Wang Yan's group's snow house is almost finished. It's taller than head height, and they have to stand on tiptoe to continue adding snow bricks.
Without stools or ladders, lifting snow bricks one by one was exhausting.
Wang Yan shook his aching arms: "Xiao Ye, take a break."
He looked around but didn't see Pan Sheng: "Is Pan Sheng sick? He's gone to take a dump and hasn't come back. He must have gone off somewhere to slack off."
Su Ye rubbed her hands together: "There might be some unexpected situation? I'll go with you to find him."
"No need, you're just a young girl, I'll go with Lao Qin."
Wang Yan handed Su Ye to Du Zhen: "Sister Zhen, I'm going to find Pan Sheng. That kid said he was going to the restroom, but he ended up being gone for half an hour."
Wang Yan invited Lao Qin to go with him.
Du Zhen felt uneasy. She had told Pan Sheng not to go and seal the roof of the snow house. Would he be courting death?
Du Zhen looked at the unfinished snow house left behind by the dwarf.
The sight that came into view made her pupils shrink.
there is none left.
There are no snow houses without roofs.
The snow house has been sealed off.
Pan Sheng has disappeared.
Du Zhen suddenly remembered what the little dwarf had said: "When we were about to go back at dawn, one person was missing. We didn't know where he went, or even when he disappeared."
Pan Sheng!
The situation is exactly the same as Pan Sheng's.
A terrifying thought flashed through Du Zhen's mind.
She ran quickly to the nearest snow house that had already been topped off, and walked around it.
This snow house has no doorway.
That snow house also had no doorway.
People outside can't get in, and people inside can't get out.
Du Zhen finally found a snow house with a doorway, but the edges of the doorway were extremely irregular, clearly indicating that it had been violently smashed open.
She quietly opened the doorway a crack.
Inside the snow hut sat two little snow apes with their backs to her, and on the ground lay a piece of torn meat.
The little snow ape-man felt the cold wind blowing from the doorway, turned around and smiled at Du Zhen.
It was holding a leg covered in teeth marks in its arms, and the white fur around its mouth was a dark red.
Du Zhen ran like a madman to the snow house that the little dwarf had built.
Su Ye followed her, puzzled: "Sister Zhen, what's wrong? Did you find something?"
The snow apes danced and sang around the fire, making a lot of noise.
Du Zhen could not hear any other sounds.
She dared not press her ear against the snow house, afraid that her ear would freeze and that she would hear sounds that shouldn't be there.
Wang Yan came over cursing, "That brat Pan Sheng, I wonder where he's gone."
Du Zhen pointed to the snow house: "Press it up there and listen."
Wang Yan possesses fire-based abilities and cannot be frozen.
He did as instructed and pressed his ear against the snow house.
"Is anyone there? Let me out!"
"Sister Zhen! Brother Yan! Xiao Ye! Lao Qin! Chu Yuxun!"
"Is anyone there? Is anyone there! Sister Zhen! Sister Zhen..."
...
Wang Yan shuddered and pointed incredulously at the snow house: "Pan Sheng... is Pan Sheng inside?"
Du Zhen's face darkened: "Smash it!"
Wang Yan took the stone shovel and shoveled at the snow house with all his might.
As soon as he started shoveling, the surrounding snow apes swarmed around him. One of the snow apes casually shoved Wang Yan, sending him sprawling several meters to the ground.
One, two... dozens of snow apes howled, pounding their chests, exuding murderous intent.
Let alone dozens of snow apes, even just one or two would be a great challenge to deal with.
Pan Sheng is beyond saving.
Seeing the unusual situation, Xia Chuhe didn't join in and risk getting himself killed.
She looked at the figures of Du Zhen and the other three; one person was missing.
Watching the snow ape-man's movements.
Xia Chuhe suddenly recalled a line from a documentary: "Igloos are unique structures built by the Inuit people living in the Arctic region. They are made of snow bricks of various sizes and usually store a considerable amount of daily food..."
food.
The snow apes even eat their own kind, so no matter how wide their diet is, Xia Chuhe wouldn't find it outrageous.
Xia Chuhe gathered his fur and pressed his hands against the goosebumps on his forearms.
Strangely, she didn't seem to be greatly affected. It was as if she had always been a wasteland dweller accustomed to life and death and the uncertainty of daily life.
The relentless brick-making machine finally stopped working, and Lu Danggui suddenly realized: "Ah, no wonder you wouldn't let me pass, you knew all along."
Xia Chuhe: ...
Don't talk nonsense, I don't know. I'm just lazy, and I dragged you along to slack off too.
Du Zhen gritted his teeth. Pan Sheng was courting death; good words were useless against a suicidal ghost.
She couldn't let Wang Yan, Su Ye, and Lao Qin be buried with her.
Du Zhen: "Go back and build a snow house."
The four of them went back to work in silence. Wang Yan activated his supernatural ability and melted the snow bricks he had piled up one by one with fire.
That night, they received only a small amount of dried meat.
On the way back, Wang Yan was filled with grief: "My livelihood is all with Pan Sheng, and Pan Sheng is also the one who got all the profits these past few days."
Du Zhen: ...
I forgot about that.
Du Zhen glanced at Xia Chuhe, who had a large ladle.
Xia Chuhe caught Du Zhen's gaze.
The opportunity has come; we must find a way to get Lu Danggui into their team.
Back in the snow hut, they waited for Du Zhen and the others to go inside.
Wang Yan developed PTSD from the snow house incident and, relying on his fire-based abilities, refused to enter it no matter what.
Du Zhen had no choice but to go in with the other two.
To be honest, they did feel more at ease with Wang Yan watching over them from outside. They were genuinely afraid that they would fall asleep and be buried in the snow in the house.
Xia Chuhe didn't hide anything from Wang Yan. He took out a stone mold that he had hidden in his space and instructed Lu Dangui to scrub the mold inside and out with snow.
Wash it clean, stuff it full of snow, pick up the snow house, and boil water.
Lu Danggui did all the work; Xia Chuhe only provided a mold.
This is not because Xia Chuhe wants to shirk his responsibilities.
After working three nights, Xia Chuhe realized that Lu Dangui was much stronger than her; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to pack the snow so firmly.
Xia Chuhe could barely lift the stone mold; she wasn't capable of steadily carrying a stone full of snow into the house.
The people inside the house saw the stone mold and remained silent.
I've lost a teammate, and I really don't want to see this thing again.
Unfortunately, their current tools are rudimentary, and apart from stone molds, they can't find a better container for boiling water in the short term.
Du Zhen guessed: "You have spatial abilities?"
Xia Chuhe nodded: "I'm from the Space Department, and she is..."
Xia Chuhe looked at Lu Dangui, wondering if he could say that purifying pollution sounded pretty impressive.
Lu Dangui: "I'll assist."
Xia Chuhe: ...
Du Zhen subtly nudged Su Ye with a pestle.
Su Ye immediately understood: "I'm also a support character. I have buff abilities that can make others stronger."
For example, it could make Wang Yan's fire even stronger, or make Lao Qin's treatment more effective. She didn't explain these more detailed abilities.
At this point, both sides have laid their cards on the table, and there is no longer any need for them to be wary of each other.
After resting together, Xia Chuhe took the fishing nets and they all went fishing.
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