[End of this world] Boiling tea around the stove (want to go directly to the second...
[Extreme Cold Disaster: Day 30, Temperature: -180℃, Number of Players: 4398/10000]
At noon, the ice sculptures in the garden sparkled in the sun, and players walked in groups of three or five among the stalls. Various tempting aromas floated in the cold air, making people unable to help but take a deep breath.
Qian Le was standing in line in front of the oden cart and smelled a hint of sweet aroma.
He subconsciously looked up and followed the scent.
A small stall was emitting steam, and the stall owner was turning over a few pieces of something that looked like sweet potatoes. The fragrance was wafting from there.
“Someone is actually selling roasted sweet potatoes?”
Qian Le was stunned for a moment, sniffing the sweet fragrance in the air, and his stomach growled unconsciously.
He took the oden handed to him, held the steaming bowl, blew on it carefully, and walked towards the roasted sweet potato stall while eating, following the aroma.
The oden in the bowl is steaming hot, the soup base is fresh and rich, and the hot fish balls and soft radishes melt in your mouth.
However, before he could savor it carefully, the sweet aroma of the roasted sweet potatoes penetrated into his nostrils even more strongly, making him speed up his pace.
After a while, he came to the stall.
The stall owner was a young man, who was concentrating on controlling the temperature in the oven using his fire abilities.
His fingertips flashed a faint red light, and the flame seemed to be held in his palm, adjusting the temperature precisely from time to time.
"This sweet potato smells so good, where does it come from?" Qian Le couldn't help but ask.
The stall owner raised his head, smiled, and kept moving his hands:
"This is not an ordinary sweet potato. This is a 'honey flame fruit'. I accidentally dug it when I was exploring a valley. After it is roasted, it tastes sweeter than ordinary sweet potatoes and has a denser texture."
Qian Le's saliva was almost flowing out as he listened. His eyes were fixed on a particularly large honey flame fruit on the stall. Just as he was about to point at it, he found that another hand was also pointing at it at the same time.
He turned around and saw a couple. The wife patted her husband on the shoulder and said, "Let's have this, it looks delicious."
Qian Le was about to argue when he noticed that the woman was holding a bag of steaming sugar-roasted chestnuts in her arms.
The chestnut shells were golden and still emitting steam, which immediately made him change the subject and say:
"Forget it, I'll give you the largest Honey Flame Fruit. But...can you tell me where you bought this bag of sugar-roasted chestnuts in your hand?"
Tao Anhui was stunned for a moment, then she laughed: "This, my husband bought it for me just now, you have to ask him."
As she spoke, Tao Anhui turned to look at her husband Duan Tan.
Duan Tan pointed to a stall not far away: "Over there, the player wearing a gray cloak is selling it."
Qian Le thanked her quickly and was about to leave when he heard Tao Anhui calling him, "By the way, where did you buy the milk tea in your hand?"
Qian Le raised his milk tea cup and shook it, saying, "There's a stall selling bubble milk tea next to the fountain ice sculpture. If you want to buy some, you have to hurry. The milk tea is very popular and will be sold out quickly."
After buying the honey flame fruit, the three of them left. Qian Le ran excitedly to the stall selling sugar-roasted chestnuts. Thinking of the sweet and soft taste of chestnuts, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.
***
On the other side, Zhu Yuzheng and his friends were sitting around a wooden table.
There were several plates of snacks on the table - freshly baked sugar-roasted chestnuts, round glutinous rice balls and a bowl of candied orange peel.
Zhu Yu placed the charcoal stove in the middle of the table, spread the charcoal evenly, and after igniting it with fire, the flame began to jump slowly, emitting a warm glow.
Then Li Qinglan took out a small ceramic pot from his backpack, carefully placed it on the grill, and poured an appropriate amount of water into the pot.
After a while, the water in the pot gradually heated up and tiny bubbles appeared.
Seeing the water boiling, Zhu Yu picked up the tea spoon and gently put a handful of star grass into the pot. The leaves rolled in the hot water, emitting a refreshing fragrance.
Xue Wu picked out a few ingredients from the nine-grid food plate and placed them next to the teapot. While waiting for the ingredients on the grill to be cooked, she grabbed a handful of sugar-roasted chestnuts.
The chestnut shell cracks with a light pinch of the fingertips. When peeling the shell, you can still feel the slight heat remaining in the flesh, and your palms are immediately wrapped in warmth.
The chestnut flesh is golden and plump, exuding a sweet caramel aroma.
She put the peeled chestnut into her mouth. The soft and glutinous flesh melted in her mouth immediately. The sweet taste mixed with a hint of caramel lingered on the tip of her tongue, making her unable to resist eating another one.
While Xue Wu was peeling chestnuts and eating them, he watched Zhu Yu and Li Qinglan playing a simplified version of Gobang.
“This rice cake is cooked!”
Xue Wu turned her gaze from the chess game back to the grill. She carefully picked up a piece of golden rice cake with a pair of tongs, placed it on an insulated tray and handed it to Zhu Yu.
The edges were slightly crispy, giving off a faint rice aroma. Zhu Yu took a bite and found the outside to be crispy, while the inside was soft and chewy.
"Hiss! It's so hot!"
Zhu Yu ate too hastily and was accidentally scalded by the temperature of the rice cake. She opened her mouth and blew out air, frying the rice cake in her mouth.
"It would be nice if there were marshmallows, persimmons, longans, melon seeds, peanuts..."
Zhu Yu looked at the ingredients they had finally gathered together for making tea around the stove, and couldn't help but recall the various sumptuous ingredients he had prepared when camping in the winter.
"It's nice to have that, and some of the substitutes taste better than the originals."
As Li Qinglan spoke, he sprinkled a handful of plump red dates into the ceramic pot, and then picked up a few tangerines and placed them on the grill.
When the tangerines are roasted over charcoal fire, their peels turn slightly yellow, exuding a rich fruity aroma mixed with a hint of charcoal smoke, making people salivate.
Watching the tangerine peel become soft due to the high temperature, Li Qinglan picked up a roasted tangerine and peeled it. The hot steam mixed with the sweet fragrance hit her face, and the tangerine petals looked crystal clear, as alluring as amber.
She picked up a slice of orange and put it into her mouth. The warm juice instantly burst out on the tip of her tongue. It was sweet with a hint of sourness, and the taste was richer and mellower than usual.
The tea in the pottery kettle finally boiled completely. Zhu Yu lifted the pot with a handkerchief and carefully poured it into the teacup.
The tea soup is light golden in color, with the sweet fragrance of red dates and the slight sourness of starflower. The hot steam lingers above the teacup, making people feel warm just by smelling it.
Li Qinglan picked up a cup of freshly brewed tea and took a sip. The aroma and temperature of the hot tea brought a satisfied smile to her face: "This tea is really good. It warms the stomach."
Zhu Yu also picked up a cup of tea and turned his gaze not far away.
Tong Qiao and Lu Xiaochi were making a snowman nearby.
Lu Xiaochi was carefully pinching a nose for the snowman, while Tong Qiao was squatting beside him, patting the snowman's body to fix its shape.
After the snowman was built, she took out a red snow hat from behind and put it on the snowman.
"Zhu Yu! Let's play snowball fight!" A shout came from not far away.
Zhu Yu came to her senses and saw several friends having fun in another snowy area, waving at her.
She responded, put down the teacup, patted the charcoal powder on her hands, and walked quickly over to join the battle.
However, she soon fell into a disadvantage and was hit by snowballs several times. Her body and hair were covered with snow and she looked very miserable.
"Jing Miao! Chai Junliang! Come and help!"
Zhu Yu shouted and waved towards the hot pot restaurant, ready to call for help.
After a while, Jing Miao hurried over carrying Xiaoju, while Chai Junliang joined the battle carrying an iron bucket full of snowballs.
After the new forces joined, the battle immediately became more intense.
Snowballs flew in the air, laughter and screams rose one after another, attracting more and more players to watch and even join the battle.
It was not until it got dark that everyone stopped, reluctant to leave, brushed the snow off each other, and returned to the hot pot restaurant or igloo in groups of three or four.
******
Zhu Yu found a seat in the hot pot restaurant and sat down. The temperature outside was dropping continuously. Heavy snow had begun to rage in the distance, and a thin layer of frost had formed on the glass.
She opened the fortress's management panel and saw that in just three days, the number of players entering the fortress continued to increase.
As of this moment, the number of players in the fortress has reached 4,132.
The danger warning card allowed her to prepare early. Zhu Yu believed that the tragic scene of the last snowstorm would never be repeated this time.
The time has finally come.
A low roar suddenly came from a distance, like a sigh from the depths of the earth, and the entire air became stagnant in an instant.
The players gathered in front of the window and saw through the thin mist that the rolling snow-capped mountains were slowly collapsing. The huge white snow waves were like unbridled beasts, running down the hillside.
Wherever the avalanche went, it seemed to swallow up everything; mountains, forests, rocks, and even the snow dust in the air were all swept into the white torrent.
At closer places, strong winds mixed with snow powder swept in, and those areas that had not yet been evacuated were already covered with snow and completely disappeared.
Zhu Yu stood in front of the window of the hot pot restaurant, the warm light illuminated her figure, and System 996 floated above her shoulder.
The players standing behind her were also exceptionally quiet, and everyone watched quietly as the snow engulfed everything.
[Game announcement: Congratulations to all players for surviving for 30 days and successfully passing the "Extreme Cold Disaster" dungeon]
When the game announcement of the end of the copy was heard, the players reacted from the brief silence and burst into deafening cheers.
“Crack.”
The light ball of system 996 flickered, and the camera recorded this beautiful scene:
Zhu Yu, who was surrounded by friends and raised his glasses to celebrate, the players who were hugging each other in tears, the brightly lit and warm hotpot restaurant, and the overwhelming blizzard collapsing outside the window were all frozen at this moment.
At the same time, another mechanical voice sounded in Zhu Yu's mind.
[Congratulations to player Zhu Yu for completing the task of "ensuring a 30% player survival rate"]
[The game is loading...]
[The copy is being generated...]
[Data error! Data error! &&&? ? ###……]
[&&? ? ? You have been placed in a high temperature disaster instance! ]
[Instance Information: High Temperature Disaster]
Current progress: Day 45
Air temperature: 55°C
Number of players: 67,800/100,000
[Game rules: &? ? None &&? %]
[Generating your player identity: Summoner]
·Items obtained: "Fire Dragon Egg" * 1 (has been placed in your backpack, please hatch it as soon as possible!)
[Generating your NPC identity: Orchard Manager]
[The dungeon progress has been detected to be more than halfway through, and the "dungeon" has been unlocked]
NPC status has been updated: Dungeon Master (your dungeon has been put into your backpack, please use it properly!)
【Wish you a happy game! 】
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