The cold wave lasted for about a week, and no one mentioned in the chat channel that someone went out and got frozen.

Yong Lin was bored in the room of the guesthouse, but he was also glad that he came here. If he escaped to other city-states, he might not be able to sit in front of the window and watch the situation outside.

Because he had just arrived not long ago and had no supplies, he couldn’t leave the city when the cold wave came, and even when it was inconvenient to go out, Lu Jiu sold him a lot of food and firewood.

He held his chin, wondering when he could leave the city.

He was really impatient at home, so he put on his clothes, opened the door and walked out, but found that it was not as cold as before, and even a little warm.

Yong Lin was stunned. Could it be that the cold wave has finally passed?

Now it was less than a week away from the end of winter.

Yong Lin was not the only one who felt that it was not so cold. Even during the cold wave, there were many people who went out for a walk. Now they found that it was not so cold, and they were all telling each other.

Yong Lin patted his clothes and started to go downstairs. He was going to go out of the city to take a look.

Walking on the street again, he found that it was not as slippery as before.

After reaching the city gate, some people had already noticed that Yong Lin was going out. Now they were standing not far away and watching. Some people were even closer to him, in case he was frozen and could be dragged back at any time.

Yong Lin stretched his hand out of the protective cover. He was not wearing gloves, and the skin of his hand could feel the temperature outside the protective cover.

He turned his hand, and it was not as cold as before. Then he walked out. The wind was a little chilly, but not as cold as in the early winter.

He took off his scarf and heard the sound of running water. The frozen snow was melting.

There was a lake not far from Xuantian City. The sound of flowing water after melting can be faintly heard here.

He laughed: “The snow is melting!”

The people in the city also heard this sound.

“What! The snow is melting?”

“Really? I’ll go out and take a look.”

The residents who were watching on the sidelines all walked out of the protective cover. After coming out, it was indeed not that cold. What they felt was the coldness of winter before the end of the world.

“The snow is melting. I can hear the sound of flowing water over the lake.”

“I heard it, but it’s a pity that I can’t catch the fish in it.”

More and more people walked out of the protective cover. Lu Jiu saw them in the residential area. The building where she lived had a front door facing the city gate.

She also felt that the weather was not so cold when she came out, and she also adjusted the temperature of the protective cover down a few degrees.

After two months and twenty-six days of winter, they seemed to have finally survived the first winter.

There was a sound of a door opening nearby. Lu Jiu looked and saw that it was Shen Jufeng who opened the door. He was also wearing a thick nightgown, but he was holding a cup of hot tea in his hand.

He took a sip of tea: “It seems that I can go out and relax my muscles.”

Lu Jiu smiled and said nothing, continuing to watch the excited residents outside the city.

*

The message of the end of winter began to flood the chat channel, and everyone was very excited that this difficult season was finally coming to an end.

[Peng Jianming (Same City Channel): It’s finally spring! I’ll go to other city-states in a few days!]

[Fang Yitong (Same City Channel): I am the same. Now I understand how important it is to find a good city-state to settle down! Spending the winter in a city-state that is generally poor is torture. It’s okay if nothing happens, but it’s a mess if something happens.]

[Yan Xiaoyu (Same City Channel): But I am worried about when this beast tide will come. There is no sign so far. I am very worried that I will encounter it on the way to other city-states… You know.]

[Peng Jianming (Same City Channel): Please don’t be such a pessimist! Wait until I reach other city-states before the beast tide comes.]

[Fang Yitong (Same City Channel): I don’t care when the beast tide comes. Anyway, I want to leave the city-state I am in now. If the beast tide comes, it will be even worse. If I can’t stop it, I will be finished.]

It makes sense to say this. Instead of waiting for the beast tide to pass, it was better to run away before it.

Some city-state lords began to worry about their residents preparing to leave, and some didn’t want to continue to be the city lords. Whoever wants to be the lord can do it. They also want to find a powerful city-state to settle down.

But these have nothing to do with Lu Jiu. She was going out of the city now to kill more wild monsters.

This time she called Yong Lin. Spring was coming, and she could put the hunting of the Lord of Tianming City on the agenda. Now she could personally examine the fighting power of this young man.

Yong Lin was very excited that Lu Jiu had found him. He didn’t know if it was good luck, but the store in the city had a silver-level whip as if it were made for him.

For this whip, he also had to do his best to kill more monsters and try to get the silver weapon as soon as possible.

This was the first time that the four of them went out to clear the wild. Yong Lin didn’t know where to put his hands, nor did he know what to say.

Seeing that he was not very old, Lu Jiu was curious about what grade he was in before: “Were you in college before?”

Yong Lin said: “Well, I was just 18 at that time, preparing to be a freshman, and I happened to work in Yangshan City to pay for tuition.”

He just went there, he hadn’t even had time to enroll in college when the world changed.

“Is that so? That’s a pity… Did you go to Changyuan City alone at the beginning, or did you go with others?”

Yong Lin scratched his head: “At that time, I went back with a few other classmates. We were all from Changyuan City, so we had connections and happened to be working in the same factory during the summer vacation.”

“Originally, we stayed in Yangshan City for a few days, waiting for rescue, but when we saw that no official personnel showed up, we went back to the district together. At that time, I got the career card and skill card before joining them. After learning these, although the road was a bit difficult, we still arrived safely. After that, I left the team and went to find my mother.”

Later, Lu Jiu and the others also knew that his mother had passed away.

Yong Lin seemed to have opened up the conversation and continued to talk about what happened before: “Later, I happened to see a city-state, so I settled there and joined someone else’s team. My life was neither good nor bad. After the city-state was dissolved, I went to Tianming City. The city lord was called Li Qiao. She saw my skills, so she captured me and asked someone to watch me at all times. You know what happened later.”

When mentioning Tianming City, he shuddered a little. He felt that the place was a huge cage that trapped many people.

Zhuang Yun patted his shoulder: “It’s all over, you are in Xuantian City now.”

Yong Lin smiled, fortunately, he escaped, otherwise, it was hard to say whether he could still be alive now. He didn’t ask the city lord how she planned to deal with Li Qiao: “I know, I believe that as long as I am here, Li Qiao can’t do anything to me.”

Zhuang Yun laughed heartily: “You are right, she can’t even enter Xuantian City. Even if we meet in the wild, you will be fine if you are with us.”

Lu Jiu began to think about when the opportunity she needed would appear, and then she could get rid of Li Qiao who was always thinking about them at once.