The blizzard was still falling, but its intensity had further weakened, about to turn into heavy snow.
"Is this the town of Ivomona?" After following the map for almost four hours, Lin Yuan finally saw some buildings with faint lights.
They were scattered sparsely on both sides of the country road, with some further away.
Surrounded by a wall made of unknown material, only the entrance and exit roads were left.
The flying snow particles completely obscured the view, and Lin Yuan could not see the scene on the distant wall clearly.
He simply dug a snow cave in place and crawled in to take shelter from the wind.
He'd better prepare first.
The first was of course to memorize the map. He had already memorized it in Trist's wooden house. Now, he took it out to review and consolidate it, to prevent himself from suddenly forgetting it later.
After consolidating the route, Lin Yuan put the map away. Spending more time on it would be unwise. Moreover, this was the terrain they had secretly observed with a telescope half a year ago. He had no idea what the current situation was inside, whether there were more or fewer buildings.
He would have to rely on Lin Yuan's quick thinking after entering.
He checked the time.
It was 7:30 in the morning. The sky was as dark as a heavily overcast day. He counted the number of magazines on himself.
Vector submachine gun, five extended magazines on his person, with a capacity of 35 rounds. With one in the gun, a total of 210 rounds.
FN57 pistol, ten extended magazines on his person. 30-round capacity (because the FN57 uses 5.7x28mm ammunition).
The people on the wall were still discussing yesterday's events as they walked: "Bob, did you hear? The hunting team that went out yesterday all died."
"Dylan, I don't want to talk about these things right now. I just want to eat quickly. We have to stand guard in such cold weather. I don't know what the superiors are thinking." Another person did not answer his question, hugging his shoulders and gasping for cold air, looking like he was freezing.
"So boring." Bob rolled his eyes. His mask was covered in frost flowers, caused by his exhaled breath freezing.
"But this damn weather is indeed cold enough. I wonder what's for lunch today." Because he was wearing more than Dylan, he didn't feel that the current temperature was enough to make him shiver.
"Susie, quickly give me a cup of hot milk."
"Dylan, I think you're frozen silly. I'm a man, where would I get hot milk?!" After saying this, Susie quickly turned her head to see if there was any abnormality.
They had been chatting for too long. If they were discovered by the people above, it would be over.
"Damn it, I'm going down to put on another layer of clothes." Dylan muttered and walked down the wall. There were things he needed at the entrance.
Susie, who remained in place, sneezed and almost dropped the gun in her hand.
"Fuck! I'm freezing to death..."
The moment he looked up, he saw a person standing in front of him, and his voice abruptly stopped.
"Susie?" Sensing something was wrong, Bob quickly rushed over and saw Susie standing there blankly, not moving.
The wind and snow were too heavy, so he didn't see the details on Susie's neck clearly, only felt something strange.
"Hey, brother, what's wrong."
"It's nothing, I just feel a little uncomfortable." Susie's voice sounded. Although it was a bit strange, Bob didn't think much of it and turned around to call Dylan, who was about to go down for another layer of clothes.
Then he heard the sound of a heavy object falling behind him.
The danger alarm in his mind was flashing red frantically, and all the signals in his body were telling him.
Run!
The moment he took a step, a dagger pierced his neck. He couldn't say anything. The suffocation in his lungs and the intense pain in his throat made him gasp for air like a fish out of water, but it was all in vain.
He twitched a few times and then died completely.
Lin Yuan remained unmoved. He carefully avoided the splashing blood, as it was the best tracer for the members of the Eternal Life Cult.
"No signs of resurrection, just the outermost members?"
As a precaution, to prevent reanimation and to ensure they were dead, Lin Yuan fired another shot to the head and the heart.
The blood flowing from the two on the ground quickly froze into ice. He ignored these two completely dead outer members.
Taking advantage of the fact that the person who went downstairs had not yet come up, Lin Yuan, holding the captured telescope, crouched and observed the scene inside the town. The entire town sloped from high in the front to low in the back, so Lin Yuan could see the situation outside the wall earlier.
Many people in the town were already awake. Almost every house had candles lit.
With the telescope, the distant buildings became clearer. The only building in the town with electric lights on was the church that Trist had mentioned.
It was of standard European style, but its overall color tone was black, making it appear solemn and dignified, with a hint of darkness.
In short, it lacked a sense of sanctity.
"It seems the answer I'm looking for might be here."
Footsteps sounded from below the town wall. There was no snow accumulation in the town, so the sound was particularly noticeable.
"Did the person who went down just now return?"