The snow monster dove headfirst into the snow, and Ye Miao seized the opportunity to activate his skill: "Shadowless Sword!"
After a wave of skills were used, the snow monster died on the spot.
The items dropped and Ye Miao picked up the equipment. Deng Wei exclaimed, "This monster is so fast! Before I could react, it had already run back and forth!"
"Yes." Fang Yuming nodded. "So if many of them appear at the same time..."
Before he finished speaking, Li Chenqi suddenly pointed to the top of a mountain not far away and said, "There's more over there!"
Everyone turned around at the same time and saw a small black shadow on the top of the mountain. It was a little far away, but the outline of the shadow was the same as the yeti that had just been killed.
Then, similar dark shadows appeared on the surrounding hilltops. Two, three, four... They looked a bit creepy in the dim evening light.
"A group has appeared..." Ye Miao looked around and was thinking about which one to attack first, when all the black shadows suddenly rushed down the hillside and attacked them!
"Cooperate with each other!" Ye Miao quickly determined who was closest and drew his sword to meet the attack.
"The overlap of reality and illusion," she muttered. The rapidly increasing number of figures suddenly disrupted the yetis's vision. The yetis, which had been charging down the hillside with ferocious eyes, froze for a second before changing direction and rushing towards the shadow closest to them.
"Shadowless Sword!" Ye Miao said softly.
All the figures instantly dodged, each still locked in a struggle with the yeti. Only one quickly broke free of the yeti's grasp, then, like a single, smooth line, slashed past the other yetis. By the time their abilities were complete, the health of all the yetis had been reduced to almost a third.
"The vines are entangled!"
"The shadows of the trees are enchanting!"
"Grass leaf wrap!"
Deng Wei seized the opportunity and used control skills continuously to control the snow monsters one after another. Chu Cheng's team and Fang Yuming attacked fiercely from a distance, and every arrow hit its target.
Except for Deng Wei, everyone in the team now has a combat skill level of over 90. After a wave of fierce output, the health of all monsters dropped very quickly, and almost all of them were left with only skin of blood.
Seeing that the battle was about to end, Yi Hang shot arrows in succession. As he was drawing the bow and aiming, something unexpected appeared in his peripheral vision. Yi Hang looked subconsciously and a black shadow suddenly pounced on his face!
"Ah!!!" Yi Hang screamed, and the feather arrow flew into the sky. His scream attracted his teammates to turn their heads.
"Yi Hang!" Chu Cheng held his breath, pulled the bow, and shot three arrows. The snow monster that was fighting with Yi Hang dropped Yi Hang and rushed towards Chu Cheng with its fangs and claws bared.
Chu Cheng didn't panic. He retreated steadily while firing arrows one after another. The snow monster dodged very nimbly, and after more than ten arrows, it was finally killed. Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Deng Wei suddenly shouted, "Here they come again!"
Ye Miao had just killed the last snow monster with a sword. When he looked in the direction of the sound, he saw another wave of snow monsters coming down the mountain. This time there were seven or eight of them.
"Didn't they say there would be only four or five at most? Why are there more and more of them?" Yi Hang was so frightened that his voice broke.
Chu Cheng held his breath and looked at Fang Yuming a few steps away with burning eyes: "What's going on?"
"I don't know." Fang Yuming said calmly as he pulled out his dart and stared at the attacking snow monster. "I swear I've only seen four or five at most."
The next moment, seeing Ye Miao drawing his sword to fight again, Fang Yuming leaped up. While Ye Miao swung his sword at the snow monster in front of him, he threw three darts at the same time, temporarily blocking off the other snow monsters around him.
From a distance, this is a pleasing combination.
Chu Cheng's eyebrows jumped, and he silently drew his bow and shot the arrow again.
Sweet Orange Village.
The high temperature day after day has made the territory hotter. The daily dishes of players in Group S, Group A and Group B have cold drinks of different qualities, while the lower-level players are suffering.
"Iced watermelon juice... blue quality iced watermelon juice! One cup is effective for 2 hours! 120 gold per cup!" The vendor selling watermelon juice walked tiredly through the streets, shouting, but few people came forward to buy.
In most territories, iced watermelon juice is now a "hot commodity" and there is no worry about not being able to sell it as long as it is put on the market. However, in Tianju Village, the special management mechanism makes it difficult to do all business here.
Firstly, high-level players don't have to worry about food or drink. S- and A-level players have more food than they can eat, and even equipment can be obtained directly from the warehouse. B- and C-level players don't have as much free supplies, but they still have more gold. Territories also have dedicated grocery stores, allowing them to supplement their daily needs at relatively low prices, eliminating the need to spend a fortune on items from other players.
Levels D, E, and F are the lowest tier, and the situation gets worse the further up you go. Players at these levels don't have as many supplies, and it's hard to accumulate gold, which is why they can't afford to buy the inflated prices of cold drinks.
For those who are also at the bottom of society, since raw materials are not cheap, they cannot sell them at low prices even if they want to. They can only "follow the market" and raise prices, and then "there is no demand" and they cannot sell their products.
The only product that's selling well is the white "Ice Water," which lasts only 30 minutes if consumed completely. If you drink a portion, the effect is proportional, so a sip only lasts a minute or two. However, due to its low price of only 30 gold coins, many low-end players are willing to bite the bullet and keep a glass in their backpack. When the heat gets too much while foraging or monster hunting, they take a sip, which lasts a minute or two.
Under the pervasive heat, the entire village was filled with a bleak, miserable atmosphere. The area of thatched huts and wooden houses was increasingly resembling a slum. In contrast, in the beautiful red brick houses and villas, high-level players had so much food that they couldn't even finish it if it spoiled.
On the third-floor terrace of a villa, Zhou Xian, the current lord of Tianju Village, was leisurely eating a smoothie and admiring the scenery of the territory.
He's called the "current lord" because he wasn't the founder of Tianju Village. Before the apocalypse, he'd just managed to find a romantic partner with a wealthy second-generation woman named Tianju. After the apocalypse, the woman's family had completely lost contact, and she became extremely dependent on him. He managed to convince her to willingly spend a fortune on a shelter construction permit and barrier stones.
In order to further gain her trust, he did not fight for her during that time, but only helped her wholeheartedly. Later, he finally found an opportunity to go out together and killed her without anyone noticing.
After that, the Tianju territory came into his hands and gradually developed to the village level. Now it is quite powerful within the scope of T City.
If there were no low-level players, the territory would undoubtedly be better off...
Zhou Xian's gaze fell on the "slums" and he frowned involuntarily.
Of course, he knew deep down that the "lower-level players" were necessary. Some desperately gathered resources to survive, ensuring a comfortable life for the higher-level players. It was just that this incompatible existence was truly glaring. If the territory could one day develop into a city, Zhou Xian hoped that at least by then, this group of people would no longer be seen in the territory, and everyone would live a glamorous life.
"Sister, I want some ice water!" In a corner of the thatched hut area, a little girl of seven or eight ran to the ice water stall. The seller, sluggish from the heat, took a long time to reach out and take the money. He then handed the water to the girl. The girl took the water and, without stopping, ran off to a nearby spot.
"Mom!" She ran into the house, hoping to see some unexpected surprise. However, what she saw was the same scene as when she had just left: a woman in her forties lying unconscious on the ground, her body scalding. The girl rushed over and poured ice water into her, but it was no use.
“Doctor…” The girl panicked and rushed out again, “Is there a doctor? My mother is sick! Is there a doctor? Help!!!”
At the same time, the town became rich overnight.
News of Qin Zhen's heatstroke and coma, suspected heat stroke, had spread throughout town. When the players returned from their monster-hunting and gathering activities, everyone was talking about it. Consequently, at the market that evening, there was a small-scale rush for cold drinks. Many players, overcome with fear, ignored the three-day expiration date and resorted to revenge buying, buying whatever they saw. Other players, eager to avoid missing out, followed suit.
Fortunately, some stable teams had already made reservations, so they only had to come and pick up the goods once each night, so they had no worries about not being able to buy them. But those who didn't pre-order were in a tough spot. Normally, everyone could just stroll around the market after dinner and buy everything for the next day, but now there was nothing to buy. Some people were inevitably shouting angrily, "What the hell are you grabbing! Can you use your brain? As long as you stay cool, you won't get heatstroke! What's the point of buying so much? You're not even worried about diarrhea!"
As for the territory's grocery store, the daily ration of cold drinks had long since sold out. Sister Jin frantically messaged Ye Miao to explain what had happened. Ye Miao, who had just finished clearing out a few snow monsters, frowned for a long time and replied, "If you bring in another batch, the price will be raised by 20%." Then he asked Sister Jin, "What's with the heat stroke?"
Sister Jin replied: "There's a player who fainted and hasn't woken up yet. Doctor Fang speculated it might be heat stroke, but he didn't say for sure."
[Ye Miao] You mean, even Doctor Fang can't save her?
[Sister Jin] Yes.
Ye Miao was stunned for a moment, then turned off the panel and focused on facing the next wave of monsters. Fang Yuming beside her noticed that her face was not right and asked softly, "What's wrong?"
"There might be heat stroke in the territory." Ye Miao said as they fought. "We don't know what to do yet. Doctor Fang can't solve it."
"Heat stroke?" Fang Yuming was also startled. He flipped his hand and killed a snow monster at close range. He continued to ask, "Is it heat stroke?"
"It's probably a serious case of heatstroke." Ye Miao supported himself on the ground with one hand and knocked down the snow monster that was approaching with a sweeping blow. He saw the silver light out of the corner of his eye and subconsciously tilted his head, and the dart he threw hit the snow monster right in the middle of the eyebrows.
"Xiao Ge!"
In Tianju Village, Zhao Yin rushed back to the territory after hearing the news. When he squeezed through the layers of onlookers and broke into the thatched house, his 8-year-old daughter was already sitting on the ground crying.
Zhao Yin quickly picked her up. Zhao Xiaoge cried breathlessly and pointed at the unconscious woman on the bed and shouted, "Mom can't wake up!"
"Don't be afraid." Zhao Yin hugged her tightly, but a deep feeling of powerlessness swept over his body, making him tremble uncontrollably.
The female pastor sitting beside the bed stood up, walked over to the father and daughter, and said gently, "The current situation is... she hasn't woken up yet and is still losing blood, but all the blood-replenishing items are still effective. If..." The female pastor's tone became a little difficult, and every word was bitter. "If your financial situation is okay, continue to feed her blood-replenishing potions, and then think of other solutions."
She paused after saying this and said, "Besides that, I can't help you with anything else... I won't bother you anymore."
After saying this, the female pastor walked away, as if she was avoiding something, and she didn't even dare to look back.
Outside the humble thatched cottage, a crowd of people gathered, watching and discussing the situation, but none of them had a clear solution. Zhao Yin held his daughter tightly for a moment, then stood up, walked over, and closed the door. The world finally quieted down.
In a territory like this, raising a child with no fighting ability was no easy task. For a long time, the family of three had barely maintained an E-level rating, and their gold coins were barely enough to save. In such a situation, how could he afford to buy blood-tonifying medicine to keep his wife alive? Seeing his wife's health continuously declining, Zhao Yin was extremely anxious, but he was helpless.
Finally, he coaxed his daughter, walked out of the house, and did his best to borrow things from his neighbors.
He called it a "loan," but everyone knew he couldn't pay it back. So while some neighbors still generously offered him the medicine they'd saved from their pennies, many more simply refused. However, those who refused didn't necessarily mean they didn't want to give; it was more likely that they were truly broke and no longer had the energy to do good.
An hour later, Zhao Yin returned to the thatched hut and fed her the only two small potions.
For the entire night that followed, there was only fear and despair in the 15-square-meter thatched house. The woman's ever-decreasing health bar was like a curse, causing pain in the eyes of both the father and daughter, but they could not take their eyes away.
For a fleeting moment, Zhao Yin considered asking the high-ranking players in the territory for help. But it took only a second for him to realize that this wouldn't work. Over time, the territory's resource allocation system had already triggered a chain reaction, creating a discriminatory system among players. High-ranking players viewed low-ranking players like termites, finding them unlucky even to look at them, let alone offer any assistance.
At 9:30, the woman's health bar emptied in deathly silence. Her husband and child beside the bed wanted to take another look at her, but just three seconds later, the body disappeared with a barely audible sound, leaving only a few pieces of equipment floating alone in the air.
"Wow—" Zhao Xiaoge, who had been holding on strong since her father came back, finally burst into tears again. Zhao Yin gritted his teeth and forced himself to hold back his tears, but an unprecedented urge suddenly rose in his heart: "Come on, Dad will take you away from here!"
Zhao Xiaoge sobbed and asked him blankly, "Where... where are we going?"
"I don't know." Zhao Yin smiled bitterly.
He didn't know where to go, but he felt he couldn't stay in this place where people were eaten without leaving any bones. His wife died because they had been struggling here, so poor that they couldn't even afford a cold drink. If he continued to endure this, he and his daughter would die in this unclear way sooner or later, so he might as well go out and try his luck.
Although... his fighting ability was average, and with a child to take care of, it was difficult for him to find a place to rest his heart. But even if he had to eat wind and drink dew, even if he exhausted himself to avoid monsters, in Zhao Yin's current opinion, it was better than this place.
A town that got rich overnight.
Around the bonfire in the evening, a few children were playing and fighting idly.
Ding Yu and Wu Zhen's daughter Wu Xi, and Sun Aimei's daughter Sun Yuanyuan were among them, as was An Yan, who was a bit more mature than them. At around nine o'clock, An Yan greeted all the children like an older brother: "Stop being crazy! Come over and have a cold drink. It's time to go back to bed!"
"Here we come!" The children came running over. An Yan took off his backpack and took out portions of cold drinks and distributed them to everyone.
These cold drinks were left by the parents beforehand. At this time, many parents were setting up stalls in the small market to supplement their family income. After everyone agreed, they entrusted their children to An Yan's care. After all, life in the game mode was very simple. It didn't matter if they got bumped or bruised in the territory, as long as they didn't run away.
An Yan was certainly happy to do this "part-time job"; after all, the parents were paying him. As the last child finished receiving their cold drink, An Yan looked at his backpack and frowned, "Why is there an extra one? Is there anyone who didn't eat?"
Wu Xi tilted her head up: "Is it mango shaved ice?"
"Yes." An Yan said.
Wu Xi was also eating shaved ice, his mouth full of fruit puree, and said seriously: "My mother prepared this for you. She said you worked hard!"
"Thank you!" An Yan smiled shyly and took out the shaved ice to eat. A boy who was eating strawberry shaved ice next to him looked a little greedy and ran to discuss with Wu Xi: "How about we switch tomorrow? I'll give you my strawberry shaved ice and you can give me the mango shaved ice!"
"Sure!" Wu Xi nodded generously. "My mom said the peaches in their farmland are almost ripe again. Aunt Miao Lin said she wants to buy some to make some new desserts. Let's go buy some and try them together later!"
"Great!!!" The children cheered. Whether in prosperous times or apocalyptic times, children's happiness is simple.
In the snowy mountains in the southern suburbs of T City, the team finally cleared out all the snow monsters after several hours. The drops were rich, but they were exhausted.
On the way here, Fang Yuming swore that there were only four or five snow monsters. After the fight, everyone estimated that they had killed nearly forty of them, which was ten times the number.
But Fang Yuming didn't look like he was lying, and there was no reason for him to lie in such a situation. Everyone was puzzled.
Ye Miao couldn't figure out the reason, so he called on everyone to pick up dead branches and leaves on the spot to light a bonfire, sit around the bonfire to eat dinner and restore their strength, while thinking about what was going on in a mess in his mind.
Soon after, she deduced a fairly reliable reason: "This snow monster might be more difficult based on the number of people? When Yuming came alone before, there were only four or five of us. Now that we're in a group, four or five is too easy to defeat, so the difficulty has increased?"
"That's possible!" Li Chenqi was the first to agree. "There are eight of us in total. If each of us has five, that would be exactly forty."
"What a crappy system, it looks quite smart!" Yi Hang cursed while holding the lunch box. Thinking back to the "big scene" today when he was hugged by the snow monster and fell to the ground, he suddenly felt that the golden-quality thick soup and cream stewed chicken in the lunch box were not delicious anymore.
"Ye Miao." Chu Cheng walked over from not far away. Ye Miao turned around and he handed her a cup of dark red liquid.
[Item: Sweet Fruit Mulled Wine]
【Quality: Gold】
[Description: After consumption, it can instantly restore health and magic points to full, and provide cold resistance, lasting for 12 hours.]
"Where did you get it?" Ye Miao was speechless. Chu Cheng had brought a cold drink with him when he left home, so how come he still had a hot drink after defeating monsters on the snowy mountain?!
Chu Cheng smiled easily: "Just now, the snow monster dropped oranges and apples. I happen to have red wine in my backpack, so I can make some now."
"Thank you." Ye Miao took it with a faint smile. Chu Cheng then distributed a cup to each of the other teammates. When he handed it to Fang Yuming, Fang Yuming said politely, "I don't want any, thank you." After that, he stood up from the campfire, glanced at Ye Miao's almost finished lunch, and nodded. "Regarding the heat stroke, if it's convenient, can you please have a moment to talk to me?"
Chu Cheng's eyebrows twitched slightly.
Ye Miao subconsciously glanced at Fang Yuming. The previous minor friction had forced her to be more cautious. If it weren't for the "heatstroke incident," she would probably have thought the two were secretly competing again.
But with these words, not only she, but even Chu Cheng was reluctant to reveal anything. She followed Fang Yuming away from the campfire. Fang Yuming walked and searched, and soon stopped under a snow-capped pine tree.
Ye Miao was about to ask him what was wrong when he squatted down and casually pulled a plant from the pine tree. The plant glowed faintly blue in the night and looked chilly.
"What is this?" Ye Miao frowned at the unfamiliar plant. She looked closely and a panel popped up:
[Item: Snow Grass]
【Quality: Blue】
[Description: Icy and refreshing, seems like it could be used to make some rare summer heat-relief herbal remedy...]
Ye Miao couldn't help but hold his breath: "Can this thing cure heat stroke?"
Fang Yuming said softly: "I don't know, I'm just guessing, it looks very similar from the description. But... to save people, you should probably make some corresponding potion, you can't just take it directly."
"Then I can pick some first and take them back to see." Ye Miao pondered, "Many players will learn about medicine and food first after receiving the cards. After a long time, they can't remember what they learned. Maybe there will be players in the territory who can make them."
"Yeah, that makes sense." Fang Yuming nodded.
"Everyone, help pick some snow grass after dinner!" Ye Miao turned around and ordered without hesitation. Fang Yuming: "...Keep your voice down."
Ye Miao: “?”
"Snow mountain." Fang Yuming laughed, "There will be avalanches."
"?!" Ye Miao was shocked. "Will the game mode also have an avalanche?!"
"Yeah." Fang Yuming gave her a meaningful look, "Don't ask me how I know."
Ye Miao: “…”
After staying on the snow mountain for another hour, the team collected a total of 56 snow grasses, and then went down the mountain in a group, planning to rest for one night in a nearby territory inn.
As they were going down the mountain, Ye Miao tentatively asked everyone, "Are you tired? Do you mind walking a little further?"
Deng Wei: "I'm not tired. I have stamina potions anyway. Where do you want to go?"
Ye Miao: "There's a place nearby called Tiaodeng Town. Apart from our own territory, this is the only town on the map of T City. Do you want to go and take a look?"
"Sure!" Everyone's eyes lit up, and Yi Hang said cheerfully, "Let's go take a look together and learn from each other!"
"Hahaha, okay, let's go together!" Ye Miao happily jumped up and down the mountain road, "But for safety's sake, let's not mention that we became rich overnight, ha, let's keep a low profile!"
"I understand." Fang Yuming smiled.
There's nothing wrong with being more cautious in the apocalypse. They wanted to go to Tiaodeng Town simply out of curiosity, but it was hard to say what the players there were like. There were only two towns on the map of T City, so they were bound to be watching each other. They had made it clear they were coming from the "get-rich-quick" town, but they might not be welcomed with open arms; they might even be caught in a trap.
To be on the safe side, Chu Cheng even put away his golden cloak and changed into a plain blue outfit, instantly becoming much more low-key. But Yi Hang couldn't help but tease, "Dude, is there a possibility that you don't need golden equipment to attract attention, and it's all because everyone watched the Olympics?!"
At 11:30 pm, the team arrived at the gate of Tiaodeng Town.
When everyone walked into the inn, Ye Miao first discovered that the level of the inn in Tiaodeng Town was higher than his own, probably Lv3, with eight more rooms and sixteen more beds than Lv2.
There were eight people in the team, and they had just four rooms. She and Deng Wei lived in one room, and the boys arranged their own rooms as they pleased.
After checking in, the team members walked out of the inn together and strolled around.
It was already late, and most of the town had fallen silent. Only a few stalls in the market were still lit. Ye Miao wandered over idly, and a stall owner, packing up his stall, casually spoke to her, "Are you a trader? What do you want?"
"I'm passing by while hunting monsters, so I came to stay for a while." Ye Miao smiled sweetly. Suddenly, he remembered the snow seedling grass and took it out of his backpack. "I want to ask, what kind of medicine can this thing be used to make? Is it sold in Tiaodeng Town?"
She had originally only asked out of a blind chance, eager to save someone, but unexpectedly, she actually got the point. The stall owner calmly replied, "It's snowgrass, used to make cooling potions. It's the stuff everyone's been using these days when it's so hot!"
Ye Miao thought to himself: Does everyone... use... this thing...?!
The stall owner looked her over again and asked, "Are you coming from the north?"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Ye Miao did not deny it.
The stall owner said, "Oh, no wonder. This thing seems to only be produced in the snowy mountains here, so many players in the north have never seen it. Since the production volume is not high, trading teams generally don't bring it there to sell." Then he asked curiously, "But you don't have this in the north, how are you enduring the recent high temperatures?"
Ye Miao told the truth: "Let's have some cold drinks."
"Oh..." The stall owner nodded in understanding. "How interesting! A game like this can lead to different customs."
"Yeah." Ye Miao also found it funny and asked him, "If I've already had heatstroke, can cooling potions cure it? If so, would you mind connecting me with a pharmacist in the territory? I'd like to buy some."
"Of course heatstroke can be cured." The stall owner was quite friendly. When he heard she wanted to buy something, he pointed her in the direction. "Over there in the residential area, in the area with the red brick houses, the pharmacist is in the second row, third yard. Go find her."
"Okay, thank you!" Ye Miao thanked him sincerely, and he already had a good impression of this small town with lanterns.
You can always get some clues about the territory's style from its members. Judging from the stall owner's conversation, the style of Tiaodeng Town is likely similar to that of Get Rich Overnight, which is relatively tolerant and easygoing.
Not far away, Chu Cheng and Fang Yuming stood idly by the huge bonfire in the territory square. Fang Yuming looked at the night sky, and Chu Cheng chuckled, "Leveling up without any effort, and then surprising everyone. Very clever."
"Thank you." Fang Yuming said calmly, "But I was a little nervous when I was busy leveling up. I thought that after so much time, Ye Miao must have been with you. I didn't expect that." He withdrew his gaze from the night sky and passed it across Chu Cheng's face. "An Olympic champion is just like this."
"I don't think being an Olympic champion is anything special. I'm still working on this," Chu Cheng said with a relaxed expression. "However, the Olympics did teach me two lessons."
Fang Yuming raised his eyebrows and waited for the next words.
Chu Cheng smiled and said, "Don't underestimate your opponent, and don't be quick to argue."
Fang Yuming's expression changed slightly.
"Of course, there's no need for rivals to chat too much." Chu Cheng added half-jokingly, then ignored him and turned to walk towards the post station.
In a residential area, after some haggling, Ye Miao bought 10 bottles of Advanced Cooling Potion, 10 bottles of Intermediate Cooling Potion, and 20 bottles of Primary Cooling Potion from the pharmacist. The Advanced Cooling Potion's description did state that it was "effective for treating various degrees of heatstroke symptoms," but even the pharmacist couldn't explain whether extreme symptoms like heatstroke were included in the "various degrees."
The next morning, the team checked out and left together. Yi Hang was chewing on an ice cream cone as he left, the crispy shell crunching as he gnawed. He sighed, "This town has similar prices to ours, and the variety... isn't as abundant, but there are some local specialties we don't have. I wish we could visit more often, but it's too far!"
It was indeed too far, and they hurried all the way and finally passed through the urban area of T City at noon. Then they walked for more than two hours before returning to the town where they got rich overnight around three o'clock in the afternoon.
At this time, most players were outside collecting and killing monsters. Ye Miao did not delay and went straight to Fang Shuqin's residence.
In the small bedroom used as a hospital ward, Fang Shuqin had just finished feeding Qin Zhen a bottle of blood-replenishing potion to prolong her life. When she heard someone knocking on the door, she went downstairs. Seeing Ye Miao, her expression suddenly relaxed: "You're back! Come with me!"
"Yeah." Ye Miao responded and hurriedly followed her upstairs.
Fang Shuqin said as they walked, "This man fainted outside yesterday and collapsed next to the rice paddies. Wu Zhen and Ding Yu were out that afternoon when they ran into him and brought him back. It's a good thing he was found, otherwise he would have bled to death by that evening."
She paused, then continued, "We've tried everything all day, even countless cold drinks, but nothing works. I suspect it's heat stroke, but I don't know how to treat it in the game..."
"Don't worry." Ye Miao sighed. "I brought back some medicine from the south that we don't have. Let me take a look. If it doesn't work, we can tell you later."
"Okay." Fang Shuqin nodded, walked to the door of the small bedroom, pushed it open and invited Ye Miao in.
Ye Miao walked to the bedside and saw that Qin Zhen's face was abnormally flushed, and her lips were white and cracked. She reached out and touched her cheek, which was burning hot, as if she had a high fever.
Ye Miao took out a bottle of [Advanced Cooling Potion] from his backpack, and without saying a word, he gave her the whole bottle to drink, waiting with great anticipation.
However, three minutes passed and Qin Zhen showed no reaction.
"This is useless?" Ye Miao sighed heavily.
Fang Shuqin's eyes fixed on her. "Wait...it's working!" She pointed at the blood strip hanging above Qin Zhen's head and showed it to Ye Miao. "Look, the blood isn't dripping anymore. It's been dripping for the past two days. We can only keep feeding her blood-replenishing potion. I even got up at night and gave her two bottles!"
"But the patient hasn't woken up... try giving him another fever-reducing medicine?" Ye Miao wasn't sure, but after thinking about it, he realized there was no other way, so he just gave him the second bottle as a last resort.
After waiting for a while, Qin Zhen still didn't wake up. But this time, Fang Shuqin and Ye Miao, who were close to her, could clearly feel that her temperature had dropped, the blush on her face had subsided, and her skin color had returned to normal.
Fang Shuqin's eyes lit up, and she began to urge excitedly: "Hurry up, drink another bottle, maybe he'll wake up!"
"Okay!" Ye Miao opened the third bottle of [Advanced Cooling Potion] and poured it into Qin Zhen's mouth.
"Cough—" As the last drop of medicine entered her throat, Qin Zhen suddenly started coughing violently. She opened her eyes while coughing and looked at them blankly, "Boss, Doctor Fang?"
"Awake?" Ye Miao breathed a sigh of relief and stood up from the bed. "What happened? Why did you faint? Do you still remember?"
"I..." Qin Zhen still had a slight headache. She held her forehead and sat up for a while before hesitating, "I think it was...it was heat stroke? Then there was a 30-second countdown, and I passed out when it was over."
Ye Miao was speechless: It really is heat stroke, what a crappy game, there are so many messed up settings!
As soon as she finished speaking, Qin Zhen saw a pop-up window prompt: You have eaten too much and feel very full.
"Huh?" Qin Zhen stared at the pop-up window in surprise. "They said I was overeating. How is that possible?!"
"Did you drink too much cooling medicine? I had to drink three bottles to wake you up." Ye Miao said.
Fang Shuqin, standing beside her, suddenly felt uneasy. After hesitating for a long moment, she coughed dryly, "It's probably not the fever-reducing medicine... Yesterday, everyone wanted to wake her up, so they fed her a lot of random food." With a wry smile, she suggested to Qin Zhen, "If you think it's not too serious, why don't you go out for a walk to help digest the food?"
Ye Miao: “…”
Seeing Qin Zhen walk out alive, the enthusiastic members who had watched her yesterday were all delighted. In the town of overnight wealth, one way to express happiness is to stuff food into the mouth, but Qin Zhen didn't dare to eat a single bite, and could only express her gratitude while dodging with a look of fear on her face.
Ye Miao went out a few minutes later than her. Seeing this scene, she was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. At the same time, in order to avoid the same tragedy from happening again, she ran to issue an announcement, earnestly advising everyone to buy cold drinks when they should buy cold drinks and eat when they should eat, and not to risk their lives to save a few gold coins.
"That's right." After receiving the notice, one member immediately made it public, pointing at it and scolding Qin Zhen, "Look at you, you almost lost the big picture because of the small details, didn't you? If the boss hadn't just happened to go south and buy some medicine, we would never have figured out how to save you!"
"Yes, cold drinks in the territory are not expensive, so just eat and drink as you please in the future!" The stall owner next to him echoed.
"Yeah... yeah! Thank you everyone!" Qin Zhen was deeply moved and had tears in her eyes when she heard how hard everyone tried to save her.
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I was too tired yesterday so I stopped updating. I will give out more red envelopes for this chapter. All the comments on this chapter will be given out before the next chapter comes out. I will continue to work hard to repay my debt! [Gritting teeth
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