The maritime calendar shows 72 days have passed, and the freezing weather continues. The only difference now is the completely unpredictable freezing and thawing of the sea surface. The more messages are posted in the regional chat group, the more pronounced this phenomenon becomes.

After the Future sailed out of the ice field, the sea it passed through was smooth and there wasn't a single piece of ice. The temperature in the area the Future passed through was also gradually rising. If it were based on the previous weather and temperature, there would have been at least various kinds of ice fragments everywhere, if not ice blocks.

This cold snap has lasted quite a while, yet no major disasters have occurred so far, which is neither fortunate nor unfortunate. However, they are prepared to face whatever comes their way, and Gu Xi and her crew are focused on the task at hand.

The custom-designed space is not yet complete, so the ice crystal birds can only rest on the roof. Several birds like to circle around the Future, and even though they are quite intelligent, they still produce some waste. The job of cleaning up the waste ultimately falls to the octopus.

The octopus is supposedly the butler of the Future, but in reality, its job scope includes, but is not limited to, all kinds of household chores, so much so that its workload increases whenever a new member arrives on board.

Now, it's not only the sweeper, cook, feeder, gardener, gunner, and salvage operator on the Future, but it has also taken on another role: Ais's little brother.

The fish's life is so miserable!

The octopus stared listlessly at the ceiling of Ais's room, its tentacles meticulously wiping Ais's box bed with a rag. It recalled the happy days when it first arrived on the ship and played on the shark. Although these things had only been a short time, it felt as if it had already lived half of its life.

It somewhat misses the days when creatures visited its boat; only on those days did its fish life temporarily depart from the ordinary and enter its moment of glory.

Urged on by Ais, the octopus sped up its work. It grunted twice, thinking its previous thoughts were just daydreaming. Little did it know, the moment of glory it had been anticipating would soon become a reality.

On the morning of the 73rd day of the sea calendar, Gu Xi received a system notification that the freezing weather was about to end, and the disaster that had lasted for more than 20 days was finally coming to an end.

The chat channel in area 2333 was also filled with jubilation. Although the disaster lasted twice as long as previous ones, the difficulty of survival was greatly reduced, so everyone was relieved that this disaster was so easy.

In addition, during this disaster, some shady individuals did not engage in any underhanded activities, which indirectly reduced the difficulty of the disaster and made it unprecedentedly simple.

Although a few people remembered the irregularity of the ice surface melting, they were quickly drawn to the system's announcement that the disaster had officially ended, and forgot about this detail.

After each disaster, the game announcements are largely the same. Besides announcing the number of survivors, rewarding survivors, and updating leaderboards, the most important content is the new content that has been released. The previous content can be ignored, but the new content deserves close attention.

At this moment, Gu Xi was sitting in the studio listening to the new content in the game announcement.

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[Rewards have been distributed. New content is now available in the game, as follows:]

[1. The current open sea area is 5000 meters deep. The next phase will open sea areas up to 7000 meters deep, but the danger level will increase. Players are advised to proceed with caution.]

[2. Added new content on raft construction; players are encouraged to explore this further.]

[3. Disaster celebrations are cancelled; floating communication station materials will be distributed as compensation and rewards.]

[Game Announcement: Mercury and this world have begun merging; the current merging rate is 60%. Players are encouraged to actively explore the new world!]

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After the game announcement concluded, as everyone expected, footage of the disaster on Mercury was shown. This footage was the only way for everyone to learn about Mercury; if they missed this opportunity, they would have to wait until the next review, so everyone watched intently.

The images of Mercury from the last time were still vivid in everyone's minds. The coastline swallowed by giant waves, the floods caused by torrential rains relentlessly encroaching on human living space, people screaming in terror, crying, fleeing, and desperately pleading for help…