That night, Lu Jiu put three large pieces of firewood in the fire pit in the bedroom. The temperature of the fire quickly warmed the entire bedroom.

It was now 23:59, which was about to reach the early hours of the morning.

She was barefoot, stepping on the soft carpet, leaning against the floor-to-ceiling window of the bedroom, and looking at the outside.

At this time, everything in the city was silent.

She put the temperature-adjustable function of the protective cover to use, and then adjusted it based on the actual temperature she felt when she got up and went out tomorrow.

The time jumps to December 1st.

Lu Jiu didn’t feel anything special indoors, but the land outside the city began to freeze. Even the giant trees seemed to be frozen. When the wind blew, the whole tree swayed gently.

There was not a single wild monster in the wild now, but all the trees were bare.

The grain and vegetables in the fields outside the city gate all withered in an instant, waiting to be refreshed after a month.

The cold wave covered the entire world in an instant.

Winter has arrived.

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Three firewood burned all night long, keeping Lu Jiu’s bedroom warm.

Lu Jiu woke up and rubbed her chin against the warm quilt, “Ah… I don’t want to get up.”

Although the cold wind of winter had not yet blown, she was already aware of what she would face next.

She stretched out an arm outside the quilt. It was fine and she didn’t feel cold.

She carefully got out of bed and went to the fire crossing first to see that a small part of the fire was still burning. Thinking that it would take time to get up, she added another pile of firewood.

The firewood was burned, this was what they collected the most.

Going to the floor-to-ceiling window and opening the curtains, the world outside had completely changed. It was completely white and snowflakes as big as feathers still fell, occupying her entire sight.

“Oh my God…” Lu Jiu couldn’t help but sigh.

Yangshan City was located halfway between the north and the south. It has four distinct seasons before the end of the world. Although there was winter, there was not much snowfall.

She had only seen such heavy snow during a nationwide snowstorm one time that year.

Although the protective cover cannot completely isolate the falling snow, it has filtered most of it.

She put on a special thick nightgown and fluffy slippers, which have thermal properties.

After putting on other clothes, she quickly opened the door and went to the living room. Even though she was wearing a warm nightgown, she still shivered because the temperature difference was quite large.

“Hiss——” Lu Jiu hugged her shivering self and lit firewood in the fire pit of the living room.

The living room was like an ice cave and could not be used without heating.

At the same time, she emailed her two teammates and asked if they would like to go out for a walk today.

It can be estimated that the stalls may not be doing business today, but the shop she opened in City State will not stop business.

In the house next door, Shen Jufeng had already gotten up and was making tea for himself. The tea was picked by the collection team sent by Lu Jiu and fried by the restaurant manager NPC. It was not sold to the public at the moment.

Dark green tea leaves were spreading in the hot water, looking at the snowy world outside. This was the first time since the apocalypse that he could enjoy the scenery in the room so leisurely.

[Lu Jiu: What are your plans for today? Do you want us to go out for a walk together?]

Shen Jufeng took a sip of tea and replied: [Yes].

It was just one word, he cherished words like gold.

Zhuang Yun got up and went to see his daughter first. The child was sleeping soundly, so he slowly closed the door and replied to Lu Jiu that he was willing to go out for a walk together.

Before I left, he emailed his daughter, telling her to tell him when she woke up.

Lu Jiu received a reply from his two teammates and started picking out clothes. Now that it was officially winter, those clothes that had no thermal properties were put at the bottom of the box first.

In the end, she wore a pure white basic extended down jacket, paired with snow boots of the same color.

This was her set of clothes with the lowest warmth value. After all, it was only the beginning of winter.

When she opened the door, Shen Jufeng happened to be going out. She stretched her head and said, “Good morning.”

Lu Jiu looked at him strangely. He looked as if he didn’t have too many clothes. He wore a thick black woolen coat over a turtleneck sweater, making him even more upright and handsome.

Damn, why didn’t she realize this guy was so handsome before?

Shen Jufeng was still wearing black leather gloves on his hands, made of the deerskin they beat. He was holding a closed black umbrella in his left hand. He glanced at Lu Jiu, who was wrapped tightly, and said, “Good morning.”

Two people stood together, one as if she was attending a fashion show, while the other in ordinary homeware.

Before she could say anything more, Zhuang Yun also came out. When he saw the two of them, he was stunned for a moment when his eyes moved to Shen Jufeng. Were they from the same channel?

Lu Jiu saw that Zhuang Yun was simply wearing a down jacket, and thought this was the right thing to do: “Good morning, Brother Zhuang.”

“Good morning, have you eaten?”

“Not yet, let’s go to a restaurant to eat something good together.”

Shen Jufeng closed the door and said, “I’ll treat you to chicken soup.”

The chicken soup they drank was made from brown iron-level chicken monsters with plump bodies.

Lu Jiu thought about the stewed chicken soup with a little green onion sprinkled on it. It was a perfect day to drink. “I also want to drink pork rib soup for lunch.”

Shen Jufeng glanced at her lazily, “It’s all up to you.”

The three of them went downstairs, and there was heavy snow falling outside. But inside the city, the snowflakes were relatively scattered.

Shen Jufeng opened a black umbrella to shield himself from the falling snow. Lu Jiu opened a light yellow oil-paper umbrella. Zhuang Yun was rougher and just put on the hood that came with his down jacket.

They got up quite early, and the snow crunched under their feet. Lu Jiu seemed to have thought of something, “By the way, does this snow need to be shoveled away?”

The snow was still very soft now. If it freezes, they will probably all be skating.

Shen Jufeng raised his umbrella slightly and looked at the restaurant in front of him, “Probably.” It was their decision anyway, and they would decide on this matter when they got back.

The restaurant was already open. The three of them liked the second floor. As soon as they arrived, they went up to find the window seat they had stayed at yesterday.

In the end, the three of them ordered three portions of chicken noodle soup, plus a few desserts.

There were two whole chicken legs placed in the clear chicken soup, and the slender noodles were piled next to it. The soup noodles are sprinkled with green onions, which makes people’s index fingers lick at the sight.

Lu Jiu said: “This chicken noodle soup with tempered fruit seasoning is just better than the previous one.”

Zhuang Yun nodded: “I also asked the store manager here to help me process some tempered fruit powder. It’s also delicious when you put it on a barbecue at home. You can try it.”

Shen Jufeng took a short meal with chopsticks, but soon returned to normal and continued to eat his breakfast.

He will also ask the store manager to make some later.

Lu Jiu didn’t forget to admire the scenery outside the city while eating, “It seems like there’s a strong wind outside, and the trees are swaying so much.”

The other two people also looked over and saw that the giant bare trees were slightly bent, and then there seemed to be another gust of wind blowing in the opposite direction, causing them to sway from side to side.

“The wind is quite strong, but fortunately we have protective shields, otherwise it would be too cold to go out.”

Lu Jiu bit the top of her chopsticks and narrowed her apricot eyes. She wondered what other city-states were like and whether the protective shields of second-level city-states could block the cold wind.

Suddenly, a certain tree outside the city seemed unable to withstand the cold wind. The tallest part of the tree was relatively thin, so it would be blown directly off. The branches looked like will fall from the top of the tree anytime soon.

The difficult winter has just begun.

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