Chapter 489: Improving Strength (4600 words)
The first night has fallen after the sweltering heat.
Compared with cold winter nights, hot summer nights are even more difficult to survive although the temperature is much lower than during the day.
After all, survivors in the cold winter can burn fireplaces to keep warm, so as long as there are no other dangers, they can sleep comfortably.
But today's nights are different.
Who can sleep comfortably in the high temperature of around 40 degrees?
You know, on earth, even if the temperature reaches more than 40 degrees on a certain day, it will only arrive in the afternoon at noon. Most of the time it will drop to more than 30 degrees at night, and even lower in some areas where the temperature difference between day and night is large.
Therefore, most nights are actually not that hot, and you can sleep relatively peacefully even without air conditioning.
But it's different now.
The current situation is that it is close to 60 degrees in the afternoon and around 40 degrees at night!
The temperature at night is almost the same as noon in the sweltering heat on Earth!
This directly makes most people go crazy from the heat!
"Why is it so hot at night..."
"Hasn't the sun already gone down?"
"I'm really going crazy!"
"Oh my god, can anyone help me... I'm so hot..."
"How can I help you, boss? Can you run to your tree house and give you a fan?"
"Big brother, come and install the air conditioner for me..."
"You are so hot."
"I feel like I'm going to die tonight...I've persisted until now..."
The Explorer's saltpeter refrigeration ability hasn't spread yet, and these people don't know it yet. The people on the Explorer side are chatting happily in the cool tree house, playing cards and mahjong.
After all, those who enjoy saltpeter refrigeration and the "constant temperature" ability of the tree house now have no way to contact the outside world, so naturally this news cannot be leaked.
Xu Xin and the others had no intention of leaking the news.
They don't have the ability to help others right now.
Not even the people in Area 188 could help this time, let alone the survivors in other areas.
Therefore, don't let them know that you are so comfortable here.
"Oh, it's still comfortable in the room." Li Wenxi lay on the sofa and didn't want to move.
She had just come back not long ago.
Just now I was excited to dig for copper, but as soon as I got to the sofa I didn’t want to move.
"By the way, so far today, I have just mastered three pieces of purple-level meteorite iron. Give it to you."
Li Wenxi sat up, took out the meteorite ore from his backpack and placed it on the table.
Three pieces of purple grade meteorite.
"So fast?" Xu Xin raised his eyebrows and put away the meteorite.
"Well, the smelting of meteorite ore does take a long time, so I used three furnaces to refine the meteorite." Li Wenxi lay back on the sofa again and said lazily, "So I got three pieces. From now on, it will be about the same every day. Just this amount, after all, other furnaces are used to smelt other metals.”
really.
Steel nuggets, iron nuggets, and copper that they can now mine in large quantities.
These all need to be smelted.
Moreover, it has indeed consumed a lot recently, and Li Wenxi's smelting room has never stopped at all.
Fortunately, the intense heat has little effect on the smelting room.
Xu Xin contacted other members of the Explorer team, but none of them encountered anything else.
Xu Xin simply told them that there was a giant beast attacking him, but he beat it away, and told them to be careful.
Zhao Xiaochuan: "What? Real or fake, giant beast attacking?!"
Wang Lei: "Has the giant anaconda in the fox lake next to your tree house escaped again, Brother Xin?"
Xu Xin: "No, it's a blood-striped troll. Fortunately, I have driven it away, and..."
He told them everything about the current situation.
Ji Chaoyang: "So that's it. No wonder, all the voices from you came to me."
Wen Guixin: "You actually have such a powerful heavy crossbow! When will you give us one too."
Wen Guixin's ability is not yet able to deal with giant beasts, so if giant beasts invade, she and the survivors parasitizing her will have to rely more on heavy crossbows to fight against them.
Li Wenxi: "Oh, we don't have enough materials now, and with the current weather, we can't dig in iron mines. When resources become abundant in the future, I will give each of you one. Xu Xin's is mainly used for Against that giant anaconda.”
Others had no objections either.
After all, the heavy crossbow was developed by Xu Xin's Ma Hongwei, and the resources were obtained through Li Wenxi's ability.
Xu Xin: "Everyone, please be careful tonight. Although what happened to me was an accident, it does not mean that there is no danger. No one can tell the situation on the first day of the hot summer."
Ji Chaoyang: "Indeed, I have reminded everyone in District 188 not to think about going out just because the temperature has dropped tonight."
Qi Xuefei: "I have something to tell you. My cultivation of medicinal materials has been temporarily suspended."
Cultivation of medicinal materials has been suspended?
"Ah?" Li Wenxi sat next to Xu Xin and was surprised, "Aborted? I gave Sister Xue Fei a lot of saltpeter, isn't it okay?"
Qi Xuefei explained.
She tried using blue saltpeter for refrigeration, but...
Medicinal materials require a relatively balanced temperature, but with blue saltpeter, the temperature cannot be controlled evenly.
At noon, the temperature is suitable near the saltpeter ice basin, but if you go a little further away, the temperature will rise very seriously, so I am afraid it will take more than a dozen pieces of blue-grade saltpeter to barely maintain growth.
Moreover, blue-grade saltpeter is consumed very quickly in an environment of 50 to 60 degrees Celsius, which requires someone to replace a new batch every one or two hours, and then take the previous batch to dry for next use.
This is actually not very troublesome, but the more troublesome thing is that this is only at noon.
The temperature at night is another story.
When the temperature drops at night, the effect of saltpeter will be greater, which will cause the temperature of the medicinal material cultivation room to drop greatly, so it is necessary to control the amount of saltpeter.
After all, saltpeter is not an air conditioner and cannot maintain a constant temperature.
In addition, the temperature changes in the next few days are also uncertain. I am afraid that the temperature will change further, which will be even more troublesome.
Therefore, Qi Xuefei and those parasitic people on her side temporarily gave up cultivating.
Anyway, the medicine in her hand, as long as it is not released to other areas, will be enough for everyone in District 188 for a long time. It is completely enough.
Just like this, people in other areas will feel uncomfortable.
Qi Xuefei has now suspended the release of medicines to areas other than Area 188 and Area 1. Even for Area 1, the supply has been greatly reduced in the alliance trading channel.
Now, people on the World Channel are wailing.
After all, the prices of low-level treatment drugs sold by Qi Xuefei have become more and more reasonable, and normal people can buy one even if they grit their teeth.
But now, it is no longer available.
It is still in this hot summer stage, when it is very easy to get heatstroke due to high temperatures, and there is no medicine available.
Xu Xin shook his head.
Now, it’s really hard for people in the outer districts.
I hope they won't be too miserable. Now they really don't care about the people in the outer districts in all aspects.
After ending the conversation with the explorers, Xu Xin called over Lou Fei'er, Ma Hongwei, Jin Yue, and also called up Zeng Tao, who was mingling with other survivors below.
"What's wrong, what do you want me to do? Ah, Wen Xi, you're here too." Zeng Tao came up first, and sat down on the sofa, next to Li Wenxi.
"Let's wait until they arrive."
Soon, several people came over.
Xu Xin wanted to call Qin Fu out of the second bedroom, but he was obviously in a deep sleep and lacked energy, so he thought about it and let it go.
Let him continue to rest.
"Why did you call them all here?" Li Wenxi was also a little confused and tugged on Xu Xin's clothes, "You don't want to go out for anything at night, do you? Didn't you say it's very dangerous?"
"Of course not." Xu Xin smiled, then looked at the other people, "I called you here this time to improve your strength."
As he spoke, he took out a piece of troll meat and placed it on the table.
"Hmm...? Isn't this the troll's meat?" Just as Li Wenxi was about to say something, she saw the eyes of the other people present changing when they looked at the meat on the table.
Their eyes widened as if they had seen some unparalleled delicacy.
"...This, is this the meat of the troll?" Zeng Tao looked at the pieces of meat on the table, her mouth watering. "This...this meat feels so delicious. I feel like I can eat it raw." …”
More than just her feelings.
Even Ma Hongwei, who had never been interested in studying heavy crossbows, changed his eyes.
Silver King and Mimi, who were originally lying in the corner, ran over the moment Xu Xin took out the meat, both staring at the meat.
"Huh...huh?" Coco was awakened by the movement around her. When she woke up and saw so many people, she was startled and jumped directly into Xu Xin's arms.
"Is it that delicious?" Li Wenxi glanced at the meat, then turned to Xu Xin, "I remember, we shouldn't be able to eat this meat, right?"
"Yes." Xu Xin nodded, "For us, it is a poison, but for them, it is a great supplement. This troll meat can improve your strength. From now on, this meat will be your staple food .”
"Can it increase strength?" Lou Fei'er asked in surprise, "This meat can also increase strength. Is it like red mist?"
Jin Yue stared directly at the piece of meat. She had a very deep obsession with improving her strength. After knowing that this delicious-looking meat could even improve her strength, she couldn't take her eyes away.
"Ah, I've always wanted to ask you about the red mist." Xu Xin looked at everyone, "Have you all experienced the red mist? How do you feel about the speed of your strength growth?"
"Well..." Lou Fei'er said first, "I am now at the intermediate level of mutation, and the red mist doesn't seem to have much improvement for me. I can feel my strength when I am immersed in the red mist. Enhanced, the mind is relatively clear, but after leaving the red mist, it will return to its original state.”
"It still has some effect on me." Zeng Tao said, "I still feel a little improved, but not much. More like what Lou Fei'er said, I can feel a significant enhancement when I am in it."< br>
Jin Yue also nodded: "I am the same as Zeng Tao."
Xu Xin turned to look at Ma Hongwei.
Ma Hongwei showed a slightly embarrassed smile: "I haven't been to that room for a long time, and I have been busy studying the heavy crossbow. I feel that my personal ability is too weak compared to the heavy crossbow."
Xu Xin shook his head: "Personal abilities still need to be improved. Because you can't guarantee that you will always be in the tree house."
For example, in the underground world, the Treehouse Heavy Crossbow is useless no matter how powerful it is.
For another example, if you encounter a situation like Shi Wanyun's, you must have excellent strength.
The tree house is home, and the heavy crossbow is a means of protecting home, but... people can't always stay at home.
"I would rather stay in the tree house all the time." Ma Hongwei scratched his head and said.
Although his character has changed drastically after experiencing the giant anaconda incident, one thing has not changed, and that is his cautiousness that can be said to be timid.
It is his credo not to do anything unnecessary if possible.
"This world will not let you stay comfortably in a tree house." Xu Xin said unfavorably.
Just like Shi Wanyun, isn't that the same danger he encountered near his tree house?
At this time, Lou Fei'er spoke: "I personally think that the red mist only temporarily enhances strength, more like a stimulant. The strength will indeed increase in the red mist, but it does not mean that oneself becomes stronger."
Xu Xin nodded.
Similar to athletes taking drugs.
"Since red mist basically cannot enhance your own vision, starting from today, you must eat this meat with every meal to enhance your own strength." Xu Xin pointed to the troll meat on the table, "It can be done ”
"Is there anything that can't be done?" Zeng Tao stared at the piece of meat, his throat rolled, and his eyes shone, "I will eat you up!"
Seeing her expression as if she was about to pick up the raw meat and gnaw it directly, Xu Xin quickly picked up the meat on the table and threw it to Yin Wang and Mimi.
The two beasts immediately bit the two sides of the meat and pulled it, and the meat was divided into two parts and went into the stomachs of the two beasts.
"Ah!" Zeng Tao shouted, "How...how to give it to them...!"
"Don't worry, little Taozi, there's a lot of meat here." Lou Fei'er smiled at the side, "Don't even think about how big the troll is. He can't find anything except his head."
"...Hiss!" Thinking of this, Zeng Tao's eyes immediately lit up, "That means..."
"Eat with open stomach. I can provide you with as much as you want." Xu Xin said.
His words made the eyes of several people present brighten.
Xu Xin first gave each person dozens of kilograms of meat.
"Upgrade your mutation level to the intermediate level as soon as possible. When you reach the intermediate level, I will have a better way to upgrade."
As he spoke, he took out the purple-level medicine contained in the gold-level reagent bottle and briefly introduced it.
Suddenly, several people around looked at the reagent with eager eyes.
Lou Fei'er even looked directly at Xu Xin. The meaning was simple, I'm already intermediate, can you give it to me?
Xu Xin immediately gave Lou Fei'er two bottles of reagents.
In the underground world at that time, Lou Fei'er had taken this reagent in the bracelet, but she only took one bottle.
"When you upgrade to the intermediate level, you can take this reagent to enhance your strength."
"Then I want to eat meat now!" Zeng Tao can't wait any longer, "I want to eat meat to increase my strength!"
"Then go to my place, little Taozi." Lou Fei'er put away the reagents with satisfaction and sat next to Zeng Tao, "Follow me back to the tree house."
"...What do you want to do!" Zeng Tao looked wary.
She has no ability now and can only be manipulated by others.
"Okay, you can go back."
Several people were sent out of the tree house by Xu Xin.
Zeng Tao wanted to stay in Xu Xin's tree house, but now she had no power and could only be dragged away by Lou Fei'er.
"It's great. They now have various foods and potions that can improve their strength." Li Wenxi sighed, "But our own strength is now somewhat stagnant."
"Aren't my alchemy potions always improving your strength?" Xu Xin knocked her on the head.
"It seems so!"
Xu Xin glanced out the window. There was no breeze in the sultry night.
This ghost world doesn't even want to give them a little bit of wind to cool them down.
Li Wenxi continued to rest after a busy day, while Xu Xin found a few people and continued to decompose the remaining troll corpses on the first floor of the tree house.
Time flies.
After working for a few hours and dismembering one leg and half of the troll's body, it was already time to go to bed.
So Xu Xin went back to the third floor to wash up, and carried Li Wenxi, who was dazed on the sofa, into the bedroom.
The two of them were lying on the bed loving each other.
Coco didn't know when she had fallen asleep on the bedside.
Because there are people sleeping next door, I'd better be more honest tonight.
"There shouldn't be anything else going on tonight, right?" Li Wenxi said softly, her eyelids trembling.
"Probably, no way..."
Both of them were very tired today and fell asleep quickly.
……
The next day, Xu Xin was woken up by a shock.
His watch vibrated.
He raised his hand and saw that it was Ji Chaoyang's voice, so he answered the call.
It’s only five o’clock...
"Hey..." Xu Xin said feebly, "What's wrong, so early..."
"Xu Xin, we have lost contact with the outside world again."...What?
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