Chapter 471: End this cold winter as soon as possible! (5800 words big chapter!)
Something happened in District 1?
Xu Xin was slightly stunned.
"What happened?" he asked with some confusion.
"Xu Xin, do you still remember what happened in District 187 before the cold winter came?" Ji Chaoyang did not answer directly, but asked him instead.
What happened in Area 187?
What happened?
ah……!
He raised his eyebrows slightly and blurted out: "The number of people has decreased inexplicably, but the tree house has not been dug up?"
"Yes." Ji Chaoyang's voice seemed a little heavy at this time, "Such a thing also happened in District 1."
Did this happen in District 1 as well?
"...How do you know? Where did you get the information?" Xu Xin asked with some confusion, "Judging from the World Channel, in the past few days, in addition to the snow layers getting thicker and thicker, it seems that the outer area Nothing happened, right? If it was just a decrease in the number of people in District 1..."
That didn't seem like anything noteworthy.
After all, the situation in Area 1 is basically the same as that in Area 188. The cold winter is almost over, and the positions of the strong ones have also been exposed due to the teleportation formation.
In this case, it is not a big problem for some survivors to cut down their own treehouses and go there because they want to follow the strong, right?
Of course, if there is no problem in District 1, Xu Xin doesn't believe it. After all, for Shi Wanyun, a lone wolf in District 1, to put down his face and directly swipe the world trading platform, something must have happened there that they don't know about. .
"If the number of people in District 1 is reduced, it may be that they defected spontaneously. Is that what you want to say?" Ji Chaoyang guessed Xu Xin's thoughts and said.
"...Indeed."
"Things are not that simple. Before we went to the underground world, I had asked a few people on my side to pay close attention to the World Channel. When I came back, they would tell me all the big and small things. Through the fragmentary narrations of several of them, , I guessed something.”
He began to explain what he had discovered.
Yesterday, after the two teleportation arrays in Area 1 were connected, it didn't take long for Area 1 to experience a very obvious attrition.
There were more than 2,000 people in total, and within a few hours, the number was reduced by nearly 200.
However, this incident did not attract widespread attention around the world.
Because they all had a past experience of misunderstanding District 188, they subconsciously believed that the attrition of District 1 was due to the survivors in District 1 cutting down tree houses on a large scale to join the boss of District 1.
Even the strong men in District 1 think so.
Because they have been saying since a long time ago that they welcome everyone to defect, whether they are people from this district or people from outside the district.
At that time, more than ten districts had already unlocked the teleportation formation, with purple-black light beams reaching into the sky. This situation had also occurred more or less in these districts and neighboring districts.
Therefore, not many people paid much attention to this matter at the time. Even the powerful people in District 1 increased their publicity, saying that as long as they could come, they would be given very good treatment.
The treatment they give is naturally not as good as that of explorers, but explorers are too far away from other areas, and the water far away cannot solve the fire nearby. Many people who can no longer bear to survive alone naturally choose Area 1 based on the principle of proximity.
Of course, since there are not too many blue-level axes in Area 1, it is naturally impossible to obtain the treehouse cores of these people. However, they still gave some resources more or less.
But what happened next was a little strange.
"So far, less than ten people have come around the two teleportation formations in Area 1, and these people have basically been active in the World Channel. The location of their original tree house is also within the distance of the teleportation array. Those who are closer to the formation are only fifty kilometers away.”
"...Are everyone else really dead?" Xu Xin asked.
"From the information I got, it is indeed the case." Ji Chaoyang's voice was low, "At this point in time, it has been more than 24 hours since the survivors in their area 1 disappeared in large numbers!"
Xu Xin pondered for a moment and then said: "...In other words, even if these people did not die at the time and cut down their tree houses to join the strong, then the time limit has passed now?"
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After the 24-hour time limit, you will "leave this beautiful world forever."
Therefore, no matter what situation you look at, these people are indeed completely cold.
"That's right." Ji Chaoyang said, "I also got news here that areas such as District 2 connected to District 1 have also experienced a large number of attrition. At that time, people in District 2 thought that some people might have defected to District 1. People, but now, also..."
Xu Xin frowned slightly.
"Could it be that we encountered some situation on the way?" He guessed, "Just like... the situation we encountered back then? Those furry weirdos, those predators, seemed to want to teleport the survivors to another place. A place to go.”
The scene of being surrounded by wolves is still vivid in my mind.
They were controlled by the furry monsters and forced the survivors into an encirclement. Under the encirclement was a somewhat inexplicable large teleportation array.
Under the circumstances at that time, it was basically impossible for an ordinary survivor to escape.
If Xu Xin hadn't discovered the abnormality at the beginning, I'm afraid there wouldn't have been many people here.
Most people will be taken away directly!
"Perhaps part of the reason is this, so I didn't pay too much attention to it before." Ji Chaoyang said.
"However, I just received news that people in District 1 and neighboring districts of District 1 have discovered many dying or withered tree houses. The owners of the tree houses have died, but the tree houses have not Being cut down. Is it similar to what happened in Area 187?”
"Moreover, this kind of thing is not only happening in Area 1, but also in areas where the teleportation array is activated. Because in the ice and snow, it is easy for people around to notice abnormalities in a withered tree house. This is also the case. That’s why I suspect that this matter is actually not simple.”
From this point of view, it is indeed a bit strange.
You know, there is not much activity now, and there are not many mutant creatures in the ice and snow that will actively attack the survivors.
You must know that the people who have survived until now are already familiar with the rules of this world. The possibility of them committing suicide acts is very small, let alone so many people committing suicide together.
Therefore, it is indeed strange that people suddenly started to die on a large scale when there was no activity.
"You mean, this situation occurs in all areas where the teleportation array is activated, but not in areas where the teleportation array is not activated?" Xu Xin asked.
"That's it." Ji Chaoyang returned, "Even us are the same."
Us too? !
Xu Xin immediately clicked on the regional channel to check the number of people in District 188.
"...There are indeed a dozen people missing." Xu Xin's face looked slightly ugly.
"Xu Xin, I feel that this matter is probably related to us delaying the cold winter for too long." Ji Chaoyang speculated.
"What should I say?" Xu Xin's heart moved.
Could it be that...
"For areas where the teleportation array is not activated, their punishment is to be buried by the heavy snow that becomes more and more violent day by day, lose the ability to obtain resources, and eventually freeze to death in the tree house." Ji Chaoyang explained.
"From the news I got, the snow in other areas last night was heavier than before, and the accumulation thickness was higher. Moreover, their tree house seemed to have been affected. According to reports, half of the tree house was buried. The reporter said that the warmth retention capacity of the tree house fireplace has dropped a lot today, and the temperature in their current tree house is only about ten degrees.”
Unexpectedly, the snow will also affect the temperature inside the tree house.
"...And for those of us who have already ended the Blizzard, there is another punishment." Xu Xin said, "That's what you just said. Is that what you mean?"
"That's right." Ji Chaoyang immediately admitted, "Our areas that are no longer affected by blizzards are not as safe as we think. We have experienced this before."
really.
Furry monsters, wolves, weird teleportation array...
And Coco is always wary of the strange behavior around her.
It really shows that they are not living well now.
"That mysterious voice said that this cold winter must end as soon as possible, otherwise terrible things will happen." Xu Xin recalled the words of the mysterious voice, and the corners of her eyes trembled slightly, "It seems that this sentence is for everyone to hear. .”
Both of them were slightly silent for two seconds.
Ji Chaoyang spoke: "So, there are two top priorities now."
"The first point is to establish contact with District 1 immediately, and then contact that Shi Wanyun. She must know something, so she frantically wanted to ask us for help yesterday."
But at that time, they were trapped in the underground world.
Xu Xin swiped her watch again and looked at the World Trading Platform. There had been no information about Shi Wanyun on it for a long time.
... Could it be that something happened to her?
Even the top experts in District 1 can't withstand this danger?
Xu Xin's heart lifted slightly.
"The second point is..."
"Don't delay it any longer and end this cold winter quickly." Xu Xin continued, "Also, tell others not to go out and hide in the tree house. It should be the safest."
In their 188th district, the number of people has actually decreased by more than a dozen.
"That's right. I have warned everyone in our area not to go out until the cold winter is over. Just stay alert in the tree house."
"This is indeed the safest."
The survivors in area 188 were all equipped with treehouse heavy crossbows and some explosive crossbow bolts. Perhaps because of this, the situation in their area was pretty good, with only a dozen people reduced, and they did not even attract any attention.
After all, in this world, only a dozen people die a day, which is actually a good situation.
"You go contact Wang Lei and the others, and I'll ask Qin Fu and the others about the situation in District 187 at that time." Xu Xin said.
"Okay."
After hanging up the call with Ji Chaoyang, Xu Xin called Qin Fu directly.
Qin Fu did not answer the call, but hung up directly.
"...What's going on?" Xu Xin was slightly startled.
Then the map appeared in my mind.
Qin Fu's location is still in the hilly resource area, but it is slightly different from the previous location, about a few hundred meters away.
What is he doing?
Did he really discover something, what was he doing, and now he couldn't say anything?
You know, if it weren't for special circumstances, it would be impossible for someone like him who signed a contract with Xu Xin to refuse his call request.
Xu Xin frowned slightly.
It's really possible.
After all, his ability is to detect the situation on the ground and underground around him, and it is really possible to find any abnormalities around him.
...Maybe it really has something to do with what he and Ji Chaoyang just said?
It's really possible. After all, something similar happened in Area 187 back then, and with Qin Fu's ability, maybe... he could have discovered some clues at that time.
Let’s wait until he can get in touch.
As for Zeng Tao...
Forget it, it's basically impossible for her to know anything.
She has never left her own area, even the tree house is a low tree house...
Xu Xin came directly to Lou Fei'er's tree house.
He did not go up directly, but asked under the tree house: "Lou Fei'er, are you awake?"
"Ah...! Wake up, wake up!" Lou Fei'er poked her head out of the window of the tree house, "I just made dinner and was about to call you."
Seeing that she was not sleeping, Xu Xin stopped being polite and entered her tree house directly.
There was a lot of food on the table, and Jin Yue was standing there beside the table.
"You are here too."
Xu Xin was not surprised.
"Brother Xin." Jin Yue lowered her head slightly and lowered her eyes.
Her voice and attitude seemed a little cold, but Xu Xin could still see the gratitude hidden deep in her eyes.
But after what happened, she was no longer willing to communicate with others.
She was much more silent than when Xu Xin saw her before, so she only said two words and stood there motionless.
"Why are you so reserved!" Lou Fei'er couldn't stand the atmosphere and said, "Okay, okay, it's time to eat. What do you want to do when you come to my place, brother Xin~?"
Lou Fei'er bit the word "Brother Xin" a little too hard, as if she was teasing Jin Yue's name for Xu Xin.
After all, Jin Yue is older than Xu Xin.
Moreover, Lou Fei'er herself is actually one year older than Xu Xin.
This guy...
It seems that the name she calls herself has not been unified yet.
It's the master, the boss, and Brother Xin's.
"Let's talk while we eat."
He came to Lou Fei'er for only one thing.
He wanted Lou Fei'er to climb the snow peak around Qin Fu and Zeng Tao's original tree house.
This cold winter is about to end soon.
Just now, the twenty-sixth purple-black light pillar shot up into the sky, and there were only the last four places left from the thirty teleportation arrays.
It is undeniable that Lou Fei'er was definitely the fastest at the time, and was the least affected.
Even Xu Xin, who had increased arm strength at the time, was slower than her. Of course, that's because he was attacked by a vulture.
However, even he relied on perseverance and Qi Xuefei's medicine to get through the cloud stage.
But for Lou Feier, this is just a small thing. Extreme changes in temperature were nothing to her mutated body.
Therefore, she is the most suitable person among all people to climb the snow peak.
"Let me climb that snow peak?" Lou Fei'er was slightly reluctant, but she still nodded in agreement. After all, she couldn't refuse Xu Xin's request, "Okay, then I'll set off after dinner. But... ”
She looked at Xu Xin and said with a smile: "If I activate another snow peak, won't there be any reward?"
"Then what reward do you want?" Xu Xin asked after swallowing the steak in his mouth.
"Hmm..." Lou Fei'er tapped her lips, which were slightly greasy from eating, "I don't know... I don't seem to be lacking anything?"
Xu Xin shook his head: "After dinner, you go to the teleportation array with us first. Your vote is needed to establish contact with Area 1."
"Oh, okay." Lou Feier nodded, and then complained, "I have so many things to do! I just woke up..."
At this time, Jin Yue, who had been eating beside her, suddenly spoke.
She raised her head and looked at Xu Xin: "Brother Xin, I...should be able to do it too."
"You...?" Xu Xin was a little surprised, and then shook her head, "I remember that the direction of your mutation is strength, right? This doesn't seem to have much advantage in climbing, so let Lou Fei'er do it. ”
"Yes, Jin Yue, let me do it." Lou Feier also said.
Although she found it a bit troublesome, she didn't want Jin Yue to be involved in danger. After all, she still sympathized with this poor woman.
Jin Yue shook her head: "My mutation should be...not just strength."
"...Huh?" Lou Feier was stunned, "Not just...? Do you have multiple enhanced abilities?"
Xu Xin also looked at her with slightly widened eyes.
"Yes." Jin Yue stood up, "I can prove it."
Xu Xin and Lou Fei'er looked at each other, stood up, and followed Jin Yue to the bottom of the tree house.
Jin Yue is tall, much taller than Li Wenxi, standing straight with two long legs.
"So, what kind of mutation do you have?" Xu Xin asked.
"Power was the easiest thing for me to feel at the time, so I felt as if my power had increased, but..."
She slightly bent her long legs on the spot, and then jumped lightly.
Under the surprised looks of Xu Xin and Lou Fei'er, she jumped directly to the window of the tree house and sat down on the window edge easily.
"This...!"
It’s very similar to his increased jumping ability!
Jin Yue jumped down from the window again and landed easily.
Then, she suddenly jumped up on the spot and jumped dozens of meters away in two steps!
"So fast!" Lou Fei'er was also a little shocked!
Then, she swung her leg and kicked the bare poplar tree next to her.
"Click!"
The poplar tree looked like it was made of paper shells and was easily kicked in half.
Then, Jin Yue jumped back again in two steps under the surprised gazes of the two people.
"...What you enhanced...is the ability of your legs?" Xu Xin looked at her legs.
A pair of slender and straight legs, wrapped in leather armor, fully revealing their charm.
These legs have been broken into horrible shapes before.
"That's right." Jin Yue nodded, "The various abilities of the legs have been greatly enhanced. My strength and speed have also improved slightly. Although the speed is not as fast as Sister Fei'er, it is not slow either."
"...There is such a mutation!" Lou Feier's eyes widened, "Why didn't you tell me!"
"I planned to say it while eating, but if Brother Xin had something to say, I didn't mention it." Jin Yue lowered her head and said.
This unique variation…
Xu Xin's heart moved slightly.
wrong.
This variation is not unique.
Isn’t that how normal mutated creatures mutate?
A certain part of the body is greatly enhanced as a weapon for attack, and the physical ability is also improved.
Like rabbit ears, wild boar tusks, cat claws...
If I really want to say it, Lou Feier and the others are special!
However, they are all mutated using mutated pills, so why are there different situations?
"Maybe it was because I was too obsessed with the two broken legs." Jin Yue raised her head and said, "That's why such a mutation occurred."
It's really possible.
"So, Brother Xin, let me climb instead of Sister Fei'er." Jin Yue looked directly at Xu Xin and asked, "I want to do something. I know that climbers can control the entire formation. If you don't worry, , you can contract me.”
Jin Yue climbed up. If he wanted to activate the formation, he would definitely have to find two people to take a shortcut.
People who take shortcuts have no authority. In that case, Jin Yue is the only activator and the only controller of this formation.
He asked Lou Fei'er to activate it because Lou Fei'er was his person. Lou Fei'er's control of the formation was equivalent to his control of the formation.
But when Jin Yue goes, there will indeed be a problem that the formation is not completely under their control.
But forget it.
"Forget the contract, then you can go ahead." Xu Xin said, "Lou Fei'er, go and explain to her what she should pay attention to when climbing, and let her climb."
He also wanted to see what this mutant ability was like.
As for the contract, that's not the case.
He doesn't have such a strong desire to control that he insists on controlling the formation in his own hands.
Lou Fei'er nodded and told Jin Yue the precautions for climbing: "If your legs are strong, climbing should be no problem... Your goal is to climb to the top, don't worry about anything else... Temperature changes It’s a piece of cake for us, you’ll know after you experience it yourself...”
Jin Yue also stood silently and listened.
Xu Xin was about to contact other explorers when a purple-black vortex began to condense.
Ji Chaoyang jumped out of the portal exit.
Afterwards, Wen Guixin, Wang Lei, and Zhao Xiaochuan all jumped out.
"Let's go, let's go to the teleportation formation and establish contact with Area 1." Big chapter, big chapter!
(End of chapter)