168: Fog of War Announcement! Preparations Before Disaster!

[Buzz!]

[Mist Announcement]

[All Survivors have reached Level 10 at this stage!]

[The difficulty of survival in the Mist World has been specially increased, initiating the Blazing Flame Disaster. All Survivors will enter a disaster of scorching heat. Please stockpile water and cooling resources!]

[The start time is 8 AM tomorrow, and it will last for 7 days!]

[Blazing Flame Disaster: The daytime surface temperature will be 50 degrees Celsius. From 12 PM to 1 PM, the temperature will instantly rise from 50 degrees Celsius to 1500 degrees Celsius.

The nighttime temperature will rise to 40 degrees Celsius, and high-temperature Mist will appear every night.]

[Note: Shelters of Level 3 and below will be melted by the Blazing Flame Disaster!]

[Note: All-wood Shelters have a 90% chance of being ignited by lava!]

[Note: Various quality resource Treasure Chests and various Mist Monsters will randomly spawn in the high-temperature Mist.]

[Note: During the daytime of the Blazing Flame Disaster, in addition to the high temperatures, there will be meteors falling from the sky. Please take care to avoid them.]

"Holy crap! Has the difficulty of Mist survival been upgraded? Isn't it supposed to be once every six months?"

Su Lie's eyes widened at the sight.

He noticed a crucial piece of information: currently, the minimum level of all Survivors has reached Level 10.

This means that even without waiting six months, as long as the minimum level of Survivors reaches a certain threshold during this period, the survival difficulty will be upgraded?

This wasn't a big problem for Su Lie.

It was actually quite good that Treasure Chests could be obtained during this disaster.

It was just a matter of how to ensure that the interior of the Shelter wouldn't reach such high temperatures in this hot weather.

"Snowflake Pig? Do I have to sleep while hugging a pig?"

Su Lie shook his head.

That was definitely not what he wanted!

Of course, what gave him the biggest headache was the sunroom dome of the Shelter.

With such a large cover overhead, even if the Shelter had the special effect of immunity to strong light, it couldn't be immune to the high temperatures within the courtyard caused by the sunroom dome.

The crops planted in the Paddy Field and the spirit fields in the courtyard couldn't withstand such high temperatures!

The only thing he didn't have to worry about was the sunroom dome in the courtyard cracking or melting due to high temperatures, because the glass dome had the Undying special effect.

What should he do?

"Cover it with cloth? The Shelter has the Breathing special effect, so there's no need to worry about air circulation! But even so, the Shelter will definitely be hotter than the outside!"

Su Lie couldn't help but ponder this.

It was currently 7:30 PM.

There were still 13 hours until dawn.

The first problem he considered was cooling down.

There were three methods for cooling.

One was the Snowflake Pig.

The Snowflake Pig could automatically release cold air to lower the temperature.

However, this only worked on a small scale.

Another was the Ice Stream Bullet Skill that Su Lie possessed.

This Skill could be amplified through the Mist Pistol to produce large quantities of ice.

But this was only treating the symptoms, not the root cause.

The third was the Cold Spring.

However, the capacity of the Cold Spring water was limited.

This resource was extremely precious; it could even freeze a Mist BOSS.

It was the type where every liter used was one less liter available.

He really didn't want to use it unless absolutely necessary.

"I'll check the Chat Group! See if there's a way to get a spring source.

If I can merge the Cold Spring water into a spring source to transform it into a Cold Spring, I could dig an ice lake using it to solve the internal temperature problem!"

Su Lie thought about this as he entered the Chat Group.

At this moment, the Chat Group had completely exploded into chaos.

"Oh my beans! I just started having a few good days, and now the Mist World wants to kill me! Help! Who has ice? I'm buying long-term!"

"Haha! I have an ice attribute Talent and can make ice for everyone! The price is fair: 10 big hairy chestnuts per kilogram of ice!"

"Damn! Why don't you just rob us?"

"If you don't want it, plenty of others do! It's already generous of me not to sell it for 1,000 big hairy chestnuts!"

"I have water here.

If anyone is short on water, just say so.

1 liter of water costs 10 big hairy chestnuts!"

"Brothers! If you can't survive, please call upon me.

Black Mountain Old Mother said she can shield believers from being scorched by the high temperatures!"

"My Shelter is a glass house type, and now it's going to turn into a roast duck oven!

Who has Shelter modification blueprints? I'm willing to exchange 10 stone ore veins for them!"

... A large number of Survivors began pre-selling and seeking purchases.

Everyone was preparing to cope with the high-temperature environment.

Su Lie glanced at the Chat Group and found that all resources capable of dealing with high temperatures were being sold at extremely high prices.

Among them, resources that allowed for continuous development were the most expensive, with the lowest price reaching 100,000 big hairy chestnuts.

He then went to the Trading Center and searched for trade orders related to spring sources.

He found that there wasn't a single trade order of this type.

"The Mist announcement was too sudden.

Going out now is very risky and could easily attract high-level Mist Monsters!"

Su Lie frowned.

He posted an announcement in the group: "Who has spring water resources?"

"Boss Su Lie! I have an ordinary quality spring source here!

I won't charge much!

I'll only take 100,000 big hairy chestnuts!

Don't think it's expensive; this is the absolute lowest price!

I'm only giving you this price because you're a fellow countryman!

I wouldn't sell it to anyone else for less than 300,000!"

"Boss Su Lie! Do you want an excellent quality spring source? 1 million big hairy chestnuts!"

"Boss Su Lie! Do you want an ice attribute Skill Book? 5 million big hairy chestnuts!"

... Instantly, a large number of Survivors responded, and some even spent Mist Points to send private messages to Su Lie.

The prices these people quoted were extremely high.

Even so, only slightly over a hundred people had the resources Su Lie needed.

Su Lie sighed after reading them: "These asking prices are really damn ruthless!"

It wasn't that he couldn't afford to buy it, but he genuinely didn't want to spend this wasted money.

Furthermore, it wasn't that he had no way to deal with this crisis; it was just that his methods were relatively time-consuming and resource-intensive.

This didn't align with his preference for waiting for opportunities while well-rested.

At this moment, Berber, the Rubber Master who had established a long-term trade relationship with Su Lie, sent a message.

"Boss Su Lie! I've produced another 1,000 units of rubber here!

Do you want to take them?

I only need 80 big hairy chestnuts!

I want to use the big hairy chestnuts acquired from this transaction to trade for some resources to resist the Blazing Flame Disaster!"

Berber sincerely said: "After all, the prices at the Trading Center are currently standardized around the big hairy chestnut as the trading currency!

It's a huge disadvantage to exchange materials using other resources!"

Su Lie nodded after reading it: "Deal!"

This was a long-term trading partner he valued.

Since the other party had a need, there was no harm in helping her out.

Besides, the price she offered this time was genuinely favorable.

Calculating based on the previous agreement of 12 big hairy chestnuts per 1 unit of rubber, this transaction would require at least 83 or 84 big hairy chestnuts to be completed.

Berber had rounded down the price again.

Clearly, this person was very good at handling relationships.

Since the other party was so generous, Su Lie wouldn't be petty.

Soon, Su Lie completed the order with Berber, and the rubber he held increased to 4,467 units.

After the transaction was complete, Su Lie began thinking again: "If this doesn't work, I'll destroy the Soul Spirit Tree first and sweep the surrounding area!

At the same time, I need to have the Little Skeletons dig a river that encircles the entire Shelter!"

"If I go out to fight, I also need to give the Little Skeletons a comprehensive combat power upgrade!"

"Just in case of accidents!"

Saying this, he grabbed his storage pouch.

Currently, he had 2,007 Little Skeletons.

Among them, approximately 1,046 Little Skeletons possessed a guardian brooch.

He had 1,051 Mist Pistols, 1,050 sets of night demon armor, 25 children's scooters, 554 machetes, and 475 Backpacks.

In Su Lie's opinion, the Little Skeletons' armed forces were far from meeting his requirements.

"I'll make shovels first!"

Su Lie immediately took out the materials and used Treasure Refining to create 2,000 shovels, and then used Enhance to upgrade all of them to Divine Grade.

Only then did he arrange for Su Liya to take the 928 Little Skeletons from the mine to dig a water channel encircling the Shelter in the Shelter's courtyard.

Currently, his priority was dealing with the Blazing Flame Disaster, so mining could be put on hold.

The source of the water channel was the spring source located in the Paddy Field.

The spring source in the Paddy Field was a Divine Grade self-flowing spring, which could constantly replenish water consumption.

There was no need to worry about it running dry.

This time, he consumed 20 million units of level 0 monster crystal, 4,000 units of iron nails, 20,000 units of wood, and 1 million units of iron.

Afterward, Su Lie began making children's scooters.

After the Shelter was upgraded to Level 10, the courtyard area expanded.

The Little Skeletons needed a mode of transportation that could quickly reach designated locations.

The children's scooter was naturally the first choice.

He used Treasure Refining to create another 2,000 children's scooters, converting all of them into Divine Grade.

Only then did he instruct the Little Skeletons of the Exploration Team serving him: "Distribute these scooters to every Little Skeleton.

Also, place the scooters for the agricultural and mining Little Skeletons at the entrance of the Shelter, and in the areas of the various Vegetable Gardens and Paddy Fields!"

The Little Skeletons put the scooters into their Backpacks and hurried off to execute Su Lie's task.

This time, Su Lie consumed 20,000 units of iron and 4,000 units of rubber for the production.

Afterward, Su Lie used the Permanent Treasure Refining Skill again.

This time, what he wanted to Treasure Refining was hover boots...