Chapter 870 The End of the Great Cold (1)
But no one expected that there were several lords who did this, and among them was the lord of Game Area 6 [Pinding]!
He even secretly selected out the players in the worst condition in the gaming area.
Now they plan to force them to risk their lives to clear the frost, sleet and snow around the territory, targeting these players who are poor in supplies and have ties to their relatives and friends.
"I tell you that you have to go even if you don't want to. Otherwise, the relatives and friends you brought with you will be expelled from the territory along with you, and they will all die!"
It is said that the most terrifying thing about doomsday is that some people who originally appear to be very kind and benevolent may be provoked and turned into evil people at any time.
"Mom and Dad, don't worry about what he says. If he wants to live, why should he sacrifice your lives? We all have one life. At worst, we can die together. Who is afraid of who?"
"Husband! How could you do such a thing!"
A woman appeared beside the lord of their territory, covering her chest with her hands, her face not looking very good, her complexion was pretty, and she looked a bit weak and fragile.
"I...Duoduo, why did you come out? Go back inside quickly. It's very cold outside."
As soon as he saw [Dorae Mi Dodo] coming out, the lord [Pinding Ding] changed from his original ferocious look to an affectionate one.
He immediately stepped forward to support [Dorae Mi Dodo] and wanted to call her back into the house.
"I heard everything. You actually want to use their lives to fill our hole. I tell you, I will never allow this!"
Duoduo covered his chest with his hands, his face turning even paler due to the loud yelling.
She stared at her lover with a frown on her face, still seeming a little confused.
I don’t understand, how could a lover’s life suddenly become so worthless?
"Then what can I do? Someone has to do this. If they don't go, more players will leave the territory, and more people may die!"
"If they come forward, I can sign a contract to guarantee the safety of their relatives and friends. As long as they are willing to stay, I will never expel any of them and will protect them until the last moment before the territory is destroyed."
"Just like they said, if they don't go and no one wants to go, then everyone will die together. There are only two options. If someone is willing to go and sacrifice himself to clear the sleet, he can save his family and friends."
After Duoduo came out, [Pinding] changed the action that was originally forced on some players to be performed into a verbal request and Chunchun's instigation.
Some people are still very angry and dissatisfied because they know that their lord is a henpecked husband.
The lord respects the lady's opinion very much. As long as the lady insists on not agreeing, the lord will definitely have no choice.
Just when everyone was looking at the lord's wife with pleading hearts.
They suddenly realized that their lord really knew how to use words to incite others to digest and believe in this big pie.
The other players were originally forced, but after listening to his words, they softened their hearts and even began to seriously consider the feasibility of what the lord said.
If you don't want your children or relatives to die, the temptation given by [Pudding] is enough for now.
There are only a few days left for the entire solar term. If they don’t do it, or if no one goes, it will be a dead end.
However, if they are willing to stand up and fight for their lives, they can maximize the benefits of their own deaths as long as the lord does not go back on his promise.
And now that [Pudding Ding] proposes to bind them with a contract, at least they have gained a guarantee that they can be newcomers.
This is also the point that they care about most in their hearts. After all, people must return to Blue Star alive. No one can see them die with them in front of them.
"As long as you are willing to sign the contract, we will agree to this, but you have to provide something."
As the first player stepped forward, the second player took the initiative to step forward and express his agreement.
"As long as you can sign a contract and promise not to violate it, then we are willing to sacrifice ourselves. Of course, even if we have to sacrifice our lives, you can't let us go empty-handed, right?"
"Yes, at the very least we have to provide the first batch of props. Otherwise, our lives won't be enough to fill the gap."
These players actually started discussing with each other, without any trace of the forced anger they had before.
[Doraemon Dodo] obviously didn't expect it to develop like this. She tried her best to stop it, saying, "There's no need to sacrifice like this. The territory is not yours. We should all share the risk together."
"This kind of trolley problem shouldn't appear in our territory. There's no reason to sacrifice a small number of people to protect the majority of players!"
"But people are still needed to sacrifice here! Just like what the lord said, we don't ask what will happen after the sacrifice, we just ask the lord to promise us and keep his word."
"It wouldn't be a bad thing if we sacrificed ourselves. We're all old anyway, so we can leave the way for other players."
But among the people in the territory, there are those who choose to sacrifice for the sake of their children and relatives, and naturally there is also a large group of people who do not want their parents or elders to sacrifice.
"Not only do I disagree, but how can I agree to this? Why should we sacrifice ourselves? We should live together, and die together!"
"Dad, please don't do such stupid things again. He clearly didn't say that just now. He is definitely trying to trick you. You have been fooled. Your life has been taken away by the scammer!"
And as children, who could bear to see their parents act like this, let alone want to become the next Lily of the Valley.
"Don't be ridiculous. What you are doing is actually a form of moral kidnapping. How do other players view you? Then how will your children view you?"
[Do Re Mi Do Do] Her face was frozen with anger at this moment, and she began to rebuke these people and also rebuked her husband: "If you come up with such a bad idea again, I will never let you go!"
"Madam Lord, this is really our own will. We really just want this basic request. Please don't blame the Lord."
[Dorae Mi Dodo] I didn't expect this scene, I felt angry and anxious.
She was even more annoyed by the bad ideas that Pudding came up with, so she pushed him away and refused to have any contact with him.
"Dad, what on earth are you talking about? How can you rush to die? Are you crazy?!"
"Besides, we haven't reached the point of despair yet, okay—"
"How can we say that we are not at the end of the road? Look at our entire territory, and then look at the supplies and props we have! How can we say that we are not at the end of the road..."
As an old father, the thought that if he went out, he could give his children a new way of life like the couple of players in [Lily of the Valley Territory] did.
Death became nothing to fear in his eyes.
"Yes, anyway, we are already this age, what's the point of returning to Blue Star alive? My daughter is still young, and there is a great hope that she can return in the future."
"Live a good life when you go back, and burn more paper money for us when the time comes. People will die eventually. Even if I am alive, I can't live to be over 100 years old. Why should I pursue meaningless immortality like others?"
"I don't care about you guys anyway. I tell you, if you dare to agree to give them the contract, then we will break up completely and I will die in front of you!"
[Dorae Mi Dodo] felt very angry, feeling both distressed and annoyed with these players.
She couldn't change the minds of these parents, so she could only destroy their expectations from the root.
That is to make it impossible for [Pinding] to fulfill the regulations and contract to ensure the safety of their children, so that the players will be discouraged and stop worrying about this matter.
But perhaps because she was too angry, her emotions became very unstable, her breathing suddenly became rapid, and she fainted the next second!
"Wife - Duoduo! Are you okay? Duoduo, wake up!"
Suddenly, the lord didn't care about anything else and immediately picked up [Dorae Mi Dodo] and went back to the house.
He used his body to warm her up and reduce the cold. At the same time, he boiled the Nine Tribute Glue he bought and prepared to feed it to her as medicine.
After doing all this, he returned to the original place and talked to these players who were willing to sacrifice themselves, and he issued contract applications one by one.
"The contract is here. As long as you dare to sign it, I will do what I say."
After taking a look at the lord just now, they probably understood what it meant.
The lord's wife was not in good health, especially the illness she suffered from the last time she rescued someone, which caused her health to become even worse.
Even with the Nine Tribute Glue, it only temporarily stabilized her vital signs and prevented her body from continuing to collapse. She got a lot better, but not much.
This was probably one of the reasons why he racked his brains to find a way to survive.
"Let's go down first and set off later."
Their children wanted to stop them, but the lord called for people to capture them. They could only watch their parents put on the equipment, walk out of the courtyard and go outside the territory.
They walked step by step into the freezing rain, their figures even obscured by the rain, gradually disappearing from everyone's sight.
"No, I won't forgive you for doing this—"
How to use the historian, but how can they be the opponent of the other big strong men, although they may have physical advantages. But there are more people, but some people look at the hostile eyes towards the lord
"If you wait like this for the Lord's wife to wake up, what will she think of you when she wakes up?!"
They roared with all their might, like the cries of young animals.
Their eyes were bloodshot with tiny red bloodshot veins, and hot tears were swirling in their eye sockets, flowing uncontrollably.
"Even if she wakes up and wants to blame me, blame me, or even beat me, I am doing this for the good of this territory..."
As for the decision of this territory, it was not something that Shu Lingyi and the others could participate in, change, or save.
Some territories choose to have everyone give up, leaving life and death to fate.
As the days passed, Shu Lingyi and his companions not only cleaned up the territory, but also, with sufficient resources, cleared a large area of rain, rime, sleet and snow outside the territory.
Although I don’t know how much props and medicinal herbs were made from real materials.
Fortunately, they can still produce in their territory, so they have nothing to fear.
[Yan Xingchen]: "But this frost is really getting more and more outrageous. It's even going to freeze our houses now."
[Yue Shengliang who loves sweet-scented osmanthus fish]: "Yeah, I almost couldn't even open the door. It's so annoying. The courtyard is so worn out that I wake up at 30 or 40 o'clock in the morning."
[Foodie Pipi]: "The ice on the ground is getting thicker and thicker. Luckily there is no more hail or else if it continues like this, everyone will be blown to pieces."
By the fifth day, Shu Lingyi could already foresee the misfortune happening.
[March 5, 3103, 11:42, severe cold, today's lowest temperature is -101°, force 6 gale, strong cold wave is coming, freezing rain warning, water drops turn into ice, frost everywhere forms a thick layer of ice, be careful of being frozen. The suppressed hail and snow will also explode, please build a strong defense to resist. ]
Because several players from the territories were originally eating and drinking on the public screen, they specially spent a lot of gold coins to come to this restaurant and buy several expensive sets of meals.
【Lying Bug】District 12: "I don't have much pursuit, I just want to have something good to eat before I die."
There were three or five players among them gathered in a large living room, eating the delicious meal together, talking and laughing, and even replying to the messages on the public screen when they had time.
[Fairy Koi] Area 1: "I wish you all can successfully complete the game. I don't know if I will ever hope to return to Blue Planet. Can you please say hello to my old parents for me?"
[Novel Cancer Terminal Patient] District 1: "I also hope that everyone can complete the game safely. Well... if you can make a wish after completing the game, please revive my child. My child is only 20 years old... and hasn't even graduated from college..."
[Serious Fat Baby] District 3: "I believe in the big guys! They are so powerful, unlike us who can only take one step at a time and live according to fate."
[Fairy Koi] District 1: "Yeah, anyway, I have enjoyed a lot of things in this game that I can't enjoy in my lifetime on Blue Star. In fact, it's quite exciting to live like this once."
[Time Passes] District 9: "Who says it's not true? If it were on Blue Planet, I probably wouldn't be able to afford to live in this courtyard in my lifetime, and I also saw so many things that seem scientific but are completely unscientific."
[Li Lan] District 1: "The only pity is that there is no one to take care of my two little kids. If I return to Blue Star and there is no chance of resurrection for me, will my kids be sent to an orphanage? Will the living people take good care of them..."
【Lying Bug】District 12: "Don't say such depressing things. Come on! Let's eat and drink. Let's drink lots of wine!"
These players chatted in the public screen in a random manner, especially after getting drunk, they even started talking about their relatives on the Blue Star, perhaps their children or perhaps their parents.
There are even players who have died in the game. Some of them died gloriously, while others were detestable.
Players began to joke about these experiences, talking about events that were both embarrassing and hilarious.
But players in other areas, such as the 001 game area, remained silent at this time.
They really couldn't find words to comfort these players who were enjoying themselves and telling their last words, but they also felt that it would be too hard to do anything...
[Silver who loves to read novels] District 9: "Why do you say that? I may not be able to clear the level even if I die with my sword!"
[Foodie Pipi] District 9: "Yeah, the bosses are awesome, we can definitely pass it!"
[Fairy Koi] Area 1: "This is our last bit of supplies. There is really no use for us. I will give you some gold coins and materials."
Soon, all the players in [Territory 001] who had traded with these players received the packages sent by them.
There may not be much in it, just some medicinal herbs or some food.
These things are not actually top-notch in terms of grade and quality, but they are the only things they can show off at the moment.
When seeing these things, many players couldn't hold back their tears!
[Yan Xingchen] District 9: "Clear the game! Must clear the game. Who came up with this crazy trick? Such a nice person, how could he have the heart to..."
【Time Passes】District 9: “I hate seeing this kind of separation of life and death.”
Jing Shishui closed the public chat interface and stopped looking at it, fearing that it would awaken some sad memories.
But you can't forget it just by not watching it.
This game has taken too many lives. Even if she has avenged Jing Suining, there is still no way to resurrect her.
[Fairy Koi] Area 1: "What's the big deal? What if we die and return to the Blue Planet? Then you can see us on the Blue Planet after you clear the level!"
[Novel: Advanced Cancer Patient] Area 1: "Take our things and make sure you pass the level with our help!"
[Lilan] Zone 1: "This way I can feel like I contributed a lot to the end of this game."
Not long after, the hail and snow explosion that everyone had expected happened.
The weather forecast has clearly stated that today is the fifth day, and an explosion is inevitable.
In fact, a lot of rime has been cleared in these game areas, but not much has been cleared in the areas outside the territory.
It was incomparable to District 6, which sacrificed many lives to clear the sleet, rime and snow within a radius of 100 meters in one breath, and its efficiency was catching up with that of District 9.
However, even in Game Area No. 9, casualties were inevitable when clearing the frost, sleet and snow these days, but the overall number of survivors is still far ahead.
It rained heavily today, with strong winds and heavy rain beating on the ice on the ground. Under the force, cracks have begun to appear on the surface of the ice.
The hail and snow below seemed to have been oppressed by the freezing rain above for too long and began to rebel.
As a result, small and dense cracks began to appear and spread under the thick ice layer.
Until the inside and outside echo each other and form a broken hole!
“Bang bang!”
“Bang bang!”
After they exploded, deep cracks appeared on countless ice layers and spread in all directions.
The hail and snow below exploded more and more violently, and the broken ice layers also exploded.
The hail and snow have been compressed for a long time, and the power it produces is enough to be terrifying.
However, after all, many territories had cleared the rain, frost, sleet and snow in the areas surrounding their territories, but the aftermath of the explosion still hit their protective shields.
Hail and snow alone are not enough. After all, the power of the hail and snow explosion has actually been partially blocked by the ice layer. The really scary thing is that the broken ice cubes are flying all over the sky!
These pieces of ice, some big and some small, were blown in all directions by the terrible force brought by the hail explosion.
The freezing rain that they received along the way gave these ice blocks a harder layer of armor, allowing them to move forward.
The shield, which was already suffering from the erosion of freezing rain, had its health level fluctuating. Even though the shield was at the maximum level and had a very strong value, it could not withstand such continuous attacks.
For the original freezing rain and sustained output, the lord only needs to repair it in time. After all, it only needs to be repaired twice a day.
Moreover, it only repairs half of its health each time, which means that the current shield health can only withstand one day of freezing rain.
But now, not only do we have to withstand the freezing rain that keeps falling and the water turns into ice, but there are also ice cubes that attack violently from all directions.
In an instant, the health of the shield began to drop explosively, and the players were unable to stop it. The lord could only frantically collect gold coins to repair it.
Combined with the two, the cost of maintaining the shield increases hundreds of times.
What's more, in this kind of weather, accompanied by a level 6 gale, it can be said that none of the players are having an easy time.
The attack power of this set of natural disaster combination punches is no less than that of the hail and snow from the previous few days.
The combination of heavy ice and this made the entire protective shield begin to shake and eventually break in a matter of minutes.
Once the protective shield is broken, how long can courtyard houses and other types of buildings last?
They really didn't have any materials in stock, and they didn't have many gold coins, so it was too late to save the situation.
Unless we ask for help from other lords, but their territories may not be in much better condition at this time, so why drag them into this?
It is better to eat calmly, have a good sleep in bed, and face death calmly.
[Fairy Koi] District 1: "Anyway, when we entered the game a year ago, weren't we ready to die at any time?"
[Novel: Advanced Cancer Patient] District 1: "I just wonder if there is an underworld after death. I'm curious."
Shu Ling and his companions began to get ready, trying to find an opportunity to go out and use the terrain to destroy the larger ice blocks with ice-breaking arrows.
Long-range shooting is a good time to train many archer players.
With the protective shield in place, the territory can be protected for the time being.
[Zi Bu Yu]: "I didn't expect there was such a training method, but luckily the game gave me a physical enhancement, otherwise there would be no chance of walking through ice!"
[Dean Zhu who loves to eat soy milk fish]: "We should at least deal with some of the ice cubes that are attacking from outside the territory. We definitely can't deal with all of them."
Because there is no lord, everyone can only take one step at a time.
In fact, Shu Ling took out his own little treasury and started to repair it.
It can be said that every two hours she would have to consume the gold coins from the previous day or two days, which made her feel heartbroken.
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