Chapter 4: The Long Winter

Liu Jingtian couldn't help but fall into deep thought: Sure enough, it is only by cutting down trees that science and technology can be produced, in those strategy games played back then, I always did something unenvironmentally friendly, but I didn't expect there to be some truth...... So the question is, in addition to food, should we vigorously plant trees in the future? How can we do more and more work......

It's like a discussion, as soon as winter comes, whether it is flying in the sky or running on the ground, all the creatures in the valley disappear in the blink of an eye, I really don't know, this is good news or bad news......

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However, Liu Jingtian, who has always put safety first, decisively took this as bad news:

"You can't underestimate the reaction of the animals, there were rats moving before the earthquake, could it be that the winter here is more difficult...... What about my livestock? Those shacks with walls no thicker than a brick only serve to keep out the wind...... Okay, get ready to move your nest, and dig a hole while the ground is still freezing!"

Fortunately, the temperature of the subsoil is always warmer than the air temperature, at least not to the freezing point.

Snowflakes were floating in the sky, and thousands of kobolds dressed like cotton balls divided into teams to carry timber around and transport it back to the underworld.

Underground, there are also thousands of kobolds digging tunnels with all their might, and then, they use simple wooden planks and branches embedded in the walls of the tunnels, on the one hand, to strengthen the underground, and by the way, also as a reserve wood.

Today's underground world is reminiscent of the years of the First World War, when both warring sides spared no expense in digging tunnels and trenches to build hundreds of thousands of kilometers of trench systems – no exaggeration, this is a historical fact. However, relatively speaking, the kobold's tunnels only have rudimentary planks, and it's hard to say how long this thing can last.

After a month of tossing and turning on the ground and underground, Liu Jingtian unfortunately said that the temperature dropped sharply, day by day, the nameless river in the center of the valley froze, the north wind also howled all day long, and the valley had completely entered the harsh winter.

This is much colder than the Thousand Caves and Hills of the previous world.

The poor kobold is now completely in the mode of squatting at home, and occasionally goes out, and does not dare to go too far from the house - cotton clothes are enough, but everyone is too lightweight, and when the wind blows, they roll all over the ground, and they can't stop the car at all.

"I underestimate the winter here, I have to transfer the livestock down, the little ones, tie each other with ropes, and hurry up!"

As a result, the underground became more and more crowded.

The livestock, forage, and some thrifty dogs were squeezed in, and the useless shacks outside were demolished, and even the wood was moved into the tunnels, and the limited space was crowded with all kinds of things.

At the same time, everyone began to close the holes that were not needed, leaving only the ventilation windows to keep the heat insulated.

However, there is a good thing, that is, everyone doesn't feel cold now.

Now there is nothing to do, and in the words of the northerners, the kobold can only 'cat (meaning hiding) winter'.

However, only seventy percent of the people who are full every day are unwilling!

He also started a special activity in the north - ice cave fishing!

It's a fun activity to find a place where the water is deep enough for fish like aquatic plants to hide, and then dig a hole in the ice to fish. If you want to be more comfortable, you can use various materials to build a building on the ice hole to make it easier for the fisherman to work - it can be a tent, or even a house if you want to, but when the ice melts, it sinks.

After a few days, small wooden houses popped up on the river near the "fishing trap". The dogheads hid in the huts to dig holes, fish, and even the rougher ones, harpooned them - the oxygen content at the mouth of the hole was higher, and the dumber fish would bring their heads close to the surface of the water, depending on who was faster.

Without human interference, the original ecology of this river is of course well preserved, and the fish are all big guys, and the kobolds' rough hemp line can't last long at all. In the end, the kobolds who participated in the fishing activities were basically changed to harpooners.

However, these activities did not mobilize too many people, and the remaining kobolds, most of whom shrunk into a ball, lit a fire and burned a few meals a day, and the rest of the time was sleeping.

In the cold wind, looking at the bleak valley and the kobold people who were lazily huddled in a ball, Liu Jingtian finally gave up tossing: "I have thought of everything I can think of, and this winter is like this...... No matter what, I'll hibernate too. ”

The dungeon fell into silence.

However, inadvertently, the tranquil valley reveals its sinister side:

However, in just a few days, the kobold ushered in several major events: perhaps there was too much snow, and several avalanches of large and small occurred in the nearby snow-capped mountains, and twice even affected the kobold's dungeon - the snow wall roaring over his head buried everything in an instant, collapsing countless guard towers and animal pens, and some even rushed into the frozen river, burying the kobold almost alive in the ground......

But everyone breathed a sigh of relief: fortunately, all the livestock were brought underground, otherwise there would have been a bloody loss! Moreover, the loss was really not big, after all, everyone was hiding underground. Even fishermen on the ice have cabins to protect them.

As for the vents, there are so many of them that it is impossible to plug them all. Moreover, digging a few holes in the snowdrift for ventilation is not technically difficult at all.

Looking at the outside of the cave, it turned into a white expanse in an instant, and Liu Jingtian was shocked: "It's okay! The weather is too cold and the snow doesn't stop, and I haven't let the kobold go out to cut down trees for a long time!

"The old man thought that he could plant a field quietly, but he didn't expect that this world would be so violent! So the question is, can't you get the terraces in the spring? I feel like an avalanche will be pushed into ruins......

In someone's various entanglements, the kobold completely shrank and resolutely did not dare to go out. At the same time, the winter has passed silently, the weather is slowly starting to warm, and the winter days of slaughter are coming to an end.

Then, an unusual fellow with a sharp ear began to hear a wolf-like howl in the valley overhead...... However, because the distance is so far, I can't be sure what it is......

Now, Liu Jingtian has no idea about the laws of animals and plants in this world.

"Creatures that emerge after an avalanche in winter...... And wolves howl...... The old man doesn't want to know what it is!"

Liu Jingtian said.

Although his ears are not as powerful as his boss, the other kobolds are not stupid, and they have expressed that they are not interested in this guy!

Next, everyone who puts safety first acts in fear, using snow to block the exposed hole, destroying all evidence of their existence, and carrying out the hidden operation to the end.

A few hours later, the sound of heavy footsteps slowly approached, and with every step, you could feel that the earth was trembling gently.

Liu Jingtian swallowed his saliva and tilted his head to listen. He only felt that the guy who walked slowly now had a lot more weight than those overloaded trucks.