Chapter 195 Archives

Inside the Jiannan Village, in what used to be the elderly activity center.

Two figures, one large and one small, were flipping through paper files.

Ever since the official decision to develop the snowfield here, the entire Jiannan Village had been acquired by the government, and the villagers of Jiannan Village had been properly resettled elsewhere. It was said that after they moved, they were all very wealthy...

And this former elderly activity center was now the place where the garrison of this military camp stored its files.

"The Jiannan Village Snowfield Other Dimension Space appeared on June 23, 1999. The Pioneering Legion entered it on the same day to investigate. The country decided to develop it on August 7 of the same year and established the Jiannan Village Snowfield Social Experience Point project."

While flipping through the files, Jiang Xiao said, "It only says here that Pioneering Legion Squad 037 and Pioneering Legion Squad 042 jointly entered and pioneered this snowfield space, but it doesn't mention the names of the personnel who pioneered it back then, not even their numbers."

In the distance, Er Wei leaned against the bookshelf, holding her phone and silently sending out a number, saying, "That's enough."

Jiang Xiao's mental state didn't seem very good; he looked very tired. He put down the information and asked, "How's it going on your end?"

Er Wei put away her phone, picked up a stack of documents, and flipped through them: "Between 1999 and 2016, a total of 31 people went missing from the Jiannan Village Snowfield training point, including 29 social trainees and 2 Guardian Legion members."

Jiang Xiao: "Why so few?"

Immediately, Jiang Xiao realized that his words were inappropriate and explained, "What I meant was, the snowfield was severely damaged during the mercenary invasion last time."

Er Wei knew Jiang Xiao's nature and knew that he would never joke about the lives of soldiers, so she didn't misunderstand him. She then explained, "Whether it's the Guardian Legion or the Night Watch Legion, they all fought the enemy in small teams. Until the end of the battle, no team was completely wiped out, so the deaths of the soldiers could be confirmed by their comrades, and most of the soldiers' remains were recovered."

Er Wei continued, "What I just said was 'missing'. Thirty-one people disappeared out of thin air. What we are looking for is the person who built the wooden house in the upper dimension, not those dead souls."

Jiang Xiao nodded. Since it was an other-dimensional space, the number of deaths would definitely not be small, even in a low-level snowfield. However, because of the special team formation promoted by the country, the deaths of most trainees could be confirmed.

Jiang Xiao thought for a while. In this case, those social trainees should have been eaten by the White Ghosts, or maybe the entire team was wiped out, resulting in a "missing" situation.

But the soldiers were strong and had no reason to disappear.

Jiang Xiao asked, "Since '99, has there always been a rule here that only awakeners below the Star River level can enter?"

Er Wei: "The country has always had such requirements for low-level training points."

Jiang Xiao said, "Then we don't need to consider social trainees, because they are Nebula Stage and Star Dust Stage trainees."

Er Wei turned her gaze away from the files and looked at Jiang Xiao: "Continue."

Jiang Xiao rubbed his temples and said, "I can say with certainty that the White Ghosts I encountered in the upper snowfield were at least Gold-level. They reminded me of the Ape Ghost King in the armory. And these White Ghosts are not isolated cases; that's their normal strength level."

Er Wei nodded thoughtfully and said, "So, you don't think that any Star Dust Stage or Nebula Stage social trainees could survive in the hands of White Ghosts of that level."

Jiang Xiao: "It's really difficult. I experienced everything firsthand and know what it's like to be hunted down by White Ghosts."

Jiang Xiao confirmed from another angle that there was no need to consider the social trainees, and they should only focus on the two powerful soldiers.

Er Wei gave a faint "hmm," which was considered a temporary approval of Jiang Xiao's speculation. She picked up the information and flipped through it, saying:

"Guardian Legion Soldier, Name: Hu Wei, Male, Han ethnicity, Height: 184, Age at time of disappearance: 22, Date of disappearance: January 18, 2011, Did not return from patrol."

"Guardian Legion Soldier, Name: Cang Lan, Female, Han ethnicity, Height: 176, Age at time of disappearance: 21, Date of disappearance: January 18, 2011, Did not return from patrol."

Er Wei frowned and said softly, "The two went out on patrol together..."

Buzz... Buzz...

Er Wei took out a flip-phone from her pocket. It was black and didn't answer, but opened it directly and put it to her ear.

After a few seconds, Er Wei hung up the phone, turned around, put the information into the file bag, and said, "It is known that there are three more people missing who are not recorded in the records. One is a member of the Pioneering Legion, one is a member of the Night Watch Legion, and one is an intruder."

Jiang Xiao was slightly taken aback and looked curiously at Er Wei.

Er Wei: "Night Watchman, Zhang Songfu, Night Watch Number 386, Male, Han ethnicity, Height: 181, Age at time of disappearance: 26, Time of disappearance: September 2015. During the mercenary invasion of the snowfield, he was stationed at a small space-time tunnel in the northwest of the snowfield. While fighting a mercenary intruder, they both accidentally entered the space-time tunnel."

Jiang Xiao's eyes lit up. This news was valuable.

The other missing people really didn't know where they went, but this Zhang Songfu clearly broke into the upper dimension with an intruder!

"In addition to this intruder, there may be some unknown intruders who have entered the upper dimension." Er Wei said, "The scene was very chaotic when the two of us blocked them in the Holy Ruins."

Jiang Xiao remained noncommittal. On second thought, no mercenaries should have escaped Er Wei's grasp and entered the upper dimension.

Besides, they weren't trying to enter the upper dimension; those mercenaries came to destroy the Holy Ruins.

Er Wei continued, "Pioneer, He Yun, Pioneer Number 0, Male, Manchu ethnicity, Height: 177, Age... Age at time of disappearance: 46, Time of disappearance: August 1999."

He Yun?

Why does that name sound so familiar?

He Zeyun... Oh, right, Xia Yan's mother, but these two are completely unrelated...

Jiang Xiao rubbed his temples. His mental state wasn't good, and his thoughts were a bit chaotic.

He hoped that the one who built the wooden house wasn't this pioneering ancestor.

1999~2016? A full 17 years?

Surviving alone in the snowfield for 17 years? Drinking melted snow every day and eating White Ghost meat?

Jiang Xiao thought for a while and said, "Hopefully it's the Night Watchman, Zhang Songfu, or those two Guardian Legion soldiers. If it's the pioneer, He Yun, then his fate is too tragic."

Er Wei nodded silently and said, "You rest well. Let's try again and see if we can teleport to that snow mountain again."

Jiang Xiao sighed deeply. The country prohibits entering the upper dimension.

It's not that the officials don't want to save them, but the transmission between dimensions is too strange and confusing. No one can figure it out, and no matter how many people go, they will get lost. This is not a question of whether to save them, but a question of going to die completely.

To put it bluntly, it is a senseless sacrifice.

It had been three full days since Jiang Xiao last saw the wooden house. Since Jiang Xiao brought back this information, Er Wei suggested that Jiang Xiao continue to collect intelligence.

The ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

Every time Jiang Xiao entered the upper dimension snowfield, he was teleported to a different place.

What frightened Jiang Xiao was that every time, he could not escape the fate of being torn apart by the White Ghosts.

Being killed miserably time and time again caused Jiang Xiao to suffer all kinds of pain and torture. This situation was extremely terrifying.

The only thing that Jiang Xiao was thankful for was that the White Ghosts were very irritable and had very strong lethality. They almost always killed with one blow, and they would not give Jiang Xiao time to linger, so Jiang Xiao would not taste the taste of dying little by little.

But even so, Jiang Xiao's recent state was terrible, which was why the two of them came to the elderly activity center.

Don't look at Jiang Xiao's eloquence; in fact, he was very tired now, both physically and mentally, riddled with holes.

Sleeping can't heal his riddled heart. Jiang Xiao planned to give himself a sip of milk after going to bed later.

For the sake of that possibly alive comrade-in-arms, Jiang Xiao desperately searched and desperately "died".

Er Wei saw all of this, and her heart was full of admiration, even reverence.

In the time she spent with him, she was repeatedly grateful for how right her choice was, and even more frighteningly, he used his own qualities and practical actions to make her respect him again and again.

If there was a scoring sheet in Er Wei's heart, Jiang Xiao's score had already overflowed at this time.

For a person he had never met, a person whose identity was even unknown, just because the other person might be a Chinese, might be a Chinese soldier, Jiang Xiao did his best and gave everything.

Jiang Xiao felt ashamed about this. He was not as great as Er Wei thought.

Jiang Xiao was just doing what he could. He was just using bait to search. Maybe he was a little desperate, but he would never suffer any life threats.

However, there are many things in this world that you can't succeed in just by working hard.

Jiang Xiao knew how much the White Ghosts from the upper dimension would be weakened when they descended.

Jiang Xiao also discovered that the snowfield of the upper dimension was probably hundreds or thousands of times larger than the snowfield of the lower dimension!

As early as the Snow Mountain Region of the Northwest Front, Jiang Xiao's team, in cooperation with the Broken Mountain Legion, could destroy an other-dimensional space almost every 2 days on average. This could prove their speed in finding the Holy Ruins, and it could also prove the size of the other-dimensional space in the lower dimension!

However, in that upper snowfield, Jiang Xiao searched for so long, and the locations of each teleportation were different, but he didn't even see a shadow of the Holy Ruins.

Not to mention him,

If the person who built the wooden house inside was really the Night Watchman, Zhang Songfu, who accidentally entered it in September last year, it was now August 2016, which meant that he had nearly a year to find the passage to the lower dimension, but what was the result?

The result was that the other party still didn't come out!

What did this represent? The snowfield in the upper dimension might be larger than humans could imagine!

A Star Warrior, a year's journey, identified a direction, really couldn't find a downward teleportation channel?

Jiang Xiao didn't think so.

This was just Zhang Songfu, who had recently disappeared. If it was Hu Wei and Cang Lan, who disappeared in 2011, wouldn't they be able to find their way back in 5 years?

Of course, these are all assuming that the other party wanted to return to Earth.

What if the other party just liked to live in seclusion, just liked winter, just liked the big White Ghosts, then Jiang Xiao had no temper...

After all, everyone has their own aspirations,

Jiang Xiao could only wish the other party a long life and a lonely death.

Jiang Xiao looked up at Er Wei and said, "In the last few days, if I can't find it, I should leave here. I've had enough of the snowfield. I should go and see the outside world."

Er Wei came to Jiang Xiao's side, and her hoarse voice was actually a little gentle. She gently patted Jiang Xiao's shoulder and said, "You've done a very good job. You don't have to force yourself."

Jiang Xiao gave a forced smile and said, "I'm really curious about what kind of guy would live there."

Er Wei didn't answer, but just said, "I will do my best to help you imbue the White Ghost Wu Star Bead. If your Decoy Star Technique can reach the Diamond level, it might be stronger and allow you to escape the fate of being slaughtered by the White Ghosts."

Jiang Xiao shook his head and said, "To be honest, I think the Diamond Decoy is still a long way off. In my current state, it's difficult to continue. I think I need a period of peace."

Er Wei: "Okay."