Millennium Tension

"Let's play the snowboard! The route is easy, we just need to follow this snow mountain and then head west." Ana cheered cheerfully and pranced on the spot.

She was very excited because of a new experience playing in real snow. There were so many things she would love to do in this region of eternal winter.

"Sure, but we don't have snowboards and skis. Wait a minute, I'll make a better alternative for all of us." Aizen happily accepted the invitation.

He swiftly assigned the industrial section in [Robot Space] to manufacture ten pairs of the required equipment. In less than a minute, the equipment needed was ready.

Aizen deliberately made more because Yifei and Lian might join them soon. Their difficult task wouldn't be too difficult because of [Neutron Core] 's help.

A pair of special long, narrow planks and two ski sticks were ready for each person to wear. After hooking and locking the planks to their feet, they were ready to slide down the mountain to the west.

"Now we're ready to slide down!"

"Wait a moment, I feel something is missing. Ah, snow glasses. We have something similar." Axel took out special lab glasses that were like snow goggles and distributed them for everyone.

"Now are we ready?" Ana asked.

"Yes, we are ready. Everything is OK." Aizen confirmed.

"Then, let's slide! Yay!" Ana smiled merrily, she slid first and was followed by the others.

On the nameless snow mountain far north, eight people were descending on skis. There was no one other than them around as if there was their private place.

After 15 minutes of sliding in the snow with laughter in their little competition, they came to a halt near a frozen lake. However, what caught their attention was small animals such as penguins that were gathering like colonies.

"Uh? That's a group of penguins, right?" Ana pointed to the crowd in the middle of the frozen lake.

"Hmm... Yes, it is a penguin colony. What are they doing on a mountain full of ice and snow far from the arctic ocean?" Aizen stroked his chin, the penguins were unusual.

The penguin with the largest body was [Rank 5] a penguin, and the others only ranged from [Rank 1] to [Rank 4]. Looks like he was the chieftain.

"They dived into the lake? I think it froze to the bottom. Oh... They dive periodically and regularly until some of them come back to the surface. To report to the chief? Ah, one penguin froze and became penguin stuffed ice." Axel talked about what she saw while analyzing the related data.

In the middle of the frozen lake, there was a hole five meters in diameter that was surrounded by a penguin colony. Every two minutes, five penguins threw themselves into the water and every five minutes, someone would return to the surface.

The ice above the lake water was 4 meters thick, they made a hole on purpose, but what was their purpose?

"Can we talk to them to ask questions? Animal language, telepathy, whatever?" Ana muttered for enlightenment.

"I don't think animal language is for us, I'm trying telepathically. How the chief would respond to the signal sent to the brain. Hmm..." Aizen shook his head, then he sent a telepathic signal to the largest and strongest penguin of the colony.

If language and communication were barriers due to differences, telepathy sent to the brain with a special frequency would complete the delivery of their aims and objectives, without speaking or understanding their language.

'Beautiful day, O chieftain of penguins. We came in peace and just wanted to ask, what are you doing in the middle of a lake deep in the northern mountains?' Aizen greeted the penguin kindly in telepathy.

The penguin chieftain was confused and astonished, a voice came without anyone speaking. He looked there and there until he finally noticed eight humans some distance away on the edge of the lake. One of them waved her hand up high.

'Human?' He asked to make sure his gaze was not distracting, in penguin language.

The penguin colony immediately turned their heads in the same direction as their chief.

'Human!'

'Human, there are eight.'

'Human, foreign, we got caught.'

Surprisingly, all of those unique chants were able to be translated into a language that could be understood only from their brain waves. With this, they could communicate telepathically without having to talk using squawks and quacks.

'Yes, we are human. Don't be afraid, we are just passing through and asking questions, you are in an area which is rather unnatural for your colony.' Ana sent the telepathy to the penguin chieftain in the same method as Aizen.

A unique and extraordinary method, if this was applied to all living things, wouldn't they be able to communicate with almost anything with a brain? That way, there was no such thing as a barrier to the language of communication.

"Squawwk! Quaack! Quak!" 'What do you mean unnatural, human? Surprisingly, you can speak our language.' The chief squawked, it was translated immediately using the system based on his brain waves.

'No, we don't speak your language, we just speak directly to your brain. So, what are you doing in the mountains far north? 'Aizen repeated to the main point.

'Is that so? None of my followers respond or hear you, then that's true. You look cultured and not savage, since you are polite then I will tell you. We are Peawids, not penguins. One of my followers reported something strange and wonderful about this lake. But it's ours, do you hear? ' The penguin chieftain provided a bit of information and a threat at the same time.

Strange and wonderful, those two words that sparked Aizen's interest. He focused the [Axel Goddess] deep scanning the bottom of the lake, what he got was a metal mine that had a steady stream of static energy which could be diluted into spiritual energy.

No wonder they were about to take something at the bottom of the lake, for their cultivation. The radiance of spirit energy around the lake alone was richer than in other areas.

However, what caught Aizen's attention was not the metal with spirit energy, but the precious metal ore scattered around it. It was buried further under the lake bottom.

"Look what I found, take a look at the system. Axel, that is one of the precious metals you use to make medium grade Mecha and some parts in Axel Goddess. Want to take it? Precious Metal # 141?" Aizen looked at the girls.

"Erm ... We haven't done any upgrades yet, it doesn't hurt to have more valuable things." Axel nodded after thinking for a moment.

"I don't want to dive in that super cold water! It's annoying and hassles." Ana protested disapprovingly.

"No, silly girl. We can use a normal unit to mine there. Not long, maybe only 5 minutes." Aizen stroked Ana's hair gently, nor did he want to dive into the lake.

"Perfect then." Ana nodded with a happy smile.

'O chieftain of penguins, why do your followers keep returning without success? You're all diving to get something down there, right? Look at your followers frozen there, so poor.' Aizen sent a telepathic signal to the penguin's chief.

'This is a sacrifice! They are not dead! Don't think they are fallen warriors, I cherish all the lives of my followers. Don't talk carelessly! ' The penguin was offended, very disconnected from the conversation.

'Want some help? We'll take the precious metals down there and you can have some metals with wonderful energies. Make your army strong and survive in this cruel world.'Aizen offered it out of coincidental kindness.

They took the precious metal and at the same time helped get the energy metal for the penguins, one way and no hassle.

'Help? You are a bunch of ordinary humans but at the same time unusual. I don't know your strength level. If you guys want to help, please take it and give us things with wonderful energy. In exchange, I will give you lots of fish.' The chieftain nodded his head repeatedly while squawked to command his colony.

Aizen smiled wryly, while the girls smiled with amusement. Fish, lots of fish? The penguin chieftain offered their food in exchange for favors?

Trade and give, but Aizen didn't need fish. They had no shortage of food sources to indulge their palates in culinary delights.

Even so, Aizen and his girls drew closer to the middle of the frozen lake. The penguins immediately gave way at the orders of their chieftain.

'Wait a moment, it won't be long.'Aizen spoke in telepathy then teleported hundreds of versatile units directly into the water.

All units took no more than 5 minutes to quickly complete their task in this medium-sized lake.

Three hundred kilograms of precious metal with the Precious Metal code # 141 was immediately put into the [Space Storage], and a ton of metal with spirit energy that wasn't the spirit stone.

'This is what we got at the bottom of the lake and this is what you guys are looking for. Things with wonderful energy. One hundred kilograms, and that's more than enough to make your army of penguins strong.' Aizen simply gave away 10 percent of the spirit metal he had just looted.

Suddenly, bluish-black pieces of metal appeared and piled up like a mountain of precious treasures. 2400 penguins in the colony squawked with joy and gratitude.

'Human, you are incredibly kind and honest. Let me give you lots of fish in exchange.'

'No need, just save it for your children and grandchildren. We just happened to be passing by and we'd better get on with our adventure. Farewell.' Aizen waves his hand and leaves with the girls without another word.

The penguins greeted them away by nodding their heads and flapping their wings as if waving their hands, they squawked with joy and deep gratitude. A new story of a penguin horde that ruled the northern mountains, to the far north.