Read Novel Full Chapter 604.1
Chapter 604.1
While others were shivering in the cold wind, wishing they could nail themselves to the spot, Bai Lixin moved.
The audience in the live broadcast room followed Bai Lixin’s figure with their eyes.
Even Bai Lixin couldn’t maintain his usual carefree attitude in such severe cold. His steps were somewhat stiff, and the raging wind distorted his thick down jacket.
Bai Lixin huddled his upper body, and with great difficulty, he moved step by step towards the door of the safe house against the biting wind.
About ten steps away from the door, there was a noticeable pit in the snow.
Bai Lixin passed by the pit, glanced at the player inside who was stiff and breathless, and continued his steps. After more than two minutes, he reached the door of the safe house.
The moment the wooden door of the safe house was pushed open, warm air smoothly slipped into Bai Lixin’s body through the gaps in his down hat.
The clash between the cold and hot air inside his body caused Bai Lixin to shiver involuntarily.
As he walked into the safe house, the system’s prompt rang out.
[Congratulations to player Bai Lixin for entering the safe house. Your safe time limit is 10 hours.]
[Please note, if you do not leave the safe house within the time limit, you will enter the system judgment stage.]
[Enjoy the game.]
Immediately, another system prompt rang out.
[The remaining space in the safe house is 0. There are 12 minutes left until the next time limit. Please prepare.]
A time display with a red background appeared at the top right corner of Bai Lixin’s system panel.
The time display started from [00:00:00], and was increasing by the second.
The not-so-spacious hall was crowded with many people. Bai Lixin counted a total of 14 people.
Bai Lixin’s arrival attracted a lot of attention, but most of them just cast curious glances without doing anything else.
The door of the safe house automatically closed once Bai Lixin was fully inside. He simply wiped off the snow that had quickly melted into water on the doormat and shook off the accumulated snow on himself before taking off his thick down hat.
Although they were inside the safe house, the atmosphere in the hall was not particularly relaxed or comfortable.
The ten-hour limit was almost up, and whether to stay or leave was a dilemma.
The temperature in the safe house was around twenty degrees Celsius, and staying for ten hours in a thick down jacket was obviously impractical.
In his snow boots, Bai Lixin went up to the second floor. He found an empty bedroom, entered, and took off his thick down jacket, goggles, gloves, and mask, putting them into his backpack. Then, he took a jacket out of his backpack and put it on.
After changing his clothes, he didn’t rest in the bedroom but left the room.
He first went to the first floor, pretending to look for the kitchen, and took the opportunity to walk around the hall.
There were 14 people in the hall on the first floor, and 2 people in the study. Including himself, that made 17 people.
Next, he went to the second floor, walked from one end to the other, finding a total of ten rooms.
One bedroom had 2 people, another had 1 person.
In total, there were 20 people.
This matched the system’s description of the safe house’s maximum number of occupants.
Finally, Bai Lixin went to the bathroom.
He opened each cubicle door, checked inside, but no one was inside.
Then, he went to the washbasin, jumped silently onto the white porcelain sink according to Xia Chi’s description from last night, and used a knife to open the ceiling.
The flashlight shone inside, revealing a dark and chilly space, but it was empty.
There were no objects, but the ceiling still had some red blood stains and fragments.
After confirming there was no one inside, Bai Lixin closed the ceiling and restored everything to its original state.
Today, there were only 20 people inside the safe house, the correct number.
There were 68 people outside, also the correct number.
But yesterday, there were 2 extra people outside and 1 extra person inside the safe house.
Overnight, the numbers had corrected themselves.
Was it the excess unknown entities that had disappeared?
Or was it the players?
Leaving the second floor, Bai Lixin returned to the hall on the first floor.
The hall was unusually quiet.
Someone in the corner was visibly tense, putting on his down jacket with a bitter and resentful expression.
In less than half a minute, that person disappeared from Bai Lixin’s sight.
[The player did not leave the safe house within the 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 completed. Player’s landing location: Horror Abyss.]
[Ding! Player death X1. The remaining number of players is 85. Spots remaining in the safe house: 1.]
[There are 15 minutes left until the next safe house time limit.]
As soon as the system finished speaking, the door creaked open.
Bai Lixin looked towards the door and saw a bright pink figure standing there. Even the cold air behind it seemed to be weakened by the pink.
[Spots remaining in the safe house: 0.]
The system dutifully informed every player of the safe house’s status.
Bai Lixin: “…”
If the system announced that the safe house was full after Pink Hair entered, it meant Pink Hair had taken a player slot.
So he wasn’t a monster disguised in human skin?
Pink Hair shook off the snow and walked upstairs.
When passing by Bai Lixin, Pink Hair paused slightly, seemingly giving Bai Lixin a glance, before continuing upward.
Step.
Step.
Step.
One sound after another, the heavy leather shoes hit the floor.
The sound gradually faded, and with the heavy sound of a door closing, the upstairs became quiet again.
The atmosphere in the hall on the first floor grew even heavier.
“What exactly is the Horror Abyss?” A voice as thin as a mosquito’s buzz broke the oppressive silence.
“The issue now isn’t ‘what is the Horror Abyss’, but that it means ‘death’. It doesn’t matter where it is; we just need to know that being selected means death.”
“Ah.” A player by the window sighed lightly, “One wrong step, and every step thereafter is wrong. If I had known, I wouldn’t have entered this safe house in the first place. I was in here on the first day and didn’t get the cold resistance buff, and now I’m here again tonight. Although there are replenishing supplies inside, after a short escape, we still have to face the natural disaster. How can flowers accustomed to a greenhouse withstand the extreme cold? It’s time, it’s fate!”
In just one day, the meaning of the safe house to the players had changed.
It was already 3:30 in the morning. The raging wind outside suddenly stopped, and the sharply dropping temperature also hit a pause, even beginning to rise slowly, eventually stopping at -90 degrees.
After witnessing that previous tragedies, the players whose time limit in the safe house was up chose to leave, opting not to stay.
On the way to the iron tent, some froze to death, but there were only two in total.
In comparison, the probability of survival was higher for those who left the safe house.
The safe house gradually emptied. A few people trickled in after. The safe house was filled, then emptied, then filled, then emptied, and this continued until dawn.
When the sun rose, the temperature was still at -90 degrees.
Bai Lixin looked at his attribute list. The cold resistance progress bar was in the middle of level 1, not yet reaching level 2.
At seven in the morning, Bai Lixin saw through the window that the green down jacket was organizing everyone.
The safe house, as a special existence in Goose Feather Mountain, not only blocked wind and cold but also sound.
Through the window, he could only see the scene outside without hearing any sounds.
From the orderly actions of the players outside, they seemed to be planning something new.
Bai Lixin put on his down jacket, ready to go out.
At that moment, he heard the “step, step, step” of footsteps. He turned his head and saw that Pink Hair was also wrapped up and was coming down.
…
The moment he stepped outside again, the cold almost froze him through.
Teams had already set off, and some players were lingering outside the safe house.
The green down jacket was gesticulating, organizing the day’s tasks.
“The remaining people will form patrol squads, responsible for patrolling the surroundings.”
Pink Hair brushed past Bai Lixin, and Xia Chi, who was wearing an orange-yellow down jacket, came to Bai Lixin and tugged at him, “Brother, why did you come out with that Pink Hair?”
Hearing someone talking about him, Pink Hair paused, turned, and faced Xia Chi.
Xia Chi was like a cat whose tail was stepped on, and quickly darted behind Bai Lixin.
Fortunately, Pink Hair didn’t do anything excessive. He just looked at Xia Chi before turning and leaving.
Once Pink Hair was far away, Xia Chi emerged from behind Bai Lixin, “Brother, when did Pink Hair enter the safe house?”
Because the animal skins were covered with a thick layer of iron sheets outside, the players couldn’t see the scenes around the safe house.
Bai Lixin briefly explained the incident of Pink Hair entering the safe house last night, and Xia Chi was puzzled, “Pink Hair is actually a player? Then why did he do so many malicious things?”
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In the live broadcast room.
[Yeah, I also want to know, why was he so malicious?]
[I’ve heard a rumor that the Shentian Guild hides many talents, including a player who loves Barbie very much and even looks like Barbie. He’s the darling of the Shentian Guild.]
[Loves Barbie? A Barbie fan? So, this pink haired guy is a player from the Shentian Guild? No wonder we haven’t seen him before, it makes sense now. Shentian Guild has always been different from us ordinary players, so it’s understandable if he’s stirring up trouble.]
[Shentian Guild: we are late, but we have arrived. Xia Chi, little cutie, be careful.]
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“By the way, Brother,” Xia Chi gestured towards the green down jacket, “we’re in the mobile patrol group today.”
“He made the arrangements while you weren’t out. There are seven groups in total, group 5 will go to yesterday’s resource points, group 6 stays to guard these resources, and group 7 is responsible for surveying the surroundings. Each team has a leader, and the green down jacket is in our patrol group, he’s also our leader. Look, he’s already gathering the team, we should go over.”