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The afternoon sun was high in the sky. In the open space in the southwest of Bubu Town, three people were on high alert.

The girl in white held a green fruit with red in her hand and nodded seriously to the two people beside her.

The blond man stood with his eyes downcast, holding a sword, while the gray-haired girl looked up at the berries.

"Then shall I... start?" Lian Yun said.

"Let's start!" The two nodded at her and took a few steps back.

The berries were placed on the ground, Lian Yun raised the hammer and smashed it down hard.

In an instant, bright red juice burst out from the berries and splashed all around.

At the same time, a strange gas rose rapidly from the slurry and drifted in all directions.

Lina covered her mouth and nose, and complained to Lana beside her in a low voice: "This smells worse than the food my sister cooks."

Lanna didn't respond, and his eyes became more vigilant as he looked outside the town.

After all, this smell is probably unlikely to attract humans.

Lian Yun used his hands as a sunshade to look at the boundary between the desert and the sky in the distance, and only saw the trembling air currents in the air.

Time passed by minute by minute, and sweat began to break out on the foreheads of several people.

"It's a bit hot today."

Lian Yun wiped the sweat from his forehead and couldn't help frowning.

Hot and dry, like being thrown into a dryer.

Lian Yun was still covered with clothes, but his face was already red from the heat.

Lina leaned against her, her eyes blinded by the sun.

As the sun grew bigger, Lian Yun noticed that the physical strength above his and Lana's heads began to decrease.

"How could it be..." Lian Yun said in surprise.

Although it's very hot, it seems that I have never lost energy due to sun exposure before?

Lanna also noticed something was wrong and waved to the two of them: "You should go back first, the weather is not right."

Lian Yun knew it of course, but he was unwilling to leave him alone.

"This is unusual. You should come back with us. We still have the protective shield after all."

"Let's go, Brother Lana. I'm almost dying of heat." Lina's voice was much weaker.

Although Lian Yun couldn't see the physical strength value above Lina's head, he could see her body shaking constantly.

It's really not optimistic.

Lanna couldn't persuade the two of them, so she had to return to the house with them as quickly as possible.

Lina had already cleaned up the mess in the room. Lian Yun laid the nearly unconscious Lina flat on the ground and wiped her face and hands with the water he had stored.

But this strange weather has baked the air so hot that even inside the house one cannot escape the invasion of heat.

Lina still didn't get better and even started to feel confused.

She was mumbling something, her eyes tightly closed, and her trembling hands were still tightly grasping the corner of Lian Yun's clothes.

"Lina." Lian Yun called anxiously and gently touched her hot little face.

"...Hot." Lina slurred the words.

Lian Yun pursed her lips and suddenly looked towards the corner where Xiaobai, the snowman with a repeater, was lying with a look of despair on his face, and strode forward.

Her expression was indifferent: "You'd better not even break the refrigeration soon, or I will tear you apart."

The snowman slowly turned his head and glanced at Lian Yun.

Before Lian Yun could take action, it suddenly jumped up a lot taller.

"..." Next, Lian Yun looked at the snowman that had grown "feet", moved the branches under its base, and walked towards the little girl whose whole body was hot in the middle of the living room.

“Click—click—”

The snowman's movements were clumsy, but fortunately he took big steps and reached Lina in just a few steps.

It retracted its feet and sat down.

Feeling the cool breath, Lina groped involuntarily in the haze until she touched the coolness in a scorching air flow.

It was like pouring a basin of cold water on hot coals. Lina quickly climbed up and hugged it tightly, and her painful expression relaxed a lot.

Lian Yun carefully reached out his hand and touched her face.

It's not that hot anymore.

"Lanna, you come too..."

Lian Yun raised his head and was about to ask Lana to hug the snowman to cool off, but he saw the latter standing there motionless.

When he heard Lian Yun's call, he belatedly lowered his head with a confused look on his face.

"Lanna?" Lian Yun called out again worriedly.

"Sir." Lanna responded this time.

Before Lian Yun could feel relieved, Lana fell to his knees with a thump.

...?

"Lanna? What are you doing?"

Lian Yun was confused as he looked at Lana who clasped his hands together devoutly in front of him.

The latter seemed not to have heard the question, his expression was calm and peaceful, and he was so solemn and serious as if he was praying to God.

"grown ups."

...There are only these two words from beginning to end.

Lian Yun was silent for a few moments, then walked over, grabbed his wrist, and prepared to drag him away by force.

Suddenly, a striking red letter appeared before my eyes:

[Your follower, Lanna, has been granted the "burning" buff: When the unbearable scorching temperature strikes, please pay attention to cooling down. Otherwise, you may become unconscious or lose consciousness after being burned.]

……OK.

Who knew the weather could hurt people?

Fortunately, the clothes had a strong defensive power, so she was spared from being burned.

The devout and confused believer looked up, confusion flashing in his blue eyes.

Lian Yun sighed softly, ignoring his gaze, and pulled the snowman over to her: "Hold him."

Fortunately, Lana was very obedient when he was unconscious and did what she said.

Lian Yun also came over and waited for the two to wake up while thinking of a countermeasure.

…

In the desert, a huge gray-brown bear was running wildly on the sand.

Its feet did not touch the ground, but only slightly touched the sand, and before it sank into the sand, it left the sand again.

A brown bear that looked like it could smash a two-meter-wide tree with one palm was running incredibly fast on the sand.

The vast desert seemed to be its playground, and wherever it went, a hot and sharp gale blew.

It seemed to be running tirelessly in one direction, pausing for a short while from time to time, raising its head and roaring a few times towards the sky, and then running again.

I don't know how long it ran. At dusk, it seemed to see a blur in the distance and its pace slowed down.

"…What is that?"

The brown bear slowly stood up on its hind legs, and soon it turned into the appearance of a human.

Half of his face was covered with brown beard and hair, and his body was covered with only a simple piece of cloth, revealing his muscular arms and calves.

His ears were exposed, and his eyes were particularly dark and bright. At this moment, he squinted slightly and glanced at the blurry scene.

His eyesight wasn't very good, and he could only vaguely make out roofs, connected roofs...

“…What! It’s actually a small town!?”

The brown bear man's face suddenly turned red.

"Why didn't you say so earlier!"

"How could there be no one here? How could there be no one in this town? Even if it's been abandoned for a long time, it doesn't necessarily mean there's no one!"

The man shook his head angrily and turned to leave, but was suddenly stopped by a sharp bird cry in the sky.

He looked unhappy and angry. "I know you're hungry, and I'm hungry too, but... I don't want to communicate with anyone! None of us are good!"

He was about to turn around and transform into his original form to escape, but he heard a sharp sound of wind cutting through the air, and a huge bird with fiery red feathers and extremely beautiful appearance appeared out of thin air and landed in front of him.

The red bird spread one of its dazzling wings and stopped him.

The man's eyes were filled with dissatisfaction, and the wind around him grew colder and colder. The brightest and most beautiful bright red feathers on the red bird's wings did not waver at all in the wind.

It raised its proud head and gestured to him.

The man confronted it for a long time, and finally lost his temper, and the wind around him died down.

"You're no use in being like this. You said it yourself, you didn't know this was a small town before. Now look what happened, I guess a lot of people are dead here." The man scratched his hair, looking distressed: "If I go there now, I'll be chased and beaten."

The red bird still didn't give in. It just shrank its neck as if guilty, and its stomach growled in cooperation.

“…”

"Alright." The man sighed, "But let's make a deal. If I see people, I won't say anything. But if they get angry at me, I'll turn around and run."

The red bird puffed out its chest, with an attitude of "leave it to me".

Seeing that the man finally agreed, the red bird turned around, flew straight into the sky, and suddenly disappeared.

"Really!" the man muttered, struggling and walking towards the town helplessly.

…

"You're awake."

Lina opened her eyes and looked at the two people in front of her hazily, as if she had a dream.

Perhaps due to her level and physical strength, Lana did not have as severe symptoms as Lina and woke up faster.

However, Lina didn't wake up until the strange heat disappeared.

Lian Yun waited until the sun was about to set before he became more and more certain that this was definitely not due to the sun's abnormality.

The weather seemed to have been paused suddenly, and everything returned to normal.

After listening to Lian Yun's description, Lina was still frightened and touched the snowman's head gratefully.

If the snowman hadn't been there, I don't know how the three of them would have survived.

"Although the weather is normal now, I dare not go out rashly." Lian Yun said seriously.

She wanted to go to the store to refresh in the afternoon and see if there was anything that could help, but as soon as she stepped out of the door, she felt like she was about to be set on fire.

After waiting for a long time for the bad weather to pass, the three of them were finally able to get together to discuss countermeasures.

"This heat is generated after the berries are smashed. Could it be because of the berries?" Lina guessed.

"No." Lian Yun shook her head. The system would not set such a big trap for her without any hint.

"So..." Lanner began slowly, "If the berries really did work, then what did they attract?"

This sentence reminded Lian Yun.

She clicked on the map thoughtfully, and saw two small red dots on the brown parchment scroll. She had actually entered the town!

"Is this a monster?" Lanner asked.

"Not necessarily." Lian Yun denied, "You were also a red dot when you first came here."

Lina asked, "If there were any malicious intent, they wouldn't be able to get in, right?"

After getting a positive answer, Lina stood up suddenly, waving her little fists: "Even if they did it, they wouldn't have done it on purpose. But! If they did it on purpose, let Brother Lanner beat them up!"