Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse

"Hey..." Ke Ke let out a comfortable cry as she lay on the edge of the basin of ice that was releasing the chill.

Xu Xin rested for a minute, then got up and went to the bathroom.

He's going to pump water with an automatic pump.

Another half hour and the pool below him would be completely dry as well, as the lake level would drop below the sink.

Taking this opportunity, he needs to collect as much water as possible.

After making some wooden tubs and barrels for storing water, he immediately started storing water.

I don't know how long this scorching heat will last, it's better to save more.

Half an hour passed, and the pumps were no longer able to draw any water from the pool below.

He looked out of the window. Below, the pool he dug and the tank extending all the way to the lake had completely dried up, exposing the slightly wet ground.

Then, under his gaze, under the fierce sunlight, the wet ground began to lose water at a speed visible to the naked eye. From the dark loess, it gradually turned white, and then began to dry and crack!

The originally wet bottom of the pool cracked into a broken pit within half a minute.

He looked at the lake next to the tree house again.

The area of ​​the lake has been greatly reduced.

The original shallow water area, at this time, has been completely exposed.

And the bottom of the lake was also similar to the bottom of the pool on his side. Under the scorching sun, cracks appeared one after another!

Aquatic plants such as aquatic plants growing far away at the bottom of the lake are rapidly withering.

After these plants survived the cold winter, they were defeated by the scorching heat.

... outrageous.

This sunshine is really too venomous!

He opened the window.

A gust of hot air came over his face, causing him to frown and narrow his eyes.

On the forehead, fine beads of sweat immediately appeared.

"This temperature..."

He closed it again immediately.

…The moment he just opened the window, he seemed to be opening a furnace that was being smelted!

It must have been over forty degrees!

This is probably already around forty-five degrees!

He immediately contacted Li Wenxi.

"What's the matter?" Li Wenxi's voice was normal, and there were constant sounds of digging and mining.

"You're still in the mine, aren't you hot?" Xu Xin asked.

"It's not hot. This mine seems to be a good place to enjoy the cool air." Li Wenxi explained, "We didn't even use the mined saltpeter to cool down, and the temperature in this cave has been maintained at more than 20 degrees."

It seems that the saltpeter mine can be said to be a natural place to escape from the heat.

"Hey, they don't want to go back. After all, the tree house is much hotter than here." Li Wenxi laughed.

"It's a good way to escape the summer heat there." Xu Xin agreed, and then asked, "How much have you dug?"

"Well... I didn't count, Yajun! How much have we dug?" Li Wenxi directly asked Li Yajun who was in charge of processing the mined saltpeter.

"The mining rate of saltpeter mines here is not high. Most of the mined stones are ordinary stones, and only a small part is saltpeter mines. For such a long time, only about a thousand pieces of green-grade saltpeter were mined, and... seven A piece of blue-grade saltpetre."

Li Yajun's voice reached Xu Xin's ears, which surprised him a little.

This speed is not slow, thousands of dollars an hour.

Of course, this is based on the fact that a dozen of them have been mining together, and it has been mining for nearly an hour.

Judging from the efficiency of a single person, it is indeed relatively ordinary.

"Sigh... the efficiency is so low!" Li Wenxi put down her hand holding the watch slightly, and looked at her with some surprise, "I didn't seem to be so slow in digging by myself before, right?"

"The location you mined before happened to be the location with the richest resources..." Li Yajun's voice was a little helpless, "It happens to be the best mining spot, and there are all saltpeter mines there."

She pointed to the deepest part of the mine with one hand: "But that piece of saltpeter mine has almost been mined by you. The other places are all scattered saltpeter, most of which are ordinary stones."

"I see..." Li Wenxi nodded thoughtfully.

Hearing these words through the watch, Xu Xin frowned slightly.

Li Wenxi's ability is to detect metal ores, but saltpeter mines are not metal ores, so she probably doesn't know how much saltpeter reserves are left in this mine.

"In your saltpeter mine, isn't there a lot of reserves?" Xu Xin asked.

If this is the case, then they may have to consider whether they should help others.

After all, saltpeter is a very precious resource. As the raw material of explosives, it is also a kind of consumables, and explosives are also their strongest means to fight against invading enemies.

Until the next saltpeter mine is found, this mine is all their reserves.

"I don't know." Li Wenxi's voice was also faintly worried, "Let's continue mining first, saltpeter mines are still needed after all, I'll check the situation first."

"Okay. Now, don't sell saltpeter mines outside."

"Um!"

After hanging up the call, Xu Xin sighed.

Those people shouldn't have a big problem if they survive today, right?

He himself was fine.

In his tree house, it was very cool.

Even... a little cold.

The wall of the tree house is too strong to insulate the temperature, and the temperature inside and outside the house cannot be transmitted, and the piece of blue-grade saltpeter is constantly trying to exude coldness.

This caused the temperature in his tree house to drop directly below twenty degrees.

... let's open a window.

Xu Xin opened the window slightly, which allowed the temperature in the room to recover a bit.

He sat down on the sofa again.

In this situation, you can't go out, and sitting in the tree house can be regarded as a disguised rest.

As long as there is no beast tide coming, it will be fine.

I turned on my watch and browsed through the World Channel casually.

Sure enough, all over the world, the survivors are complaining.

The temperature above 40 degrees is really too difficult without air conditioning.

"I'm going crazy!"

"Is this world sick!!"

"I would have collected more ice outside before I knew it! Made!"

"Who would have thought that the temperature would directly rise by 70 degrees!"

In those areas in the early morning of this morning, before the sun came out, it was still minus 30 degrees, but it turned out that it was more than 40 degrees above zero just a few hours later.

Isn't this a direct seventy-degree temperature difference?

but……

Today, he is not very helpful.

Forty degrees, this temperature is actually bearable.

"Hey, look, there is a new point mall!"

At this time, a message on the world channel made his eyes shine.

New on the Points Mall?

He immediately clicked into the Points Mall to check it out.

However, after seeing the newly launched materials hanging in the most conspicuous position in the points mall, he was speechless.

【Cataceous cattail fan (blue): A must-have item that can bring a touch of coolness to people in the hot summer. Points required: 100 points. 】

Cattail fan?

Manual fan?

This thing...it seems that they can make it themselves...

However, blue rank?

His heart moved.

A blue cattail fan only needs 100 points.

You must know that the new supplies in the cold winter, such as goggles and skateboards, require 1000 points for the blue level.

Very cheap!

He immediately bought one for 100 points.

Looking at the fan in his hand, he couldn't help laughing.

This thing looks too familiar.

It is really a cattail fan!

At this time, what he held in his hand was a very ordinary palm fan.

The entire fan is dry yellow in color, made of palmetto leaves and stalks, and is very light in the hand.

This should be the most popular fan in their original world, right?

this thing...

He slapped himself lightly.

Um.

Ordinary wind.

Blue-level supplies, just this...?

It shouldn't be.

At this time, World Channel also became noisy.

"What! Selling a broken fan for 100 points? Are you crazy! It's not like I can't do it myself!"

"Anything I take to fan the wind is better than this broken fan with 100 points!"

"No, you guys are watching! This is a blue-ranked fan!"

"What about a blue-level fan? The quality is better, so it can last for a few more days? It's useful for P!"

"Whoever buys Esby!"

100 points, for those in weak areas, it can be said to be a huge sum of money.

It only takes thirty or forty points to kill a mutant creature, and they may not have the opportunity and ability to kill the mutant creature.

That's why they just spit out in anger.

He glanced again at the Allied Channel and the Regional Channel.

I happened to see Ji Chaoyang talking on the alliance channel.

"Everyone, cattail fans are available for purchase. This blue cattail fan can produce relatively cool wind in the hot air."

Fan out the cool wind?

Xu Xin was slightly taken aback.

He immediately came out of the tree house with the cattail fan and came to the ground.

"……So hot."

The hand has subconsciously fanned the wind with the cattail fan.

"Hey, this really works."

He looked at the cattail fan in his hand in surprise.

The air is hot and dry. Normally, even the wind that blows it will not cool it down.

But this cattail fan, just by gently fanning, can let the air flow quickly, and...

It did lower the temperature a little.

The flowing low-temperature air evaporated the sweat on his skin, making him feel as if he could endure this scorching environment.

Is it really a blue-level item?

Still useful.

Of course, it's just tolerable, and it's definitely out of the question to say it's comfortable.

But for ordinary survivors, with this thing, at least they will not be so hot that they will go crazy, heatstroke or even die.

nice stuff!

Just as he was about to go back to the tree house, he suddenly saw a figure moving in the direction of Lou Feier and Jin Yue's tree house.

Um?

Who is outside in this hot weather?

He suddenly became wary.

It can't be a furry monster, can it?

He stopped what he was doing and looked over there.

The figure flashed again, and this time he saw it clearly.

"It's Jinyue?" Xu Xin was a little surprised.

What is she doing outside?

However, her body has mutated, so she should be able to easily tolerate the current temperature, and it is normal outside.

He wanted to go over and ask, but he couldn't stand standing in the shade of the canopy of the tree house now. When he thought of going to the sun, he shook his head and went back to the tree house.

Then I contacted Lou Feier.

"What are you doing? How did I see Jinyue outside?" He asked directly.

"Ah, she wanted to go out by herself." Lou Fei'er explained, "Yes, did I see a figure again? I don't know what happened, but I didn't see it."

"Are you in the treehouse?"

"Well, it's too hot outside, the sun is too glaring, it's not comfortable."

"Need to cool down the tree house?"

"Ah? Is it possible?" Lou Fei'er was a little surprised immediately, "Yes... use that, saltpeter to cool down?"

She is also a member of the [Explorers] group, so she naturally knows about saltpeter.

"Aren't you afraid of the heat?"

"I'm not afraid, but it's not comfortable either." Lou Fei'er's voice was a little lazy, "It's so hot that I don't want to do anything..."

really.

He thought of the performance of Silver King and Mimi when it was hot.

They were lying on the ground too lazy to move.

Of course, this didn't affect their activities. After all, he rode Silver King to the saltpeter mine just now. Apart from sticking out his tongue to dissipate heat, Silver King didn't show any abnormal behavior.

"However, if resources are scarce, you don't have to consider me. There is no big problem on my side."

She is quite cute.

"I'll give you a piece of blue-grade saltpeter..." Xu Xin told Lou Feier how to use the blue-grade saltpeter, "Give it back to me when you're done using it up, and I'll just have that piece."

Her tree house also has the [Constant Temperature] ability, but because the temperature has risen before obtaining the Constant Temperature ability, it is so hot in the house now.

Just lower the heat a bit.

"I love you to death!"

Lou Feier immediately cooled down her tree house.

Xu Xin also called Ma Hongwei and Zeng Tao.

Because Ma Hongwei had blue-grade saltpeter in his hand when making crossbows and arrows, but he said he didn't care because his subordinates couldn't stand it anymore.

"Let them come to my tree house. You can come too." Xu Xin said.

Ma Hongwei's tree house doesn't have a constant temperature capability, so it should be very hot now.

But he didn't come, he wanted to continue researching the heavy crossbow.

Those under him soon came to Xu Xin's side.

There were eight people in total. Xu Xin did not let them come to the living area on the third floor, but divided them into several rooms on the spot in the extended area on the first floor, and made beds and simple furniture.

"You guys, sleep here for the time being."

"Understood Brother Xin!"

"Alright Brother Xin!"

These people are very satisfied.

Xu Xin returned to the third floor.

Speaking of the banyan tree expansion below, the banyan tree outside his tree house has been dug up many times during this time.

Relying on the banyan tree, the area of ​​the two-story tree house has now been expanded for all members of the explorer.

And his current expansion area has also changed from the original 100 square meters to the current 180 square meters.

Almost double the size!

I didn't pay much attention to it before, but now it seems that it has grown so much again!

When Li Wenxi brings back those mining survivors, let them also live below.

The space is big enough, and his place is safe. Most importantly, those people don't have to use saltpeter to adjust the temperature of the tree house all the time when they live here.

Save some resources.

He spoke directly to Li Wenxi and told him his thoughts.

"Okay!" Li Wenxi immediately told the others about it, and the others expressed their surprise.

After all, this is the tree house that lives in Xu Xin, the strongest boss in the world!

He contacted other people in the explorer and recommended him this method.

Therefore, Qi Xuefei temporarily stopped the cultivation of medicines, and took people to Ji Chaoyang's side, leaving only two people to look after the house, changing every two hours.

I still need to keep an eye on my own tree house, but in this hot environment, my head will be dizzy after two hours, even if I have cattail fans, so I need to change people within two hours.

The two brothers Qin Yunlong and Qin Yunhu also followed suit, one went to Wang Lei's side, the other went to Zhao Xiaochuan's side, and also left someone to look after the house.

In this way, the problem that the tree houses of Li Wenxi, Qi Xuefei, Qin Yunlong, and Qin Yunhu did not have the ability to maintain a constant temperature was solved.

The survivors who defected to their explorers also lived in comfortable rooms. The only disadvantage is that these survivors without watches cannot use the tree house screen to communicate with the outside world.

But they are all together, but they are not alone, on the contrary, they are very happy.

Especially thinking that other people are still enduring the scorching heat, but they are talking about the mountains in the "air-conditioned room", which makes them happier.

Someone even brought in the mahjong poker they had previously carved out of stone, and the fun really started.

An hour later, Li Wenxi also came with someone.

"Don't knock, don't knock, the efficiency is so low, let's come back and deal with their residence first!"

Unlike Ma Hongwei's men who are all men, Li Wenxi still has a few women in his hands. For convenience, Xu Xin arranged the men including Le Youfang and Niu Fugui on the first floor, and placed the men including Li Yajun on the first floor. Several women were arranged separately on the second floor.

Then he returned to the third floor with Li Wenxi.

"You guys, don't go up to the third floor if you have nothing to do!"

Li Wenxi called out to the people below.

"If you kill us, we won't go up, Boss!"

"Wenxi, don't worry, we won't go up if we hear any noise!"

"Shut up, you guys!" Li Wenxi cursed with a smile, then closed the door, and threw herself on the sofa, "Oh, it's still cooler here! I just tried the blue-grade saltpeter in the tree house, and the effect is really bad!"

"Can't it be cooled?" Xu Xin also came over to sit down and asked.

"Yeah." Li Wenxi sat up, "The blue-grade saltpeter can only be used in a small area where it is cooler, and the consumption rate is much faster than normal! If you use the green-grade saltpeter, it may cost more than a dozen yuan. Only then can it be effective! Moreover, it needs to be changed very frequently.”

"Your saltpeter..."

"Up to now, only more than 3,000 green-level pieces and 15 blue-level pieces have been dug out." Li Wenxi shook her head, "It's not that the digging is getting less and less, but the efficiency can't be improved."

It seems that the plan to help others with saltpeter needs to be put on hold for the time being.

They must leave the raw materials for explosives to prevent possible crises.

Fortunately, people in District 188 have enough points, so it is not a problem to buy a cattail fan with 100 points, and it should not be a big problem to last for a while in the scorching heat.

"Okay, then we are resting now." Xu Xin leaned on the back of the sofa, turned to look at Li Wenxi and smiled.

"Hey, there is nothing more comfortable than sleeping in an air-conditioned room in summer!" Li Wenxi picked up her collar and smelled it. "Is there any water? I want to take a bath."

"have."

Xu Xin immediately turned the bracelet, took out a backpack, and then took out a large bucket full of water from the backpack.

Although the pool below is dry, the water pump is out of action, and there is no automatic shower, but you can take a bath directly.

Because the water is taken from the outside, the water is directly warm.

Sitting on the sofa, listening to the sound of slapping water and humming from the bathroom from time to time, Xu Xin touched Coco, who was dozing off again on the armrest of the sofa, and felt a little sleepy herself.

I really hope that nothing happens today.

At this moment, his watch vibrated.

When he raised his hand, he suddenly lost all sleepiness.

Shi Wanyun!

She has come back?

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