Ye Zhao walked around the villa, scanning everything that could be scanned, but unfortunately, she found nothing of note, and her experience points remained stuck at 25%.
Although the crisis of the tornado had temporarily passed, the dangers within the villa had not ceased.
As the temperature plummeted, ordinary people could not step outside relying solely on a few cotton-padded jackets or down coats, unlike the Ability Players with their higher Constitution. Even standing a little distance from a fire was enough to freeze one half to death. The previously stockpiled wood and coal were dwindling, leaving them no choice but to dismantle almost everything in the villa that could be burned. Not only were tables, chairs, benches, and wardrobes torn apart, but even door frames, curtains, and rags became resources to be fought over, stripped clean until nothing remained. They even went as far as to peel the clothes off the corpses.
Now, aside from keeping warm, the issue of drinking water was paramount. While food was not yet in short supply due to the villa's existing stockpiles, water was a critical priority. Because the temperature was so low, the pipes had long since frozen solid. With no tap water, the survivors had no choice but to go upstairs to collect accumulated snow; snowmelt had become their only source of water.
As everyone knew, one could not just eat or drink anything at random, and this applied even to boiled snowmelt.
Finally, after drinking snowmelt for several days, people began to cough and develop fevers one after another. When Ye Zhao went downstairs, she heard the sound of coughing echoing one after another. The survivor group, which had been relatively united, began to panic once again; after all, medicine was even harder to come by now.
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