When I woke up, the sunlight was shining through the window.

When I went to the cafeteria, the hall was almost decorated, and with the final touches, it would have been a great venue for an evening. It seems that the group worked overtime last night. There was a band trying to rehearse the repertoire for the evening, and passengers stopped to admire it and ask what it was going to do.

Unfortunately, there are no detailed maps of the empire available in the shop, and what Kasia has in his hands is a more objective version of the Empire. I thought about infiltrating the airship's control room to use their route map, but then gave up on it. The slightest suspicious thing could arouse the suspicion of the enemy, and what Kasia needed was to delay the enemy finding him as long as possible.

"Mr. Tuxos, so early. Shaco stood at the door and said that her appearance had changed slightly without glasses, and she could see the books on the table in the room from the door. After getting a series of bizarre words from Kasia, Shako studied them late into the night last night.

"I want to come and ask you about the name of the place. Kasia said, shaking the map in his hand, "I still haven't found it, I hope you can help me mark a rough range on it." ”

"Yes, yes. Shaco nodded repeatedly, took the map, and let Kasia into the house.

The bulging bag was placed on the chair next to the bed, and in it were all books of different thicknesses, except for a few simple clothes. Kasia glanced at the names of the books, and Shak put on her eyes as well, pushing a piece open on the table and spreading out the map.

"This is it. Shako pointed to the map, drawing a circle with a pen, "In the southern part of the empire, near that great forest. ”

"Where is the Southern Forest?" said Kasia.

"The map looks close, but it's still a long way off. The Southern Forest is a primeval forest, marked as a dangerous area back in the days of the Mano Kingdom, and if you are inside, you will not be able to go through it, Mr. Tusos. ”

"It seems to be the same. Kasia replied with a smile, "By the way, Shako, do you usually read books on ancient creatures? ”

Sha Ke glanced back at his bag and thought for a moment: "It seems that as long as it is something that has something to do with antiquity, I can bring up a strong interest." She walked over to the big bag and pulled out a thick, yellowed book. The paper is so corroded that it is difficult to read the exact name, and frequent flipping through it makes it seem to be fragmented at any moment.

"It's one of my favorite books, and I take it with me almost everywhere I go. Shako boasted to Kasia like a child, "Maybe there's only one book like this in the Empire, and it was given to me by Dorrison's grandfather." ”

Sha Ke flipped to a chapter at random, and the ink text on it also faded to gray, and the title was - The White Behemoth on the Ice Field.

"It's an introduction to paleontology, but Grandfather Durison and I think it's a fantastic fantasy when a zoologist is bored. There are very, very many little stories on it, and each one is fascinating. And the author's description is extremely realistic, making people feel like the real thing. "But it certainly can't be true, there are zoos of all sizes all over the empire, and I've never seen any animals like those described in this book." ”

"Like this white beast on the 、、、、 ice field. In 1872, the Yuan calendar began to purchase a large number of construction machinery and mining giant machinery from the Sacred Shiluo Kingdom of the Left Continent through the waterway, and mined the necessary meteorite copper ore on the uninhabited permafrost in the country, and the harvest was huge. Two years later, three days after the snow had stopped, Leikawi, the mine's geological engineer, and his assistant Mill Ro went out to explore the remaining veins, and on the way they saw their first fresh, huge footprints on the frozen soil. After they reported to management, they went again as a team on the second day, this time following the footprints for about 10 kilometres、、、'. ”

"、、、 in order to capture this strange giant white beast (which was finally identified by professors and experts as a strange tundra white bear, which is classified separately in the animal family), the kingdom of Clans sent troops three times, and the supplies transported were enough to support a small campaign、、、 four round-up operations have failed, but they have also severely damaged the white beast. Five months later, in retaliation, the White Behemoth attacked the mines of the Kingdom of Clans, destroying more than half of the machines and damaging more than a third of the army. The news later leaked out for unknown reasons, the country was shaken, and the contemporary king was condemned, and three months later he was replaced by a new king. Subsequently, all the machines in the mine were removed and there was classified as a no-man's zone、、、"

"Five years after 、、、、, due to the shortage of domestic meteorite copper resources, the permafrost mining area was restarted. But less than two months into the reconstruction, the white behemoth struck again. This time, the white behemoth grew by about a fifth in size, completely destroying the mine in three days. Later, one white beast turned into two (later believed to be its mate) and left the mine to attack the nearest city in the kingdom of Clans. The army went to the siege, but it did not stop the behemoth. A week later, because it couldn't bear the huge losses, the Kingdom of Clans 、、、 to the Allied Kingdom of Mano, it is our empire、、、 ask for help." But there was no response from the Kingdom of Mano、、、 cities around the tundra had no choice but to begin a mass evacuation. Three months later, the army sent a scouting team, and the white behemoth had already left、、、"

Then it was the rebuilding of the ruined city, and the Kingdom of Clans asking the Kingdom of Mano, as an ally, why they didn't help them. Shako glanced at Kasia, "Actually, I'm also very puzzled here, as an ally, I should have to help before such a disaster." Soon after, however, the kingdom of Mano broke the alliance agreement and set off a war of expansion. The Kingdom of Clans was the first country to be swallowed up by the Empire. ”

After saying that, he sighed, and Shake's face turned red with faint excitement.

"There are many, many such small stories, such as the deep underwater shadows of the fishermen, the red-eyed wolves in the fields, the bronze islands floating among the clouds, the strange sound of fallen leaves in the wind、、、、 and so on. Anyway, it's all fantastic fantasies, but it's really beautiful, and that's how my interest in paleontology was born. By the way, there's also a painting of the white beast. Here, here、、、"

Kasia looked at the place where Shako pointed, it was a very simple stick figure, and the skills were very good, and there were not many lines outlining the specific appearance of the white beast. There was an adult on the side as a reference, and the white beast was about seven meters tall, which was indeed huge. But what attracted Kasia the most was the most detailed part of the stick figure, the eyes, the standard doji.

"Kind of second-class creatures. Kasia already had the answer in mind.

"Actually, I sometimes wish that something in the book would come about, and that's how my initial interest in paleontology came from. When I think about it before I go to bed, I feel, I just feel that 、、、Well, people can't sleep、、、、" Sha Ke nodded self-approvalally, but then thought that his words seemed to be wrong, and quickly added, "Actually, I can sleep." ”

"The author of this book is also someone I admire, obviously a zoologist, but he can have such an imagination. Ah, he seems to like ancient things too, and there are other books about the study of ancient ruins. Speaking of which, I would love history, antiquities, and paleontology, as if it were all because of this author's book. Sha Ke carefully flipped the book to the end, although it was not the original, but the handwriting had been a little blurry due to the erosion of time.

"Perkins Chiris?"

"Yes, Perkins Cialis. ”