Chapter 851 The End of Winter Solstice (2)
Some people started to get scared, as anyone would feel uncomfortable if they were exposed to such terrible hailstorm.
Especially as time went by, the heavy hailstorms caused the courtyard house to gradually show signs of wear and tear.
"Alright, then we should just go and apologize to her. I'm sure she'll be soft-hearted as she's a woman."
"That's right, it's like we cried and complained, but our situation was just like that, no one could come to rescue us, right?"
"Well said! Then let's send the message together."
Even if there were one or two territories that were publicly denied by the [Mongolian Beast Territory] that were shameless enough to actually apply for a merger, they were all rejected.
Without the protection of the shield, other types of buildings cannot be repaired even if materials are added to repair them, let alone rebuilding them.
After those ordinary buildings collapsed one by one, they lost the ability to produce courtyard house materials in their territory.
[Yu Sangquan who loves to eat crispy whole dishes]: "The mineral veins that you were so proud of can no longer be mined, and no brick kilns can be built. So many people have died, and you really haven't learned any lessons."
[Meow meow meow]: "We could have kindly provided you with carved dragon pillars or painted phoenix beams. As long as you replaced them, you could still reduce the wear and tear of the courtyard and maintain the phantoms of the dragon and phoenix. It's a pity that you are not worthy!"
[Mongolian Beast who likes tiger-striped dogs]: "Although I had some unpleasant experiences before, I never thought of joking about human life."
[Mongolian Beast who likes tiger-striped dogs]: "There have been so many avalanches, and we have helped whenever we encountered them. I didn't expect that we would be attacked by you when we fell into them!"
Across the public screen, Meng Wan wished she could rush out and kill these people!
Every word in the message she sent was heart-wrenching.
[Mongolian Beast who likes tiger-striped dogs]: "My lover...was seriously injured in here. Obviously...if you guys had just given him a little help, he might have survived and wouldn't have died!"
[Mongolian beast who likes tiger-striped dogs]: "So you have to pay for his life!"
When Meng Wan mentioned this matter, she felt very uncomfortable.
She was lucky because she was dating her fiancé when she entered the game area, so the two of them were directly assigned to the same game area.
We have walked hand in hand until now, and the entire territory was built by two people together.
His fiancé has always been lucky and is a very kind person. He has rescued many players along the way.
If it weren't for the fact that many people were caught in an avalanche at that time, he would have wanted to go out to rescue them. As a result, after rescuing the people, he was also caught in an avalanche!
As a result, he was unable to return to the territory for several days.
Then it was delayed again and again until the last day when an avalanche occurred, which unexpectedly triggered the monster in the mountain.
Meng Wan, her fiancé and five other players were swept in and fell into the cave.
After the battle with the snow mountain monster, there was an explosion and the group was also crushed by the collapsed mountain. They had to rely entirely on outside rescue.
But in the end, except for her and another person, none of the other five people left the cave alive.
Another one also died on the fourth day of the winter solstice due to the extreme deterioration of the cold buff.
This shield stone is stained with the blood and lives of her friends and lovers. Why should she give it up to protect those who have hurt her?
[Mongolian Beast who likes tiger-striped dogs]: "You want us to forgive and accept you? That's wishful thinking! Unless we let them be resurrected!"
In the next few days, in addition to these six territories, other territories have also been incorporated into the [Mongolian Giant Beast Territory].
From then on, there were only 4 territories left in the entire game area, because two of the other three territories were destroyed and one was merged into the larger one.
This kind of integration is still happening in many communities.
But there was an exception in one gaming area.
It is in this game area that there are two shield stones, because at the end of the heavy snow, the lords of the two territories discovered the snow mountain monster because they accidentally triggered an avalanche.
So everyone got a shield stone.
Therefore, after the integration, there are still two territories for people to choose from, and finally it is fixed as two territories. The two territories are still at odds with each other and are suspicious of each other.
At this time, the two voices hidden in the depths of the void reappeared.
Balls of golden light were being manipulated by invisible hands in the void. The female voice that came from them was still calm and composed, and still kind despite the vicissitudes of life: "The final challenge is about to come, and the calculation of the merit list is about to end."
"Miss, there are only less than 60 game areas left. After the integration, there may only be a dozen game areas. Can you survive this final trial?"
"That depends on whether they are united enough. In a situation where ordinary people cannot resist, only unity can give them a chance to survive."
"The final natural disaster is to continuously select those who are suitable to survive and unite. Those who are not united should be wiped out early."
Time and space were silent for a while, and then the lively female voice called Dong Xi said: "I have temporarily erased those players with a merit deficit. When the game ends, they will no longer be alive. They will become the nourishment of the new era."
"Well, if the whole world wants to survive this disaster, it's useless to keep these dregs."
"But the one who is currently ranked first on the Merit List is indeed the one you favor, but the second place's luck is a bit beyond imagination, and she has a good relationship with the player ranked first on the Merit List."
"She is the girl of destiny born in this world and the key to whether we can survive this catastrophe."
"I thought so too, but what if the time comes——"
Dong Xi didn't know what she was thinking about and suddenly fell silent. However, the woman called "Miss" immediately understood what she meant.
"When I meet them, I will naturally inform them. You don't have to worry about this matter. She will inherit my position."
"And the Daughter of Fortune must live in this world. Otherwise, without the support of the Daughter of Fortune, the entire world will soon collapse completely..."
She knew these costs, but what was the use of knowing them alone?
"But they have such a good relationship. What if she says she must take the girl of luck away, just like the lady took me away?"
"Then just tell her the truth."
The female voice was calm and ethereal, her tone was very affirmative and confident, and her eyes shone through the void and fell on Shu Lingyi.
"She is ranked first on the Merit List, so naturally she must have this kind of awareness. Since both of them are ranked first or second on the Merit List, their awareness and character must not be too different."
"That's true..."
After a moment of silence, a long sigh came from the void.
"I hope they can do a good job and make this game worth my efforts."
"But Miss, are you really willing to give it up? You have used up all the divine power you have gained through thousands of years of practice just for..."
Dong Xi seemed to feel that his words were a bit harsh and hurtful, so he remained silent for a while.
"Dong Xi, I was also so lucky to be chosen that I have lived for thousands of years. I have been a god for too long, so long that we almost forgot how to become a god..."
"I'm sorry, it's Dong Xi's fault."
"No problem. Over these long years, we have traveled to many colorful worlds together, and we have also protected these worlds and fulfilled our duties."
"If it were these ordinary people, I would think they have lived a fulfilled life. What is there to regret?"
The woman's gaze fell on the last few game areas and swept across them one by one, finally disappearing into the void.
Shu Lingyi inexplicably felt as if he was being spied on, and got goose bumps all over his body.
Even Xiao Ai, who had just joked with me, suddenly froze the moment that feeling came up.
“How strange…”
Shu Ling shook his head, rubbed his arms and continued to deal with the huge hail.
If she asked Luo Zhiqing, she would find that they both had the same feeling at about the same time.
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On the third day after the heavy hailstorm, there was a huge gap in the survival conditions of each territory in the game area with shield stones and without shield stones.
Players in territories that have used shield stones to synthesize protective shields can go out and try to break these huge hailstones within the territory.
The protective shield can slightly reduce the speed and amount of falling hailstones, so as long as you have a decent set of protective equipment and an icebreaker, the probability of accidents is relatively small.
Players will have enough time to obtain various blueprints and clearing hail is also another way to protect buildings.
At the same time, the material ores required for various drawings can be produced more quickly, and processing and production can be carried out while the furnace mouth is maintained.
With materials, people, and blueprints, what can’t be produced?
[Meow meow meow]: "After the merger, the territory has expanded, and the area where players can move around is also larger."
[Hua Sanseng's Little Scimitar]: "Indeed, the players circle the territory every day, repeatedly casting hailstones."
[Mongolian Beast who likes tiger-striped dogs]: "It's a pity that some of the materials for the blueprints are not available."
At present, their territory has no shortage of materials needed for most of the blueprints.
The most that can be said is that some specific materials can no longer be produced if they miss the previous solar term.
The specific one is the Nine Tribute Glue. The donkey skin required for it must be killed before the winter solstice, and the snow water required must be produced at midnight on the winter solstice.
If you miss that period of time, you will never get it back.
The more blueprints and materials they accumulate, the more it will help their territory develop.
Various minerals and foods can be found in huge hailstones. Occasionally, someone with great luck will get a treasure chest, which contains blueprints or rare materials.
Some players also obtained blueprints for helmets, which are called helmets, and then there are a series of blueprints for shoes - iron boots.
With just a few parts of our mysterious armor set, you can kill almost anything in this hailstorm-ridden game.
There is absolutely no need to worry about any serious life-threatening situation. The helmet on the head is extremely hard, and the iron boots on the feet can send out huge hailstones with one kick.
As for the injuries, they were nothing more than being hit. After drinking some medicine and applying the Black Jade Ointment, the injuries will not be serious.
There are also some game areas where the material inventory of the Black Jade Intermittent Paste is insufficient, and it is also very troublesome to make it.
It needs to be stirred continuously and evenly, and the black jade paste in the pot must be boiled until it drops into beads.
If you stop stirring for a while, the whole pot of medicinal materials may be ruined.
Therefore, there was not a lot of stock and it was sold out early, which resulted in some players being unable to go out and practice. After all, it is still very dangerous to be injured without ointment to treat it.
But it is enough. If you move carefully in a small circle around your house, you can still deal with these huge hailstones.
There is no need to move around in the territory, and most players are content to be able to guard their own courtyard.
Therefore, by the 13th day of the winter solstice, which is the third day before the countdown, many game areas whose number of players has not yet reached zero are arranged in this way.
Only Shu Lingyi's side showed a very distinctive picture.
In other game areas, even if you can move around, you should try to stay around the house or within the territory and not leave it.
If you step out now, you will be bombarded by huge hailstones.
Unless the protective equipment is of a very high level, at least a set of three or more pieces of the mysterious armor series, most players in the game area do not have the ability to practice it.
Of course, most of the game areas have died quickly in this bombardment, not to mention that the protective shields can no longer hold up.
Because all the buildings were damaged, only the Siheyuan was still barely holding on, but the Siheyuan was not absolutely invincible.
Even if it can hold up, it can't last forever. It needs to be repaired to make it last longer.
But if the repairs cannot keep up, it will naturally become 100% worn out and then collapse.
To put it bluntly, for players in ordinary territories, being able to survive in a courtyard house and keep their house until the next solar term is already a blessing in disguise.
But not all players can be so lucky, misfortune is often the norm for most people.
However, the situation on Shu Lingyi's side was completely different. Those players who were not in the field and even stubborn before finally panicked this time!
Because of their previous actions, they not only could not get the materials to repair the protective shield courtyard, but they also had no materials to repair the courtyard.
No matter how high the level of a courtyard house with two entrances is, it cannot withstand such consumption!
The [001 Territory] has now expanded quite a bit, and other players were originally only able to move around in the territory.
Until this accident, Zhong Qingwei obtained another blueprint of super shield armor!
The material used for this blueprint is another type of rare ore that drops, called Turtleback Stone.
In fact, the hardness of turtleback stone itself is not very strong, but one advantage it has is that it can act as a strengthening material.
The legendary strengthening materials are enough to super-enhance those basic, low-level materials that were once collected by players and treated like garbage.
After strengthening, the hardness and defense value of the tortoise shells obtained from low-level turtle-like monsters can directly reach about level 9, and sometimes even comparable to level 10 monsters if you are lucky.
That rare level ten beast has similar numerical values in all aspects to the Snow Mountain Dragon Turtle. Even the nine monsters in full condition are nothing compared to the Snow Mountain Dragon Turtle.
Then this defense can be said to be invincible.
You have to know that the hardness of the Snow Mountain Dragon Turtle's shell was comparable to this top-grade diamond.
Moreover, its enhancement not only affects the defense value of hardness, but also comes with the so-called immunity and force-removing effects.
This will minimize the damage to oneself.
With this super shield, it will be easier for players to carry it and deal with huge hail.
Therefore, players in [001 Territory] have one super shield per team, which can cover three to five people.
Afterwards, players crossed the entire game area in groups, and the hailstones all over the ground were treasure chests that they mined at any time.
The feeling of opening a blind box is always intoxicating, who can resist it?
One by one, the players soon found that before the 15th, there was almost no accumulated hail in the entire game area.
All of them were newly fallen. If they had fallen around the territory, they might have been pierced by ice-breaking arrows before they even landed.
However, everyone was very conscious and avoided the houses of people like [Yifanxuan], [Xingluoluocaihong] and others.
Let them still be surrounded by hail and dragged behind, and their courtyard must have been worn out by more than half.
[Big Ginger Head]: "We open a bunch of treasure chests every day, and we want to get the hailstones when we see them. We specially leave these hailstones for them. How nice of us!"
【Zi Bu Yu】: "Sister Jiang is right. I feel itchy every time I pass by, but I control myself and let them solve it themselves."
[Foodie Pipi]: "Hey, how come there are people as nice as us!"
【Bai Moxi】: “6.”
[Xingluoluo Caihong] and others looked at the words on the public screen. The wear and tear of the courtyard has now risen to 40 points.
This is based on the premise that they had stockpiled some materials at the beginning.
At the beginning of the winter solstice, the relationship between everyone was not so strained, so the supplies that Shu Lingyi had for sale to the outside world were quite abundant.
Among them, the materials for courtyard houses, whether bricks and tiles or carved dragon pillars and painted phoenix beams, are all available for sale, but the purchase is limited.
[Yifanxuan] and [Xingluoluo Caihong], two relatively wealthy players at the time, stored a little more in case of emergency.
I didn't expect it to come in handy later, but as mentioned before, these materials can only be used in the courtyard where these players live.
Everyone is busy with their own affairs and of course cannot help others.
The materials this group of people can obtain are limited, but they consume more and more as time goes by.
For example, in [001 Territory], the wear and tear of the courtyard house would increase by 5 points at most in a day.
It doesn’t take much materials to repair it, so if you spread the money out and sell it to other territory players, everyone can repair it and keep it in the best condition.
For people like [Dudu], the scarcer the materials are, the less likely other players like [Xingluoluo Caihong] will sell them to them even if they have them.
In the past two days, they have been in a state where they have no materials left to continue repairing it. The degree of wear and tear has been increasing, making it simply too unbearable to be seen in public.
At this time, some people really started to panic, but they had no equipment, and it was impossible for them to go out and clean up the hail.
We have to start from the door. Any hailstones will affect the entire body, causing all the accumulated huge hailstones to be squeezed and fall downwards in an instant.
[Dudu]: "If you guys don't want to save others, then we can only save ourselves!"
[Yifanxuan]: "You - we have already advised you, whether you want to listen or not!"
[Ice Peak Warrior]: "What's the point of just persuading me? What's the point of just talking big? Everyone knows that it's not good to go out and clean up the hail like this, but if we don't clean it up, won't we still die?"
[Dudu]: "It's better than Lanying. Those who were fooled by you guys died. If the wear and tear is too high, it will collapse and the players can't escape at all!"
[Dudu] couldn't bear it any longer. Seeing the wear and tear gradually reached 70 points, he picked up the ice drill and went outside.
When he opened the door, a chill hit him in the face and his whole body trembled for a moment.
There were huge hailstones piled up outside the door, and he could no longer see what was happening outside. The entire house was completely blocked.
"Bah, what a bunch of bastards!" He spat, raised the ice breaker and stabbed it into a huge hailstone.
The huge hailstone shattered instantly and turned into broken ice on the ground, among which five turtleback stones fell.
"I told you it wouldn't end any worse!" Dudu succeeded in the first step and immediately began to drill upwards.
It’s a pity that the goddess of luck was not on [Dudu]’s side, but the three of them acted separately and gave it a try.
Just as we got out of the area large enough for one person to stand and turn around, hail suddenly fell down!
The degree of wear and tear on the courtyard house increased ten points in an instant.
[Dudu]: “How could this happen?!”
[Ice Peak Warrior]: "I——"
The person above died before he could even finish his words. Dudu was furious when he saw his roommate die in this way.
But he was not much better off. He failed to dodge in time and was hit by the falling huge hailstones, causing serious injuries.
[Dudu]: "We don't want the stuff from these huge hailstones. Give them more funds, and everything found in the hailstones will belong to them. As long as they help me clean up the huge hailstones outside, we can be much more relaxed."
[Dudu] To be honest, he felt too tired, and the death of his roommate had even more shocking effects on him.
Now I just want to live a good life, but [DuDu]'s proposal was quickly rejected by other players.
[Yifanxuan]: "You are so naive. Is the other party so kind?"
[Xingluoluo Caihong]: "We ridiculed them at that time, but now they are taking revenge on us. You actually think that if we give in, they will let me go. Aren't you a little naive?"
[Bear Cub]: "If you were in my shoes, would you be soft-hearted?"
Some of those who had already wanted to kneel down to the players of [001 Territory] immediately understood what was said, but they were still hoping for the best.
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