Chen Xu broke off a piece of chocolate and put it in his mouth, listening to the whistling wind outside, and couldn't help but think of the typhoon that came without any warning a month ago. He already understood the meaning behind the name of this dream world.

"It turns out that 'Surviving the End of the World' doesn't just mean that all humans in the world disappear. There will be many natural disasters in the future. When the dream is about to end, it may be the real end of the world."

He sighed, unscrewed the lid of the thermos, and poured out a cup of hot water. Looking at the mist coming out of the cup, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

Now, he was in a dilemma. If the snow continued to fall, he would be frozen to death. The food he brought could only last for three to five days at most.

There were no buildings within 10 kilometers. If he left, he would be useless in the snow because he could not ski and only brought skates. In such heavy snow, he might die faster.

To him, this was just a dream. So what if he died? At most, the dream would just end early.

But--

"If I die, what will happen to Luo Xiyun?"

He murmured, "Besides, I haven't even slept with her yet, how can she just die like this?"

Yes, in the past few months, he had been so angry with this woman, how could he be content without sleeping with her? He ate the remaining chocolate in a few bites, drank a glass of water, and lay down on the seat, ready to rest up and leave here and walk back when the hail stopped.

…………

This wait lasted a whole night.

The hail stopped in the evening, but it was more dangerous to go out at night, so Chen Xu waited another night.

After daybreak, he was ready. Before leaving, he cooked a bowl of steaming hot instant noodles, ate and drank his fill, opened the car door, and left in the snow without looking back.

He was fully armed, wearing thick mountaineering clothes, goggles, holding a trekking pole and carrying a backpack on his back.

“What a strong wind.”

As soon as Chen Xu went out, he felt the wind was stronger than he had imagined. Every step he took was extremely strenuous. There was a thick layer of snow on the ground, which made it more difficult to move forward.

At this time, he could only grit his teeth and move forward.

In the snow, everything was white and it was hard to tell the direction. He would look at the compass every once in a while to avoid getting lost.

As he walked, Chen Xu couldn't help but feel lonely. Perhaps it was because he learned to cherish after losing something, and he wanted to see Luo Xiyun more and more.

It was at this time that he realized how important Luo Xiyun's company was to him over the past few months.

If she hadn't appeared, would I really have been able to endure this huge loneliness by myself and survive until now?

He is just an ordinary person. Even though he is introverted, doesn't like to make friends, and prefers to be alone, he is still a normal person and an inseparable part of human society. If he is separated from the whole society, he will not be able to survive.

…………

A few hours later, Chen Xu stopped for the fifth time, took out a piece of chocolate from his pocket with difficulty, bit off the outer packaging with his teeth, and swallowed it whole.

Then he took out the thermos from the side of his backpack, poured out the little remaining water, and drank it all in one gulp.

He threw away the empty thermos and looked ahead. The wind and snow were less severe than when he set out, and visibility was also higher.

There was no change in the surrounding terrain.

"I walked about ten kilometers." He roughly guessed that as the snow continued to fall, the snow on the ground became deeper and deeper, and coupled with the physical consumption, his speed was getting slower and slower.

"We should be able to walk out of this ice before dark."

He rested for a few minutes and felt that his legs, which had been heavy, were losing temperature rapidly. He did not dare to delay and took a step forward and continued to move forward.

After walking for a few more hours, I had finished the ten bars of chocolate in my pocket and the hot water in the two thermoses was empty.

At this moment, he only had a feeling that his legs were not his own, but just mechanically moving forward. He kept gasping for air, and his lungs were burning, as if the air would soon come out of his throat.

Gradually, his vision began to go dark.

"No, we need to stop and rest for a while."

His mind told him that his body had reached its limit.

At this moment, he found some building outlines not far ahead. He was suddenly inspired and finally walked out of the ice.

It’s easy if there is a building. You can hide inside to rest for a while and eat something to restore your strength.

When he thought of this, new strength emerged in his body and he walked towards the building.

After walking a dozen more steps, the outline of the building became clearer.

"Try harder." He took a deep breath and encouraged himself.

He took another step, and suddenly, his toes hit something and his body lost balance. At this time, his physical strength was exhausted and he couldn't adjust at all. He fell headfirst and his body kept rolling down.

"It's terrible."

He was shocked. The ice surface was very smooth all the way here. He didn't expect there was a slope here. He rolled down and hit his forehead with a bang, hitting a hard object. Stars appeared in his eyes for a while.

Finally, he rolled to the bottom of the slope and tried hard to open his eyes, but his vision was completely occupied by red.

"It's over."

He tried hard to stay awake, but his consciousness kept sinking and finally he lost consciousness.

…………

"Why hasn't that bastard come back yet?"

On the day Chen Xu left, at around eight o'clock in the evening, Luo Xiyun became a little uneasy when she saw that he had not returned yet.

In the past few months, Chen Xu often drove out, but never stayed out overnight. Even during their cold war, it was the same.

"Is he playing some trick again?"

She thought with a nagging tooth. During the day, she had already discovered that the heater in Chen Xu's room was fine, it was just unplugged. He actually dared to lie to her that the heater was broken, causing her to spend the past two days cleaning up that utility room.

As time went by, she became more and more uneasy, until midnight, when she had to realize that something might have happened to Chen Xu.

That night, she sat on the bed, covered with a quilt, but her heart was cold. She seemed to have returned to the first month. The darkness around her was like a bottomless abyss, swallowing her up bit by bit.

"Chen Xu..."

Only this man who often makes her angry and grits her teeth can give her the strength to resist this loneliness in this empty world.

She sat there like this all night.

It was not until dawn that she suddenly stood up.

She was going to find him.

(End of this chapter)