The seemingly endless blizzard obscured the entire sky and engulfed the whole world.
The howling gale ceaselessly whipped the snow into waves, blowing them into the air and then scattering them on the ground.
Almost all the shelters were completely buried by the stormy snow, and the nearly three-meter-high snow layer was reaping all life.
Although it was already daytime, the world in this snow disaster had completely lost the distinction between night and day.
Lin Yue's shelter remained unchanged.
Inside the steel-plated fireplace, the firewood burned vigorously, keeping the shelter at a very high temperature.
Upon waking up on the wooden bed in the basement, Lin Yue groggily felt a stick-like object, which instantly startled him.
Only after the thing let out a "peep" sound did he breathe a sigh of relief.
"Bai, how did you get down here?"
"Peep." Bai's voice was lazy. Lin Yue picked it up and placed it on his shoulder, heading up the stairs.
The firewood burned too much and too fervently last night. After being woken up by the heat in the middle of the night, he went to the basement to cool down.
This basement was originally used as a warehouse and is usually extremely cool, a few degrees lower in temperature than above.
So he made himself a wooden bed again and brought down the cool mat for a good night's rest, and indeed it was much more comfortable and cool.
However, he slept until he naturally woke up and didn't know what time it was now.
"Is it daylight?" Lin Yue took out a ladder, wiped the window on the roof, and looked outside. It was indeed daytime.
Snow was still falling, no different from yesterday. The only difference was the snow wall over two meters long near the shelter.
The snow wall was already higher than the roof and seemed to be climbing even higher.
He put on his climbing suit and pants, donned the wooden armor, and got onto the roof through the window, holding the Iron Spear.
There was still no snow accumulation on the roof, and the newly fallen snowflakes quickly turned into water droplets and trickled down.
Lin Yue looked down to find the area in front of the door quiet, unlike yesterday when there were mutant creatures.
Could it be... all frozen to death?
After circling on the roof without any discoveries, Lin Yue returned indoors and opened the stone door.
Aside from the howling winds, there was nothing else.
This world seemed like it was inhabited only by him.
Keeping his head low to avoid snow falling on his face, Lin Yue first dealt with personal matters, then made eight traps, placed them around the shelter, and returned inside.
There was nothing worth exploring outside, and amid the gusty blizzard, both vision and hearing were greatly limited. As an ordinary person, he wasn't equipped to take a shovel and search for mutant creatures in combat.
Of course, the Secret Realm was originally a good place to go, but due to the disaster, it was closed for 48 hours.
The reasoning was to prevent survivors from cheating by hiding inside, but for Lin Yue, it was a missed opportunity to scavenge.
"How much longer do I have to wait?"
Lin Yue yawned, switched back to shorts and a vest, and opened the group chat.
Outside, it was temporarily very safe, and he wasn't under much pressure, so he decided to check the group chat first and then deal with breakfast.
The bulletin board directly informed him that eleven hours had already passed since the disaster began!
Wow, that was truly a natural awakening.
Last night, he stayed up late, plus there were items Du Ping wanted to exchange, which he researched for a long time.
Using 5kg of mutant lamb and 1L of water, Lin Yue exchanged for several good items.
Rotor, end cap, power controller.
Among these three, two were necessary for the generator, and the power controller was needed for the Basic Exoskeleton.
Although the exchange cost more than before, Lin Yue indeed gradually gathered the things he wanted.
After connecting the rotor and end cap with the previous stator and bearings, the only thing he needed to find was one of the most crucial components of a generator: the terminal block.
As for the off-road bike design blueprint that Du Ping and others wanted to exchange for 3L of water last time, after bargaining with Lin Yue, they finally sold it for 2L of water.
After doing all these things yesterday, he lost track of the time and dozed off, completely forgetting about the snow disaster.
After all, the snow disaster was nothing to him.
Yawning, he looked at the group chat.
"Uh, I'm not dead yet, but is it an illusion? I feel like I have no sensation in my legs?"
"Suddenly realized it's not so cold anymore, thanks to the fire source Lin Yue sold! But at the same time, I despise those profiteers who resell the fire source after getting it! Are you still human?"
"Thanks to Lin Yue for selling a lot of water and food at the end, otherwise a big chunk of us would probably be dead! Lin Yue, you have my respect now."
"Does the big shot need your respect? Who do you think you are? By the way, is Lin God still selling lamb? It's too delicious!"
"By the way, what was Lin Yue's original profession? Special forces? The score is off the charts!"
"So the score actually topped out? Seriously, I've always thought Du Ping and the others could be first, but fourth is still okay."
"If I had water, I'd be fine too! Lin Yue just has water! He's not doing much better than us!"
"Ah, right, right, right."
"I saw myself at position 1985; is the gap that big? No, what's the scoring standard?"
"Lin Yue's score is triple that of the second place, fifteen times higher than mine! Is this cheating?"
...
Lin Yue suddenly realized that the whole group chat was now discussing him, not the snow disaster.
Although there was this trend before, it had never been this concentrated.
The reason they were doing so was because of the so-called "points" issue.
He opened the points ranking panel.
1. Lin Yue 1095 points
2. Kirk Brown 338 points
3. Belger 299 points
4. Du Ping 297 points
...
Uh, this...
Why are the scores so high? What's the judgment?
But being able to top the group's leaderboard is worth celebrating.
Just as he wanted to click on the details of the points composition, his stomach rumbled.
Even Bai kept glancing at his stomach.
Okay, looks like I need to address this issue first.
As for the points, I'll set it aside for now.
He took out the stove, set the pot to boil water, all in one go. Lin Yue took out the bacon he hadn't had a chance to eat, sliced eight pieces with a knife, and put the instant noodles in the pot. Meanwhile, he brewed a cup of coffee and took out the apple he hadn't eaten before.
He broke the apple in half with his hands and gave the half to the half-asleep Bai. Lin Yue prepared the bowls and chopsticks, poured the instant noodles into the bowl!
Perfect breakfast, right?
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Thanks to: 08a, Mo Yu Chang Ge, Dong Po Rou Duo, for the rewards!
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