Survival: Starting with a Tiny Treehouse

Chapter 708: The truth about the cold season

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"No matter how they died, it has nothing to do with us."

Xu Ying no longer cared about the bodies of the alien invaders on the ground: "Let's quickly take away all these weapons, there are really a lot of them!"

The three of them acted quickly.

There are a total of one hundred and twenty metal monuments here, each of which has various weapons hung on it.

The three men looted all the weapons reserves.

"Sure enough, one hundred and twenty metal monuments also represent one hundred and twenty bodies of alien invaders."

Li Wenxi handed all the weapons he got to Xu Xin for safekeeping, and sighed at the same time.

"You keep one set for self-defense. This weapon can kill alien invaders."

Xu Xin left a complete set for Li Wenxi.

"Um... I don't know how to use it either." Li Wenxi looked at the weapon in his hand in confusion, "It feels like it could go off accidentally..."

… This is indeed a bit dangerous.

Xu Xin looked at Xu Ying.

She was also looking over and over at the weapon in her hand.

Even at this time, the muzzle of the gun was pointing towards Xu Xin.

"Hey, don't point the gun at anyone!"

Black lines suddenly appeared on Xu Xin's forehead.

"Oh... How do I use this thing?" Xu Ying was also a little confused. "Just press the button on one end?"

She pointed her gun at the body of an alien invader and pressed the button!

“Sizzle!”

A laser beam about the thickness of a pencil shot out and punched a hole in the body of the alien invader on the ground!

The alien invaders' physical defense capabilities are actually not very strong, so this kind of damage can actually be caused by the human weapons in Xu Xin and his team's hands.

But the difference is that the hole that was punched is not all the damage.

The hole that pierced the alien invader's body was actually burning!

This small hole is covered with red and yellow sparks!

And the spark spread in an instant.

In less than three seconds, the alien invader's body turned into black ash.

Floating on the ground.

"Wow..." Li Wenxi opened his eyes wide, "Turn into ash in an instant? Is it that powerful?"

“… Is this the weapon that can directly kill alien invaders?” Xu Ying looked at the weapon in her hand and said to herself, “This is my first time using it. It’s amazing.”

"If it's against a living being, it might not have such a strong attack power."

Xu Xin reminded them.

"Living alien invaders have very strong self-healing abilities. I'm afraid they won't turn into black ash in a few seconds like the body of this alien invader."

"Well, but it will definitely leave wounds on the alien invaders that are difficult to heal."

Xu Ying put away her weapon and said, "These wounds will worsen faster than the alien invaders can heal themselves. In other words, if they don't receive treatment after being injured, their injuries will continue to worsen. So, even if they are shot once, they will feel very uncomfortable."

"Oh, then... it's similar to the feeling we humans get shot at." Li Wenxi said with understanding.

That's true.

After being shot, the wound will not heal, but will continue to worsen without medical treatment, just like humans will bleed to death if the wound is not treated quickly after being shot.

The civil war between the alien invaders was indeed just as cruel.

No wonder the monster mentioned before that the civil war among the alien invaders on their home planet resulted in only one in a hundred of the alien invaders’ population remaining.

With weapons like these, it would be very easy for them to kill their compatriots.

Moreover, this kind of weapon is probably only available here.

Perhaps, it is precisely because of such a powerful weapon that the leader of the alien invaders was able to use force to suppress those who wanted to rebel.

but…

Why would the alien invaders, who possess such weapons, die here

Judging from the situation here, these metal monuments covered with spikes should be the hibernation chambers of these alien invaders.

When something bad happens, these alien invaders dormant in the hibernation chamber will take up their weapons, come out of the chamber collectively, and fight in the best physical and mental state.

That's why they are so close to the hatch of the giant ship.

It is convenient for protecting the giant ship and also for attacking from inside the giant ship.

But now, these guys are all dead for no apparent reason...

Moreover, they have been in this giant ship for so long and have done so many things...

Trigger the alarm, stun seven alien invaders, steal their key cards, and seal the entrance to the area.

Now the hibernation chamber has been opened again and all the weapons inside have been stolen.

As a result, the giant ship remained very calm and nothing happened.

This is really weird...

"You think... there are only a few alien invaders left in this giant ship?" Li Wenxi speculated in a low voice, "So even though we made such a big noise, they didn't react."

"It would be better if that's the case."

Xu Ying didn't really care about this.

She is a little excited now.

Now that we have the alien invaders' conventional light weapons, we should also have more powerful weapons, right

If you can really get it...

She walked over to the console. "We just pressed the green button. There are still two left."

Xu Xin and Li Wenxi also walked over.

"The red button? It doesn't look dangerous. Just press it."

Red is the most normal color for alien invaders.

The red button should not be an important button.

Xu Xin reached out and pressed one of the lit red buttons.

At the same time, Xu Ying pressed the other one.

As the ground shook slightly, something seemed to be happening around.

"Ah, there's a new path on the wall over there." Li Wenxi looked behind the console.

Like the previous metal wall, this wall also began to deform.

Countless metal blocks sank in and then spread out, eventually forming an angular doorway.

“There’s a road over there, too.”

Li Wenxi pointed to the other wall.

At this time, a doorway appeared on the wall.

These two green buttons actually represent two roads

By the way, the "doors" in this giant ship are really interesting. They actually open directly from the wall

"Sister-in-law, do you have another card that responds to this console?"

Xu Ying said to Li Wenxi.

"Oh, yes."

Li Wenxi took out the card and immediately swiped it in the "card swiping area".

Immediately, two different buttons lit up red.

However, this time no green button lit up.

They immediately pressed these two buttons as well.

Immediately, two more doorways opened.

"Let's go and take a look."

Although there were four doorways, the three men did not act separately.

Although there is no danger here so far, it is still inside the giant ship used by alien invaders to travel through the universe.

Separating up here would be like the team of protagonists in a horror movie who have to explore separately, which is simply courting death.

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"Our mission should be completed soon, right?"

Lou Feier raised her arm, wiped the sweat from her forehead with her sleeve, and asked.

"Once we finish cutting here, we can call it a day."

Zhao Xiaochuan was still working with the cutter.

His movements were now very skillful. As long as he drew a circle with his arm, a large piece of scarlet crystal would be cut off.

At this time, Zeng Tao crawled into the secret cave where they were.

"The other holes are already filled with our nuclear weapons, so it's not a big problem. These scarlet lights have no effect on our nuclear weapons."

The scarlet light basically only affects living things. Before, those mechanical jellyfish were flying around here at random. There may be some impact, but it's not a big problem.

Wen Guixin, Wang Lei and others also came in.

"In other words, once we finish cutting this place up and stuff the nuclear weapons in, our mission will basically be accomplished," Wen Guixin said.

"With the four cutters working together, it will probably be done in less than half an hour." Zhao Xiaochuan said without turning his head.

"Hmm..." Lou Feier licked her dry lips, "Can Xu Xin and the others... come back within half an hour?"

"It feels pretty tough." Qin Fu spread his hands and said, "That ship is so big, and they have only been out for half an hour, right? An hour is probably not enough to plunder such a huge ship."

"Uh..." Wang Lei scratched his head, "What should we do? After we are done, should we just wait here?"

"What else can we do?" Wen Guixin rolled her eyes at him and said depressedly, "Apart from Xu Ying, who else can take us out? Are we going to detonate these nuclear weapons here and blow ourselves up? Really..."

"Oh, I should have pestered Xu Xin to go with them..." Lou Feier whispered.

"Ah! That's right! Without Xu Ying, we can't get out!" Zeng Tao finally realized what was happening and suddenly became a little anxious. "What should we do? What if... What if something happens to them outside? Then we won't be able to get out!"

"If something really happens to them, we will be buried with them." Jin Yue said softly.

"No..." Zeng Tao looked around, "How about I go to that machine and take a look? Maybe we can get out through that machine!"

"Just be quiet!" Lou Feier patted her head, "Who told you that something bad will happen to them? With Yingying here, they are much safer than us."

"That's... true."

"Don't worry so much, right?"

At this time, Zhao Xiaochuan, who was cutting, turned around and said.

"Didn't Brother Xin say that they would only be out for an hour? Even if there was nothing to receive, they would be back within an hour."

"So, hurry up and help me cut! It will take four cutters to finish the job within half an hour!"

Zhao Xiaochuan said unhappily.

"Oh, yes, yes." Zeng Tao quickly took the cutter and started cutting.

"Um... Brother Wang Lei, how about you come? I feel a little dizzy." Qin Fu raised the cutter in his hand towards Wang Lei.

"Okay, it's just as I've rested enough." Wang Lei took the cutter and walked towards Zhao Xiaochuan's position.

"Let me do it." Jin Yue took the cutter from Lou Feier and started cutting.

The four of them were cutting really fast, and the nuclear missile hole in this last area had already taken shape.

"Xu Xin, please come back quickly."

Wen Guixin sighed and murmured.

"Please don't let anything happen."

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On the other side, Xu Xin and his four companions had already explored all four open cave entrances.

Two of them are small rooms.

There are some facilities in the room like beds, tables and chairs, which look like…

Single dormitory for the staff of a giant ship

There was nothing interesting about these two rooms.

The other two doorways are deeper.

The door openings face different directions, one behind the console and parallel to the front.

One is near the entrance, slanting downward.

Standing at the hole behind the console, one can actually feel a slight chill coming towards him.

It's like standing in front of an open refrigerator door.

From the other doorway, waves of sultry air rushed out.

It was like... the nostrils of a wild animal, exhaling hot air as it breathed.

Xu Xin and the other two decided to investigate the doorway behind the control console first.

Because it's behind the console, the location alone seems important.

Moreover, compared to continuing to explore downwards, they would rather explore all the explorable areas on this floor first.

They found weapons here!

"Huh..." Li Wenxi covered her mouth with her hands and exhaled, "It's really cold here..."

Xu Ying also exhaled a breath of white air and said, "It gets colder the further we go in. It should be below zero degrees now."

"This can't be the alien invaders' large cold storage..." Li Wenxi shrank his neck and rubbed his hands, "The alien invaders stored their food here?"

"What are you thinking about?" Xu Xin couldn't help but laugh and shook his head, "Didn't the monster say that the alien invaders only need to eat the scarlet crystal to survive."

"Oh yeah... what is this place for?"

"Hmm..."

Coco was already feeling cold and curled up in Xu Xin's arms, not wanting to move.

Looking at Coco's reaction, Xu Xin felt that there might not be anything good here.

It gets colder as we walk.

Xu Xing felt that the temperature was at least minus 40 to 50 degrees Celsius!

He and Li Wenxi even took out the warm scarves they had worn during the severe winter and put them on.

Xu Ying doesn’t have one, she is in the same group as Li Wenxi.

Coco simply stretched out her little paw, took a small half of Xu Xin's warm scarf and wrapped it around herself.

"Hmm..."

It let out a comfortable cry and its little ears twitched twice.

The three of them continued to walk forward, passing through this narrow passage. When the view in front of them finally opened up, they were all surprised.

"Is this... the ice wither of a giant beast?" Li Wenxi muttered as he looked up at the scene in front of him.

"This isn't an ice wither... These are real giant beasts!" Xu Ying said solemnly, "These giant beasts are still alive!"

In front of the three people was a huge beast that was completely frozen.

There were old acquaintances of theirs, prehistoric creatures like Tyrannosaurus Rex and Pterosaurs, but more were some strange species that they had never seen before!

There is a deformed giant beast whose body is only the size of a football, but it has eight spider-like curved legs that are at least 20 to 30 meters long.

It has a long snake-like body, but with three heads at each end, and is more than ten meters long.

There was also a giant ball of fur that was at least twenty meters in diameter. There were two huge brown eyes on the ball of fur, looking in the direction of Xu Xin and the others.

It's a pity that it was frozen. This should only be its appearance at the moment it was frozen.

"These creatures..."

Xu Xin looked at the only Tyrannosaurus Rex and Pterosaur that he was familiar with, then looked at the other creatures, thoughtfully.

"These creatures are probably giant beasts collected by alien invaders from various planets in the universe."

Xu Ying said what was in his mind.

"Aren't these genetically modified monsters created by them?" Li Wenxi asked in surprise, looking at these bizarre monsters, "These things look too weird..."

"Probably not." Xu Xin pointed at the Tyrannosaurus Rex and other dinosaurs, "Those creatures actually existed on Earth. The alien invaders just resurrected them. I think the same should be true for other giant beasts."

"It seems that this should be the alien invaders' giant beast gene extraction room, right?"

Xu Ying pursed her very dry lips.

Alien invaders hate moisture, and the air where they live is too dry.

Especially since the temperature here is so low, there is almost no gaseous moisture in the air.

If you take a breath here, you will feel a slight pain in your nose and throat.

This place is very big, with hundreds of giant beasts lined up here.

Each one looks very strange.

If time wasn't urgent, Xu Xin really wanted to observe these strange monsters from other planets for himself.

But not now.

They don't have the time.

"There probably isn't anything to see here, let's go." Xu Xin said.

"Um... can we go over there and take a look?"

Li Wenxi pointed to the depths of the area.

"Over there? What's there?" Xu Xin asked, looking over there.

"There seems to be a machine operating over there."

The machinery is running...

"It should be a refrigeration machine, right?"

Xu Ying exhaled a puff of white air and said, "Otherwise, how can the temperature here be maintained so low?"

"But... I think that machine can take away..."

Li Wenxi whispered.

take away

Now Xu Xin and Xu Ying immediately became interested.

"Let's go and take a look!"

The three of them immediately walked through the group of frozen beasts and headed towards the location Li Wenxi mentioned.

"Sneeze!"

Coco blinked his eyes and seemed to be a little interested in that side, but after sneezing, he retracted his little head and didn't want to move anymore.

The three of them walked up to the machine that Li Wenxi mentioned.

The machine is not big, about the size of a stove.

But Xu Xin and the other two who were close to the machine knew that it was this machine that was emitting cold air!

The temperature near this machine is too low!

It feels like it's about minus 100 degrees!

Warm scarves are no longer effective.

Li Wenxi was already trembling and hugging Xu Xin's arm tightly.

This is too cold!

"Huh..." Xu Ying exhaled tremblingly, "Can I take this away?"

“Yes… yes!” Li Wenxi covered her mouth with her scarf, otherwise she felt her saliva would be instantly frozen into ice chips, “This thing is not connected to the ground!”

"Then... take it away."

Regardless of whether it is useful or not, take away everything you can.

Xu Xin thought about it, turned the bracelet, and gently touched the machine with the bracelet.

The moment he touched it, his bracelet was immediately frozen, and at the same time, his entire arm instantly lost consciousness!

Fortunately, the machine was also put into the bracelet at this moment.

"Brother, your arm!" Xu Ying's face changed.

"Ah!" Li Wenxi looked at his arm that was frozen in an instant, her face turned pale, and she immediately reached out to pinch it.

Fortunately, he only touched it for a moment and gradually recovered.

"It's okay." Xu Xin waved his arm, which was gradually regaining consciousness. "I can actually take this thing away."

And it's so easy, there is no protection at all.

It seems that the alien invaders never thought that this thing would be stolen.

"I'm glad you're okay..." Li Wenxi said with some fear, "Your arm was frozen in an instant, it was almost like..."

She looked back at the ice-withering beasts.

"If I'm in contact with it for a long time, it might turn out like that." Xu Xin also looked back and said.

Seeing that Xu Xin was fine, Xu Ying was relieved and said, "I thought the cooling here was done by a device similar to an air conditioner, which should be connected to the outside to discharge the heat. I didn't expect it to be caused by this machine that can take away heat..."

Xu Xin twirled the bracelet.

He suspected that there might be a super-strong refrigerant similar to liquid nitrogen stored inside the machine. Of course, the cooling effect should be much stronger than that of liquid nitrogen.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for such a small machine to refrigerate and freeze such a large space.

"You said that our 'severe cold' activity..." Li Wenxi suddenly had an idea and said to Xu Xin, "It was the activity when you climbed the snow mountain before. It suddenly became a severe winter. Could it be caused by this thing?"

It was a severe winter and the temperature dropped sharply.

It was snowing heavily, and everyone's tree houses were completely covered with snow.

"… It's really possible." Xu Xin raised his eyebrows slightly.

Perhaps it is related to the super-strong refrigerant that may exist inside the machine.

Just like humans use dry ice to artificially influence the climate and make rain clouds fall.

It is quite normal for alien invaders to have the means to influence the climate.

Maybe it really has something to do with this machine.

However, now is not the time to talk about this.

"Let's get out of here quickly." Xu Xin said, "Do you feel that the temperature here is rising?"

The three looked at the giant beasts.

Visibly with the naked eye, the ice bodies of some giant beasts began to tremble slightly.

"Hurry up... They're not dead. The warm-blooded animals among them have awakened and are releasing body heat to raise the temperature here!"

I'm afraid some of them will come back to life soon!

The giant beast’s vitality is truly tenacious!

Immediately, Xu Ying grabbed the arms of Xu Xin and Li Wenxi, and without further ado, teleported away and disappeared on the spot.

Occasionally, the sound of ice breaking could be heard in this space.

The sound of the ice breaking became more frequent as time passed.

Then a low roar began to be heard!

The temperature in this area is also getting higher and higher.

Countless giant beasts on Earth and beyond are slowly awakening.

“What do you think? If those giant beasts wake up, will there be chaos?” Li Wenxi pressed the lit green button.

This doorway was closed.

"Who knows? Maybe we can't even get out of that space." Xu Ying said.

"Alien creatures may not be able to breathe the air here." Xu Xin shook his head and said, "But it's not bad to cause them some trouble."

The three of them had arrived at the entrance of the cave that continued downwards.

Waves of hot air still blew in from the cave.

Below, it was still pitch black.

I can't see anything.

It seemed that the lighting system in this giant ship had been destroyed.

"Come on, let's go down."