"Got it, get down now!"

And those survivors who did not get a higher tree house level in the previous event were also discussing it.

"What should I do? Should I go down? What if I get struck by lightning..."

Gu Hao

"Maybe there won't be a fire?"

"What are you thinking? With so many mines, the possibility of a fire is too high!"

"Oh shit, there's a fire here! It's over, it's over!"

"Fuck, I can't be such a coward any more. I'm going down. It's better to be struck by lightning than to be burned by fire! A quick and painless death!"

"That makes sense. I'll go down too!" "I'll go down too!" "Together!"

On Xu Xin's side, as a bolt of lightning struck, a flame suddenly appeared about one kilometer away.

Fortunately, there was no strong wind in the forest at present, so the forest fire did not spread quickly.

Xu Xin took this opportunity to quickly come to the tree house. In order to speed up the felling, he made an iron axe and a shovel.

[Iron Axe: A high-grade iron axe, extremely sharp and tough, capable of felling trees up to the highest purple level, as well as some special tree species. Durability: 3000.]

The iron axe has a durability of up to 3000 points and can chop down green-level trees with one stroke, twice as efficient as a stone axe. It can also chop down some special types of trees. However, Xu Xin has yet to encounter a tree that cannot be chopped down with a stone axe.

As for the shovel, there is a 50% chance that it can be used to transplant trees, which he prepared for the apple tree below.

He had already cleared the area under the tree house during the novice protection period. What he needed to do now was to expand the open space again. If there was a fire in the jungle, at least the flames would not affect the outer tree canopy.

Under the tree house, the apple tree he planted had just begun to bear fruit, and the pine and birch trees had also grown.

"According to the time, the apple tree is indeed just right, but the pine and birch trees should not be fully grown until tomorrow, right?" A trace of doubt flashed through Xu Xin's mind, but now is not the time to think about these things.

The iron axe was very efficient. Xu Xin first came to the pine and birch forest, and cut down all the wood one by one with his axe. Then he began to cut down wood frantically around the tree house.

The dark clouds in the sky seemed to be getting lower and lower, and he didn't even want to look up at the mountain-like clouds.

The dark thunderclouds pressing down on his head, coupled with the sticky and humid air, made it difficult for him to breathe. He could only follow the falling lightning and swing the axe in his hand. His head was a little dizzy from the thunder that sounded every ten seconds or so.

Fortunately, all the surrounding lightning was attracted by the tree house and the lightning rod, and did not cause any harm to him. On the contrary, the lightning rod on the top of his tree house was emitting a dazzling white light, which seemed to be full of electricity.

The sky on the other side was dyed red by the forest fire, and even a rolling heat was coming. Xu Xin increased the speed of felling.

The area that Xu Xin wanted to cut down was much larger than that of the others, but fortunately, more than 100 square meters was not too big.

He went back and forth to the tree house several times to put wood, and finally cut out a circle of open space about 20 meters wide around the tree house as a firebreak.

Generally, the forest firebreak is 40 to 60 meters, but it also depends on the type of vegetation around it. If it is all lawn, 10 meters is actually enough. If it is shrubland, it is usually 60 meters.

Xu Xin had cleared all the bushes on the ground. Twenty meters was barely enough. Most importantly, he could already see the fire spreading in the distance and the sky dyed red. He could not go any further.

The apple tree was also planted outside the tree house. Xu Xin came to the tree, picked all the fruits, and then dug into the roots of the tree without hesitation.

He already had an apple tree in his plantation on the rooftop, so this one, which had already borne fruit, was not that important.

The three-meter-tall small fruit tree slowly fell to the ground.

【Obtain apple tree seeds*1】

[Received 1 apple tree, can be transplanted into green grade soil or above. Please transplant as soon as possible within 24 hours.]

Success! He had a 50% chance of succeeding!

Of course, because of the bonus of koi, the actual probability is not 50%. He had tested it before, and the 50% probability for him was not a 50-50 ratio, but about two out of every three times.

Back in the tree house, standing by the window on the third floor, Xu Xin looked in the direction of the forest fire. It had changed from one or two burning trees to a whole sea of ​​fire. Even from a distance, he could feel the heat coming towards him.

Fortunately, the wind speed was not strong and the air was very humid, so the fire was not too serious.

"Fortunately, there is no strong wind, so the fire is not spreading very quickly." Xu Xin breathed a sigh of relief.

If the fire continued at this speed, it would probably take a long time for it to spread to his side. He picked up the axe and wondered whether he should go down and chop down some more trees. After all, it would be a pity if they were burned.

However, as if someone heard his words, when he was about to turn around, the originally gentle breeze outside suddenly became strong!

The wind was blowing so hard that some thinner poplar trees were bent down. The sound of the wind was like a train passing by, mixed with the increasingly dense thunder, playing a death march.

The flames in the distance suddenly grew larger due to the wind, and even a few small flames that had just been struck by lightning jumped up directly. Fires broke out in multiple places in the jungle and began to spread rapidly due to the wind!

The sound of wind, thunder, lightning, and forest fires, the scene before my eyes was like the end of the world.

Xu Xin was also scratched on the cheek by a small stone carried by the oncoming strong wind, causing pain.

His eye twitched.

Damn, I’m the one with the bad mouth!

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