Chapter 493 Night falls again (5100 words)
As soon as she returned to the tree house, Li Wenxi ran to take a shower because she was really sweating there.
Xu Xin immediately contacted Lou Feier.
After about ten seconds, the other person answered the phone: "...Hello? Xu Xin? What's the matter?"
Her voice was obviously still angry and a little lazy.
"You haven't gotten up yet?"
"Well...Zeng Tao and I stayed up very late last night, and we just slept for four hours..." As she spoke, her voice became smaller and smaller, as if she was about to fall asleep.
It's okay to stay up late.
"Okay, don't sleep, wake up." Xu Xin woke her up without mercy, "Eat a blue-level orange and slow down, the situation is not right now."
"Um...Okay..." Although Lou Fei'er agreed in her mouth, her head still lay against the pillow and she closed her eyes to make her voice sound like she had already gotten up. "What happened?" ”
"...I'm going over now. Remember, don't look at the sun outside, and don't go out."
"Huh?"
Xu Xin hung up the call directly and contacted Ma Hongwei.
"What's wrong, Brother Xin?"
There was nothing wrong with Ma Hongwei. Judging from his tone, he probably got up early.
"Are you okay this morning?" Xu Xin asked directly.
"What? What can I do?" Ma Hongwei felt a little confused, "I just finished breakfast and was about to continue research."
"...?" Xu Xin was a little surprised, and at the same time briefly informed him of the current situation.
"Huh? This..."
Ma Hongwei was very surprised when he learned about the current situation of Sunshine.
He didn't have the habit of looking out the window after getting up. The curtains in his tree house were also closed, so he didn't know the sunlight outside.
"Curtain?" Xu Xin was slightly stunned.
"The new resource that appeared in the Points Mall last night, called [Sunshade Curtains], doesn't seem to be of much use, and it also blocks the observation from the tree house. However, I personally don't like too bright sunlight, and there is also a control panel to observe the tree. Around the house, I set up my own tree house.”
...So this kind of thing appeared in the points mall yesterday!
"They're called sunshade curtains, but they actually don't have any sun-shading ability. They just make the tree house less bright." Ma Hongwei explained.
How can you say this has no sun-shading ability? It is simply an artifact now!
At least, it can ensure that no one will be harmed in the tree house.
He had been worried about what to do if the sunlight shined into the house from the window, but it turned out that the mall had already provided a solution.
The price is not expensive either. A [sunshade curtain] for one window only costs 50 points.
Not a bad deal.
It seems that his treehouse also needs to be fully installed.
"Okay, I get it. Oh, right!"
Xu Xin suddenly thought that Ma Hongwei's tree house did not have constant temperature capabilities!
It's just that he is not very afraid of high temperatures, so he chooses to live in his own tree house.
"What happened to you last night?"
"Last night? Well... probably not?" Ma Hongwei's voice was slightly hesitant.
"Should?"
"Well... If there is something strange, it is that when I got up in the morning, the whole bed was soaked with my sweat." Ma Hongwei's voice was slightly confused, "It stands to reason that the temperature is around 40 degrees. It’s nothing to me, I shouldn’t be in this situation.”
As a very cautious person, he is still very concerned about this seemingly nothing but strange phenomenon.
"But maybe I'm overly worried. Maybe it's the meat that Brother Xin gave me yesterday. Since it can make me stronger, it's normal for my metabolism to be faster."
He did explain his abnormality.
Xu Xin narrowed her eyes slightly.
This is yet another piece of evidence.
The conditions of Li Yajun and Ma Hongwei point to the special situation of abnormally high temperatures last night.
It seems like he didn't run away.
"I understand. Just keep doing your thing. Don't look at the sun out of curiosity. If you want to go out, remember to wrap yourself up tightly."
"Okay Brother Xin."
After hanging up the call, Xu Xin saw Li Wenxi wiping her hair with a towel and walking out of the bathroom.
"I'll go to Lou Feier's place and inform them of their current situation."
"Oh, then... you go on your own." Li Wenxi pointed downstairs, "I'll go downstairs to see their situation."
Her people are living downstairs now, so she naturally wants to take a look.
"Okay."
Just as Xu Xin was about to leave, Coco suddenly ran over and climbed along his body to his shoulders: "Hey!"
"Keke, just stay in the tree house. You can't stand the sunshine outside." Xu Xin picked up the back of Keke's neck and threw it on the sofa.
"嘤! 嘘嘤!" Coco stood on the sofa and yelled twice in dissatisfaction, then patted her chest with her little paws, "嘤!"
It was telling Xu Xin that the sunlight outside would not cause any harm to it.
"Oh?" Xu Xin looked at Coco.
It seems true.
It is covered in brown and white fluff.
Unlike humans, whose skin is directly exposed to direct sunlight, Coco's hair is indeed supposed to protect it from sun damage.
"Okay then."
Xu Xin wrapped herself tightly, then took Coco and swung out of the tree house.
As soon as he got under the sun, Coco's little head turned away, not looking in the direction of the sun.
However, the sunlight shining on its small body did not cause any harm to it.
The fluff protects it from injury.
If that's the case...
What about those fluffy weirdos and mutant creatures?
Will it...not hurt?
It seems that this crisis still requires vigilance.
The current sunshine does not seem to be able to stop the enemy's invasion.
Xu Xin came to Lou Fei'er's tree house and directly controlled the roots to enter it.
At this time, Lou Fei'er and Zeng Tao were already having a fight on the sofa.
Lou Fei'er was pressing Zeng Tao, who was still in a weak stage, on the sofa and tickling her.
"Little girl, let you speak arrogantly to me again!"
"Ah ha ha ha... oh, don't...! Ha ha ha, stop!" Zeng Tao used her little hands to pull Lou Fei'er's face, but it was useless because she had no strength, "I... I was wrong, isn't it okay? ! Stop... stop scratching! ”
Then the two women saw Xu Xin coming in at the same time, and Lou Fei'er immediately stood up and sat upright.
Zeng Tao slumped on the sofa, looking at the ceiling with dull eyes: "Woooooo..."
Both women are disheveled.
"Huh?" Coco jumped to her side and looked at her with her little head tilted. She picked him up, held him in her arms and rubbed him wildly.
"嘤嘤嘤?"
Judging from their appearance, they were still full of energy. They probably listened to what Xu Xin said just now and did not look out the window.
Zeng Tao's weakness should last until the afternoon. She is just an ordinary little girl now, but Lou Fei'er and Jin Yue have not lost any strength.
The two of them are still the main people going out during the day.
Xu Xin informed the two women of their current situation.
"No wonder you don't let us look outside!" Zeng Tao has regained his energy, a little surprised, and a little eager to try, "I want to go out and have a look!"
"Forget it. Wait until you recover." Xu Xin immediately objected.
"Yes, even if I go out, I will go out." Lou Fei'er knew the current situation, and immediately walked to the backlit side to look out the window, and then exclaimed, "Ah! The jungle has become lush again!"
"What?" Zeng Tao also stood up, hugged Coco and ran to the window and looked out, "Really!"
The jungle was restored last night. The two of them had just gotten up. Xu Xin had not allowed them to look out just now, so they only discovered the changes in the jungle now.
Strangely enough, the trees in the jungle, under such strong sunlight, did not wither like the buds yesterday, but grew more vigorously.
Even the color is changing from tender green to dark green.
"That's why I came to you." Xu Xin said, "Now that the jungle has regained its lushness, trouble has also come. We no longer have a way to directly observe the surrounding situation from the tree house."
The canopy of trees was too lush and one after another, completely blocking the view under the canopy.
Xu Xin could no longer see what was in the bushes now.
Even if there are any furry monsters or mutant creatures hiding in the jungle now, he has no way of knowing.
Therefore, someone needs to patrol the surrounding areas.
Lou Feier and Jin Yue are good candidates.
Moreover, in the now lush jungle, there is no need to worry about direct sunlight or accidentally seeing the sun, because the jungle canopy is completely blocked in shadow.
This is a relatively easy task.
As for Ma Hongwei, let him continue to study the heavy crossbow.
"I understand!" Lou Feier said that she understood.
Then, she ran to the side facing the light and stretched her hand into the sun.
"What are you doing?" Xu Xin was surprised.
"I just want to see this sunshine...ah!"
Lou Fei'er screamed in pain and retracted her hand.
The back of her hand also turned red.
"The sunshine is really strong!" she said in disbelief.
"...Didn't I tell you everything?" Xu Xin rolled her eyes.
"I'll try it too!"
"Ah!"
Zeng Tao's reaction was as expected, and she started whimpering again while rubbing her hands.
After losing her power, even her personality underwent subtle changes.
Xu Xin shook his head: "So you two have to do it."
"If I don't give it a try, how will I know how long I can last under the sun." Lou Fei'er was still rubbing the back of her hands, "In case of any emergency, it's good to have some confidence."
She was right.
But...
The time she just tried to be exposed to direct sunlight was much longer than the time Li Wenxi tried this morning.
Li Wenxi took it back in two seconds at most. She had held on for at least five or six seconds just now.
Xu Xin stepped forward and took her hand.
"What...what?"
The redness on the back of Lou Fei'er's hand was not even as red as the back of Li Wenxi's hand.
It seems that her body has mutated and her resistance to direct sunlight is much higher even if her skin is exposed.
Xu Xin looked at Zeng Tao, and Zeng Tao understood what he meant and immediately stretched out her hand: "Look, I'm also getting red from the sun."
Although Zeng Tao has now lost his strength, his body's ability to withstand temperature has not changed, so his injuries are similar to Lou Feier's.
Mutated organisms are really much more resistant to sunlight.
This is not good news.
Forget it, the boat will naturally go straight when it reaches the bridge.
"That's your mission today, get ready."
Xu Xin came down from Lou Fei'er's tree house, turned around and came to the bottom of Jin Yue's tree house.
Jin Yue had long known that Xu Xin was next door. When she saw him coming to her tree house, she immediately pulled him up.
She was wearing short-sleeved casual clothes, and her long legs were really eye-catching.
But Xu Xin knew that her legs were not only beautiful, her current abilities were all in these legs.
The force of the kick from his legs was probably too much for even him to bear.
Xu Xin told her the current situation, and she immediately agreed.
"Even if you don't say it, I will do it." She said softly.
Xu Xin told her to be careful and then left her tree house.
"Keke, is there any danger in the jungle now?" Xu Xin asked Keke.
"嘤......"
Coco shook her little head, indicating that she couldn't feel anything.
Xu Xin nodded.
There was nothing else to do during the day.
It would be best for him not to stay away from the tree house now.
Originally, he wanted to dig copper mines in the lake where the water level had dropped by forty or fifty meters today, but the current situation...
That's okay, as long as it's on the side without sunlight, right?
Of course, the outside temperature is not something that ordinary people can bear. Even if the temperature near the water is a few degrees lower, it cannot work for a long time.
Except for one person.
In other words, a tool man.
Yan Haiming.
Number one.
It has been on her bracelet for several days, and Xu Xin almost forgot about it!
If it does, it should be able to fulfill this role.
Especially his abilities!
Tool efficiency doubled!
He is simply a master at mining!
It should have been handed over to Li Wenxi before and allowed to shine in mining.
Mainly because this guy was so disgusting when he was alive. Even after he died, he wanted this thing to get close to Li Wenxi.
This time, let it shine in the heart of the lake.
It is also the one Xu Xin least worries about having problems with, because it doesn't matter if it has problems.
Back in the tree house, Xu Xin asked Li Wenxi for a tool.
"Purple-level steel pickaxe?" Xu Xin was slightly surprised.
He didn't even know that their production tools were already so advanced.
"Of course, production tools need to be upgraded as soon as possible." Li Wenxi said proudly, "This pickaxe is very powerful!"
It's really strong. It has a certain chance of triggering eight times the resource explosion rate. It's really a good thing.
Number 1 immediately left with his tools and backpack.
Seeing the way Li Wenxi looked outside, Xu Xin thought she wanted to follow her, so she said, "Don't go. The sunshine and temperature outside are not something normal people can go out now."
"I don't want to go out, it's so hot!" Li Wenxi waved her hand, "I'm just looking at the distance. Your lake is very close to here. With such a short distance, I should be able to affect its mining in the tree house. .”
oh?
In other words, if No. 1 mines copper, he can also enjoy a certain probability of a hundred times explosion rate?
This is really good!
But...
The copper mine is on the edge of a cliff. If the explosion rate is 100 times...
I am afraid that most of the copper ore will fall into the lake the moment it explodes.
Forget it, it's better than nothing, it can still catch a few.
Xu Xin contacted Ji Chaoyang again and asked him about the situation there.
What surprised him was that Ji Chaoyang once hurt his eye.
However, this time, he did it on purpose.
He wanted to do an experiment on himself to see how long it would take for normal people to return to normal after injuring their eyes.
"Half an hour has passed now, and my vision is much clearer than before." Ji Chaoyang said, "As long as I don't look directly at the sun for too long, but just for a moment, with my current recovery speed, it should take half a day. I can roughly see things clearly. Although I can’t completely recover, I can still see things.”
"Of course, if proper treatment is not taken, vision loss is inevitable. But it is better than being blind."
He is also very cruel to himself.
Is it because Qi Xuefei is by his side that he is confident that he can recover?
However, hearing what he said made Xu Xin feel more relieved.
It takes half a day to return to normal vision, so at least the other survivors should not have any serious problems.
Unless they seek death and stare at the sun so hard that they blind themselves.
After hanging up the call, he walked around the first and second floors.
Although these people were very confused when they first got up, they are much calmer now. After all, those injured have also recovered.
Xu Xin bought curtains from the points mall and installed them on their windows one by one.
In this way, the tree house is much safer, at least it will no longer be accidentally injured by the sun.
Then, a peaceful day begins.
Zeng Tao was too bored staying in the tree house by herself, so she ran over wrapped in clothes, and ran downstairs with Li Wenxi to play with everyone.
Xu Xin, on the other hand, stayed in the art room except for eating, sculpting until the sun went down.
Lou Fei'er and Jin Yue were originally patrolling together, but later they found that nothing happened, so they took turns patrolling.
Lou Fei'er also ran over to tease Zeng Tao from time to time, but she overturned later. Zeng Tao, who had regained her strength, pretended to be weak and suddenly took action and pinned her to the ground, returning everything she had done to Zeng Tao before. .
That cry made Xu Xin on the third floor feel a little miserable.
Qin Fu finally woke up after sleeping for a day and a night.
He told Xu Xin his experience again, but in fact there was nothing more noteworthy.
They can only act cautiously to guard against possible troll attacks.
However, Xu Xin felt that the troll might not be able to come, at least not during the day.
After all, it is similar to humans in that its skin is exposed, so it may not be able to withstand the fierce sunlight.
No. 1 also came back again and again, bringing back a lot of green-grade and blue-grade copper ore, but unfortunately there was no purple-grade copper ore.
But it doesn't matter, after all, the ore can be upgraded with treehouse cores.
Time passed by minute by second, and soon it was eight o'clock in the evening.
The sun finally dropped below the horizon at this time, and the sky became completely dark.
Xu Xin put down the carving knife in his hand and rubbed Coco's little head lying on his lap.
The highlight of today is here. (End of chapter)