The two headed west.
"There used to be a small river here." Zhao Xiaochuan pointed to the ground below, "but now it's frozen and buried in the snow."
“Hmm…” Coco poked her head out from Xu Xin’s arms and looked around.
Zhao Xiaochuan did say before that by walking along the river from his tree house, one could find Qin Yunlong’s tree house.
"My tree house is actually quite far from Qin Yunlong's tree house." Zhao Xiaochuan said a little embarrassedly, "About 40 kilometers? That's why I couldn't find it for a long time."
More than 40 kilometers...
If you use a powered skateboard, it will take about an hour.
"Then let's speed up." Xu Xin stepped lightly on the power ski board, and with a "buzz" sound, he increased the speed to the maximum.
The reason he didn't use the maximum speed before was because there were many trees in the jungle and he was afraid of hitting the trees because of his lack of skills.
Now, after skating for so long, he has become very skilled and naturally does not need to be so careful anymore.
But even at the fastest speed, it would take at least an hour to get there.
The consciousness moves and a map emerges from the mind.
He had already explored the map here a lot. From Wen Guixin's tree house to Qin Yunlong's tree house, and then to Qin Yunhu's tree house, this section of the journey, as well as the surroundings, were clearly visible on the map.
Although they did not encounter any danger or swarms of mutant creatures along the way, there were still sporadic red dots around.
Those places where there are more red dots or even clustered together are not on their route, which saves them a lot of trouble.
After gliding for about half an hour, his watch vibrated. It was a voice message from Li Wenxi.
"Xu Xin, what's going on? Are all the coordinates activated?"
The voice was played out loud, and Zhao Xiaochuan also heard it, and immediately winked at him.
"It's still early, at least an hour." Xu Xin glanced at Zhao Xiaochuan and looked forward.
The crown of Zhao Xiaochuan’s tree house is not very clear, after all, all he can see is white.
"So slow? I thought you'd be back soon." The voice could be heard from Li Wenxi's footsteps and the sound of her sitting on the sofa. "I'm basically done with my work here. No one has sent me a private message for half an hour. I don't think anyone will come over. All I have to do now is wait."
"How many people were there in total in the end?" Xu Xin asked.
"I didn't count... Ji Chaoyang should have posted it in the group, right? Let me see, um, 132 people? Wow, that's so many!"
"132 people?" Zhao Xiaochuan, who was standing next to him, also began to check the explorers and was also very surprised. "Then each of us can get... 15 people? That's really a lot..."
"Why, are you afraid that you can't afford to support them?" Xu Xin glanced at him and smiled.
"How is that possible? We can certainly afford to support them, but..." Zhao Xiaochuan was a little worried, "With too many people, won't the disaster be more serious?"
"Our strength is also stronger!" Li Wenxi said on the voice line, "Also, with the portal, we can easily help each other and won't be afraid of attacks at all!"
Indeed, if it was before, when the two sides were not connected, to be honest, Xu Xin would not dare to accept so many people, but now...
When the auxiliary system's abilities are combined with the combat system's abilities, it is definitely not as simple as one plus one equals two.
Team combat effectiveness, that is a qualitative improvement.
If it's just defense, there's basically no problem.
"Consumed... more than a hundred blue-grade iron blocks?" Xu Xin asked.
This consumption is not small. You know, these more than 100 blue iron blocks can be smelted into steel blocks using steel fire, and she also
"Ah, it hurts my heart to talk about this!" Li Wenxi's tone suddenly became slightly sad, "My inventory is basically cleared out again! Um... I won't say anymore, I'm going to take everyone out to mine! The inventory is too low, I'm a little panicked, I'm going to go replenish the inventory!"
"Wait a moment, Wen Xi, I want to give each of the nine people in our team a set of purple-grade steel armor. Do we have enough materials?" Xu Xin asked.
“… A set of purple-grade steel armor for each person?! You you you…” Li Wenxi was stunned when he heard Xu Xin’s words.
After a few seconds, she spoke again: "I... let me calculate, one set of steel armor will cost about four purple-grade steel blocks and twelve blue-grade steel blocks. If it's eight sets... well... just kill me!"
"Hmm?" Coco tilted her head in Xu Xin's arms.
"Ah, this..." Xu Xin touched his nose a little embarrassedly, "They will provide purple-grade steel blocks to upgrade the tree house core, and there will be a group of people coming this time. We have no shortage of purple-grade steel blocks, so you just need to provide enough blue-grade steel blocks."
"Well, that's acceptable, but it's not enough now." Li Wenxi explained, "All the blue-grade steel blocks were used to make coordinates, and the blue-grade iron blocks are almost all used up. Now I have almost nothing left of materials above the blue level. Let's wait and see what I get today."
Zhao Xiaochuan was skating by the side and couldn't help laughing when he heard the conversation between the two. "Hahaha, it seems that a lot of materials are consumed. Why don't we make weapons first? Weapons require much less steel blocks, and we have purple-grade wood ourselves. Blue-grade armor is enough for now."
Xu Xin nodded: "Let's take a look at Wen Xi's achievements today. If it's enough, we'll equip everyone. If it's not enough, we'll make weapons first."
"Wow, you're exploiting my labor!" Li Wenxi's voice was filled with resentment. "Now I have to support not only you, but also the entire Explorer... The inventory will be empty for a long time... I won't say anymore, I have to go out quickly!"
"Then you should be careful. Coco's behavior is a little strange today. Remember to leave someone to watch the house."
"Well! Then I'll leave Yajun to look after the house. She's becoming more and more like a housekeeper now!"
After hanging up the call, Xu Xin and Zhao Xiaochuan moved forward at full speed.
There is still no danger around. Zhao Xiaochuan also said that this section of the road is still relatively safe. At least he has not encountered any attacks from mutant creatures so far.
Finally, after another half an hour, the two finally arrived at Zhao Xiaochuan's tree house.
There are also three parasitic tree houses next to his tree house.
There was already someone waiting under the tree house.
He is a mature-looking man with a slight beard.
If Xu Xin didn't know that the oldest survivor was only 31 years old, he might have thought that this person was already 40 years old.
"Xiaochuan, you're back. Is this Xu Xin?" The man looked at Xu Xin with eyes full of admiration.
"I'm Xu Xin. This is..." Xu Xin looked at Zhao Xiaochuan.
"Ah, he's one of our own from District 188 whom I brought back earlier. His name is Ke Xiancheng. He's already passed his 31st birthday, so he's an old man now! Because he's much older than me, I call him Brother Ke." Zhao Xiaochuan immediately introduced him to Xu Xin. "Brother Ke is really meticulous in his work. I'm not worried at all about leaving him at home to look after the family."
"I have already chosen the coordinates of the location. It's right next to my tree house. I'll be in charge of guarding it." Brother Ke led the two of them as they slid towards his tree house.
When we arrived at the location, the coordinates were already there and the snow around had been cleared.
Xu Xin was a little surprised: "So close to your tree house? The sound of the portal condensing is very loud. Now there are more people in the team. If it is so close..."
"Xiaochuan told me," Brother Ke said, "It's okay. It's easier to defend if we're closer. My heavy crossbow will also be more accurate. It can prevent some situations and provide protection for everyone."
It's quite thoughtful.
The portal really needs to be protected by a tree house.
"Okay, let's do it here." Xu Xin nodded and reached out to activate the portal.
"Then Brother Ke, I'll trouble you to look after this portal from now on." Zhao Xiaochuan said.
"Leave it to me." Brother Ke nodded.
Zhao Xiaochuan then turned to Xu Xin and said, "Actually, I have two people here. I asked the other one to go out and explore the surroundings to see if there is anything going on."
Xu Xin nodded, asked their names, made teleportation cards for both of them, then said goodbye to this mature-looking man, and the two of them continued to head towards Wang Lei's tree house.
This time, nothing happened. After half an hour of sliding, Wang Lei’s tree house was already in sight.
Zhao Xiaochuan immediately sent a voice message to Wang Lei: "We are almost there, come out to greet the tyrants, hurry up!"
"Ah? Damn, you guys are so fast! You came here without even stopping? I'll go out right away to greet Brother Xin and my son Chuan!"
Two minutes later, when they glided to Wang Lei's tree house, he was already waiting under the tree house.
"You guys actually got here so quickly!" Wang Lei hurried over when he saw the two of them. "My place is the farthest from Wen Guixin's place. When I went rock climbing yesterday, I went at full speed, but it took me two hours to get here. I thought it wouldn't be my turn this morning."
The three of them arrived at the coordinate location chosen by Wang Lei.
Xu Xin looked at the three parasitic tree houses around him and asked, "How many people are there here?"
"Two people, both of them are survivors from Area 189. All the survivors from Area 188 around me are dead." Wang Lei spread his hands helplessly and said, "Oh, there is only one left, and that's this guy."
He pointed at Zhao Xiaochuan.
It's normal that everyone else died.
Even though District 188 now has the largest number of people left among all the areas, there are only 3,000 people left out of 10,000, and the death rate has reached an astonishing 70%.
This means that two out of three people died.
However, due to the special nature of these two areas, most of the survivors around them have some special abilities and a relatively low mortality rate, so it appears that there are more people in these two areas.
In fact, overall, even in District 188, 70% of the area is vacant.
"They are both out exploring now. Didn't you meet them just now?"
"No." Xu Xin shook his head, then reached out to activate the last coordinate.
A purple-black vortex gradually condensed in front of the three people.
"Connected?" Wang Lei was a little stunned, looking at the purple-black vortex spinning in front of him, "It's... already connected?"
Zhao Xiaochuan glanced at him and said, "We've been running for three hours. It's not as easy as you say."
Xu Xin manipulated the coordinates and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that there was no problem.
In this way, finally, everyone in the organization was finally completely connected via coordinates!
The most important step of their organization has finally been completed!
"Okay, now we are completely neighbors."
Xu Xin made green-level teleportation cards for both of his people, handed them to Wang Lei, and then activated the portal leading to his tree house.
He checked the time and it was almost eleven o'clock.
Coco in my arms was so bored during the sliding that he fell asleep in a daze.
Fortunately, when it fell asleep outside, it did not affect Xu Xin's condition, otherwise it would be troublesome.
"You guys should teleport a few more times today to get used to the side effects of the portal as soon as possible." Xu Xin reminded the two people behind him, "I'm going back first. I still need to deal with the things over there."
Wang Lei immediately patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Brother Xin, it's not a big problem. By the way, come to my place for lunch at noon! I have prepared all the ingredients!"
"Haha, I've been waiting for you to say that." Zhao Xiaochuan immediately went up and put his arm around Wang Lei's shoulders. "I want to experience the deliciousness of your high-increase kitchen again."
Xu Xin also nodded.
The people on both sides have just met not long ago. Now that the coordinates are completely connected, they should really get to know each other face to face.
Is it a team building
However, there are so many things going on today.
After saying goodbye to the two, Xu Xin stepped into the portal.