The snow-covered mountains are solemn and sacred, silent and still, with only the soft rustling of falling snow around them.
Lin Ruo stood outside the circular protective shield, wearing thick clothes and holding a hot water bottle in her hands. She gazed into the distance, far away from the crowd. She was finally free!
Eat whatever you want without worrying about attracting unwanted attention because of the strong flavors; do whatever you want without fear of being discovered.
The snow outside was falling heavier and heavier. She only stood there for a short while before returning to the protective shield. She put down the hot water bottle, took out some more wood from her space, and lit a large bonfire on the platform. The bonfire burned brightly, warming the surroundings.
She was really hungry, so she placed a triangular fire stand on the campfire with a pot hanging from it.
Then a blue light flashed in her eyes, and the surrounding water molecules began to gather in the pot. After a moment, the pot was half full of water.
She used her spiritual power to enter the space and first went to check on Afu and Ashou. They were still sleeping, but their bodies were growing rapidly, and they had already grown to 2.5 meters tall.
At this rate of growth, it will probably take another day before they wake up.
While running around Yanshan Mountain, Lin Ruo also discovered many sleeping animals. These animals were much larger than before their mutation, and the shapes of various parts of their bodies had also changed. For example, their teeth had become longer and sharper, their fur had become thicker, and their claws had become larger.
These animals look quite different from their previous forms.
A few days later, these animals will wake up after completing their mutations. Once awake, they will urgently need to replenish their energy and will search for food everywhere. At this time, their diet will have changed, and they will only eat flesh and blood.
Cities are populated, and so are mutated animals. These mutated animals, unable to find other food, will feed on humans.
Humans were suddenly relegated from the top of the food chain to the bottom, facing extreme cold, food scarcity, and constant attacks from these mutated animals, resulting in a significant reduction in their living space.
This is the real apocalypse!
Lin Ruo saw these animals as a gift from heaven, as if each one was given a free bullet to be embedded in its forehead, saving them from the ravages of the apocalypse.
These mutated animals are now lying obediently in her still space, waiting for Afu and Ashou to wake up so she can give them extra food and replenish their energy.
Without thinking further, she took out a hot pot base from her spatial storage and put it in the pot. Small bubbles bubbled up in the pot, and the spicy aroma began to spread.
Lin Ruo was really hungry. She took out a pound of mutton, held it in her left hand, and the mutton quickly froze. With her right hand, Lin Ruo took out a cleaver from her spatial storage and began to quickly slice the mutton in front of her. The sliced meat was as thin as cicada wings and very intact. It was quickly rolled up and fell into the basin that had been placed there beforehand.
She took out another piece of beef, cut it into beef rolls using the same method as for lamb, and set it aside.
After slicing the mutton and beef, Lin Ruo also scooped out a plate of fresh shrimp from the freshwater pool, carefully peeled the shrimp shells, removed the shrimp veins, pounded them into a paste, and rolled them into balls.
They also took out tofu, potatoes, mushrooms, and other vegetables for hot pot and washed them one by one.
After plating all the dishes and boiling the soup in the pot, Lin Ruo sat down, took out a bottle of Coke, and started eating hot pot. She ate a bite of vegetables, a bite of meat, a bite of shrimp balls, and a sip of Coke. It was really spicy, but it was also really fragrant.
I haven't had this in so long, I'm really craving it!
While Lin Ruo was happily enjoying her hot pot, the people who had gone out to find supplies in Building 3 of Longyuan also returned.
Li Wei and Zhao Hui dragged a door panel, which they had taken from somewhere, and piled up a lot of supplies on it, back to Longyuan.
After Li Wei finished distributing the supplies, he carried a large amount of supplies back to the 25th floor. As soon as he opened the door to 2502, a blast of cold air rushed in. He dragged the supplies into the room.
Inside room 2502, there was an iron rack with a huge iron basin on it, in which some chopped wood was burning.
Qian Li and Dou Dou sat near the brazier. They had moved their beds next to it. Except for a two-meter radius around the brazier, the rest of the room was as cold as an ice cellar. There was even ice frozen in the farthest places, which showed how extremely cold the temperature was.
DouDou sat on the bed, his little face red from the cold. He was wearing earmuffs, a thick down jacket, and covered with a thick quilt. He was also holding a cup of hot water in his hand to warm his hands.
When Qian Li saw Li Wei return, she went up to him, helped him unload the supplies, and handed him a cup of hot water.
Li Wei warmed his hands and face with hot water before catching his breath. "It's getting colder and colder outside. I estimate it's around minus fifty or sixty degrees Celsius. All the remaining water that hadn't receded has frozen solid. There's all sorts of things on the ice, including corpses that haven't floated away..."
Qian Li sat down beside him and added some more firewood to the fire before sighing, "I thought that after this downpour, good days would come, but now we're hit with this freezing weather."
"However, there is one good thing: we don't have to worry about food for now. Some shops that were previously flooded have resurfaced, and some flour and rice sealed in plastic haven't gotten wet, so they're still edible."
Li Wei stretched his hands closer to the brazier, and within a day, he developed chilblains on his hands. These chilblains began to itch under the heat emanating from the brazier.
He scratched his head casually a couple of times before continuing, "And the city's granaries, I don't think they've been flooded either. I'll go check them out with Zhao Hui and the others in a few days."
Mentioning Zhao Hui, Qian Li remembered the box Lin Ruo had given her before, turned around, took it from the cabinet next to her, and handed it to Li Wei.
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