Chapter 22 Chapter 22 (bugs have been caught) Heavy rain and hypothermia...
It doesn't feel good to float on the sea with the ups and downs of the waves.
Even though Chang Ruijia tried hard to control her body during the violent shaking, there was no way to solve the impact of the bed beneath her that could only rise and fall with the waves.
The unavoidable strong bumpy feeling made her feel as if she was thrown into a working washing machine, and she was about to vomit.
In order to avoid a greater physiological reaction, Chang Ruijia tried to divert her attention elsewhere and forced herself to ignore the nausea rising from her stomach.
——Such violent shaking really gave her a free experience that was ten, a hundred times more terrifying than the scariest roller coaster...
—Speaking of which, the feeling of the leaves falling from the branches in autumn and drifting in the wind should be similar to her current feeling...
—With such a severe storm, I wonder if a rainbow will appear over the sea when the sky clears up. That would surely be beautiful...
Maybe the method of self-paralysis really works, or maybe Chang Ruijia has begun to get used to the feeling of being out of control.
As time passed, she gradually no longer felt the nausea that she couldn't suppress, and even the shaking sensation caused by sticking to the bed was much less.
Have you gotten used to this feeling so quickly?
Chang Ruijia half-opened her eyes, her gaze fixed dully on the sky that covered her body, where almost no light could be seen.
It seems that her adaptability is better than expected.
Just like after coming to this world, she started out by just scaring off those who threatened her, then she attacked subconsciously, and finally she could reap the 'trophies' without any psychological burden.
This series of events happened in just a few days, and the speed of everything changed was simply unexpected.
Chang Ruijia sighed subconsciously and curled up her fingers that had been gripping the bed until they were numb, but what choice did she have?
This is how the world is. No matter how capable she is of not coveting other people's things, sooner or later she will become someone else's target.
Or maybe... she had been cut off from the possibility of being coveted by others from the very beginning.
Chang Ruijia's greatest strength is his awareness of current affairs.
Since there's no turning back, why bother generating all sorts of negative emotions about what's already happened? Looking forward not only won't cause you any more trouble, but will also help you escape that situation more quickly.
In a space so small that she could even feel the wind blowing outside, Chang Ruijia quickly completed a difficult change in her mentality.
Perhaps it is precisely in this difficult situation that she has more courage to face the inner self that she has been avoiding in the past few days.
Now everything else is not the most important, her primary goal is simply to survive.
But then again, it seems that she didn't really adapt to the environment as she thought she did.
Chang Ruijia's mind suddenly became clear.
She raised her hand and poked the canopy covering the entire bed. She seemed to no longer feel the strong and completely uncontrollable natural wind force.
Is the wind dying down? Is the storm over?
As the bed gradually calmed down, Chang Ruijia controlled herself and tried to stabilize her body, then curled up and climbed out of bed.
In order to minimize the resistance to the wind, she stretched out her body on the bed, using her hands as handles to control her body.
To be honest, it doesn't feel good, especially after the body has just been hit hard by the waves. This completely stretched-out posture is even more painful.
However, this sudden and inexplicable calm in the weather was full of strangeness, and she had to check the situation.
Chang Ruijia was extremely sure that her judgment was correct, and the sudden strong wind that had just arisen also proved that this was a storm of unpredictable scale.
But why is it that even though the sea level has gradually calmed down, the other protagonist of this sudden weather is nowhere to be seen?
What about the rain in the storm?
At this time, she was carefully hiding under the canopy and could even hear the crackling sound of raindrops falling, but apart from hearing, she did not feel the presence of rain.
The increasingly dark sky she had seen before was not fake, and the rolling dark clouds were not an illusion, but the rain seemed to have been cast with an invisible spell.
For some reason, Chang Ruijia always had a bad feeling in her heart, as if things were getting worse.
In order to avoid falling into a more passive situation, Chang Ruijia could no longer tie herself to the bed and wait for death. She needed to take a good look at what was going on outside.
This was something she couldn't do as she lay on the bed and could only tilt her head to look through the skylight.
But before she could slowly get up and adjust her movements, the rain that she had just doubted about finally arrived as expected, plopped down on her body.
Yes, it’s “smash”!
Chang Ruijia's body, which had been bent over, was slammed back onto the bed the moment the rain fell. The instantaneous pressure pressed her whole body against the bed, making her unable to move.
It felt like a huge object fell from the sky and hit her directly on the head, not even giving her a chance to get up.
Immediately afterwards, heavy rain poured down like the sky was falling, and the dense rain curtain did not give people any breathing space.
If Chang Ruijia could turn around and look at the small skylight on the sky at this time, she would find that the rain was gushing out like water from a faucet, completely covering the entire sea in an instant.
Chang Ruijia was pressed on the bed with her body half turned. The huge pressure brought by the pouring rain made it impossible for her to even try to move her body, which was now covered by the sky.
This time she finally experienced what it felt like to be hit head-on. The sky that was tightly attached to her body did not provide her with any protection. Instead, every time the rain hit her, a cold feeling was directly transmitted into her body by the sky.
Chang Ruijia finally understood why she didn't see any rain before, but could hear the sound of heavy rain falling into the sea.
Now, it was as if a bucket of cold water was poured into a boiling oil pan in her ears, and all the crackling sounds exploded in an instant, even more intense than the sound of the square dance aunt's speaker directly next to her ears.
Fortunately, the strong wind that was able to stir up huge waves has passed, Chang Ruijia thought with a smile. Otherwise, if the rain blew in through the gap between the canopy and the bed, she would really not be able to hold on.
The half of her body that was lying on its side was hurt by the rain, as if she had been used as a boxing sparring partner without protective gear. Faced with a body that could not move at all under the heavy pressure of the rain, Chang Ruijia could only try hard to put her head under her arm, trying to avoid the falling rain.
If her head was hit and she became stupid, she might not be able to survive in this world.
She couldn't keep enduring this pain. Half of her body was almost numb from the rain. Chang Ruijia gradually got used to the feeling. Her brain started to work involuntarily, thinking about whether there was any way to solve the problem.
The object right under her feet quickly reminded her of the canopy pole that had been removed earlier.
The segmented support rods took a lot of effort for Chang Ruijia when she first started to build the canopy, but it not only made the canopy more flexible, but also gave her a perfect solution to the current problem.
Use segmented canopy poles to hold up the canopy!
Although she didn't know how much of an effect this would have, being able to create some distance between the sky and her body was enough to satisfy her biggest wish right now.
The raindrops fell directly on her, forcing all the movable parts of her body to press down on the bed. In order to feel the canopy poles that were removed in the heavy rain, she could only twist her body slowly and try to accomplish the most important thing with the smallest twist.
Fortunately, when she took them off, in order to prevent them from running around, she tied them all together with a torn piece of clothesline. Now, not only are they easy to find, but she can also get them all in her hand by just touching one.
Holding the canopy pole under her feet firmly in her palm, Chang Ruijia tried to use the little space supported by her body as a starting point, slowly finding a place where it was convenient to exert force, and tried hard to slide the canopy poles tied together in sections as support to create a slight distance between the canopy and the bed.
In the middle of the flat bed where some traces could be vaguely seen, a sharp object could slowly be seen struggling to stand up. Although it would be hit by violent raindrops from time to time, it eventually stubbornly formed a tent-like pointed roof above the bed.
The wind ropes that were tied to the four corners of the bed by Chang Ruijia were tightened the moment Chang Ruijia's central pillar was erected, as if they were trying to resist the force coming from the middle of the bed.
Looking at the white marks on the dark sky, Chang Ruijia's heart couldn't help but tremble.
This is the only thing that can protect her from the rain now. She hopes that this skylight of the system can be worth the price it was exchanged for and will not be damaged too quickly under the influence of forced force.
Even if it is a special offer product, it must have the dignity of a commodity.
Fortunately, although the force forced on the skylight was much greater, neither the pulling at the four corners nor the support in the center damaged it.
Chang Ruijia breathed a sigh of relief. If even the ceiling was damaged, she would be soaked like a drowned rat.
Moreover, she knew that the things produced by the system must have their own unique features.
Whether it was the kitchen knife used to deal with the unknown creatures on the seabed, or the skylight that is now forcibly supported by the four corners with the edges tightly stretched, it is worthy of the words "system product".
Although the skylight poles that were split into sections were only a few dozen centimeters apart at this time, it was still much more comfortable than the previous raindrops as big as beans hitting the body directly.
After almost curling herself up around the poles supporting the canopy, Chang Ruijia was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief in the impenetrable rain curtain, and she no longer had to endure the inescapable pain.
However, when she reached out and touched the half of the body that had previously supported the sky, and felt the pain that instantly spread to her head as soon as she touched it, Chang Ruijia was 100% sure that it had at least turned purple.
She had never imagined that the rain falling from the sky one day could cause such great harm to the body. This heavy rain was unexpectedly violent.
The skylight on the edge of the canopy had already started to work when Chang Ruijia shrank to the edge of the canopy pole.
Under the indirect washing of rain, although the view through the skylight was particularly blurry, one could still vaguely see the sky which was already as dark as ink.
Chang Ruijia knew that it was definitely not dark yet. The inky scene before her eyes was just the most intuitive feeling brought by the dark clouds above her head.
It seemed that the originally thin black line had now reached the sky directly above her.
I hope this dark cloud will pass quickly, Chang Ruijia rubbed her exposed arms and prayed silently.
Thanks to the strong wind and waves before, the clothes she was wearing were already soaked, and the short-sleeved shirt she exchanged for from the mall later did not have any effect on keeping the body warm. At this time, she could clearly feel her body shivering in the cold rain.
Just when the canopy had not yet been set up, she was faced with the cold rain falling directly, which brought her not only physical pain, but also the most direct feeling of the temperature of the raindrops falling from the sky.
The icy temperature gradually spread to her limbs along with her soaked body, which had not yet recovered from the cold. She could hardly feel whether her body was in pain from the injuries or numbness from the cold.
Chang Ruijia wrapped herself in the only dry blanket on the bed, knowing that this was not a solution.
She had seen in various media reports people who had suffered hypothermia due to a sudden drop in temperature during competitions in various environments. Some people whose condition was serious enough were even in danger of losing their lives.
Is her current situation better than those who suffer from hypothermia during exercise?
Chang Ruijia trembled her teeth which had begun to chatter and shook her head silently.
No, her condition is even more serious than theirs.
There is nothing more terrifying than facing the risk of hypothermia. There are no medical staff paying close attention to the athletes, and there is no way to resolve the problem quickly and return to a warm atmosphere. She can only rely on her efforts to survive this sudden rainstorm.
Isolating herself from the freezing rain that could penetrate the sky and reach her directly was not only to avoid physical pain, but also the first step to preventing hypothermia.
However, while the canopy was erected to block the rain from falling, it also brought some other hidden dangers to the bed that was swaying in the wind and rain.
The canopy that originally covered the bed tightly, after a support rod was erected in the middle, the edge between the canopy and the bed had opened up a gap as wide as a palm due to the tension from the middle.
At this time, the rain mixed with the cold wind blew through the gaps in the sky. If Chang Ruijia had not been wearing a furry blanket, she would have been unable to bear the cold wind.
Before she was completely frozen by the cold wind, she had to find a way to either tie the wind ropes at the edge of the canopy again or find a way to fill the gap.
It was impossible to tie it tightly. Chang Ruijia had searched the bed thoroughly when she was looking for a place to tie the guy rope. There was no other place to do it except the four corners, and she couldn't directly nail the ground nails into the bed.
So, she could only find something to fill the gap.
Fortune and wealth are achieved through risk.
Anyway, there was no more major turbulence on the sea. Chang Ruijia untied the clotheslines that were tied to her body before, spread them out again, and hung them together with the canopy one by one, blocking all the places where the cold wind might blow in.
She no longer cared whether these clothes would get wet by the rain.
Anyway, after the previous strenuous pulling of the clotheslines, these clothes have already been twisted into a mess and can no longer be worn perfectly. Now is the time for them to make use of their remaining energy.
Reducing external exposure to wind chill is just a basic step.
Even though most of the sources of the cold wind had been blocked at this time, Chang Ruijia's body had been frozen stiff and she still couldn't recover quickly for a while.
Her hands and feet, which had been shaking and trembling, were now so stiff that she could hardly feel them.
Chang Ruijia didn't dare to rashly retract them to the hottest part of her body to keep warm. If this small action dissipated all the heat in her body, things would be even worse.
So at this time she could only keep rubbing the parts of her body that had begun to stiffen and become cold, trying to bring them some final warmth through friction.
Although she had done everything she could, Chang Ruijia felt the chill in her body getting stronger and stronger.
The worst thing was that Chang Ruijia felt that even her eyelids began to tremble.
As if knowing that her body could no longer retain any more heat, some functions in her body began to try to reduce the body's energy needs through sleep.
If conditions permit, this is actually a better way.
But in this environment, Chang Ruijia still can't rest.
It was still unknown how long this storm would last. If she allowed her body to fall asleep now, she would most likely never wake up from her sleep, and the next time she opened her eyes, she would be in paradise on the other side.
Many people who are keen on challenging extreme environments end up sleeping forever in the places they challenge.
So even if she took extreme measures, she had to keep her mind clear at this time, so that she would have a chance to continue to hold on.
"hiss……"
Chang Ruijia sucked in a breath of cold air. Even though her fingers had lost some feeling due to the cold air, she was still able to pinch the most painful inner thigh accurately and fiercely due to the inertia of her body.
As the pain took effect, Chang Ruijia's drowsy consciousness finally became much clearer.
If the body loses heat too quickly and there is no timely replenishment of energy, quickly entering a state of hypothermia is an inevitable result.
Although Chang Ruijia understood this truth, she didn't know what method she could use to make a final effort.
She is now just a "refugee" floating on the sea. Apart from this bed and blanket, even the skylight that has made great contributions to protecting her from wind and rain was obtained through luck.
Not to mention lighting a blazing fire to get warm as quickly as possible, even wanting to add more warming measures for her was just a luxury.
There are many clothes that can be exchanged in Kan Yidao's system mall, but they are just colorful short-sleeved shirts of the same style. Even if she exchanges more, it will not be of much use at this time, and her current third-level exchange authority is just a drop in the bucket.
Chang Ruijia's mind was almost frozen as she thought this. There were white and soft steamed buns in the food store, but she was trembling so much that her teeth were about to fall out, and there was no way she could chew them carefully and eat them.
Wait a minute! Chang Ruijia seemed to have suddenly thought of something.
He raised his hands tremblingly and opened the page of the system mall. His eyes were frozen straight. After trying several times, he finally opened the [Food] page in the system.
Chang Ruijia exchanged several of the fragrant and soft steamed buns, which were almost doubled, in one go. The moment the success was shown in the mall, she immediately swiped them into her arms, which only had a little warmth left.
Ah! It's so warm~
The body as hard as ice pressed against the warm steamed bun instantly activated Chang Ruijia's frozen mind, making her sigh in comfort.
At this time, for her who was shivering with cold, the warmth from the system bun was enough to make her quickly feel an indescribable warmth.
There is nothing more comfortable than this, Chang Ruijia thought with some satisfaction.
really!
She remembered that the food sold by the system was at the most suitable temperature for eating. Although these temperatures were nothing to her when she was just filling her stomach, it was now a timely rain that could be used to warm her body that was almost frozen stiff.
The first-level exchange authority points obtained by exchanging the items that appeared on the bed three days ago came in handy at this time.
Chang Ruijia exchanged money in the system mall without hesitation. Anyway, she just wanted to use the calories from food to increase her body temperature, so everything could be done with the steamed buns with the minimum authority points.
Whenever these steamed buns became icy cold due to the temperature outside, she would exchange them for a new batch from the system mall and continue to hold them in her arms to keep her body warm.
At this moment, all the thoughts of conserving strength and saving points for emergencies... were completely forgotten.
Now is the time when emergency measures are most needed! All she has to do is ensure that she survives this rapidly cooling storm.
In a short while, a pile of steamed buns had formed in the constantly tightened sky, and the number was even increasing.
However, these steamed buns were not wasted. Chang Ruijia, who had finally returned to the ranks of those who had felt a little bit of warmth, looked at these heroes and thought that when conditions permitted in the future, she would continue to use their residual heat to fill her stomach. As for now, they had no warmth, so they should be returned to the mall's merchandise warehouse.
Chang Ruijia wrapped herself tightly in the blanket. This time, in order to prevent the hard-earned heat from being lost, she even covered her head. She also built another blanket tent inside the canopy tent, curling her body into the smallest unit to conserve heat.
Time passed by minute by minute, and Chang Ruijia had long forgotten how many steamed buns she had exchanged from the system. Anyway, looking at the numbers on the system authority that kept decreasing, she no longer felt much.
Even after she had used up all her first-level authority on steamed buns, she still used her third-level exchange authority to exchange for some meat buns that appeared later without any regrets, and continued to hold them in her arms to increase the ever-changing temperature.
May the storm pass quickly! Chang Ruijia prayed in her heart, before she squandered all the exchange privileges she had accumulated, at least let her see a glimmer of hope.
Otherwise, it would be a case of losing both the wife and the army.
The heavy rain outside continued to hit the sky. The sound in Chang Ruijia's ears was extremely lively, but this liveliness was also constantly breaking down the defense line that she had just built up in her heart.
Shouldn't you be able to see a rainbow before you die?
Amid the incessant heavy rain, Chang Ruijia had gradually begun to lose hope of survival.
She didn't know how long she could survive in such a continuous rainstorm, but she only hoped that she could get a little longer time, even if it was just to see the rainbow that might appear in the sky.
It is said that good things will happen after seeing a rainbow. She also wanted to make a wish that she would never encounter such a bad situation again.
But unfortunately, in the few days that remain, she probably won't be able to live as she wishes.
Chang Ruijia thought numbly, if she had known the result would be like this, why did she try so hard to run out of the crowd, when she couldn't even find someone to travel with.
I hope that if someone can float here and see her body in the future, they will not be scared by her miserable appearance of being frozen, nor will they let her show too many ugly changes in the sultry sunshine after the rainstorm. She still has some dignity.
Oh, that doesn’t seem right.
There shouldn't be such a thing as a corpse in this world, right? After all, when a person dies, the floating objects beneath them disappear with them, and if the body falls into the ocean, it probably won't be preserved. It really is a good thing for those monsters underwater!
Chang Ruijia's rationality had completely disappeared at this moment. She even imagined that the sound of rain outside seemed to have gradually subsided, and a gentle and warm sunlight shone on her sky, which looked really warm and comfortable.
Wait, wait a minute! It seems... this isn't a fantasy.
But Chang Ruijia, who had been tortured by the biting cold, could no longer hold on. She closed her eyes and curled up on the bed without any control. Even the loud "thump" did not wake her up.
Chang Ruijia fell asleep holding the warmth of the bun in her arms, but she didn't see that a ray of sunlight really broke through the layers of dark clouds and shone brightly on her bed.
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