But once winter came, her sleep time became longer again.

Every time I wake up and open my eyes to find that it is still dark outside, I always think that it would be okay to sleep a little longer, but I end up sleeping until noon.

After unpacking the express package, He Xiaobei took out his piano.

I haven't played the guitar for a long time, so my hands are not very good at it. It took me several days of practice to get the feeling back.

She actually had average talent in playing the piano, but she took the exam just to get extra points, and she practiced even less after that.

There are many festivals in winter, and people from all over the Arctic have them. Christmas, Carnival, New Year's Day, and the Dragon Country's traditional Spring Festival are all celebrated not too far apart.

It’s just that people nowadays have long lost the yearning for these festivals that they had in the early days of the apocalypse, and things are almost the same as they were in normal times.

Except in large bases where there might still be a festive atmosphere, the survivors outside live their lives from day to day, not even knowing what time it is, let alone holidays.

He Xiaobei's birthday also falls in winter. Before the end of the world, he bought 80 birthday cakes, and at that time he estimated that he would live to be 100 years old.

However, after taking the potion again, she could vaguely feel the changes in her body. Maybe it was really as the old man said, she might live for a very long time.

But now she has Butler Qin, so even if the birthday cake is eaten up, she can just let it continue to be made.

Not only was there a birthday cake, but Butler Qin also helped her hang up celebratory balloons. He Xiaobei felt that the Chinese New Year would be coming soon, so she simply took out the red lanterns and let it hang up as well.

The dinner was particularly rich. Butler Qin really prepared eight dishes and a soup for her, filling the entire table.

At the end of the meal, even though she was a big eater, she didn't eat many bites of the birthday cake.

Before going to bed, Qin Yuan called her via video chat to wish her a happy birthday. Looking at the stubble on his chin, He Xiaobei knew he was really busy right now. She was afraid that the Kyoto base's predictions for natural disasters would be even worse.

"Is the situation at the base tense right now? Why do I feel like your project is being rushed?"

Qin Yuan nodded uncertainly:

"Well, the situation on Earth is becoming increasingly dire, and we are now racing against time."

He Xiaobei was roughly aware of some of Longguo's plans and was looking forward to it:

"But a healthy body is always the foundation of everything, so you should pay more attention to rest."

Qin Yuan seemed to turn his head and look at the mirror:

"Don't worry, I get eight hours of sleep every day now. I didn't shave because I woke up early and found my razor was broken."

He Xiaobei believed his nonsense for the time being:

"What are the results?"

When talking about his professional field, Qin Yuan immediately became talkative, even a little arrogant:

"The first phase of the test flight was successful. If there are no problems next time, we will begin to send a large number of robots to the lunar base to carry out construction."

Is this a large-scale base construction on the moon? Good news.

"Are you only sending robots and not humans?"

"Yes, it's just that humans can't operate on the moon as easily as robots, so the advance team only sent necessary technical personnel."

"You'll go there someday, right?"

"Yes, but that's a long time in the future. If the construction of the Lunar Class goes as planned, we'll all go there in the future."

That night, He Xiaobei had a dream. She dreamed that she was drinking tea in a small courtyard in the space, and suddenly the door of her courtyard was knocked.

She walked over and as soon as she opened the door, she saw Gu Hanyun standing outside the door in a space suit, smiling at her, and the background behind him was obviously not the Earth.

The gray tone makes the environment look very desolate. The vast gray land stretches endlessly, and the steep walls of the crater cast deep shadows.

There are no green plants or flowing water, only hard and cold rocks.

There is no wind or clouds there, and time seems to be frozen in silence.

There was not a single horrific scene in the dream, but He Xiaobei was awakened by the shock. If her life would be very long, and if she would end up living in such a desolate and dilapidated environment, it would still be a bit scary.

Things that were still aspirational yesterday seemed not so beautiful overnight.

What was even worse was that a pack of wolves, about twenty or so, came to her house.

However, the wolves seemed to sense danger when they approached here. When they reached the edge of her perception range, they stopped and no longer moved forward.