However, it must be admitted that the hand of a master at scrubbing pots is indeed extraordinary; it scrubs them clean and shiny, clearly not the work of an ordinary pot scrubber...
Yeah, right!
So Freya watched as Helmod, with half his head torn off, placed the modified hot pot on the table. Ishtar put the hot pot broth in, put on a lid that looked like it was made from who-knows-where, and started cooking.
Soon, the room was filled with the aroma of tomatoes. The smell was strong, and Shi Yin took out a bunch of slices of meat from her spatial storage. Ishtar even cut a tomato.
"It's alright, sit down and eat. Don't be surprised, Helmod is entirely mechanical." Seeing Freya standing there motionless for a while, Ishtar quickly explained with a smile, "In your Flame Dragon Kingdom's terms, it would be considered mechanical ascension, right?"
Mechanical ascension—such an unfamiliar term, it seems out of place in this subject matter…
Isn't this a modern apocalypse? Why are terms like "cultivation" suddenly appearing?
“After my rebirth, the first thing I did was to modify myself, because as a normal person, I… am too easy to die.” Helmod cleared his throat awkwardly: “That way, as long as I am not completely destroyed, I can be resurrected in another body.”
Shi Yin: "How dare you say that?"
Helmod: "Ahem!"
Does Helmod even know that he's the one who'll have the hardest time surviving?
He wouldn't run even when the alarm went off, it was a waste to have an alarm installed on him. When he was doing experiments, he would work day and night until the experiment was finished.
Disaster was imminent. Once, a meteorite almost killed him. It was just a minute away. When Shi Yin arrived, the sound of the alarm made her ears hurt. Even so, Hermod couldn't hear it.
In his words, every step is important. If a step is interrupted, it cannot be replicated next time. Even in the exact same environment, the values of each experiment can change drastically. Therefore, people can die, but experiments cannot stop.
The experiment might be finished in the next minute.
Helmuth thus experienced all sorts of deaths.
He was killed by a meteorite, bitten by a zombie, burned to death, drowned, poisoned, stabbed to death by someone who suddenly appeared and stabbed him to death...
In short, he died in all sorts of bizarre, varied, and unpredictable ways; there was nothing he hadn't died in.
The steaming hot pot had meat bubbling inside, and the classic, rich tomato aroma quickly filled the entire room.
The fireplace was quite warm, and everyone felt slightly warm. Under everyone's eager gaze, Shi Yin used her ice-cold ability to chill four cups of cola.
There's still a lot of optimism online, unlike the exiled people who are struggling to make ends meet and were terrified by the snow disaster early on.
People protected by the state were completely unaware that this heavy snow would become an unprecedented snow disaster. Many southerners who were seeing snow for the first time excitedly took photos and shared them, while many others thought the snow disaster was just an ordinary blizzard.
After all, there have been many snow disasters in the north, and now everyone is locked down and doesn't need to go to work, so there's no need to worry about not being able to go to work due to road closures.
The weather has turned so cold so quickly; my thermometer is already -16°C.
【Yeah, that's right. I saw it was only -3°C the day before yesterday. The temperature dropped way too fast. Thankfully, the whole country is under lockdown now, otherwise, I'd really want to die going to work in this heavy snow.】
[Stop joking. Everyone upstairs is working from home these days. Your boss probably won't let you sit idle. Even if he makes you stare at learning videos, he won't let you be idle.]
"Seeing them so optimistic, I don't know whether to worry or be happy," Ishtar said, chewing on his beef while scrolling through his phone. "People online have become much more active since we were locked down."
"Of course we should be happy! Isn't this what we've been working so hard for?" Helmod took a sip of his cola nonchalantly. "Hey? This cola tastes weird. Is there something wrong with my taste buds?"
"Are people completely unaware of the impending disaster? Aren't they being protected too much?" Freya worriedly said, "Sister, being protected so well is not a good sign unless the apocalypse lasts very short."
Some people online are now saying that the government is making a mountain out of a molehill. The snow hasn't even fallen that heavily yet, but the government has already sent all sorts of people to deliver all the supplies. There's nothing serious going on, but it's causing widespread panic.
The fireplaces have all been installed, and all kinds of charcoal heating equipment have been moved in. Each household and each person has been given at least two very thick down jackets and cotton-padded coats, at least three thermal underwear and thick fleece sweaters, and three thick quilts per person. Everyone has been warned not to open windows, go out, or visit other people's homes unless absolutely necessary.
They also warned that the charcoal was delivered regularly and there would be no more, so it was absolutely essential to use it sparingly!
This is all the wearable supplies the country has produced for all the survivors in such a short time; it truly represents the utmost effort from the entire nation.
The government has been overly anxious, and conspiracy theories and various speculations about natural disasters and the end of the world have become rampant online. However, the government has not stopped these speculations, not even the most outrageous ones.
This is actually not a good sign, indicating that during the time Shiyin disappeared, there was already controversy in Yanlong Kingdom.
Shi Yin didn't say anything. This was just the beginning. The heavy snow would continue for at least another six months or even longer, and the temperature would drop lower and lower.
Before long, these people will lose their interest in appreciating the snow.
"Bang bang bang!"
The knocking on the door continued relentlessly. Growing impatient, Helmod pressed a button, and the noise immediately stopped.
He installed absolute soundproofing on this house. He had expected people to bother them.
Normally, they would be happy to pretend to be an ordinary family to deal with outsiders, but now they're on vacation eating hot pot, these people should have some sense, right?
This building is considered a relatively large luxury floor, with four bedrooms, two living rooms, and three small balconies. However, the balconies have now been enclosed, while the living room balcony has been converted into floor-to-ceiling windows.
This is why there are so many residents in this building. It's a place where rich people live. Ordinary people couldn't come here before. Rich people have a lot of things, and even if they move away, they leave behind a lot of things.
After one family runs out of food, they can search other homes and find enough to sustain some people through a long period of harsh winter.
Therefore, each of them was assigned a separate room, but instead of going to their own rooms, they all huddled on the sofa in the living room, wrapped in blankets and gathered around the fireplace.
A rare moment of peace.
"Yin, why don't you go to your room and get some sleep? We have plenty of supplies, there's no need to be frugal, right?" Helmod looked at Shi Yin with some concern: "You seem off, what are you wary of?"
"Hmm... I don't know if it's just my imagination." Shi Yin frowned slightly: "I always feel like there's some kind of force trying to resonate with my magnetic field."
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