Chapter 146: Temperature Is Starting To Rise
Behind the screen on the right and the viewing plants is Shi Xu’s pool.
There was faintly the sound of flowing water echoing in her ears. Yu Jiang turned her head to look, but saw nothing, just a blurry outline.
Around them, besides the light music coming from the lobby, there was only the faint sound of wind and water.
The view here was good, able to see the snow mountain, with the sky just half light and half dark.
Every day on the road, constantly moving forward for survival, being able to rest for a day in a place like this was very nice.
It was much better than spending two days here chased by ghouls, where everyone was trapped without escape.
“When you used the blessing skill on the ghoul, you knew for sure it would boost its attack?”
Shi Xu’s clear voice came over.
“I knew.” Yu Jiang took a bite of the complimentary pastry. “Once hit by this skill, it’s like being poisoned by mushrooms.
Hard to say for other monsters, but the ghoul will definitely go berserk. Given the setting of turning into a monster due to tragic experiences, the hallucination it sees is most likely nothing good. I thought about it for a while and felt it was more reliable to use it on it than on you.”
After painfully striking her teammate, she really couldn’t beat Number 9 with the skill.
Using it on the ghoul, if the bet failed, she would kill Number 6 the healer first, and there would still be a chance.
Yu Jiang leaned back, letting the hot spring water cover her shoulders. Fine snowflakes drifted down from the gray sky, instantly disappearing on the steaming water surface.
Fatigue value had already dropped to 0, making her radiant, full of energy, feeling her body light and buoyant.
Normally, even with sufficient rest, fatigue value would be around 10, and without using Qi Replenishing Drink, it was hard to lower it further.
Every day thinking about how to survive, players whose morning fatigue value could stably stay below 20 were doing well.
Yu Jiang let out a long breath, enjoying this rare moment of tranquility.
No hideous monsters, no extreme weather or fights to the death among survivors.
The hot spring was too comfortable, paired with juice beverage, she was reluctant to leave. She decided to get out for a rest, then soak for another ten minutes or so.
Once past this village, no more shop; having spent so many crystal coins, she’d have to kill how many zombies to make it back—she had to soak her money’s worth.
Yu Jiang wrapped in the free bath towel, sat on the edge of the pool, when suddenly water splashing sounded at her side.
Having been in doomsday for so long, it was a conditioned reflex; any movement would make her instinctively look.
Then she saw Shi Xu coming out of the pool, and her hand holding the plastic beverage bottle paused.
What kind of male bodhisattva was this.
Such a great figure, broad shoulders narrow waist, lean muscles, smooth lines, still with water vapor, and crucially, indifferent eyes—was this something she could look at for free?
Meeting Shi Xu’s gaze, Yu Jiang cleared her throat, looked away to the front, eyes firm, looking utterly righteous.
Shi Xu lowered his eyes, gazing at her profile, his gaze carefully not looking elsewhere.
Perhaps because of the steaming hot spring mist, the serene courtyard, everything before her eyes seemed to have an added layer of haziness.
After that, they chatted idly for a couple sentences, and after the hot spring ended, they dressed neatly, left the courtyard, and returned to the room.
Sorted the supplies, had a good night’s sleep.
The next morning, prepared to leave the instance.
Just arriving at the parking plaza, besides Number 8 player, the other three ran very fast; they were indeed a bit worried about Yu Jiang and Shi Xu blocking them on the way out.
Number 8 player smiled over, first gave thanks, then stated his purpose.
“You two big shots, could you give a friend slot?”
While speaking, he kept sizing up the RV, not harboring any bad intentions, just curious about what was inside the vehicle of the Wealth Ranking Number One.
“We’ll meet again in instances if fate allows.” Yu Jiang politely declined.
After saying that, she opened the driver’s seat car door, stepped on the pedal and got in. She and Shi Xu’s team up was still active; they had discussed returning to their own road first to check the team situation, then decide whether to team up and proceed.
The road was still icy snow, mouth open and tongue could freeze stiff; many people fell on the road, stripped of everything except underwear.
In less than half a day, the whole person would be swallowed by wind and snow, as if they never existed.
The ranking page showed survivor numbers had dropped by over 4 thousand in just a few days, much more severe than the previous month.
Yu Jiang first checked the friend list; a player nickname from a previous trade had gone black. In her memory, the person was decent.
She then opened the team channel; good, everyone was still there.
Yu Jiang listed the sorted supplies on the trading platform, keeping the clothing she could use. No one could guarantee supplies wouldn’t run short later; she liked hoarding, better safe than sorry.
The rest were priced by status, overall much cheaper than market price. Things usable now sold quickly, including spring and autumn quilts; thin clothing wasn’t in demand currently, so bundled and sold to merchant team in the end, more convenient.
After handling that, Yu Jiang used the charging card, eating breakfast on the vehicle.
Not long after, today’s mileage task and system notification were released together.
Still daily 100km, weekly mission 1000km.
[After half a month of severe cold, has everyone gotten tired of the grand snow scenery? The next 500km temperature will gradually rise oh~ Keep going, survivors!]
Besides the first few days of novice period, hadn’t seen the sun for over a month after that; the oppressive gray road had pushed many players’ mental state to the brink.
Seeing the message about temperature rising, players boiled over on the public screen.
Hot Prince: [Heavens! The extreme cold is finally ending, right?]
Pai Da Xing: [Congratulations, system, do you know how I’ve been getting through this time? Frostbite on my feet swelled a circle, painful and itchy; in the instance still had to eat protein blocks made by cockroaches while parkour, I was going crazy!
If zombies weren’t so ugly, I’d really want to join. Also, protein blocks made by cockroaches are actually okay, affordable, at least won’t starve to death. Medical rehab fluid used cockroaches before, still acceptable.]
Luck Knocking: [Tree root taste is actually okay too; don’t try if you can’t tell which are edible.]
Happy Monkey: [System didn’t tell us how much the temperature will rise either; feels like there’s no good news ahead, so stay alert.]
AA Vehicle Repair Welding: [Don’t worry about pits ahead yet; staying longer would really freeze to death. Catch a cold and have to grind monsters in instance, nearly hypothermic and died.
Know how terrifying hypothermia is? Even if you manage to hire three healers to heal, health value won’t go up; even if blood is added, it’ll drop right away, Wind-Cold Powder useless too.]
No Cilantro: [Saw with my own eyes in camp; person chatting together the day before, froze stiff after one sleep. This damn weather, I’m really fed up!]
Invincible Leek Box: [Most instances are warmer than outside. Seen people choose not to use instance entry exemption card to avoid freezing outside, ended up dying in instance. Now days finally have some hope.]
Caribbean Kelp: [You all have it good; I saw an instance named Hot Spring Motel, thought hot spring nice, hadn’t bathed in a month, body stinking, perfect to check out.
Result after entering, that place really had ghosts! 10 people, only me came out, the kind that can’t be attacked.
Thinking back now still gives me chills; you get the terror of hiding in the cabinet, its hand suddenly reaching in through the gap? Touch colder than ice!!!]
