Apocalypse Lord - 54. Bitter Winter 3

Since realizing that winter crops will no longer grow and resource points will no longer be refreshed, Yunling will deliberately go farther when he leads the team out.

For them, it takes more time to go far.

For ordinary players, too far away from the territory may be sick and may be dead.

Therefore, the resources near the territory are reserved for ordinary residents with less well-equipped cold protection equipment.

Along the way, Yunling will occasionally meet a collection team composed of players. Some members are responsible for guarding, some members are responsible for collecting, and the division of labor is very clear.

There were also people carrying shovels and digging into caves, seeming to have gone mining.

Yun Ling glanced, but didn’t say anything.

After walking for more than half an hour, everyone found a pond. Seeing a lot of live fish in the water, fat and big, she stopped, put down the grass basket, took out the fishing rod, and prepared to go fishing.

Upon seeing this, NPC and Pang Yu spontaneously dispersed and started to live around them.

**

Residents who have purchased formal resident status, stockpiled food, prepared firewood, and made winter clothes in advance only need to comfortably nest in their territories, but there are also some people who are not fully prepared before the arrival of winter.

For example, Dong Haotian.

The night he moved to Lingyun Town, others stocked up food, prepared firewood, and made winter clothes. Only then did he purchase the formal resident status, and therefore spent all his savings.

Even if it is winter and the weather is not suitable for going out, he has to run for a living.

The other residents gathered together to play cards and chatter. Holding a machete, he went out to dig wild vegetables, chop branches, and pick up straw. Occasionally, if you are lucky, you will encounter hares and pheasants. If you kill them, you can also pick up some meat and sell them for money.

The north wind roared, and the residents were too lazy to get out of the door. Sometimes they didn’t even want to go to the stream to fetch water, so they paid a copper coin to fetch water from the well.

Dong Haotian sensed the business opportunity and volunteered to help run errands to fetch water by the stream. He only accepted 1 copper coin for 2 barrels.

Some residents felt that it was affordable, so they agreed.

After coming and going, Dong Haotian saved a small amount of money by helping people fetch water. In addition, a lot of firewood is piled up at home, and even the stock of food is increasing day by day.

“Fortunately, I moved to Lingyun Town.” Dong Haotian sighed countless times, “I want to stay in Wanxia Village, can I still live?”

Not all players are as happy as the residents of Lingyun Town. Autumn is a good day, you can eat with hard work, but it only stops there. It is extremely difficult to have food left.

In the winter, all the people in the territory are short of clothing and food, and have to go out to gather. That scene…

Dong Haotian didn’t dare to think about it. Every time a thought comes up, my heart feels cold.

In addition, the reason why he was able to go out to collect and fetch water was due to the equipment that he had dropped when fighting monsters.

【Name: Knee Pads (Warming Items)】

Quality: Normal

Durability: 13/20

Wearing effect: stamina +1.

【Name: Cotton Shoes (Warming Items)】

Quality: Sophisticated

Durability: 27/40

Wearing effect: Agility +4.

【Name: Rabbit Fleece Gloves (Warming Items)】

Quality: Normal

Durability: 15/20

Wearing effect: stamina +1.

Regardless of the white and blue outfits, they have average attributes and can play a big role in winter! Not to mention how warm it is to wear, at least it is more frost-resistant than the average person.

Dong Haotian calculated, “When you save enough money, buy a linen backpack for easy collection. Buy another soup woman, fill it with hot water and put it in the bed before going to bed, then life will be better.”

Thinking of the bright future, he couldn’t help but grinned.

**

Lingyun Town.

Tian Zhehan sat by the fish pond worrying.

Raising fish is not an easy job. First, you must pay a fee to dig the fish ponds, and secondly, you must go to the wild to salvage the fry and bring them back, and then feed the fry regularly.

As usual, digging up some phytoplankton, adding some bean dregs, bran, and rice bran can cope with it. Since the beginning of winter, feed has gradually become a big problem.

Not only the fry, but also the chickens, ducks and pigs raised behind the house are almost out of feed.

Tian Zhehan’s expression changed, and finally he made up his mind-if you don’t raise it, you will sell all the live fish, and all the chickens, ducks and pigs will be killed!

Do it when you think of it.

Tian Zhehan called the team members and asked them to help salvage.

The system asks, [Are you sure to stop feeding and start salvaging? 】

Tian Zhehan clicked “Yes”.

The system prompts, [You need to hand in 10% of the fresh fish as tax. Do you want to pay now? 】

10%! There are not many fry in total…

Tian Zhehan’s heart was aching, but he didn’t hesitate to click “Yes”.

The system prompt changes again, [You have paid the tax and can salvage it at will. 】

“Come here to help.” Tian Zhehan greeted his teammates.

Several people picked up the fishing nets and fished them in the fish pond, and quickly caught the fish.

After being kept for a period of time, the fry eat and drink well and sleep well. Whether it is silver carp, perch or crucian, they are quite big, weighing two or three catties.

Tian Zhehan fished a part and asked his teammates to sell it on the market. He took other people and went back to the house to slaughter chickens, ducks and pigs.

“Selling fish! Fresh sea bass!” The dark guy who was in charge of setting up the stall was doing his duty and shouting loudly.

The residents were okay when they heard a voice and couldn’t help coming over, “This crucian carp looks good, how can I sell it?”

The man replied, “Three copper coins per catty for silver carp, 5 copper coins per catty for carp, and 10 copper coins per catty for perch.”

Fresh fish is not common, it is rare to be caught, and the price is generally high, so the price set by the stall owner is not expensive.

“Bring me a crucian carp.” Someone was tempted immediately and paid for it.

“I want a silver carp.” The man said while licking his lips. “It’s been a long time since I had fish soup. I miss it.”

“Choose me a bass that weighs three catties!” There was a handsome man who didn’t lack money.

“Okay.” The man rushed to collect the money, and then used a straw rope to pass it through the gills of the fish.

Customers carrying live fish, with unspeakable satisfaction, went home happily to make soup.

“Selling fish! Delicious fresh fish! Steamed, braised, charcoal grilled, you can choose!”

The man had a loud voice and a loud voice, and the cries came from far away.

Not long after, the stall was surrounded by groups of residents. The guy is busy collecting money and handing fish.

The words are divided into two ends.

Tian Zhehan took his teammates back to the house, planning to kill the domestic pigs by killing monsters.

Before doing it, the system asked, [Are you sure to stop feeding and start killing? 】

here we go again.

Tian Zhehan’s heart burst into tears, his hands kept moving, and he clicked “Yes”.

The system prompts, [You need to pay 10% of the income as tax, how to pay? (Note: Both physical and monetary payment are acceptable.)]

Tian Zhehan brows brows. He simply ignored it, closed his eyes and clicked “Pay in Kind”.

[After the confirmation, the player can kill at will. 】

“Let’s get started.” After finishing speaking, Tian Zhehan took the lead.

When attacking, the teammates couldn’t help but mutter, “What counts as the livestock you raise? Wouldn’t it explode equipment and materials like the mobs in the wild? NS!”

As soon as the voice fell, I got plum meat*10, front meat*30, tenderloin*30, pork belly*40, front leg meat*40, and hind leg meat*50.

The meat is quite large, and all add up to a hundred catties.

“What do you mean?” The teammate wondered, “The system helped us slaughter? The pig’s head, hooves, heart, liver, lungs, and bones are all gone, leaving only good meat?”

“Isn’t this very good?” Tian Zhehan felt relieved, “If you only raise a dozen catties of meat for 30 to 40 days, that would be a big loss! Who will raise poultry and livestock in the future?”

The teammate thought, too.

While talking, part of the flesh disappeared out of thin air, apparently being handed in as taxes.

Then a few people worked together to kill the chickens and ducks, and finally got chicken wings, chicken feet, chicken legs, tenderloin, duck necks, duck wings, duck feet, duck legs and other meat.

Seeing a delicious place, Tian Zhehan finally smiled, “Everyone has worked hard, and we have a good meal tonight to celebrate.”

“Long live the boss!” everyone cheered in unison.

**

[Fish pond stopped feeding and started to salvage. 】

[The taxes you receive are as follows: silver carp*23, crucian carp*15, bass*8. 】

Upon receiving the system prompt, Yunling was stunned for a moment before realizing where the fish came from.

“10% of the tax is so much, it seems that the harvest is good?” she secretly asked.

Thinking about it again, it is digging fish ponds and raising fish. Players have spent a lot of effort in the whole process, and it is right to make money.

In fact, she is eager for players to breed more fish. In this way, the territory can receive more taxes, the residents have more choices, and the players can make a lot of money. Everyone is happy.

Unfortunately, apart from Tian Zhehan, there are no other breeding talents.

Oh no, Yun Ling suddenly remembered that there was actually something. It is a pity that the location of the fish pond was not very well selected. After being rejected, I did not select another location. I applied for it again.

It would be great if there were more and more reliable talents.

After sighing, the system prompt appeared, [Livestock and poultry stop feeding and start slaughtering. 】

[The taxes you receive are as follows: plum meat*1, front row meat*3, tenderloin*3……]

By the way, residents raise livestock and poultry. As a lord, she can also collect taxes!

Yunling smiled and curled his eyebrows.

**

Sunset Village.

He Qing sat in the tent and scratched his scalp, with a trace of anxiety and despair on his expression, as if a trapped beast was forced into a desperate situation.

He is not a great combat player, just a member of all living beings.

After filling my stomach in autumn, I prepared some food in the tent. He thought with all his heart that spring has passed, summer has passed, and winter will pass smoothly.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the winter started, the game slapped him severely.

The weather is too cold.

Even if he stayed in the territory, he was shivering with cold. Not to mention going out of the territory and collecting in the wild.

【Name: Cashmere sweater (warm-proof item)】

Quality: Sophisticated

Durability: 31/40

Wearing effect: physical strength +4.

There is only such a piece of cold protection equipment all over the body.

Going out for twenty minutes, the negative state must appear.

Even worse, the mobs hibernate in winter. Even if you go out and wander around in the cold wind, it is difficult to find suitable prey.

In desperation, he could only dig sweet potatoes and pick up dead branches nearby, hoping to survive this terrible winter.

Unexpectedly, too many players came out of the village! Not only digging for ingredients, but also rushing to pick up branches.

Unconsciously, the air was filled with a smell of fire and medicine.

He Qing retired early when he saw the opportunity. After he left, from time to time, players fought and gang fights, and fell to the wild forever.

Forget it, and what made him more shocked was that he heard that after being in the wild for too long and suffering from the wind and chill, the system will sound a reminder, [Because of the cold, you are sick, strength -5, agility -5, stamina -5 , Intelligence -5, Spirit -5. 】

If you want to restore your health, you can only rest in the territory for three days, while ensuring that you are not cold and working hours are less than one hour. For players who have no food in their homes, this is impossible.

If they don’t go out to find food or collect firewood, they will starve to death or freeze to death within two days.

He Qing’s body was cold, and his heart was even colder.

Left a dead end, but left without knowing where to go.

Can I survive by moving to another territory? He was not sure.

There is no way to go ahead, and there is no way to go back when you turn around. It seems that nothing can be done except waiting for death.

He Qing was confused and at a loss, staying in Wanxia Village until the 109th day.

On this day, he made an exception. In order to avoid disputes, I went a little farther.

After walking for a quarter of an hour, He Qing saw a field of wheat.

“Stop, we saw this wheat field first!” There was a cold drink from behind.

He Qing looked back and found that the opponent was a team of only eight people. There are two winter outfits for each person, and countless blue outfits and purple outfits.

Can’t beat.

He Qing raised his hand wisely and slowly moved away.

The other party did not make things difficult, or that there was no time to make things difficult. After approaching the wheat field, they gathered quickly and let He Qing leave.

He Qing’s mouth was slightly bitter, and he whispered to himself, “Solo players are too difficult to mix.”

He continued to walk far away. After walking for some time, he finally saw a small piece of sweet potato.

He Qing was overjoyed, took off his backpack and worked hard to dig.

Fortunately, no one competed with him this time.

Of course, it may also be because the place is remote and far from the territory, so there is no one around…

A few minutes later, the system promptly sounded, [The cold wind is bitter, your hands and feet are cold. The player is contaminated with a negative state, strength-1, agility-1, and stamina-2. 】

He Qing didn’t take it seriously and continued to dig.

After a while, the prompt becomes, [You feel very cold and your limbs are frozen. The player is contaminated with a negative state, strength-2, agility-2, and stamina-4. 】

He Qing knew that the situation was not good and had to go back to the village. But he couldn’t bear to eat food, so he lingered for a while.

When the sweet potatoes were all dug out and his shoulders were full, he trot back to his territory.

However, it was too late.

Before he arrived in the territory, there was bad news from the system, and he was still ill after all.

Seeing the prompt, He Qing immediately changed his face. He knew in his heart that for ordinary players like him, illness and death can basically be equated.

Before that, dozens of people in Wanxia Village had died of “long-term illness.”

He will probably be next.

Thinking of this, He Qing’s expression turned gray. He had only one thought in his mind-after so long, he still couldn’t hide.

“I’m going to die, it’s better to go to the next door Lingyun Town.” He Qing laughed self-deprecatingly, “After playing for so long, running around for a living, I have not seen the territory that firmly occupies the top of the ranking list. What it looks like.”

Life is about to come to an end, he no longer hesitates, packs up and prepares to go to Lingyun Town to meet the world.

Because of illness, strength -5, agility -5, stamina -5, intelligence -5, and spirit -5. Basic recovery speed: 1 point of health/5 minutes, 1 point of mana/5 minutes, the state is quite bad.

Fortunately, the monsters went to hibernation. Along the way, I didn’t even meet a mob.

“If it freezes to death on the road, that is also fate.” He Qing marched forward with determination to die.

On the small map, the icon of Lingyun Town is getting closer and closer, and solo players or expedition teams will be spotted in the wild. They either stepped into the cave or collected them separately, ignoring each other.

He Qing was stunned and full of doubts, “Why are there only so many people going out? Are all the residents in the territory dead? Impossible?”

“Why are there so many edible plants around the territory? Why not fight? Why not fight?”

“Fuck! I just glanced casually and didn’t see clearly, these people actually wore several winter clothes!!”

“I’m carrying either a linen backpack or a cotton backpack! When did storage backpacks become so common? Isn’t it that only Daguai will drop, and the drop rate is surprisingly low?!”

The more He Qing goes forward, the more he doubts life.

Later, he felt that he had not gone to the top-ranked territory, but traveled through time and space and went to another world…

The moment he stepped into the town, the system suddenly sounded a prompt, [You found “Lingyun Town”. 】

The temperature in the territory has risen significantly, and it is obviously not cold in the wild.

“How come?” He Qing was so surprised that he couldn’t close his mouth from ear to ear.

Going further inside, the residents sat around the fire and warmed the fire, holding the stove in their hands, or holding the soup woman.

Women, girls, and children sat together, knitting scarves carefully, and occasionally chatted.

Not far away, a few aunts who made cotton-padded clothes and cotton-padded trousers made cotton-padded trousers, and they couldn’t stop for a moment.

“Hu spicy soup! Delicious Hu spicy soup! Spicy and delicious, invigorating blood to drive away the cold!”

“Secret ginger soup, exclusive recipe! Only 10 copper coins per bowl!”

“Fragrant oven-baked bread! If you want to eat it, come buy it!”

There was constant chanting along the street. Obviously, there are a lot of life players.

In the distance, the wooden houses are neatly arranged. Someone stood behind the house and rolled up their sleeves, as if preparing to kill pigs.

He Qing, “…”

I suspect that you are going to rejoice in the New Year and have solid evidence.

Think of Lingyun Town’s simple folk customs. Players live and work in peace and contentment, but they are caught in the wind and are about to die. He Qingbei came from it, and his heart was particularly sad.

“Why are you here too?” A voice sounded familiar from behind.

He Qing turned around and found that it was an acquaintance, “Dong Haotian? Why are you?”

Dong Haotian shrugged, “I moved, and I will live in Lingyun Town in the fall.”

How could he not have such consciousness! Why stay in Wanxia Village and wait for death? ! He Qinghui made his intestines green.

“Just here?” Dong Haotian asked.

“Yes.” He Qing took a deep breath, his eyes reddened, “I have a cold, I am sick, and I want to go to Lingyun Town before I die.”

“It’s just sick, it’s the same as dying?” Dong Haotian was inexplicable.

He pointed at him casually, “Did you see the Hu spicy soup? Did you see the ginger soup stall? They are all anti-cold foods. I used to buy three bowls and drink them morning, afternoon, and evening, and the disease would heal at night.”

He Qing, “???”

Can it be cured so easily?

His eyes widened and he was so shocked that he couldn’t speak.

Seeing He Qing standing stupidly on the spot, Dong Haotian sighed and said to his heart that he was someone he knew anyway. When I first arrived in Lingyun Town, I was not familiar with the place where I was born, so let him give a brief introduction.

Thinking of this, he slowly said, “Lingyun Town has green plants and wells, which can adjust the temperature of the territory, so staying in the territory is more comfortable than going out.”

“But this does not mean that you will not catch a cold in a small town. Non-game items are useless, and you must wear cold-proof equipment to keep warm. If you can’t afford cold-proof equipment, grilling a fire, holding a stove, holding a soup woman, and eating cold food are all good preparations. Choose a plan.”

“By the way, hand stove, soup pot, coal, and charcoal are purchased at the blacksmith’s shop, and the cold protection equipment is purchased at the tailor’s shop. Although the price is a bit higher, the things are really easy to use.”

“After the illness is cured, you can earn overnight expenses by collecting firewood and selling it. You can dig as much as you like. Anyway, you can fill your stomach.”

“In the big winter, everyone stays in the territory and doesn’t bother to move. Not many people go out. The competition is not fierce. You can find food if you walk a few more steps.”

He Qing’s eyes straightened.

Unexpectedly, in Wanxia Village, one can only sit and wait for death when sick; in Lingyun Town, there are so many preventive and coping methods.

The living standards of the two places are too far apart!

Stunned for a moment, he said, “There is one more question.”

Dong Haotian: “You said.”

“Along the way, I saw players in Lingyun Town carrying either linen backpacks or cotton backpacks. Where did these storage backpacks come from?” He Qing was puzzled.

“That.” Dong Haotian didn’t care very much. “Linen backpacks and cotton backpacks can only be regarded as ordinary goods in Lingyun Town. The tailor shop NPC staff makes a batch of storage backpacks for sale every day, and they can buy them if they have money.”

He Qing was silent.

He suspects that he is not very ill. He is exhausted at the moment and is dreaming.

The tailor shop sells storage backpacks every day. Can you buy it if you have money? Listen, is this what people say!

Seeing He Qing’s skeptical expression on life, Dong Haotian, as a person who came over, understood very well, “Lingyun Town not only has a large number of system buildings, but also a variety of goods sold in shops. The first time I see it, it is easy to picky. But it doesn’t matter, it will be a long time. I’m used to it.”

He Qing was dizzy, and after holding it for a long time, he said, “I’ll buy ginger soup first.”

Illness may affect thinking ability, and at this time I am affected. There was a muddle in his mind, and there was no way to calm down.

“Go, I have something to be busy, too.” Dong Haotian waved goodbye and strode away.

**

The 110th day.

He was covered with a thick quilt, there was a warm soup woman in the quilt, and there was some coal burning in the brazier.

Yun Ling just felt that the whole person was warm and didn’t want to move at all.

Think about it after a lot of hard work, she simply got lazy, gave herself a day off, let the armor to lead the team out.

And she herself lay in the quilt until she groaned hungry.

“I got chicken, duck and pig fish yesterday, so I just have hot pot today.”

Thinking of the fragrant and steaming hot pot, Yun Ling was finally willing to get up.

To eat hot pot, you must first have a good soup base.

Yunling takes the crucian carp stew, then puts tofu, fennel, gluten, pork belly, wide noodles and other ingredients to cook.

It is worth mentioning that tofu, fennel, gluten, and wide noodles are all made by the residents themselves.

Yun Ling didn’t know the principle, anyway, one night when he was visiting the night market, he suddenly saw players hawking. Ask where the things came from, and the other party said they could make them if they had the raw materials.

Yunling was speechless on the spot.

It can only be said that the master is among the people.

After adding the ingredients and simmering slowly, Yunling sent a message to Lu Chuan and You Qingwen, asking them if they would like to eat hot pot together.

Lu Chuan replied in seconds, “Yes.”

You Qingwen returned after a while, “I have something to do, so I won’t go there and I will see you another day.”

“It’s okay, you are busy.”

After replying to the message, the system suddenly sounded a prompt, “The player’Lu Chuan’ requested to enter the house, is it allowed?”

“People are coming.” Yun Ling said as he let his neighbor into the house.

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