Chapter 182 In the Snowstorm
Ye Jinghong's words made Zhou Xu feel like he was struck by lightning. He had not had a good rest that night, and he staggered and almost fell to the ground.
For them at this time, the granary is undoubtedly the top priority.
The roof of the granary was blown off, and all the dry food stored inside was exposed to the wind and snow, which was not a good thing for them.
At this stage, because Zhou Xu has already introduced currency, before winter, under his reminder, every tribal member has already stockpiled a certain amount of food in advance.
With this as a premise, they still have enough food in their granary to feed the entire village for one month.
According to Zhou Xu's expectations, even if there was an accident, it would be enough for them to get through it.
Who would have thought that just as winter began, a snowstorm would blow away his granary! "When was the roof of the granary blown off?"
After taking two deep breaths, Zhou Xu calmed himself down and quickly confirmed the situation with Ye Jinghong.
Faced with this question, Ye Jinghong gritted his teeth and gave an answer...
"I don't know. When we found it in the morning, the roof had been blown off and the granary was full of snow. I'm afraid it was blown off last night. It was so windy and snowy outside that we couldn't hear anything."
Having said this, Ye Jinghong paused.
"As for the two people who are responsible for guarding the granary..."
Zhou Xu would definitely have sent people to guard an important place like a granary. One person was not enough, so he directly assigned two people to look after each other.
And now, looking at Ye Jinghong's expression, one can tell that the two men are probably in great danger.
"We are searching with all our might!"
In such a blizzard, the granary roof was blown off, and the granary was filled with snow, and the whereabouts of the two people were unknown...
In all likelihood, he was buried alive.
As his thoughts raced, Zhou Xu's gaze quickly fell on Ye Jinghong.
"Jinghong, go and arrange a new place to transfer the food storage, and then organize the villagers to clear the snow on the ground to provide a relatively safe environment for the subsequent work. At the same time, start a search and rescue for the two missing people!"
"yes!"
"Chongshan, Li Ce, you two muster the soldiers to clear the snow off the roofs and see if they can be reinforced. As for those roofs that have been collapsed or blown off, try to repair them as much as possible."
Regarding this arrangement, Li Ce opened his mouth twice, as if he wanted to say something, but finally chose to keep silent.
On the way here, he had experienced it firsthand. In this snowy wind, they were now having difficulty even walking. In this situation, how easy would it be to go up to the roof to clear the snow on it, or even to reinforce and repair the roof?
But he soon realized that it was not a question of whether or not it could be done, but that they had no choice!
Whether it is clearing the snow on the roof or reinforcing the roof, it is all to prevent the roof from being crushed or blown away in this snowstorm.
They didn't know when the snow would stop, but they were sure that if they lost the shelter of their houses in this blizzard, their lives would be threatened! What they were facing was not a choice at all! "But Chief, if we go to clear the snow and search and rescue, who will deal with the food buried by the snow?"
"I'll go."
Zhou Xu said these two words with absolute certainty.
As he spoke these two words, a string of ancient tones came directly from Zhou Xu's mouth.
[Skeleton Soldier Summons! ]
Seeing their leader speaking the truth, the three men did not doubt him and left one after another. In the blink of an eye, their figures disappeared in the wind and snow.
The spread of the power of mantra would not be affected by the blizzard. Under the traction of the power of mantra, one skeleton soldier after another broke through the soil and snow and crawled out with great effort.
If Zhou Xu were here, he would definitely notice that compared to usual, the skeleton soldiers were climbing with more effort, which was undoubtedly caused by environmental factors.
On the one hand, the weather was too cold and the ground was frozen solid, and on the other hand, it was because there was a thick layer of snow covering the ground.
In this situation, the skeleton soldiers who had finally crawled out were blown away by the howling wind and snow before they could take any action.
Facing this blizzard, even people were about to be blown away, how could those skeleton soldiers withstand it? Just give it away!
But there are exceptions, namely the fifteen hyena skeletons!
Zhou Xu came here in response to the summons and looking at the fifteen hyena skeletons outside the door, he could roughly guess what had happened.
Just as he was about to leave, Qiansui came running over.
Looking at Qiansui, Zhou Xu frowned...
"Be good, stay in the house."
But Qiansui didn't care about all this. He jumped out of the house and ran around in the wind and snow, as if he was not affected at all.
This situation was beyond Zhou Xu's expectations.
Although Qiansui was already quite big, it was only about half a year old. Zhou Xu subconsciously thought that Qiansui was still a child. He never thought that it had such ability! "Okay, come with me."
Having received permission, Chitose jumped for joy.
Zhou Xu ignored him and his eyes fell directly on the fifteen hyena skeletons in front of him.
[Controlled by Skeleton Soldiers! ]
Due to the limitations of the skeleton soldiers' abilities, they cannot do complicated tasks, but they can still do simple physical work.
Controlling the hyena skeletons to protect himself in the middle, Zhou Xu took Qiansui with him and quickly left his residence and headed for the granary.
Although the snowstorm was so strong that it obscured the view, their leader's display was grand enough to quickly attract the villagers' attention.
"It's me! Don't be nervous!!"
In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, Zhou Xu quickly explained loudly.
The villagers were already familiar with the skeleton soldiers, and when they heard the voice of their leader, they naturally felt relieved.
During this period, Zhou Xu did not waste any time and directly ordered the hyena skeletons to start digging the snow to find the buried food.
At the same time, Chitose was walking around nearby, sniffing something.
Zhou Xu paid a few glances at it at first, but then ignored it.
After all, this little guy is very smart. After getting familiar with the animals, he basically walks in the village or even around the village every day, or patrols the territory. He is already quite familiar with the surrounding area, so Zhou Xu is not worried at all that it will get lost.
During this process, Qiansui, who was sniffing the snow all the way, seemed to have discovered something.
He raised his head and let out an "Ah~" sound, as if calling Zhou Xu over.
But before they knew it, it had already run far away, and with the snow and wind blocking the view, how could Zhou Xu be seen within the field of vision?
Its cry was instantly drowned out by the whistling wind and could not reach Zhou Xu at all.
Chitose let out another useless 'Ah~' and became obviously annoyed at the end.
The next second, an angry roar came out of its mouth.
At that moment, in the air filled with flying snow, it seemed as if circles of sound waves visible to the naked eye spread out from its mouth, instantly shaking away all the surrounding snowflakes! (End of this chapter)
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