The entire city-state was slowly waking up, and there were more and more people on the streets. Many people just come out to take a look.

The residents who got up were still worried at first. After all, there was so much wind and snow outside, and who knew how low the temperature would drop? But when they saw people walking on the street, everyone felt relieved and went out.

Children’s laughter could be heard on the street.

“There is snow, it’s the first time I’ve seen it.” It was obvious that this pre-apocalyptic child was a typical southern child.

“Let’s build a snowman.”

“Snowmen are piled up next to each other and cannot be placed in the middle of the road to block other people’s walking.” The person who said this was a very sensible child.

Parents were afraid that their children would be caught in the cold, so the little carrot heads were wrapped up like cute glutinous rice balls.

The adults just smiled when they saw the children playing. Since there are no human traffickers in the city-state now, the adults can feel relieved to let the children play like this. Moreover, there were patrolling NPCs in the city. They can stop anyone who snatches the children and runs away as soon as possible.

Not to mention that shadow stones were placed in every public area in the city-state.

The memory stones in the jewelry store have been sold out. Almost everyone has had one since they were put on the shelves. In a game world that has completely lost law and order, this was the best prop to preserve evidence.

Among the children making snowmen, a girl with two little pigtails was very cute, and other children loved to play around her.

The little girl has a necklace hanging on her collar with a beautiful butterfly on it. Children love to play with her and are curious when they see what she is wearing.

“Nannan, what are you wearing?” The child looked at the butterfly spreading its wings on the necklace and thought it was very pretty.

The little girl named Nannan grabbed the butterfly on the necklace, “This is a butterfly necklace. My mother bought it for me. It is very useful. If you encounter a bad person and immediately think of photography, this will pass the appearance of the bad guy to the City Lord.”

The children immediately knew what it was, “I have one too, my dad bought it. He also said that when I encounter bad people, I have to use this to take a picture of their appearance.”

“Yes, my parents said this is like the old mobile phones.”

“Ah…I miss my mobile phone so much, but my mother said that all mobile phones and TVs are gone.”

This child also has one of the necklaces. Now the children were the treasures of each family, and their safety was even more worrying.

The children’s conversation quickly turned to the decorations on their necklaces.

“But mine is a cute smiley face.”

“Mine is a pony.”

Lu Jiu and the others passed by several children and couldn’t help but smile when she saw them holding necklaces to share with their friends.

Image stones were very cheap, but they played a great role, and no one would be stingy with a few copper coins.

Moreover, as long as the residents of Xuantian City had seized the opportunity before, they would not be so poor.

On the first day of winter, Xuantian City was filled with warmth and joy.

*

On the other hand, Longjiao City in Jinghe District was not so relaxed and pleasant. With the coming of winter, many people were woken up by the cold in the middle of the night.

To save some firewood, they did not burn much firewood last night. As a result, they were awakened by the cold air before dawn.

The protective shield of the second-level city-state cannot adjust the temperature. Whatever the temperature was outside the city, it was the same inside the city-state. If there was no firewood or haystacks for heating indoors, it would be impossible to live a normal life.

Many people in the dormitory got up, shivering, and put a stove in their bedroom. Since they had the most hay on them, they put it on first.

After putting their frozen hands on the warm stove, people let out a sigh.

There was a family of three crowded in the bedroom, a pair of middle-aged parents and a son in his early twenties. They were all ordinary residents and had been living in a guesthouse.

The young son was still trembling, “Dad, why don’t you light some firewood? This haystack will be gone in 10 minutes.”

The middle-aged man looked serious and said in a deep voice: “This is the first day of winter. We have a long way to go. If you burn firewood now, what if we don’t have enough firewood in the future? We can’t go out now.”

The young son was in a depressed mood. They were a well-off family before the end of the world. The old house at home was about to be demolished. He felt that he could collect rent in the town and thought that the highlight of his life had come. Unexpectedly, the end of the world was coming.

Now the whole family was shivering in such a small place.

“Mom, I’m so hungry.”

A middle-aged woman has no choice but to keep warm in their bedroom. The living room and kitchen were too cold. “Let’s buy rice balls from the mall to solve the problem today. Let’s adapt to winter first.”

He had no choice but to spend money to buy a few rice balls in the mall and hand one to his parents. “We should have left here in the autumn. I saw someone on the same province channel saying that the protective shield of the third-level city-state can regulate the temperature. If we go to a third-level city-state, we won’t be so cold that we can’t even get out.”

The middle-aged couple also regretted it: “No one came out at that time. Who dares to be the first? We can’t deal with those professionals. We have to follow the group. If someone leaves together this winter, we will follow.”

The young man nodded, “Yes, I have to get out of here. It’s not a place for human beings. Even the ice cave is warmer than this house.”

At this time, someone else spoke in the dialogue channel.

[(Tongzhou Channel) Guan Xiao: I tried it. I put three big pieces of firewood at the entrance of the fire, and it burned all night. I put an extra piece last night, and it hasn’t finished burning yet. I woke up in the morning. It’s very warm.]

[Ruan Fanyao: Our city-state was upgraded to level three yesterday. The city lord heard that the protective shield could adjust the temperature, so he upgraded it. Now it’s not particularly cold when we go out on the street.]

[Guan Xiao: Our city-state is still at Level 2. It’s very cold outside, but it’s okay to wear clothes with high thermal insulation properties. If the temperature drops any further, you probably won’t be able to go out.]

[(City Channel) Shen Li: The dormitory we live in here also has a fire outlet. The whole house is so warm.]

When the young man saw this conversation, he was extremely envious. These people can still burn firewood, “Dad, what is the fire outlet?”

The middle-aged couple knows about this: “The room has a mezzanine, commonly known as a firewall, where you can burn firewood for warmth. The fire crossing is where the firewood is placed.”

The young man wanted to swear. Other city-states have firewalls in their dormitories, but they have nothing here. They can only take out a big stove and light a fire inside to keep warm.

The family looked at each other speechlessly and could only sigh.

It was the middle-aged man who spoke again, “I have a feeling that there will be people who can’t survive the winter. It’s best to leave here soon.”

Longjiao City doesn’t have much except city-state canteens and city-state stores selling some things, and it also buys their supplies.

During the late half of the autumn, they didn’t go out to collect supplies for the winter. If they had not made adequate preparations beforehand, some people would have trouble surviving.

“I was looking forward to it. Fortunately, we bought a few more sets of warm clothes at that time. We didn’t save that much money, otherwise, it would be hard to tell.”

The middle-aged woman said as she looked at the thick clothes in her backpack. They were bought before the chaos broke out in the city-state. There were not many at that time. They were lucky enough to snap up a few sets.

The young man looked at the dim room, wishing that one day he could leave there and live like a human being.