Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 57 Rules End
Guan Tong cooked a packet of instant noodles using a gas stove. After Wang Yan ate it, she seemed to feel better and fell asleep.

Chen Na said her mother barely slept last night. Because there was only one sleeper berth in the train, she, as the daughter, slept in the berth at night, while her mother, Wang Yan, slept on the seat and then slept for half the day.

"Brother Guan, is it because Mom hasn't been sleeping well at night that her stomach hurts?" Chen Na asked with a hint of self-reproach on her face. "It's all my fault for being so selfish."

Guan Tong comforted her, "Don't say that. Your mother definitely wants you to sleep well too. But since your mother is sick now, you should let her sleep in the bed tonight."

"Okay! I know, I'll tell Mom when she wakes up."

After finishing her sentence, Chen Na added, "By the way, Brother Guan, I've been able to control the opening and closing of my [Perception Domain] by myself these past few days, just as you instructed."

"That's good. You can practice more often. This cycle of consuming and replenishing mental energy will also accelerate the increase of your mental energy limit."

After Guan Tong finished speaking, he left the painkillers with Chen Na, got out of the car, and went back to his camp.

Humans eat grains and other foods, so getting sick is inevitable.

In this post-apocalyptic world, dealing with the challenges posed by the rules alone requires all one's strength. If illness were to add to the burden, it would be adding insult to injury.

Therefore, Guan Tong herself also pays attention to this aspect, trying to eat well, sleep well, and keep her body warm.

He only works for 6 hours a day when the [thermostatic technology underwear] is effective, and afterwards he tries to stay in his warm sleeping bag as much as possible.

Back at camp, he didn't waste any time and immediately grabbed a folding shovel to finish clearing the snow off the trails for the day.

After clearing the area, he jogged in his multi-terrain marching boots and circled around to the forest on the other side of Mingdao Mountain.

He traveled such a long distance because he wanted to test the No. 2 and No. 3 rounds of the [Silver Hunter]. The No. 2 slug was fine, but he was worried that the No. 3 explosive round would be too loud and might scare Chen Na or wake Wang Yan if it was too close to the camp.

"Try number 2 first."

Guan Tong consumed 10 points of mental energy to generate a No. 2 bullet.

He then held the gun barrel with his left hand, aimed it at a large tree, and pulled the trigger with his right hand.

"Boom!"

A gunshot rang out, and the trunk of the big tree cracked open with a loud "crack," leaving a gaping hole in the middle! The upper part creaked and swayed a few times before crashing to the ground with a heavy thud, covered in thick snow.

"Such immense power..."

Guan Tong stepped forward and touched the large hole in the tree trunk. If he had had this gun when the wild boar came down the mountain, one shot of a No. 2 bullet would have killed it without a doubt.

Even some stronger, larger beasts could probably withstand a No. 2 round. Even if they could withstand one, they couldn't withstand another.

"It has great power, but the downside is that its range is much smaller than that of the No. 1 round. You can use the No. 2 round to deal with single, tough targets, but otherwise the No. 1 round is still better."

Guan Tong then spent another 30 points of mental energy to generate a No. 3 bullet.

It remains to be seen what effect these high-explosive shells, which consume a considerable amount of resources, will have.

Just to be on the safe side, Guan Tong found an open space with no obstacles on either side and raised the muzzle of his gun slightly to avoid accidentally injuring himself.

Then he pulled the trigger.

"boom!"

A deafening roar, like a muffled thunderclap, erupted from the gun barrel, startling Guan Tong, who was gripping the gun.

Then came another loud "boom," and a burst of fire erupted in the area where the No. 3 missile landed. Four or five large trees fell down, and a large amount of snow poured down, quickly extinguishing the flames.

Guan Tong stared at the devastation ahead, lost in thought, and said, "This No. 3 high-explosive shell has the power of a man-portable grenade..."

No wonder generating a single No. 3 bullet requires a whopping 30 points of mental energy. Guan Tong knew that if he fired one at a crucial moment, many problems could be solved.

Let alone combat, even if it's used to breach doors or blast walls, as long as there's a need to destroy a target, this No. 3 missile can satisfy most of those needs.

Store, store, store.

Guan Tong made a decision: he would store more bullets in his gun over the next few days. He would gradually save up bullets of types 1, 2, and 3, so that he wouldn't be short of ammunition when he needed them in the future.

Of course, he didn't want to devote all his mental energy to generating bullets; he still planned to use half of it for in-depth development of the "shadow".

After the test, he picked up his gun and returned to camp. For the last three days of the rule's effective period, Guan Tong did nothing else. Each day, after clearing the snow from the path, he would retreat into his sleeping bag, consuming mental energy to generate bullets and add words.

During this time, he visited Wang Yan, whose stomach problems were still not cured, and she could only control the pain by taking painkillers every day.

Chen Na massaged her mother's stomach every day, hoping she would recover as soon as possible.

Guan Tong was powerless to do anything about it. He had considered that among the items available in the Ascension Shop was a [Basic Medical Kit - Bronze Level].

In tests conducted in the official white paper, the crates could yield a variety of medical supplies, such as potent painkillers, hemostatic sprays, and antidotes.

Perhaps one of the random medications could help Wang Yan's stomach ailment, but the chances of it being prescribed are extremely slim.

Furthermore, this medical kit costs a whopping 80 Ascendant Coins. Aside from official testers, no one is willing to spend that many coins to buy a random kit. If they don't get the items they want, then those 80 coins are essentially wasted.

Even if you have unlimited coins and can buy whatever you want, there is still one problem that cannot be solved—the items obtained from chests cannot be traded.

This means that even if Guan Tong mints coins to buy boxes and gets incredibly lucky enough to find medicine that can cure Wang Yan's stomach ailment, he still can't trade it to Wang Yan or give it to her directly.

Therefore, he could only hope that Wang Yan could hold on and that the snow on the road would melt quickly after the rules were over so that she could go to the hospital as soon as possible.

And so, the last three days of the rule's effective period quietly passed.

On July 1st, Guan Tong woke up an hour earlier than usual, and then he noticed that Chen Na and Wang Yan had also woken up early. It seemed that everyone woke up early on this day when the rules ended, out of anticipation and a sense of relief.

As nine o'clock approached, the three of them went outside, stood together, looked up at the sky, and waited for the moment that would announce the end.

The rule period has ended.

Congratulations on passing the test of the fourth rule of the apocalypse!

[Reward has been sent to your storage box]

More products have been added to the Shenghua Store and can be viewed on your personal device.

The fifth apocalyptic rule will be released in thirty days.

As the fire-stealer's voice rang out, the thick clouds in the sky rapidly dispersed.

The sun shone brightly on the earth again, and because of the reflection of the snow, the whole world was bathed in a crystal-white light.

Feeling the warmth of the sunlight on her body, Wang Yan couldn't help but shed tears, and Chen Na also threw herself into her mother's arms and cried.

Guan Tong also felt a warm sensation in her eyes.

Although he didn't encounter any serious dangers during the month and got through it relatively peacefully, he was undoubtedly affected psychologically and mentally.

He thought that most people in the world must feel the same way right now, and that countless people must be cheering and crying.

Because at no time can one feel the warmth and beauty of the sun more than at this moment.

"Mom, let's go to the hospital in the city to get you treated!" Chen Na said immediately after crying.

Wang Yan patted her daughter's hair: "Silly child, the snow on the road hasn't melted yet, we have to wait."

"But isn't our vehicle a big one?!"

"We'll have to wait, the snow on the road is too thick... Don't worry, Nana, Mommy's fine. Besides, it's July now, the hottest month of summer, the sun will melt the snow soon. Don't you think so, Xiao Guan?"

Wang Yan looked at Guan Tong, who nodded. Indeed, July is generally the time of year with the most sunshine and the highest temperatures.

It snowed for a whole month in June, and then immediately followed by the high temperatures of July. No one has ever studied how quickly the snow melted after such an impact.

After all, apart from those who stole fire, humans cannot manipulate the natural forces of heaven and earth to do such a thing.

"Xiao Guan, you said we've had relatively little snow here, and it's still this bad. What must it be like in the city? Won't a lot of people die...?"

Looking at the endless thick snow stretching towards the highway, Wang Yan couldn't help but say something.

Guan Tong remained silent. He didn't know what the situation was like in Yunhua City at this moment, but it was certainly not optimistic.

(End of this chapter)