Qi Mi looked at the foreign woman in front of him and put down his hand.
The woman also breathed a sigh of relief and put the big knife in her hand back into the scabbard on her back.
After a brief understanding, she learned that the woman's name was Eva, and she was a player who had just arrived in this polar night apocalypse. While searching for food in the city, she saw the fire and came over to take a look.
"Oh my god, why is it so cold here? It was so hot in the last apocalypse, and it's so cold this time." Eva rubbed her arms with goose bumps. She must be really cold. Her teeth were chattering when she spoke.
She stared at the crackling fire inside the house and asked tentatively, "Pretty girl, can you let me in to warm up?"
Qi Mi stared at her for two seconds and said, "Just show me your doomsday data card."
She had come here for no apparent reason, and without a system connection, she had no information about the apocalypse. Now a serious player had arrived, and she couldn't miss any information about how to clear the game.
When Eva heard this, she nodded vigorously and said gratefully, "No problem!" Then she fiddled with the phone screen with trembling hands.
"Let's go inside and do it." Qi Mi stepped aside, supported himself on the windowsill and jumped into the room.
Eva nodded, walked to the window and took off the big knife on her back.
Qi Mi glanced at it.
The knife must be very heavy, as it made a thud when it hit the wall.
She is a nimble doomsday player, and the weapons she chooses are all light and convenient. She has only seen heavy and large weapons like this on tanky players.
And Eva was able to lift the big knife with one hand just now, so she is undoubtedly a tank.
This type of player usually uses large weapons to attract enemy firepower, and the skills they develop are all for strengthening their bodies, which are basically some iron-clad skills.
So every advantage has its disadvantages. Their movements are generally not very fast. Just now, Qi Mi jumped into the room with a push of his hands, while Eva had to take one leg first and then the other. Her movements were not slow, but they were definitely not light.
After Eva sat down trembling, Qi Mi handed her a thin blanket.
"Thank you." Eva forced a smile on her frozen face, found the doomsday data card in her phone, and handed it to her.
[Dear player Eva, welcome.
End of the World Name: Midnight*Advanced
Type: Combination
Brief description: This is a world where the sun has not risen for 252 days, and all species are facing advancement and elimination.
Danger Index: Three and a half stars (??)
Clearance conditions: Get a pass and go to the next apocalypse]
It turned out to be the end of the world...
Qi Mi's expression was solemn.
The combined apocalypse refers to the existence of two or even multiple apocalypses in the same dimension.
The two apocalypses are closely adjacent to each other. For example, next to this polar night apocalypse, there is very likely to be an apocalypse of scorching sun. Existence is reasonable, and it is possible to have one foot in the polar night apocalypse and the other foot in the scorching world.
In order to clear all the apocalypses, you must find the rules for clearing them. Otherwise, it will be useless even if you clear all the apocalypses.
The price of failure can be as little as starting over from the beginning or as serious as death.
Thinking of what Eva had just said, Qi Mi looked up quickly: "You said the last apocalypse was very hot? Was it also a combined apocalypse?"
"Yeah, I just came here after clearing the last apocalypse." Eva wrapped herself tightly in the blanket. In just a short while, she had thrown a lot of tissues into the trash can.
Qi Mi returned the phone: "Then you should know how to solve this combination, right?"
"Of course! Of course I know!" Eva told her without hesitation after receiving such timely help from Qi Mi. Afraid that Qi Mi wouldn't understand, she even pulled out a broken chair leg and drew a nine-square grid on the ground.
"This time, the combination features nine different apocalypse types. I met a player who was about to clear the previous apocalypse. He said all I had to do was choose three of these nine. I was here—here—" Eva paused, circled the leftmost middle square in the nine-square grid, and continued, "In the Extreme Flame Apocalypse, the sun hasn't set for over two hundred days. The glass in the tall buildings has melted into water, and the walls turn to loose sand at the slightest touch. I was able to find the pass to clear the level only by finding an oasis in the desert."
Qi Mi sneered.
It seems that the sun here has risen in the apocalypse next door?
She picked up her tools and continued crafting weapons while chatting with Eva. "So after you cleared the level, did you choose to come here on your own, or was the next location randomly drawn?"
Eva: "It's both autonomous and random, because I have no idea what the end of the world will look like. I can only choose up, down, left... Sorry, not left, right."
"So what did you choose?"
"Up." Eva said, moving the wooden table leg and pointing to the upper left square of the nine-square grid.
Qi Mi's eyes fell on the place she pointed.
This polar night apocalypse is in the upper left corner of the nine-square grid. If what Eva said is true, then there will be three paths to choose from... Tsk, I originally thought that I could take the children back after this apocalypse is over, but how come I encountered the combined apocalypse?
I don’t know if these little guys can survive three apocalypses.
The more Qi Mi thought about it, the uglier his expression became. He fiddled with the scimitar in his hand without saying a word, which made Eva next to him a little scared.
"Pretty girl? You don't seem to have told me your name yet..." Eva broke the silence and put on a harmless and kind smile.
Qi Mi paused and replied, "Qi Mi."
"Wow, that's a great name." Eva smiled again.
Qi Mi curled his lips and said nothing.
The two fell silent, and the room returned to silence.
Eva looked around and couldn't stand the awkward atmosphere any longer. She took the initiative to break it up: "My, it looks like you're also a Doomsday player, but don't you have a data card?"
"No, I was dragged here inexplicably and didn't sign up at all." Qi Mi squatted down, picked up the welding pen, and fixed the handle of the machete to one end of the iron chain.
Eva said "oh" and squatted down out of curiosity: "What are you doing?"
"Making weapons."
Eva said "oh" meaningfully.
In the apocalypse, there are many players, and most of them just use local materials, picking up a few knives and sticks that are handy. In some apocalypse, if you are lucky, you can encounter one or two blacksmiths, which is how Eva got her big knife. As long as you pay, you can get your own exclusive weapon.
This was the first time she had seen someone like Qi Mi make something by himself using a bunch of scrap metal.
I can't help but become more curious about Qi's fans.
Eva didn't sleep at all in the first half of the night, partly because she was too excited about coming to the new apocalypse, and partly because she was too fascinated by watching Qi fans making weapons. Before she knew it, it was already one o'clock in the morning.
Just as she was about to go to sleep, the door creaked open. A cute girl with a bun hairstyle stood at the door, looking panicked.
Eva blinked, and Zheng Yuanyuan also blinked, both looking confused.
Before the two could ask, Qi Mi took the lead in introducing them to each other: "This is Eva, an experienced doomsday player. Eva, and that's my companion Zheng Yuanyuan."
Eva nodded and smiled: "Hello."
Zheng Yuanyuan also smiled and said, "Hello."
After a few seconds of reaction, Zheng Yuanyuan finally remembered the important matter and looked at Qi Mi: "Teacher Qi, I feel that Di Yuntong's head is a little hot, as if he has a fever."
"ah?"
Qi Mi was startled and immediately put down what he was holding and ran over.
The temperature difference in the apocalypse was so great that children with weak immune systems were prone to illness. When she opened the door and walked in, Du Rui was sitting next to Di Yuntong, patting him gently.
Di Yuntong seemed to be in great pain. He frowned slightly, snorted, and pouted his lips as if he wanted to cry.
Qi Mi disinfected it with alcohol and touched his forehead: "It seems that he really has a fever... It's okay, I found some medicine, give him some fever-reducing medicine first."
Zheng Yuanyuan nodded and immediately went to look through the medicine box.
Du Rui stood up and looked up casually. Seeing Eva huddled at the door of the classroom, his expression suddenly changed: "Why is there a foreigner here?"
Qi Mi glanced back at the door and said, "It's okay. He's a very experienced doomsday player who came here to keep warm."
Du Rui seemed to be thinking about something, and nodded towards Eva as a friendly gesture.
Eva also smiled at him, but refused to come in. The 1.70-meter-tall girl huddled at the door like a shrimp.
By the time he'd fed Di Yuntong his medicine and coaxed him into a deep sleep, it was already nearly two in the morning. Qi Mi yawned and closed the door. As soon as he came out, Eva grabbed him and dragged him into the Yaya class.
"My, how can there be so many children?!" Eva's expression was shocked, her eyes wide open, as if she had seen something incredible.
Qi Mi shrugged: "No way, we came here together."
"Oh my god! OMG! Oh my god!" Eva exclaimed three times in a row, showing her complete shock. "So many children in the apocalypse, it's truly terrifying!"
Qi Fan looked at her exaggerated expression and found it funny: "Are you lamenting the horror of the end of the world, or are you a child?"
"Of course it's the children!" Eva exclaimed. "They cry and scream so much, and I can just imagine them pulling my hair and laughing!"
"Don't worry, the kids in our Douding class are very well behaved." Qi Mi smiled and sat back in his chair.
Eva hesitated for a moment, then sat down next to Qi Mi and asked seriously, "Mi, are you sure you want to take care of these children? You should know that this is the end of the world. If you were alone, I believe you could easily get through it. Why would you... I mean, even if those children died, it's normal."
Qi Mi paused, his eyes suddenly became sharp, and he said coldly: "If I am still alive and they are dead, that is not normal."
Eva was stunned. Seeing Qi Mi's beautiful face flickering in the dying firelight, she felt a little chill.
"Don't worry, I don't mean to drag you to live with me. If you feel warm, you can leave at any time. I'll give you the blanket." Qi Mi ordered her to leave in a cold voice. She was completely different from the one who was feeding the child medicine in a gentle voice just now.
Holding the weapon she was still sharpening in one hand, she turned around, grabbed a few pieces of wood and dry grass, and threw them into the fire.
Soon, the dying flames lit up brightly again.
Eva hesitated to speak, and after careful consideration, she stood up wrapped in a thin blanket. "Mi, you've violated the biggest taboo of apocalyptic players... Although I do want to partner with you, I'm sorry."
Qi Fan: "..."
Qi Mi lowered his eyes and said nothing.
Eva picked up the big knife leaning against the wall, opened the window and threw it out. After clumsily climbing out, she closed the window from the outside: "If you regret it, you can come to me again. I am still willing to live with you alone."
After saying that, she stood there for a few seconds, and when she saw that she got no reply, she left.
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