Chapter 81: Team Channel Officially Established
That afternoon, at 2:10 p.m.
The heavy snow arrived as scheduled. Yu Jiang was still on the road, controlling the vehicle speed at fifty or sixty mph, not able to go a bit faster.
Snowflakes fluttered down from the gray sky, and the white mist condensed by the cold air was blown up by the wind.
The ground was slippery, the steering wheel and brakes were not very steady, and a layer of fog formed on the glass due to the temperature difference between inside and outside the vehicle. Snow quickly accumulated in the gaps of the front windshield, making visibility very poor.
The public screen was full of help requests. Even knowing that exposing position and vehicle had risks, those with no other choice could only gamble on their luck.
Some people’s vehicles flipped over, some had engine failures, and others fell ill or suffered hypothermia due to insufficient cold-proof supplies.
The cruel side of doomsday was bluntly displayed to everyone through these texts and voice messages.
Yu Jiang turned on the fog light and carefully observed the surrounding road conditions, not daring to relax for a moment.
With snow tires, the slipping situation was not too serious; being careful meant no big problem.
She had previously driven in heavy rain weather with similarly low visibility, and she could handle it now too. She was no longer a newbie driver who had just entered!
Yu Jiang gave herself this mental pep talk. When fully geared up for scavenging, she ran faster than anyone to grab the box.
In snowy weather, zombies had also changed, all wrapped in a layer of thin ice, higher defense elite monsters.
They looked freezing just to see.
She poked with a stick, numbing her own palm from the shock, and the zombie’s skull only shed some ice shards.
“Tough.” Yu Jiang was shocked and grabbed the zombie’s neck, continuously slashing with the bayonet several times before finishing it off.
It gave quite a lot of crystal coins, 30 of them.
She squatted down and poked the zombie’s body with a knife; it was frozen rock-hard, even the ragged clothing was hard.
What a level 3 armor + level 3 helmet, plus a sneaky player zombie in snow ghillie suit.
It was hiding in the snowy ground. If not for the snow goggles perspective showing a different sheen on the monster, she wouldn’t have seen it.
Around 4 p.m., Yu Jiang saw the fork sign back to the single-player road on the highway and immediately drove in.
A new difficulty appeared: not yet nighttime, no protection, many snowy ground zombies on the single-player road.
As soon as they saw her vehicle, they swarmed over. Yu Jiang drove and knocked away two, got out to deal with a wave, got exhausted, and used up her healing plus a primary healing potion.
No wonder there was a fork choice whether to continue on the parallel road; it turned out that as soon as it got cold, new monsters appeared, and the single-player road difficulty leveled up.
Either keep moving forward or stop to fight monsters.
The number of messages in the friend channel clearly decreased. Everyone had noticed this issue, and teams escorting the boss couldn’t relax; they had no time to chat before entering nighttime.
The merchant team added rewards hoping to continue forward; they couldn’t beat groups of snowy ground zombies.
By 6 p.m., the friend channel livened up again, finally able to catch a breath.
Yu Jiang received her share of deer meat from Sad Pig Intestine, plus the fur handed to Purple Butt Can Do It for processing.
Divided up, it was dozens of pounds: ribs and deer legs all roasted via barbecue, two sections of salty sausages, and the rest made into easy-to-store dried meat. The weight would shrink, but altogether it was still a big package.
Different parts of the prey had varying amounts of meat. Pig Intestine specially took photos; he allocated the good and bad parts very evenly.
The deer meat was dried and then steamed, absolutely fully cooked. They could eat it directly upon receipt, great as snacks or main meals.
There was also fur; divided up, not much per person. Making clothing or blankets was impossible, but gloves, hats, shoes and socks were feasible.
Yu Jiang chose shoes. Snow boots made with processed fur as lining would be warmer.
She gave cotton *10 and a primary healing potion as reward, handed to the player with snow boots scroll on Purple Butt Can Do It’s side.
It was already a friendly price from prior cooperation; cold-proof supplies processing was very expensive now.
Manufacturing players relied on this to make money and survive, plus they had to hire people for team protection.
They were quick; the next morning, the things were sent over.
Yu Jiang tried them on; indeed very warm!
Ordinary snow boots were thick and heavy, with feet still cold inside. This pair with deer skin lining and anti-skid had much better warming effect.
Others who got deer skin also chose shoes or hats. Pure Love Cockroach Spicy Spicy wanted a hat; her profession had outfit requirements, needing unique, flashy style.
Deer skin patterned hat on the head, scarf covering the face—in this weather, staying outside long enough could frost eyebrows and loose hair.
Plus the dyeing-failed wasteland-style waterproof windproof fabric down jacket Yu Jiang gave her.
Standing there, she had a strong mountain king vibe.
Pure Love Cockroach Spicy Spicy: “Too bad there wasn’t more material, otherwise we’d all make these hats, plus shoes, and add scarves—how good-looking.”
Han Jiang Gu Ying: “Our tastes match!”
Purple Butt Can Do It: “.You say it’s warm, no objection, but sure this looks good???”
28-bar Bicycle: “No bathroom in this weather is too painful『sigh』”
Yesterday, as the merchant team boss, Luò Tuó Xiángzi who joined the channel agreed,
“Who says not, really don’t want to recall the frozen butt experience, too tough.”
Yu Jiang looked at the channel members and discussed with Han Jiang Gu Ying to have him create another chat group, only for their team members. Currently, one player could join two chat groups.
Not suspecting the merchant team members, but sometimes when discussing battle actions together, confidentiality was needed.
Leaking key team info could be fatal.
Han Jiang Gu Ying thought the same. Purple Butt Can Do It, as intermediary, also agreed; he couldn’t guarantee everyone on the merchant team side was reliable.
Soon the new chat group was set up. Yu Jiang noted it as friend channel for easy trading, parallel road escorting.
The new one was team channel.
Thus, Yu Jiang’s team was initially and formally established.
Before resting that night, Yu Jiang hurried to craft 100 portions of frostbite cream.
Team channel friendly price, two per person, part of the rest wholesaled to merchant teams with medicinal herbs, part hung on trading platform herself.
Handled and went to sleep.
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The next two days were all heavy snow weather, temperature around -20 degrees.
Snow accumulation on the road thickened, visibility lowered, everyone had to slow down.
Electric cars consumed energy heavily; a set of batteries wasn’t cheap. Gasoline vehicle antifreeze was even more expensive.
In reality, adding antifreeze once lasts years; not here, consumption speed was fast, especially for current gasoline vehicles.
Yu Jiang had been selling anti-skid chains for supplies and crystal coins; she only had 42 sets of batteries left.
Upgrading the vehicle was truly just the first step; subsequent consumption was more terrifying.
Heavy snow this morning; set off straight onto parallel road.
At this point, parallel road was actually easier; ahead had vehicles passed, wheel tracks in the snow, unlike single-player road all relying on self-plowing.
Parallel road had more man-made disasters.
Some started towing business to make money; scams, tricks, and robberies were endless.
Here, had to stay 120% alert. Previously, fatigue value never exceeded 80 in a day; now must rest midway.
Yu Jiang picked up her cup and drank instant coffee; the spirit effect was minimal, just for the taste.
Her gaze fell on the level 2 vehicle covered by heavy snow roadside, put down the cup, grabbed the crowbar, and got out.
It was an abandoned vehicle.
