Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse-Chapter 747 - 476: Winter, Has Ended (5500 Words)_3
"No way, one of the people who died today is someone I know, and he’s extremely timid. As long as there’s no task, he wouldn’t leave the treehouse. So, it shouldn’t matter whether he was in the treehouse or not, right?"
"Um... maybe it’s because the treehouses in our District 188 are stronger, so we’re fine?"
"...Damn it!"
"Explorers, hurry and put some items on the alliance trading platform! We’re all allies now, we want the same treatment!"
They were all discussing the recent mysterious deaths of survivors.
Perhaps, these survivors, like Shi Wanyun, were teleported to a place of extreme danger?
I don’t quite understand, but fortunately, no issues occurred for people of District 188 today.
They had originally planned, during this last period, to bring in survivors wanting to join them from near the activated Transmission Array by Niu Fugui.
But the situation in District 1, where over a hundred people died, served as a wake-up call for them.
Especially after learning about Shi Wanyun’s incident, the explorers unanimously decided not to let them come over for now.
Anyway, the Transmission Array is always there; there will be opportunities in the future, no need to risk benightment now.
Today, most of the survivors in District 188 stayed obediently in their treehouses, resulting in not a single death.
Nice.
From the world channel, it appears that other regions who have activated Transmission Arrays had a few inexplicable deaths here and there.
So, now globally, whether it’s still snowing regions or not, everyone is working together to quickly end this winter!
The unknown danger is the most frightening!
At this moment, the sound of teleportation array convergence was heard outside the treehouse.
Xu Xin looked outside the window and saw Jin Yue leap out of the purple-black vortex, then kneel on the ground due to the teleportation door’s side effects.
Jin Yue is back!
Xu Xin immediately glanced at the leaderboard and found Jin Yue’s name at the end.
She successfully climbed!
So fast!
It must have been... only three hours!
Xu Xin immediately swung down from the treehouse.
By this time, Jin Yue had already taken Qi Xuefei’s pill, dispelling the side effects, and stood up.
"Task is complete." Seeing Xu Xin approaching, she gave a slight smile and said.
"Well done." Xu Xin nodded, "You can rest now, leave the rest to me."
The shortcut of the Transmission Array was easy to navigate.
It’s just a spiral stairway ascending through Xue Feng.
Just need to find two more people.
"Actually, I’m not tired..."
At this time, footsteps came from the jungle, Xu Xin turned and saw Lou Fei’Er.
"Where did you go?" Xu Xin asked, seeing her slightly furrowed brows and somewhat breathless appearance.
"I was... Oh, Jin Yue, you’re back!" Lou Fei’Er looked up and saw Jin Yue, immediately ran over, "Did you encounter any danger?"
"Danger?" Jin Yue seemed puzzled, then shook her head, "No, my climb went very smoothly this time."
"Oh..." Lou Fei’Er pondered.
"Did you discover something?" Xu Xin asked.
"Yes." Lou Fei’Er nodded, "I’ve been focused on observing the surroundings recently because what that person said made me curious, and as a result, I indeed found something unusual!"
"From the window, I saw a short figure flash behind a tree! I immediately chased after it!" She pointed towards the jungle.
"Didn’t catch up?"
"Yes... but not entirely wasted." Lou Fei’Er touched her backpack, took out an item, and handed it to Xu Xin.
"This is...?" Xu Xin asked, holding the treasure pearl that emitted a glowing white light, somewhat surprised.
Treehouse core?
"I found it where the figure disappeared; it should have been left behind." Lou Fei’Er explained.
Looking at the treehouse core in his hand, his mind was slightly befuddled.
What does this mean?
"At least it proves I wasn’t mistaken, there must have been someone there just now!" Lou Fei’Er glanced back at the jungle, crossing her arms, "That person probably wanted to use the treehouse core for something, but fled recklessly after noticing I discovered them, leaving the core behind."
That should be it.
Xu Xin also frowned slightly.
What are they trying to do?
He linked it to Shi Wanyun’s experience.
Could it be...
He glanced at the bare jungle.
"We’ll deal with this later." Xu Xin put away the treehouse core, "Let’s first activate the teleportation array Jin Yue climbed."
"Leave this to me, count me in!" Lou Fei’Er promptly said, "I also want to see what the shortcut is like, besides, I’m fast too."
"Then I’ll stay nearby." Jin Yue spoke, "Let me scout for enemies around here."
Alright.
Jin Yue doesn’t seem to want to rest now.
"Don’t go too far. The forest is still dangerous now."
"Okay."
After pondering for a moment, Xu Xin called over Zeng Tao.
"Ah! Lou Fei’Er!" Zeng Tao, upon seeing Lou Fei’Er, rushed over, trying to tackle her to the ground.
But Lou Fei’Er dodged nimbly, and she ended in a void.
"What are you dodging for!" Zeng Tao glared at Lou Fei’Er, "I want you to know the cost of teasing me when I was weak!"
"Forget it, little one, you can’t even touch me." Lou Fei’Er teased.
"You...!"
"Enough." Xu Xin stopped their antics, then addressed Zeng Tao, "Aren’t you bored? Go with Lou Fei’Er and unlock that Snow Mountain Array."
"Unlock the Snow Mountain Array? Alright!" Zeng Tao’s eyes lit up and instantly agreed.
After everything was arranged, Xu Xin returned to the treehouse.
Qin Fu’s green light point was still in the Hilly Resource Zone.
And he still couldn’t be contacted.
Xu Xin was now almost certain that the guy was caught up in some activity.
He took a break and contacted the other explorers.
Since he hadn’t sent replies to other top figures in District 1, they have now contacted Ji Chaoyang and expressed their goodwill.
For now, the word "alliance," although not enough to dispel suspicions between the two regions, is considerably more negotiable than when they had no relation.
Li Wenxi also sent a voice message, saying her furnace sped up the refining of meteorite iron, and it could be done by the latest tomorrow morning.
Shi Wanyun still had no news, and Xu Xin dared not message her to disturb. Luckily, her name was still lit up.
In his free time, he went to the art room to do blue-level art carving.
Immersed in art, without realizing the time passed, his watch vibrated.
It was a voice message from Zeng Tao: "We reached the summit! Quickly summon Jin Yue over; the three of us will activate the array! Hurry, hurry, it’s the last one! Don’t let others snatch it!"
The last one?
Xu Xin looked outside the window.
During his carving, another array had been activated.
Their array, once activated, will be the thirtieth!
Jin Yue didn’t have a watch and was patrolling outside the treehouse. Xu Xin immediately went down, using his extraordinary hearing and vision to find her and inform her of the situation.
Jin Yue promptly activated the teleportation array and went.
Soon after, within minutes, the last purple-black beam shot up into the sky.
Simultaneously, mysterious voices echoed in all survivors’ ears worldwide.
[The thirtieth Snow Mountain Transmission Array has been unlocked, conditions satisfied!]
[From now on, winter ends!]
Winter, finally ended!
