Read Novel Full Chapter 603.2
Chapter 603.2
“Because the radar in the map malfunctioned,” the man said helplessly. “After the blizzard stopped, we were still surrounded by a vast expanse of white, unable to distinguish east from west. There were still markers for the safe house on the map, so we didn’t realize something was wrong and continued walking along the original route. But soon we noticed something was off; after walking for half an hour, the distance on the map hadn’t decreased at all.”
“You were going in circles?”
The man looked a bit bewildered. “I don’t know either. Just listen to what I have to say next.”
“The six of us were a bit panicked. Just as we were feeling lost, we suddenly noticed a person at the horizon waving at us.”
“We could only see a tiny black dot, and we thought it was a player, so we walked towards the black dot like grabbing onto a life-saving straw.”
“But no matter how we walked, that black dot always seemed to be just as far away.”
“We didn’t believe it and kept walking and walking. After two hours, the black dot disappeared, but we saw a small wooden house.”
“We were overjoyed, thinking it was the safe house mentioned by the system.”
“So without thinking, we rushed into the wooden house.”
After hearing the man’s words, some players couldn’t sit still.
“There’s another wooden house on Goose Feather Mountain?”
“What did that wooden house look like? Was it the same as this one?”
The man smiled bitterly. “No, it was different. Although both were wooden houses, that one seemed very old. Unlike this safe house with its soft, comfortable sofas and beds, that wooden house was very ancient. The walls, floor, and roof were all charred black, as if it had been burned.”
“The inside of the wooden house was very dark.” Fear briefly flashed across the man’s face. “In the black marks around, I vaguely saw many human-shaped outlines. It was like…”
“Bang!” A dull sound suddenly rang out, startling everyone.
The players all looked towards the thick iron sheet. More “bang bang” sounds followed from outside the iron sheet.
The heavy metal shook slightly. Through the metal, they heard the gradually hoarse howling of the wind outside.
It seemed that the wind had picked up outside.
It turned out the sound was just the wind hitting the iron sheet.
Everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and one person urged, “Like what?”
The man swallowed. “It looked like someone was burned and the carbonized material attached to the surrounding area formed traces.”
Someone asked, “How many?”
The man hesitated. “A lot. A lot. They were everywhere. They were so densely packed it was hard to see clearly.”
Everyone involuntarily imagined the scene and broke out in cold sweat.
“Didn’t you find it strange or off?”
The man: “Of course we did. Just a few seconds after entering the wooden house, we realized something was wrong, so we wanted to leave.”
“But the door of the wooden house suddenly locked from behind, trapping us inside the pitch-black house.”
“We tried to open the door, but it was tightly shut and wouldn’t budge.”
“Then we took out our flashlights to illuminate the room.”
“I turned on my flashlight, and when it shone on the ceiling, I saw a moving creature.”
“There was another living thing in the house!” someone exclaimed. “What was it?”
“I couldn’t see clearly, it was too fast.” The man shook his head. “But it wasn’t big. It was about the size of a human, walking on all fours, somewhat like an ape.”
“Like an ape…” Someone repeated, deep in thought. “Could it be human-shaped? A humanoid monster?”
Hearing this, everyone felt a chill.
The man continued, “We were all startled and instinctively drew our weapons.”
“And then?”
A look of confusion flashed in the man’s eyes. “Then… I don’t remember. When I came back to my senses, we were already outside the wooden house and standing in the snow.”
“The six of us had different injuries, all severe. But none of us could recall how we left the wooden house or how we got hurt. The only fortunate thing was that we found the map in our minds had resumed functioning. Only then did we realize that we had unknowingly drifted far from the safe house.”
“Initially, we were very close to the safe house. We could reach it in two hours at full speed. But when the map resumed normal operation, we were four hours away. We were all injured, so we helped each other and walked here. Finally, we reached the safe house before dark, and I was saved.”
At this point, a trace of sadness crossed the man’s face. “But the other five were not so lucky. I deeply regret it.”
“Bang! Bang!”
The sound of wind and snow hitting the iron sheet grew louder.
“That’s all I know. I’ve told you everything.”
After hearing the man’s account, the players remained silent for a long time.
The silence was broken by the system’s voice.
[The cold night has arrived. The cold wave will hit Goose Feather Mountain again. Please be prepared, players.]
[According to the weather forecast, this cold wave will come like a swift wind.]
[There are thirty minutes until the cold wave arrives.]
[The next safe house time limit is six hours.]
[The frost is coming, please survive, players!]
As if to validate the system’s words, the iron sheet outside suddenly made rapid “bang bang bang” noises, like beans bouncing in a hot pan.
“Everyone, follow your groups and get inside the giant bears!” The green down jacket quickly organized the scene. “There are 87 survivors left. Our goal is to survive. No one should die tonight!”
The players were inspired by the green down jacket’s words and enthusiastically crawled into their respective giant bears.
The flesh inside the stomach had been hollowed out, leaving only a huge skin.
Then, they washed the inside of the skin with snow. Although there was no sticky meat, there was still a bloody smell.
The airtight skin was not cold at all, in fact, it was a bit warm.
When they were outside, they had been very close, but once inside the skin, the surviving player was right next to Bai Lixin.
“Thanks for earlier,” The surviving player whispered in Bai Lixin’s ear. “Thanks for the bread.”
Bai Lixin didn’t mind. “It was just a small effort, don’t worry about it.”
“You said you saw the creature when you turned on the flashlight in that wooden house, could you describe what it looked like in more detail?” Bai Lixin’s mind was not on the bread but on that wooden house.
This was Goose Feather Mountain. When he first heard the name of the safe house, he thought it was the wooden house in the photo of the snow mountain.
But upon arrival, he discovered that although both were wooden houses, they didn’t look the same.
And now, a second wooden house had appeared.
“Alright.” The surviving player spoke without reserve. He closed his eyes and carefully recalled the scene at that time. “No, the room was too dark then. The creature was all black, and I could only vaguely see an ape-like silhouette.”
Bai Lixin: “Is it possible that it wasn’t because the room was dark, but that the creature itself was entirely black?”
The surviving player pondered for two seconds. “I hadn’t thought of that, but it’s possible. After all, I had my flashlight on, and the surroundings were illuminated. It shouldn’t have been the only thing that remained pitch black.”
Bai Lixin: “Oh. Do you remember where you all woke up after leaving the wooden house? The place four hours away from the safe house.”
Surviving player: “I remember, it was at the eight o’clock direction from the safe house. But there was no wooden house there, just endless snow.”
“Why are you asking in such detail? You’re not planning to go find that wooden house, are you?”
Bai Lixin answered the surviving player with silence.
“Don’t go,” the surviving player advised. “You helped me, so I’ll give you some advice. That wooden house is very eerie and sinister, and it’s filled with a lot of negative energy.”
“I didn’t mention this earlier, but when we rushed into that wooden house, it felt several degrees colder inside than outside. The six of us didn’t even know what happened. It’s really dangerous there.”
A dark, twisted face flashed in Bai Lixin’s mind.
That dark, twisted face had once appeared in the window of the wooden house in the photo at the library. There were only two empty eye sockets on its black crayon-like face, and it looked out the window with a terrified expression.
No matter what, he needed to investigate this wooden house mentioned by the surviving player.
[The cold wave is here!]
[Survive!]
The system’s short, heavy electric current sound was like a huge bell, hitting the players’ heads heavily.
The next second, a terrifying howling sound reached their ears.
“Bang! Crackle!”
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
The iron sheet shook wildly, and the players even felt the ground beneath them trembling.
-60 degrees Celsius.
-65 degrees.
-70 degrees.
-72 degrees…
Tonight, everyone realized how mild last night’s temperature drop had been.
The cold wave had just begun but the temperature was plummeting uncontrollably, like a wild horse that had broken free from its reigns.
-65 was last night’s lowest temperature, but tonight it was just the starting temperature.
Fortunately, they had found so many supplies.
The players huddled closely together, shrank their necks, and hid in the thick skin, grateful for their hard work today.
Time passed by, second by second.
One hour, two hours, three hours…
The cold wave showed no sign of stopping.
-75.
-78.
-80.
-85.
-90.
-100…
However, no matter how thick and warm the fur was, it was not invincible.
As the temperature dropped sharply, warmth was no longer present, and the cold invaded once again.
So cold, so cold, so cold, so cold, so cold, so cold, so cold, so cold, so cold, so cold, so cold…
The players huddled together like quails, looking as gray and battered as they did yesterday.
In the end, it all came down to endurance.
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In the live broadcast room.
[In the end, it’s still a battle of willpower and physique.]
[Even so, without those iron sheets and animal skins, they would have frozen to death long ago.]
[After all, they are high-level players. If it were me, I would have already become a popsicle at -100 degrees.]
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The system’s prompt rang out in the players’ minds.
[The player did not leave the safe house within the safe house time limit, entering the judgment stage now.]
[Judgment completed.]
[Unfortunately, the player did not refresh the safe house time limit, initiating random teleportation now.]
[Random teleportation begins, the player is teleported to the entrance of the safe house.]
[Remaining spots in the safe house X1.]
Within two breaths, the system’s voice rang out again.
[Player death: X1. Remaining players: 86.]
The players hiding in the animal skins sighed.
They were hidden in the pitch-black animal skins and couldn’t see outside. But guessing, the one who died was most likely the unlucky player who just left the safe house.
-100 degrees Celsius had long surpassed the lower limit of the temperature the human body can stand.
Standing in the cold wind without any shelter, death was inevitable.
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In the live broadcast, a human-shaped popsicle appeared at the wooden door of the safe house.
[Tsk, whoever said they’d turn into a popsicle, here it is now.]
[…Sorry, it was me, I was wrong. May there be no cold in heaven. Rest in peace, brother.]
[Sigh…]
[It seems like leaving for the safe house will result in freezing to death. It’s better to stay inside the animal skins from the start.]
[Indeed, either stay in the safe house or stick with the main group. Suddenly changing the environment is very dangerous.]
[It looks like even if a spot opens up in the safe house tonight, no one will go in.]
[Is that so? Look who’s moving.]
[??? Damn, it’s God Xin!]