Qiao Xuejun and Kuang Qianli were armed from head to toe and walked out of the shelter.
It was still dark outside the door, just like yesterday, but the color of the snow was still unique and had a strong presence.
Their door was as high as the calf yesterday, but now it seems to be up to the knee.
Kuang Qianli was worried: "The snow is much thicker."
Qiao Xuejun saw the same thing.
She said, "The temperature will be a little above -70 degrees Celsius around noon. We can shovel the snow off the two steps outside the door then."
Kuang Qianli: "I'm afraid the shovel will break."
Qiao Xuejun: "The little carpenter got two wooden shovels yesterday. As long as they don't drop or knock them around, they should be no problem shoveling snow."
Wood will also become brittle in such an extremely cold environment, but it is more durable than steel and at least will not crack on its own.
Kuang Qianli: "When?"
Qiao Xuejun: "How was your research on the mechanical exoskeleton? Have you made any progress?"
Kuang Qianli nodded: "It uses a lot of high-end materials, so theoretically it's possible. Wearing that suit, you can work in an environment of -70 degrees Celsius for half an hour!"
Qiao Xuejun: "In theory?"
Kuang Qianli: "After all, I haven't tried it yet. Some parts still need an experienced tailor to sew them. It has to be sewn into one whole piece before it can be worn. Wearing it now is breathable, so it won't have the desired effect."
Qiao Xuejun: "Okay, when we get back to the temperature, we'll take it to the base and ask Sister Li to help."
Kuang Qianli: "That's what I thought."
As the two were about to return to the house, they heard the howling outside again.
They are still mutants, but the story has obviously changed. They no longer use water as a gimmick.
"Listen up, people on the mountain! You are stubborn and recalcitrant! If you don't surrender to the sea monster, sooner or later you will become its food!"
"But sea monsters don't eat their own kind. If you become one of its mutants, it will protect you like its child!"
"Look, just like me, I can even withstand -70 degrees Celsius now. I can go wherever I want. Can you?"
Kuang Qianli spitted again: "They are willing to be a dish themselves, and they also want others to be a dish like them. This kind of people is the most hateful!"
The mutants continued to shout in their trumpet voices, "There's nothing wrong with joining the sea monster camp! We're not mad cows, we have our own consciousness! We can do whatever we want!"
"Besides, it's snowing so heavily now, and it doesn't look like the temperature will warm up again. It will only get lower and lower. Do you have enough food and water to last a lifetime?"
"Can't eat it? It's snowing again! A few more days of snow and the base will freeze over, and you won't even be able to get out! Or maybe we'll just eat up all the resources and force you to work, and send you out to die!"
The mutants were giving speeches, getting more and more excited: "Smart people should join the sea monster! Survival is the most important thing!"
"It's snowing again." Kuang Qianli looked at the sky and expressed his concern again, "Will it snow too heavily and bury us?"
Qiao Xuejun also looked up, and indeed small snowflakes began to float in the sky. They looked like balls of fluff, white and dense.
It's not too big or too small, but since it has started falling, I won't be able to stop for a while. The snow in front of my house must be thicker.
Now it has reached my knees, and it is very difficult to walk.
But there is no way now. The weather is too cold and people cannot be outdoors for more than 10 minutes. It is easy to freeze to death.
The two listened to the mutants outside chattering for a while, but it was too cold, so they went back to the house before they finished listening.
There was a layer of frost on Qiao Xuejun's eyelashes.
Kuang Qianli: "I hope it gets warmer soon. Actually, they are right. It's so cold every day, and we will run out of supplies one day. Then we will have to go out and collect supplies."
Qiao Xuejun was about to speak when she suddenly remembered something and asked the system, "It was said before that 100,000 kilograms of food can be exchanged for the shelter's attack system? Is it extremely powerful?"
The system mentioned this function a long time ago. The shelter can upgrade its attack function to specifically deal with mutants.
But she had previously conserved food, and once she had more, she had built a defensive wall at the base. The purple flowers and stone walls encompassed Qingli Mountain, and no mutants could attack. Naturally, there was no use for this attack system, so it was shelved.
System: "Yes, host, do you want to redeem it?"
Qiao Xuejun asked again: "Can it be used to blast snowflakes?"
The system was puzzled: "Boom snowflakes?"
Qiao Xuejun elaborated: "Yes, the half-man-high snow at the door, if we bombard it with artillery fire, it will break apart, right?"
System: "We have heavy machine guns. You can try them, but flamethrowers are more suitable. Warm reminder: Be sure not to let the powerful shells hit the mountain, otherwise it will affect the stability of the rock formation and cause collapse."
Qiao Xuejun: "Got it, let's change. Go on the radio."
The system was very tacit and immediately switched to the shelter's broadcast mode.
"Greetings, survivors of this shelter. Through pre-programmed procedures, the shelter has accumulated sufficient energy for a systemic upgrade."
The sound of the broadcast is different from the usual system sound and seems very mechanical.
Kuang Qianli, who was walking beside Qiao Xuejun, paused for a moment: "Oh, can I level up again?"
He was a little surprised, but not too surprised. After all, he had seen it before, so he quickly accepted it.
"…The function is being updated and loaded. Survivors can continue their lives as usual during this period. Once the loading is complete, the shelter will have two gate-guarding heavy machine guns, four rifles, and two flamethrowers."
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