Under the Ice Wall
In the complicated dungeon, it is difficult for students to resolve some abnormal emergencies without props to turn things around.
Now that there is such a restriction, even those who didn't care about spending points to exchange for several props before are now useless.
For the students, this is already a huge restriction, especially when facing unknown dangers.
As for Yu Fu, he will come to find them later.
The student he replaced before, Chen Mu, did not participate in this additional training, so he is still among the students in the training camp.
Unless Chen Mu fails in the next dungeon, or persists until the next rest day and still does not plan to practice more, Yu Fu will have the opportunity to enter the dungeon again.
During this period, Yu Fu could only continue to stay in the dormitory management office and try to understand more about the inside story of the system data.
With this rule restriction, his ability to redeem items infinitely without consuming points has become unimportant, and his advantage can be said to have completely disappeared.
The reward items Yu Fu received during the extra training were more substantial tools that could be used to directly and independently identify and resolve a catastrophic disaster.
In the dungeon, such props are actually very usable.
But for now he can only keep it until the next time he enters the dungeon, then he can use it more.
With curiosity and fear about the new round of training, all the trainees in the training camp officially entered the eighth day of training.
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The moment he woke up, Ding Can first felt the coldness coming from the soles of his feet, and he subconsciously stomped his feet.
The four people were standing in a hemispherical house, with the middle part of the house being the highest and then going down along an arc.
The walls were made of extremely thick blocks of polished ice, and in the corners there were high platforms in the shape of beds, covered with several layers of thick fur, and it was impossible to tell what animal it came from.
This is an ice house. Some of the furniture placed inside the ice house are made of ice, such as simple tables, chairs and benches.
The places that usually come into contact with the human body are separated by soft fur pads.
In the iron storage barrels, some daily necessities are placed in different categories, such as flour, animal meat, and some easy-to-store vegetables such as potatoes.
Shi Yan squatted down and looked at a brazier in the middle of the room.
She whispered, "Why won't it fade?"
The fire inside was still quite strong, and it didn't affect the condition of the igloo at all. There was no sign of it melting at all.
"The temperature is too low, and the high temperature generated by the burning wood has almost dissipated before it can reach the ice."
Xia Jialian reached out and touched the wall. This naturally formed thick ice felt completely different from the homemade ice cubes you usually see.
A little rougher, and a little stronger inside.
The decorations in the house could soon be seen clearly. Several people pushed open the door of the ice house, which was only half a person's height, and walked outside.
As far as the eye can see, the whole world is made of ice and snow.
They seemed to be on a long street, and on both sides of the road were igloos of different sizes and similar shapes.
Looking at the position of the sun, it is noon now.
Even though it was snowing, there were still many people outdoors.
Ding Can wrapped his already bulky clothes tighter and noticed that many people were packing up their things, as if they were about to move out.
Just as I was wondering, I saw the door of the ice house opposite was opened and a boy with half-bent over walked out.
He had reddish-brown curly hair, some of which were medium-length. His fur coat had a small braid on each side of his shoulders. His skin was fair, and the sun spots on his face from the sun were particularly obvious.
With two blushes on the cheekbones, it is full of youthfulness and exotic style.
The boy looked at the people across from him who were still looking away with their hands in their pockets, and couldn't help but ask with concern: "How are you guys packing up? There are only two days left before the ice wall closes."
It was still unclear where this place was. Faced with such a question, Ding Can certainly couldn't answer it, so he just looked at him and didn't say anything.
Fortunately, the boy was about to take the sundries at the door and put them into the ice house. He did not notice their reaction and continued to talk to himself.
"This year, the ice wall closed half a month earlier than usual, and everyone was very busy."
"Really? How's your cleanup going?" Gao Wenwen took a step forward, and only after making sure that there was no risk of slipping on the icy surface did he take bigger steps.
After several people deliberately inquired, they learned that the boy's name was Yin Jiu and his current situation.
Everyone living here comes from a tribe that has survived for thousands of years, called the Bingxi tribe.
This group spends most of the year living in the area close to the shore of the continent.
Due to the influence of the climate, this place is covered in ice and snow all year round. Near the shore, just south of the Ice Migrants' living area, there stand two ice walls several dozen meters high, with a very wide passage in the middle.
The ice wall was also called the Holy Gate by our ancestors.
This is because the wall is not fixed all year round, but is constantly changing its shape as if it has life.
The tribesmen live in an area enclosed by ice walls, which can reduce the invasion of cold winds.
Only in the depths of winter do changes need to be made.
When the coldest time comes, the two ice walls that were originally separated by several meters will close together on their own as the snowfall increases, and the tribesmen will need to go to warmer places outside to survive.
Otherwise, if the ice wall closes and the Holy Gate is closed, the temperature in the Bingmi Tribe's living area will drop sharply to nearly 20 degrees due to air convection.
In this situation, even if there is an igloo, people here will freeze to death no matter how they keep warm.
To determine whether the ice wall has begun to close, people will regularly check after winter to see if the color of the Holy Gate has changed.
As the ice absorbs water vapor and becomes thicker, the less salt it contains from the sea surface, the more blue the ice appears.
The thickness of the ice wall cannot be accurately predicted, so it can only be judged by the change in color.
Once the blue reaches a certain level, you must move out within a week.
Because the ice wall expands much faster than expected, it may grow several meters every night.
The priest in charge of stargazing discovered that this year's winter came earlier than usual.
The Bingxi people have a long history and have maintained their ancient customs for many years.
The entire tribe is led by the patriarch, and relatively speaking, the person with the highest status among the tribe members is the priest.
The new priest learned the knowledge of observing celestial phenomena and understanding climate changes from his predecessor, which meant that the lives of the entire tribe were in his hands.
In addition, there are some secret processes.
It is said that during each succession ceremony, the experience accumulated by each previous generation will be passed on through a method similar to soul inheritance.
But since only the parties involved truly understand these things, they become even more mysterious, and priests become the closest belief to God in the hearts of every member of the tribe.
Yin Jiu's aunt Meng Qi is the current priest.
Therefore, when he mentioned Meng Qi, his tone and expression showed that he was proud of it.
Apart from humans, even the animals living here have sensed that it is time to leave and have become restless recently.
The place where the tribe wanted to migrate and seek refuge was Fengyang Island, a small island a hundred miles to the south.
They needed to pass through the Holy Gate and go directly to the sea on the repaired large ship.
Survive there for three months, endure the warm winter, and then return to your tribe.
According to Yin Jiu, tomorrow morning is the day to set sail. No wonder there are so many people outdoors, they are all making their final preparations.
This will be the last night for everyone to live here this year.
Xia Jialian looked at the large and small packages that Yin Jiu had prepared and asked, "How long will it take to get to the island?"
"It depends on the wind and waves on the sea. Sometimes if we travel fast, we can get there in two days. But if we encounter a lot of glaciers and have to take a detour, it will take longer."
Yin Jiu tutted his words, "That's not right. You're asking all sorts of questions. How is the cleanup going? You're not in a hurry at all."
"Oh, it's almost done. I came out to see everyone's progress." Ding Can answered casually.
Yin Jiu waved his hand and turned to go back: "So soon, then I have to hurry too."
Just follow the NPC's instructions and prepare some daily necessities.
The few of them then returned to the ice house to see if there was anything they could pack.
Seeing that the fire was smaller than before, Gao Wenwen picked up some firewood from the pile in the shed at the door and brought it into the house to burn.
After the wood was thrown into the brazier, it quickly started to burn. It seemed that although the temperature here was extremely low, the wood did not contain much moisture, making it suitable for heating.
The few of them only brought some dry food and tools that might be used.
I think it’s useless to bring too many things when a big ship goes out to sea.
Gao Wenwen thought of something, threw in another piece of wood, and looked up: "Can you all swim?"
The Ice Migrants migrate to that warm island, and their main means of transportation is large ships.
If any emergency occurs during the journey, he, a landlubber, will have no time to react.
After learning that the other people were good at swimming, Gao Wenwen even wondered whether he should prepare a prop related to falling into the water in advance, so that if he really fell into the water, he would not have to rely on others to take care of him.
In the end, the few people divided the limited supplies in the house equally. It was still early, the warmest time of the afternoon, so they could go and take a look at the environment outside and the ice wall.
Walking out of the ice house and heading south along the main street, you can roughly see the distribution of the entire Ice Migrant Clan.
It is called the main street, but in fact it is just a small path between the ice houses for people to walk.
The ice and snow continent stretched for a long distance. The few people walked forward. The wind was a bit strong, so they did not walk very fast. On both sides of the path, they saw many families who were cleaning up.
The weather change had to be notified at short notice, and since they needed to sail out to sea, they had to carry as little luggage as possible, so the patriarch stipulated that each person could only carry one small piece of luggage.
On the small island they were about to arrive at were the luggage and packages they had left behind from their previous annual migrations. There was no need to stockpile too much, just enough to last them during their time at sea.
"I feel freezing." Shi Yan was wearing clothes that were obviously very bulky. Although the material was capable of withstanding the cold wind, the effect was not significant. It was just enough to prevent her body from freezing.
She decided to add a few more layers to her coat on her way back.
They quickly walked out of the living area. Looking at the number of igloos, they knew there shouldn't be too many people in the tribe.
Perhaps it is the harsh living environment that makes it difficult for humans to reproduce normally.
At this moment, everything you see is crystal clear.
It was different from the snow-capped mountains I had seen before. At that time, the entire view was completely covered by white snow, but now there was more ice, with only a few snowflakes floating in the air.
The road surface is covered with solid ice that has been walked on. Because the temperature is too low, the ice shows no signs of melting. Instead, it is not slippery and there is some friction when walking.
The view became wider and they finally saw the so-called "Holy Door".
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