Global Collapse

Chapter 263 I am a frozen bone
Xiao Hong was very quiet. When Gu Mian and the others returned to the car, she was leaning against the car window, staring outside, seemingly looking at something.

Of course, Gu Mian thought she might want to climb out of the car window and onto the roof for a drive.

The wind is too strong today; this is not a good day for a drive.

Gu Mian got into the driver's seat, while the fat man climbed in through the back door of the hearse with his large bag.

After getting on the bus, he immediately pulled a thick down jacket out of his bag and wrapped it around himself, then let out a satisfied sigh.

"It's not as cold as it was before." The fat man's two rows of teeth were still chattering as he spoke, as if he hadn't warmed up yet.

Amid the crisp clinking sound, the fat man continued, "It's so cold outside, it's really suffering... Ah-choo!"

None of the people present were named A-Qiu, and Gu Mian didn't think he was calling out A-Qiu.

The fat man just sneezed.

When it comes to sneezing, everyone has a different way of doing it. Some people have to open their mouths wide and make a deafening sound, with saliva flying everywhere, as if they're about to eat someone up.

Some people are effeminate, with voices so soft they are almost inaudible, and when they type it out, they have a melodious tone, like a singer who accidentally cracked their voice.

The sound of the fat man's sneezing contrasted sharply with his imposing figure, making him seem like a shy, timid little girl.

Gu Mian was still thinking about the little girl when the fat man made a few more delicate "Ah Qiu" sounds.

If anyone in the room has the surname A and the given name Qiu, they might even be captivated by the fat man's delicate voice.

The fat man pulled out a piece of paper and was pinching his nose when he was suddenly hit by something small.

He looked over with some confusion and saw that what had hit him was a box of cold medicine. He had seen this kind of thing often before; it was just an ordinary cold medicine, nothing special.

It was Gu Mian who threw this thing over.

At this moment, Gu Mian tossed over another bottle of mineral water: "Try taking some cold medicine first."

This cold medicine wasn't bought from a supermarket; it was a product from before the global game started. Gu Mian took a lot of medicine with her when she left home, including this box.

The fat man knew he was catching a cold, and getting sick in the current situation was not a good thing, so he didn't hesitate and was about to open the bottle to take his medicine, but at that moment Gu Mian suddenly reached out a hand to stop him.

The fat man looked up, somewhat puzzled.

Gu Mian frowned slightly, as if deep in thought: "My professional skill is to increase the effectiveness of medical supplies by four times..."

However, Gu Mian wasn't sure whether giving someone medication fell within the scope of her professional skills.

Just to be on the safe side, Gu Mian personally removed the medicine, put it into the fat man's mouth, and then personally poured water into his mouth.

Because he had no prior experience with filling water containers, the fat man almost choked to death by Gu Mian.

After leaving the supermarket, the three of them left Hengdian. Gu Mian didn't know where they were going. Chu Changge and Fatty said they didn't care. As for Xiao Hong, the ghost, she was practically nonexistent. She rarely made a sound and just kept her face pressed against the car window, staring at the outside world.

Fortunately, the car windows were all tightly closed, otherwise they might have scared the unlucky guy who happened to look in their direction half to death.

Gu Mian intentionally drove the car away from Hengdian, the farther the better.

But after only a few days, they encountered roadblocks again. Because the military had made preparations in advance, most of the wrecked vehicles on the road in Hengdian had been removed, and the traffic lights were also gone, so the roads were exceptionally smooth, and they could drive from one end to the other without stopping at all.

But things were different after we got out.

The roads were so congested with cars that it was practically impossible to move around. These past few days, Gu Mian has been deliberately choosing places with fewer people.

Fortunately, the weather has been getting colder and colder these past few days. Even wrapped in two thick blankets, you can still shiver when you go out, so not many players are out and about, and consequently, fewer people are entering the dungeon.

Although their hearse could overcome obstacles, it was far too conspicuous. Driving a car was already enough to attract attention, and Gu Mian was really embarrassed to be jumping around on the hearse's ramp right under other people's noses.

But today he simply couldn't find a road where no one was around.

After many days of dropping in temperature, the players finally began to adjust and started shivering as they searched for the ticket booths.

Of course, they didn't really want to go out, but staying at home in this situation of water and power outages and low temperatures would be tantamount to suicide.

Although venturing out rashly could result in freezing to death...

At this moment, Gu Mian had already parked the car next to a pile of messy cars. There were cars parked haphazardly everywhere, and their car was not particularly conspicuous at first glance.

The hearse blocked the howling wind, but cold air still seeped in through the gaps, and the fat man, who couldn't stand the cold, could only rely on the quilt for warmth.

Not long ago, he bought a hanging thermometer at the supermarket to measure temperature.

At this moment, the thermometer was tied with a bow and hung on the rearview mirror in the center of the car window.

The fat man craned his neck to look inside and saw that it was minus thirteen degrees Celsius.

"That's terrifying!" The fat man wrapped himself tighter in his blanket, not even wanting to stick his hands out. "It must be even colder outside, probably close to minus twenty degrees Celsius?"

The wind has been blowing non-stop for the past few days, even howling through the night. There was even a light snowfall the day before yesterday, making one wonder if spring will ever arrive.

Just as Gu Mian stopped the car, a few snowflakes began to fall from the sky again.

Gu Mian paused for a moment and looked out the car window: "We definitely can't leave now, let's stop here for a while."

Because this place is somewhat remote, the army cannot reach it for the time being. Everyone Gu Mian saw on the street was timid and hesitant, as if they were afraid of encountering something bad.

The fat man glanced at the date; it was already March 1st.

He said with some concern, "Speaking of which, if this weather continues, people will freeze to death sooner or later, won't they?"

Gu Mian has seen quite a few people while driving these past few days, and not a single one of them has frozen to death outside.

People aren't stupid. Since it's so cold outside, they naturally stay indoors, wearing their thickest clothes and wrapped in several blankets.

So even if they freeze to death, they'll freeze to death in their own home, and no one else will see it.

It wasn't until the last two days that more people went out, and Gu Mian thought that after today, she might see things like "frozen bones" on the streets.

If the temperature continues to drop, there will definitely be far more frozen corpses in those houses than on the streets.

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