"Little A, what's the temperature outside?" Shen Muyu asked after drawing the curtains.
"Master, it's minus thirty-two degrees Celsius," Little A replied immediately.
"My God, the temperature dropped by more than 30 degrees!" Shen Muyu was shocked. Luckily, Xiao A had turned on the heater, otherwise, given the thickness of the car body, the temperature inside would probably be this low.
"Master, the tires are frozen in the ice. Should we dig them out?" Little A then asked.
"Okay, let's dig. We'll have to keep digging later," Shen Muyu replied while putting on her clothes.
"Yes, Master." Little A immediately released its mechanical arm and began operating it.
Although the rain has stopped, it's not really suitable to get out of the car to exercise in this condition. It's slippery and cold. Catching a cold is not a big deal, but falling would be troublesome.
Thinking of this, Shen Muyu still chose to exercise in the workplace. Although she couldn't run, jumping exercises and weightlifting were still quite good.
"Master, the robotic arm can't get the ice off the tires. I'm afraid it will break them," Little A suddenly said as Shen Muyu finished exercising and started cooking porridge.
"I'll go down and take care of it in a bit, you don't need to worry about it for now," Shen Muyu replied.
After turning down the temperature of the electric cooker, Shen Muyu got out of the car, bundled up tightly.
"Hiss, it's really cold." Fortunately, Shen Muyu is originally from the north and has already adapted to this dry cold, so he felt it was alright.
"This ice is really hard." Shen Muyu muttered under his breath as he poked at it with a shovel.
In fact, since arriving in the game world, her strength has increased a lot, but this ice is like ancient ice that has been frozen for thousands of years. Even with great effort, a shovel can only cause superficial damage to it.
Slowly carving through the ice, Shen Muyu finally cleared all four wheels. Without hesitation, she threw away the corroded, pitted shovel and returned to the car.
Since no gloves or hats were found, they just wrapped their hands in cotton cloth as a makeshift solution, and Shen Muyu's hands were so cold that she could barely stretch them out.
Just as I was about to hug the bowl of porridge to warm myself up, the light screen suddenly popped up.
"Acid rain has ended, and the probability of obtaining wooden resource boxes has returned to normal."
"But because winter has arrived, all crop yields have decreased by 80 percent, and the probability of obtaining food has decreased by 80 percent."
Upon hearing this, Shen Muyu didn't even have time to warm her hands before turning around and going to the plant cultivation box.
Sure enough, more than half of the mangoes that were originally on the tree were gone, and the strawberries next to it suffered the same fate.
Fortunately, the rice and other crops were harvested yesterday, otherwise Shen Muyu would have really been crying while hugging Da Bai.
After plucking off the remaining yellow gems that still contained energy, Shen Muyu placed them separately in a box.
This output is simply not enough to match the consumption of yellow gems. Anyway, she has already stockpiled a lot of food, so she doesn't care about the meager yield after the reduced production.
"Master, shall we set off?" Little A asked after Shen Muyu finished his work. Now that the situation had changed, she wondered what her master's plans were.
"Okay, let's go. We can slow down a bit and try not to change direction. This ice and snow is really slippery." Shen Muyu nodded and said. Fortunately, they had obtained anti-slip tires beforehand, otherwise they would have had to find a way to wrap the tires with clothes to increase friction.
The ice is so slippery that even a slight turn of the steering wheel would probably cause it to spin in place.
"Yes, Master." After starting the car, Little A slowly drove it out. It had even used its robotic arm to create a ramp to prevent the car from getting stuck due to the thick ice.
Shen Muyu had just poured out the porridge when the car jolted and the spilled portion was scalded.
"I'm sorry, Master, I accidentally stepped on a frozen fish."
Little A felt extremely guilty. It had just detected the obstacle ahead, but because it was too close, it didn't dare to turn the steering wheel too much, which is why it crashed into it. It seemed that it needed to slow down even further.
"It's okay, drive slowly, we're not in a hurry," Shen Muyu said, blowing on the slightly reddened area from the burn.
"Yes, Master." Little A became even more cautious in controlling the speed and direction of the car. However, there were just too many fish frozen in half, and even with the best driving skills, it was inevitable that it would crash several more times.
Shen Muyu had gotten used to the bumpy ride and even switched to a different jar to drink the porridge, so she didn't have to worry about it splashing out.
"Master, a winding mountain road appears ahead." As they walked, Little A suddenly "saw" a cliff face with a sudden change in direction and a relatively gentle road covered with ice.
"What?" Shen Muyu put down the jar in his hand and looked ahead. He saw that the cliff on the left suddenly turned to the side, and the view in front of him became much brighter.
"Little A, let's slowly move closer together, and stop when we get there," Shen Muyu said after thinking for a moment.
"Yes, Master."
Shen Muyu stopped paying attention to the situation in front of her and opened the area chat.
"It's so cold! I'm wearing three layers and I still can't stand the cold. Does anyone have any hand warmers? I'm willing to pay a high price!"
"Turn on the heater, it'll warm up in no time."
"Do you think I don't want to? My big truck is already fuel-guzzling, and after just a short while with the heater on, the fuel consumption is skyrocketing! I can't afford to drive it even if I freeze to death."
"Never mind whether the heater works or not, how come the ice is so solid! My hands are frozen stiff, and I still couldn't get a single tire out."
"If you keep being lazy, I stacked a layer of iron blocks on the ground last night. Today, all we need to do is break the layer of ice on top."
"I was already frozen when I woke up from the cold yesterday, okay?"
"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. Who told you to be so careless? Even if it doesn't freeze, the tires would be ruined after being soaked in acid rain all night. Even a fool would know to put them on pads."
"I feel like I've been subtly insulted."
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"Try using ginger juice to melt the ice, but don't be silly and use hot water, or it will freeze solid."
"Why didn't you say so sooner? (•̩̩̩̩＿•̩̩̩̩) It's already frozen."
Before Shen Muyu could find what she needed, the light screen suddenly reappeared.
"A special instance has been detected. Please proceed up the path to enter the instance. The rest of the game will take place within this special instance."
"Special instance?" Shen Muyu was stunned when he saw the notification. Where did this special instance come from? And does this mean that we need to change the environment for the next five days?
If I remember correctly, someone climbed up there on the very first day I came into this world. It seems to be a grassland up there.
Moreover, it seemed to be very dangerous. The person's profile picture went gray before they even finished speaking, and it seems that no one else has been heard of going up there since.
"Master, should we drive up?" Little A had already parked the car at the intersection.
"Wait a minute." Shen Muyu then started scrolling through the area chat; she needed to know if anyone else had encountered this instance.
"I'm offering a huge reward for ginger! I'm offering a huge reward for ginger!"
"I agree. It is useful, but the quantity is too small, which is almost useless."
"Stop begging Jiang! Has anyone encountered any special instances?"
"You encountered this too? This slope is a bit steep. I just tried it and I slid down."
"What special instance? What are you trying to say in riddles?"
"It was a winding mountain road that suddenly appeared, and the organizers told us to go up to enter the instance."
"Why don't I have it?"
"I drove a little further before I encountered it."
"Same here, I also drove forward a little before I appeared."
"Since the organizers have said we have to go in, we might as well just do as they say."
"I think so too, but we can't get up there at all right now!"
"You found some gravel in the resource crate before, so just walk on it and lay a layer to increase friction, then tie your tires to it and you can get up there."
"Giving such detailed explanation, did you go upstairs?"
"Yeah, this instance seems to be related to the subsequent rankings and stuff. Including today, it's been five days in total. If nothing unexpected happens, everyone should have to get in."
"I want to try driving further forward, but something just doesn't feel right."
"Whatever, it's a good opportunity to explore another possibility."
Shen Muyu noticed that almost everyone who set off encountered this winding mountain road, and it seemed that some went up and some didn't.
"Xiao A, go around this road and walk forward for a while, then stop close to the cliff face and see if there's a path under the ice," Shen Muyu said after thinking for a moment.
"Yes, Master." Little A drove forward again.