Lords Trying to Survive: Strategizing from a Rundown Yard

Chapter 422: Sudden! Super cold water ice rain

Latest website: Evil dirt is a very special substance.

It has a nearly immune absorption effect to any physical attack.

Even most magic attacks can't have much effect.

Although it is not completely immune, it can greatly weaken the power of magic attacks.

The magic attacks here refer to those common magic attributes.

There are also a few attacks with special attributes that can have obvious effects on the evil scale.

Such as the purification of powerful holy light, the erosion of demonic power, and the penetration of chaotic damage.

This thing can be used as a supplement to defense.

Significantly increases Zong Shen's defense against physical attacks.

Especially when faced with long-range arrow rain, it can work wonders.

If we advance against the evil stain, even the siege crossbow may not be able to penetrate it.

Only weapons that are enchanted with the power of the Holy Light can break through the evil stain.

Zong Shen thought about it, and the duration of the demonic state ran out.

He returned to his human form again.

This time the devouring did not erupt into too fierce a conflict.

Nothing in the room was damaged.

Zong Shen walked a few steps towards the door and came to a slightly more spacious place.

Extend your arms with open palms.

As soon as his mind moved, a layer of gray-black evil dirt appeared almost instantly.

This thing stood in front of him like a square tablecloth.

After the condensation appears, you can also move slowly according to your thoughts.

It can appear and disappear freely according to Zong Shen's thoughts.

There are no so-called skill cooldown times and restrictions.

But it seems that the quantity of this thing is fixed.

Once the loss occurs, it cannot be recovered.

Unless Zong Shen finds a new evil stain.

Only by using the power of the devil to corrode it again and devour it can it be replenished.

Therefore, this evil scale can also be regarded as a consumable product.

No magic or other power is consumed except for the Evil Scale itself.

This is a very special skill.

After getting a little familiar with this skill, Zong Shen put it under control.

After devouring the remaining soul of the Shadow-Fallen Demon, Zong Shen further integrated into the evil filth.

The strength has been indirectly improved again.

He opened the door and left the room on the second floor.

Returned to the hall on the first floor.

Luna and Mariel's cooking competition has come to an end.

The rich and fragrant flavor of black pepper barbecue hits your face.

Vereesa and her ranger sisters also finished their training and returned to the lord's small building.

Those who can live in the lord's small building are privileged.

Tasia and Aysia are still meditating in the [Magic Hall].

In a meditative state, their hunger and satiety consumption will be greatly reduced.

Tiezhu is in Dinan Village, shouldering the important task of joining the indigenous people and developing industries.

However, their progress is very slow, and it is difficult to achieve breakthrough progress in a short period of time without using force.

But it's better than nothing, just in time to prepare for Zong Shen's subsequent actions.

The most important thing is to find something to do for those scouts who have little sense of presence in the territory.

After possessing the [Shapeshifter Illusionary Mask], Zong Shen can quickly control a village using simple and crude methods.

For example, after killing the village chief by assassination, he can then replace him with his subordinates.

Illusive Mask can completely disguise a person for a long time.

Then Zong Shen can gradually increase the exchanges between villages and territories.

Eventually, the entire village was completely integrated into the territory.

As his strength increased, he had more means on how to annex the indigenous people.

If you want your territory to enter a period of explosive growth, you must use some crude and shady methods.

Now that Vereesa and Sister Mapel have arrived, the people in the small building are complete.

One dish after another was served to Luna and Mariel.

Such as butter-fried matsutake, black pepper roast beef, flame-roasted chicken, and cream of mushroom soup.

All meals are divided according to the number of people.

Zong Shen still sat at the top of the table, and the others were arranged on both sides of the long table.

The food in the lord's small building is a typical small stove.

I have to say that Luna still has a certain talent for cooking.

The dishes are all very well prepared.

Whether it's appearance or taste, it's no worse than Mr. Mars's private chef.

It's just a little worse than Baron Bezos' castle chef.

It’s not in vain that Luna and Mariel have been preparing since eight o’clock in the morning.

Under the leadership of Zong Shen, the "hungry wolf", the meal time ended quickly.

There was a lot more food prepared for this meal than usual.

Zong Shen happened to ask Mariel to send some to the blacksmith shop and tailor shop.

As the only production department in the territory, they are playing a vital role.

Just in time for Mariel to go over with the loader mecha.

Hurry up and install the snow shovels before the second phase begins.

Zong Shen, who had eaten and drank enough, came to the terrace on the fourth floor alone.

This is the place with the best view in the entire territory.

Able to see every area of the territory from a high position.

It's about ten minutes before noon, noon.

The dark clouds in the sky gathered again.

As soon as you raise your head, you can see gray clouds constantly surging.

The sunlight was blocked again.

A faint whimpering sound came from the mountains and forests in the far north.

It was the roaring sound of strong wind blowing through the hills and valleys.

Just two or three minutes later, a strong wind blew.

The biting air current blew against Zong Shen's slightly weathered face.

He blew his half-long black hair back.

Zong Shen stood silently, letting the cold and biting wind blow by.

Dark clouds are gathering and the final brewing is underway.

From the terrace, you can vaguely see the outside of the blacksmith shop.

The dwarf uncle was leading two blacksmith apprentices to install snow shovels in front of four loader mechas.

One of them was driven by Doris from the living area.

I opened one of the remaining three Mariels and brought two more with me in the storage compartment.

In addition to shoveling snowboards, the dwarf uncle also made seven or eight pairs of anti-slip spikes.

Also handed over to Mariel.

Because they were too far apart, Zong Shen couldn't see the specific styles of these non-slip floor thorns.

The dwarf uncle and others installed it very quickly. It only took seven or eight minutes to complete the installation.

Hook-type external hanging method, plus a simple self-locking structure such as a support arm and a latch cover.

This allows the loader mecha to quickly install the snow shovel.

The current loader mecha has become a loader forklift.

The strong horsepower, weight of one or two tons, and crawler transmission structure make it a commuting artifact in the snow.

Not to mention the loader mecha equipped with a snow shovel.

Compared with it, the traditional ice sled is a piece of shit.

Neither the carrying capacity nor the overall applicability are the same.

With such a convenient tool for commuting in the snow, if you want to use the so-called sled.

It's like throwing away the epic weapon in your hand and starting to use a blank slate weapon.

Zong Shen is looking forward to the modified loader mecha.

As he looked out, white light representing time and space filled his field of vision.

As expected, twelve o'clock noon has come.

[Winter Challenge has been going on for 24 hours]

[End of the first phase of winter]

[You will receive a total of 1,200 basic survival points at this stage]

[Number of casualties in the territory: 0]

[The second phase of winter will begin below]

【Winter frost marks】

[The location of the snow monsters in the area is being randomly determined, and the number of snow monsters is locked at 10,000]

[This phase will last 48 hours]

[This announcement will end in one minute]

After the white light disappeared, the announcement subtitles appeared immediately.

The second phase of winter has finally arrived.

The boring first stage made Zong Shen very tired.

Fortunately, the cycle of the first phase is only 24 hours, which is not too lengthy.

Otherwise, Zong Shen might not be frozen to death, but he would definitely be bored to death.

The time-stop effect lasted for exactly one minute and then disappeared.

The flow of time around him suddenly resumed.

The biting strong wind began to flow again.

Zong Shen raised his head and paid close attention to the changes in the weather.

The dark clouds in the sky seem to have finally reached their peak.

"Crack!"

A raindrop as big as a soybean suddenly fell.

It hit Zong Shen hard on the shoulder.

Zong Shen twisted his neck and watched the raindrops fall on his bearskin coat.

Then it quickly condensed into ice.

"Is this the so-called super cold water..."

"The weird ice rain, is the prelude to the second stage to freeze everything?"

Due to the collapse of gravity, this raindrop has turned into ice flakes when it condenses.

Zong Shen reached out and brushed away the ice spots condensed on his shoulders.

The ultra-cold water he refers to is a concept on earth.

It refers to the state of water below 0℃ without freezing.

As long as there are no ice nuclei, ultra-cold water can remain frozen at temperatures as low as tens of degrees below zero.

When these ultra-cold water raindrops fall from the sky and adhere to the dust, they will immediately crystallize.

The principle of ultra-cold water is not complicated. The essence is to keep the water droplets in a state where they cannot contact the core of the ice crystal.

That is, a super clean state. In this case, the water can continue to cool down without crystallizing.

With Earth's technology, it can be done in a dust-free freezing laboratory.

But here, the super cold water turned into a natural disaster and icy rain.

Zong Shen didn't know how these ultra-cold water raindrops could fall without being contaminated by dust.

In the end, this can only be attributed to the extraordinary power of the Lord System.

The falling of the first raindrop was like sounding a charge horn.

Then the "cracking" raindrops began to fall.

As soon as these raindrops hit the ground, they will quickly condense into ice.

In the distance, Doris and Mariel have begun to return in the loader mecha.

The front-mounted snow shovel works extremely well as the loader's mecha moves forward.

The wet snow and ice that had collapsed on the ground to the point where only about ten centimeters remained were roughly lifted up by the snow shovel.

Then he was pushed to the roadside on both sides.

Moving forward quickly in the face of super cold water and icy rain.

Compared with the ice on the ground, these super cold water are terrifying.

No matter where it falls, it freezes quickly.

Soon Mariel and Doris were covered with a thin layer of ice.

The same goes for the driver's seat and cargo compartment of the loader mecha.

And as the icy rain falls faster, the ice layer is also rapidly thickening.

The icy rain became heavier and heavier, and finally it was almost like a torrential downpour without any end.

When Mariel arrived at the lord's courtyard, Doris had to move on.

Their loader mechas formed a layer of ice almost three fingers thick.

The same thing happened to Mariel, her face turned pale with cold.

A layer of ice armor formed on the fur coat.

If it weren't for the critical moment, Zong Shen would have activated the [Magic Heat Ball] and the [Scorching Shield] magic disk, and braved the icy rain to go out to respond.

Mariel would most likely be frozen alive into an ice sculpture.

He picked up Mariel with one hand and put away the loader mecha with the other.

Then he quickly returned to the eaves of the lord's small building.

This kind of icy rain is too scary. It would be better if there is some cover.

If there is no cover or obstruction, it is easy to be stuck and frozen by the freezing rain.

Doris was still on the road at this time, waving the [Scorching Burning Staff] in her hand.

The energy saving of [Scorching Barrier lv10] was activated, creating a cube area of 10 meters × 10 meters × 10 meters, causing the area to gradually heat up to one hundred degrees Celsius.

When the loader mecha passes through this area.

The ice rain was heated up by the scorching heat barrier and sublimated into water vapor.

The ice armor covering his body and the ice shell of the loader's mecha also melted rapidly.

Taking advantage of this precious gap, Doris also activated [Magic Heat Ball].

The temperature around the body rises rapidly, causing the temperature of the super-cold water to break above zero, making it impossible to crystallize.

Fortunately, Zong Shen had the foresight to equip all hero-level talents with [Magic Heat Ball].

Otherwise, faced with this situation, Doris's life is likely to be in danger.

Although she has other means to deal with it.

After all, before she became a hero, she was a gifted fire magician.

Doris returned to the living area without any danger and put away the loader mecha.

He used his staff to open the door of the ice-covered stone house and got in without looking back.

Not long after the second phase of winter started.

It gave everyone a big surprise with a sudden icy rain of super cold water.

The first phase of leisurely winter is gone forever.

The cruel challenge officially begins!

If any lord is deceived by the clear morning.

Choose to leave the territory and go out for activities.