"It's so cold! Why does it get colder the more I walk? I feel like my feet are going to freeze and I can't feel them anymore."
"Don't you have any hot water? Quickly drink some hot water to warm yourself up!"
"I spent the whole morning outside with hand warmers on, and all I found was a snow crate, and inside it were two pieces of black bread..."
"At least you got bread from the box, but I got a snow wolf from it. What am I supposed to say?"
"What did I say? I just said you're unlucky, what else could I say!"
"I have a cold, my head feels so heavy and I feel so uncomfortable... I don't know why the cold medicine I took didn't help at all."
Um?
Gu Mian's eyes lit up, and she immediately edited the message: "[Beetroot porridge] 1000 points per bowl, only ten bowls available, first come, first served!"
"...Wasn't it 500 points yesterday? How come it's doubled today?"
Gu Mian: "Because the quantity is limited, and it can also cure a cold while filling your stomach."
"Um... although... but, isn't a thousand points a bowl a bit too expensive?"
"Can we keep it the same as yesterday, 500 points?"
After Gu Mian finished trading the last bowl of beet porridge, she finally had a moment to reply: "No, and it's already sold out."
That person: “…”
He slapped his butt in frustration, thinking, "I should have just placed the order directly. Why did I have to dawdle and haggle over the price?"
Easy peasy, another 10,000 points have been credited to my account.
Gu Mian was in a good mood and redeemed three intermediate blind boxes, then happily began to open them.
[Obtain 500g*1 coffee beans]
[Obtain 200g sugar cubes*1]
[Obtained 3 self-heating hot pots]
The above supplies will be doubled.
Just as Gu Mian was about to pack the scattered supplies into her backpack, Zhou entered, covered in snow and wind.
"These are coffee beans?" He looked at the two plastic boxes on the ground with surprise.
Gu Mian nodded slightly: "Yes."
He opened his mouth, about to speak, when a delighted voice suddenly came from outside: "Look, there's a gas station up ahead!"
Then another female voice rang out: "Thank God, we finally found a gas station before I froze to death."
It was a very ordinary little wooden house, standing out abruptly in the vast snowfield. About 10 meters in front of the house was a road sign with the words "Gas Station" written on it.
Braving the wind and snow, Lu Xue and her group hurried towards the wooden house. Just as they stepped inside, they heard a system notification:
[Congratulations to players Lu Xue, Zhao Jinming, and Wu Peipei for finding the only shelter in the extremely cold snow: the gas station.]
The gas station can remain open for the following period: 2:30:30.
As soon as Lu Xue stepped into the wooden house, a wave of intense warmth enveloped her. "It's so warm here..."
Before he could finish speaking, he saw a beautiful woman sitting on a chair in the middle of the wooden house, and a handsome man with a cold and aloof look standing next to her.
The two, one sitting and one standing, looked perfectly matched.
Right? That handsome guy even has a red exclamation mark above his head!
She immediately took a step back warily, bumping right into Zhao Jinming's nose. Zhao Jinming winced in pain, tears welling in his eyes, and mumbled as he covered his nose, "Why are you blocking my way?"
Lu Xue turned her head and whispered, "There's a red name in there!"
"Ah!" Wu Peipei exclaimed in surprise, then quickly covered her mouth and whispered, "Shouldn't we run away right away?"
Gu Mian: ...
She watched as the group of people huddled together whispering, and her lips twitched involuntarily.
No, do you really think you're speaking very softly?
Zhou Ye: "Are you sure you want to keep standing at the door?"
The three of them jolted, immediately straightened up, and quickly shook their heads: "Sorry to bother you, we'll be leaving now!"
"Pfft." Gu Mian held back her laughter. "It's snowing so heavily outside, are you sure you want to go out now?"
“Um…” Lu Xue glanced furtively at Zhou Ye’s head, her tone hesitant: “I’m not entirely sure.”
Upon hearing this, Zhou Ye glanced at them indifferently and said, "I have no interest in weaklings."
Lu Xue/Zhao Jinming/Wu Peipei: "..."
Even though we know we're newbies, saying it like that makes us look bad!
"Xiaoxue..." Wu Peipei quietly tugged at Lu Xue's hem: "Doesn't that older sister look familiar?"
"Huh?" Lu Xue glanced up several times furtively. "He looks kind of familiar. Why does he look familiar?"
She frowned and fell into deep thought.
"I know!" Zhao Jinming suddenly punched his fist and shouted excitedly, "She's that human bug, Gu Mian!"
Gu Mian: ...
What the heck is a humanoid bug?
Don't give people nicknames without permission!
"Yes, yes, yes! I remember now!" Lu Xue excitedly looked up and saw Gu Mian staring at them expressionlessly.
"Forehead……"
She immediately lowered her head again and stomped hard on Zhao Jinming's foot.
It's all this guy's fault. Why is he so excited? He made her get excited too.
"Ouch..." Zhao Jinming had only cried out halfway through his cry when Wu Peipei covered his nose and mouth from behind, causing him to suffocate until his face contorted in pain.
Gu Mian: ...
Gas stations are the only shelter in the extremely cold and snowy regions, but there are more than one of them.
Originally, this points competition was only seven days long, and the players thought it wouldn't be too difficult, but they never expected that it would snow almost all day long.
It would be one thing if it were just snowing, but there were almost no trees on the road, making it impossible to refuel.
Moreover, it's a resource shortage mode; even if you run around outside in the heavy snow, you might not find two boxes in a whole day.
Even if you're lucky enough to find four or five boxes, there's no guarantee you'll find supplies inside; there's a 50% chance you'll find mutated beasts.
The most fatal flaw is that killing mutated beasts neither earns points nor can they be broken down into food, making it a complete waste of a box.
Therefore, the players were unusually angry this time.
Every time Gu Mian opened the chat channel, she would see half of the people cursing and swearing, while the other half were either asking for medicine to cure their colds or bragging about how happy they were at the gas station.
"I have to say, I'm really lucky! I just randomly chose a direction and found a gas station before I even walked 500 meters."
[Image] Wow, that fireplace is so warm! I'm going to install one in my house's living room when I get back to the raft.
Gu Mian clicked on the picture and saw a photo of a fireplace burning, with flames rolling inside, looking very warm.
Then another picture was posted.
This time, the scene shows two plates of grilled skewers and a bowl of spicy crayfish on the table, with several cans of beer next to them.
"Your life, my dream. Hey bro, can you take me there? I'll have a beer with you!"
"Hehe, I'm not the big brother. What if you try to harm me after I bring you here? Forget it, I'd better not take that risk."
...
Lu Xue hesitated at the door for a long time before finally mustering the courage to take out a box of chocolates and walk out to Gu Mian: "Boss, do you want some chocolate?"
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