Neighbors in forbidden land

Chapter 12 The Land of the Extreme North

The sun slowly rises from the distant skyline, the blue-black sky is gradually stained with a touch of orange, and the land is beginning to be covered with the first ray of color, and the remaining plants are drooping in the strong wind last night My own withered body wants to take out new shoots again.

A trickle of stream flows past the cave, and the clear water reflects a faint brilliance in the morning sun.There was still a little flickering fire on the scorched wood in front of the cave. I used my claws to pull some plants over and watched the sporadic sparks burn again.

"Small... black..."

Yimi's still weak voice came from the cave, and I couldn't help but stop the movement of my paws.

"You... are fine..." Yimi, who was still curled up, moved her body slightly and took a deep breath.

This is not the first time I have asked this question, but she should just be worried about my physical condition, right?

After all, I was just a "little girl" in her imagination.

In fact, there is no such thing as "habit". My body has always been very good, and there will be no problems at all.

It's better to say that if I have problems, then there is probably nothing in this world that will not go wrong.

"..." Yimi didn't respond at all, but I poked my eyes slightly to the edge of the cave entrance to observe Yimi's situation secretly.

Her condition still doesn't look very good, and I don't know how to make her condition better.

Because I still know too little about the human body.

All I know is that humans are fragile.

"Cough, cough..." Yimi coughed slightly, and I didn't know what to do for a while, so I could only keep twisting my claws and guarding outside the cave.

What on earth can I do...

How on earth can I help Yimi...

"Xiao Hei..." Yimi called my name softly again, but judging from the fact that she shrunk her body tighter, she should still be suffering.

After a while, Yimi sent out a weak voice: "Thirst..."

Are you thirsty?

But how can I pass the water to Yimi?

These claws can't even do such a simple action as holding water.

If only I could have hands.

"..." Yimi didn't answer, but I already knew that it was difficult for her to climb out of the cave to drink water.

then...

With the tip of a claw, I dug another ditch from the side of the ditch outside the cave with the lightest movement, leading the water directly into the cave and in front of Yimi.

In this way, it is difficult to control the strength, I just try not to hurt Yimi as lightly as possible.

Of course, in order to prevent Yimi from saying that I am stupid, I still remember to draw a circle so that the river can turn out again to form a circle.

Well, in fact, as long as someone tells me how to do it, I can still do it.

Afterwards, I could see Yimi slowly stretched out a hand, as if to confirm, he put his hand into the river ditch I introduced.

Then she trembled and crawled twice as if she had used all her strength, slowly moved to the edge of the river ditch, and directly began to drink the water in it.

"Cough! Cough! Cough!" It seemed that she was still choking, just like when I just fished her out of the sea, I was coughing intermittently.

It is strange that human beings need water but are afraid of water.

After Yimi finished drinking, she hugged her body with both hands and curled up into a ball.

"It's so cold..."

I hurriedly cut off another piece of vegetation growing on the ground, and moved the plant with my claws to increase the fire in the hole.

You can't move the soil over, otherwise the fire will be smaller. I already knew this yesterday. The flame almost went out last night, which reminded me that I almost cut down all the surrounding plants.

The fire didn't tend to decrease, but Yimi just raised her hand and touched her forehead and face with difficulty, then dropped her hand powerlessly aside.

"So hot……"

Eh?

eh eh?

I looked at the leaping flames at the entrance of the cave, yesterday was almost the same as now?

"Cold..." As a result, before I could make another move, Yimi squeezed out another word.

Is it cold or hot...

The human body is weird.

"... I should... have a fever... I'm so thirsty... My head is so hot..."

what is that?

"Is there... an ice thing? Cough, I want to... apply it to my head..."

Yimi's voice was trembling, but if it was something that needed ice...

"……Um."

Although I don't know what the situation is now, but in the past, ice can be seen from the extreme south and the extreme north.

Because the extreme south has to pass through human settlements and the distance is farther, it can only go north.

I took off again, flying at high speed to the north.

After leaving the area where Yimi and I were, we soon arrived at an area with clusters of peaks and green trees. The last time I was here, I went east to find Behemoth, so I didn't continue to go north.

But this time, I must continue north.

As I continued north, the next area took on a new look.

The terrain became more complex, with potholes, vast mountains, uneven canyons, meandering rivers, and a small number of plants whose growth has improved significantly.

Although this place is just a little more green than the place where Yimi and I stayed.

But the most obvious difference is that although there are not many of them, there are not only monsters but also animals here.

Although when I saw me, some either ran away quickly or fell down directly.

I did not do it on purpose……

Next time, come here to help Yimi find something to eat.But for now... still have to continue north.

I continued to fly north, and I could clearly feel that the number of animals here was decreasing sharply, and even the monsters were only sporadically distributed.

This side is nothing but a plain with various huge potholes, and there are almost no plants distributed.

Still have to... go on.

until, seeing—

do not know when.

Suddenly, white ice crystals began to scatter across the sky, and the ground seemed to be covered with a layer of white clothes. There was no longer any sunlight in the sky, and even the sun disappeared, leaving only endless night.

There are also majestic mountains here, but they are all covered in pure white.

There is also an endless plain here, but it is also covered in pure white.

I couldn't help but landed on the ground, setting off a large white ice crystal on the ground, and the monster named "Snow Monster" in the distance also howled and fled after seeing me, leaving a series of footprints on the white ground.

I lifted my paw and watched as the sparkling ice crystals fell onto my black paws and then dissipated.

snow.

Although I don't feel it, I know it's cold here.

If you look forward, you can see——

A big tree over [-] meters high stands in the distance.

It was a big tree made of dazzling blue and white ice crystals. The whole tree didn't have a single fruit, flower, or even a single leaf, but its branches stretched toward the sky, toward the ground, and in all directions, covering the sky and the sun. .

And the location of that tree is the extreme north.

The northernmost point of the world is the end of the world.

Although I know there is no so-called end there.

If you look carefully, the white snow fluttering in the sky all fell from the branches of the huge ice crystal tree, scattered in all directions, covering the circular area centered on it.

Really, it's been a long time since I've been here.

It's back to normal here...

It's all because of her——

its not right!

What am I still wasting here?Yimi is still waiting for me to go back!

I hastily shoveled a large handful of snow from the ground with my two paws, and flew back south as fast as I could.

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"We were finally able to get out of the heavy adjustment work, and the first thing we saw was you."

Seeing the black figure hurrying away from the edge of this field holding a cloud of snow, even we couldn't help but want to feel emotional.

"You've turned black."

Even she is invisible from this distance, but we still want to say it.

"Although we don't have any opinion on what you guys are doing, but thanks to you, we have been busy for thousands of years. By the way... is the current algorithm still thousands of years?"

do not care.

Everything is to clean up the mess for this guy.

Who made us the only ones on this planet who are qualified for this job?The tree under our feet is composed of our magic power, which can be regarded as restoring the celestial phenomenon here.

The terrain, climate, and ecology are all normal, although it is a defective product that was forcibly adjusted by magic.

Others will be adjusted slowly in the future. After all, it is an unprecedented adjustment.

Now we can only sit quietly on the ice and snow branches formed by magic, watching the familiar snowflakes still remaining in the palms of our hands.And like a small spot of light, fluttering around us, protected by us until now, the little fairy shining with silver light.

"Who are you running around for now?"

The huge black figure in the distance has disappeared into this field.

"How stupid."