Chapter 209: Ice Age Crisis 2
Bao Jianfeng's low sentence, he didn't know, and undoubtedly knocked a hammer in everyone's hearts. Even a few small animals realized the severity of the matter, and did not dare to break everyone's silence with a soft voice, although they were still very ignorant of the term "ice age" and wanted to ask for clarification.
As everyone's silence prolonged, Wang Feng, who had finally regained the focus of his pupils, gradually turned gray again, and silently began to stare at the flames in a daze again. Then, like a contagion, everyone's eyes began to drift, silently staring at the fire closest to each of them in a daze.
Xiao Meow looked at everyone there in a daze curiously, and at first it was nothing, thinking that everyone was silently thinking about countermeasures. But as the expressions on everyone's faces became closer and closer to the color of dead ashes, Xiao Meow suddenly realized that everyone's mood was probably very bad now.
Little Meow couldn't see what everyone was thinking. It tried to listen to Wu Feng's heart, but it didn't hear anything, and Wu Feng's mind was blank. It only vaguely felt that Wu "None" and "Wrong" Feng seemed to be a little anxious, no, very anxious, and full of fear. This anxiety and fear is invisible, but it gradually infects the little meow.
"Meow! Princess, Tyson, Gilles, no! We're all going to die! Little Meow finally couldn't bear the fear that was gradually rising in his heart, and exhaled in fear.
Princess Tyson and Gilles both looked sideways at Meow. In fact, even if Xiao Meow didn't listen to Wu Feng's heart, several small animals that lived longer than Xiao Meow and got along with humans longer than Xiao Meow, and could read human expressions better had already felt the same anxiety and fear from the expressions on everyone's faces. They don't know how to comfort Meow because they're scared too.
A few small animals just stared at their big frightened eyes. looked at each other, but no one could comfort anyone. The last few critters threw themselves into their owners' arms.
Wu Feng, Xie Tingting, Bao'er, Wei Hongwei, they were stunned for a moment. Then they all felt that the little animals in their arms were trembling, and subconsciously hugged them tightly.
In fact, Gilles just stuck his head into Boa's arms, after all, it is not a "small" animal in the strict sense of the word. Boa wasn't as mature as the owners of the other critters, and as a child herself, it was hard to comfort Gilles when she was so scared. In the end, Bao'er hugged Gilles's head and hid in Hu Hansan's arms, and she began to tremble.
Xie Tingting, who is the most careful and considerate on weekdays. While patting the princess in his arms, he observed the increasingly depressed expressions of everyone, and wanted to say something to comfort and encourage everyone. Yet she moved her lips, but she couldn't think of anything to say. Her own mood was in turmoil, and her mind was blank like everyone else's. What could she say? Or. What can she do?
"Let's eat something first." Xie Tingting hesitated for a moment. Finally found a word she could say, something she could do for everyone now.
As she spoke, Xie Tingting took out more than a dozen hot meals from the space that everyone had prepared in advance yesterday.
Everyone silently took one, but didn't move their chopsticks, just put the dishes in front of them, staring blankly at the heat of the food.
Xie Tingting carefully took out a frozen chicken for Gilles alone, she thought that Gilles should still prefer raw food, although there were no live chickens for him. This is already the best she has ever done. But instead of taking it, Giles swept away a potato stew with his own tail. Xie Tingting was a little surprised. But considering that Giles had already eaten some cooked food last night, there were no problems, so I didn't say anything more.
Maybe it's because Gilles is a mutant beast, so his eating habits have changed slightly, unlike ordinary snakes that can only eat live food. Or maybe even Giles thinks it's better to eat some hot food in this weather.
Xie Tingting also hopes that everyone can eat something hot, so that the stomach can be warmer, and the body will be warmer, maybe everyone will feel better. This is everyone's first meal of the day. Maybe everyone is so depressed now because everyone is hungry, and when they are full, they will feel more energetic.
But after Xie Tingting distributed the food to everyone, she found that everyone did not move the chopsticks, which made her sad. To be honest, she doesn't have much of an appetite herself.
Holding her bowl and feeling the heat from the food in the bowl, Xie Tingting suddenly wanted to cry. It turned out that her hands were already frozen. Now feeling the temperature in her hand, in fact, her hand is a little painful. What saddened her the most was that before her hands could fully regain temperature, the heat in the bowl seemed to be running out quickly. She suddenly realized that even the slightest pain in her frozen hands had become a luxury.
I'm afraid that before a minute, everyone saw that the bowl in front of them was no longer hot.
"Woohoo, Woohoo."
"Woohoo, Woohoo."
Bao Jianfeng and Wu Feng, as well as a few small animals, took the lead in eating. Then, one by two, everyone picked up the bowl in front of them. They still didn't move their chopsticks, but directly poured the food in the bowl into their mouths slowly.
Fortunately, the food is not cold yet, it is still warm. But I'm afraid it's a minute late, no, maybe a few more seconds, and the food will be cold, and then it will be a lump of ice. Fortunately, they all overcame their anorexia in time. Fortunately, none of them have completely given up hope.
"Purr, Purr, Purr......"
Instead of speaking, everyone poured food into their mouths intently.
They were all depressed because they were afraid. They are afraid because they don't want to die. None of them wanted to die, so there was still a glimmer of hope in their hearts. They look forward to it, so they decide not to be depressed and fearful. No matter what difficulties they have to face next, they have to eat enough and face them strongly.
"Woohoo! Woohoo! Woohoo! β¦β¦β
Everyone gradually began to gobble up the food on their plates.
In fact, the problem has been clearly placed in front of everyone, and it is nothing more than facing the possible endless cold. They're not clueless. Try to maintain your body temperature. Wear more, eat more, especially hot food, they have to eat more. It's always good.
"Sister Tingting, another bowl."
"I want it too."
"I want it too."
β¦β¦
"Well, here you go, here you go...... Don't rush, everyone, eat slowly, there are many more. Xie Tingting's face finally brought a smile again.
She always felt that everyone's vitality was back on everyone's face. Maybe it's an illusion, she always feels that everyone's faces are red again. It could also be that everyone has eaten. So I got up again. No, not a delusion, and no more guesswork. Even Xie Tingting's own appetite has improved. She knew that everyone was cheering up again, and everyone was no longer depressed, but had to face it positively.
Xie Tingting solved her own bowl of rice. I also added another one to myself. This time, Xie Tingting and everyone quickly swallowed up the second dinner with the heat.
"That's good. It's still piping hot. I don't know who sighed like that.
Everyone looked up at each other and found that there were two lines of tears on everyone's faces, which had been quickly frozen and no longer hot. But this time, everyone didn't pick up the sadness again, but showed a bright smile in unison.
"Yes! It's so good, it's still piping hot! Wu Feng repeated this exclamation loudly.
"Well, we're so witty! It was so good to have enough hot meals yesterday! Too! Too! It's so witty! Wang Feng stood up excitedly, "Sister-in-law, another bowl!" β
"Wang Feng is right! How resourceful we are! We still have hot meals to eat, how lucky. We're still depressed! We're so witty. Hurry up and eat enough, find a way! Even Yang Yi, who is usually more introverted, stood up as excitedly as Wang Feng. One more bowl! β
Even Bao Jianfeng stood up and said loudly: "Yes! We also had hot meals to eat. The fire has not been extinguished. There will always be a way. Depressed p! Give me another bowl too. β
The men all stood up and said in unison, "One more bowl!" β
Xie Tingting smiled and got up to add food to everyone one by one.
"Poof, isn't it good for you to sit down and continue eating?" The remaining women looked at each other, but none of them stood up, nor did they want to stand up, but persuaded the men to sit down as well.
"It's like, what are you going to do when you all stand up? Hurry up and sit down. Miao Jingjing said, and went to pull Hu Hansan.
Hu Hansan stumbled and almost didn't fall.
"Haha! Look at you, all of you are as fat as polar bears, sit down. Xiao Tao said that he would also pull Wang Feng, but immediately withdrew his hand for fear of pulling Wang Feng down, and added: "You better move slowly, be careful, don't fall." β
"Okay, let's sit down. Sit down, everybody. Wu Feng looked at Xie Tingting embarrassedly, and then sat back awkwardly.
I was excited when I stood up just now, but I was shy when I sat down at this time, and the men realized that they were really sluggish when they sat down again. And just such a slight movement, as if a lot of calories are consumed. They all shivered and felt the cold again.
The few closest to the fire consciously added some wood to the fire carefully, and did not forget to pour some wine on the wood before adding wood to the fire.
The women were all full, and did not add another bowl. The men were eating the third bowl of rice, and Xie Tingting went to ask if a few small animals still wanted it. Little Meow asked for an extra bowl, and a few other small animals were enough.
"Gilles, are you alright?" Xie Tingting noticed that Giles seemed to be a little tired.
Bao'er immediately translated Xie Tingting's inquiry to Giles.
Gilles shook his head at Xie Tingting and told SΓΉ Bao'er, "I'm fine." It's just too cold. β
After listening to Bao'er's relay, Xie Tingting thought about it and said to Gilles: "Otherwise, you should continue to sleep." β
"No, I'm not sleeping. I think it's better for me to stay awake. The weather is so cold, even if you fall asleep, you still have to consume energy. Who knows if I will run out of energy in my body before I know it. I still don't want to sleep, at least I can eat something to maintain my body. β
Xie Tingting didn't expect Gilles to think so deeply, and what it said was very reasonable, even she didn't take this into account.
Giles is right, in such a cold weather, you shouldn't fall asleep lightly. Not to mention that they are ordinary humans, if they fall into a deep sleep now, it must be a fatal low temperature sleep, and it is easy to run out of energy in their sleep and never wake up again. Even a few critters, such as Giles, who triggered the ability to hibernate when their lives were threatened, could still threaten their lives after the temperature dropped to a certain level. When there is plenty of food, it is undoubtedly wise to maintain your sobriety and rely on food to replenish energy.
Before Gilles finished speaking, it continued: "Da Qiang and Zhao Jiarui are okay? β
Xie Tingting nodded and replied, "They're fine, just let them sleep more." β
"That's good. I'm sorry to wake me up and make them tired like this. β
"No, it's not your fault."
"No, I'm just a little sorry, but I know they had to, and I'm grateful. I thought," Gilles said, looking at Da Qiang and Zhao Jiarui, and then at Xiao Lu's direction, "I thought, when Da Qiang and Zhao Jiarui wake up, can they wake up Xiao Lu and them too." I thought that since they had succeeded in waking me up, Xiao Green and Blue were much smaller than me, maybe they wouldn't have to be so desperate to wake them up. I'm afraid they'll sleep like this again......"
With Bao'er's simultaneous translation, Xie Tingting already understood its meaning before Giles finished speaking.
"Yes. You're quite right. I know your concerns, you're afraid that it will be dangerous for them to sleep like this again. When they wake up, let's let them eat more and recover. And then let them wake up the little green too, okay? β
"Yes, good. Let's wait for the big strong ones to recover. β
"Gilles, do you want to eat more?". Xie Tingting felt that with Gilles's size, it seemed too little that he had only eaten one bowl of potato stew, and asked again if he needed to eat more.
Gilles shook his head and said, "That's enough." We snakes don't actually eat a lot. You should know. Based on the fact that it is to keep warm, I think it will be enough for me to eat once a day. β
"Well, good. You'll have enough to eat. Xie Tingting blushed a little, and she suddenly felt that Giles seemed to be more mature and sensible than her own adult human.
Ending the conversation with Xie Tingting, Giles half-closed his eyelids again. At first glance, it may seem a little weak, but in fact it is just trying to reduce its energy consumption by faking sleep while keeping itself awake.
After a while, several other small animals also followed Gilles's example, and they all gathered together and closed their eyelids slightly.
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