The next day, he was awakened by a cold breeze blowing in through the crack of the ajar window.
"Hissâso cold!" Xu Xin sat up from the bed.
Beside him, Keke didnât seem to feel anything. It turned over, muttered softly, hugged its big tail, and continued sleeping.
He glanced at the time; it was already close to seven in the morning, yet the sky outside was still dark.
"Whatâs going on?" Xu Xin rubbed his somewhat cold arms and frowned.
Last night he had used saltpeter (blue) to cool down the bedroom, the basin of ice on the floor hadnât even melted yet, so how could it suddenly become so cold today?
He had a bad feeling.
The regional channel was very lively at the moment.
"Why did it suddenly get so cold today?"
"And also, itâs already seven oâclock and still not light; could it have suddenly turned to winter?"
"Quite possible, oh my, I donât have any thick clothes, what should I do?"
"No big deal, just make a fireplace; itâs just a pile of stones, now no one should be lacking green-level stones, right?"
"A kiln requires a hundred units of green-level stones... Anyway, I canât make it now."
"Oh well, just go out and pick them up, you can always find them, isnât the creek full of green-level stones? Donât panic, itâs not a big deal. Iâm more curious, do you guys want to join the explorersâ bigshots?"
"Of course, definitely go! Going means being sheltered by the bigshots, helping with tasks, and getting more advanced resources, why not go? I am just waiting for the bigshots to come and take me away!"
"Thatâs right, if Boss Ji hadnât said not to wander off yesterday, I would have gone looking for them myself!"
"But isnât it said youâll be restricted..."
"What benefit do the bigshots get from restricting us? Anyway, Iâm definitely going. If it werenât for the explorersâ guides and help, I donât know how many times I would have died."
"Iâll pass, I still want to control my own fate, I donât want to depend on others anymore."
"This brother has a story, huh."
It seems most people are quite supportive of their actions, willing to follow along directly.
Not bad.
But what is going on with todayâs cold?
Xu Xin flicked open Lou FeiâErâs watch; people on the regional channel of District 187 were also discussing the sudden cold weather. At least the nearby areas were all like this.
He walked to the window, opened the ajar window, a gust of cold wind hit him, making the roomâs temperature drop even further.
"Fie!" Keke shivered from the sudden cold wind, jumped up from the bed, looked at Xu Xin, then tilted its head, "Fie fie?"
It really got colder.
The temperature outside now is likely only about ten degrees. Although not too low, it had been close to thirty degrees yesterday!
This temperature drop, that mysterious voice didnât even give any hints.
Previously, whether it was rainy seasons or dungeons, there would be at least one hint of an event name, why is it now, completely gone?
Could it be the second phase has no more clear events?
Maybe indeed itâs so. Perhaps disasters, beast tides will still occur, but explicit events are no longer there, which might have been just the first phaseâs mode, also a benefit for beginners, after all, you could prepare in advance and get some advantages from activities.
However, if itâs really like this, then at least not every event will have fixed deaths.
If every future event still results in fifty deaths, with the current number of survivors, it would be unaffordable, and it would cause teams to fall apart.
After all, pushing others into trouble is much easier than making efforts yourself.
Swiping through the watch, he found that early, Li Wenxi had sent him a private message.
"Xu Xin, what time are you coming today? Be careful, maybe our protection zones arenât connected. By the way, itâs so cold today!"
Xu Xin had long set permissions among the explorers, allowing them to initiate voice and video calls with him, private messages would also have vibrations, but probably due to last nightâs artistic endeavors, Li Wenxiâs private message hadnât woken him.
He replied: "After nine oâclock, letâs take a look at the situation first, todayâs temperature drop is unusual, perhaps thereâll be new activities."
He got up for washing, put on his Scale Armor suit.
Gotta admit, a purple-level suit is indeed a purple-level suit, though the Scale Armor suit looks icy cold, wearing it feels rather comfortable, surprisingly able to provide warmth.
Li Wenxi then replied: "Okay, I also suppose we should wait, if thereâs an event, there should be a notice by nine."
Xu Xin: "Hmm, if thereâs no event, Iâll come find you after nine."
Since yesterday was still very hot, he had opened the windows on several layers of his living room. Although there were tree crowns outside for shading, the cold wind seeped in, making the whole indoor temperature drop a lot.
He threw some coal into the fireplace, and it instantly blazed vigorously, then he closed all the windows, the temperature in the treehouse soon returned to normal.
This fireplace, he made it when he first built the treehouse, today itâs finally truly useful. Previously, its sole utility was absorbing grease smoke when grilling meat.
Silver King and Mimi both have relatively thick fur, so theyâre unfazed by temperature changes, lazily lying on the ground.