Inside a tent in a sub-zero camp, a traveler from another world huddled in a cold animal skin sleeping bag, opened a notebook he had found, and quickly read it line by line.
**[Hunter's Notes] Item**
- **Quality:** Excellent
- **Description:** A four-star Hunter's personal notebook, recording 18% of the New World's ecological map, with 12 large creature illustrations, 16 small creature illustrations, 75 environmental creature illustrations, and single-handed sword usage techniques.
- **PS:** This is a notebook, not a diary. Who writes a diary if they're a normal person?
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**Day 1 in the New World**
Although the fleet suffered losses after encountering the Melting Mountain Dragon midway, fortunately, there were no casualties, and everyone arrived safely at Astera.
**Day 2 in the New World**
Clear weather. The weather is nice today. I took on a "Forest Scoundrel" quest, a 1-star mission to hunt 7 Thief Dragons. Although this mission doesn't suit my status as a 4-star Hunter, I lost all my weapons and armor when I encountered the Melting Mountain Dragon at sea, so now I can only use the Hunter's Dagger and leather protective gear bought from the weapon shop.
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**Day 12 in the New World**
Cloudy weather. A powerful Hunter, who made our entire Fifth Fleet wait for a week, hunted a Mamut Yaverne with just a beginner weapon like an iron katana. This is a Beast Dragon Species called Anjanath, which scholars call a "Forest Thug." Just looking at it, you know it's not to be trifled with. As someone also from the Fifth Fleet, I couldn't do it. Is the gap between people really that big?
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**Day 20 in the New World**
Clear weather. The Melting Mountain Dragon capture operation failed due to the obstruction of an Ancient Dragon Species! Is that Nergigante?! An Ancient Dragon that preys on Ancient Dragons! Just seeing Him made my legs tremble uncontrollably. Am I afraid of the Ancient Dragon's majesty? Honestly, I was scared.
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**Day 25 in the New World**
Overcast weather. Today we pushed the investigation area into the Rotten Vale and established a Central Camp. This is all thanks to the information provided by the seniors of the First Fleet. It's truly admirable that a senior is still conducting environmental surveys alone in such a dangerous environment.
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**Day 30 in the New World**
Light rain. According to the Guild Master's Melting Mountain Dragon inducement operation, we successfully guided the Melting Mountain Dragon, who intended to end its life, to the outer sea before the Guiding Lands, alleviating the impact of the explosion.
To celebrate the victory, Astera held a grand banquet, and I also saw the Guild Master of the investigation team. He was as mighty as a raging Rajang! Ah! Scratch that! I drank two more glasses of Astera Brandy tonight, a wine recommended by the investigation team, it's strong.
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**Day 65 in the New World**
Cloudy weather. After three days, our four-person team completed the scholars' ecological survey request and successfully captured a Pukei-Pukei. As soon as I returned to Astera, I heard that she single-handedly repelled the Ancient Dragon Species Flame King Dragon. She is excessively powerful. Sometimes the gap between people is even greater than the gap between people and Rouran Rail.
**Day 70 in the New World**
Clear weather. I didn't take any quests today and lay in my hut all day. When I went to the Chef's place for dinner, I heard that that great person single-handedly hunted a Nergigante. She is truly as powerful as a god. I can't imagine what other Beast Dragons she can't defeat.
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**Impossible! This is impossible!**
I don't believe this is true. The Guild Master said she fell deep into the Guiding Lands with the mysterious Ancient Dragon born in the Dragon Crystal Land during the battle. Azure Star! Please bless her with successful hunts and a safe return.
The Guild Master went down on a Flying Wyvern. He brought back news that the dragon was still alive, absorbing energy and growing in the Guiding Lands, but the Guild Master did not find any trace of that great person...
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**Xeno'jiiva**
It lingers in the Guiding Lands and refuses to leave. Astera has sent high-ranking Hunter teams to hunt it several times, but they have all returned in failure. Now the Earth Vein energy is abnormally active, the Dragon Beasts of the New World are agitated, and Hunters exploring outside have witnessed powerful Dragon sub-species multiple times. If she were still here, it would be good.
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**An Ancient Dragon attacked the Astera base.**
It was covered in ice crystals and entirely azure, able to freely manipulate cold air to release ultra-low temperature breaths. Although we eventually repelled it with a Dragonator, we also lost many companions.
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**It's snowing.**
Snowflakes are actually falling in the Ancient Forest. This is my first time seeing snowflakes in the New World. The snow has gotten heavier, accumulating over half a meter deep in just one day. The temperature is dropping very quickly, making gathering and hunting in the forest difficult.
The dragon groups are agitated, and powerful Dragon Beasts are constantly attacking Astera in the snowstorm. Bad things keep happening. Sea Dragons have also appeared on the sea lanes, and supply ships have been attacked. We are somewhat isolated and helpless.
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**The New World no longer has a foothold for us.**
The Guild Masters unanimously decided to withdraw from the New World. We failed.
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**Today I completed my last hunt and gathering in the Ancient Forest.**
The temperature hasn't warmed up, and snowflakes are still falling in the sky. Fortunately, the supplies on the ship are almost collected. Tomorrow we will set sail from the New World and return to our homeland. I left my notebook and initial weapons at the camp, considering it my trace in the New World.
Under the light, two fingers, already red from the cold, turned the written pages, but the following pages were all blank. The notebook ended here.
After finishing the thick notebook, Alex's mind conjured a black figure holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, performing simple basic movements like chopping, hacking, slicing, and paring.
"I seem to have learned a bit about using a single-handed sword. What a magical experience."
Alex closed the notebook he had finished reading and put it into his backpack. His right hand turned off the flashlight on his phone used for illumination, and without the light source, the tent immediately plunged into darkness.
**[Camp Tent] Item**
- **Quality:** Common
- **Description:** A sturdy tent made of canvas and thick beast fur. Even if left unattended for a long time, it still provides good warmth and insulation.
- **PS:** Its owner left 995 days ago.
Ignoring the characters that appeared at the corner of his eye.
In the darkness, Alex expressionlessly extended his left hand from the animal skin sleeping bag and rubbed his eye sockets with his middle finger and thumb.
He truly didn't know what expression to use to face this world.
Damn it!
As a newcomer to transmigration, he had already felt the full malice of the New World through this thick notebook!
To summarize the four pieces of information he gained from this anonymous notebook:
1. The Azure Star (the title only the strongest Hunter in the New World can be granted) mysteriously disappeared during the hunt for Xeno'jiiva, and that premature, chosen Xeno'jiiva was still alive.
2. The azure Ancient Dragon, capable of controlling cold, should be the Iceborne Dragon from Iceborne. For some unknown reason, it came from the Everfrost Tundra to the New World, and the now snow-covered Ancient Forest should be affected by the Iceborne Dragon's ecological niche.
3. All investigation teams had withdrawn from the New World, and he might be the only human still alive in the New World.
Ever since the Azure Star disappeared while hunting Xeno'jiiva, things had been like the dump truck that hit him and sent him transmigrating, crushing everything he knew.
He had thought he could just relax and rely on the Azure Star in the Hunter World, but she had actually disappeared.
It really was a hellish start. Now, if he wanted to survive in this New World, he would likely face a combined assault from the Hunter World and Iceborne!
Fortunately, he still had his golden finger. He hoped it would be powerful.
**[World information collected. Generating profession for player.]**
32%
From the moment he transmigrated to when he hid in this tent, more than 50 minutes had passed. He had finished reading a whole diary, but the system's progress was only one-third loaded.
"I can't drag this out any longer. I need to take some action."
Alex clenched his fists. His current situation was not good.
According to the notebook's records, his location should be a cave camp on the edge of the Ancient Forest, so he didn't have to worry about being attacked by wild beasts for now.
However, the temperature outside the tent was probably already below freezing.
In such a low-temperature environment, if he went out, his body would lose heat within two hours at most, and he might be in danger if he didn't warm up in time.
But if he stayed in this tent, hidden in his sleeping bag, without water or food, he could only last a day at most.
But if he really hid in the tent for more than half a day, by then, his physical condition probably wouldn't allow him to do anything to survive.
He was silent for a while.
Alex crawled out of the sleeping bag, which had just been warmed by his body temperature.
There were many difficulties, but he had to face them.
"It's better to start by solving the simplest problems one by one while my physical condition is still good."
Hiss~
As soon as he lifted the tent flap and bent down to step out, Alex gasped in a breath of cold air.
The cold air outside the tent rushed directly into his neck and ankles, taking away his body heat and causing a large patch of goosebumps on his skin.
He was thoroughly chilled, and his body shivered uncontrollably.
"So cold!"
At this moment, Alex was wearing a cotton short-sleeved shirt on his upper body, with a thin black jacket over it. For his lower body, besides cotton boxers, he was wearing only a pair of casual sports pants, all made of polyester fiber. They could block wind and rain, but their thermal insulation performance was not outstanding.
His sports shoes and cotton socks were quite warm, but against the sub-zero temperature, his autumn clothes were truly insufficient.
Alex squatted down, first pulling up his socks to cover his pant legs, then standing up to zip his jacket all the way up, shrinking his neck to minimize skin contact with the air, which could slow down heat loss.
After tidying his cuffs, Alex put his hands into the side pockets of his jacket and looked up to survey the environment around the tent.
It seemed his camp was in a cave within a mountain, roughly 80 square meters in area, over 3 meters high, and semi-circular, with the overall terrain resembling an inverted bowl.
Although there was no phone light, the cave was not dark.
Clusters of glowing plants grew on the surrounding rock walls, each cluster composed of several purple spheres the size of ping-pong balls squeezed together. The bioluminescence they emitted wasn't enough to illuminate the entire cave, but at least it allowed Alex to see things inside the cave.
**[Glowmoss] Moss Plant · Item**
- **Quality:** Common
- **Description:** A glowing plant that grows in dark places. Can be used as Slinger ammo. When loaded into a Slinger and fired, it will glow and illuminate the surroundings upon impact.
- **PS:** Hitting a Flying Dragon Species' head can also make it see stars.
The cave had two exits. One was embedded in the rock wall, about one meter high, and after bending down and walking 3-4 meters, it was blocked by thick snow.
The other was at the top of the cave, estimated to be 30 centimeters in diameter. The phone light shone into it, winding and turning, but he couldn't see the end.
It should be a ventilation hole, and Alex was somewhat relieved that it wasn't blocked by snow.
Because when he breathed, he didn't feel the air in the cave was stuffy, and he could still feel a wisp of cold wind on his scalp.