Shi Jiu bought a thermometer in the mall. It showed 15℃, which was extremely abnormal for a season that was about to enter summer.

Although the villa can block zombies, it cannot change the weather and is still affected by this world.

Even the people who were working hard in the small dark room felt a chill on their bodies. The cold wind blew across their arms and they couldn't help but get goose bumps. However, their bodies were being controlled, and they could only rely on their special abilities to barely maintain their temperature.

Shi Jiu looked at the people inside and remembered that the matter of Ping'an Base had not been completely resolved. A few days ago, she was thinking about the batch of dried meat, so she asked Lin Ye to take people back to take a look. As a result, the entire base was empty and the people who had stayed there before had completely disappeared.

There were only empty houses and some things that could not be taken away in the base, and there was nothing left to bring back.

Lin Ye even searched the place where he found them hiding things before he left, but it was also cleared out.

This situation made Shi Jiu even more certain that there must be someone behind this.

"Xiao Qin, come with me." Shi Jiu wrapped his coat tightly and decided to go and ask.

Qin Lou followed her with a tablet in his hand. He was a little surprised when they reached the small dark room in the corner.

"Boss, are we going in?"

"Well, let's go ask Roger something." Shi Jiu nodded. Seeing the serious expression on his face, he couldn't help but laugh. "This little dark room isn't hostile to anyone. It's just a little dark inside. We have a place to sit and interrogate them, don't worry."

She thought Qin Lou was worried that what happened after he went in would be like what was shown on TV.

Qin Lou took a deep breath and nodded.

After entering, it was indeed pitch black. Shi Jiu found the special interrogation room on the tablet. The next second, a door suddenly appeared next to it.

When she pushed the door open, she saw a spacious room equipped with a table and chairs.

"Sit down first, I'll find Roger." Shi Jiu saw that Qin Lou's face was still pale, looked at the thin clothes on his body, and asked him with some concern.

"Xiao Qin, are you feeling cold? Do you want me to put on some clothes?" This butler can't get frozen, as he has so many things to do in the villa!

"It's okay, boss, I'm not cold." Qin Lou shook his head. It was just this dark environment that brought out the images that were hidden deep in his mind.

Seeing that he insisted, Shi Jiu didn't say anything more. He tapped twice on the tablet and Roger appeared in front of them.

Instantly transferred to the bright room, Roger didn't react for a moment. He raised his hand in disbelief and clenched his fist twice.

He's free again?!

He was instantly overjoyed. Looking up, he saw the two people opposite him. He stood up suddenly, grinning and shouting, "CNM, I'm finally out! You damn bitch, I'll kill you!"

At this time, Shi Jiu just found a furry cloak from the warehouse. She had seen the design in a clothing store before and thought it looked pretty good, so she made a black one. Unexpectedly, it was a men's version, and the default size was 1.8 meters.

This thing can be used as a quilt for her, so I had to put it away first. I carefully found the women's version and made a new one. Today, when I was out in the breeze, I suddenly remembered it and I can use it when it gets colder later.

Seeing that Qin Lou looked unhappy, she took out the men's suit and put it directly on Qin Lou's shoulders.

"Xiao Qin, put on a cloak. This one is new, so don't be afraid." The temperature in the small dark room was about the same as outside, and a little chilly.

The thick cloth covered his arms, and the furry material on the cloak rubbed against the back of his neck, and an inexplicable warmth rose from the bottom of his heart.

He looked up at Shi Jiu, who looked concerned about him, his eyes bright and watery, and the bad picture in his mind was driven away by the picture in front of him.

"good."

Shi Jiu saw that his face seemed to be much rosier after he put it on. Fortunately, her right-hand man would not catch a cold!

But before they could completely breathe a sigh of relief, Roger on the opposite side went crazy, as if he was going to kill them with his supernatural powers.

When Qin Lou saw him like this, he immediately stood up and blocked Shi Jiu behind him. Shi Jiu stuck his head out from behind him and looked at Roger speechlessly.

"I say, why don't you see if you can take even half a step?"

The supernatural power that Roger released never left his hands, and the same went for his feet. He couldn't move at all. It seemed as if there was a circle of power around him that restricted his range of movement.

He could only stand up and move his hands and feet slightly.

"Who are you?!" Roger's face fell when he realized his situation.

"What do you care who I am? Where did the dried meat in Ping'an Base come from?" Shi Jiu would not tell him in such a nice tone and went straight to the point.

"I... I don't know what you're talking about." When Roger heard this, his eyes were evasive, trying to pretend that he didn't know the question.

"Really?" Shi Jiu snorted coldly, and the bag of dried meat appeared on the table. She asked 001 to get it before she went out.

"Xiao Qin, put on your gloves and put the contents of this into his mouth. See if he knows."

Roger stared at the bag of dried meat, his body tense. Could it be...

When Qin Lou heard Shi Jiu's words, he immediately took out a pair of white gloves from his pocket and put them on, opened the bag, and took out a piece of brightly colored dried meat.

A familiar stench filled the air. When Roger saw the piece of dried meat, his eyes widened and sweat began to form on his forehead.

He is very familiar with this thing, and these were brought back through his hands.

"No!" Looking at the dried meat getting closer and closer to him, he immediately changed his tone, "Please spare my life! I'm just following orders. This is none of my business!"

"So you brought back this meat against your conscience? Is it that so-called research lab? Who is behind it?" Shi Jiu frowned, not knowing what more disgusting things they would come up with.

"Yes..." Roger had just uttered a word when his whole body immediately swelled up like a balloon.

"Not good!" Shi Jiu took a look and immediately cancelled the interrogation room. The two returned to darkness, but it was too late. An explosion was heard in the small dark room.

Shi Jiu walked out of the small dark room in the dark, followed by Qin Lou. Both of them had serious expressions on their faces.

She called 001 in her mind, "001, what happened just now?"

001 quickly analyzed the remains of the explosion. "It's likely that some self-destructing device was implanted in his body. The system doesn't have a self-check for this type of device, so it's been hidden inside him the entire time. The trigger word must have been the conversation just now."

The person behind this is very smart, he actually thought of this.

Seeing that there were still many people in the small dark room, she gave up the interrogation. If she continued, the same situation might happen again.

The best way at the moment is to upgrade quickly and continue to expand the villa so that more people can come in. The laboratory behind it will definitely not just be hidden in the back. There must be a purpose for making these things.

"Let's go. It's cold outside. Let's discuss it when we get back."

Shi Jiu stood next to the small dark room, which was close to the main gate. In the security room in the distance, a team was resting. In the nearby farmland, many people were fiddling with vegetables and other crops. Cages were also bought around to house chickens and ducklings.

With the increase in the villa, the vegetables are growing very well, and the chickens and ducks next to them are trembling in the fields.

Qin Lou saw her standing there for a long time and couldn't help but remind her.

Shi Jiu came back to his senses in a daze. He said "OK" and then returned to the lobby.

In just a few seconds, she had a strange feeling about this world. She came here just for the mission and to be able to go home, so she took over the shop given to her by the system.

She has always kept herself away from the outside world, like a ruthless player who only wants to complete the game, upgrading step by step just to get the final reward.

But just now, when she was looking at the scene outside, she felt an inexplicable melancholy in her heart. After all, she was in this world and was currently a part of this world. Many people even survived successfully because of her current villa.

I don’t know what the world will be like after she successfully completes her mission and returns.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but sigh and returned to the lobby.

Qin Lou saw that she was not in good condition, "Boss, what's wrong with you?"

Shi Jiu raised his head and looked at the handsome and tall man in front of him. He remembered that when he first met him, he felt that he looked a little familiar. Now it seemed like a fairy tale. They were not from the same world, so how could they have met before?

She laughed, mocking herself for not being able to tell the difference. "It's okay. I was just wondering what the person behind this is trying to do."

"I have a feeling they want to use the crystal core to research something." Qin Lou continued, following her train of thought. "At first, this crystal core attracted everyone's attention, but then it didn't do anything useful. After it became quiet, someone must be researching it behind the scenes."

"You can't say for sure if they've figured out something, but judging by the current trend... it might be a bit off track." If they had really figured out a way to directly extract the energy from the crystal core for upgrading and stimulating superpowers, they would have come forward long ago.

"How many people have come from the Longhua base?" In recent days, people have been coming here with their families one after another. The experience points in the villa are slowly increasing, but the increase is relatively slow.

"There have only been a few hundred people in the past few days. I've asked people privately. After the leader lost his position, no one else could take over. The public granary over there has been opened, and it's being consumed every day. So many people plan to consume their food there before coming back. But it's quite chaotic now because everyone knows that the villa consumes crystal cores, and a lot of things have happened."

Although Qin Lou spoke implicitly, she understood what he meant. That is, many incidents had escalated, and without management and restraint, their free souls began to cause trouble everywhere.

No wonder most of the people coming here recently are from the same family. It seems that we need to increase the number of manpower on duty and patrol recently.

Shi Jiu looked at the temperature. It had dropped two degrees in just one morning. In this weather, Shi Jiu bought a large quantity of cotton seeds to plant. It never hurts to have more clothes.

She also bought a lot of cows and sheep and put them in. After becoming an employee, she would have a mobile phone exclusive to the employees. She directly reminded Wang Yue through text messages that she might have to work harder during this period, and told her to notify her if there were not enough people, and she would recruit some more employees.

What she didn't expect was that the weather dropped drastically in the next few days. It started snowing in a few days. The snowflakes fell on the back of her hands like cotton wool, bringing a cool feeling.

She put on the cloak she had found a few days ago today. It was warm, and after tying the front strap, there were two pockets on the front. When she put her hands in them, the cold air was blocked out.

Early in the morning, she drank a cup of hot milk tea in the lobby and looked at the snow scene outside the window. This was her first time seeing snow with her own eyes.

The people in the base outside were not so lucky. The temperature was below zero and there were few thick clothes in the base. Many people did not leave when the temperature was still acceptable a few days ago. Now they were dumbfounded when they saw the snow falling with their own eyes.

At the time, I thought the weather would gradually get warmer, so I just collected a few thin long-sleeved shirts. Now I am really hiding in the corner shivering.

The snow outside had piled up to the ankles, and every time I stepped on it, there was a shallow pit.

Many people no longer cared whether they had finished the food or not, and hurriedly packed their luggage, preferring to leave the base even if they encountered zombies in the wind and snow.

When more people behave like this, they immediately form a team, although it is a bit disorganized.

People in the Longhua base left one by one, and their voices were slowly drowned out by the sound of falling snow.

Sun Hao was thrown into this place many days ago. It was once crowded with people he thought had committed crimes. Now that his identity has been changed, he is lying here too.

The wounds on his body have never healed because he has been lying here without moving since he started. Every day someone comes in to vent his emotions, but they are careful not to overdo it and give him food to keep him alive.

But this process was painful. The wounds on his body had long been inflamed and rotten, and the stench lingered around him. He was unable to move. If it weren't for his relatively strong physique as a psychic, he would have died long ago.

It's not that he hasn't thought about committing suicide so that he can escape from this predicament worse than death, but the instinct of fear of death has long been engraved in his bones, and he doesn't even have the courage to do it.

Sun He was thrown in later. His father Sun Qiang had died in a previous dispute. He had been hiding in the corner for the past few days. When he saw food thrown in, he rushed forward and took the food without giving even half a cent to his uncle.

Sun Hao had long been disappointed with his nephew. He had concealed his boss's strength from him before because he wanted him to avenge him.

But in this sudden snowy day, he had to pin his hopes on this good-for-nothing nephew. He opened his eyes and the cold wind outside blew through the thin tent, making his bones almost stiff.

"Sun...Sun He..." When Sun Hao opened his eyes again, he found that he was the only one left in the tent. He shouted a few words in a hoarse voice, but only the whirring sound of the wind responded to him. Now he was really waiting to die.

Looking around, the entire base was covered in snow. Slowly, the weight of the snowflakes concentrated on the fragile and thin tent. Finally, with a "pop", a piece of white snow covered everything, and no one would remember that there was such a person here.

Sun He, who fled with the main force, was not in a much better condition. He had few valuable possessions on him, and even his clothes were thin. His exposed arms had turned blue and purple from the cold.

He barely managed to stay in the crowd, relying on the heat from the group to keep warm, but it was of no avail.

Suddenly, a scream came from behind and a group of zombies came out!

We encountered very few zombies along the way. It might be that the temperature of the heavy snow temporarily froze their bones, and even their speed slowed down.

The snow also covered their traces to some extent, making it more difficult for them to find their way by following the smell.

But snow is not omnipotent after all. With so many people here, those who are destined to find us will still not be able to escape.

Sun He, who happened to be in the back row, failed to dodge in time and was bumped by someone next to him. Amidst the crowd's trampling, he could only try his best to protect his body and try to stand up again.

But it was too late, a dark brown arm grabbed his ankle and pulled it back hard. This was not the smell of a zombie.

In the severe pain, he raised his head in despair, and the nearby buildings reminded him where he was.

It was at the beginning that he and Zhou Yan were blacklisted by the hotel. On their way back to the base, it was here that they first encountered a group of zombies and then a team that came to investigate.

When he was about to be caught in the zombie horde, he grabbed Zhou Yan beside him and asked her to protect him from the disaster. When the reconnaissance team came over, Zhou Yan had been bitten beyond recognition and finally turned into a zombie and stood up staggeringly.

With the help of the team, he escaped death and returned to the base. At that time, he vowed never to leave the base again.

Unexpectedly, just a few days later, he was back here again. Amidst the severe pain, the look Zhou Yanlin gave him before he was bitten appeared before his eyes. The hatred and disgust deeply hurt his heart.

In the vast expanse of white, he faced a skull. The white eyeballs were particularly creepy, and one could vaguely make out some human features.

"Oh...oh", he let out a few weak cries from his throat, and finally his heart was hollowed out. The crimson blood flowed on the snow, and finally it was covered up, and gradually all traces were erased.

A large group of people ran wildly forward in the snow, and the empty streets were filled with the sound of hustle and bustle after a long time, but at the same time it alarmed the surrounding zombies and mutant animals.

When we finally arrived at the villa, the whole crowd seemed to be missing a small member.

The scale of the villa has been expanded now, and Shi Jiu has also increased the number of staff in the security room to 500 to cope with the situation of excessive flow of people.

However, with more than 10,000 people rushing in suddenly, the counter was the first to be overwhelmed.

There were only two machines operating before, and it would only take a few hours for thousands of people.

"No, we need to modify it." How long will it take to get two machines? We might not be able to finish the registration by dawn.

She went into the mall to look for it, and finally found a self-service membership machine in a corner. The cost of each machine was not high, 500 crystal cores.

At the beginning, she had tens of thousands of crystal cores in her hands, all of which were contributed by the first batch of customers. Later, as the customers' cards had more and more Sifang coins, the crystal cores were no longer used.

The daily needs in the villa require the purchase of relevant materials in the system. Crystal cores are spent every day, but the income is gradually decreasing.

Now, due to the heavy snow, the people at the Longhua base are rushing here in a hurry to find a place to survive.

At present, it seems that there will be at least short-term benefits. As for how to get them to take out the remaining crystal cores, we will have to think of a way later.

While Shi Jiu was thinking about it, he purchased ten machines that allowed guests to apply for membership cards by themselves and placed them in an open area in the lobby.

There was a large space in front of the task screen. After a little thought, she placed a small counter there and asked Wang Yue to be in charge, because some tasks temporarily required someone to look after them.

For example, the dye converter in the previous garment store also counted finding mutant plants as a long-term task to increase income for customers, and the operation of the converter required human intervention.

Although the people in the small dark room would send her dyes, some seeds, and sometimes even some maps that she couldn't understand from time to time.

But it's never too much, and the amount of dye needed to make winter clothes is quite large. In terms of cost-effectiveness, a dye converter is definitely better than buying it directly, and there will still be a lot of crystal cores left.

Since there were so many people, she directly modified the settings on her membership card so that she could check a set of cotton jacket and cotton pants at the same time.

The system is extremely solidly made. Although it is just a cotton jacket, it feels very thick and is enough to keep out the cold temporarily.

People outside were queuing up hoping that the people inside would finish quickly, and the lawn outside was covered with a thick layer of snow.

Shi Jiu only asked people to clear a few roads, and left the rest alone for the time being.

Even if these more than 10,000 people handled the process by themselves, it still took five or six hours to complete the recording. During this period, some people accidentally fainted from the cold and had to be hurriedly helped to the nearby clinic for temporary accommodation.

As soon as 1,000 people registered, Jiu immediately arranged for them to start building apartments. Two apartments were built before they came.

But there are too many people and the villa cannot accommodate them all. Now they can only rent an apartment by making significant contributions.

Fortunately, as long as the construction is completed for eight hours, the construction time can be extended to the night. However, it is inevitable that a lot of nutrient solution will be needed to support their bodies to continue working.

Adjusting personnel, distributing nutrient solution, and informing everyone of the situation inside were all done by Qin Lou and other employees. Shi Jiu observed the number of people in the lobby in real time and whether there were any unexpected situations.

When it was almost over, she walked over to those people and asked about the situation outside.

"Are you all from the Longhua base? How come the base hasn't accommodated you in this heavy snow?" Judging from the current number of people, there might not be many people left in the base.

Their reactions confirmed her suspicions.

A disheveled and thinly dressed man was standing near her. She thought he would be the next one to register and get some clothes to wrap himself up in. It was so cold!

After hearing her question, the dissatisfaction that had been suppressed in his heart seemed to find an outlet, and he immediately talked about the bad things that happened in the base.

"A few days ago, that leader was found to have hidden a lot of supplies. He had dug several holes to hide them. After being discovered, there was a big fight. After that, no one knew where the supplies were thrown away."

When the people nearby heard it, they all agreed and talked about what they had seen.

"Later, some people wanted to take the position, but the last one was beaten down by another. After that, no one was satisfied with whoever took the position. There was no further news about the leader. We only came here in a hurry because we had almost eaten all the food in the granary and found that the snow was getting heavier."

"So many people died along the way!" He wrapped his thin coat. Just as the previous person received his clothes and left, he hurried over, took out 50 crystal cores and threw them in, quickly registering himself.

Shi Jiu heard them still talking about what happened in the previous base. It seemed that another base was empty. How many bases were there in City B?

The leader of the other Anhe base was unaware that he was being talked about. He was now looking at Yan Yue below. The father and son had just finished a fierce quarrel.

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Thank you little angels for your continued support. Today, red envelopes will be randomly dropped in the comment area~

Regarding the anti-theft seal, we don’t plan to set it because it is an inverted V, which will affect the visual experience.

Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or provided nutrient solution between 2022-07-15 15:00:07 and 2022-07-16 15:00:17~

Thanks to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution: 10 bottles of Yijiu;

Thank you very much for your support. I will continue to work hard!