The warm sunlight streamed in from the window, casting a golden hue over everything near the balcony. Wei Xuan sat on a large lazy sofa, squinting his eyes, with Du Hang by his side. Both of them were covered by a blanket on their legs, holding smartphones in their hands, engrossed in playing offline mobile games.
Post-apocalypse, it was easy to find console games and various PC games with physical discs, but mobile games that were once easily downloadable from the internet had become scarce. Fortunately, he found a stash of apps in someone’s computer, so he loaded them onto a few phones and played them leisurely during his free time.
That’s right, Wei Xuan had a few flagship phones that he had collected on his last visit to a certain courier transit center. These phones were likely to become obsolete soon, as there would be no more updates or replacements. Now, these formerly fancy phones were nothing more than gaming devices, notepads, and clocks.
Beside Wei Xuan and Du Hang’s feet on the balcony were several potted plants, grown using the peculiar snow’s water combined with regular soil to produce radiant golden plants. Though their growth was much slower than if they were directly immersed in water, they would yield one or two harvests per year without any issue.
Not far behind him, in the middle of the living room, a radiant heater was placed. Even though there was only one heater in the vast living room of the renovated house, its effectiveness was much better than having two heaters like they did last year. It seemed that Wei Xuan’s decision had been the right one.
After completing a game level that he privately called “Mind Enhancement,” Wei Xuan stretched lazily. Du Hang, who had taken advantage of the situation to get closer, kissed him, and then Wei Xuan turned his head to look outside again.
The previous night had been windy, but fortunately, since the house was already renovated and he had turned on the heater before going to bed, his bedroom was warm. Wei Xuan hadn’t felt the cold at all last night. Of course, even though he wasn’t very sensitive to external temperatures anymore, Du Hang’s body temperature still hovered around ten degrees Celsius.
Holding onto such a low-temperature “pillow” occasionally felt chilly, but last night he hadn’t felt cold at all, which confirmed that the renovation had been a success!
Slightly proud of his recent efforts, Wei Xuan looked back at the calendar on his phone and some notes about things he needed to do. Then he realized with resignation, “We need to go out recently, not too far, just to visit those two guys’ residences.”
He paused, contemplating, “By the way, let’s take their temperatures as well.”
Wei Xuan didn’t see those two individuals every time he went out, nor did he always go with the intention of taking their temperatures. But with winter approaching and the possibility of being snowed in, he might not go out again until next spring if he got lazy.
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This meeting could be considered their last gathering before the New Year, and he could collect some data while he was at it.
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Oh, and there were the golden plants he had cultivated. He wondered if he could develop a variety that could thrive outside.
With so much to do, Wei Xuan could only take it one step at a time. He needed to record all his ideas quickly and then tackle them one by one.
Jotting down his new ideas in his notebook and phone, Wei Xuan packed up the things he needed to bring and, after sleeping for a while with Du Hang, they headed to the designated meeting place before dawn the next day.
When daylight arrived, the two of them effortlessly climbed up to the 58th floor of the technology building and confronted the two lunatics who were still sleeping.
Both of them had wild hairstyles, with Cheng Ma’s hair, in particular, resembling a bird’s nest atop her head. Wei Xuan began by using a thermometer to measure their temperatures. He discovered that their temperatures had dropped to around thirty degrees Celsius. His heart couldn’t help but tremble slightly at this revelation, and he quickly put away the thermometer.
He hadn’t discussed this matter with them since the last time. After all, not everyone could easily accept the idea that their body temperatures were decreasing, even if they were both a bit eccentric. However, seeing that their current state seemed no different from usual, Wei Xuan chose to treat the matter as if it hadn’t happened and casually engaged them in conversation.
The two of them had recently visited a villa base again, and it seemed that the other party hadn’t made any major moves. They were busy improving some new equipment, and they seemed to have established contact with a few large bases near T City. When the two of them visited recently, they found that the base had acquired more gasoline, diesel, and engines.
“The weather has been getting colder lately, and who knows when it might start snowing. I’m planning to stay indoors and hibernate during the winter. After this visit, I’ll probably have to wait until next spring when the snow melts to come again,” Wei Xuan explained his reason for visiting.
“Oh! Right! It’s almost winter now! I almost forgot. I was wondering why it’s been getting colder lately,” Bai Guangnan slapped his forehead, and Wei Xuan couldn’t even muster the energy to roll his eyes at his statement.
Cheng Ma chimed in, “You can’t blame yourself. This year’s winter seems milder than usual. Otherwise, we would have noticed earlier!”
“Yeah, it’s cold, but not too cold… In a few days, we’re heading over to the villa. We can ask them if they have any energy stoves. Last winter, we burned tables, chairs, and benches all season. The whole house smelled like burnt wood, and there was smoke everywhere!”
“Sounds good, sounds good!” Cheng Ma nodded, then turned to Wei Xuan. “Are you coming?”
Wei Xuan twisted his lips into a smile. “You guys have so many shops nearby. Just look around, and you’ll definitely find electric radiators. You can use the energy converters you brought back to power them, can’t you?”
He knew it! These two actually burned wood for a whole winter last year! He never imagined they could find solar panels or similar equipment to use as a power source!
“Right! We can do that!”
“Potato, you’re getting smarter! To think of that!”
Wei Xuan wasn’t pleased at all with being praised for getting smarter. He even gave the two lunatics a disdainful look.
After realizing that the two lunatics had begun discussing where to start looking for the items they needed, Wei Xuan glanced at the sky outside and excused himself. He was carried downstairs by Du Hang, went into a hidden alley.
As those two were discussing their future plans, suddenly, Bai Guangnan furrowed his brow and pondered, “Did I forget to mention something earlier?”
Cheng Ma looked at him puzzled, blinked her eyes, and had an expression that indicated she hadn’t remembered anything.
Bai Guangnan shrugged. “Oh well, if I forgot, then it probably wasn’t important.”
After leisurely walking home with Du Hang and his returned new diary, Wei Xuan didn’t immediately check the diaries again. After all, he had just talked about everything with those two lunatics. He spent a couple of days relaxing at home, contemplating where to prepare for collecting peculiar snow in a few days. Then, he suddenly remembered that he could read the diaries of the two lunatics to pass the time.
Sitting back on the lazy sofa once more, he casually opened one of the diaries and flipped through the pages… Suddenly, he sat up straight, his eyes wide and round. After a while, he managed to blurt out, “Those two… jerks! Why didn’t they say it earlier!”
This page of the diary was filled with peculiar drawings of four-legged creatures, but Wei Xuan’s attention wasn’t on those eccentric drawings. It was on the accompanying text—In a few days, we’re going to capture a big monster to eat. We’ve run out of everything at home. We plan to catch more this time. Do you want to come?
This was the content on the last few pages of the diary. Wei Xuan quickly opened the other person’s diary and compared it carefully. He confirmed that this content was indeed added by those two just a few days ago.
So, when he visited, those two hadn’t gone to the villa area to hunt monsters yet… ah no, hunt. But now… those two jerks might have already gone!
“Why didn’t they mention such an important matter at the time?” Wei Xuan was filled with a mixture of anger and frustration. He paced along the balcony’s edge with his hands behind his back, suddenly remembering… they did mention it, but… they only said they were going to ask around in the villa area for energy converters.
What had he said at the time? He had even reminded them they could find electric radiators and then… and then there was no more “and then”!
Was it because he interrupted their conversation at the time that led those two to run off and forget to tell him about this? Or did they simply forget to mention it to him face-to-face?
His heart was brimming with a mixture of sadness and anger, making Wei Xuan feel like he wanted to burst into tears in the wind. His meat!!! The strange bird meat at home was almost gone, and with the chance to obtain more meat right in front of him, it had slipped away…
You see, even if he knew that cooperating with those two to hunt for meat could lead to an encounter with people from that base, Wei Xuan would still be willing to take the risk. But now… sniff, sniff, sniff… would he have time to find those two jerks and go with them?
If the changes in body temperature really do cause intelligence to drop then I think the people we need to worry about most is these two crazies. They really don’t have a lot of brain cells to spare.
Running after crazy for meat, hahahaha! Thanks for the update ❤️🤣❤️🤣
Wei Xuan don’t have to worry about his IQ, this two lunatics is the one who need to worry about their IQ 🤣