At this moment, the other women also turned to look at the horizon. Gazing at the sight of the mammoths, they couldn't help but take a deep breath.
"Let's hurry and get there with the deer carcass."
Lu Wuyai felt something was seriously wrong. The sky, which used to be blue, had now turned a bit gray. There were no clouds, but the chill in the air was becoming increasingly noticeable.
Without a moment's hesitation, everyone dragged the deer carcass away immediately, not daring to waste a single second.
"Come in quickly," Lu Wuyai urged, a sense of unease creeping into his heart.
The white clouds and mist on the horizon were clearly not yet approaching, but a huge storm warning was imminent.
"Lu Wuyai, come in quickly!" Su Xi shouted from the steps. The wind outside was really strong, and there seemed to be many things in the white mist, some of which were even the ruins of some kind of building, blown in by the wind.
Lu Wuyai narrowed his eyes, turned around, and entered the snow track.
Almost immediately, a mournful cry echoed across the snow, and the gale continued to push forward.
Lu Wuyai was the last to enter the cave, and he quickly closed the door. His hearing was extraordinary, and he realized that this storm was too great, and the damage it would cause would be no less than that of an earthquake or tsunami.
Inside the cave, everyone hurriedly ran to a nearby cave and dragged out ten heaters and five diesel generators, preparing to get to the cowshed as soon as possible.
The flamethrower was indeed very powerful, especially this time when the two jets melted the ice and snow together. In less than ten minutes, a snow path leading to the cowshed appeared.
"Lu Wuyai, hurry up!" Su Xi shouted.
Soon, two diesel generators and three heaters were delivered to the cowshed. The machines were turned on, and warmth began to spread slowly.
"Let's go back first, the cave needs some tidying up," Lu Wuyai said. They didn't have time to clean the cowshed. After closing the cowshed door, they hurried towards the cave.
Halfway there, Lu Wuyai suddenly heard a muffled sound coming from the ice and snow.
As the sound grew closer, a bad feeling suddenly came to Lu Wuyai's mind, and he quickly shouted, "Stop talking!"
"Lie down on the ground."
Although the women didn't know why Lu Wuyai suddenly said those words, out of faith, they quickly lay down on the snow.
As a result, in the next second, countless steel bars emerged from the snow on the beach and pierced the path in the snow.
Seeing this scene, everyone's scalp tingled, and cold sweat broke out on their foreheads. If they slowed down the filming, someone would be pricked like a hedgehog.
Lu Wuyai also took a breath and quickly told his men to run away.
These steel bars were probably brought by the blizzard. A thick white fog rolled in from the horizon, carrying many things with it.
Finally, everyone returned to the cave safely. Lu Wuyai immediately closed the door and began setting up heaters and generators elsewhere to prevent the cold air from freezing and damaging things.
Another ten minutes or so passed, and Lu Wuyai clearly felt the temperature inside the cave gradually decreasing. He looked at the thermometer; the mercury column had dropped from 27 degrees to 15 degrees, and it was still falling.
“Turn on more heaters,” Gu Yuxin said. Her lab also needs to maintain a constant temperature, otherwise the machines are easily damaged.
Soon, Lu Wuyai brought in more than a dozen thugs from other places, and even placed such machines in the aisle.
For a period of time, the temperature inside the cave remained constant at 12 degrees Celsius.
Everyone was sitting on the benches wearing thermal underwear and long pants. Lu Wuyai would occasionally go to the cave entrance to observe the outside situation through a periscope. Unfortunately, the strong wind destroyed everything, not to mention the mirror made of only bamboo poles.
Lu Wuyai returned to the cave dejectedly and watched a movie absentmindedly with Tang Xin and the others.
As time passed, many people felt a slight chill again, and some even developed goosebumps on their necks.
"The temperature has dropped again, so fast!" Su Xi exclaimed.
Lu Wuyai got up from the ground and quickly checked the nearby heaters. He found that they were all working normally, but the temperature was indeed dropping again.
"It seems too cold outside," Gu Yuxin said.
With no other option, Lu Wuyai had to continue turning on several heaters to keep the continuously dropping temperature within a certain range.
"I bet it's even colder in the hallway now."
As dinner approached, everyone began to process the wild deer they had harvested that morning.
A dozen wild deer were piled up at the entrance of the cave, because there was no time to deal with them.
The body was completely frozen and needed to be softened before it could be cut into pieces and stored.
Lu Wuyai moved a generator and a Little Tyrant (a type of electronic device), pointing them at the carcasses of these wild deer, trying to soften the frozen meat.
Half an hour later, the smell of blood began to spread. Lu Wuyai squeezed the carcass of a wild deer and couldn't help but nod.
“It needs to be rinsed off; the basement might be more convenient,” Lu Wuyai said.
Soon, everyone began moving the bodies. Although there were heaters in the tunnel, they were ineffective. A biting cold pierced their faces, making breathing feel like being cut by a knife.
Ten minutes later, five heaters were turned on in the cellar, which made people feel a little more comfortable.
At this point, Lu Wuyai quickly opened the tomb door and found that the snow had completely blocked the entrance. However, he dug out some snow, and once it melted, he began to clear away the carcass of the first wild deer.
During the cleaning process, Lu Wuyai felt somewhat uncomfortable, mainly because the fishy smell lingered in the cave. Finally, Gu Yuxin brought out an air purifier, which made Lu Wuyai take a deep breath.
“I will eat more meat from now on,” Lu Wuyai said to Su Xi.
"Then you'd better hurry up and pack, Su Xi and the others are already hungry."
As darkness fell, Lu Wuyai left the cave and returned to it.
I drew back the curtains, and a rich, meaty aroma wafted out. A wild deer was perfectly roasted, charred on the outside and tender on the inside. Its skin was a beautiful golden brown. I tore off a piece and popped it into my mouth. No need for anything else. Not even a seasoning.
Lu Wuyai tore off a deer leg and sat down on the stool with a somewhat swagger. Yuli poured him a glass of red wine, saying it would warm him up.
"These dozen or so wild deer should be enough to feed us for a while."
Su Xi said excitedly, "We're having meat again!"
Everyone looked at her with smiles, and the other person's mouth was also covered in oil.
Lu Wuyai also ate with relish, and couldn't help but say, "The meat is really delicious. I remember there were dumplings too. Let's roast them with the deer fat."
Soon, the baked dumplings were served, and they tasted delicious dipped in vinegar, chili, and garlic.
After finishing their meal, everyone prepared to rest, but the temperature inside the cave continued to drop, only stopping when it reached five degrees Celsius.
"The thermometer exploded." When Lu Wuyai returned from the cave entrance, the thermometer hanging outside had already exploded.
Everyone fell silent, secretly guessing that it would be even colder outside.
"Go to bed first, and remember not to catch a cold," Lu Wuyai reminded him.
In fact, there is a special small heater in the place where the succulent sleeps, and the temperature around the succulent is always kept constant at around 15 degrees Celsius.
“We know you should rest; you’ve had a long day.” Several women ushered Lu Wuyai out of the cubicle, while they took care of Rou Rou themselves.
Soon, a peaceful night passed.
Early the next morning, Lu Wuyai took some steel bars from the cave, placed them at the entrance, and then stuffed them one by one into the snow layer.
When he retrieved the steel bar, Lu Wuyai discovered that the exposed top surface was covered in a layer of frost. He touched it, and his fingers immediately froze, leaving a dark spot on his skin.
Lu Wuyai took a breath and quickly rubbed the skin, otherwise something bad might really happen if left untreated for too long.
"It's too cold outside." Lu Wuyai put the steel bars on the ground and ignored them.
Back in the cave, Lu Wuyai let out a long sigh. The women in the carriage also woke up one after another. Rou Rou was still sleeping, but she seemed a little sleepy lately.
"Lu Wuyai, come help in the lab," Morroy's voice came through.
Lu Wuyai rushed over and found that the temperature inside the laboratory was much colder than in the cave. Upon closer inspection, he discovered that two of the heaters had stopped working. He didn't know why.
At this moment, Gu Yuxin was disassembling her instrument. The machine seemed to be malfunctioning due to the temperature.
"What bad luck," Gu Yuxin said angrily.
Lu Wuyai walked over, lifted the machine, and positioned it at a suitable angle so that the other party could easily disassemble it.
"Why did the heating suddenly stop?" Lu Wuyai asked, puzzled.
“There are too many uncertainties with machines,” Morroy said.
“We need to buy a few new ones; these machines may have broken down before.”
Lu Wuyai nodded. He needed to replace the broken machine. No one knew how long this temperature drop would last. If things continued like this for a while longer, it would really cause problems.
With a bang.
Suddenly, a huge sound came from the rocky mountain, shaking the cave.
"What's wrong."
Everyone panicked; this sudden turn of events caused everyone to stop what they were doing.
Lu Wuyai and Gu Yuxin hurriedly came out of the laboratory and found that many cracks had appeared in the tunnel at the entrance.
"Let's go to the basement first."
“If it’s really going to collapse, then leave the tomb,” Lu Wuyai quickly said.
The entrance to an underground cave is not suitable for emergency evacuation; only the cave itself is suitable.
Soon, most of them retreated into the cave, leaving only Lu Wuyai and a few women packing their belongings.
With a bang.
On the rocky mountain, another sudden commotion erupted, like a hammer striking the heartstrings of everyone present.
"Go quickly." Only then did Lu Wuyai realize something was wrong and quickly pushed the woman away.
When they reached the tomb chamber, the door was already open, and everyone had come out. The surroundings were covered in snow. Su Xi, holding a flamethrower, continued to expand the space within the snow layer.
Although it was cold outside, the thought of the inexplicable banging sounds coming from inside the cave made it bearable.
Wow.
Rou Rou suddenly cried out, and her voice echoed in the cave.
"It might be cold, let me hold you." Lu Wuyai opened his down jacket and wrapped the little one up tightly. The little one immediately stopped crying, looked at Lu Wuyai, and made a silvery sound.
Lu Wuyai's body temperature was higher than a woman's, and she looked exceptionally peaceful when she leaned against him.
After a while, Su Xi walked into the cave and found that the space had not collapsed.
Lu Wuyai thought for a moment, handed the meat to Yuli, walked to the cave entrance, climbed onto the snow, and began sweeping the rocky mountain with a flamethrower.
As a result, he suddenly discovered that the things that had just hit the rocky mountain were actually two pieces of marble.
“This stuff probably came with the storm.” Lu Wuyai stopped melting the snow. He could faintly hear the blizzard howling in the air.
Lu Wuyai took a breath and turned to leave when he suddenly heard a dull thud from the snow. Before he could react, he was sent flying. He didn't know how long he slid across the snow before finally stopping.
Lu Wuyai spat out a mouthful of blood. He felt as if his spine was about to break. It took him a long time to recover.
Lu Wuyai pulled out a flamethrower from behind and sprayed it forward. He walked all the way to the cave entrance and found that a huge container just covered the entrance.
Lu Wuyai walked around the cave entrance. That was the container that had just knocked him flying.
His face was ashen; the blow he had just received made him feel as if his bones were about to break, and he was still enduring immense pain.
Blood trickled from the corner of Lu Wuyai's mouth, and his consciousness was somewhat blurred, but he still relied on his willpower to keep spewing flames and clearing a passage to the underground cave.
Seeing the cave so close, Lu Wuyai finally couldn't hold on any longer. Everything went black before his eyes, and he collapsed to the ground.
"Lu Wuyai".
Faintly, Lu Wuyai seemed to hear many people calling his name, but his eyelids were heavy, and the bones in his body felt like they were about to fall apart, so he couldn't open his eyes no matter what.
After an unknown amount of time, as Lu Wuyai gradually realized that he might have been seriously injured, his willpower forced him to open his eyes.
"Lu Wuyai".
When he saw it, he saw Su Xi and other women surrounding him, in a familiar scene, in a cave.
"I'm still alive," Lu Wuyai said, word by word, but soon fell into a coma again.
This time, he felt like he had slept for a long time. In his unconscious state, he felt someone turning his body over, and a wet towel wiping every corner.
Water.
Lu Wuyai struggled to speak, so someone immediately took a straw, but quickly replaced it with a spoon, feeding him one straw at a time.
Like parched land being nourished by rain, Lu Wuyai's injured body recovered quickly.
However, he still couldn't open his eyes, couldn't speak, and remained unconscious.
Inside the cave, watching Lu Wuyai fall asleep again, the women's expressions were grim, especially Gu Yuxin. She examined Lu Wuyai's injured spine. It was safe to say that if his physical condition hadn't been extraordinary, he would have died long ago.
Lu Wuyai's survival to this day is largely due to his physical condition. Another reason is the early administration of the sixth-stage herbal medicine into his body.
Without sophisticated equipment, no one knew what was going on inside Lu Wuyai's body.
“Give him more water,” Morroy said.
Now, the women are taking turns caring for Lu Wuyai, and everyone hopes that he can recover soon.
"How's the storm outside?" Su Xi asked Gu Yuxin. It had been five days since Lu Wuyai's accident.
Gu Yuxin shook her head: "The storm hasn't subsided yet, and the temperature is getting lower and lower."
Ding ding ding.
On the rocky mountain, the occasional sound of various objects colliding could be heard. That was when a storm swept in, carrying many things with it.
The marble boulders that used to be on the pile of stones have now been removed, and the snow layer has been gradually excavated. What used to be more than ten meters thick is now only two or three meters thick.
"Hopefully it won't collapse into a hole," Su Xi said.
They had to consider the worst-case scenario, so recently they started digging underground spaces in the orchard to build a temporary base to move some important supplies.
However, without Lu Wuyai, their excavation speed was a bit slower.
Several women entered the tomb chamber and tried to push open the door. They found that they couldn't pull it open, but it wasn't impossible for them not to push it open either.
"Never mind, it's obvious the strong winds outside have created a huge pressure difference between the inside and outside of the cave." Gu Yuxin shook her head. She could go out, but it wouldn't be safe. Although she was very worried about the cows, the current situation was extremely frustrating.
The group of people finally reappeared in the orchard, digging into the soil and making the most of the time to create an underground space.
In the laboratory, Lu Wuyai lay on the cold operating table, still unconscious.
On the other side, Gu Yuxin was cleaning his wound. Looking at the dark blue-black injury, he really couldn't decide what to do.
Finally, Gu Yuxin dressed Lu Wuyai again.
As the days went by, the storm outside began to subside, but the temperature had already dropped considerably.
Inside the tunnel, ice crystals had formed in many places. Especially in the early morning, when people had just gotten up and entered the tunnel, rows of ice crystals covered the concrete walls. It was quite a sight to behold.
But if you see it too often, you'll start to feel a bit numb.
Especially since Lu Wuyai was still asleep, everyone was unable to concentrate and felt irritable every day.
"The new underground tunnel will be completed soon, and some things will be moved then." Su Xi stood in the orchard. She was currently loading the excavated waste soil. The entire underground space was now as large as a basketball court and quite sturdy. Song Xiaoyou completed all the structures in every corner.
"I hope Lu Wuyai can wake up soon," Su Xi sighed.
Unbeknownst to them, half a month had passed since Lu Wuyai was injured and fell into a coma.
But on this very day, he finally opened his eyes again after a good night's sleep. Looking at everything in the laboratory, Lu Wuyai felt as if he had just had a long dream.
Lu Wuyai's eyes twitched slightly from the pain, and cold sweat poured down like a waterfall.
As if hearing a groan behind her, Gu Yuxin turned around and saw that Lu Wuyai had woken up, her face immediately lighting up.
"You're finally awake." Gu Yuxin quickly stepped forward, placed her hand on Lu Wuyai's chest, and told him not to get up.
"Give me some water," Lu Wuyai said slowly, his voice a little hoarse, but without the stinging pain of swallowing a knife.
Can you swallow it?
"All right."
Gu Yuxin handed Lu Wuyai a straw cup for him to drink water, and at the same time she began to examine his body, especially his spine.
"Can you turn over and move around a bit?"
Lu Wuyai listened and tried it. He could move, but it hurt too much.
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