so too.

The Reunion Movement has a typical pyramid structure, and there are only a few people below Tallulah who are capable of taking over her position.

"That's right. If they really wanted to take that position, I'm afraid you wouldn't refuse."

Tallulah has a low demand for power and has always chosen to lead the Reunion because most of the Reunion members are willing to believe in and fight for her ideals.

In fact, in terms of personality, she is often too soft-hearted. If it were a stable organization, it would be fine, but the integration movement itself is under great external pressure and threats, and its internal stability is fragile. Tallulah is not a qualified leader in terms of her methods.

"By the way, you said this is a newly built village. Aren't you worried about Ursus spies inside?"

Suika said as she followed Tallulah towards the village.

"Of course, but the only way from here to Chernobog is already controlled by my people, and the previous snowstorm 'accidentally' destroyed the village's communications.

So until spring comes, this place won’t be discovered for a while.”

Tallulah turned around and winked at Suika with a smile, and her words reassured the others.

Before the group entered the village, they saw a big enthusiastic film jump out from inside, and then hugged the little rabbit and rubbed its face.

After asking, I found out that Huang and Lin Guang's teams had arrived here a day or two in advance.

Fortunately, Rhodes Island and Reunion used the same communication channel, otherwise it would have been difficult to successfully contact several teams and gather them here.

After entering the village, everyone happily drank a bowl of hot broth.

Tallulah stood up and told the news.

After receiving Amiya's message, the Integration Movement responded immediately.

Talulah, Froststar and Red brought the snow monster team here to provide support.