Chapter 179
Wen Qian, wrapped in a worn cotton coat, walked out of the house.
The temperature outside, which was over 20 degrees below zero, made her shiver all over. She mustered up a lot of courage to walk out of the cabin.
Then she saw that the yard was empty.
The snow has really disappeared...
She was stunned for a moment, but soon came to her senses in the cold wind. Seeing a burlap bag in the middle of the yard, she hurried over.
Without even checking what was in the bag, she quickly carried the bag into the house.
The only source of heat in the hut was a kang, but the coal in the kang had almost burned out. Wen Qian had just put the last piece of charcoal in the house into it.
It was freezing cold, and there was little firewood available in Ice Flame Castle. Fortunately, there was a coal mine of good quality, which prevented the people living in Ice Flame Castle from freezing to death.
However, after decades of consumption, coal reserves gradually dwindled, and the fortress's management had no choice but to cut back on coal distribution.
The number of people who died of freezing this year has increased significantly.
Wen Qian sat down by the kang and warmed her frozen hands before finally opening the sack that had appeared in her yard.
She still remembered what the voice said to her in her dream.
The man who claimed to be a mysterious merchant said that he could give her food and something called Fire Stone in exchange for the ice and snow in her yard.
When she woke up, the ice and snow in the yard had indeed disappeared, so...
When she opened the sack, she first saw the yellow beans. She remembered that the mysterious merchant said that this food called soybeans needed to be cooked in water before it could be eaten.
Then, her eyes fell on two fist-sized objects that seemed to be wrapped in paper.
Wen Qian reached out to touch it, but as soon as her fingertips touched it, it was so hot that she quickly retracted her hand.
After the pain subsided, she was stunned for a moment and reached out to the fire stone wrapped in tinfoil again.
This time she didn't touch it again, but just kept her palm around it and felt the warmth.
So comfortable...
Wen Qian sighed, quickly took the tongs for taking out the coal next to her, picked out one of the fire stones, and placed it in an iron basin.
As she was picking it up, the tin foil was torn, revealing the red fire stone inside.
When Wen Qian completely tore open the tinfoil with the tongs, more heat surged out of the Fire Stone, and she quickly took out the other Fire Stone.
A steady stream of heat emanated from the fire stone, dispelling the coldness in the house.
Just two fire stones raised the temperature in the room to around ten degrees Celsius. Although it was still low for ordinary people, Wen Qian couldn't help but sigh.
She hadn't felt this warm in a long time...
After feeling her frozen body gradually soften, she took out soybeans from the sack, went to the window to catch snowflakes, and then put them in the pot together with the soybeans and placed it above the fire stone.
After a while, the water in the pot began to boil.
Wen Qian scooped up some water first, held it in her palm, and waited until the water temperature was right before taking a sip. Instantly, she felt like she was coming back to life.
She scooped out a few more soybeans and ate them. They were soft and tender, and they tasted even better after adding a little salt.
Wen Qian ate a full bowl. After filling her stomach, she looked at the red stone that was still emitting heat and felt as if she was dreaming.
She couldn't help but pinch her thigh, and after feeling the pain, she finally confirmed that this was really happening.
What kind of existence is that mysterious businessman? He actually possesses such magical powers...
At this moment, Wen Qian looked up and glanced out the window.
She hesitated for a moment, but still grabbed a few handfuls of soybeans and put them back into the pot. After they were cooked, she took a thermos and poured the soybeans and hot soup into it.
Then Wen Qian wrapped herself tightly again, picked up the thermos and went to the yard.
She did not leave the yard, but went to the side of the house and stretched out her hand to knock on the neighbor's window.
“Bang, bang, bang—”
Soon, as she knocked, a figure appeared on the window. The window was opened a crack, revealing a pair of eyes.
He was a teenager, and when he saw Wen Qian, he was stunned despite being cautious.
"Aunt Wen, what happened?"
"This is for you." Wen Qian handed him the thermos. "You and your mother can eat it together."
The young man took the thermos and felt the warmth before he even opened the lid. He was surprised and asked, "Is Sister Qingqing back?"
"No, stop talking nonsense, close the window quickly, I'm leaving."
The young man watched Wen Qian leave, feeling something was amiss. When he closed the window, he suddenly realized what the problem was.
The Wen family's yard is spotless, without a single snowflake!
Did Aunt Wen go out to sweep the snow late at night?
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Tang Yu'an threw Wen Qian's bottle back into the Dream Sea, hoping to find it again tomorrow, and then opened the map to take a look.
I saw a large golden light spot appear at the top of the map, far away to the north of the deserted city. It should be the location of the Ice Rock Castle.
He marked Wen Qian's name and looked at it carefully.
This new fortress was too far away from them, even farther than the Flame Dragon Fort in the south. Judging from the distance on the map, the former was more than twice as far away as the latter.
Roughly speaking, it would take at least three or four months to get there from them, right?
Tang Yu'an shook his head and closed the map.
It is impossible for them to get through for the time being, so they should first find a way to get to Lanhu Town.
After closing Menghai's window and preparing the materials for Roundhead to continue making the normal temperature cloth, they went to the other dimension through the teleportation array.
From 6 o'clock in the morning to 10 o'clock in the evening, 16 hours have passed in this dimension, and 20 days have passed in the other dimension.
The wind and snow outside have stopped and the temperature has risen.
Zhou Qi hung up thick curtains to block out all the light, and then he and Tang Yu'an lay down in bed.
They are all tired, so let's talk about other things after they wake up.
The two teenagers huddled together in one bed and slept soundly. When they woke up, it was already noon in the other dimension.
The sun broke through the clouds and began to melt the snow.
When the snow melted, the temperature dropped again. Tang Yu'an had lunch and was wrapped up like a dumpling by Zhou Qi before coming out of the house.
They went to the chicken coop first.
As soon as I opened the door, I heard a childish chirping sound.
Wow! Chicks have hatched!
The housekeeping robot in the chicken coop is also a solar-powered version and looks the same as the one in the swimming pool, so Tang Yu'an named it "Little Golden Head".
Because they opened the door, cold wind blew in and the temperature in the chicken coop dropped immediately.
Little Golden Head quickly took out the Fire Stone and kept the indoor temperature above 37 degrees. When the door was closed and the temperature exceeded 39 degrees, it quickly put the Fire Stone away.
“Chirp, chirp, chirp—”
The fluffy little yellow chicken curled up in the chicken coop. It must have just hatched not long ago, and half of its feathers were still wet.
"So cute!" Tang Yu'an couldn't help but take out his laptop and took a few pictures of the chick.
This time they used only three eggs for the experiment, and by evening, all of them had hatched.
After feeding the chicks some water and millet, they discussed and decided to send the chicks back to this plane.
Although they grow relatively fast in the other dimension, the weather here is too cold and the chicks may freeze to death if you are not careful.
It’s better to send him back to this plane and bring insurance to Amu.
So they transferred the three chicks to a warm box, and Zhou Qi carried them back to this plane.
They stayed in the alternate dimension for so long, but only half an hour had passed in this dimension.
When Zhou Qi went to find Lin Zhen with the chicks in his arms, she hadn't gone to bed yet. Seeing Zhou Qi appear at the door holding three little yellow chickens, Lin Zhen was confused.
"Sister Lin, I want to leave these three little ones to Amu's care."
"When did you hatch?" Lin Zhen took the box and could tell from the appearance of the chicks that they had just hatched not long ago.
"Well, we experimented with artificial incubation and found it worked."
Lin Zhen nodded, not too surprised. After all, after coming to the deserted city home, she had seen too many things she had never seen before.
In the past, she would bargain with Tang Yu'an, asking for a hen or something after the eggs were successfully hatched. But now?
She no longer cared about raising a hen herself. In her home in the deserted city, she didn't need to worry about food. After dealing with the residents and doing business every day, she had plenty of time to devote to her research.
Of course, she has recently been attracted by the twelve-year compulsory education curriculum and has been studying so hard that she has forgotten to eat and sleep.
Zhou Qi came to see her so late, but she hadn't gone to bed yet and was studying by candlelight.
"Okay, I'll take it to the chicken coop tomorrow."
The three chicks were already more than 20 days old, so she built a chicken coop next to the sheep pen and covered it with a cloth that kept the temperature at room temperature.
However, Amu said that the temperature was still a bit cold for the chicks, so she went to ask Old Li for a fire stone.
The three little chicks also like to stay in the chicken coop, and when the sun comes out during the day, they can rush directly to the fields to have fun.
Zhou Qi nodded, "Then I'll trouble you."
"No trouble, no trouble."
Lin Zhen waved his hand. Seeing Zhou Qi about to leave, he suddenly remembered something and quickly said, "Xiao Qi, you seem to be studying high school courses, right?"
"Yeah." Zhou Qi responded.
"I don't understand a few questions. Can you explain them to me?"
"Can."
By the time Zhou Qi finished explaining the problem to Lin Zhen and left, half an hour had passed. Calculating the time, at least 15 hours had passed in the alternate dimension.
Zhou Qi hurried back, but saw Tang Yu'an in the transmission room on the 9th floor.
"Brother Xiaoqi, why haven't you come back for so long?" the boy muttered.
After waiting in the other dimension for two hours and seeing that Zhou Qi had not returned yet, Tang Yu'an couldn't help but run over to find him.
Zhou Qi smiled slightly and reached out to touch the top of his head. "I was delayed by explaining the problem to Sister Lin."
"Oh well."
While Zhou Qi was away, Tang Yu'an had already placed a mutant egg in the chicken coop to incubate. He was not sure whether the incubation temperature of mutant eggs was the same as that of ordinary eggs, so he had to experiment.
The specific situation has been handed over to Xiao Jin to record.
While waiting for Zhou Qi, he fenced off a piece of land outside No. 1 Store, a 100m x 100m square, with concrete walls, spending 30,000 points.
Then, he began to travel back and forth between the alien plane and this plane, moving the iron ore from the alien plane.
Because his portable warehouse was only more than 20 cubic meters and was also filled with other things, after some discussion, Zhou Qi felt that he could put the Nanyuan container in the portable warehouse to expand the capacity.
The external specifications of the Nanyuan container are 2x1x0.5. By merging two storage grids, you can get a 2x1x1 portable warehouse, which can fully accommodate the Nanyuan container.
As a level 2 super-capacity container, Nanyuan Container has a space of 100 cubic meters.
In this way, the capacity of Tang Yu'an's portable warehouse increased from 22 cubic meters to 121 cubic meters!
"Brother Xiaoqi, you are so smart!"
Of course, after the test, they found that although the portable warehouse can store Nanyuan containers, if they want to take out the things in the Nanyuan containers, they still have to take out the containers first.
"This may be because of the superposition of two spaces." Zhou Qi analyzed.
Just like the water in the automatic water storage thermos, they also need to take the thermos out of the portable storage before they can use it.
“But it’s still very convenient!”
Tang Yu'an went to the alternate dimension, took out the Nanyuan container, transferred the iron ore into it, and then returned to the original dimension.
In the end, it only took him two times to transfer more than 100 cubic meters of iron ore.
With No.1 Store’s current manpower and production efficiency, these iron ores are enough for them to sustain for a while.
Then they returned to the other dimension and began a long period of study and training.
The climate is gradually warming up, and after the snow melts, the earth can finally be seen with green vitality.
Even the emerald, which had been dormant and split, had sprouted new buds. It seemed to be slowly waking up from dormancy and enjoying the brightness of spring.
After a few days, the entire river bank was covered with green, and all things in the giant forest were flourishing, full of vitality.
Early in the morning, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi entered the giant forest. While practicing their special abilities, they collected wood and earth crystals on the ground.
After the snow melted, these crystals were exposed and could be seen everywhere, such as on the riverbed.
Also, because most plants have just woken up from dormancy and are not as aggressive, and those pesky insects have frozen to death in the winter, this is the safest time.
So these days, they ran to the giant forest to pick up crystals almost every day.
Because they no longer needed to rush to accumulate points, they hoarded these crystals for themselves and no longer put them for sale in the plane store.
Tang Yu'an picked up two wood crystals from a stone, and then he suddenly let out a light exclamation.
"Brother Xiaoqi, come and see!"
Zhou Qi came over and saw the young man pointing at a plant and saying, "It's a sedge flower!"
Nanjianghua is one of the raw materials for making physical eggs. It can be sold for 1,000 points per flower in the plane store. Tang Yu'an has bought one before.
I didn't expect that there were actually some in the giant forest, and they had already sprouted buds.
If he hadn't seen the flower buds and had the help of his identification skills, Tang Yu'an might not have been able to recognize that this was a plant of the Southern Lilac.
"Great, then we'll be able to collect all the materials soon and improve your physique!"
Tang Yu'an marked the jasmine tree and planned to wait a few days to come back and take a look. The buds seemed to be about to bloom.
Just as they were about to leave and return to Shop No. 4, the umbrella floating above them suddenly trembled.
Tang Yu'an was stunned.
"Umbrella?"
The umbrella began to spin in the air, bringing with it a gust of wind.
“Rustle, rustle—”
The sound of leaves rustling in the wind could be heard in the forest, and it sounded like countless elves whispering.
In Zhou Qi's vision, he could see waves of green wood-type spiritual energy gathering together, eventually converging on the shadow umbrella and being absorbed by it.
Even though Tang Yu'an did not have a talent for wood, he could still feel a thin green mist rising around him.
An unknown amount of time passed, but after all the strange phenomena disappeared, the shadow umbrella slowly fell from the sky and returned to Tang Yu'an's hands.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi suddenly had a different feeling than before. The fragrance of grass and trees lingered around them, making them feel clear-headed and particularly comfortable.
The two looked up at the same time and saw that faint green lines appeared on the originally pure black surface of the umbrella.
The pure black color will appear dark green when viewed from a certain angle, and it feels more textured than before.
[Congratulations! You've fulfilled the weapon spirit's wish, removed some of the restrictions on the "Shadow Umbrella," and completed an upgrade.]
Tang Yu'an still remembered that his wish for the shadow umbrella was to dye the umbrella surface green, but he didn't expect that it would be accomplished in this way!
So the dye that can be used on the shadow umbrella is actually wood-type psychic power?
He quickly looked at the prop details.
【Shadow Umbrella】
Description: Standing under an umbrella, you can block out all shadows, concentrate your mind and calm your spirit, and not be confused by obstacles. When you are in the jungle, you will be able to blend into the environment.
Limitation: 20 times per day (limit can be lifted by completing the spirit's wish)
Number of times remaining today: 18.
"Wow, the umbrella is awesome!" After reading the description, Tang Yu'an couldn't help but praise it.
As for restrictions...
To be honest, he hardly felt the restrictions of the umbrella, because most of the time it would follow him automatically.
As long as the umbrella is open and not closed, the number of times will not decrease.
After hearing Tang Yu'an's words, the shadow umbrella happily turned upwards, and finally returned to Tang Yu'an's hand, rubbing him with the umbrella ribs.
Tang Yu'an smiled happily.
Zhou Qi was thinking about the description of the item Tang Yu'an had just read: "Concentrate your mind and calm your spirit, and don't be confused by the illusion... Does that mean that from now on, when you stand under the umbrella, you won't be affected by the illusion?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the umbrella jumped proudly.
I don't know if it's because when Tang Yu'an and his friends were exploring the giant lizard's nest, they were hallucinated by the mutated mushrooms under the umbrella, so the shadow umbrella evolved this ability.
Regardless, this ability is incredibly effective!
Tang Yu'an praised it again, and then when he looked at the umbrella, he suddenly found that the wish of the shadow umbrella had changed.
[Shadow Umbrella: I want a little red flower]
After dyeing the umbrella green, did you think of red flowers?
With the first experience, Tang Yu'an knew that this wish would probably not be fulfilled using ordinary dyes, so he could only pay attention to it in the future.
"Don't worry, I will definitely help you fulfill your wish in the future!"
After receiving Tang Yu'an's promise, the umbrella rubbed against him again, expressing its joy.
Afterwards, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi left the jungle.
In the past few days, they accidentally discovered a coal mine in the giant forest. With the coal mine, they can smelt steel!
The steel smelting method has detailed steps in the high school curriculum, and they just need to follow the steps.
These past two days, while Tang Yu'an was in class, Zhou Qi was thinking about this project.
A few days later, they successfully refined a small metal box. Its thermal insulation effect was not as good as that of the mutant metal, but after wrapping it with a layer of low-temperature cloth and adding ice cubes, the freezing effect was still good.
They decided to try the small refrigerator on Hai Jing, who lived by the sea where the temperature was high during the day.
If this small refrigerator is useful, I can sell it to the villagers of Guanyu Village in the future, so that the fish they catch at sea can be stored for a longer time.
This refrigerator is not a one-time sale product. If they need ice cubes later, they will have to buy them from them.
In this way, Lan Lin’s ice will have a market, and the ice and snow in Ice Rock Castle can also be used, right?
The Nanjianghua that was discovered before has also bloomed, with a total of twelve flowers. Tang Yu'an picked all of them and stored them in his personal warehouse.
The only thing missing to make the physical fitness egg is the phoenix wood.
"If all else fails, just buy one in the plane store!" Tang Yu'an was quite looking forward to the physical fitness egg. After eating it, would he no longer have to be afraid of high temperatures or severe cold?
However, after being reminded by the optical computer, they temporarily put aside the matters here and prepared to return to their original plane.
When they stepped onto the teleportation array, Tang Yu'an suddenly felt something. He looked outside the door and saw a vine reaching in.
"Emerald, wake up!"
A small piece of green vine wrapped around Tang Yu'an's finger, and then broke apart - the emerald split into a second vine.
Most of its consciousness is concentrated on the newly split little green vine, so the little green vine is much more lively than the original body.
The little green vine rubbed against Tang Yu'an's fingers, conveying a feeling of joy.
Tang Yu'an played with it for a while, then continued to let it wrap around his hair. As for Vine No. 1, it took root in the soil of the other dimension and began to thrive.
The environment of the other dimension is so superior, perhaps one day in the future it will be able to surpass the main body.
Afterwards, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi prepared to go back.
Wangcai squatted at the door and looked in the direction of the giant forest. When his master called him, he reluctantly withdrew his gaze.
During this period, all things come back to life, so Wangcai and Yinbi often go out to play.
What Wangcai likes most is to dig out the unhatched insect eggs and eat them - of course, he will not let go of the hatched larvae either.
Led by it, Silver Coin also started to eat insects, but if there were other choices, it would never even look at those insects.
It was only seven o'clock in the morning when they returned to their original plane.
Because the time interval was too long, they had to go through a memo list to know what they were mainly going to do this time.
The first step was to transfer the limestone in the Nanyuan container to the newly developed land. Then, they found Old Li, told him how to make cement, and asked him to arrange people to make it.
Then we went to Jufeng Town and went to the guard post to find Black Bear to sell us the Flame Stone.
Black Bear looked at them, not knowing if it was an illusion, but he felt that after not seeing them for two days, these two children seemed to have become stronger?
This growth rate is too fast!
Of course, after Black Bear felt the popularity of the Fire Stone they were promoting, he immediately decided to buy it.
He bought 10 soybeans at the price of 10 kilograms of soybeans each, a total of 100 kilograms of soybeans.
Tang Yu'an earned more than 2,000 points, and then asked Black Bear to issue a receipt and store the 100 kilograms of soybeans together with the cotton he had sold before.
He can use the voucher to earn points again in the future, and Black Bear feels as if he got 10 Fire Stones without paying anything, and is very happy.
It can be said that everyone is happy!
After they left, Black Bear took the Fire Stone to find Red Carp. He felt that this stone might help the mountain master recover from his injuries.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi left Jufeng Town and went down the mountain to the stronghold to look for Mo Ke.
On the way, Tang Yu'an discovered that Mo Ke had left the base and walked into the mountains. Without thinking much about it, he took Zhou Qi to find him.
The mountain road was difficult to walk on and was blocked by trees, so even if they mastered the art of flying, they could not move fast.
In addition, Mok was always moving and his speed was not slow, so when they tracked him down near Mok, they found that it had already darkened.
The setting sun hangs on the horizon, painting the sky orange.
And the figure of Mok in front disappeared again in the jungle in the dim light.
Zhou Qi was about to step forward, but Tang Yu'an held him back.
Then he walked straight towards the bushes, which were covered with fallen leaves and difficult to see in the dim light of the evening.
Mo Ke also felt that his disguise was flawless, but...
He heard footsteps coming towards him clearly and firmly, and then he saw the young man squatting in front of him, looking straight at him and asking, "Brother Mo, what are you doing here?"
Mo Ke: "..."
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Mo Ke: He actually saw through my disguise!
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