On the 13th day, there was heavy snow outside. Inside, two people were roasting by the campfire and drinking hot water. The atmosphere was harmonious and peaceful.
Su Han even felt that if he had some hotpot, it would be no different from celebrating the festival at home.
Just then, someone knocked hard on the door and shouted, "It's me, the landlord! Open the door."
Zhong Rui opened the door a crack and asked, "What's the matter?"
Cai Sheng was wrapped in a coral fleece blanket, his eyelashes were covered with white frost, his teeth were chattering, and he said pitifully, "This damn weather is too cold! I know there is a bonfire in the house, can you let me in to rest?"
"It's not convenient." Zhong Rui refused coldly. There were only two people in the room, so he could rest assured. If Cai Sheng came, who knew if he would stab him in the back?
The so-called survival game is about everyone finding their own way to survive. You can't be too kind, especially since Cai Sheng has a dark history of bringing robbers to his house.
After saying this, Zhong Rui planned to close the door and say goodbye to the guests.
Cai Sheng hurriedly pushed against the door and said very quickly, "It's not for free, I paid for it! I'm very rich!"
Zhong Rui's expression changed. In order to be fully prepared, he had almost spent all the cash he had prepared. If there was a way to obtain gold jewelry, it would be easier to enter the next instance.
"What's the price?" He began to ask the price through the door.
Cai Sheng had a bitter face and was very depressed. This was his house, but now he could not collect rent and had to pay extra money to move in. It was a tragedy.
But he didn't dare to say anything. He couldn't beat the four robbers, and the four robbers couldn't beat the two people in the house, so he didn't dare to conflict with the tenants.
Cai Sheng thought about it and asked tentatively, "200 bels a day?"
"Goodbye." Zhong Rui was speechless and wanted to close the door immediately.
"Wait, wait!" The cold wind mixed with ice and snow blew into the corridor from outside the house. Cai Sheng shivered all over and suddenly woke up. He quickly changed his words, "I was wrong. I said two gold pieces a day."
Afraid that the other party would close the door, Cai Sheng quickly reached into his pocket.
Zhong Rui was slightly startled. The other party was holding two small square gold bars, each weighing 5g, and they looked very good.
His expression relaxed and he ordered, "Wait a moment," before going inside to discuss things with his friends.
Cai Sheng waited anxiously.
After a moment, Zhong Rui opened the door and said, "Come in."
Cai Sheng was overjoyed and followed him in. As soon as he entered the room, he felt the obvious difference in temperature between indoors and outdoors. The cold wind outside was biting, and the cold air went straight into his bones. The heat inside the house was rolling, which dispelled a lot of the coldness in his body.
Cai Sheng felt that the money was not wasted.
"It's too cold outside." He found a corner to sit down and began to complain. "Every breath I exhaled froze immediately. My skin was exposed to the air and I got frostbitten in a short while. I've lived on the island for several years and have never encountered such weather. It's simply hell!"
Su Han casually said, "Hold on." Although there would definitely not be many people who could hold on until the 20th day.
Cai Sheng kept shaking his head, feeling that the future was very bleak and he didn't know when he would be unable to hold on.
However, looking at the mountains of snacks, charcoal, and cold-weather supplies in the house, he felt inexplicably at ease.
**
At 9 o'clock the next day, the system's mechanical voice announced, "Day 14, hail fell today, the lowest temperature was minus 30 degrees Celsius, the weak are prone to frostbite. (People with physical strength > 80 will be immune)"
As soon as he finished speaking, hailstones the size of children's fists fell.
A trace of shock flashed across Cai Sheng's eyes. He couldn't help but mutter, "Should I use the ice knife next?"
"Who knows." Zhong Rui shrugged.
At this moment, a voice shouted faintly from downstairs, "Is anyone there? Is the innkeeper here?"
"Someone is calling you downstairs." Su Han reminded.
Cai Sheng shook his head desperately, "You'll freeze to death if you go out now! You can stay in any empty house you want. The owner is very busy anyway and has no time to collect money."
Su Han was speechless.
After a while, there was no more sound downstairs. I didn't know if the person had left or had found a place to stay.
Su Han looked towards the window, but found that everything he could see was silver-white, and there was no one on the street.
She wondered, was it because it was too cold and no one went out, or were those who had to go out already turned into white light and were eliminated?
Shaking her head, she stopped thinking about it and sat quietly in the chair, patiently waiting for the cold wave to end.
For players who have made sufficient preparations in advance, the cold wave is not difficult to endure. Just stay in the room and do nothing, and you can get through it safely. But for those who are completely unprepared, the cold wave is extremely lethal and difficult to resist.
Fortunately, Su Han and Zhong Rui belong to the former.
At 9 a.m. the next day, the system's mechanical voice announced, "On the 15th day, the cold wave ended and the temperature gradually rose."
Su Han waited for the next step, but found that the system's mechanical sound stopped. She was stunned for a moment. Is there no debuff? But the next second, she realized. If the physical value is not enough, frostbite will occur. If there is no corresponding drug treatment, then the negative state will always follow the player, which is equivalent to a continuous debuff.
The temperature outside the window rose to 10 degrees. Although it was not as warm as spring, it was at least much better than the previous few days.
Cai Sheng let out a long breath, a look of relief on his face. He stood up and said politely, "The weather has warmed up, and I should go back to my room. Thank you for taking me in for the past two days."
"It's my duty." Zhong Rui said calmly.
After thanking him, Cai Sheng left the room.
Zhong Rui put out the bonfire and turned to ask, "What about you?"
"I'm going back to my room. Contact me if you need anything." Su Han waved her hand, took her belongings and left. She had been staying in the same room with two men for the past few days, and she couldn't get a good rest. Now that she had a rare day of free time, she couldn't wait to go back to her room to catch up on some sleep.
When he was the only one left, Zhong Rui locked the doors and windows, then fell asleep. Because Cai Sheng was there, he never let down his guard from beginning to end.
**
Su Han slept for a whole day and night until he was woken up by the system's mechanical sound the next day. "On the 16th day, a storm hit. The weather was abnormal, the temperature suddenly rose to 30 degrees, and the number of mosquitoes increased dramatically."
Su Han cleared out a storage box and put his down jacket, quilt, blanket, etc. into it. Only then did he feel like thinking about the next problem.
"A background of a midsummer storm?" She rested her chin on her hand and pondered. "Mosquito bites can cause negative effects, rising temperatures can cause water shortages, and as for the storm..."
Su Han was silent. Although she didn't want to say anything bad, she felt that with the shamelessness of the system, it would probably turn into a flood, and everyone would be floundering in the water.
Thinking of this, she could no longer stay in the house peacefully, but quickly got up and planned to go out for a walk to see if she could get a rubber boat.
Outside the house, there was a thick layer of snow, which was melting rapidly.
Su Han walked out along the street step by step, looking around at the market, stalls, and shops. However, the street was extremely quiet, empty everywhere, as if no one lived there.
All the shops along the street were closed. She wandered around for a long time but didn't see a market.
Even if you listen carefully, you can't hear any bargaining or hawking from the stall owners around.
Su Han muttered to himself, wondering how many people died? Why were there no living people around? It was like a dead island.
After walking around for half an hour and still finding nothing, Su Han sighed and decided to go back.
As luck would have it, just as she returned to the inn, the sky suddenly became pitch black. Heavy rain poured down, and thunder occasionally sounded outside the house, crackling like music.
"What's going on outside?" Cai Sheng didn't dare go out for fear of being robbed, but he was very curious about the situation of other people and couldn't help asking the tenants.
Su Han shook his head. "I don't know. I went out for a walk, but I didn't meet anyone."
Cai Sheng muttered, "Could they be all dead?" As soon as he said this, he was shocked. Cai Sheng immediately shut up and didn't dare to say anything more.
"Who knows?" Su Han thought. It would be good if everyone died. At least he wouldn't have to worry about attacks from other players. If there was a shooting war in the novice dungeon, no matter how much physical strength he had, he wouldn't be able to withstand it.
"Oh, hey, hey, why am I so unlucky to encounter such a bad thing!" Cai Sheng cried with a bitter face, feeling quite sad.
"You are lucky to be alive today." After saying that, Su Han hurried back to her room to rest. She had a feeling that the last few days would be very difficult to endure. She had to rest her spirits to have enough physical strength to cope with it.
The rain continued for the entire day, but it showed no sign of abating and instead became heavier.
In the evening, Su Han took the time to take a look and found that if a person stood on the ground, the accumulated water could submerge his calves.
"Why is the inn flooded?" Cai Sheng was very anxious and became more and more restless. But water flows to lower places, and there is more and more water in the inn, and he has no way to deal with it.
Su Han reminded casually, "Stay in the room on the first floor. I'm afraid I'll have to fish you out of the water when I wake up tomorrow morning."
Cai Sheng fell silent for a long time before saying, "No way..."
"If you don't worry, just continue to live on the first floor." Su Han said indifferently, "I have reminded you anyway."
Cai Sheng immediately changed his tone, "It's better to be safe than sorry. Even if I get drowned, there are other things in the room that must not be drowned!"
Food and daily necessities would be ruined if they got into water. Worse still, if the stored supplies were to float away with the current, he would have nowhere to cry.
Therefore, Cai Sheng made a prompt decision to move to 503 and live next to the two house-guarding beasts. If something really happened, the aura of the beasts would protect him.
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The third copy is about being in distress at sea, and the fourth copy is about survival in the wilderness.
In total, we estimate 9-10 copies, which may increase or decrease.
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