After the arrival of the hot summer, the first night fell.
Compared with the cold winter nights, the hot summer nights are more difficult to get through, although the temperature is much lower than during the day.
After all, winter survivors can light a fireplace to keep warm, so as long as there are no other dangers, they can sleep comfortably.
But these nights are different.
Who can sleep comfortably in a temperature of around 40 degrees
You should know that on Earth, even if the temperature is as high as over 40 degrees on a certain day, it will only reach that level at noon. At night it will mostly drop to over 30 degrees. Some areas with a large temperature difference between day and night will even be lower.
Therefore, most nights are not that hot, and you can sleep well even without air conditioning.
But now it's different.
The current situation is that it is close to 60 degrees in the afternoon and around 40 degrees at night!
The temperature at night is about the same as the hot noon on Earth!
This makes most people go crazy with heat!
"Why is it so hot at night..."
"Hasn't the sun already gone down?"
“I’m really going crazy!”
"Oh my god, is there anyone who can help me... I'm dying of heat..."
"How can Big Old Man help? Come to your tree house and fan you?"
"The elder came to install the air conditioner for me..."
"You're crazy from the heat."
"I feel like I'm going to die tonight... I've managed to hold on until now..."
The Explorer's saltpeter refrigeration ability has not yet been spread, and these people don't know about it. The Explorers are happily chatting, playing cards and mahjong in the cool tree house.
After all, those who are enjoying the saltpeter refrigeration and the "constant temperature" capabilities of the tree house here now have no way to contact the outside world, so this news naturally cannot be leaked.
Xu Xin and his team had no intention of leaking this news.
They are not able to help others now.
Even the people from Area 188 didn't help this time, let alone the survivors from other areas.
So, don't let them know that you are so comfortable here.
"Oh, it's still more comfortable inside the house." Li Wenxi lay on the sofa and didn't want to move.
She just came back not long ago.
I was so excited to go dig for copper just now, but once I sat on the sofa, I didn't want to move at all.
"By the way, from today till now, I have just made three pieces of purple-grade meteorite iron. I'll give them to you."
Li Wenxi sat up, took out the meteorite iron ore from his backpack and placed it on the table.
Three pieces of purple-grade meteorite iron ore.
"So fast?" Xu Xin raised his eyebrows and put away the meteorite iron ore.
"Well, it does take a long time to smelt meteorite ore, so I used three furnaces to refine it." Li Wenxi lay back on the sofa again and said lazily, "So I only produced three pieces. I'll probably produce about this amount every day in the future. After all, the other furnaces will be used to smelt other metals."
really.
Steel, iron, and copper, which they could now mine in large quantities.
These all need to be smelted.
Moreover, the consumption has been really high recently, and Li Wenxi's smelting room has never stopped.
Fortunately, the scorching heat had little effect on the smelting room.
Xu Xin contacted the other explorers again, and they didn't encounter any other problems.
Xu Xin simply told them that a giant beast attacked his side, but he chased it away, and asked them to be careful.
Zhao Xiaochuan: "What? Is this true? A giant beast is attacking?!"
Wang Lei: "Has the giant anaconda in the Fox Lake next to your tree house escaped again, Brother Xin?"
Xu Xin: "No, it was a blood-marked troll. Fortunately, I drove it away, and..."
He told them the current situation in detail.
Ji Chaoyang: "So that's how it is. No wonder your voice was heard over here."
Wen Guixin: "You already have such a powerful heavy crossbow! When will you give us one?"
Wen Guixin's ability is not yet enough to deal with the giant beasts, so if a giant beast attacks, she and the survivors who are parasitic on her will have to rely more on heavy crossbows to fight back.
Li Wenxi: "Alas, we don't have enough materials right now. In addition, we can't go to the iron ore mine in the current weather. I'll give each of you one when the resources are abundant. Xu Xin's one is mainly used to fight the giant anaconda."
No one else had any objections.
After all, the heavy crossbow was developed by Ma Hongwei from Xu Xin's side, and the resources were obtained through Li Wenxi's ability.
Xu Xin: "Everyone, please be careful tonight. Although my incident was an accident, it does not mean that there is no danger. No one can predict the situation on the first day of the hot summer."
Ji Chaoyang: "Indeed, I have already reminded everyone in District 188 not to think about going out just because the temperature drops tonight."
Qi Xuefei: "There is something I need to tell you. My medicinal herb cultivation has been temporarily suspended."
Has the cultivation of medicinal materials been stopped
"Ah?" Li Wenxi, who was sitting next to Xu Xin, exclaimed in surprise, "It's stopped? I gave Sister Xuefei a lot of saltpeter, and it doesn't work?"
Qi Xuefei explained.
She tried using blue saltpeter for cooling, but...
Medicinal materials require a relatively balanced temperature, but using blue saltpeter, the temperature cannot be evenly controlled.
At noon, the temperature near the saltpeter ice basin is just right, but a little further away, the temperature rises very seriously, so it may take more than a dozen pieces of blue-grade saltpeter to barely maintain growth.
Moreover, blue-grade saltpeter is consumed very quickly in an environment of 50 to 60 degrees, so someone needs to replace a new batch every one or two hours, and then take the previous batch out to dry for the next use.
This is actually not very troublesome, but the more troublesome thing is that it is only available at noon.
The temperature at night is another matter.
As the temperature drops at night, the effect of saltpeter becomes greater, causing the temperature in the medicinal material cultivation room to drop significantly, so the amount of saltpeter needs to be controlled.
After all, saltpeter is not an air conditioner and cannot maintain a constant temperature.
In addition, the temperature changes in the next few days are uncertain. I am afraid that the temperature will change further, which will be even more troublesome.
Therefore, Qi Xuefei and those people who were parasitic on her temporarily gave up on training.
Anyway, the medicines in her hands will be enough for everyone in Area 188 to use for a long time as long as they are not released to other areas. It is completely sufficient.
Just like this, people in other areas will feel uncomfortable.
Qi Xuefei has now suspended the release of medicines to areas outside Zone 188 and Zone 1. Even for Zone 1, the supply has been greatly reduced in the alliance trading channel.
Now, people on the world channel are wailing.
After all, the prices of low-level therapeutic drugs sold by Qi Xuefei have become more and more reasonable, and a normal person can buy one if he grits his teeth.
But now, you can’t buy it.
Even during this hot summer period, when it is very easy to get heatstroke due to the high temperature, it is impossible to buy medicine.
Xu Xin shook his head.
Now, it is really difficult for people from other districts.
I hope they won't be too miserable. Now they really can't take care of the people in the outside areas at all.
After finishing the conversation with the explorers, Xu Xin called Lou Feier, Ma Hongwei, Jin Yue, and also called Zeng Tao, who was hanging out with the other survivors downstairs.
"What's wrong? What do you want me to do? Oh, Wenxi, you're here too." Zeng Tao came up first and sat down on the sofa next to Li Wenxi.
"Let's wait until they arrive."
Soon, several people came over.
Xu Xin wanted to call Qin Fu out from the second bedroom, but he was obviously in a deep sleep and looked listless, so he gave up after thinking it over.
Let him continue to rest.
"Why did you call them all here?" Li Wenxi was also confused and tugged at Xu Xin's clothes. "You're not going out to do anything else at night, are you? Didn't you say it was dangerous?"
"Of course not." Xu Xin smiled, then looked at the others, "I called you here this time because I want to improve your strength."
As he spoke, he took out a piece of troll meat and placed it on the table.
“Hmm… ? Isn’t this the meat of the troll?” Li Wenxi was about to say something when he saw the other people present changed their eyes when they looked at the meat on the table.
Their eyes widened as if they had seen some delicacy.
"... This, is this the meat of the troll?" Zeng Tao looked at the piece of meat on the table, her mouth watering, "This... this meat smells so good, I feel like I can even eat it raw..."
It's more than just her feeling.
Even Ma Hongwei, who had never been interested in researching heavy crossbows, had a changed look.
Yin Wang and Mimi, who were originally lying in the corner, ran over the moment Xu Xin took out the meat, and were staring at the piece of meat.
"Hmm...Hmm?" Coco was awakened by the noise around her. When she woke up, she was startled to see so many people and went straight into Xu Xin's arms.
"Is it really that delicious?" Li Wenxi took a look at the meat, then turned to look at Xu Xin, "I remember that we shouldn't eat this meat, right?"
"Yes." Xu Xin nodded. "It is highly poisonous to us, but it is a great tonic to them. The meat of this troll can improve your strength. From now on, this kind of meat will be your staple food."
"It can improve strength?" Lou Feier asked in surprise, "This meat can also improve strength, like the red mist?"
Jin Yue stared at the piece of meat. She had a deep obsession with improving her strength. After knowing that this delicious-looking meat could even improve her strength, she couldn't take her eyes off it.
"Ah, I've always wanted to ask you about the red mist." Xu Xin looked at everyone, "You've all experienced the red mist, right? How fast do you feel your strength is increasing?"
"Hmm..." Lou Feier spoke first, "I am now at the intermediate mutation level, and the red mist doesn't seem to have much real effect on me. When I am immersed in the red mist, I can feel the increase in strength and my mind is relatively clearer, but after leaving the red mist, I will return to my original state."
"It does have some effect on me." Zeng Tao said, "I feel a little improvement, but not much. It's more like what Lou Feier said, I can feel a significant improvement when I'm in it."
Jin Yue also nodded: "I am the same as Zeng Tao."
Xu Xin turned and looked at Ma Hongwei.
Ma Hongwei smiled awkwardly: "I haven't been to that room for a long time. I have been busy studying the heavy crossbow. I feel that my personal ability is too weak compared to the heavy crossbow."
Xu Xin shook his head: "Personal ability still needs to be improved. Because you can't guarantee that you will always be in the tree house."
For example, in the underground world, no matter how powerful the tree house heavy crossbow is, it is useless.
For example, if you encounter a situation like Shi Wanyun, you must have strong personal strength.
The tree house is the home, and the heavy crossbow is the means to protect the home, but... people can't stay at home all the time.
"I would rather stay in the tree house forever." Ma Hongwei scratched his head.
Although his personality changed drastically after the giant anaconda incident, one thing that remained unchanged was his cautiousness, which could be described as timid.
His creed is to avoid doing unnecessary things.
"This world won't let you stay comfortably in a tree house." Xu Xin said pessimistically.
Just like Shi Wanyun, didn’t she also encounter danger near her own tree house
At this time, Lou Feier spoke up: "I personally think that the red mist only temporarily enhances strength, more like a stimulant. The strength will indeed increase in the red mist, but it does not mean that you will become stronger."
Xu Xin nodded.
It's like athletes taking drugs.
"Since the red mist can't improve your vision, starting today, you have to eat this meat for every meal to enhance your own strength." Xu Xin pointed at the troll meat on the table and said, "Can you do it?"
"Why can't I do this?" Zeng Tao stared at the piece of meat, her throat rolling, her eyes shining, "I'll eat you to death!"
Seeing that she looked like she was going to pick up the raw meat and eat it directly, Xu Xin quickly picked up the meat on the table and threw it to Yin Wang and Mimi.
The two beasts immediately bit both sides of the meat and pulled it, and the meat was divided into two parts and went into the stomachs of the two beasts.
"Ah!" Zeng Tao screamed, "How... How do I give it to them...!"
"Don't worry, Xiao Taozi, there's a lot of meat here." Lou Fei'er smiled at the side, "Don't you think about how big the troll is? He can only find his head."
"...hiss!" Zeng Tao's eyes lit up immediately after thinking this, "That means..."
"Eat as much as you want. I can provide you with as much as you want." Xu Xin said.
His words made the eyes of the people present light up.
Xu Xinxian gave each person several dozen kilograms of meat.
"Raise your mutation level to the intermediate level as soon as possible. Once you reach the intermediate level, I will have a better way to upgrade."
As he spoke, he took out the purple-grade potion contained in the gold-grade reagent bottle and gave a brief introduction.
Suddenly, everyone around looked at the reagent with envy.
Lou Feier even looked straight at Xu Xin, the meaning was very simple, I have already reached the intermediate level, can you give it to me!
Xu Xin immediately gave Lou Feier two bottles of reagents.
At that time in the underground world, Lou Feier had taken this reagent in the bracelet, but she only took one bottle.
"Once you reach the intermediate level, you can take this reagent to increase your strength."
"Then I want to eat meat now!" Zeng Tao couldn't wait any longer, "I want to eat meat to increase my strength!"
"Then come to my place, Little Peach." Lou Feier put away the reagents contentedly and sat next to Zeng Tao, "Come back to the tree house with me."
"… What do you want to do!" Zeng Tao looked alert.
She has no power now and can only be slaughtered.
"Okay, you can go back now."
Several people were sent out of the tree house by Xu Xin.
Zeng Tao originally wanted to stay in Xu Xin's tree house, but now she had no strength and could only be dragged away by Lou Feier.
"That's great. They now have all kinds of food and potions that can improve their strength." Li Wenxi sighed, "But our own strength is now somewhat stagnant."
"Hasn't my alchemical potion been improving your strength?" Xu Xin tapped her head.
“It seems so!”
Xu Xin glanced out the window. It was a sultry night and there was not a breath of wind.
This damn world doesn't even want to give them a little bit of cool air.
After a busy day, Li Wenxi continued to rest, while Xu Xin found a few people to continue decomposing the remaining troll corpses on the first floor of the tree house.
Time flies.
After a few hours of work and disassembling one leg and half of the troll's body, it was time to go to bed.
So Xu Xin went back to the third floor to wash up, and carried Li Wenxi, who was lying on the sofa in a daze, into the bedroom.
The two of them lay on the bed affectionately.
I don't know when Coco fell asleep on the head of the bed.
Because there is someone sleeping next door, you'd better be quiet tonight.
"There shouldn't be anything else happening tonight, right?" Li Wenxi said softly, his eyelids trembling.
"I guess, it won't happen..."
Both of them were very tired today and fell asleep quickly.
…
The next day, Xu Xin was awakened by a vibration.
His watch was vibrating.
I raised my hand and saw it was Ji Chaoyang's voice, so I answered it.
It's only five o'clock...
"Hello..." Xu Xin said weakly, "What's wrong? It's so early..."
"Xu Xin, we have lost contact with the outside world again."
… What