8 Iceberg Snowfield-Day 1

◎Charcoal fire◎

Late at night, a cold air blew and Yan Lan was woken up by the cold. She wrapped herself tightly in a small blanket, got up in a daze and turned on the heating and air conditioning of the off-road vehicle.

The heater slowly filled up, the temperature inside the car rose, and she fell asleep again.

When the weather gets cold, people tend to feel tired. Yan Lan rarely got up on time.

“Ding ding ding!”

“Ding ding ding!”

When the fourth message alert sounded, she covered her ears in annoyance: "Who is it?"

There is the latest news: "Yan Lan, you are finally online, thank goodness!"

Seeing that it was her work partner, her anger subsided a lot: "What's wrong?"

Shi Yuanyuan: "Did you see the group message? 80 people died last night! I thought you..."

When she heard that someone had died, her sleepiness disappeared instantly and she went to check the group message tremblingly.

[H-38 District: 9,900 people remaining.]

Except for the first day when some people didn't follow the rules and lost their lives, everyone figured out the routine later. Although they had a miserable time in the next two days, they didn't die. How come there were suddenly 80 fewer people?

Before she could ask, Shi Yuanyuan took the initiative to explain the reason: "The game changed to a new map as soon as it was past 12 o'clock last night, and the weather also dropped sharply. Many people were still pushing carts with wooden planks. There was no place to block the wind and they had to carry them hard. The weather was really too cold, which caused negative attributes, so..."

Yan Lan's throat was dry: "Did they freeze to death?"

Shi Yuanyuan: "Yeah."

Yan Lan's body suddenly went limp, and she was completely dazed. Her hands weakly hugged her thighs, and her face was buried in her chest, like a cowering ostrich.

Everyone was freezing, but she was the only one who was living in a car with the heater on and sleeping comfortably.

Their deaths made her feel extremely guilty. She should have noticed the problem when she woke up in the middle of the night, heard their cries for help, and provided charcoal support, but she missed the opportunity to save them because she was sleepy.

He froze to death alone in the freezing cold night, with no rescue and no companions. I don’t know how desperate he felt at the moment of death.

They all come from the same world and are compatriots. Although they do not know each other, they will still feel deeply sad when they hear that the other party has suffered a disaster.

Shi Yuanyuan sensitively guessed that something was wrong with her and sent several messages to comfort her: "Are you okay? Try to think positively."

"Even if you save them this time, they will still be harmed next time for various reasons."

"The protection period is three days. As long as you work hard, your cart should be upgraded. If it's upgraded to a three-wheeled vehicle, you won't be frozen to death."

"Survival of the fittest. The outcome is determined from the beginning."

"It might be good for them to be freed early."

Yan Lan sobbed silently, raised her dizzy head, pinched her arm hard to regain her spirits: "Well, thank you, I'm going to make charcoal, and I'll have to trouble you to help sell it."

Seeing her cheer up, Shi Yuanyuan smiled knowingly and replied, "Okay, it's all up to you."

Although Yan Lan looks cold and difficult to get close to, she is kind at heart, just like his cousin.

It takes ten seconds to make a piece of charcoal. While waiting, Yan Lan checked the main interface.

[Map: Iceberg Snowfield, Game Days: 1, Weather: Rain and Snow, Temperature: 10°C (Winter), Time: 8:00 AM.]

After changing to a new map, the number of game days is reset to zero.

She still remembered what the system said at the beginning, that natural disasters occur every 15 days, which means that when the game day reaches 15, you can get rid of the predicament and face another one.

When she woke up and had not yet had time to check out the scenery outside, she slid down the car window to get an unobstructed look at the new map.

As soon as she opened the window slightly, the freezing cold wind from outside blew in. She took a breath of cold air unexpectedly, and her chest instantly felt cold. She was startled and quickly closed the window.

Yesterday, there was a yellow tropical grassland outside the car window, but today it suddenly turned into a white snowy plateau, with towering peaks reaching into the sky and thick white snow covering the entire earth.

When the snowflakes fall, everything on earth seems to be still. The surface looks so holy and flawless, but no one knows how many lives are buried underneath.

There was ice and snow outside the highway, but there was only a thin layer of snow on the highway. The two different scenes in the same place looked very strange.

After more than a dozen pieces of charcoal were made, Yan Lan gave them to Shi Yuanyuan first: "These are for you and your friends."

She knew that Shi Yuanyuan had made two friends with the same fate, and had indirectly helped her, so he seemed reliable.

At this time, Shi Yuanyuan was huddled in the three-wheeled motorcycle, breathing heavily.

The cold wind was blowing outside, and the thin iron door could not withstand the violent wind at all, and it made a rustling sound.

His teeth chattered and he couldn't help shivering again.

At this time, Yan Lan sent a message, and he immediately became active as if he had been injected with chicken blood, and happily accepted the charcoal that was given to him.

He replied, "Thank you! I don't know how warm it would be if I held it in my arms."

Yan Lan: "Wait a moment."

Shi Yuanyuan uttered an "eh" before realizing he had said the wrong thing. He slapped himself in frustration a few times: "Pah, pah, pah, I taught you not to think before you speak."

He planned to hand the charcoal over to his partner first and then explain to Yan Lan. He called the friend interface and entered a three-person chat group.

"I'll give each of you 4 pieces of charcoal."

The charcoal was received in less than a second, and the two little friends started to flatter them.

Xiao Hei: "Holy crap! Brother Shi is awesome! He actually managed to get some charcoal. We won't freeze to death! Woohoo..."

Xiao Huang: "Brother Shi, YYDS!"

Shi Yuanyuan's face was filled with black lines: "I told you not to call me Brother Shi, it sounds like a pile of shit!"

Then he added, "Also, this is a gift from Yan Lan to you. Thank you for helping her last time."

Xiao Huang: "What about that time I lent you some supplies? Hey, that's no big deal!"

Xiao Hei: "Exactly, Boss Yan is really nice."

Xiao Huang: "Boss Yan is awesome!"

Xiao Hei: "I will hold the banner for Yan Lao!"

Shi Yuanyuan was speechless, his heart changing so fast.

In just a short while, Yan Lan sent over three more copper furnaces.

Shi Yuanyuan accepted them immediately, took one for himself, and gave the remaining two to Xiao Hei and Xiao Huang: "And this hand warmer is also a gift from Yan Lan."

Without reading the two people's replies, he curiously studied the stove in his hand.

As soon as I said how nice it would be to hold her in my arms, she did it immediately. Her ability to take action is really strong.

This is a stove the size of a sea bowl, made of brass, with a hollow top cover, a curved belly, and a metal handle on both ears, which is just right for holding in the arms.

It is round, but the roundness is a bit strange. Compared with the straight lines of charcoal, it seems that they are not from the same place, but they are obviously made by Yan Lan.

Forget it, why bother studying these things? Let’s just put some charcoal to keep warm!

Shi Yuanyuan broke the charcoal into two pieces, put it into the hand warmer, took out two pieces of toilet paper from the hanging bag, tore off two pieces, lit them with a lighter and threw them in.

The charcoal burned quickly and the entire copper stove was hot. Shi Yuanyuan hugged it through his clothes, and his cold and numb body instantly warmed up a lot.

The blueprint for the hand warmer designed by Yan Lan was extremely simple. She had only seen a rough idea of ​​it in a TV drama, so she drew it based on her impression. Unexpectedly, the result was quite good.

The hand warmer requires 1 metal and has the same 10 seconds to craft.

So she produced 10 pieces of charcoal and 10 hand warmers in order, and after they were completed, she gave them to Shi Yuanyuan, who was responsible for selling them to other players.

Charcoal can be exchanged for wood, with 10 woods being exchanged for one charcoal. Hand warmers can be exchanged for metal, with 5 metal/glass/rubber being exchanged for one hand warmer.

Charcoal is a consumable item, and the hand warmer can be used for a long time, so it is sold at a higher price. It is a good deal.

The wood and metal obtained from the transaction were sent to her by Shi Yuanyuan, and Yan Lan continued to process them using these materials.

Delivering them in batches can also prevent Shi Yuanyuan from turning against us due to the temptation of materials. Although it is a bit scheming, this is a game world and we must be on guard against others.

The wood and metal had almost been replaced, and Yan Lan began to ask Shi Yuanyuan to replace other upgrading materials.

She also put some charcoal and hand warmers on sale in her own trading center, and sought to buy blueprints and electronic components.

It’s hard to get items from Shi Yuanyuan, so some people who can’t buy them will come to her to exchange them.

After a busy morning, her stomach started to growl. She looked at the time and it was already 12 noon, and her health value had dropped to 50 points.

Too low health points would affect work efficiency, so Yan Lan climbed from the back seat to the main driver's seat to get the bread and water that were placed on the passenger seat.

She glanced at the central control panel inadvertently, and was shocked by what she saw.

"Fuck!"

Is this a horror movie!

There were 30 units of gasoline left last night, but now there is none left. No wonder she felt the temperature was starting to drop. She didn't even walk a kilometer today!

Yan Lan hurried to check the usage record of the car's air conditioner, and suddenly felt a sharp pain in her heart. The air conditioner used 30 units of gasoline for 10 hours, which is equivalent to 3 units of gasoline per hour. She could travel 10 kilometers with one unit of gasoline!

60 units were added to the backpack compartment yesterday, and she added all of them to the SUV, but this time she didn't turn on the air conditioner. Instead, she took a heater from the back seat, lit a piece of charcoal, threw it in, and held it in her arms.

The air conditioner consumes too much power, so she should use it alternately with the heater.

This charcoal is of very good quality, clean and pure, without any smoky smell.

However, it is still several levels lower than air conditioning.

When the air conditioner is on, the whole body is warmed evenly, but when the hand warmer is used, it is like ice and fire. The hands and stomach that touch the heater are very hot, while other parts of the body are cold.

Yan Lan picked up a lunch box from the compartment of her backpack and ate while texting Shi Yuanyuan: "Gasoline and fabric can also be exchanged."

Shi Yuanyuan replied in his busy schedule: "Okay!"

After being hungry all morning, she finally started eating. The lunch box she took out of her backpack was still warm, perfect for eating in the snow.

While eating, she opened the chat group.

"Does anyone have any thick clothes? I'm only wearing a thin shirt and I always feel like I'm naked."

"Where did I get those thick clothes? I got a blanket yesterday and I'm wrapped in it now."

"Go buy Shi Yuanyuan's hand warmers! They're sold individually, and they're really warm when you add charcoal."

"Yes, I was among the first group to buy it. It's really effective. A piece of charcoal can burn for hours without going out! He said it was made by Yan Lan and he helped sell it."

"The two of them seem to have a good relationship~"

"I bought it. If anyone has a lighter, please lend it to me!"

"I have it, borrow it one log at a time."

"Okay, private chat."

"I didn't buy it. Please, could you lend me some? I'm really cold and can't stand it!"

"I don't even have enough for myself, yet I'm still lending it to you. What the hell are you expecting? Why don't you take out something valuable and ask someone to exchange it for it?"

"You can just burn the wood!"

"I was burning wood! My advice to you: don't even try it! The smoke was too thick, and it was cold with the windows open. There was no kang, so I had to throw it in the back of the car. I almost burned a hole in the iron sheet! Damn! I was so pissed off."

"Hahaha, why do I want to laugh?"

Amidst a flurry of complaints, an explosive piece of news popped up.