Chapter 38 Returning Home on a Snowy Night

As soon as he clicked on this option, Ming Chong felt dizzy, as if he was about to be pulled away from the world.

He tried to look at the simulation interface again, but everything went dark...

"Year 695 of the City Building Era, the exact date is no longer known, but this is a year that belongs to mankind, the beginning of an epic...

——"Snow Cabin"

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You wake up in a snowstorm, surrounded by a frozen world. It turns out that a misstep while climbing a mountain can send you back to the Ice Age, but you never imagined you'd one day find yourself in a wilderness survival scenario.

The strange thing is that you can now teleport, take objects from the air, and perform magic (crossed out)... In short, you feel very awesome now. At the same time, you can feel that the temperature of the surrounding environment is very low, but you don't feel cold.

It's like entering a game world.

Only hunger can make you feel real.

Of course, along with hunger comes loneliness.

After exploring for a long time around a giant fossilized tree exposed on the ice field, you discovered countless humanoid ice sculptures, 103 stuffed birds, 27 stuffed mice, and two polar bears, one large and one small.

No humans have been found here yet.

There aren't any familiar features here either.

This is not home.

Frustrated and lazy, you didn't pay attention to anything else and fainted while digging out the hole of the stuffed rat.

"You're fainting from hunger."

When he got to this point, Ming Chong moved his fingers, sat up dizzily, and was stunned for a while before coming to his senses.

At this time, Ming Chong noticed a paragraph of text at the beginning of the simulation and fell into deep thought.

“…”

—Are you too lazy to even hide it now? Ah — simulator?

The simulator noticed Ming Chong's gaze and shook the panel, trying to show that it knew nothing.

It seemed as if he was thinking for a while.

The simulator answers you. The new map's visuals are so stimulating that a rare occurrence could cause an epileptic seizure in some people. Even people without a history of epilepsy may experience seizure-like symptoms when loading this map. If you or a family member has a history of epilepsy, please consult a doctor first.

"Haha." Ming Chong curled his lips. "Don't think I can't feel it. This time is different from before. Before, it was a keyboard text simulation, but now it's turned into a holographic experience for me..."

"I feel like I'm covered in something, and my whole body is itchy."

- If you experience any of the following symptoms during the simulation, including eye pain, visual abnormalities, migraines, convulsions, or impaired consciousness (such as coma), please stop immediately and consult your doctor before performing this simulation again.

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"*Liyue fucking bird language*!"

——I don't trust you, you bastard, you are so bad! .jpg

Ming Chong was certain that he was now connected to the person in the simulation. The only difference was that the other person started out by traveling to the wilderness to survive, while he started out with the rise of wild monsters in Teyvat.

...Now that things have come to this, it’s better to wait and see.

"When you woke up, the surroundings had become a dilapidated hut.

The person who found you said his name was Wah, and he was a doctor. He was wrapped up tightly, as if he was trying to disguise something. Unfortunately, no one could disguise you in front of the enhanced version of you in the other world. You discovered that under these rags, there was a layer of armor.

Under the mask is a more beautiful mask (bushi)!

Doctor Wah seems to think that you are some kind of cold-resistant destiny traveler. Before suggesting that you seek help from the Silver Mane Iron Guard, he hopes that you can leave some blood for him to research a drug called "Wind and Snow Immunity".

A very reasonable request (nods).

However--

"What is a destiny walker?"

"What are the Silvermane Guards?"

You know that studying drugs requires clinical trials with different subjects.

——Different worlds, same research method.

The two of you looked at each other, realizing that you had actually been communicating across channels. So you told Dr. Wach that you were a traveler from outside the world.

"So, while trying to cross space, you happened to run into the spatial distortion caused by the collision of two black holes... and ended up here?"

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However--

"What is a black hole?"

Crossing space was easy to understand, he knew that. But for someone confined to a city, the starry sky was still too difficult to imagine.

You have temporarily given up on expanding your worldview, and Dr. Wah took the lead in giving you a brief introduction to the situation here.

——

(The middle narrative consists of 521 words and is included in the preface)

——

“…”

Oops, it's history!

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Dr. Wah tells you that he started researching a drug called "Snow and Wind Immunity" in order to resist the cold wave and allow more people in the lower areas to survive.

If people could adapt to the cold wave, they wouldn't have to be trapped here.

Apart from some details, you generally understood it.

This is a world where "Star Gods" exist, and this is a novice village designed to withstand cold waves and wild monster sieges.

And your guiding NPC is a doctor with great ambitions.

So now that you understand the background, what are you going to do next?

Because of your identity as a hermit, you obviously have two options in front of you: "Find Silvermane Iron Guard" and "Don't Find Silvermane Iron Guard".

Dr. Wach looked at you quietly.

Are you planning to stay here—

Plant! Vegetables!

Wise choice!

Ming Chong nodded in agreement.

It has been fallow for hundreds of years, so the land here must be very fertile, right?

What's more, all territories started with farming. If you want to get out of the small Beloberg, you have to rely on farming.

In addition to being "immune to wind and snow," crops that are cold-resistant and frost-resistant are also essential.

"Doctor Wah opened his mouth, but hesitated to speak.

He originally thought that the powerful outside this world might have some extraordinary abilities...

Unexpectedly! This is an extraordinary brain circuit (bushi).

Maybe this is a characteristic only possessed by aliens?

But soon, Dr. Wach realized that you indeed possess extraordinary powers. After all, not every Destiny Walker can simultaneously heal, defend, attack, and create...

Yes, create.

From nothing to something, from 0 to 1, from one to ten thousand.

You removed all the negative buffs from Dr. Wach. When you asked him whether he wanted to retain some characteristics to ensure that others could recognize that the doctor in front of them was the one who used himself as an experiment to develop "immunity to wind and snow"?

Dr. Wach quickly refused. He was still wondering whether you did it on purpose or accidentally. No one would want to retain inhuman features, would they?

You happily put on the armor that fell off Dr. Wah.

cool!

cooler!

coolest!

Not only that, you also asked him if he wanted to try adding something else and DIY his own race.

At this time, Dr. Wah finally realized that you are indeed not a destiny walker, but a person from outside the world.

You should indeed have the power to transcend space."

“You stayed in Doctor Wach’s shabby little house.

Unfortunately, Dr. Wah did not agree to any of your suggestions and even hesitantly refused to test himself for drugs.

He hopes that he can develop "immunity to wind and snow" as a human being, which is the pride of a medical genius.

It was also his only desire for so many inhuman characteristics after his deformation.

You are moved by Dr. Vahe.

We must be determined to use human means to open up a fertile land in the frozen snowfield.

...at most it speeds up time and steals the fate of those crops in the meantime.

If you don't create it out of thin air, you still need to find the right experimental strain.

So, after Dr. Wach took you to Beloberg and showed you the way to buy seeds, you began your journey of collecting trash, climbing up and down, and taking unusual routes."

"You discovered the Rift."

"You have entered the Rift."

"In a corner of the Iron Guard restricted area, you found a lot of boxes.

Your face is filled with the joy of a good harvest like a simple farmer.

The timing of opening the boxes is very important. You are sure that the auspicious time has not yet arrived, so you can steal all the boxes with a wave of your hand.

“…”

Although it feels a bit strange, you have seen all kinds of strange things recently, such as rock-grilled wild delicacy skewers, rock-grilled cave salamander, frost-marked salmon bread... Among them, the jewel lizard meat skewers are what you fear the most.

However, since you've already confirmed that this isn't a jewel lizard skewer, it doesn't matter!"

"You have some contraband in your box—

A little girl."

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ah?

"This, this..." Ming Chong put on a [Mask of Pain] on his face, "Isn't this a survival game? Someone is trafficking in people?!"

"Oh no, isn't this from that Rift Realm? Where did this little girl come from?!!!"

“You made a sharp popping sound.

“My treasure chest——!!!”

Dr. Wah came to inquire.

Your happiness came to an abrupt end and shattered into pieces hitting your face.

The other person seemed reserved, though a little scared, but he still spoke, "...polite children should not forget to introduce themselves."

"My name is Xili'er, and I'm very happy... honored to meet you."

You can't help but complain to the only person you trust, "It's her! She won't let me open the box! I brought it back with my own ability, why can't I open it?!"

"I'm sorry, you can't open the box..." Xili'er whispered, "I have to find a way out."

Dr. Wah was keenly aware of Shirley's difference, but now you are holding the box and wailing, refusing to let go.

"Xili'er, why are you in the Rift? It's very dangerous there."

"Breach...? No, this is..." Xili'er paused for a moment, "Why am I here? I should be in the commercial street. He said that the commercial street is the most lively place in Beloberg..."

While they were talking, you quietly tried to open the box, but a huge repulsive force blew your hand away - then all the boxes, including Xili'er, disappeared, leaving only an arms box in the middle.

Something is preventing you from opening the box."