The sage mode eventually passes, and Lu Xi'an quickly stops dwelling on these problems. After using a little water to clean up, he lies down to rest peacefully.

— Of course, before resting, the water storage in the RV also needs to be replenished.

With such heavy snow outside, this task becomes very easy at the moment. Just pour all the water from the bucket into the RV's tank, then use the bucket to scoop snow and bring it back to the RV, and melt the snow.

After melting it, the bucket is not yet full, so he uses a pot to scoop more snow and pours it into the bucket.

Some of the water in the bucket had been used previously. After this ordeal, the water in the tank has completely become the pool water from Caiyang Mountain, while the bucket contains snow water.

"Tomorrow, we'll have to drink from the tank's water."

Lu Xi'an said with a smile after sorting out the water.

Yao Wei nodded and said, "Mm."

She naturally prefers to drink sweet and tasty water. With Caiyang Mountain's pool water, who would like snow water?

They're not Miaoyu from Loncui Temple, not that poor or picky. For them, the priority is to have drinkable water and second to have tasty water, everything else is secondary.

They spent a quiet night.

The next morning, Lu Xi'an felt refreshed upon waking up. Seeing Yao Wei also opening her eyes, he couldn't help but smile and gently pecked her lips, saying, "Good morning."

Yao Wei blinked, returned the peck, and said, "Good morning. Is this how it's done?"

Lu Xi'an replied, "Yes."

Thus, a beautiful and warm morning began with a small and intimate good morning ritual.

— unless Yao Wei didn't feel anything.

However, Yao Wei did feel something and lowered her head to take a look, then seriously looked at Lu Xi'an and asked, "Do you need me to help you again?"

Lu Xi'an was slightly embarrassed and hurriedly said, "No need, it's a normal phenomenon; I'm like this every morning."

Yao Wei understood but still looked a bit puzzled: "Oh... is that so..."

"Exactly, that's it."

Lu Xi'an quickly sat up from the bed and said, "Alright, it's so bright already, the sun is shining on us, let's get up quickly and exercise."

Yao Wei got up, opened the RV window blinds, looked outside, and murmured, "There's clearly no sun... and even if there were, it wouldn't reach us..."

The snow outside had accumulated so much that it nearly buried the tires.

The two of them put on their clothes and coats, then got off the RV to shovel away all the frozen snow and ice around the wheels.

This is something that needs to be done every time it snows heavily; those icicles, accumulated snow near the wheels, if piled up too much, can even rub against the wheels and affect driving.

If circumstances were urgent and they had to travel through the snow, these things would become obstacles.

But this small task doesn't take much effort for them. With Fungus Stone protecting them, they don't even need tools; they can simply break off those things with their bare hands.

However, after clearing the snow, they need to put down Fungus Stone.

Their bodies need to adapt to various environments, so they can't carry Fungus Stone while exercising.

After yesterday's and the day before's battles, they were convinced that the methods described in the booklet were incredibly useful, and they trained with great dedication, putting all their effort into each punch and kick, fully immersing themselves in their sparring.

The training sent snow swirling and left many irregular deep pits on the white ground amidst the raging wind.

Fortunately, they were a bit far from Ant Mountain now; otherwise, with such dedication and intensity, who knows whether the Flying Ants would come to fight them to the death or move elsewhere.

— In such cold weather, those Flying Ants would probably choose to avoid the fight, right?

However, even if they chose to move their home, many would probably die.

"Huff... huff..."

After the exercise, the two of them returned to the RV panting, sat down on the sofa, and picked up Fungus Stone to recover their bodies.

The most exhausting part of the exercise was the sparring; Lu Xi'an felt that with Yao Wei, it was even more tiring than yesterday's fight against those two Type A and one Type C. With their current physical intensity, their stamina almost ran dry.

Of course, this was also related to them fighting with all their strength, using no holding back, and the training duration being long.

In yesterday's fight, at the beginning, only one person attacked; although there was a Type C Neo-Human behind, the intensity wasn't too high for Lu Xi'an.

Only when Cai Tou joined in did the intensity rise, but the battle ended quickly.

"Heavy snow blocking the roads, they might be delayed again."

Lu Xi'an said after slightly calming down his breathing.

Yao Wei said, "Mm, let's wait and see if anything happens."

Lu Xi'an glanced at Yao Wei, smiled, and said, "You have more people who you care about now."

Yao Wei thought for a moment and said, "Just a little, but I care more about you."

This direct confession...

Lu Xi'an felt a warm feeling in his heart and smiled, saying, "I feel the same."

Yao Wei's lips inadvertently curled up; she strangely liked hearing this sentence.

...

After the snow stopped, it didn't fall again, but the weather never warmed up, and the snow didn't melt, making it difficult for the RV to move.

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei didn't know if Luo Ping and the others had set off, but now when they tried to contact Institute 923, the signal just wouldn't connect.

The two of them stayed there, diligently exercising every day, along with eating, drinking, and observing Ant Mountain, which became their entire routine.

Yao Wei's period came and went, and she no longer indulged with Lu Xi'an like that day; it seemed that the passionate frenzy of that day was just fulfilling a promise made before the battle.

At one point, Lu Xi'an attempted to extend an invitation, wanting to move further during an intimate moment, but Yao Wei stopped him and explained: "I'm afraid I can't control it and might get pregnant."

Lu Xi'an asked: "Why weren't you afraid before?"

Yao Wei replied: "I hadn't watched the video before."

Lu Xi'an: "..."

Alright, whatever Yao Wei says goes, listen to Yao Wei.

The weather has cleared up, Luo Ping and the others are probably already on the road, so Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei patiently wait and observe Ant Mountain.

The mountain made of ant carcasses seems to have truly formed a whole, even the snow melt can't erode it.

When the snow melted, Lu Xi'an saw the water flowing down, forming streams outside the "mountain," yet not a drop was actually flowing inside.

The surface of the "mountain" was wet, but it was merely the water hanging on the outer layer, unable to affect the interior.

"If this thing could be collected, it could be used as a waterproof cover."

Lu Xi'an looked at the black mountain and commented.

"Hmm."

Yao Wei nodded in agreement.

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei observe the Resonant Gene Scanner every day and also patrol around to prevent any danger.

However, this area has been deserted, with their daily patrols yielding no discoveries.

Until the sixth day after the weather cleared, Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei suddenly discovered three red dots at the edge of the map.

These three red dots appeared at the exact same location as the previous six, but after reaching a certain junction, they didn't turn southwest onto the slanting path but rather headed straight south.

"This should be Luo Ping and the others, right?"

Lu Xi'an asked.

Previously, Luo Ping mentioned in the broadcast signal they were coming with four people, but among them, Tang Er was half Neo-Human, whom the Resonant Gene Scanner couldn't detect, so the scanner's map would only show three red dots.

And Luo Ping had said they were coming from Jiangbei, and they must be driving for this trip.

Considering the number of people as well as the direction and route, it matches.

"Hmm."

Yao Wei nodded and said.

It seems her thoughts aligned with Lu Xi'an's.

Lu Xi'an said: "I'll go check, you watch the car."

Yao Wei said: "I'll go, my sniper rifle can see them from afar, and I can shoot and snipe.

"In case they're not Luo Ping and Chai Xin, and if they're like the ones before where Type A carries Type C, I can snipe Type C. You can come to help upon hearing the gunshots."

She was confident her sniper rifle would be more effective than Lu Xi'an, so she refused to give in.

This time Lu Xi'an couldn't argue against her, so he just said: "Be careful."

"I will."

Yao Wei grabbed her sniper rifle, turned back to smile sweetly at Lu Xi'an, and strode away.

This time wasn't as nerve-wracking as before, with the vast heaven and earth, Yao Wei went alone, her steps quick and steady.

Lu Xi'an quietly watched Yao Wei's back until she disappeared from sight.

He remained still, patiently waiting for gunshots, ready to move at once if anything was amiss, ready to rush in.

Fortunately, there were no gunshots, and after a long while, Yao Wei returned alone, stopping at the car's side, saying: "It's them, they're behind. I've come back first."

"Hmm, that's good."

Lu Xi'an let out a long breath of relief.

A little while later, he saw an off-road vehicle approaching from the east.

The car stumbled along the bumpy road, with a tire tied to the roof, the outdoor unit of the air conditioner also hung on the car body; it looked so familiar. Wasn't it their car from before?

The car hadn't reached them yet, but Chai Xin's upper body emerged from the front passenger window, waving his arms, and joyfully shouted: "Brother! Brother!"

This sound was excited and warm. Seeing the smile filling that face that had grown fuller, it was hard not to smile back.

Lu Xi'an then waved his hand.

In this solitary world, having friends come from afar, it's genuinely delightful!

Seeing Lu Xi'an's gesture, Chai Xin waved his arms even more enthusiastically.

The car got closer, and Lu Xi'an began to clearly see the situation inside the vehicle —

Luo Ping was swaying in the driver's seat, Chai Xin swayed in the front passenger seat, half his body out, arms flapping wildly, his body swaying even more due to the large movements.

Also, inside the car, through the windshield, he could see Liu Hua and Tang Er in the back, clutching the seats in front, their heads bobbing.

"Didn't we dismantle the rear seats of your car once?"

Lu Xi'an asked.

"Hmm."

Yao Wei responded.

Lu Xi'an said: "No wonder they seem half-squatted, they must have had a tough time on the way here."

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