At this time, it was almost eight o'clock in the morning, but the sky was still dark, and you could even see the stars.
If it was a few days ago, or even yesterday, at this time, at least half the sky would have been lit up.
You know, the night is much colder than the day. The coldest time of the day is before sunrise, which is now.
Of course, even now, when it is the coldest, the temperature in their 188 zone has not dropped below 0 degrees. This is the benefit brought by the two rewards.
But other areas are not so lucky. Now that the nights have been extended so much, the time people in other areas can spend outdoors is gradually being compressed.
The four of them skated on power skateboards and moved towards Qin Yunlong's tree house.
There was still three meters of snow in the jungle. After a day and a night of accumulation, the snow layer had become much firmer.
"Look at the world channel. The snow layer in other areas is already four meters deep..." Zhao Xiaochuan was riding a skateboard to avoid the trees in the jungle while swiping his watch to check the world channel.
Qin Yunlong glanced at him and said, "Look at your watch while skateboarding. Be careful not to hit a tree."
"Don't panic, I've always done this, it's not a big problem." Zhao Xiaochuan still raised his watch with his left hand and swiped the projection with his right hand. The skateboard swung left and right deftly, avoiding the tree trunks.
"It is said that the snow layer outside their area is higher than the windows of the low tree house. But fortunately, the temperature near the tree house is high, and the snow layer melts a little every day. The part close to the tree house will be much lower, so it will not bury the tree house."
Qin Yunlong asked: "Now, people in other areas who don't have snow fox scarves can only go out for two or three hours at noon."
"Hmm..." Zhao Xiaochuan continued to swipe the projection, "Indeed, but you can still move around the tree house. The temperature within a range of about ten meters around the tree house is still barely above 0 degrees."
In this cold winter, tree houses are still the only support for most survivors.
“嘤…” Coco got down from Xu Xin’s shoulder and snuggled into his arms.
Now is the coldest time of the day. Although the little guy can withstand this temperature, it is definitely not very comfortable, so it goes straight into Xu Xin's arms to keep warm.
Touching Coco in his arms, Xu Xin also felt a little sad for the people from other districts.
If this cold winter continues, the days will continue to get shorter.
By then, the sun will rise so short that it is not enough for the daytime temperature to rise above 15℃, and they will lose even the two or three hours of activity time at noon.
By then, they could only stay in the tree house and watch it being buried by the snow.
It’s a bit despairing just thinking about it.
"That's my tree house." Qin Yunlong pointed to a large snowball with a few hints of green in the white snow far ahead. It was not very conspicuous in the snow-white desert and could not be seen without careful observation. "It's not too far. And there..."
He pointed to a hill about 60 to 70 meters high, about 7 to 8 kilometers ahead: "That's the hill where we first met Wen Guixin. It's the hill with the crooked tree on it."
hills…
etc.
"I remember you once said that this hill looks like... a foot, right?" Xu Xin skated around a tree trunk, but his eyes were fixed on the hill.
"Yes, this is the hill. You can see it from this angle, right?" Qin Yunlong pointed at the top of the hill. "Look, doesn't the top look like a toe?"
really.
Although the peak is covered with snow, you can still see the mountain peaks that branch out like toes.
"Really?" Zhao Xiaochuan was also a little amazed, "Although you said it before, I never noticed it!"
This mountain is located between Qin Yunlong and Wen Guixin's tree houses. Zhao Xiaochuan had never been here before the cold winter came, so he naturally didn't notice it.
After the cold winter came, he came here several times, but the hills were covered with thick snow and their general shape could hardly be seen.
After careful observation and removing the snow layer from his mind, Xu Xin was able to roughly imagine the appearance of the mountain.
It's like the foot of a person lying down, with the sole of the foot facing forward, toes up, and the heel on the ground.
And now, they are on the side of this foot.
This should be the other part of the giant's body!
By this calculation, including the giant's arm near Ji Chaoyang's tree house, there are at least three giant's body parts in Area 188.
According to the giant's previous message, its body was divided into twelve parts in total. Now, one quarter of them have been found in Area 188.
District 188 is really special.
Because this hill was right between Qin Yunlong's tree house and Wen Guixin's tree house, and the few of them happened to be passing by, they slid to the edge of the mountain first and got close to observe it.
From a close distance, the shape of the mountain is not so clear, but the toes are more clearly visible.
He also saw the crooked tree on the top of the mountain, which was half buried in the snow.
The location of this tree makes it look as if it is growing out of the gap between toenails.
So strange…
"嘤!" Coco, who had been nestling in Xu Xin's arms, suddenly cried out and jumped out.
"Running around again!" Xu Xin tried to grab her, but missed, and Coco jumped down.
Fortunately, the snow here had become very thick after a night of condensation, in a state of half snow and half ice. Coco could step on it lightly without sinking into it.
It stepped on the snow and ran to the edge of the hill in two steps. It ran around the edge twice, leaving a trail of small footprints.
Finally, it stopped at one point.
He stood up, tilted his little head, and his little paws were about to touch the hill wall.
Then Xu Xin grabbed the back of his neck and lifted him up.
"Don't run around!" Xu Xin gave Keke a small head bang, "If you run around again, I will lock you in the tree house and won't let you out!"
Coco is very special and cannot be put into the bracelet. If I don’t carry it with me, I can only let it stay in the tree house.
"Bing!" Coco swung its four short legs and cried out in dissatisfaction, then pointed a little paw at the wall of the mountain, "Bing, ing, ing!"
It seemed to have discovered something about the hill and couldn't wait to explore it.
"What's wrong, Brother Xin, did Xiao Keke find anything?" The three of them also slid over, and Zhao Xiaochuan asked.
Xu Xin held Coco in his arms and looked at the wall.
In his opinion, there was nothing unusual here, just a very simple and ordinary stone wall.
However, he didn't think Coco would give up for nothing.
"Well, this hill may be like a giant's head. There must be something inside."
Having said that, he didn't want to explore the hill just yet.
The most urgent task now is to activate the coordinates of these tree houses, and then accept the survivors who have come here during this period and settle them down.
These are things only he can do.
Because only he can activate the coordinates, and only he can make teleportation cards for these people, allowing them to teleport to the person they want to parasitize.
If he went in to explore and couldn't come out for half a day or even a day or two, the outside world would be in chaos.
So no.
"Okay, next time we come here, you better behave yourself and don't run around!" Xu Xin tapped Coco's little head again.
“Hmm…” Coco felt a little disappointed. She glanced at the hill wall again, then buried her little head in Xu Xin’s arms and sulked.
"Okay, let's go." Xu Xin also looked up at the mountain for the last time.
What can this foot bring
Several people continued to move towards Qin Yunlong's tree house.
Qin Yunlong’s tree house is about twenty kilometers away from Wen Guixin.
The speed of the power skateboard was about 40 kilometers per hour, and it took the group half an hour to reach his tree house.
At this time, the sun had already shown half of its face from the east, and the surroundings became brighter.
Finally it's daybreak.
The surrounding temperature began to rise slowly under the sunlight.
The dazzling white light reflected from the snow surface made several people take out their goggles and put them on.
There were also three parasitic tree houses next to Qin Yunlong's tree house. When they heard the noise, people in the three parasitic tree houses poked their heads out.
"You're back. Brother Long, Brother Hu, and Boss Xiaochuan are here too! This is..." One of them waved and greeted them.
"Guess who I brought back for you!" Qin Yunlong hugged Xu Xin's shoulders and smiled at the three people who stuck their heads out. "He is Xu Xin. I don't need to introduce him any further, right?"
Suddenly, the three of them widened their eyes and exclaimed in surprise.
"Oh my god, the boss is so handsome... and that little panda is so cute!"
"I was just talking about the big boss on the regional channel, and here he is! Hello, big boss!"
"Is it really Master Xu Xin? Master Xu Xin is really here! I thought Brother Long was just bragging!"
Qin Yunlong was immediately annoyed: "How could I be bragging? I am also a member of the Explorers, okay!"
Qin Yunhu glanced at him and said, "You have never been on the world rankings. You are indeed a little short of it."
"I..." Qin Yunlong was speechless, "You are the same."
Indeed, the people around him, not to mention Xu Xin and Ji Chaoyang, Wen Guixin, Wang Lei, Zhao Xiaochuan, have all been on the world rankings. Qi Xuefei is also very famous for selling pills on the world channel.
It seems that the only people who are not famous now are these two brothers and Li Wenxi.
But Li Wenxi has always been an indispensable support point behind the team's actions. She is just a behind-the-scenes staff member and does not want to show up.
As for the two brothers, their abilities were sealed during the severe winter, and they could not make any progress even if they wanted to.
This is indeed a bit of a problem.
Alas, I must get on the world rankings someday, otherwise I will be looked down upon by these guys under me.
The person who had just been discussing Xu Xin on the regional channel opened the regional channel again and started bragging.
"Everyone, Master Xu Xin is right next to me now, I see him in person!
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"What?! How did you leave so quickly? Didn't you just distribute the supplies?!"
"Mad, you should cheat!"
"What? You don't even recognize him? The guy who has been bragging about being brought back by the explorer boss these past two days!"
"I remember now. Aren't you the one from District 189 who was captured by Boss Qin Yunlong a long time ago?"
"What is District 189? What is District 189?" The man immediately denied it, saying righteously, "I am a person from District 188 when I am alive, and I will be a ghost from District 188 when I die. I have nothing to do with District 189!"
"Fuck, I'm so envious. People in Area 189 can get in touch with the Explorer Master so early, but I can't move because I'm so far away from the two light pillars. I'm really crying!"
"I've already said that I'm from District 188. If anyone mentions District 189 again, I'll get mad at them!"
"What does Master Xu Xin look like? Is he like the rumors say, with a green face, fangs, three heads and six arms?"
"What the hell? There's even such a rumor? Brother Xin is so handsome!"
"It's Master Wang Lei!"
"Master Wang Lei is here to chat again!"
"Really? Is he really so handsome! So strong and handsome... I can't take it anymore, I'm going to give birth to a baby for Master Xu Xin!"
"I'm going too. I want to give birth to a baby for you too!"
"Aren't you a man?"
"What's wrong with being a man? Can't a man give birth to a baby? I'm so angry. When will men be able to stand up again?"
Because Qin Yunlong had already told the people here that they had important matters to attend to, so although the three of them were watching from the tree house, they did not come down.
"Wang Lei," Zhao Xiaochuan, who was also watching the regional channel at the moment, was speechless, "This guy is actually surfing the regional channel? I give up, he's so idle and doesn't even come out."
"Okay, let's activate the coordinates quickly and go to the next one." Xu Xin said to them.