And the comments from those avatars that were still lit were filled with despair:
"Help! We're out of coal! The ship is completely frozen in the ice! I'm dying! I don't want to die! If anyone has coal, I'll trade everything I have! Please!"
"My legs... my legs are completely numb! They're purple! Does anyone have medicine?! Medicine for frostbite! I'll trade it for food! I have lots of fish!"
"The raft can't hold! It's breaking apart! The ice is squeezing my boat! Ah——!"
"It's over... My temperature keeps dropping... My vision is blurry... Honey... I'm so sorry..."
"Where are those profiteers who sell overpriced coal?! Come out! I'll give you as many iron blocks as you can! Light a fire for me!!"
“…So cold…So sleepy…”
The desperate prayers ultimately ended in silence.
Lu Ye flipped through the information expressionlessly, without a trace of emotion in his eyes.
This is the game of survival, cruel but fair.
If you fail to seize opportunities and make wrong choices, you will be eliminated.
He thought silently, then turned off the heart-pounding regional channel.
Now, he has more important things to do - to lead his small team to continue to survive in this completely frozen sea of death.
Just as Lu Ye turned off the regional channel and the only sounds in the cabin were the crackling of burning coal and the suppressed breathing of everyone, a dull but clear explosion suddenly came from the frozen sea!
"Bang--!"
The sound was not deafening, but it seemed particularly abrupt in the silent ice field.
Shen Shu held the roll of bandages she had just sorted out, her hand shaking slightly.
Xiao Yiyi was so frightened that she shuddered and subconsciously shrank towards Lu Ye.
Shen Hebei shuddered and almost spilled the fish bone soup in his hand.
"What's that noise?! Is there someone outside?" In this awful weather, someone still dares to cause trouble outside? Are they trying to kill themselves?
Lu Ye frowned and his eyes became sharp instantly.
He listened for a moment, but there was no other unusual sound except the whistling cold wind.
An explosion? At this critical moment...
His thoughts raced, and without the slightest hesitation, he took action immediately.
He sank his mind into the system warehouse and searched quickly.
After a moment, a slightly rough-looking [Portable Flamethrower] appeared in his hand - this thing was taken out of an inconspicuous box before, and had never been used. I didn't expect it might come in handy now.
He took out a small metal brazier and used tongs to pick up a few pieces of red-hot high-quality coal from the stove and put them in. The heat wave instantly hit him in the face.
"You stay in the cabin and lock the door. I'll go check it out."
Lu Ye's voice was low and calm, without a trace of emotion.
Xiao Yiyi's face was full of worry.
"Brother Lu, it's so cold outside, and...what if there's danger?"
"Don't worry." Lu Ye gave her a soothing look, although there was not much warmth in it. "If there is any problem, I will retreat immediately."
He walked to the cabin door with a flamethrower in one hand and a brazier filled with hot coals carefully held in the other.
The heavy cabin door was slowly opened a crack, and a cold air that could almost freeze a person rushed in instantly, forming a sharp contrast with the heat in the cabin.
Lu Ye took a deep breath, adjusted to the biting temperature, then slipped out and quickly closed the hatch from the outside.
It was really snowy outside.
Everywhere you look, there's an endless expanse of pale white ice, gleaming coldly in the biting polar wind.
The Wavebreaker was like a worm in amber, frozen firmly in the ice.
Lu Ye held the brazier to absorb the pitiful warmth, and glanced around vigilantly.
Soon, he saw the source of the noise about fifty meters away from the Breaking Waves.
An extremely burly figure was bending over, waving something and smashing the ice beneath his feet again and again!
Every blow was accompanied by a dull sound and flying ice chips.
Is it that strong man named Xiong Ren? He's not dead?
Lu Ye narrowed his eyes.
What made his pupils shrink even more was that behind the burly man, there seemed to be a small figure curled up, wrapped tightly and motionless, looking like a child.
Sure enough... my previous premonition was right, something really happened to this guy.
But...with a child?
Lu Ye understood in his heart that the vague warning he had about Xiong Ren was now confirmed.
He carried the brazier and walked slowly over on the solid ice.
"Hey! Xiong Ren?" Lu Ye's voice was not loud, but it was clearly audible on the empty ice field.
The sturdy man who was busy smashing the ice suddenly stopped and looked up in astonishment, revealing a face that was frozen purple and covered with stubble.
When he saw clearly that the person coming was Lu Ye, surprise suddenly burst out in his eyes which had been a little dim!
"Brother Lu?! Is it really you?! Great!"
Xiong Ren was so excited that his voice trembled and the simple ice pick in his hand almost fell to the ground.
He subconsciously moved back and protected the little girl behind him more closely.
"Why are you here? Where's the boat?"
Lu Ye walked to a place about seven or eight meters away from him and stopped. He did not approach rashly. His eyes fell on the little girl behind him who was shivering with cold and only had a pair of frightened big eyes.
Xiong Ren showed a trace of bitterness and fear on his face.
"Don't mention it, Brother Lu... I'm so unlucky! I changed the medicine earlier and wanted to rush back to treat my sister... Who knew that this damn cold snap would hit us just after we paddled out a short distance! My raft was frozen to pieces! If I hadn't reacted quickly and jumped onto a large ice floe with my sister in my arms, I would have been turned into an ice sculpture by now!"
He pointed at the little girl behind him.
"This is my sister, Xiaoya. She had a fever earlier, and I came out just to find something to eat and see if I could get some medicine... That explosion just now was me using my ability to smash the ice, hoping to break a hole and catch a fish to fill her stomach..."
As he spoke, Xiong Ren looked at Lu Ye with a hint of hope in his eyes.
"Brother Lu! I know you have a way! My skill is [Explosion]! It's not very powerful, but it should be able to break the ice and help you get the boat out! I... I don't ask for anything else, I just want to be thick-skinned and ask you for some food for my sister... She has a severe fever, is cold and hungry, and is dying..."
His voice was filled with tears. A seven-foot-tall strong man seemed extremely humble at this moment.
Lu Ye didn't say anything, just held the brazier, his deep eyes wandering back and forth between Xiong Ren and the dying little girl behind him.
This blind bear looks honest, but he is not stupid. He knows how to use his skills to exchange for survival resources, and he also knows how to bring his family along to gain sympathy?
However, the [Explosion] skill... is indeed useful on this ice surface.
But, can this person... be trusted?
His previous indifference was for the sake of survival, but now facing a dying child, Lu Ye's heart is not made of iron.
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