It snowed heavily, and it rained for three days. The snow in the north is like flour, very dry. Brother Zhen poured water on the roof, which quickly froze, and the occasional leak was also blocked.

"You're so smart!" Zheng Xiaojie praised: "I was also worried that the roof would leak, but I didn't expect you to really use all kinds of resources!" ”

"That's what the system saw at the beginning," said Brother Zhen, "and if we go further north, closer to the ancient Eskimo settlements, where it's colder, we can build houses directly with ice." ”

"Looks like you're prepared!" Zheng Xiaojie sighed: "No one knew what you were thinking at the beginning......

"The snow has stopped," Brother Zhen didn't answer, he opened the door, and saw that the snow outside the door blocked half of the door: "Damn, the snow is closed!" ”

He picked up a stick, cleared the snow that blocked the door, and opened a passageway. When he saw where he had stored his food, he froze---- it was actually dug up!

"Is it a lot less?" Zheng Xiaojie heard Brother Zhen scolding and hurriedly ran out. When she saw that, she was also startled: "What is it?" ”

"The snow has covered the footprints!" Brother Zhen inspected it carefully and said, "Half of the things are missing......"

"Could it be a wolf?" Zheng Xiaojie said: "Or a leopard or something." ”

What exactly stole their food, of course, Brother Zhen couldn't answer at once. All he knew was that now he had to dig up the grain and change places.

It took him a great deal of effort to dig up the food that had been frozen as hard as a stone, move it closer to the door, put it back in place, and cover it up with snow.

"Looks like it's not just us!" Brother Zhen said while roasting meat. If some beast steals their stored food, that's fine, maybe it will come again, so let it be used as stockpile!

But apparently, in the process of transferring the food, he had found out that it did not seem to be a beast. If the beast finds something to eat, it will definitely gobble it up and make a mess of the scene. Brother Zhen found that the thief stole their inventory, seemingly very carefully, and the rest of the inventory was still neatly piled.

"Sister, you can keep the laser gun by your side!" He didn't tell Zheng Xiaojie his judgment, but pretended to be very normal and said: "If there are wolves and leopards, then you have to use them!" ”

"Okay," Zheng Xiaojie agreed. When she saw that Brother Zhen was starting to prepare to go out, she asked, "You want to go out?" ”

"Yes," said Brother Zhen, "I laid some traps before the snow, and I will go and see if there is any catch." ”

"Okay, be careful," Miss Zheng said, "bring the laser gun, in case you encounter a large carnivorous beast, you can't rely on your bow and arrows and military daggers alone!" ”

"Nope! I won't run far," Brother Zhen said, "Keep the gun!" ”

Of course, Brother Zhen didn't want to take the gun away, it was people and not beasts who stole their food reserves, although it was not entirely certain, but the possibility was eight or nine. Take the gun away, in case someone comes again, Zheng Xiaojie is equivalent to her bare hands.

After Brother Zhen finished speaking, he stepped on the snow and went out.

He soon came to several places where he had set traps, many of which were untouched, indicating that there were no wild beasts to patronize them. He was a little disappointed, it seemed that the snow had covered the mountain, and the beasts were no longer active.

Now there were only two traps left that were far away, and he counted the time, and he had been out for about two hours. After a long time, he was a little worried, afraid that Zheng Xiaojie would not be safe at home alone, so he planned to go back. But he thought about it, the food reserve had lost a lot, and he had to find some to make up for it, so after thinking about it for a while, he decided to go and have a look.

He approached there and found that one of the traps had collapsed!

He had one foot deep and one foot shallow, and hurried over. As soon as he saw what had fallen into the trap, he shuddered and froze.

Although the thing was covered in snow, judging by its shape, it was clearly a person!

His heart began to beat wildly, there were people around here!

He was starting to get scared. It has to be said that the same kind repels each other, this is a biological instinct. In the past, wild carnivores were divided into spheres of influence on the African savannah, all of which were of the same kind. The lions have demarcated their own sphere of influence, and they don't care much about other carnivores, but for the other lions, they are absolutely not allowed to enter, otherwise it will be a life-and-death struggle.

The same goes for others such as leopards, wolves, hyenas, etc. And people are the same, if Brother Zhen finds a beast, even if it is an invincible Siberian tiger, he may not be so afraid.

He was so alert that he stood still for the time being, observing the movements around him. He had been lurking for about half an hour, his hands and feet were almost freezing, and he had to get up and walk to the edge of the trap.

He found that the man caught in his trap had already frozen, and had apparently been dead for a long time. He dug open the dead man and saw the face of a woman in her forties. Underneath her was a dead wild cat, which was also frozen to the ground. It seemed that the woman was trying to take the wild cat that had been caught in the trap, but she fell into it herself.

He shook his head, feeling a little sorry for the woman. It is said that people die for money, birds die for food, and now people also die for food.

He found a rock, smashed the erected body, and removed her gun, bullets, and water bottle. He also wanted to rip off her clothes, but the corpse was so hard that even if he did, he was afraid that it would be broken, so he gave up.

After removing something useful from the corpse, he pushed the corpse into a trap, covered it with snow and branches, and walked back with the bobcat, which was also frozen and stiff.

"Where did you get your gun?" As soon as Brother Zhen returned to the simple house, Zheng Xiaojie saw the gun he was holding at a glance.

"Pick it up!" Brother Zhen said. He told Zheng Xiaojie what he encountered today, and Zheng Xiaojie was very surprised.

"So, there's someone around here?" Zheng Xiaojie's eyes widened: "How come?" ……”

"Maybe someone didn't enter the dungeon in the first place," Brother Zhen said, "I didn't tell you that our stored food was not stolen by wild beasts!" ”

"This is the one who stole it?"

"I don't think so," said Brother Zhen, "there should be someone else......"

"This sucks!" Zheng Xiaojie said: "If, as you said, not everyone entered the dungeon at the beginning, but someone came here, then there must be more than one person!" ”

"I think that's it!" Brother Zhen said: "This man who died in the trap must have been dead for some time,+ and he will certainly not be the same person who stole our food." ”

Zheng Xiaojie was silent. When the catastrophe hit the Central City, Shu Yunpeng fled from the Central City with the remnants of the population, and it was only those people who gathered together. It is likely that in the midst of the chaos, many people chose to flee and flee Central City to live in various places.

Moreover, the temperature on the earth at the beginning was very high. Temperatures in higher latitudes will certainly not be as high as those in the middle and lower latitudes, and those who flee are likely to flee to the north.

In other words, it is likely that there are still many people who escaped from the chaos in the cold regions of the north? How many people have fled here? How have they survived all these years?

"I can't answer your series of questions!" Brother Zhen said: "In the dungeon system, there is no record of these people at all. They don't exist, so to speak, and if we die at their hands, we will be killed by ghosts. ”

"Looks like we're going to have to be careful!" Zheng Xiaojie said: "This is not a no-man's land! ”

"Yes, so we have to be on guard!" Brother Zhen said, and began to prepare. He began to build an ice wall outside the simple house, and Zheng Xiaojie also helped to do it together. The two of them were busy until dark, and a chest-high ice wall was finished.

"That's good, our food is stored inside the ice wall, and it's not easy to steal it!"

But Brother Zhen was not finished, he dug a hole in front of the entrance and exit left by the ice wall, and sharpened some wooden sticks. He buried the wooden skewer in the pit with the tip pointed upwards and poured water on it. After a while, the wooden skewer froze. Then he covered the pit with some more earth, and a small trap was made.

On this day, Brother Zhen was nervous and tired, and after dinner, he went to bed very early. Seeing that he was asleep, Zheng Xiaojie couldn't sleep for a while, so she leaned against the fire pit and kept warm with the remaining charcoal fire in the fire pit.

It was late at night, and Zheng Xiaojie felt a little sleepy. She stood up and stretched, then walked to the door and peered out through the gap. She originally planned to sleep when she saw that it was okay, but she didn't dare to sleep this time---- she saw a shadow dangling outside the ice wall!

She wanted to wake up Brother Zhen, but when she looked back and saw that he was sleeping soundly, she knew that he was tired all day and a little unbearable. She grabbed her laser gun and leaned against the door to peer out.

The shadow approached the ice wall, as if trying to enter through its opening. Zheng Xiaojie was on guard with a low breath, she planned to shoot when the black shadow came in.

But the black shadow stood outside the ice wall, seemingly hesitating. Then, the shadow slowly retreated...... She looked out through the gap again, and saw that there were snowflakes fluttering outside......

"Why didn't you call me?" Early the next morning, Brother Zhen woke up to find Zheng Xiaojie leaning against the door and napping with a laser gun, and quickly woke her up. When he heard about last night's incident, he complained a little to Zheng Xiaojie: "We should catch her!" ”

"What are you doing with her?" Zheng Xiaojie smiled: "Caught and killed to eat meat? ”

"That's not ......," Brother Zhen thought for a moment and said, "Now we can be sure that there are other people around here, and we don't know how many of them there are. So, if the person who stole comes back and we catch her, we can at least find out how these people came and how many people there are. ”

"Hmmm! That's right...... It's okay, I think she'll come back, and we'll just catch her then. ”

Brother Zhen no longer goes out, anyway, the food they store is enough, as long as it is not stolen again, they can last for a long time. So, the two of them began to take turns keeping vigil and waiting for the rabbit. For several nights, there was no movement. On the evening of the fifth day, there was movement. What they didn't expect was that the movement was extraordinarily loud.