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Day after day, the cold wind blew against the ribbons—or rather, icicles—that peeked through the window. With a lingering creaking sound, the icicles finally broke in half and fell high onto the ice.
From inside the window came the sound of a vivid lecture.
"This class is over. Thank you for choosing me. In the next class, we'll discuss how to grow seeds for some common vegetables. Before that, we need to do some preparatory work. Please take out the packages you received. Inside are seeds for Chinese cabbage, Chinese cabbage, and Chinese cabbage, as well as peat soil for seed cultivation. Please join me in moistening the soil until it forms a ball when you pinch it..."
The intermediate course finally started today, and correspondingly, the temperature finally dropped to an extremely low point - minus 200 degrees.
No one expected the temperature to drop to this level, even dozens of degrees lower than scientists predicted.
Such horrific temperatures could freeze a person to death in an instant. Even inside Noah's Ark, with its constant supply of warmth from energy and special equipment, everyone still felt the biting cold.
A group of people huddled together to listen to the class. At the front of them was the student who had paid the tuition.
He solemnly piled the soil in the middle, and after completing a series of steps, he carefully inserted the sesame-sized cabbage seeds into the soil.
"Please carefully observe the germination of your seeds over the next two days, record your results promptly and accurately, and send them to your instructor before the next class. Next class, we will focus on answering these questions and explain the breeding of common crops, including vegetables, rice, soybeans, and corn."
As the class came to an end, the sound of people talking gradually became heard among the crowd.
"Take some notes," one person said.
Another person replied with a "hmm," but with a worried look on their face. "The weather's getting colder, and a lot of people have died of illness these days. I don't think I'll be able to see this disaster through... I finally managed to get the intermediate course, but what's the point..."
"Don't say such discouraging words!" The man patted his shoulder hard, but he couldn't stop worrying in his heart.
The weather was incredibly cold, almost unheard of. The cold could make people who already had trouble eating more susceptible to illness. Yesterday, several of their roommates fell ill, and they even received warnings from the system.
But this is not the scariest thing.
Even more frightening was the skyrocketing medical costs caused by the disaster. Not to mention Taoduoduo, even inside Noah's Ark, the price of registering and getting medicine had tripled. For those who couldn't find work, it was simply unaffordable.
This means that either the disaster ends first or they end first, there is no middle ground.
"Three days of extreme low temperatures. If you can survive, you win." This man seemed to be making a death oath, although he knew in his heart that it would be too difficult to survive.
He was in his fifties, and his physical abilities were far inferior to those of younger people. If anyone was to die of the cold, he would be the first to suffer.
"A territory has just been destroyed." A message came from the system.
The two were silent for a moment, and finally one of them took the notes while the other cleared the table: "Let's go, it's time to get our meal."
After receiving their meal, they returned to their quarters. The narrow corridor was lined with doors on both sides, and in each room, at least four or five people lay in bed. A faint stench filled the air, and whimpers and groans echoed through the corridor. It felt like hell.
It turned out that so many people fell down in one morning without realizing it.
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It was at night that Knox received Skye and the others' distress message. He went to the satellite station to check and found that the ground temperature had dropped to an alarming level. Without external assistance, they would definitely not survive this disaster.
He immediately found Ye Miaomiao, but he didn't talk about this matter, but: "Noah's Ark is actually all SSR cards, its function..."
However, this shocking thing did not make Ye Miaomiao raise an eyebrow.
"I know," she said, as Knox's expression grew increasingly shocked. "Noah's Ark is such an obvious name, of course I knew it was this SSR."
[Noah's Ark SSR: A dedicated shelter. As long as you ensure your shelter's supplies are slightly higher each day than the previous day, all output from your shelter will be multiplied by 1.5. You will have exclusive access and can exchange supplies for anything, including technology.]
Knox gave a wry smile. "This secret was kept secret by Chief Tolonin, and I only learned of it by chance. I didn't expect you to know about it long ago. It seems you have plans for this SSR." With his years of political experience, he even imagined the deeper meaning behind Ye Miaomiao's decision to recruit him. However, Knox didn't care about her possible ulterior motives; he was more concerned with whether Ye Miaomiao could achieve her goal.
Unexpectedly, Ye Miaomiao shook her head: "It's a pity that it's already bound."
If it's not bound, she is indeed interested.
"Now we are..." Knox was brewing some constructive suggestions. When he heard Ye Miaomiao's words, he didn't react. He was speechless for a while, then took a deep breath in shock, "Bind it?"
"Yes," Ye Miaomiao nodded with regret, "Even Chief Tolonin can't build another Noah's Ark now."
Knox suddenly choked: "..." As a person who has never pulled out a miracle with a single draw, it seems that he is just fooling around by thinking about it over and over again.
As if remembering something, Knox sighed, "If I had known this would happen, I would have taken them with me."
Ye Miaomiao became interested and asked curiously, "What do you mean by going together?"
Knox then explained the whole story, and Ye Miaomiao nodded repeatedly: "Why not bring them along? Lichun Star is so short of people."
Ever since Hu Sanhan proposed building Lichun Planet, Ye Miaomiao had decided to completely transform it. However, Lichun Planet was ten times the size of their own planet, and the renovation effort was enormous. With only six hundred people, it was impossible to manage them all. Besides, now that they had land and hydroponic greenhouses, they could still support so many people, even if they were hungry.
"Blame me," Knox sighed. These people had stayed at Noah's Ark because of him, and hadn't signed up to go explore the wasteland. He should have made it clear earlier, or taken them with him when Ye Miaomiao came to pick him up. Unfortunately, the situation wasn't clear at the time, and Knox didn't make any further fuss.
It was difficult to pick anyone up now. The temperature had plummeted, and humans simply couldn't withstand such extreme low temperatures. Even ordinary spacecraft couldn't reach them. The specially designed energy-stone spacecraft were all undergoing repairs and overhauls due to their upcoming expedition against the Maoxing Locusts.
"I don't know what they're going to do with this temperature." Having worked his way up from a territory lord to now with barely a penny in his pocket, Knox sighed. "Lord, can I get a year's salary in advance? I want to exchange all these points for winter supplies and donate them."
"Don't worry, Mr. Nuo," Ye Miaomiao stopped him and said confidently, "I have a way."
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More intermediate courses were soon posted on the official website of Ele.Ele.
However, this time, most of the classes are about cold prevention.
The cooking class's winter warm food class comes with a large number of dumplings and mutton offal as teaching aids; the medical class's cold disease prevention class will receive thermometers and common cold antiviral medicines when you sign up; the sewing class's winter clothing textile class comes with warming fabrics and filling cotton... The main idea is to teach people how to fish and give them more fish at the same time.
Ye Miaomiao deliberately put in some advertisements for Lichunxing at the end of the course. No matter whether it was useful or not, she was used to it.
Classes started on the same day and supplies were received on the same day, so the number of people signing up increased dramatically in a short period of time.
Noah's Ark.
Those who had been funded by Knox formed a small group. Because of Knox, most of them had decent jobs and had stored a lot of useful supplies in their dormitory.
At this point, they unanimously decided to take out the supplies to support the rest of the people.
Li Jicheng was one of those who fell ill.
He was in his fifties and in poor health. In a trance, in extreme pain, and about to leave this world, some warm, bitter liquid flowed down his throat.
After drinking the familiar-tasting liquid, Li Jicheng fell into a coma.
In his sleep, he felt uncomfortable all over and heard a particularly loud noise in his ears. But for some reason, Li Jianli did not dislike the noise.
Having lived through disaster for so long, he'd always heard low, groaning voices and the sobbing of departing friends and family—a cacophony of sounds that wasn't loud, but deeply unpleasant. Now, the cacophony in his ears was unusually high, overflowing with vibrant hope. Even an old man, near death, like him, was suddenly imbued with the power of life.
Faintly, Li Jicheng heard someone shouting, "Doctor, doctor! There are patients here!" He vaguely felt that he might have arrived in heaven. After all, with the high price of doctors, how could they appear here?
After a while, Li Jicheng finally woke up.
When he woke up, he saw several people sitting on another bed, watching online classes while clumsily learning to fill their pants with cotton. Two pieces of clothing were already made next to them, and they looked a bit crude.
Several people are concentrating on making soup by the stove. They strictly control the heat, constantly add water, and skim off the foam to maximize the quality of the mutton soup, so that it can better heat up and supplement nutrition.
Of course, the most conspicuous person is the doctor.
Several people surrounded the doctor, coming and going in a noisy atmosphere. Sometimes they would touch the patient's forehead and prescribe a few medicines, sometimes they would take the patient's temperature, breathe a sigh of relief, and tuck the quilt under him.
Is this a dream?
Li Jicheng was in a trance and recognized the faces of those people.
They are all acquaintances.
The tailor was on the bunk above him, the chef was on the bed next to him, and the doctor was even his close friend. Li Jianli propped himself up and sat up, but someone quickly ran over and pushed him down: "You haven't recovered yet, lie down for a while."
"Oh..." Li Jicheng saw a pair of familiar hands, and agreed in a daze, feeling particularly relieved, "You guys..." He wanted to ask what the situation was.
The man smiled and said, "Yes, we are here, you can lie down without worry."
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"Is the situation stable now?" asked the leader of Skye's small team.
"Much better!" The others couldn't contain their joy. "We really haven't had any injuries!"
"Okay!" The boss looked at the tearful crowd, with only one thought in his mind -
They all survived.
They were originally isolated and helpless, but with the help of the hungry, they became their own tailors, doctors, and cooks. If they needed anything, they did not ask for help from others, but only helped each other and watched over each other in disasters.
That's why they all survived - they chose to stick together and resist the disaster in a desperate attempt.
"Come on, survive this disaster, and let's go to the Beginning of Spring together," the eldest brother clenched his fists and raised his arms, shouting, "Dawn is just around the corner."
"Dawn is just around the corner!"
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However, this dawn was a little gloomy for Ye Miaomiao.
The advertisement for Hungry Hungry's stinky food had just taken off on the planet Xiangzhi, with a large number of tourist visas piled up at the tourist center. Suddenly, a disaster swept across the interstellar space, and all the tourist visas were revoked. Even the people of Xiangzhi who were already traveling on Hungry Hungry had to pack up their things and rush back overnight.
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