Chapter 423: The Cruelty of Challenge, the Ruthless Man Who Drives Away the Dark Clouds in the Sky

Latest website: Zong Shen came to the fireplace in the middle of the hall on the first floor.

Take some wood and use a machete to split these log-like chunks into smaller pieces.

They were thrown into the furnace one after another.

At the same time, he took out a fist-sized [pine tar block] and threw it into the firewood pile.

He activated the Fire Sacrifice and stretched his arm burning with the fire of sacrifice.

Quickly ignite the pine tar blocks and firewood.

Lines of gray-white smoke rose along the furnace.

It went vertically upward from the chimney in the middle, and finally floated away from the lord's building through the smoke outlet on the roof.

The design of the lord's small building is very exquisite, in addition to being beautiful.

All aspects of the layout have been carefully adjusted.

The smoke outlet of the chimney has a ninety-degree elbow, which can effectively avoid smoke return.

At the same time, for the sake of aesthetics, the smoke outlet on the roof is not prominent.

This setting is very thoughtful in details.

The fire burned brightly in the fireplace.

Orange-red flames shone out.

It also begins to spread heat.

The sudden super-cold water ice rain can definitely be regarded as a supernatural and terrifying natural disaster.

This level of freezing rain can quickly drop temperatures.

The humid air and biting cold wind complement each other perfectly.

Showing off the coldness of winter unscrupulously.

The fire warms the air, coupled with the relatively closed environment in the lord's small building.

The temperature inside the small building quickly rose a lot.

After a few minutes of adjustment.

Mariel dried her hair and took off her fur coat, which was soaked inside and out by the icy rain.

He gradually calmed down under the warm embrace of Luna and Veresa.

The kettle in the kitchen was steaming.

With the stove's firepower raised to the maximum, the ginger syrup was quickly boiled.

Hot tongues of fire licked the brass body of the pot.

It left behind a trail of dark burn marks.

The warm and sweet smell of boiled ginger syrup.

Mapel quickly turned off the fire.

Madeline on the side wrapped her hands in a wet rag, lifted the handle of the brass pot, and poured out cups of boiling ginger syrup.

I first delivered three cups to the living room on a tray.

Mariel's eyes were a little blurry, with a hint of shock and fear.

Her lips were a light pink color and looked much better than before.

The arms that were just trembling slightly were still telling the horror of the super-cold water and icy rain.

She rolled up half of her sleeves and gently picked up the cup of ginger syrup.

Gently bring it to your lips, letting the white water vapor moisten your face.

Until some of its heat dissipates.

Mariel pressed her lips to the rim of the cup and sipped the sugar water that had cooled down a bit.

Ginger syrup can quickly expel coldness from the body.

After drinking a few sips of ginger syrup, Mariel's condition became better and better.

His eyes became brighter and clearer.

Zong Shen looked at Mariel's condition and felt a little guilty.

Mainly because the snow shoveling board was made at exactly noon.

Moreover, Zong Shen did not expect that the second stage of Winter would be so ferocious.

It was simply a deliberate attempt to intimidate the lords.

The comfortable setting just ended the first phase of winter.

And after that mild and sunny weather.

No one could have imagined that the second extreme way of meeting in Winter would be so impressive.

It was almost just after twelve noon, not long after the time stop announcement ended.

There were no obvious changes before.

Obviously this is the intentional arrangement of the lord system.

The large accumulation of clouds was no different from the first stage of winter.

It is extremely confusing.

When everyone’s impression of winter still lingers on snowfall.

This super cold water ice rain fell without warning.

Fortunately, it was not until Mariel and the others returned.

The freezing rain wasn't too heavy, it was just a light rain.

Otherwise, the lives of Mariel and Doris might really be in danger.

But if it comes to that, Zong Shen will definitely light the sacrificial fire and activate the heat ball.

He took the initiative to go out and rescue them.

When he got the [Fire Sacrifice Ring (Blue)].

I feel that the Fire Sacrifice skill is a bit useless.

But now he suddenly discovered the beauty of this skill.

The sacrificial fire ignited by this skill can affect everything except itself.

It is a light green flame with temperature. In the cold winter, the sacrificial fire ignited throughout the body can form a special flame force field.

Insulate to some extent from cold and extreme weather.

Take advantage of Mariel's time to rest and recover.

Zong Shen took out the communication crystal and started to contact the living area.

At the same time, in a stone room in the living area.

Doris sat by the stove, cursing.

Her physical fitness is much stronger than Mariel's.

And have more means of coping.

So even if she was soaked in the freezing rain for a while, she was still alive and well.

Although she has transformed into a hero-level talent, she has a rare talent for fire magic.

I still hate this cold winter weather.

This is a feeling feedback that is rooted in the source.

This room originally belonged to female mages.

However, some mages are practicing in the meditation room at this time.

So there were not many people in the stone house.

Only the water mage Milani and the female necromancer who joined later were there.

Doris quickly dried her fiery red hair.

Before that, Zong Shen handed her the communication crystal numbered 11.

To facilitate the strengthening of connections between territories.

As the crystal vibrated, Doris saw the communication number 1 displayed on it.

The mood affected by the freezing rain and cold suddenly improved a lot.

After getting through, he reported to Zong Shen that he was safe.

After getting a few caring words, both parties hung up on the crystal.

Doris then followed Zong Shen's instructions and dialed number 13, the crystal number belonging to Howie.

We exchanged some information about Bingyu.

Fortunately, a large amount of supplies have been reserved in various houses and stone houses.

This includes things like stoves and firewood and pine tar blocks.

When the temperature suddenly dropped, Zong Shen allowed any territorial citizen to use them.

…

The super cold water and icy rain outside kept pouring.

For the first ten minutes, it could only be considered a light rain.

It has now reached moderate rain levels.

Zong Shen stood in the living room of the lord's small building, looking at the window on one side and lost in thought.

It was already blurry outside the window.

The icy rain slapped against the windows, and ice formed immediately.

This is the real drop of water turning into ice.

Not only the lord's small building, but almost all the buildings in the territory are covered by ice.

This layer of ice armor accumulated to a thickness of seven or eight centimeters within ten minutes.

At the same time, a request for help also appeared for the first time in the legion.

Shown according to chat history.

This legionnaire chose to go out during the sunny morning despite dissuasion.

It was about two or three kilometers away from the territory.

This request for help received no response from anyone.

After flickering alone for two minutes, it was completely extinguished.

At the same time, the number of Legion members also decreased by one.

There are no highly maneuverable ice and snow vehicles or other portable means of keeping out the cold.

It is simply wishful thinking to cross those two or three kilometers on foot or on an ordinary steppe horse.

The final fate is to be frozen into an ice sculpture.

Zong Shen had nothing to do about this.

A sudden natural disaster of this magnitude has exceeded his expectations.

After the outside of the building was covered with ice, the temperature actually stabilized.

This seems to be related to the so-called igloo principle.

On Earth, the Inuit people living in the Arctic region build igloos.

These igloos can survive when the outside temperature drops to tens of degrees below zero.

The temperature inside the igloo is maintained at several degrees below zero.

Compared with polar temperatures, a constant temperature environment of a few degrees below zero and some cold-proof facilities can already sustain survival.

This is because the igloo is airtight and has poor air flow.

Plus ice is a poor conductor of heat.

This makes it difficult for the heat inside the igloo to be conducted away.

It turns out that as long as you're not exposed to freezing rain, it won't cause sustained hypothermia.

This is in line with the most basic survival theme of the Winter Challenge.

Of course, if a lord insists on choosing to go out, the price for obtaining high returns will be higher challenge difficulty and danger.

Zong Shen stood by the window for a while, listening to the faint sound of rain outside.

The appearance of the ice shell blocks the incoming of external sounds.

He withdrew his worried gaze and sat next to Mariel.

He put his hand gently on her shoulder, ready to comfort her.

Suddenly, a golden banner subtitle appeared.

This golden subtitle is extremely bright, and each banner displays the same few lines of words.

It immediately attracted Zong Shen's attention.

The last time such exaggerated subtitles appeared was when I killed the regional challenge boss.

But this time the protagonist of the subtitles is not him.

The subtitles only showed two banners.

The momentum was not as great as he had originally.

[Lord Jane Haishiz 1989714 dispersed the dark clouds in the sky and forcibly reversed the climate and received a generous reward]

[A solid step has been taken on the road to becoming the strongest lord]

[Lord Jane Haishiz 1989714 will receive a platinum challenge treasure chest]

[Due to the special nature of this climate reversal, temporary adjustments will be made to the dark clouds in the sky]

[At the same time, the area where the lord is located will enter a normal climate state, which will last until noon tomorrow]

[Under normal climate conditions, the survival points available in the area remain unchanged, and the snow monsters will be refreshed normally]

When Zong Shen saw this subtitle, he was completely confused.

Good guy, there are still many ruthless people among the lords in the whole domain.

For example, this Jane Hessitz didn't know what skills or props she used.

It actually directly dispersed all the making-up dark clouds in the sky.

This subversive approach earned him a platinum challenge chest.

At the same time, his area also received nearly 24 hours of special climate time.

They can earn base survival points in normal climates.

It can also kill those leader-level snow monsters.

You must know that the strength of commander-level snow monsters is completely different in winter climates and non-winter climates.

The same is true for the lords. Under normal climate, it is easier to defeat the snow monster.

"There are still a lot of ruthless people..."

Zong Shen was stunned for a while and could only say this emotion.

That lord must have obtained some kind of large-scale magic.

Then he ventured deep into the clouds to completely disperse the clouds over his area.

This continent is incredibly vast and has had many glorious eras of history.

Zong Shen never felt that he was the absolute protagonist among the lords.

Just relying on the advantage of the strategy module, he can develop faster than other lords.

But it will never prevent those with great luck and wisdom from rising in other areas.

This is originally a world where stars shine.

He is just one of the more dazzling ones.

Fortunately, the degree of subversion this time is not as cool as Zong Shen's use of [Wailing Lich] to kill the underworld snake Apophis.

Therefore, the specifications and rewards of banners are also relatively different.

But it also made the lord named Jane Hessitz famous!

It can be foreseen that he will be able to rise strongly as a regional hegemon.

The platinum challenge treasure chest sounds more advanced than silver and gold.

According to the rules of treasure chests, there may be fifth-level warrior recruitment scrolls or architectural drawings.

If you are lucky, you may even get a golden epic item.

To say I'm not envious would be a lie.

But this time the banner made Zong Shen discover another truth.

That is, the lord system actually encourages lords to engage in subversive behavior.

From killing the underworld snake Apophis to dispelling the dark clouds in the sky.

The first person to do such a thing is often rewarded.

After that, the Lord system will start to be patched.

This reminded Zong Shen of the crypt challenge, when he did the opposite and explored the crypt portal.

If it had been able to get out the arcane fragments sealed under the island in the middle of the lake.

It can completely blow up the teleporters.

Because that portal also has a solid value.

It's just that the solidity value was extremely high, and it was difficult to break it with his strength at the time.

In fact, from the current perspective, that portal is also an existence that can be used to subvert.

Speaking of which, it is actually very difficult to think of the conditions for achieving subversion.

Take the second stage challenge of Winter as an example.

If you want to dispel the dark clouds, you must first have a prop or magic that can change the climate on a large scale.

Secondly, you have to take the risk and rush into the sky after the clouds are completely formed.

This has a lot to do with personal luck.

You must have targeted props in your hands.

In addition, it is also related to thinking, and you must have a thinking that subverts tradition.

It can still be accomplished with the support of strong adventurism and strength.

Zong Shen analyzed it and conducted some self-reflection and review.

Challenges are not only challenges, but also opportunities for the rise of the strong.

He must review his recent behavior.

The expansion of his territory made him lose some of his enterprising spirit.

Especially after tasting the sweetness among the aboriginal people.

This made Zong Shen somewhat slack about the winter challenge.

This news also exploded among the lords of the whole domain.

After just tasting the ice rain.

Everyone is in awe of the second phase of Winter!

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