Xu Xin looked at the watch. It was already past seven in the morning.
The sun had just risen from the horizon. Although only half of its face was visible, it illuminated the entire jungle, making the snow covering the jungle reflect a dazzling white light, so bright that he could hardly open his eyes.
It gets dark at around four or five in the afternoon and it gets light at seven. The winter nights are really long.
"Bing?" Coco, awakened by the cold wind, climbed onto the windowsill, looked out, and then cried out in surprise, "Bing!"
Coco had fallen asleep when it was snowing yesterday, so it did not see the heavy snow. It was very surprised and stuck its head out of the window to look. It almost fell down and was pulled back by Xu Xin.
The tree canopy outside the window was also covered with white snow. The tree canopy would not block Xu Xin's sight, but the white snow would.
He reached out and shook the treetops, and the snow that had blocked his vision fell to the ground, and his vision became clear again.
A few hundred meters away, the reservoir-like lake was completely frozen. There was a layer of ice that looked very thick on the surface of the lake, which froze the entire lake.
"It's better to have ice. It would be best if the giant anaconda in the center of the lake is frozen inside and never comes out again." Xu Xin said to himself.
Another gust of cold wind blew in, chilling one to the bone and making the temperature of the entire room much lower.
He quickly closed the window.
It's not cold when it snows, but it is cold when the snow melts. The temperature now is definitely below minus ten degrees Celsius.
A map appeared in Xu Xin's mind.
What relieved him was that there was still no red dot on the map, which meant that the surrounding area was still safe for the time being.
At this moment, a voice rang in his ears.
Detect that the tree house decoration degree is greater than 500, and get today's random increase: jumping power increase, the effect lasts for one day. At the same time, you can choose the second increase in the historical increase.
Increased jumping ability
As soon as the voice fell, he felt a warm current flowing through his legs, and he felt his legs become very strong.
Today's ability is to be able to jump higher
He tried a light jump.
“Ouch!”
His feet left the ground instantly, and just as his head was about to hit the ceiling, he immediately stretched out his hands to block it.
He used both hands to support the ceiling, thus avoiding the farce of hitting his head directly against the ceiling.
With a "click", Xu Xin fell to the ground.
"嘤!" Coco was startled by Xu Xin's sudden jump. She stood on the ground and looked at him with her little head tilted.
This feeling is so amazing!
Just now, he was afraid of hitting his head on the ceiling, so he didn't put any strength in that jump, it was just a slight attempt.
With the strength he just used, it was just a small jump on tiptoe slightly off the ground, but unexpectedly, he almost hit the ceiling.
With a slight movement, he jumped more than one meter high!
If he really jumped with all his strength, how high would he be
Moreover, he could feel that with his current legs, he would not get hurt no matter how high he jumped from.
Looking at the snow all over the ground outside the window, he even had the urge to jump in and give it a try.
The third floor of his tree house is nearly twenty meters high, which is equivalent to the height of a six or seven-story building.
Despite this, he still felt that he would be unharmed if he jumped out of the window.
Shaking his head to get rid of this suicidal idea from his mind, he began to choose his second enhancement of the day.
After thinking about it, he chose hearing as the second enhancement.
There is a possibility of a beast tide today. He needs his ears as human radar and stay alert to the surrounding environment at all times so that he will not be unprepared when an emergency occurs.
His map was still a bit limited, and he couldn't always pay attention to the map in his mind. But his hearing was different, he could hear any movement, which was equivalent to a passive ability to detect the surroundings.
After choosing the hearing amplification, all the tiny sounds around him were transmitted to his ears.
There is nothing abnormal at the moment.
Walking out of the bedroom, Mimi and Yin Wang were lazily lying by the fireplace, warming themselves by the fire, with Ah Fu also lying on Mimi's body.
Although it was cold outside, the tree house was still warm thanks to the fireplace.
Xu Xin immediately sent a voice message to Ma Hongwei, asking him whether he wanted to come over or to guard his tree house.
"I won't go over. With the heavy crossbows and the electric fence downstairs, we should be able to defend it. I don't want the tree house to be destroyed and then have to clean up the interior again." Ma Hongwei replied.
"Your weak period hasn't passed yet, right?"
"Yeah, but it doesn't matter. I didn't have much combat power originally, but the strength I've recovered now is enough to control the control panel."
"Okay, if you can't hold on after the beast tide comes, contact me."
Xu Xin hung up the call.
At this time, his watch vibrated again. It was a voice message from Lou Feier: "Have you had breakfast? I made a lot. I just contacted Wen Xi, and she will come over to eat too."
Xu Xin was a little surprised: "You really cooked for everyone."
"Didn't you tell me to be responsible for cooking for everyone?"
"Okay, I'll go over now."
Xu Xin smiled helplessly. Li Wenxi was truly an optimist. At this critical moment, he dared to come here to eat.
Xu Xin left the mutant beast meat for Yin Wang and Mimi, and then swung down the tree house with Coco.
The tree canopy of the tree house was also covered with snow. But thanks to the dense tree canopy blocking the snow, there was no snow in the area below the tree house.
Moreover, Xu Xin could feel that the temperature near the tree house was not very low, but was actually above zero degrees!
The most obvious thing is that the pool he dug near the tree house did not freeze, while the two canals leading to the pool were completely frozen more than 50 meters away from the tree house, not to mention the lake in the distance.
The tree house can actually keep the surrounding temperature from being too low!
Is this the purpose of the treehouse core
The beloved concubine crawled out from the hole in the ground.
"Is this temperature okay? Do you want to go to the tree house?" Xu Xin asked his beloved concubine.
The beloved concubine let out a crisp cry and shook her head to indicate that she didn't need it.
Standing at the entrance of the cave, Xu Xin could feel the heat pouring out of the cave.
It's surprisingly warm inside this cave. What's the principle behind this
Xu Xin looked inside curiously and found two little guys lying on the exposed roots of the tree house, swinging their tails up and down.
… The roots of the tree house? Do the roots of the tree house emit heat
He immediately slid down the hole.
Although the cave is not as warm as the tree house, the temperature is still over ten degrees. For the mutant pangolins, this temperature is no problem at all.
He touched the exposed roots of the tree house, and sure enough, they were still warm to the touch and continued to radiate warmth.
No wonder, no wonder it is relatively warm within fifty meters and we can continue planting, it turns out that the roots of the tree house are working.
He thought of the blue-level tree house core that he had never used. It had similar functions when held in his hand.
It seems that the roots of the tree house close to the tree house will emit heat, which should be the ability granted by the core of the purple-level tree house in his tree house.
“嘤…” Coco looked at the two little pangolins that were already a size bigger than her. She suddenly stood up and raised her hands to scare them.
The two little pangolins were still lying on the roots of the tree house. They swung their tails and called out to Coco, not being scared by it at all.
Xu Xin also teased the two little pangolins and brought Coco back to the ground.
Outside the area covered by the tree canopy, the snow on the ground was nearly half a meter thick, reaching a level that seriously affected movement.
Xu Xin raised his foot and stepped into the snow.
Because it was snow that fell last night, the snow was relatively soft. He looked up at the window of the tree house hidden in the tree canopy and bent his body slightly.
“Hmm…Hmm?!”
He pushed his feet hard, and in an instant, he soared into the sky like a rocket!
"Hmm?!" Coco grabbed his body tightly with her four paws and screamed in fear.
Xu Xin jumped to the highest point, just like controlling the roots to enter the tree house, the tree house canopy would actively avoid him.
He grabbed the window of the tree house, exerted force with his arms, turned around and sat on the windowsill.
"Oh my God..." Looking at the ground twenty meters away from him, he himself was stunned by the jump.
Behind him now is the third floor of the tree house.
This jump is to a height of twenty meters!
Moreover, he didn't try his best, he felt he could jump higher!
What a powerful increase in jumping ability!
"Boo!" Keke jumped directly onto the windowsill and waved her little paws at Xu Xin, complaining, "Boo, boo, boo!"
It was quite frightened.
"Okay, Coco, let's go down." Xu Xin sat on the windowsill, picked up Coco and held her in his arms, then jumped down directly.
"Ah!" Coco screamed again.
"Puff!" Xu Xin fell into the snow, unharmed. However, Coco's little paws in his arms were touching him all over, as if checking if he was injured.
This increase in jumping ability is also an outrageous ability!
Not only can he jump very high, but he can also jump from a great height and use his legs to dissipate all the impact without sustaining any harm.
"Okay, stop touching me. It's okay now." Xu Xin touched Coco's little head, which was still trembling in his arms, and continued to walk out.
The further he walked, the more he could feel the temperature gradually dropping.
“Hmm…” Coco curled up into a ball and nestled in his arms, holding its big tail in its arms to keep warm.
"call-"
He continued to wade through the snow and walked out until he was about fifty meters away from the tree house. He exhaled a breath of white air and retracted his neck.
The biting cold penetrated his purple scale armor and seeped into his body, making him feel the long-lost cold.
The temperature is about minus twenty degrees Celsius!
The warmth-keeping effect of his scale armor was no longer effective.
Not to mention the blue-level suits of others, which must have become useless.
Xu Xin reached out and pushed open the door of the high-voltage power grid. The iron wire was extremely cold, making him rub his hands.
At this moment, a purple vortex began to condense above the coordinates around him, and accompanied by a special sound, the exit of the portal was opened.
The purple-black vortex fluctuated and Li Wenxi jumped out of it, stepping into half a meter thick snow, his face flushed red from the cold.
She saw Xu Xin right away and was not surprised. She rushed over to him and hugged him: "It's so cold! Ah, Keke!"
She reached out and touched Coco's little head, which was held in their arms.
"Hmm!" Coco also responded.
She was wearing a set of blue leather armor, and Xu Xin could feel that her body was beginning to shiver from the cold.
"The scales are so cold!" Li Wenxi grabbed Xu Xin's hand and covered his face with it.
A cool and smooth feeling came from Xu Xin's hands, and Li Wenxi also showed a comfortable expression, "Your hands are so warm..."
"Why did you come here when it's so cold? Are you alone?" Xu Xin pinched her cold face with his fingers and asked.
"Well, Yajun and Leyoufang are both in my tree house now. Strangely enough, they can control the control panel in my tree house. I can just let them keep watch for me. I'll come here to have a meal and then go back after I'm done. Hehe... ah... A-choo!"
Li Wenxi sneezed and rubbed her nose: "Hmm... It's so cold, let's go inside."
"Okay, let's go over there." The two of them waded through the snow towards Lou Feier's tree house.
"The snow is so thick that it's inconvenient for us to move around outside." Li Wenxi used his legs to push the snow in front of him and kicked it from time to time.
"But in this way, it will be inconvenient for the wild beasts in the beast tide to move. It can be regarded as a natural barrier." Xu Xin thought it was a good thing.
“That’s right!”
Xu Xin thought about another thing.
Regarding what Li Wenxi just said, that Li Yajun and Le Youfang can manipulate the control panel in her tree house.
He had some clearer ideas in his mind.
Lou Feier can also operate the control panel in Ma Hongwei's parasitic tree house.
On the map, Li Wenxi was not displayed and there was no light spot, while Lou Feier and Ma Hongwei were the green light spots of their companions.
This means that to him, Li Wenxi is still a neutral unit, while Lou Feier and Ma Hongwei are recognized companions.
Before, he always thought that it was because of the contract.
No, it was indeed because of the contract, because the moment they signed the contract, the light spot turned from red to green.
But even without a contract, parasites in the same main tree house might also be considered friendly units
Perhaps it is because of this that, although they cannot control the entry and exit of each other's tree houses, they can control the things inside each other's tree houses.
That should be it.
This is much more convenient, but...
Are he and Li Wenxi still not considered companions now
What then