In the afternoon, the snow stopped briefly.
Xia Ning made the most of her time to get to work.
Near the connection point between the load-bearing column and the beam, two more slots are cut out, and short wooden sticks are inserted to form triangular supports, which enhances the stability of the wooden house.
Xia Ning said that after 15 days, who cares about the raging flood?
If it weren't for the system's assessment, she wouldn't have bothered with this.
Xia Ning had a gut feeling that the game's judging process wouldn't be that simple.
This instance seems too peaceful right now, frighteningly so.
It's cold, but as long as you keep warm, you won't get the extreme cold debuff and continuously lose stamina.
If you believe the system's "relaxed" dungeon and actually live a leisurely life, then you're just waiting to hibernate completely.
She has no more information now, so all she can do is focus on building the cabin.
Soon, the house's framework was installed.
Xia Ning then began the casting of the internal structure.
She took out the glass from the space, measured the dimensions, and made sure to reserve space for it, including the area for the chimney on the roof.
Without a one-click system for building, everything is incredibly cumbersome.
Xia Ning was a little impatient at first, but later she calmed down while doing carpentry, ignoring everything else and focusing only on swinging the hammer.
It's a bit like when I was little, and my mom forced me to practice calligraphy.
To be honest, a wooden house built by your own hands, no matter how simple, is more fulfilling than one built directly by the system.
Time slips away quickly while we work.
Xia Ning took out the [plank] from her space and began building the wall.
Fix the planks to the load-bearing pillars on all four sides with nails, fill the gaps between the pillars one by one, build up a wooden wall, and then cut off the excess parts to keep as firewood.
After repeatedly building the four walls and the roof, leaving space for the door, windows and chimney, it was already getting dark.
Calculating the time, she has worked for about 8 hours.
The snow-covered ground was pitch black at night, and Xia Ning wasn't going to do her homework in the dark.
She packed up the tent and moved the stove into the cabin.
She temporarily covered the empty spaces between the doors and windows with three thick cloths, and this small wooden cabin, which she built in a day, was a pretty good shelter in the wild.
The snow has started falling again, and the wind is howling across the ice field.
Xia Ning first added firewood to the wood-burning stove, then taped the edges of the thick cloth with tape to prevent snow from drifting in.
It was more than 50 degrees below zero outdoors.
The indoor temperature gradually stabilized at around ten degrees Celsius.
Xia Ning dragged a chair and lazily slumped by the stove, a blanket covering her legs, holding a cup of hot jasmine tea in her hands, completely devoid of the energy she had during the day.
She stared at the crackling fire, her eyes unfocused, yawning incessantly.
No wonder people love watching campfires; even those who don't like going camping can watch them on a projector screen at home.
It is said that the dependence on fire is etched into human DNA. In primitive times, people used fire to drive away wild animals, so fire was synonymous with safety.
The younger sister lay at Xia Ning's feet, her white fur covered in wood shavings, which she had apparently rolled out of somewhere.
In the past, Xia Ning would often watch group chats and have fun at night.
Although there are 1,000 people in this room, it is very quiet, and almost no one is joking around in the [Regional Channel].
Survival games slowly erode people's vitality.
At first, when Xia Ning was alone in the wilderness, she still had the mind to look at the stars.
Right now, it's better to watch my sister grind her teeth.
Xia Ning took out a mattress from her spatial storage, crawled into her sleeping bag, placed a temperature alarm next to her pillow, and then fell into a deep sleep to the white noise of the firewood.
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Day 2
At six o'clock in the morning, Xia Ning sat up in her sleeping bag like a silkworm.
The fire in the wood-burning stove had gone out, and the room temperature was barely maintained above zero thanks to the residual warmth of the ashes.
Xia Ning exhaled a puff of white breath, shivered, and then began to get dressed.
Since getting involved in the survival game, Xia Ning's habit of sleeping in has improved significantly.
People only dare to sleep soundly in a safe environment.
When her younger sister saw that Xia Ning was awake, she wagged her tail and happily pounced on her, pulling Xia Ning, who had just sat up, back onto the mattress.
“You’re so heavy! You’re a Samoyed now, not a Pomeranian! Remember your place.”
Xia Ning got up and washed up grumbling, and even had the sudden idea to open the door and splash water to make it freeze, almost getting stabbed in the back by the cold wind blowing in her face.
For breakfast, I had egg pancakes and rice noodle soup, which I took out from my storage space and they were still warm.
Xia Ning doesn't like fried eggs because she prefers them fully cooked; if a fried egg is fully cooked, the white always burns. She avoids soft-boiled eggs where the yolk runs out.
After finishing breakfast, I checked my status again: 0 survival points, no survival bonus.
Xia Ning thought to herself, "They're not even willing to give the carrot that's dangling in front of the donkey."
Yesterday I got [Turbid Nutrient] and [Basic Nutrient], today I got [Basic Antidote] and [Turbid Nutrient], aiming for a balanced approach.
Xia Ning's backpack is currently full of the following ten items: Contract, 3 Peace Charms, 23 Enhanced Crossbow Bolts, Substitute Doll, 9 Turbid Nutrient Solution, 6 Rotten Antidote, 5 Basic Nutrient Solution, 4 Basic Antidote, Laser Sword, and Lockpick.
Xia Ning changed into her outdoor clothes and stepped out of the cabin. Overnight, a thin layer of snow had accumulated on the roof.
She had to clear away the snow first, and then lay down a thick waterproof tarpaulin.
Xia Ning instructed her younger sister to hold a corner of the waterproof cloth in her mouth to cooperate with her work.
The younger sister obediently followed Xia Ning's commands, finally fulfilling some of the duties of a sled dog.
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