Because of their limited mobility, they spent about an hour dealing with this batch of wild monsters and used up half of the potions in their backpacks.

After all the wild monsters were killed, some people were unwilling to continue looking for wild monsters.

“I can’t do it anymore. I just encountered the first batch of wild monsters, and I used up five bottles of potions. The rewards I got just offset this consumption. Anyway, I want to go back.”

Now he felt a little sore and itchy in his throat every time he breathed. Someone in their city-state had been infected with negative status and had this symptom before getting sick.

After he said it, the others followed suit and wanted to go back.

“If we stay like this, we will get sick, and my hands are getting less and less flexible. I almost lost my sword when I fought with that wild monster just now.”

Wild monsters were not like them, and they were not affected by the cold at all.

The middle-aged man also felt exhausted: “Okay, let’s go back.”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Thinking that they could go back, they felt that it would be less painful to rush now than before.

They were eager to go home, and the group went back much faster. Fortunately, they were careful not to go too far away from the city.

Soon they saw the city wall and sped up.

They felt colder and colder, or they could feel it.

Some people felt strange and asked others: “Do you feel colder and colder? I could keep my hands warm in my pockets just now, but now it’s completely useless.”

He took his hand out and put it in front of his mouth to breathe, hoping that the warmth from the oral sound would restore some sensation to his hand.

“I feel… feel it…” This man couldn’t speak clearly.

Finally entered the city, their pace became slower and slower, and they were panting.

The middle-aged man dragged his body, wanting to go home: “Something is not right, hurry up, we can’t stay outside.”

Everyone stopped talking and walked home with great effort.

Before they took a few steps, they heard someone calling them from behind.

“Brothers, help me!”

The middle-aged man turned around and saw several people carrying a human-shaped unidentified object.

When they got closer, they found that it was a person, but he was frozen.

“What happened to him?”

The men took a breath and said: “We were clearing the field outside. When we felt something was wrong and wanted to come back, there was suddenly a cold current. This brother was frozen because he ran too slowly, and one of us tied him with a rope and dragged him back.”

When they got close to the city gate, they carried the man back, fearing that he would be too frozen and hit something and his body would be broken.

It just so happened that they all lived in a guesthouse, so the people in the same building helped carry the man back.

“Is he still alive?”

He was frozen like this.

“He’s alive, his name is still on the list.”

The person who asked was relieved. It was good as long as people were still alive.

“But he’s like this, how can we thaw him when we go back?”

“Then we won’t care, his family will have to take him to the pharmacy. If he can be saved, it means he’s lucky, if he can’t be saved, there’s nothing we can do.”

It’s not mandatory to leave the city now, only those who are willing to go out will form a team.

In the end, the man was sent back, but his family cried their hearts out.

Seeing the frozen relatives without any reaction, they cried and said: “How could this happen? He was fine before he went out!”

The man’s teammates gave a brief account of the situation: “He ran slowly and was frozen. Fortunately, someone dragged him back, otherwise he would have died outside.”

The family was still crying, but they didn’t have the leisure to comfort each other. They were worried that the cold wave would hit again, so they hurried to get out and go home.

*

At Xuantian City.

As soon as they went out today, everyone felt the cold outside, but because of the temperature adjustment of the protective cover, the temperature was still tolerable.

The snow shovelers went out to clean the ground today and found that the ground was much slipperier than before.

“Is it frozen?” Someone wondered. Since the temperature adjustment of the protective cover, the snow in their city has never frozen into blocks, and because of the timely cleaning, no ice blocks were seen.

Just after he finished speaking, a child ran too fast and fell. Fortunately, he was wearing thick clothes, so it didn’t hurt. The child quickly got up and continued to run.

An auntie who was setting up a stall saw it and shouted: “Oh, child, be careful not to get hurt–”

The child who fell before said happily: “It doesn’t hurt, it doesn’t hurt.”

Lu Jiu and her two teammates walked on the road and felt that the ground was a bit slippery: “It doesn’t make sense. This road is swept clean every day. How can it be frozen?”

She was the city lord. There were patrol NPCs who reported the situation in the city to her every day. She knows the working residents’ status better than anyone else.

Shen Jufeng glanced outside the city: “Did you adjust the temperature of your protective shield to the maximum?”

Lu Jiu still looked a little confused, and nodded: “Yes, because the temperature has been dropping, I raised it by one degree every few days, until it reached the limit not long ago.”

Zhuang Yun felt that it was okay in the city, but he could feel that it was colder than before: “The weather might not continue to get colder.”

After hearing this, Shen Jufeng said: “You will know how cold it is today when you leave the city.”

After walking out of the city gate, Lu Jiu felt that the blood vessels on her face were frozen, and she didn’t know what expression she had now: “This… This is too exaggerated.”

Compared with the previous temperature, the current temperature was like the cool autumn suddenly entering the cold winter, the difference was too big.

Zhuang Yun shivered as he put on his gloves. He felt his hands finally felt better. His teeth trembled: “It’s too cold. Is it okay to go out and clear the wild?”

Shen Jufeng didn’t shiver as much as Zhuang Yun, but he also put on his gloves silently. “Forget it today.”

He stepped on the frozen snow under his feet: “Even if we encounter wild monsters, this climate will affect our operations.”

It was only a minute after he came out, and his hands began to go numb. Even after putting on gloves, this condition was only slightly alleviated.

Lu Jiu rubbed her face with her gloved hands: “Unless the tailor shop makes clothes with higher warmth properties, this won’t work now.”

The clothes they were wearing now are already +45℃ clothes. This can’t stop the cold from invading. People can imagine how cold it is outside.

“Let’s go back. I always feel something is wrong.” Shen Jufeng thought of the natural disaster. Who said there were only snow disasters in winter? There may be more dangerous disasters in the game world.

The three of them turned around and went back. Lu Jiu kept an eye on the conversation channel to see if they mentioned the sudden drop in temperature today.

Other professional residents stopped leaving the city when they saw the strongest three-person team in the city coming back.

When winter just started, these three people were the first to leave the city. It was snowing so heavily at that time. Now they are back just two minutes after leaving the city gate. How bad must the weather outside be now?

Someone asked suspiciously: “I feel that it is particularly cold today, but is it that cold outside?”

The person being asked looked outside the city: “Then let’s go out and try, the gate is just around the corner. If it’s not that good, we’ll come back.”

Then several people went together. Their legs that had just stepped out of the protective shield immediately felt the biting cold. After walking out and standing there, they felt like they were about to freeze.

“Let’s go… go back quickly——”