At that moment, Cao Xing suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, does anyone among you know how to sew clothes?"
He and Liu Muxue were still wearing wolf pelts draped over their bodies, and they were not very effective at keeping out the cold.
Although the tailor shop had been built, someone needed to be assigned to work inside it.
Someone with sewing skills could speed up the production of clothing.
However, the Polar People and the native humans present exchanged glances, then shook their heads blankly.
Cao Xing understood.
When he had recruited them, he had seen their status panels. None of them had any talent related to sewing.
Just then, Xia Yanni raised her hand and said softly, "I... I can..."
"Oh?"
Cao Xing was a little surprised to hear that and turned his gaze toward her.
Xia Yanni timidly lowered her head, seeming too afraid to meet Cao Xing's eyes.
She said quietly, "When I was at home, I often did handicrafts to help support the family, so I know a little sewing..."
Tong Chuchu chimed in, "Big Brother, Mom is really skilled. The clothes she makes are all very beautiful."
Hearing her daughter's praise, Xia Yanni blushed and said, "Chuchu, don't praise Mom... Mom only knows a few amateur tricks. I can't compare to professionals..."
Cao Xing nodded, then took off the wolf pelts from himself and Liu Muxue and handed them to Xia Yanni.
"Then I'll have to trouble you to turn these two wolf pelts into clothes. See if the leftover parts can be made into hats, gloves, or something."
"Y-yes, these are excellent wolf pelts."
Xia Yanni carefully accepted them, then asked tentatively, "C-can I give them to you tomorrow?"
Cao Xing nodded. "Sure."
Xia Yanni let out a breath of relief, then took her daughter into the tailor shop.
The other residents also began getting busy.
At that moment, Liu Muxue stood prettily beside the bonfire with her arms folded, watching Cao Xing assign work to the residents.
Cao Xing looked overhead. The sky was darkening, and night was about to fall.
In this world, darkness occupied more than half the day, while daylight lasted less than ten hours.
"Muxue, let's go inside the hut first."
"Mhm." Liu Muxue nodded lightly.
Then, the two of them entered the warm Lord's Hut together.
Cao Xing was freezing and was the first to crawl into the bear-fur bedding.
Liu Muxue hesitated in place, keeping her head lowered and feeling too embarrassed to approach Cao Xing.
Cao Xing saw Liu Muxue's awkwardness. She needed some time to adjust.
So he asked, "Muxue, should we sleep separately tonight?"
Hearing that, Liu Muxue's eyes immediately widened, and she hurriedly shook her head.
"N-no!"
"I don't want to sleep separately..."
After saying that, cheeks flushed red with shyness, she carefully slipped into the bedding.
Liu Muxue tightly hugged Cao Xing's body, seemingly afraid of being separated from him.
Before long, the room was filled with the slightly hurried breathing of the two of them.
It could be forced out with internal energy. Meanwhile.
This unknown new world was gradually enveloped by the night.
The second day since all humanity had arrived in this world was about to end.
Driven by the level rankings, large numbers of survivors had tried venturing out into the snow today.
Some traveled with their families, while others went alone. They cautiously explored near their camps and all gained something.
And somewhere in the vast ice plains of the area containing Region 174—
Fang Long, holding a Black Iron Longsword, cut down a wild boar with one strike.
Then, a white light rose from his body.
Hearing the level-up notification, Fang Long's eyes lit up with delight. "Good. I finally reached Level 3 before dark!"
"Since the rankings opened, I've been outside hunting down stray low-level beasts. There shouldn't be anyone faster than me."
"This time, I'm determined to take first place on the rankings!"
Elsewhere, a middle-aged man with a fierce face was leading his family in surrounding and killing a foolish roe deer.
This middle-aged man was Zhou Bo of the Heavenly Blade Association.
He had chosen the Snow Hunter class and drew a Sandalwood Longbow to its limit.
Whoosh!
The arrow shot out and struck the roe deer directly in the neck.
The roe deer cried out in pain. As it bounded away, it kept looking back.
Blood splattered across the snow, completely exposing its trail.
Zhou Bo soon caught up with the roe deer, and it died beneath the joint hunt of his family.
After killing the roe deer, Zhou Bo suddenly received a message. "Boss, we've already gathered the coordinates of the brothers."
"Within thirty kilometers of your camp, two brothers have camps in that area. If they make some progress today, they should both be able to reach you tomorrow."
A sinister grin appeared on Zhou Bo's fleshy face. "Excellent. Once those two brothers get here tomorrow, we can team up to kill monsters. Our leveling efficiency will improve greatly!"
"Then Fang Long, Wu Xinghu, all of them will be beneath my feet!"
After ending the call, Zhou Bo looked at the increasingly dark sky and said to his family, "It's getting late. Let's head back to camp first."
Large numbers of survivors ended their day of exploration and returned to their camps.
At that time, the chat channel gradually became lively.
Xu Shu: "Brothers, it turns out that teaming up with your family to deal with low-level monsters isn't difficult at all. We killed a wild boar today, enough to feed our family for several days!"
Zhang Xi: "Hahaha! I chose Polar Warrior, and I had my dad choose Snow Hunter. The two of us working together are absolutely unbeatable!"
Lin Danian: "Damn it! You guys all found prey, but I'm so damn unlucky. I ran into several Frost Goblins not long after leaving camp. I couldn't beat them at all."
"They chased me all the way back, and now they're guarding outside my camp. This is fucking impossible!"
Yang Tao: "That brother above is miserable."
Some rejoiced while others worried. The vast majority of survivors had begun making contact with this world.
Just then, a countdown appeared.
The level rankings are being calculated. In 3 minutes, the survivor level rankings for each major region will be announced...
You may view your level and related rankings on the leaderboard.
The rankings update in real time.
Seeing this system notification, the survivors immediately perked up.
Lu Zile: "Woohoo! The rankings are finally coming out! Who do you think will take first place or make the top three?"
Shen Zhen: "Not sure. I only just reached Level 2. It takes 1,000 experience points to reach Level 3, which is kind of terrifying!"
Yuan Wenli: "Is that even a question? Of course it'll be our Tiger Hall boss, Wu Xinghu. Let me tell you, our boss has already reached Level 3!"
Guo Qiang: "Tiger Hall is dreaming. Our boss Zhou Bo has reached Level 3 too. First place will definitely belong to Boss Zhou Bo!"
Chen Hailang: "Stop arguing. First place will definitely be our boss Fang Long!"
Hearing the statements from these three factions, the survivors began commenting below.
Chen Hao: "Looks like the top three this time have probably already been claimed by those three."
Xiao Bo: "Yeah. Anyone who can reach Level 3 today has both strength and resources."
At that moment, a voice notification sounded.
System Announcement: "Attention, all survivors. The level rankings have been updated."
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