[Regional Channel]
[Altizimo: "Does anyone feel like the weather suddenly got a lot colder?"]
["Yeah! It's not even dark yet!"], "Jacket_Man" said, ["It's normal for it to be cold at night, but isn't today's temperature a bit over the top? It's not even dark and there's already an icy wind blowing. It feels like knives cutting across my face."]
["I just went to fetch water and it's already frozen, can you believe it!"], Water Source Big Shot took the chance to advertise, ["I've got water for sale here. If anyone needs it, speak up now. Fifty percent off for immediate delivery. Once the sun goes down, it's back to full price."]
["It's snowing!"]
Player Summer suddenly spoke up, ["It just started snowing like crazy over here! The flakes are huge! I'm freezing to death! No way, I'm heading back inside!"]
["Snowing?",] Altizimo sent a shocked emoji, ["This snow is insane! Each flake is as big as a palm. Geez! It's freezing. I'm going back too!"]
["Didn't the magic book say something about an Extreme Cold Night today?"], Rainbow666 said, ["Do you think this could be because of that?"]
Scholar_Sage tagged Ethan, ["Very possible. Let's see if Boss Ethan received any news?"]
'Snowing?'
Ethan glanced up at the sky, but unfortunately he was still inside the Land of Treasure.
So he had no idea what it looked like outside right now. Thankfully, he still had the [Lord Channel]. There might be a notice there.
As soon as Ethan opened it, sure enough, there was a new alert inside.
[Lord Mission 2: Extreme Cold Night is about to arrive. Lead the players and residents in your region through the coming Extreme Cold Night. If you rely only on stone houses without enough firewood (due to the extremely low temperature, three times the usual amount of firewood will be required), the players in your region are very likely to fall into hypothermia, suffer frostbite, or even die.]
[PS: The most dangerous time during Extreme Cold Night is after falling asleep. Usually, because the fire burns too weakly or the indoor temperature is too low, people die in their sleep.]
After reading the notice, Ethan's brows instantly knitted tightly.
'Looks like tonight I have to call all my residents into the villa.'
'We will need to gather together and light several more bonfires.'
Because relying only on the dormitories without fireplaces would probably make it very hard to keep warm. The residents were manageable, since he could make warm clothes and such for them.
The real problem was the regional players. Their conditions varied widely.
Although Ethan had lent most of them materials to build stone houses through the Lord Loan system, he estimated that quite a few of them were still short on clothing and food. If they froze to death in the middle of the night, that would all count as his loss.
After all, if someone died, he wouldn't be able to collect the interest on the Lord Loan. He might not even get the principal back.
And according to the rules of the Lord War, the final winner would be decided based on the number of surviving people in each region. So Ethan absolutely couldn't allow large casualties among the players in his region.
However… just as Ethan was about to head back to notify the players, he suddenly saw a new alert pop up. It had just refreshed.
[Lord Mission 3: Extreme Cold Night is about to descend. Now is the time to test a lord's ability to rally his people. The snowfall will be accompanied by a creature called Ice Gall. They will appear in the snow one hour before nightfall. If someone is accidentally stabbed by them, severe frostbite will occur.]
[PS: They fear high temperatures. Using torches or other high-heat objects to search the ground can scare them away.]
[PS of the PS: Although Ice Gall has a hard shell and venomous spines that are difficult to deal with, it is an excellent ingredient. If combined with specific plants, such as Lava Chili and Snow Monster Meat, it can be made into a delicious thick soup with warming effects.]
'What the hell!'
'Is this Extreme Cold Night even meant to let people survive?'
Being cold was one thing, but now they had to deal with all this too. Ethan hurried to the Regional Channel and shouted.
[Ethan: "(@All Regional Members) Emergency notice! Emergency notice! Emergency notice!"]
["No matter what you're doing right now, return to your stone house immediately. Extreme Cold Night is about to arrive, and along with it comes a creature called Ice Gall. They will appear on the roads within half an hour before nightfall."]
["Anyone stabbed by Ice Gall will suffer severe frostbite and may even require amputation! Do not stay outside. Return to your stone house immediately!"]
Void_Reaper replied at once: ["Got it!"]
["Okay, I'm heading back now,"] Deusvault said gratefully, ["Thanks for the warning, Boss!"]
["But Lord Ethan, my sister and I haven't collected enough wood yet. If we go back now and freeze to death tonight, will you take responsibility?"], Player Rinji said, ["Besides, I didn't receive any Ice Gall alert. So only you got it? Isn't that a bit strange?"]
["Sis, don't talk to the Lord like that!"], Player Painting Window Sending Zither said, ["The Lord means well. And so far, he hasn't lied to us."]
["He hasn't lied, but he's ruthless and greedy!"], Rinji shot back, ["Look at that Lord Contract he made. He knows how hard it is for us to gather materials, yet he keeps squeezing us! He's a complete profiteer. Can we even trust what he says?"]
["Sis, that's not really fair. Think about it. If the Lord hadn't lent us materials to build stone houses, we probably wouldn't even survive this Extreme Cold Night…"]
["Don't talk to me! As my sister, not only are you not standing up for me, you're even speaking for him!"]
Rinji sent three furious emojis.
With her fierce criticism, quite a few regional players immediately sided with her.
Very Sweet Girl said, ["I think Rinji is right! We work so hard gathering materials, and every time we still have to pay that profiteer tax! How can we trust someone so black-hearted!"]
["I agree. That profiteer probably knows this so-called Ice Gall is valuable and wants to monopolize it himself, so he's deliberately stopping us from going out and competing with him!"], Player Jerry sent a sneering emoji, ["Anyway, whoever wants to listen to him, go ahead! I definitely won't!"]
["Borrowing money and paying interest is only natural, okay? The Lord isn't your mom. What, you expect him to lend you money for nothing and not charge interest? Even a saint wouldn't do that!"], SirSmurf angrily shot back at the crowd above.
Player Stinky Fish said, ["Strongly agree with SirSmurf. The Lord has already done more than enough. If you don't want to listen, then don't."]
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