I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 619 - 517: Emptying the Wine Cellar and Girlfriend’s Home

Since all three were equipped with exoskeletons, even though their excavation tools were just simple shovels and hoes, they easily dug through the snow.

The passage that Chen Xin and Qin Lan had dug out last time did not become completely buried, although the newly fallen snow later sealed its entrance, traces of the passage still remained.

And as Chen Xin, Qin Lan, and Mo Qingyan excavated the snow together, the passage that had been dug out last time was revealed again.

"It seems that after it was dug out last time, the area froze over, so even though it was buried again, the ice walls remained," Chen Xin tapped the ice wall of the passage, quickly understanding why the passage persisted.

Mo Qingyan looked at the passage curiously and asked Qin Lan, "Did you and A Xin dig this when you came last time?"

"Yes, last time we came to check on your home and found it completely buried in snow outside, so we had to dig a passage to get in." Qin Lan remembered the last time she came with Chen Xin, her expression turning nostalgic.

Though it wasn't too long ago, recalling it now still filled her with a sense of nostalgia.

Back then, her relationship with Chen Xin had just been newly confirmed, and Mo Qingyan hadn't yet expressed her feelings to Chen Xin, not to mention that the weather wasn't as cold as it is now.

Unlike now, the weather turned colder and their relationships had changed completely.

Thinking back to when she first dated Chen Xin here, Qin Lan's feelings became somewhat complicated.

But since she had already accepted their current relationship, Qin Lan didn't regret it; besides, her relationship with Mo Qingyan was actually closer than with Chen Xin because they had known each other longer.

Unfortunately, they both fell in love with the same person, living in modern times.

Otherwise, in those ancient times where laws allowed multiple wives, it might have been a story akin to Emperor and Lady Ying.

With Qin Lan's mind wondering, Chen Xin led the two down the snow-covered stairs carefully.

Obviously, the ice was more severe than when Chen Xin and Qin Lan first came, and their equipment today was clearly inferior to the power armor they wore back then.

Luckily, the exoskeleton was still reliable, and with shovels in hand, they could chisel footholds on the ice to pass through.

However, while Chen Xin was thinking of chiseling footholds bit by bit, the two girls didn't think the same; Mo Qingyan directly pulled Qin Lan down to sit and slid down the icy stairs. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

"A Xin, you're too slow!" Mo Qingyan turned her head back to look at Chen Xin, who was still chiseling ice, and smiled at him.

Chen Xin felt helpless but said nothing, continuing his work, only reminding them, "Be careful, don't fall."

"Got it, Old Chief!" Mo Qingyan replied to Chen Xin, then proceeded to slide down with Qin Lan, soon reaching the lower level of the stairs.

Chen Xin spent some effort, chiseling footholds, then slowly descended.

It's not that he had to go to such lengths, but they had to dig out Mo Qingyan's preserved wines from the frozen cellar and transport them up later; without proper footholds, it would be very inconvenient.

Regarding the elevator here, when Chen Xin and Qin Lan came last time, it had already stopped working; to make it run now would require Chen Xin to spend survival points to upgrade it.

Chen Xin wasn't stingy with those survival points, but Mo Qingyan had stated before coming that she wouldn't return to live here, so some things naturally didn't need repairing.

Besides, even if the elevator was fixed, they would still have to dig through over ten meters of snow outside, making the stairs more convenient.

Arriving at the wine cellar, Mo Qingyan saw the cellar frozen solid, feeling as Qin Lan and Chen Xin had predicted - a bit heartbroken.

The wines were her collected treasures over the years, some even one-of-a-kind; seeing them frozen into ice lumps, she felt truly distressed.

"Don't worry, there's still a chance to save them; let's get them out carefully first," Chen Xin comforted Mo Qingyan, then stepped into the wine cellar.

The wines in the cellar were placed on custom-made wine racks, but now a thick layer of frost coated them.

Chen Xin carefully took a bottle from the rack, handling it delicately; in such low temperatures, although the glass wouldn't necessarily become brittle and fragile, there was a pressure difference between the bottle's interior and the exterior.

Moreover, the glass bottle was frozen to the rack, if Chen Xin was careless, he might easily break the bottles.

Though Mo Qingyan wouldn't really kill him for that, she would be heartbroken for a long time.

This was why Chen Xin didn't wear power armor today; after all, using power armor made it harder to control the strength directly by hand.

In fact, to avoid breaking the bottles, he even turned off the exoskeleton assistance, relying solely on his hands to take the bottles from the racks.

Meanwhile, Qin Lan found some boxes from a storeroom beside the wine cellar, putting the bottles that Chen Xin had taken into the boxes one by one.

Mo Qingyan saw a box was ready, then picked it up, telling the two, "I'll take the wine up."

"Mm, the stairs are slippery, be careful, and step on the spots I dug out," Chen Xin reminded Mo Qingyan, though his hands didn't stop moving.

Mo Qingyan's wine cellar housed close to five hundred bottles of good wine; taking them out and transporting all was quite an undertaking, requiring considerable time.

Moreover, besides these treasured bottles, many ordinary wines Mo Qingyan had stored were still there, giving them much to move today.

But with the three working together, the wines were quickly loaded onto the all-terrain vehicle they had driven there.

As the wine cellar gradually cleared out, Mo Qingyan felt somewhat complicated.

No matter what, this place was her home, and now as the wines were moved out, her ties to it were loosening, perhaps she would never return here.

Thinking of this, Mo Qingyan said to Chen Xin, "A Xin, I want to take some things to remember this place, will you come down with me?"

Originally, Mo Qingyan was only staying at Chen Xin's temporarily, leaving many personal belongings here, but they were all frozen now.

Of course Chen Xin wouldn't refuse, nodding, he went down with Mo Qingyan to the deeper level below.