Chapter 228 Cold, Hungry, Desperate

This is both physical and mental torture.

The Black Rain disaster lasted for three months.

When the black rain gradually stopped, the surviving people finally walked out of the shelter in numbness or ecstasy, rejoicing in their remaining lives.

Zhang Wei and Xue Lin were also glad that the damn dirty voice finally disappeared and they could finally take a good rest.

However, before they could be happy for too long, Zhang Wei, who was taking a rest, suddenly felt a chill. Xue Lin, who was sleeping next to him, was awakened by the cold and started to tremble.

"What's going on?"

Zhang Wei was startled, and then felt the lower and lower temperature and the overwhelming concentration of turbidity in the air, and his face gradually became ugly.

"Could it be..."

Just when Zhang Wei thought of a certain possibility, there were waves of frightened shouts outside. Zhang Wei could vaguely hear words like "spiritual veins are contaminated" and "hot springs are destroyed."

The spiritual veins are polluted and the hot springs are destroyed...

Are the geothermal resources here finished?

Zhang Wei was shocked, and then quickly brought Xue Lin to the center of their city.

Cities in the Snow Country are often built around these geothermal resources that can provide heat energy. The size of the city depends on the amount of these geothermal resources.

Once the geothermal resources are destroyed, the people of the Snow Country without enough heat will have no way to survive in this extremely cold world.

Even a monk!

After all, being able to ignore the low temperature of more than 100 degrees below zero and still live normally can only be achieved by the Golden Core Realm. Most monks do not have that level of cultivation.

When Zhang Wei and Xue Lin rushed to the center of the city, they were horrified to find that the spiritual spring, which they regarded as the spring of life, had been polluted by a large amount of black rain and dirty rocks and could no longer be used!

"how so……"

A woman wearing a leather coat that was stained black by the black rain said in horror: "We managed to survive that disaster, but in the end we have to freeze to death here?"

"Go to the City Lord's Mansion!"

At this time, someone in the crowd shouted: "There is a formation in the city lord's palace. I saw it. When the black rain fell, their formation was completely blocked. There should be other spiritual springs there!"

"Yes, go to the City Lord's Mansion!"

As soon as these words came out, the crowd suddenly became angry, and everyone immediately walked toward the city lord's palace in a hurry.

But Zhang Wei pulled Xue Lin and left the team silently, and then ran towards his home without looking back.

"Xiaofan, why don't you go..."

Xue Lin was about to speak but stopped.

"If you go there, you are seeking death..."

Zhang Wei smiled bitterly and said: "There is a golden elixir in the city lord's palace. Do you think they will give up their resources to us "unruly people"?"

It seemed to verify Zhang Wei's statement.

As soon as he finished speaking, a deafening roar and countless horrified shouts came from the direction of the city lord's palace.

Zhang Wei and Xue Lin looked back and saw earth dragons tens of feet high exploding in the distance, and countless flesh and blood remains turned into scales.

Then, another drop of sticky water fell.

A red lotus bloomed on the faces of Zhang Wei and Xue Lin.

Then, more and more red lotuses bloomed, and in addition to the disgusting smell brought by the black rain, the whole world was filled with a disgusting smell of blood.

It was black rain before, but this time it was blood rain.

Zhang Wei took Xue Lin back to his home, which was badly hit by dirty rocks, and then some pieces of human tissue fell outside.

"vomit……"

Xue Lin couldn't help but retched.

Fortunately, because there was really nothing in his stomach, he didn't vomit all over the place, and Zhang Wei didn't have to clean up.

The family is running out of food...

Moreover, the land outside has been soaked in dirty rocks and black rain for three months, and all the plants have been polluted.

However, given the physical condition of the Snow Spirit Clan, these contaminated plants can still be eaten, but the taste will be disgusting.

Similar to Ollie.

But compared to hunger, nausea is just disgusting.

But compared to running out of food, Zhang Wei is more worried about the cold...

They could survive without food for three days, but if they didn't find some heat source tonight, he and Xue Lin would freeze to death that night!

But Zhang Wei has bad news and three good news.

The good news is that he knows that dirty rocks can be burned to produce very lasting heat, and there are a lot of dirty rocks everywhere.

The bad news is that burning the Dirty Stone produces the Sound of the Dirty God.

But fortunately, Zhang Wei's electromagnetic divine thoughts can break these filthy voices.

"But we can't let others know."

Zhang Wei looked at the survivors who had fled back outside with fearful eyes and thought to himself.

If these people knew about it, I could break the voice of the filthy god.

His fate is nothing more than being imprisoned and squeezed to death by these people who are on the verge of collapse or by the controllers of this city.

If you were even less lucky and were deceived by someone who was interested, you might be treated as a demon on the spot and tied to the gallows and burned alive.

"Is this also a test? What exactly is the test in this secret realm?"

Zhang Wei thought to himself.

At this time, some people in the Snow Country could no longer bear the cold and began to take the initiative to light up the things around them that could be used.

Relying on magic, they successfully defeated the low temperature environment in the snow country, and then struggled to survive the first night after the black rain disaster.

Then the second one...

The third one...

When there was nothing left to burn, someone finally tried to burn the dirty stone, and then discovered that the burning time and heat provided by the dirty stone were much stronger than those of their own furniture.

Often a small piece can warm an entire room for a whole day.

However, during this period, a large amount of turbid air and that filthy sound will be produced, making people feel as if they have returned to the dark March.

But they have to use it.

Compared with the demonic sound penetrating their ears, they were still more intolerable to the cold.

So the magic sound soon resounded throughout the world.

At the expense of more and more people's madness, warm days have been exchanged.

But soon, they had to face a new problem.

food.

When the food was completely exhausted, someone finally couldn't bear to look at the plants polluted by the black rain.

Or... the bodies of other people who froze to death.

During this period, it was not like no one went to the City Lord's Mansion to beg the big shots in the City Lord's Mansion for relief, but the gate of the City Lord's Mansion was still closed.

And what responded to them was ice-cold ice arrows.

The soft ones are too hard, and the hard ones can't be beaten. The desperate people of the Snow Country have no choice but to place their hopes on other cities.

I hope the conditions in other cities can be better so that I can have a way to survive.

Then an escape team composed of some monks took the lead in leaving here.

Because only they have the ability to safely walk to another city in this vast land of snow.

Soon only a few weak low-level monks and ordinary Snow Country people were left in place.

Without the suppression of the city lord's palace, the evil of some people began to be unleashed. Some low-level monks possessed some force, and then they gathered a group of desperate low-level people.

Then take them to attack the weak, use the flesh and blood of the weak to fill your stomach, and use other people's survival materials to heat yourself, so as to increase your survival rate as much as possible.

And talking about their favorite “food”.

None other than the Snow Spirit Clan.

This race can produce offspring by consuming its own essence, and it can also purify itself of turbid air. It can be said to be the most perfect food source for many hungry people in the Snow Country.

After all, not all races have the powerful self-purification ability of the Snow Spirit Clan.

Once they eat too much contaminated food or other people's flesh and blood, they will still be contaminated by the turbidity contained in it and go crazy.

So most people still drink poison to quench their thirst.

Only the Snow Spirit tribe survived due to special physical reasons.

But this brought them new disasters.

That's the malice coming from other people.

Even if the Xueling people themselves are not weak, some people are still caught and turned into "livestock".

In fact, many of those who took action were their compatriots.

At this moment, the so-called racial distinctions and class distinctions no longer exist, and there is only pure predatory of the weak.

After seeing this scene, Zhang Wei and Xue Lin felt even more chilled, knowing that they could never stay here any longer.

Otherwise, sooner or later, both he and Xue Lin will be caught and live a life worse than death!

So one night, Zhang Wei took Xue Lin and left the city with some supplies and stepped into the vast snowfield.

Three months of black rain have turned the original scenery of the snowy country into gray and black. Walking on the road, you can feel the stickiness under your feet, giving Zhang Wei and Xue Lin the feeling of trekking in a swamp.

In this way, three days later, before the food they brought out was about to be consumed, they finally found a cave where they could stay temporarily.

"Gu——"

There was a grunting sound, and Xue Lin pulled Zhang Wei's sleeve pitifully and said, "Xiaofan, do you have anything to eat there?"

Zhang Wei dug out his storage bag and took out a handful of gray-black corn.

Xue Lin's eyes lit up, and then he quickly devoured it, completely ignoring the black rainy odor on it.

After all, the feeling of being hungry was really uncomfortable, and he was already used to it.

"Gu——"

At this time, Zhang Wei's stomach also made a sound, which made Xue Lin, who was eating, pause, and then looked blankly at Zhang Wei aside.

He suddenly remembered that the time between Zhang Wei's meals was longer than his own.

Xue Lin pushed the corn to Zhang Wei and said: "Xiaofan, you can eat it..."

Zhang Wei did not refuse, but just said: "Half for each person, there is not much food, so save some."

Zhang Wei ate slowly and carefully, chewing every bite carefully, as if he wanted to absorb as much nutrition as possible in this way.

After eating, Zhang Wei smiled bitterly and said: "Today I finally understand the meaning of hard work for every meal on the plate. Sure enough, only by truly being hungry can you understand the value of food."

At this time, Zhang Wei felt a heavy weight on his shoulders. When he looked back, he saw Xue Lin's head resting on his shoulders. His spirit was already very weak under the exhaustion of long journey and hunger.

He fell asleep not long after leaning on Zhang Wei's shoulder.

Zhang Wei took out a dirty stone, ignited it with flint, then used electromagnetic thoughts to eliminate the demonic sound inside, and then quietly watched the dirty stone burn.

There is not enough food.

Do you want to imitate those bastards...

Zhang Wei looked at Xue Lin aside, and then shook his head violently.

No, no!

I am a human being, not an animal!

And this is a trial. God knows what the judging criteria of the trial are.

If I fall, will I be directly judged as a failure and obliterated?

Just stick to it...

And even if it's a trial, he doesn't want to lose his bottom line.

However, how long can this kind of knowledge last in the face of hunger?

In this way, time passed day by day, and as the food brought by Zhang Wei and Xue Lin was consumed, the two of them had to leave the cave and search for living supplies in the nearby snow mountains.

But how many things can there be in this snowy mountain?

And as time goes by, Zhang Wei can also feel more and more traces of human activities around him. It seems that the survivors in the city are gradually unable to bear the increasingly crazy life in purgatory and go out to find a way out.

Although Zhang Wei and Xue Lin walked for three days, they could not walk too far during the Qi refining period, so they were still quite close to the city they were in before. Standing on the top of the mountain, they could still hear the sounds coming from far away. There is a filthy voice that seems to be absent.

Until one day, when Zhang Wei was lying on the hillside looking around for prey, he suddenly found a figure at the foot of the mountain that kept moving towards him, so he subconsciously pulled up his bow and arrow and aimed at the opponent.

However, at this moment, he heard a baby crying.

"Ugh——"

This cry made Zhang Wei pause for a moment, and he did not release the bowstring in his hand immediately.

But he didn't let go, and the person opposite wouldn't let him go.

Zhang Wei only felt a murderous intent coming towards him, and subconsciously turned his body sideways, but was still hit by a sharp arrow through his shoulder.

"Well..."

Zhang Wei was in pain, but he gritted his teeth and resisted the pain of the sharp arrow piercing his shoulder. He aimed the arrow at the man again, and then released the bowstring!

Whoosh————

A sound broke through the air, and the figure holding the crossbow fell to the ground, and a small figure rolled out of his arms.

Zhang Wei walked over and took a look and found that it was a woman with a withered face, and the small figure was a baby.

At this moment, he was frozen to death by the low temperature of the snow country.

Zhang Wei's hand tightened more and more, but eventually it turned into a helpless and painful sigh.

This damn world.

After taking away everything they had on them and burying them, Zhang Wei returned to the cave with the arrows stuck in his shoulders.

Zhang Wei still felt a little dizzy on the way.

He suddenly cursed in his heart.

Damn it, this arrow is poisonous!

At this time, Xue Lin happened to come back with some firewood. When he saw Zhang Wei walking towards him with an arrow stuck in his shoulder, he was suddenly shocked.

"Xiaofan, what are you..."

Zhang Wei sat on the ground and said while cutting the clothes near the arrow with his Geng Gold sword finger: "I originally wanted to go hunting, but unexpectedly I was hunted by someone. But it's okay, I have already taken care of that person."

Zhang Wei cut his clothes open, revealing his shoulders that had been pierced by arrows and turned black. Zhang Wei looked a little ugly.

The injury is a bit serious...

Damn it, if it weren’t for the fact that the bodies of the Snow Spirit Clan are not suitable for practicing Shaoyang Kung Fu, otherwise I could directly use Shaoyang Fire to purify this little toxin!

Gritting his teeth, Zhang Wei simply cut off his arm at the root, and then burned the area around his wound with a burning knife.

"Well..."

"Xiaofan, what are you..."

The Xuelin people on the side were dumbfounded.

Zhang Wei said with cold sweat on his forehead: "I can't save my arm. Keeping it will endanger my life. It's better to just cut off the arm and survive!"

"I didn't expect that one day I would become a one-armed hero. Unfortunately, I don't have an aunt or a big eagle now." Zhang Wei picked up his arm and said with a bitter smile.

Then Zhang Wei felt dizzy, his whole body tilted to the side involuntarily, and the broken arm in his hand fell to the ground again.

"Xiaofan." Xue Lin called anxiously upon seeing this.

Zhang Wei shook his head and said: "It's okay. I'll just rest for a while. Xuelin, I'll ask you to help me be on guard next time."

"Um……"

Xue Lin responded, and then watched Zhang Wei gradually fall asleep, and looked at Zhang Wei's arm that fell to the ground.

She and Zhang Wei had not eaten for several days. Even with the physical fitness of Qi Refining monks, they would still feel hungry.

At this time, Zhang Wei's shoulders still smelled faintly of meat due to the high temperature.

Xue Lin couldn't help but swallowed.

A voice seemed to ring in my ears.

Eat it.

Eat it.

Only by eating it can you survive!

Looking at the arm at his feet, Xue Lin's eyes gradually became lost, and then by some strange combination of circumstances, he asked him to pick up Zhang Wei's arm.

With the help of Shaoyang Kung at the entry level and the powerful detoxification ability of the Xueling Tribe, Zhang Wei quickly woke up.

After all, the main reason why he was comatose was the toxin on the crossbow arrow and the psychological oppression caused by the broken arm.

However, as soon as he woke up, there were bursts of chewing sounds in his ears.

Chewing sound?

Zhang Wei was shocked, and then quickly got up.

After seeing what happened in front of him, Zhang Wei froze in place.

"Xuelin."

Hearing Zhang Wei's voice, Xue Lin paused, and then his lost eyes gradually regained their clarity.

However, after seeing clearly what he was doing, his whole body suddenly collapsed.

"ah!!!!!"

The stump fell to the ground, and Xue Lin covered his head and screamed wildly.

"No, no, no...I didn't, I didn't..."

Xue Lin cried out in pain. He wanted to vomit the flesh and blood in his mouth, but his hungry stomach would not allow him to do so.

"I... I..."

Xue Lin cried in pain, curled up into a ball.

But Zhang Wei was calm.

Or he had expected it.

In this environment, no matter how strong one's heart is, there will be a day of collapse. The only difference is who will be unable to bear it first, him or Xue Lin.

However, when this scene really happened in front of him, Zhang Wei felt only endless peace in his heart.

"If this is also a part of the trial, it's really disgusting."

Zhang Wei sneered in his heart, then stood up and picked up his own limbs, released the fire method in his hand, and reheated the frozen flesh and blood.

Then Zhang Wei took a bite.

"I didn't expect that I smelled pretty good."

Zhang Wei laughed at himself, then handed his hand to Xuelin and said, "Eat it."

"No..."

Xuelin refused subconsciously, but Zhang Wei kicked him over, then rode on him and forced the roasted flesh into his mouth.

"Eat it!"

"Uh--"

Zhang Wei said while forcing him to eat, "Stay alive! Leave here alive!"