As they tucked their hands inside their cotton-padded coats to try and warm themselves up, they fantasized about having a full meal and shelter from the wind and rain once they went inside, even though the temperature had already dropped to minus twenty or thirty degrees Celsius.
"I heard that the temperature inside the territory stays below minus ten degrees Celsius for 24 hours a day? Is that really true?"
Because his son worked on the property and slept in a dormitory, Tiger's father knew this better than others.
“My son works there. It’s true. It used to be below -5 degrees Celsius, but now the weather is getting colder every day, and the heat crystals are also limited, so the temperature inside the territory has dropped to below -10 degrees Celsius. It’s even warmer indoors. But as the outside temperature gets lower and lower, I estimate that the temperature inside the territory will not be able to be controlled below -10 degrees Celsius. It will probably be around -10 or -20 degrees Celsius.”
Tiger saw all this information from the notices. The temperature of the territory is being monitored every day. Since winter arrived, Qin Yiyi has been using heat crystals to maintain the living space for poultry and people. The remaining vegetables and grains have not been planted after the last harvest. It's too cold to use heat crystals to raise the temperature for planting.
Therefore, the heat crystals now only maintain the temperature of one-third of the territory, concentrating everyone in this one-third of the land, and the other is the construction of the underground city.
"Tiger's dad, what else did your son tell you? Can you tell us again? What's inside like?"
"Yes, we can accept minus twenty degrees Celsius. At first, they were talking about minus sixty degrees Celsius this winter, and not long ago they were talking about minus sixty-five degrees Celsius."
"How could humans survive in such an environment? Luckily, we are beastmen! But even evolved beastmen can't withstand it!" If it were minus 100 degrees Celsius, even polar bears would cry out in distress.
"Stop talking, look, the door's open!"
Around 10 a.m., people from the territory brought over three large buckets of hot water.
"Did everyone bring their cups? One 300ml cup of water per person!"
Everyone in line took out their cups from their luggage.
The fox who distributed the water had already anticipated that some people had large cups and others had small cups, so he simply kept the measuring cup in his own hand, ensuring that everyone received 300 milliliters of water to avoid disputes.
Then another fox came out carrying a heat crystal.
"We need to pre-bury a heat crystal outside, but it's just scraps and scraps, so the range and time it can maintain are not large. Therefore, you'd better not go out of the circle casually. After pre-burying it, the temperature outside will at least not be as cold as it is now!"
It's currently -30 degrees Celsius outside. If we embed a heat-generating crystal, the temperature will be around -10 degrees Celsius or slightly above 10 degrees Celsius.
The fox pouring water looked at the woman holding the kettle, who was leading a child who looked about four or five years old.
"Children can also get a share of water. We calculate it per person. I'll give you another cup of water, just wait!"
Then the fox looked at the strong men around him and said, "If any family has children, let them show their faces. Children count as part of the head count."
He then raised his voice and said, "We've told you no cutting in line, no horseplay, no trouble. If anyone breaks the rules, we'll have security escort them out immediately, and they'll never come to our territory again!"
The fox's words put the restless people to rest. In such an environment, even a sip of water or a bite of food could be the start of a conflict. But when the people around looked at the four guards with guns, everyone fell silent, and the scene became eerily quiet and harmonious.
"Pull your feet in. You either leave your bag outside or stay outside—it's your choice!" Another fox was examining the pre-buried locations with gravel. This was very important. A good location could provide seventy or eighty square meters for these people to stand in, but a bad location would only provide fifty or sixty square meters, leaving no room for later arrivals.
"Except for people, take out all other unimportant luggage and don't stand in the inside!" After the fox walked around and found that the woman with the child and a few elderly people had gone inside, he began to pre-bury the heat crystals.
The lord tossed them a small box of broken heat crystals; one a day would last them quite a while.
Around noon, Tiger took advantage of his one-hour break to prepare two meat pies and a bowl of porridge and brought them to the door.
"It's still warm, let's share it!"
Tiger's father glanced at Tiger.
"Then what will you eat!"
"Don't worry, I got selected for the construction team this time, and they've provided lunch for me—two big steamed buns and a bowl of bone broth! If it weren't for the rule against taking food away, I would have given it to you!"
Suddenly, a man with a scar on his face came over from the side, looking very fierce.
Tiger was startled, but his father grabbed his hand.
"This is the lord's territory. The lord hates violence the most. I think this person just has something to ask me and won't do anything reckless!"
The menacing scarred man nodded and pointed to the man on the other side, saying, "Our boss wants to see you."
"Nothing much, just wanted to ask about the territory." With that, he tossed a gold coin to Tiger.
Tiger is short of money, and he's from the territory, plus he has three family members outside, but...
"Let me make this clear first: there are some things I can talk about in the territory, but there are some things I can't say. Compared to this one gold coin, I'd rather take my family to the territory for the winter!"
That family has four lives; how could they possibly be bought off with a single gold coin? He knows that greed for small gains leads to great losses!
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