"Angels, Drart, what's wrong with you over there?"

Hearing the exclamation from the communication, the mercenary Erien, who was walking at the front of the group, immediately tried to confirm the situation.

"Is there any danger encountered, tell me more about it?"

“……”

The communication was silent for a moment.

After that, the two people below were a little panicked, and then they continued to come out of the communication:

"Yes...... There's something down there, and I see something moving inside the ice. ”

"But in the blink of an eye, that guy was gone again."

Irion furrowed his eyebrows and continued to ask:

"Are you sure you're not dazzled, what does that thing look like?"

As a mercenary, he has seen many examples of visual and auditory hallucinations due to fear, and the current environment can easily give rise to such situations.

"I'm not sure." With Erien's inquiry, after the initial panic was over, the people in the ice below began to reorganize their language and try to make some useful answers, "The ice structure here is quite complicated, and I just saw some vague shadows, which cannot be ruled out as the result of the semi-reflection of light and shadow on the ice. ”

“……”

Several people were having a conversation in the newsletter at the same time.

Ronald, who was in the middle of the line, was a little speechless.

He now felt that he was not in some scientific expedition, but on the set of some horror movie.

The expedition personnel responsible for supporting the expedition, the special and strange terrain environment, and the unheard of strange creatures...... These things are taken out one by one, and they are basically ingredients that can be used in monster movies or horror movies.

Serious research, how can there be these bells and whistles!

However, this is the case.

It also happened to inspire him to some extent.

According to the original content of the Divine Comedy, the trial of the original canon in which he was in would never have such a strange environment, but should have been a fantasy scene such as hell and heaven, or an important historical background when the poet Dante wrote the book.

The trial now makes up such a scene......

Ronald believed in his heart that this must have its meaning.

Thinking about these things, Ronald's eyes began to fall on his surroundings.

When he arrived, he understood why the two members of the expedition insisted on staying, and then chose the houses here for destructive excavations. Because just below this broken ice cave, every few meters down there are circular corridors that extend to both sides, and then build a tunnel around the shape of the ice lake, with no end in sight.

Analyze with Ronald's eyes.

This kind of circular tunnel with a regular structure can never be a naturally formed terrain, and there should be some kind of 'builder' who plays an absolutely interfering role.

After entering the ruins, it is not unfathomable to see the subtleties of the underground structure that make you curious and continue to excavate if you find the clues below through some weak ice structures.

At this time, Yanni, who remained on the ground, suddenly spoke in the communication:

"Guys, things aren't going well on my side."

"The blue animals that attacked the base just now appeared at the entrance, and I probably won't be able to stay where I am."

Almost without hesitation, Erion commanded:

"Yanni, you find an igloo with an opening up up there to hide, it's cold here, it's okay for you to be careful."

Yanni didn't even have time to reply.

Ronald interjected first:

"Yanni, I'd suggest you'd better come down as well. These animals were able to track them here, and the temperature disturbance may not be enough to protect people. ”

“……”

"Lao Yang, you wait for me to come down."

After only a short silence, Yanni informed the crowd of her choice in the communication.

Ronald immediately shifted his gaze to Iryan.

He knew in his heart that the controlling mercenary would probably be quite unhappy with his interjection. But the risk of staying on top is too great, and Ronald doesn't want to continue to lose manpower at a time like this.

The truth is the same as Ronald thought.

Hearing that Yanni refused his orders and instead followed Ronald's advice, Iryan's eyes were now quite unhappy.

But when he found out what Ronald had cast on.

This guy still knows how serious the situation is, so he reluctantly returns a very perfunctory smile.

"Hehe, you're an expert, it's right to listen to your preparation."

“……”

After a small episode of uneasiness, the line continued downward.

Dratt and Ingres, who were in a deeper position, did not notice the movement just now.

The current situation.

Once again, it seems to be back to a smooth transition phase......

Click, Click, Click

Suddenly, the pickup function of the professional headphones began to alert them.

As the upper and lower groups of people approached under the ice, they were finally able to see the lights from each other's lighting systems. Just near the surrounding ice, there seems to be some kind of sound produced by a sharp object rubbing against the ice.

This is very similar to the kind of movement that the two of them described when they were panicking before!

Ronald immediately asked:

"Angels, Drart, did you two turn on the pickup function of the headphones before?"

"Pickup function? What are you doing with that thing? ”

The two explorers below spoke in a confused tone.

Considering the power consumption, this non-essential function is usually turned off, and communication is the most important role of the headset. At this moment, under Ronald's inquiry, they finally reached out and pressed the switch of the pickup function on the side of the earphone.

Click, Click, Click

A strange voice rang out.

At the location of Angel and Dratte.

This 'click' sound is heard more clearly than Ronald's position.

For a moment—

The communication channel, which had been talked about very little, was once again completely silent.

Anyone who has turned on the headset pickup function knows that they are in big trouble right now.

Ingres and Dratt's previous discoveries were not delusions born out of a crisis. It's in this strange environment that something is really going on in the underground ice environment!

Even listen carefully to the location of this sound.

One thing that is surprising to notice is that the sound is getting louder a little bit.

This thing is approaching them!

"Yang, I'm here."

It was also at this time that Yanni took advantage of the hanging pulley set that Ronald had put together when they came down to get to the depth where the team was.

Iryan, who is nominally in charge of commanding the team.

Almost immediately, he turned his gaze to Yanni, who had just come here:

"Miss Yanni, do you know a ......?"

"No, I don't know!" Yanni answered Erion's question almost immediately, and then did not forget to describe the gravity of the situation. "It's not uncommon for animals to live in glacial environments, but I've never heard of something like this that can move freely in the ice."

Click-

When Yanni introduced, the lights of the team above and the two waves of people below collided with each other.

It's in this location.

They saw a very amazing scene.

A creature with a crystal clear body and a substance like an ice cube was piercing its ice-like sharp tentacles into one of the two people below!