The seemingly never-ending blizzard blanketed the entire sky and submerged the whole world.
The howling wind relentlessly blew the snow like waves, casting it into the air and then onto the ground.
Almost all shelters were completely covered by this storm, with the nearly three-meter-high layer of snow claiming all life in its wake.
Even though it was already daytime, under this snow disaster, there was no longer any distinction between night and day in this world.
Lin Yue's shelter remained the same.
The wood burning brightly in the steel plate stove kept the shelter at a high temperature.
Lin Yue woke up from the wooden bed in the basement, groggily touched a stick-like object, which instantly startled him awake.
Only when the thing squeaked did he breathe a sigh of relief.
"Xiao Bai, how did you get down here?"
"Squeak." Xiao Bai's voice was lazy, Lin Yue grabbed it and placed it on his shoulder, and proceeded up the stairs.
Last night, the firewood burned too fiercely, making him wake up from the heat, leading him to the basement to cool down.
The basement was originally used as a warehouse by him, usually very cool, with temperatures a few degrees below upstairs.
He remade the wood bed there for a good rest, spread a rattan mat, and fell asleep as soon as he lay down, feeling indeed much cooler and comfortable.
However, waking up naturally took him a long time; he didn't know what time it was now.
"Is it daylight?" Lin Yue took out a wooden ladder, wiped the roof window, and looked outside; it was indeed daytime.
The snow was still falling, with no difference from yesterday, except for a snow wall over two meters long near the shelter.
The snow wall had already surpassed the height of the roof and tended to rise even higher.
He donned his mountaineering suit, wore mountaineering trousers, equipped his wood armor, and climbed from the roof window to the rooftop with his trusty Iron Spear.
There was still no snow accumulation on the rooftop, and the freshly fallen snowflakes quickly turned into droplets flowing down.
Lin Yue looked down and found a peaceful scene at the entrance, unlike yesterday when mutated creatures appeared.
Could it be... have they all frozen to death?
After circling the rooftop and finding nothing, Lin Yue returned inside and opened the stone door.
Besides the roaring wind, there was nothing else.
This world seemed like there was only him.
Keeping his head down to avoid snow falling on his face, Lin Yue first solved his personal problems, then made eight traps, set them around the shelter, and returned inside.
There's not much to explore outside, and amidst the raging blizzard, visibility and auditory senses were severely limited, and being just an ordinary person, he wasn't equipped with the skills to shovel snow and search for mutated creatures to battle.
Of course, the Secret Realm was a good place, but due to this disaster, it needed to be closed for 48 hours.
Though said to prevent survivors from cheating by hiding inside, it meant Lin Yue lost a chance to scavenge.
"How long do I have to wait?"
Lin Yue yawned, reverted to his shorts and vest state, and opened the group chat.
Outside was temporarily safe, and he felt no major pressure, so he decided to check the group, then tackle breakfast.
The announcement board directly informed him that it had been eleven hours since the disaster started!
Wow, this truly was a natural wake-up.
He indeed stayed up too late last night, compounded by Du Ping wanting to trade something, which kept him studying for a long time.
Using 5kg of mutant sheep meat, 1L of water, Lin Yue traded for a number of good items.
Rotor, end cap, power controller.
Two of these are essential components for a generator, and the power controller is used for the Basic Exoskeleton.
Although the cost was higher than before, Lin Yue was gradually piecing together the things he wanted.
After connecting the rotor and end cap with the previously obtained stator and bearings, he now only had to find the terminal connector, one of the most important components of a generator.
Regarding the off-road bike design schematic Du Ping and the others wanted to trade for 3L of water, through bargaining, they eventually sold it for 2L.
After completing these trades yesterday, it was late enough for him to fall asleep inadvertently, even forgetting the snow disaster.
After all, the snow disaster hardly mattered to him.
He yawned and looked at the group chat.
"Uh, I'm not dead yet, but am I mistaken? My legs seem to be numb?"
"Suddenly realized it's not that cold anymore, thanks to Lin Yue's fire source! But I despise those profiteers who resell the fire source after getting it! Are you even human?"
"Thanks to Lin Yue selling plenty of water and food recently, or we'd be losing a big group! Lin Yue, you've gained my approval."
"Do big shots need your approval? Who do you think you are? Also, is Lin Shen still selling sheep meat? It's too delicious."
"By the way, what profession did Lin Yue have? Special Forces? That ranking is too outrageous!"
"So, the ranking actually topped? Unbelievable, I always thought Du Ping and the others would be first, but fourth's not too bad."
"With water, I am also competent! Lin Yue just happens to have water! His life isn't much better than ours!"
"Yeah, right, right."
"I see myself at position 1985, is the gap really that big? What is the ranking standard?"
"Lin Yue's score is triple that of the second place, fifteen times higher than mine! It's got to be cheating!"
...
Lin Yue suddenly realized that the entire group was now discussing him, rather than the snow disaster.
Although there was this trend before, it wasn't concentrated like now.
The reason they were doing so was due to 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
...
Whoa...
Why are the scores so high? What's the criterion?
Nevertheless, topping the group's first place is worth celebrating.
Just as he was about to click into the ranking for a detailed breakdown of points, his stomach rumbled.
Even Xiao Bai kept glancing towards his stomach.
Alright, seems like I need to solve this issue first.
Regarding the points, they can wait.
He took out the stove, set up the pot, boiled water in one go, retrieved some preserved meat he'd yet to eat, sliced eight pieces with a knife, tossed instant noodles into the pot, and while waiting, made a cup of coffee, and took out the apple he hadn't eaten earlier.
He tore the apple by hand, giving half to the drowsy Xiao Bai, prepared his bowl and chopsticks, and poured the instant noodles into the bowl!
A perfect breakfast, wouldn't you say?
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