Let alone Jian Yiqiu being just an ordinary person, even if he were made of iron, he couldn't withstand it.
Xiao Jin snorted lightly, "Serves you right!"
Perhaps Xiao Jin's gaze was too eerie, Jian Yiqiu stood up with Cheng Ce's support and glanced back slightly.
He then said, "It's alright, I know what I'm doing. But the shelter issue can't be delayed any longer."
Cheng Ce was taken aback: "You mean..."
“Let’s move!” Jian Yiqiu said decisively.
There were quite a few people standing in the lobby on the first floor. Apart from Jian Yiqiu's confidants, the rest were all players.
Gao Ya looked thoughtful, then slowly walked over.
"You want to move into the Black Tower?"
Although it was a question, the tone was very certain.
Jian Yiqiu did not deny it.
He nodded: "That's right. Although the insulation work under the Black Tower is only about 70-80% complete, you've already seen the situation outside."
Everyone subconsciously looked at the snowflakes falling from the sky and the walls covered in frost, and fell silent for a moment.
Jian Yiqiu continued, "We built so many supplies under the Black Tower precisely for times like this! Even if it's not all completed, it's more than enough to house everyone."
If we don't go now, when are we going to go?
The players exchanged glances.
Jian Yiqiu was right, and they knew that it was already the fifth day of the game, and the extreme cold would become more and more severe as time went on.
While there's still time, checking into the Black Tower is the most urgent thing to do.
The players nodded in agreement, and Jian Yiqiu and Cheng Ce immediately ordered everyone to move into the Black Tower.
They had envisioned this scenario long before the Black Tower began construction, and therefore the process was finalized well in advance.
First, the snow outside has piled up again, and everyone needs to clear the snow from the roads. At least a path needs to be cleared between the prison building and the entrance to the Black Tower before they can continue with the plan.
This not only facilitates the transportation of supplies but also ensures the ease of movement for everyone.
The rooms beneath the Black Tower are similar to those in the prison buildings on the ground, consisting of small, individual cubicles. However, the difference is that the lower you go, the larger the rooms become, and the fewer people they can accommodate.
However, this was not a difficult problem for Jian Yiqiu.
He divided the large house into sections, using wooden planks as partitions instead of walls. Soundproofing was out of the question; as long as it was habitable, that was enough.
If there's a shortage of beds, bring in some bunk beds from the prison building.
After the room was tidied up, Cheng Ce led his men to move in all the wounded who could be moved. Those who could not be moved temporarily were left upstairs.
If it becomes impossible to stay there in the later stages, then you'll have to move it by force.
After settling the wounded, the next step was to provide supplies. Fortunately, the facilities at the foot of the Black Tower were complete, and Shao Jing brought in two large generators, which quickly restored power.
The reason for the previous power outage on the ground has also been found: it was because it was too cold and the motor broke down.
But this time there's no need to worry. Remember the 'simple boiler room' Xiao Jin gave Jian Yiqiu before? In the following two days, he coincidentally received two more.
One was provided by Gao Ya, and the other was dropped by a lone wolf male player wielding a longbow after killing a level 4 snow beast.
Jian Yiqiu built all three boiler rooms under the Black Tower. In the past two days, Shao Jing has been working non-stop, leading people to lay the heating system for the entire Black Tower using the water pipes and heating equipment that Xiao Jin brought back.
However, due to the sheer size of the project, and the fact that Shao Jing and the other local residents had rarely seen central heating, progress was slow.
Fortunately, they later found several migrant workers from the north in the shelter, and some players were also familiar with this part, so they finally figured out a complete solution.
Shao Jing stayed up all night and led a large group of people to complete two-thirds of the heating system in the Black Tower within two days.
Only the bottom layer hasn't been installed yet because it's inconvenient.
However, this was not difficult. Gao Ya mentioned that the last floor could be used for them to live on, as they were resistant to the cold.
The other players remained silent, which was tantamount to tacitly agreeing with this statement.
Players wear protective suits, which, while not completely shielding them from the cold, greatly enhance their resistance to freezing compared to the natives.
The bottom layer is right next to the ground. Although it was specially designed to be cold-proofed when the Black Tower was built, the level of dampness in extreme cold mode must have more than doubled.
At first, Jian Yiqiu disagreed, saying that if they squeezed in, they could still live on the upper floors. It was Xiao Jin who stopped him and told him not to worry about it.
The players are shrewd; they all have good items. If they can't live there later, they won't force themselves to stay.
Furthermore, players don't like to have too much involvement with the native inhabitants; they prefer to live alone, so leaving the lower floors to them is quite suitable.
Seeing this, Jian Yiqiu had no choice but to give up. He also listened to Xiao Jin's advice and moved a lot of useless 'junk' downstairs, carefully decorating the room.
The ground floor has only 10 suites, which house some of the world's most notorious hardened criminals.
Of course, thanks to that tiny bit of 'assistance', these big shots not only have their own exclusive luxury suites, but also their own chefs and cleaners.
After all, they've already handed over their entire fortune, and they're not just being released. Naturally, someone will do them a favor and make their life in prison a little better.
When Jian Yiqiu and Shao Jing first came down, they thought it was some kind of luxury hotel.
Swimming pool, leather sofas, games room, sauna!
The bedroom alone is 50 square meters, and the kitchen and bathroom are also fully equipped.
Compared to the prisoners on the ground operating sewing machines, this place is paradise.
These are Shao Jing's original words.
They then cleared out the clutter and converted the suite into individual bedrooms.
However, at Xiao Jin's suggestion, Jian Yiqiu moved back the decorative items that had been removed, and after the decorations were done, the bottom layer was instantly different from the top layer.
It's cold, but it's comforting to look at, and there are lots of fun toys to keep you entertained.
In addition, although there is no water heating on the ground floor, there are cold-proof wallpapers and cold-proof floor mats dropped by snow beasts.
Jian Yiqiu conducted an experiment using the bottom layer, covering the entire bottom with a layer, and the effect was truly immediate, raising the temperature by about 20 degrees compared to before the layer was applied.
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After spending the whole morning, everyone finally managed to settle everyone under the Black Tower.
Shao Jing was so exhausted that his eyes were glazed over, and Cheng Ce had to drag him to a chair.
This is a monitoring room, where dozens of large screens are displaying the entire situation on Prison Island.
In addition to the chairs in front, there was a long table in the monitoring room, around which six people were sitting.
Jian Yiqiu stood facing the monitor screen. Next to him were Shao Jing, who was slumped in a chair, Cheng Ce, who was sitting upright, and Xiao Jin, who was leaning on his hand and seemingly lost in thought. The other two were Gao Ya and Deng Xing.
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