Chapter 720: Chapter 469: Arrangements After Frosty Winter, A New Day

Indigestion not only hinders growth but can even delay physical development.

There is a skill to mastering this, and how to grasp the balance is a very important thing.

"The water you requested, sir..."

Luna approached Zong Shen with a tray in her hands, carrying a cup of steaming hot water on the wooden tray.

Zong Shen nodded, a heartfelt smile spreading across his face, lifting his chin slightly and motioning towards the desk.

Luna obediently placed the tray gently on the desk, and in the next moment, a strong arm encircled her waist, pulling her over to sit on Zong Shen’s lap.

The water cup on the tray emitted steam, the flickering fire casting dancing shadows.

Zong Shen held Luna with one arm, and with the other hand, he picked up the crystal cup full of hot water.

This cup was something he had salvaged from the mine ruins and was one of the more exquisite vessels in the territory.

The crystal cup had thick walls, with a textured surface, not only for aesthetics but also to enhance grip.

Through the crystal cup’s walls, Zong Shen could feel a distinct heat.

He brought the cup to his face, blowing gently on the steam, then looked up at Luna, who was held in his embrace.

"Are you thirsty?"

Luna shook her head lightly, her expression weary from the cold and a day of exhausting travel.

Zong Shen understood her meaning, brought the cup to his lips, and began to sip slowly.

After draining half of the cup in one breath, he set the cup back on the table.

"Ah, it seems that drinking hot water truly is a life principle because it provides extra warmth for the body, which is enough on its own."

"It’s time to rest."

"Let’s go upstairs, Luna."

As Zong Shen spoke, he turned sideways, placing his other arm under Luna’s knees, while the arm resting on her soft waist rose up to hold her shoulder and back.

Then he started heading towards the stairs.

It was already three o’clock in the morning by this time.

The latter half of the night had arrived, and in two or three hours, daylight would break.

The icy rain had been falling for an hour, the sound of rain outside becoming muffled.

The Lord’s Small Tower was drenched in the super-cold rain, with a thin ice shell thicker with each raindrop.

Just like putting a solid ice armor over the entire Lord’s Small Tower.

This layer of ice armor silenced the outside noise completely.

The rare peace and the dancing flames in the fireplace were the charm of a cold night.

...

The next day, a little past seven in the morning.

When Zong Shen woke up, the super-cold rain had already stopped outside.

A murky twilight pierced through the clouds, bringing a pale light to the earth.

Luna’s purple hair was beside his face, and a slight sniff of his nose caught the scent of evening primrose.

He slowly turned his head to look at the window on the other side of the room.

The not-so-bright light penetrated the icy shell, making the room no longer dark.

After resting for over four hours, Zong Shen recovered a lot of energy.

It was just over four hours until the Frosty Winter Challenge would end completely.

"Please tell me the remaining quantity of Frosty Winter Treasure Chests in the current area."

(Remaining quantity of Frosty Winter Treasure Chests in the current area: 361)

After nearly twenty hours, more than half of the Frosty Winter Treasure Chests in the area had been opened.

Excluding the twenty or so chests Zong Shen acquired, there were still over six hundred chests obtained by the lords in the area.

During the third stage of Frosty Winter, Zong Shen obtained a total of twenty-six Frosty Winter Treasure Chests.

Each chest gave a reward of 500 points, totaling 13,000 points here.

While searching for the chests, he also casually eliminated a Frosty Snow Beast wandering around.

This also awarded him 1,000 points.

Additionally, he killed 132 Icefield Beasts guarding treasure chests, each awarding 125 Frosty Winter Points.

This time the point rules differ from the Burrow Challenge, with each captain-level guardian monster’s points equivalent to a commander-level Earth Cavern Demon during the Burrow Challenge.

This part amounts to 16,500 points.

Adding the basic survival points of 1,800 from the latter half of the second stage of Frosty Winter.

It wasn’t yet 8 a.m., so the basic points for the third stage of Frosty Winter were calculated up to 7 a.m., totaling 1,900 points for 19 hours.

Currently, he had a total of 34,200 points, comparatively less than what he obtained during the second stage.

After teaming up, he accumulated kills of nearly a hundred Icefield Beasts, bringing him over 2,000 Extraction Value and tens of thousands of Experience Value.

Including previously accumulated Extraction Value, his strength increased again, reaching 155 points, and Life Value correspondingly rose to 1,447 points.

With a Level of 28[Experience Value: 57,930/148,750], these are part of the gains from the Frosty Winter Challenge.

He spent ten minutes to assess the situation for the new day, with only 36.1% of the chests remaining in the area.

Besides, Zong Shen acquired quite a few chests yesterday, so the density of Frosty Winter treasure chests around the territory was greatly reduced.

The nearest chests were thirty-plus kilometers away, even with the Magic Energy Drilling Machine at full speed, it would still take an hour’s journey.

Of course, Zong Shen had other solutions for such a situation, like storing the Drilling Machine in the Storage Grid.

He could take a few people, travel with the Goblin Airship, and progress at a maximum aerial speed of 80 km/h to reach the destination in less than 23 minutes.

However, the current outside temperature had dropped to minus 70℃, under which extreme cold, the airship might suffer from severe effects.

Such a solution had not been tested in practice, lacking reliability.

Even with the aid of Magic, Zong Shen doubted that the skin bag made from Earth Beast leather wouldn’t become brittle in the freezing cold.

Therefore, he specifically consulted the strategy hints, and the answer was negative.

A temperature like minus 70℃ was rare even across most parts of the Northern Territory.

Only the areas north of the Desperate Great Wall or during the Frosty Winter spells occurring every few years or decades could such temperatures be found.

Usually, temperatures on the Northern Icefield ranged between 0℃ to minus 30℃.

When designing the Goblin Airship, the maximum tolerable temperature was only minus 50℃, under which it could operate for two hours.

After that, the top airbags would turn brittle, and the Magic Energy Core, turbines, and transmission parts would be severely affected.

The Earth Beast grease meant for lubrication would start to solidify.

After rejecting the airship plan, Zong Shen felt a banality settle in.

He gently extracted his arm from beneath Luna’s head.

Perhaps from exhaustion, Luna did not stir.

Zong Shen quietly rose, gathered all the armor and equipment stacked aside, and quickly exited the room.

Closing the door behind him, he began to don his equipment.

The room turned out to be warmer than expected, likely thanks to the thick ice shell cladding Lord’s Small Tower.

Once he had his Bear Skin Coat and Charging Cloak properly donned, he proceeded downstairs.

The place was warmer than expected, perhaps due to the layer of thick ice formed outside the Lord’s Small Tower by the super-cold rain.

After descending the stairs, he saw that Luna, Mapple, and Madeleine had already woken and were sitting in the living room talking happily and tidying up the hall.

When they saw Zong Shen coming downstairs, each of them holding a cup of water, the atmosphere felt jovial.

During yesterday’s opening, he obtained one copy of the Avalon Advancement Book (Tier Three), which can upgrade any tier three Avalon unit to tier four.

Having only one copy of the Advancement Book, yet two Dragon-kin Ranger sisters.

Both sisters had always been diligent, both palm and back of his hand.

In the later half of the second stage of Frosty Winter, 1,800 base survival points were gathered over 24 hours.

Not yet eight in the morning, the basic points for the third phase of Frosty Winter only counted up to seven o’clock, making it a total of 1,900 points.

Presently, he had a total of 34,200 points in all, which is slightly less than he had acquired during the second stage.

After grouping, he had eliminated just under a hundred Icefield Beasts, earning him over 2,000 Extraction Value and hundreds of thousands in Experience Value.

With the previously accumulated Extraction Value, his Strength increased again to 155, and Life Value correspondingly increased to 1,447 points.

His Level was now LV28[Experience Value: 57,930/148,750], these were some of the gains from the Frosty Winter Challenge.

He thought of a solution suddenly!

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