Those who had eaten their fill put on their coats and crawled into their sleeping bags; some rested, others wiped away their tears.
Of course, there also needs to be a number of guards patrolling outside, and Cheng Ce can handle these matters.
Xiao Jin was assigned a sleeping bag, and then found a spot by the window.
"What are you doing here? Aren't you cold?" For some reason, Jian Yiqiu also sat down with his sleeping bag.
Xiao Jin didn't turn around, looking at the frost formed by his breath on the window, and asked, "What are your plans regarding the high-level snow beasts in the Black Tower?"
"Snow Beast?" Jian Yiqiu crawled into his sleeping bag. "You told me about it before. Is that monster called a Snow Beast?"
Xiao Jin's eyes flickered: "It was just a random name."
Jian Yiqiu: "When I told you I wanted to get involved, I wasn't just saying it casually."
"Now that there's a first one, there will be a second and a third. Everyone needs to accumulate experience. You may be very strong, but you can't save everyone."
While we can still manage, it's always good to learn more.
Hearing this, Xiao Jin understood Jian Yiqiu's meaning.
Suddenly, Jian Yiqiu's expression turned somewhat awkward. He glanced at Xiao Jin furtively and said, "Um... you're confident, right?"
"Ha, I thought you were really confident."
After spending half a day together, Xiao Jin no longer had the initial hostility towards Jian Yiqiu, and even started joking with great interest.
However, the side quests still needed to be taken seriously, so Xiao Jin said, "You can lead the men to do it tomorrow."
"Okay, I'm relieved now."
I slept without any dreams.
The next morning, Xiao Jin was awakened by the sound of voices coming from outside.
Jian Yiqiu was nowhere to be seen beside him. He glanced at the time; it was only 6:30 in the morning.
Although she was wearing protective clothing, Xiao Jin could tell that the outside temperature was already very low.
I glanced around the cafeteria and saw that most people were already up, and the aroma of rice wafted from the kitchen.
Xiao Jin boiled water in the kitchen, washed up quickly, and then prepared to eat.
Breakfast consisted of steamed white flour buns, rice porridge, and boiled eggs. Although simple, it was enough to fill them up. The survivors, who had been frozen all night, held stainless steel bowls and used the hot porridge to ward off the chill.
After finishing her meal, Xiao Jin left the cafeteria and realized why it was so noisy outside; it turned out that Jian Yiqiu and the others were organizing Qingxue.
It snowed heavily all night, and the snow had accumulated to knee-deep. There was no way to clear it all out; the prison was too big.
They could only barely clear a path from the main gate to the prison building at the back.
Jian Yiqiu plans to do three things today.
First, organize all supplies, settle the people in the shelter, and make use of all available resources in the prison to build the shelter into a strong fortress.
Second, continue to collect supplies, whether ordinary supplies or cold-weather gear dropped by snow beasts, they are all in dire need.
Currently, all they have are coats, hats, and gloves; it's unclear whether the snow beasts will provide food later.
Third, investigate potential security risks within the prison, with a focus on the advanced snow beasts beneath the Black Tower.
In fact, as a hidden, heavily fortified prison, Black Tower's defenses are top-notch, so how could Jian Yiqiu not be envious?
The walls of the Black Tower are specially made, and their enclosed underground location also helps to keep it warm.
If the outside temperature gets lower and lower, even to the point where it's difficult to survive, Jian Yiqiu could easily take people into the Black Tower to hide.
Of course, this is all predicated on having sufficient supplies.
In terms of supplies, Cheng Ce continued to lead the team, but this time it was different from yesterday; he had weapons in his hands.
According to Xiao Jin, a level 1 snow beast has an attack power similar to that of a tiger, and can be killed easily with accurate marksmanship.
Cheng Ce and his group outnumbered each other and were armed, so there was no chance of anything going wrong this time.
Even if something goes wrong, it's okay, because Xiao Jin will also go, just a little later than Cheng Ce and the others. After all, she still needs to stay in the Black Tower to cover for Jian Yiqiu.
Once she kills the high-level snow beast under the Black Tower, she will chase after Cheng Ce's convoy.
In addition to collecting supplies, Jian Yiqiu gave Cheng Ce another task—to rescue as many survivors as possible outside and bring them back to the prison island.
Jian Yiqiu didn't know how many people were still alive outside, but he thought that he would save as many as he could.
Moreover, the construction, security, logistics, and so on within the shelter all require a large number of people, and their group of about a hundred people simply cannot keep up with the demand.
Around 9 o'clock, Xiao Jin emptied the storage space, put all the supplies in the place designated by Jian Yiqiu, and then came to the front of the Black Tower with him.
Jian Yiqiu did not forbid the survivors in the shelter from watching, as long as they kept their distance. After all, it's always good to see more.
Moreover, among the brothers Jian Yiqiu brought, there was a skilled electrician who found some parts and quickly restored electricity to the prison.
With electricity, the gates of the Black Tower can be opened normally!
The Black Tower, though called a tower, is really just a name; it doesn't have any circular structure inside.
Given the need for secrecy in heavy prisons, this prison was originally designed to be built underground.
There were no maps of the prison, and even if there were, they would be hidden in a safe place. Xiao Jin and the others only heard about the interior from the verbal descriptions given by the people who worked inside.
Black Tower Prison is heavily guarded, resembling a labyrinthine tower extending deep into the earth, with eight levels in total. The deeper you go, the more vicious and ruthless the prisoners become.
Serial killer, international financial criminal, gangster boss, or a madman who is anti-human.
They're the kind of people who, if they just randomly pop out, will cause a huge uproar in society.
At this moment, at the entrance of Black Tower Prison, Jian Yiqiu stood in front of the gate with ten fully armed men.
They held guns, wore bulletproof vests retrieved from the prison, as well as helmets, riot shields, and other protective gear, and stared warily ahead.
The entrance to the Black Tower was hidden inside a warehouse. Of course, it was ostensibly a warehouse, but in reality, it was staffed by high-ranking prison guards disguised as employees.
With everything ready, Jian Yiqiu pressed the button, and the gate to the Black Tower slowly opened.
Upon opening, the first thing you see is an empty space, which looks like an elevator shaft, but apart from the cables above, the elevator inside is gone.
Seeing this, Jian Yiqiu frowned. Before he could decide whether he should go down, a roar suddenly came from underground, followed by a rumbling sound that gradually approached.
"Everyone be careful, they're coming!"
Hearing the noise, Jian Yiqiu knew that something inside had come up, so he quickly warned everyone.
Xiao Jin held his long sword in his hand, standing alone on the high wall to the side, his gaze fixed on the warehouse entrance.
The next second, a huge black shadow suddenly leaped out from above. Although they were already mentally prepared, seeing this enormous monster still made everyone's legs twitch.
The survivors who had been secretly watching from the periphery turned and ran away. Only a few people who were hiding in the corners and dared not make a sound would occasionally peek out.
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