Xu Xin's head was still in a state of half-asleep and half-awake, a little confused: "... Lost contact with the outside world?"
"For some reason, I can only communicate with you and the survivors who are parasitic in my tree house. I can't even contact the few people over there through the tree house system."
…
What
ah?!
Xu Xin woke up instantly and sat up from the bed: "You can only contact me?"
“Hmm…” Li Wenxi turned over, facing her fair back and buttocks towards him, and continued to sleep.
"That's right, you should quickly figure out the situation on your side. I'll try again and contact you later.
”
Having said that, Ji Chaoyang hung up the call.
Xu Xin quickly cut off the projection of the watch.
The first thing you see are a few channels that have been completely grayed out.
The three major channels, the World Channel, the Alliance Channel, and the Regional Channel, have been completely grayed out, and you can't even click into them.
this… !
This is the first time we have encountered such a situation since the regional channel was opened!
There have indeed been cases of communication failure in the past, but that was because they were in a relatively special location and the watch signal was poor, which resulted in them being isolated from the tree house system and unable to receive any information.
Moreover, at that time, the channel could be opened, but the signal was simply poor and could not be received.
It's completely different from the current situation.
Now it seems like the entire channel has been disabled!
He immediately stood up and looked out the window.
Although it's only five o'clock, it's already daybreak outside.
The days are indeed long enough now.
"this… "
Seeing that there was already a green jungle outside, Xu Xin was a little surprised.
The jungle... recovered
Yesterday, under the scorching sun, the bare trees and the newly sprouted buds on the ground dried up and died, so the jungle was still bare when night fell yesterday.
But now, the jungle is thriving.
Moreover, because they are new buds, compared to the dark green in the jungle before, now they are a new emerald green, which makes people feel much more comfortable when looking at them.
The view is mostly blocked by the dense tree canopy.
“嘤…?” Coco was awakened by Xu Xin’s actions. She got up and rubbed her eyes with her little paws.
"Coco, is there any danger around us now?" Xu Xin picked up Coco and walked to the window and asked.
"…嘤?" Coco's little head was still confused after waking up. She was confused for a while before shaking her head, "嘤."
He felt slightly relieved.
At least there is no danger around the tree house now.
"Hmm... ? What's wrong?" Li Wenxi was also woken up by him and opened her eyes slightly, "Is it time to get up..."
"It's okay, it's only five o'clock, you can sleep a little longer."
"Hmm..." Hearing this, Li Wenxi closed his eyes again.
Coco also climbed back to the head of the bed and went to sleep.
Xu Xin put on his clothes and ran to the living room.
Silver King Mimi and the others were still sleeping. When they saw Xu Xin coming, they just raised their eyes and continued to sleep.
He immediately clicked on the tree house screen.
After all, the problem discovered previously might just be a problem with the watch, and there might not be any problem with the tree house’s system itself.
But to his disappointment, even the three major channels of the tree house's own system were all dimmed.
He immediately opened the private message.
… No wonder Ji Chaoyang said he could only contact himself.
In his private messages, most people's names have been dimmed.
It didn't turn gray, but the color became darker.
He tried to click on these dimmed names to send private messages, but there was no response.
However, there are still some people's names that light up.
Lou Feier, Ma Hongwei, Zeng Tao, Qin Fu, Jin Yue, and those who are parasitic on Ma Hongwei can still be contacted.
Apart from them, there are only two other people whose names are fully lit up and can be contacted.
One is Ji Chaoyang and the other is Li Wenxi.
A glimmer of enlightenment came into his mind.
The reason why he could communicate with these two people was probably because their tree houses were very close to his own.
The distance between them and their tree houses is about 20 kilometers, and they are the nearest neighbors in the area.
Perhaps that is why I can connect with them.
Xu Xin returned to the bedroom and pinched Li Wenxi's face to wake her up.
“Um… what are you doing…!”
She sat up, still dazed, and leaned into Xu Xin's arms, wanting to fall asleep again.
"Get up, the sun is shining on your butt. Besides, something happened."
"… Something happened?" Li Wenxi instantly became much more awake and looked at him with his eyes open.
Xu Xin briefly explained the situation to her and then made a face-to-face voice call to her.
"There's actually such a thing?!" She woke up completely and looked out the window. "Why? Because it's too hot and the signal is gone?"
However, what made both of them feel very strange was that although Xu Xin's voice call was indeed connected, Li Wenxi's watch did not vibrate and there was no notification of receiving the message.
The two looked at each other.
What is going on
Li Wenxi raised his watch and swiped it, and the projection was projected.
"Ah? This..." She stared at the projection with wide eyes.
“…Is that so?”
Although the projection was indeed cast, but...
Above, it was indeed all black and gray.
That’s right, it’s just a black and gray color with nothing in it.
No interface, no options, nothing.
On the black and gray screen, there were spots of light flickering from time to time, like the snow screen of an old TV.
Li Wenxi tried tapping and swiping a few times, but there was no response.
"What on earth is going on?" she muttered to herself, and nodded a few more times in disbelief.
Xu Xin frowned slightly.
Is his watch usable
After thinking about it, an idea came to his mind.
He immediately sent a voice message to Ji Chaoyang.
The other end picked up immediately: "How are you doing?"
"I can only contact you and Wenxi."
"… It seems that my guess is correct." Ji Chaoyang's voice lowered slightly, "For some reason, the range of our tree house that can communicate has been greatly reduced. Now, we can only communicate with survivors who are very close."
"That should be the case." Xu Xin also nodded in agreement, and then asked, "Qi Xuefei is with you now, right? Can you contact her?"
"She hasn't woken up yet, but her name is dim on my end, and I can't establish contact with her tree house. Her tree house is still too far away from us. I can't even contact Li Wenxi, let alone her tree house."
"… really."
It seems that whether or not communication is possible has nothing to do with the location of the watch, but only with the location of the tree house.
but…
"Is Sister Xuefei's watch usable?" Li Wenxi suddenly asked, "My watch is not usable."
“…The watch doesn’t work?”
Ji Chaoyang was not surprised that Li Wenxi was beside Xu Xin, but he was concerned about what Li Wenxi said: "What does it mean that the watch cannot be used?"
"It's like this..." Xu Xin explained.
"In other words, it is impossible to establish a connection with your tree house?" Ji Chaoyang got to the point directly, and then said, "I'll wake Xue Fei up to see."
Having said that, he hung up the phone.
Li Wenxi was a little restless, and then stood up suddenly: "No, I have to go back to the tree house to check! I mean, even the portal can't be used, right?"
"Wait a moment and see what's going on over there with Ji Chaoyang."
"All right… "
At this moment, a prompt sound suddenly came to Xu Xin's ears.
It is detected that the decoration degree of the tree house is greater than 1000, and today's random enhancement is obtained: high temperature resistance, the effect lasts for one day, and the second enhancement can be selected in the historical enhancement.
At the same time, you can choose a survivor who has slept for three hours in the tree house and will receive a random enhancement.
Xu Xin's eyes lit up slightly.
High temperature resistance!
This random increase...!
New!
Moreover, you can tell what it means just by looking at the name!
Sure enough, when the tree house decoration level exceeds 1,000 points, a new increase will appear.
This couldn't have come at a better time!
His random amplification is really so appropriate every time!
only…
Why does he feel a little cold
He quickly clicked on the random amplification option to check the ability of high temperature resistance.
High temperature resistance: Increases the maximum temperature that the survivor can withstand by 30 degrees and the minimum temperature that the survivor can withstand by 20 degrees. The survivor will be able to thrive in high temperature environments, but will also be more afraid of low temperature environments.
What is going on
Is there such ability?...
Double-edged sword
The maximum tolerable temperature has been raised by 30 degrees. That is to say, he could originally do strenuous exercise at a maximum temperature of around 40 degrees without suffering from heatstroke, but now the limit is 70 degrees.
It is indeed a very useful ability for the current situation.
But there are still disadvantages.
His lowest tolerable temperature was also raised, by a full twenty degrees.
Simply put, the temperature in the tree house is about 24 or 25 degrees, but for him now, it feels like 4 or 5 degrees.
He was now wearing a simple casual outfit purchased from the Points Mall, which had basically no insulation effect, so he felt...
It’s so cold!
This ability is really a double-edged sword.
But it's not a big deal.
After all, if it's cold, just wear more clothes.
He directly changed into the blue-level leather armor set that he hadn't used for a long time.
The blue-level leather armor set itself has a pretty good thermal insulation effect. When Falling Leaves Season first met Ji Chaoyang and Li Wenxi, they were wearing leather armor sets.
The temperature was in single digits at the time.
So now he has no problem wearing this indoors, and it also makes it easier to move around.
"Why are you wearing leather armor all of a sudden?" Li Wenxi glanced at him, then his eyes lit up and he said, "I don't think I've seen you wearing leather armor very often."
"There's a little problem with my random amplification, but it's nothing serious." Xu Xin said with a smile, "Wait a minute, I have a surprise for you."
"Surprise?" Li Wenxi was curious. "What surprise?"
In the random amplification interface, Xu Xin saw the survivors he could choose now.
Available survivors: Li Wenxi, Qin Fu, Zeng Tao, Li Yajun, Niu Fugui...
There is a series of names behind it.
They were all survivors who lived in his tree house last night.
He can only choose one to grant a random amplification.
However, I feel that this number will increase as the level of decoration increases in the future.
He directly chose Li Wenxi.
"Huh?" Li Wenxi's eyes widened instantly. "Huh? What? Ah? How can I... randomly increase the power?"
"How is it? What gains have you made?"
Before Xu Xin finished speaking, he felt that Li Wenxi in front of him had changed.
Becoming...very tempting.
Her hair was a little messy after waking up, her eyes were wide open, and her lips looked very soft...
And now there is that delicate body naked under the thin quilt.
For some reason, it became very tempting.
"Is it... Affinity enhancement? Ah, it's the affinity enhancement that made you very attractive, right?" Li Wenxi looked at his hands, somewhat surprised, "I can actually get a random enhancement as well?"
She immediately turned to look at Xu Xin: "Is this the new ability of your tree house? This is amazing! Does it mean that from now on, I just need to be here with you... Why are you looking at me like that? What do you want to do... ?"
She immediately felt Xu Xin's gradually aggressive gaze and tightened the quilt around her body: "Is this affinity enhancement so strong...ah!"
Xu Xin pushed her directly onto the bed.
"No, no! There are people next door!"
… Grass.
"He hasn't woken up yet. Just speak softly and don't wake him up." Xu Xin couldn't help but whispered in her ear.
“No, no!” Li Wenxi pushed him away, her face flushed, and begged, “Wait until he leaves!”
“…Okay, okay.” Xu Xin didn’t want the people next door to hear certain noises, so he could only resist the urge and get up.
Of course, before he stood up, he still kissed the person under him until he felt weak all over.
… It’s better not to let anyone live next door in the future.
From now on, anyone who comes to live in his tree house should live downstairs!
It’s really hard…
Li Wenxi put on her clothes quickly with a red face.
Xu Xin kept looking at her, which made her feel a little uncomfortable: "Why are you looking at me getting dressed..."
“… Is this the affinity enhancement?”
This is really powerful.
Now, whenever he looked at Li Wenxi, he felt...
The feeling of not wanting to be separated from her for even a second.
It should be because their relationship is already very close, so the ability to increase affinity can be well demonstrated.
This increase in affinity is truly amazing.
At this moment, his watch vibrated. It was a voice message from Ji Chaoyang.
He took a deep breath to calm himself down, then answered the call: "How is it?"
"Xuefei's watch doesn't work either."
Is that really the case
"So what's going on?" Li Wenxi came closer. "Why doesn't the watch work?"
Xu Xin couldn't help but pinch her cheeks. "I feel that the connection between your watch and the tree house is disconnected. Just like the connection between your tree house and other tree houses is disconnected."
"Hmm? I don't really understand..." Li Wenxi said bewilderedly.
"This is what I speculated," Ji Chaoyang's voice sounded again on the other end of the voice, "Now, the communication range of each tree house has been greatly reduced. According to the existing data, the communication range of the tree house should be between 20 kilometers and 40 kilometers."
"And the watch needs to be connected to the tree house for control. Just now, Xuefei and I went back to her tree house. Near her tree house, her watch could be used, but mine could not be used. In other words, the current watch also has a connection distance with the tree house, and it cannot be too far away from the tree house, otherwise it cannot be used."
Xu Xin nodded slightly.
This is basically consistent with his idea.
"The question now is," Xu Xin said, "why has the tree house's communication range been reduced? Is it affected by something?"
He looked out the window and opened it.
The heat rushed in from the window.
The sunlight was so strong that it even made a crackling sound as it shone on the green leaves.
He stretched out his hands, letting the sunlight shine on them.
Although he was resistant to high temperatures, the sunlight shining on his body made his skin feel a little painful, so he quickly retracted it.
The sun is so poisonous!
"Now, it's not just a matter of high temperature." Ji Chaoyang said in a deep voice, "Perhaps, the sun is the culprit of all this. Whether it's the high temperature or the communication problem, I'm afraid it's all caused by the sun!"
… Was it this strange sunlight that caused their communication to be cut off