Chapter 848 Cold Rain Erosion (7)
[Tian Mozi, the God of Misery]: "So by then, not only will the size of the hailstones be much larger, but the duration and frequency of the hailstones will also last a whole day?"
The scene was so beautiful that all the players couldn’t even imagine it—it must be the end of the world, it must be the end of the world!
[Yan Guilai who loves fried potato chips]: "If this happens, can our territory's defense shield really hold up?"
No one knew what to say.
The public screen was silent for a while, and several lords did not say anything, because they themselves could not guarantee it. The current situation was that they could not gather all the materials to upgrade the protective shield, and the gold coins might not be enough.
The lords fell silent.
[Big Ginger]: "If we can upgrade the shield, maybe. According to the current shield value, after the upgrade is successful, the shield value will double to the next level, which is enough for us to resist the next natural disaster."
[Han Wu]: "I also considered that this gold coin and the other things are already prepared, but there is only one material missing."
[Coco Monster]: "How do you guys get this shield stone?"
[Little Ruan who loves soft-boiled eggs]: "This crappy game system doesn't even have any hints. Please give us some pointers. Otherwise, where can we get it..."
After hearing what Ruan Tangxin said, Shu Lingyi actually reflected on it. If Xiao Ai hadn't reminded her, would she have been able to discover the secret of this snow mountain monster?
It seems a bit suspicious. Doesn't that mean she is the only one who knows about this in the entire survival game?
It's so difficult to come here because other game areas haven't merged? !
[You are dreaming. Other players will find this, but the probability is low.]
Shu Lingyi was a little surprised and a little bit unbelieving.
After all, if no one reminded people, who would want to do such an outrageous thing as balding the entire mountain and shoveling away all the snow?
It is also very dangerous, especially on the last day. Normal players would choose to stay at home.
[But people can trigger avalanches. If there are too many avalanches, whether you are trying to save yourself or others, the snow on the mountain will naturally disappear.]
Shu Ling took a deep breath: That does make sense!
Especially if someone is still outside in the next few days and gets caught in an avalanche, we must call on everyone to help shovel the snow to rescue them.
By the time a process is completed, all the snow on a hill can be cleared, and the player will naturally trigger the event of the Snow Mountain Monster.
[These are just two paths. Dying early or late is death. You dare to go out on the last day of the game and even go close to the snowy mountains without worrying about being killed by an avalanche. This is something that many people cannot do.]
Being able to do this means that he has something in his possession. Even if such a person encounters a snow mountain monster, he will have a way to deal with it, unless he is a complete reckless man.
When Xiao Ai explained this, Shu Lingyi roughly understood what it meant.
She looked at the hail outside the house with a complicated expression, and murmured, "No wonder... Or maybe you were reckless enough not to fear death. If you were afraid of death and didn't rush to gamble on this road with a very high mortality rate..."
It's still a dead end at the end, unless you are lucky, like several lords in the game area who have met someone as lucky as her.
[Jun Yan]: "I feel like this game is just plain hard on us. It doesn't give us any hints, but it forces us to find this thing in order to upgrade our shield and save our lives."
[Sister Xiang who loves hotpot]: "How can you not be so difficult? This game probably wants us all to die. There's no way to leave anyone alive."
Everyone was very angry and swearing on the public screen.
[Foodie Pipi]: "Although, everyone needs gold coins to maintain their shields now. Wouldn't it be a bit inappropriate for us to raise the price like this..."
[Tian Mozi, who is in mourning]: "There's nothing we can do about it. Others can just raise funds directly, but we rely entirely on taxes."
Shu Lingyi didn't expect that everyone would work it out like this. Instead, he felt sorry for them and thought that their situation was more dangerous.
Some people think that [001 Territory] had no choice but to do this and feel sorry for them.
Some people were having a great time, and those players who had no shields to protect them started to make sarcastic remarks when they saw everyone was worried that their shields might not hold up.
[Xingluoluo Rainbow]: "Hahaha, is this what you call a sense of security? Can you hold on to this sense of security?"
[Dudu]: "You will still have to rely on the courtyard when the time comes. What's the point of a protective shield? You're just asking for trouble. Otherwise, I'll say you're cheap!"
[Zi Bu Yu]: "It's really weird. We didn't say anything, but you broke our defenses one by one."
[Bear Cub]: "Why should we break the defense? We can spend our gold coins and do whatever we want. Anyway, we have nothing to fear here in Siheyuan."
[Yifanxuan]: "Not only do you have to maintain your own expenses, but you also have to spend gold coins to pay tribute. Those idiots before even spent money to move in. By the time the shield is broken, the gold coins will be gone. It's so funny."
[Xiao Xiao Yang Mei]: "Tsk, there is nothing completely useless in the game, especially the protective shield. The Siheyuan can withstand it now, but when the protective shield can't hold up anymore, who says that the Siheyuan can still be safe and sound?"
[Bear Cub]: "Are you crazy? This courtyard house is a top-level building. It is unscathed by the hailstorm, so how could it fail to withstand it later!"
[Ice Peak Knight]: "You're just trying to scare us. Haha, we're not stupid. It's a foregone conclusion that your shields can't withstand the huge hailstones."
[I'm not reasonable]: "It's not certain whether our courtyard will be destroyed by hail in the future——"
These people are full of confidence, and each one is more fearless than the other, and they boldly speak up on the public screen.
Only Shu Lingyi knew the current solar term. Although you would not die due to the lack of a protective shield, the double protection was very real. Even if you would not be hit by the hailstones in the future, the courtyard would definitely encounter other troubles.
This crappy game won't make life easy for anyone, and she has a lot of experience with this.
【Zi Bu Yu】: "Oh, so I plan to stay in the house and wait until the next solar term. Don't I still have to find a territory at the next solar term?"
[Ice Peak Knight]: "That's a matter for the next solar term. If I come across a territory I like in the next solar term, can't I join it?"
[Xiao Xiao Yangmei]: "I laughed. I'm afraid that I won't be able to make it to the new territory in the next solar term. If the back of the second courtyard is worn out and needs repair, do you have the materials?"
[Foodie Pipi]: "Of course not. The hail is getting worse and worse. The courtyard can hold up, but the wear and tear is too high. It will take time to find a new territory in the new solar term. Haha, if we don't arrive in the new territory by then, the house will be gone!"
Looking at those former players from the Huaihe Territory, these remarks are enough to make people unhappy.
Originally, no one would care whether these people are willing to join the territory or not, but if they keep making sarcastic remarks on the public screen, don't blame the players of [001 Territory] for going on the public screen to show their support.
Just as [Xiao Xiao Yangmei] said, not having a territory means that they have no access to many materials, especially since [001 Territory] has quite abundant production resources.
Once the territory stops selling these materials and other supplies to the outside world, players without territories will be like wild children. They either have to pay a high price or simply cannot buy them. They will have no place to cry.
[Cang Sheng Taegeuk]: "No matter what, we have a protective shield to hold us over for a few more days. As long as we can hold out for a few more days until the last few days, the Second Courtyard will suffer less and the wear and tear will be much lower."
[Cang Sheng Taegeuk]: "Haven't you noticed? The hail inside the territory is smaller than that outside the territory."
[Silver who loves to read novels]: "Not only that! Even the frequency of dropping will be slower, and this mechanism will definitely be maintained in the future. Without the protective shield, the scenes we will encounter will be much more terrifying."
Everyone's mood calmed down for a while, thinking that there was no need to be overly nervous even if the shield was gone, and there was still the courtyard to save their lives, so the players did not need to worry too much.
Most of the winter solstice has passed, and the current number of survivors in the entire game area is controlled at 9040. Some players have died before (all of them were those whose aversion to cold buffs were severely deteriorated and who could not be rescued by donkey-hide gelatin for the time being), and most of the players are no longer in danger of death.
[Dudu]: "Everyone is just exaggerating. They are just trying to scare us into joining the territory. We won't be fooled!"
[Big Ginger Head]: "Okay, okay, you guys don't join. With your little tricks, I don't know who would care about you. You keep climaxing here all day long."
Jiang Chu felt that there was a reason why he didn't like this territory. [Huaihe] himself was that kind of person, and most of the players in the entire territory were of this kind.
Quite stupid and speechless.
[Coco Monster]: "I have chosen to block them. It is annoying to hear them chattering on and on. They act like they are some big treasure and everyone wants them to join their territory."
[Yu Bai]: "If you ask me, there is no mirror in this game, but there is peeing, right? Don't you even take a look at yourself?"
[Yan Guilai who loves fried potato chips]: "Some people just have paranoid delusions, and the whole world is plotting against them."
[Little Ruan who loves soft-boiled eggs]: "I'm tired of hearing this - I was too lazy to complain before, so I just blocked him."
[Coco Monster]: "Since you despise me, all of you should stop crying and begging my territory to take you in. We might not be able to protect ourselves!"
[Yifanxuan]: "It's just a small broken territory, but you still come out to pretend."
[Ice Peak Knight]: "We would rather die outside than ask you to take us in."
The public screen message ended here, and the players began to go out to work in large numbers, and no one paid attention to this group of people.
It would be a bit risky to go outside the territory to clean up the hail at this time of year, but it is still very simple to clean up the hail inside the territory.
Especially those farming players have to clean up the hail in the drainage ditches, and they have to wear a set of equipment when going out every day.
Moreover, after these hailstones break apart, some things will fall out, so you won't return with a full load, but at least you won't lose too much.
As for if you are unfortunately hit by hail, it is not fatal after all. It will only cause bruises and redness and swelling.
The more serious ones are just some damage to the bones. Thanks to the efforts of Han Wu, everyone has a portion of Black Jade Fracture Ointment. If they get injured, they can just apply it on their body and there is no need to worry. The injury will heal very quickly.
The tenth day of the winter solstice.
[February 5, 3103, 10:54, Winter Solstice, today's temperature is -40°, lightning and thunder, the clouds are thick and black with red, and large hail continues to fall for 18 hours. Repair the shield in time and do not leave the territory easily. The temperature is too cold, so players please take good care of themselves.]
This morning, when everyone looked at the weather forecast, they encountered something incredible.
That is, this big hail lasted for four days!
The previous two were both two days long.
Thinking of what President Zhu said earlier, it is likely that extremely large hail will fall tomorrow. It is reasonable to have the most severe hail in the next five days.
However, the players are very open-minded and have expected this, knowing that the game will not allow them to have an easy time in the last few days.
The number of people remained at just over 9,000 two days ago, but this morning the number dropped by 1,500 to 1,600, leaving only 7,386 people.
With protective gear, whether it is the iron-clad Lei Feng hat or the alloy wrist guards, the player's safety can be guaranteed.
There is also an ice drill that can control hail, and if everyone works as a group within the area, such a big thing will not happen.
Not to mention, the death rate was so high in one day.
The players who returned home safely were all grateful as if they had survived a disaster. They almost collapsed on the ground, stroking their chests with their hands to calm their rapid breathing.
At this moment, looking at the lightning and thunder outside the window, I still feel palpitations.
No one expected that the lightning and thunder in the weather forecast would be so scary. It may look ordinary, but it actually poses a huge hidden danger.
At first, no one took it seriously. They just listened to the thunder and went out. At most, they put on the lightning-proof helmets they had worn before, thinking that nothing would happen.
As a result, the thunder did not strike, but just roared in the clouds. Looking at the strange clouds in the sky that were black and red, and the bursts of rumbling sounds.
Everyone was afraid and had palpitations, but at the same time, they also felt a sense of nervous excitement.
It's like the protagonist in a horror movie who is seeking death.
After going out, hold an ice drill and start crushing ice directly against the falling hail.
At first, there was nothing, until there was a loud thunder and several flashes of lightning suddenly struck, and the whole scene in front of my eyes was blinded by white light.
Everyone had to close their eyes to avoid the strong light of the lightning - it could almost illuminate the dark sky into daytime!
At this time, players can only close their eyes and lower their heads to avoid the strong light, and cannot resist the hail falling from the sky at the same time.
The timing is terrible, players cannot focus on protecting themselves, and the ice drills are flying around randomly.
If a fish slips through the net, except for the head and arms covered with protective gear, all other parts of the body will be hit hard.
In mild cases, there will be severe pain, redness, swelling and bruising; in severe cases, there will be a snapping sound and broken bones.
Even though clothing and soft armor can reduce some of the damage, bruises, swelling and minor bone injuries are unavoidable.
This is still okay, but the problem is that if lightning occurs one after another, the players will be disturbed by the strong light and unable to open their eyes to deal with the hail normally.
Players have difficulty in moving, and if they are exposed outside for more than half an hour, the hail will hit them many times and their health bars will be depleted.
As the player's body continues to accumulate minor injuries, he will gradually become unable to walk, and his speed will become slower and more difficult to return to his own courtyard.
Some players acted in groups, with one person supporting each other and using shields to block each other. However, the shields' defense seemed a bit fragile in the face of such large hailstones and were not enough.
Even Shu Lingyi didn't expect that today's accident would come so suddenly. The lightning was obviously deliberately arranged by the system.
The purpose is to interfere with the vision of players outside, so that they cannot guard against the hail and suffer disasters.
The situation is slightly better in the territory, but players outside the territory are almost certain to die once they step out.
Few came back alive...
At 11 o'clock in the morning, almost all the living players had returned to their own courtyards.
No one dared to act rashly. More than 1,600 players had already died, and nearly three to four thousand people in the entire gaming area were injured!
They may have been injured while moving around in their territory, but were rescued in time by kind-hearted people, saving their lives.
Some of them just walked out of the door when something happened twice, and they hurried back to the courtyard.
Others have many props and rely on their high-status bodies and several shields to survive.
In short, they all began their tragic life of recovery with injuries all over their bodies.
The Black Jade Cream became popular again, and a lot of people rushed to buy it.
[Bai Moxi]: "It seems that this lightning was deliberately arranged, but everyone should be careful. If you can stay at home, don't go out. If you really want to pick up hail, try to pick it up at the door of your house."
[Cang Sheng Taegeuk]: "Oh my god, my left leg was almost broken. Luckily I ran fast. I have to say that the Black Jade Ointment is very effective!"
[Cang Sheng Taegeuk]: "After I applied it, the pain in my legs has lessened. Doctor Jing Zhao said that I will probably be able to recover the day after tomorrow."
【The Land of Misery and Sorrowful Heavenly Demon】: "I think these are still good. Unlike me, I was quite far away from my courtyard at the time, and I was hit by a lightning bolt and was hit by hail."
[Tian Mozi, the Sorrowful One]: "I fled all the way back, and only managed to survive after four or five shields were broken. I was covered in wounds and it hurt every time I moved. I had to rely on Yu Yuan to take care of me while I was lying down."
【One Two Three Four Seven Seven Seven】: "Yue Shengliang is the same, and now she has fainted. Even with the Black Jade Ointment, she will have to lie down for three days."
[Jung Xiaogu]: "I laughed. Yesterday, Boss Zhong finally recovered and was able to move normally, but today, a bunch of people are lying down."
【Ginger is still wise with age】: "It means this kid is still a little unlucky."
[Little Yangmei]: "Well, I won't say anything else. I just went to take care of my bayberry tree. Oh my god - I almost died under the bayberry tree!"
Everyone's situations are varied, but the injured are mainly distributed in [001 Territory] and [Qingying Territory], followed by [Shennong Territory] where there are also many heroes.
After all, there are quite a lot of healthy, lively players in these three territories who are relatively satisfied with their own statistics.
Even though hail fell day after day, it did not affect them at all. Some of them even dared to move forward and leave the territory to take action.
Of course, brave people enjoy the world first, and death is also a part of the world.
After this battle, everyone suffered heavy casualties and no one dared to go out casually. They decided to stay at home and see what happened.
As a result, Shu Lingyi received a message from Xiao Ai.
[The bigger the wind and waves, the heavier the rain. If you go out to fight hail now, especially outside the protective shield, you will get more goodies. ]
"Yes, yes, yes, yes--" Shu Lingyi couldn't help rolling his eyes.
Xiao Ai likes to say such useless words at times like this. She also knows the rules of the game.
The greater the risk of death in something, the higher the level of the corresponding props or blueprint materials will be. However, you must first consider one thing: whether you have the life to enjoy this thing.
"It's not something I have to get like the Shield Stone. Sigh - I really don't want to risk my life for it."
Shu Lingyi felt that although he was reckless, he still had to cherish his life.
[How do you know it's not as good as Shield Stone if you don't try it? ]
[Tian Mozi, the Land of Miserable People]: "But it's not too tragic. Although I have suffered so many injuries, I have brought back some good news!"
【The Sorrowful Heavenly Demon】: "I just got a blueprint. This blueprint is for an alloy scale armor shoulder cape."
[Qing Ben Zhiruo]: "Alloy scale armour? Isn't that the same series as alloy wrist guards?"
The public screen became lively with people starting to chatter about the shoulder strap.
[Han Wu]: "The shoulder blade is part of the shoulder blade, covering the arm."
Han Wu is the maker of alloy wristbands, so naturally she knows a little more about the same series.
She had previously studied the blueprints of the alloy wristband, and in the process of making the alloy wristband, images of other components flashed by.
Although it wasn't much, she still left a little impression.
[Yin who loves to read novels]: "Yes, the shoulder strap is connected to the shoulder, and the arm is mainly used to cover the arm. If the shoulder is separated into smaller parts, there should be another thing."
[Silver who loves to read novels]: "It's generally called a shoulder-swallowing device, and it usually uses animals, such as tigers, wolves, leopards, lions, etc. The animal's head opens its mouth, and inside it is embedded this piece, and the shoulder-swallowing device hangs down to protect the entire arm."
【Zi Bu Yu】: "Wow, sister, you know so much!"
[Yin who loves to read novels]: "Most novels I read are like this. Look, isn't this how I learn knowledge?"
[Changeable Mood]: "That's one more piece of armor. Does that mean it's safer to go out? This way I can at least collect more monster feces."
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