Everyone: "..."
"Where did you buy this hot pot base?" Shi Yin looked up blankly.
"When I went to the hot pot restaurant, I thought the broth was good and wanted to buy more. The waiter was just too enthusiastic." Ishtar said innocently, "And I secretly fed my little dragon plum juice. Every time I poured it out, they would refill it for me... In the end, I felt embarrassed and bought a lot more."
Okay, that's a good match for my major.
"Hey! Is anyone inside? Open the door, at least answer. Are they all dead?" A rough voice pounded on the door with almost all the strength it had ever mustered.
They've been freezing to death for the past few days. Before the cold wave hit, they could barely survive, as long as they focused on killing zombies and finding supplies.
Now that the cold wave has arrived, it almost froze them to the Western Paradise.
They tried to turn on the air conditioner, of course, but at such a low temperature, the air conditioner was almost useless and they could only burn firewood, and there was no supply of underfloor heating.
These people never imagined they would have to go out and chop wood one day, but they lacked the expertise and often filled their houses with smoke. Of course, they didn't receive the same treatment from the government as they do from its own people, which provided them with professional fireplaces and stoves.
Winters without professional heating are unbearable. They have to sleep wrapped in cotton-padded coats, down jackets, and two layers of quilts every day. In this situation, if the stove accidentally goes out at night, they will be woken up by the cold.
Within the Yanlong Kingdom protected area, the thermometer readings for outdoor temperatures have dropped below -30°C, and in unprotected areas, the temperature is at least 10°C lower.
"Okay, what can I do for you?" Ishtar searched the door for a while, pressed a button, and Ishtar's face immediately appeared on the small screen on the doorknob.
This is a type of surveillance system. Originally, the screen was meant to show who was knocking on the door, preventing malicious people from entering. Now, it has been turned into a two-way screen.
The people outside stared wide-eyed at Ishtar; they had never seen a foreign beauty in this freezing weather before.
Moreover, Ishtar wasn't wearing thick clothes; she was still elegant and composed in a long dress. From her face to her figure, even a dog would be stunned for a couple of seconds. Her blonde hair hung down to her shoulders, clearly indicating that she had never experienced the bitter cold.
"Hmm, hello?" The man knocking on the door racked his brains for every word he knew and blurted out in English, "How are you?"
“I’m fine, thank you, and you?” one of the man’s underlings blurted out without thinking.
Everyone: "..."
The silence at that moment was deafening.
Ishtar turned to look at Shi Yin, completely bewildered: "Are these people crazy?"
"Cough!"
Ishtar did not turn off the surveillance video, and the person outside the door clearly heard this, immediately feeling a burning sensation on their cheeks.
It sounds like Ishtar speaks very good Chinese. Did he grow up in China?
"Anyway, young lady, it seems you are also an exile. How about we cooperate? My name is Li Fei." Li Fei said in as gentle a tone as possible, "These are my underlings. I can guarantee your safety."
Who guarantees whose safety? This is absurd.
"No need, thank you all for your kindness." Ishtar gently declined, "My house is on the top floor, it's not kind of you to climb more than twenty floors up here just to protect me."
These words were spoken gently, yet they contained a barb hidden in their softness. It's unclear whether they genuinely didn't understand Chinese or spoke in this way on purpose, but in any case, they stung the person outside the door, making their face turn pale and then red.
"Damn it, foreign girl, don't be so arrogant. You're all alone in the house right now." Li Fei was furious and pounded on the iron door. "We all saw your man go out. He's been gone for so many days. He must be dead out there, right?"
"Your man?" Shi Yin and the others stopped eating and looked at Ishtar at the door.
The onlookers accurately grasped the key point.
"My man?" Ishtar was dumbfounded.
She's never been in a relationship in her entire life, so how come a man suddenly appears?
"Don't play dumb, it's that tall, burly man who looks like a bear," shouted one of Li Fei's henchmen.
The description of a man as bear-like was quite apt. Upon hearing this from the person outside the door, Shi Yin and the others immediately understood that Tyr had probably swaggered out without trying to hide and had been seen by someone.
Tyr was indeed tall and strong, a rare sight even among the warrior race. He was taller and stronger than a bear, and his hands were as big as Shi Yin's head.
No wonder these people only dared to cause trouble after Tyr left. Just Tyr's figure alone, without doing anything, is intimidating.
But is there a possibility?
Is Tyr the weakest of them?
It's not that Tyr is the least capable fighter, but rather that among the five, Tyr is perfectly countered by four of them.
Tanks who lack mobility in melee combat are at a disadvantage.
"Ishtar, it'll get cold if you don't eat soon," Shi Yin kindly reminded him. "While you were dealing with these people, Helmod has already checked your plate thirteen times. If you don't come back in time..."
Before Shi Yin could finish speaking, Ishtar scurried back to her seat, carrying her own plate and keeping a safe distance from Helmod, as if afraid he would steal her food.
“Hey, don’t slander me, I’m not going to eat double.” Helmod protested, “I’m just thinking that eating a few more pieces of meat might provide more energy.”
Are you kidding me? How much meat is in a bowl of meat noodles?
Ishtar glared at Helmod.
"Bang bang bang!"
"Damn it! Open the door!"
The people outside were completely surprised that Ishtar ignored them and was called away by the people inside with just a few words.
However, judging from the vague sound just now, it seemed to be a woman inside. The group of people outside the door immediately felt relieved and started banging on the door even more arrogantly.
"Push harder, push harder, didn't you guys eat today?" Helmod glanced outside the door and pried a walkie-talkie off the wall.
The sudden male voice startled the people outside the door. Upon closer inspection, they discovered a speaker in the upper left corner, from which the sound was coming.
The group was furious; they really hadn't eaten all day.
The person who was provoked immediately got angry, grabbed the tools in his hand and smashed them against the door. Iron bars, wooden sticks, hammers, wrenches and screwdrivers... the sound of "clanging and banging" immediately filled the corridor.
Outside the building, two or three drones hovered crookedly around, clearly indicating that the commotion had alerted the other residents in the building.
Those who were exiled usually had some background or resources; very few people actually rushed out on a whim with nothing.
Shi Yin and the others did not draw the curtains on the floor-to-ceiling windows. Several drones circled the building and took aerial photos before stopping at the floor-to-ceiling windows. Clearly, the operators were also shocked by the scene in front of them.
Inside the ornate and cozy European-style house, an exquisite fireplace was burning, and several people were enjoying a meal around the dining table in a harmonious atmosphere, which seemed completely out of place with the current disaster.
They're from completely different worlds!
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