The Month Was Up, and the Snow Mountain Crisis Erupted

"Yip~"

Qingxue the Little Fox returned, carrying a plump pheasant in her mouth despite her tiny frame.

Behind her, Little White Tiger Feng Bai was dragging another one back through the snow.

"You two almost got picked on by a white crane, and now you've set your sights on pheasants?"

Ye Fei reached out and snapped the necks of the two pheasants laid before him, neither of which had quite breathed its last.

As the two little creatures stood side by side, showing off with their wide eyes, Ye Fei reached out and stroked their heads. Sure enough, that made them happy.

The two happy Little Dumplings went off to play while he still had to process their catches.

Two White-Feathered Chickens and 51 ordinary feathers.

He listed the feathers for sale. The usual price was 1 point for 25 feathers, so Ye Fei put all 51 up together. He didn't want to keep even one extra taking up space.

He put the White-Feathered Chickens in the Storage Cabinet. Watching the two Little Dumplings rolling around in the snow, Ye Fei called them home for breakfast.

Adding salt to the meat soup hadn't changed its attributes at all, but Ye Fei personally felt it tasted better.

As for the two Little Dumplings, their appetites remained the same, and he saw no other differences.

They went out after breakfast. Today's Random Quest was another hunting quest. As Ye Fei chopped trees, he watched pheasant after pheasant being delivered to him, all of them white-feathered...

Now he was certain. Those two were taking their anger out on them. They absolutely were!

The feathers weren't worth much, but Ye Fei didn't insist that they find valuable prey.

Whenever they brought back a catch, he gently stroked their little heads. Once they went off to play, he continued chopping down dead trees.

The day passed, and he continued cultivating that night.

The second day passed much the same way. The Little Dumplings stopped taking their anger out on white-feathered pheasants and began catching whatever prey was nearby, bringing it to Ye Fei.

The third day, the fourth day...

Ever since they had been badly injured because of the white crane, Little Fox and Little White Tiger never strayed too far from Ye Fei. They always stayed close enough to hear him call and return quickly.

Then came the thirtieth day since Ye Fei had been transported to this other world.

He had been in this other world for a month!

In the middle of that night, Ye Fei was startled out of his cultivation by a sudden wolf howl.

"What's going on?"

Even though no one could answer, Ye Fei couldn't help asking.

He stood up and looked at the snow beyond the fence. It was still an unbroken expanse of white, with no sign of any wolves.

He opened the chat channel, wanting to see whether the howling was confined to his area or something everyone had heard.

[Snow Mountain/0199-5332-1981: Wolves suddenly started howling in the middle of the night. They sound vicious. Did you hear them?]

[Snow Mountain/0011-6633-1771: I heard them too. That sound is terrifying. Does anyone know what's going on? Are we going to get ambushed tonight?]

[Snow Mountain/9177-0007-6669: I saw a pack of white animals running past near my house. Are those things wolves? Aren't wolves gray?]

Just as Ye Fei opened the chat channel, a string of messages about the howling scrolled up.

All casual chatter had stopped. Everyone was discussing the wolves howling in the middle of the night.

[Snow Mountain/0099-5117-1888: Snow Wolves are going berserk. Everyone, be careful.]

A name that stood out because he had marked it for special attention appeared. Ye Fei glanced at it and saw that this player had already evolved too.

[Snow Mountain/0099-5117-1888: Human Race, Enhancer, Combat Power 15]

Enhancers followed a cultivation path focused on strengthening the body.

Their growth really was fast. Ye Fei remembered that when he had checked the chat channel a few days ago, this player's Combat Power had still been the initial 8 points. Direct physical enhancement had nearly doubled it.

The enhancement path relied on continuously strengthening oneself through physical training. Anyone afraid of pain or exhaustion would never be able to cultivate it.

He looked at his own Combat Power, which had finally reached 5 points after three rounds of body tempering. The gap was enormous.

Yet body tempering alone was already so agonizing that he couldn't imagine what progressing along the physical enhancement path would be like.

"Awooo!"

Qingxue the Little Fox ran out and jumped onto Ye Fei's shoulder, staring warily beyond the yard.

She could sense that something dangerous was out there, but it was still too far away for her to see.

"Don't worry. They say the Snow Wolves are going berserk, but no one knows what's really happening yet. If it really is some major event, we should get an alert about it..."

Ye Fei checked the chat channel. Everyone was now discussing how to defend against Snow Wolves.

The player he had marked for special attention-he had forgotten whether the man had once earned the title of King of Fighters or Emperor of Fighters-was fairly strong. Although some people accused him of ripping others off, he didn't have much of a shady history and had always been one of the most active big shots in the chat channel.

So when he said they were Snow Wolves, many people naturally assumed that a special event had begun and that a region-wide Snow Wolf attack was coming.

Ye Fei held Little Fox, and before long, Little White Tiger joined her in his arms. Together, they watched the ice and snow beyond the fence, waiting for the unknown enemy to appear.

At one in the morning, a region-wide notification did indeed appear.

[Sudden Crisis on Snow Mountain: A white creature resembling both a wolf and a fox has suddenly appeared on Snow Mountain. These creatures may appear at any time to attack your houses, ambush and kill any living being, and destroy mountains, rivers, and plants... Killing these creatures will award Random Treasure Chests. Duration undetermined. The crisis will automatically end when their numbers fall below half the current population.]

The notification made it clear to everyone that this wasn't a case of Snow Wolves going berserk.

Still, it was much the same: an abnormal kind of beast had appeared and could attack people at any moment.

As for destroying houses, most people's yards were fairly secure. The recipe for the Wooden Fence was also sold in the Points Mall.

The recipe cost just 100 points, and anyone with wood could make it. Almost no one would still be without one.

But the troublesome part of this event was its unpredictability.

Previously, homes wouldn't be attacked while their players were away. Now, attacks could happen at any time.

The implication was obvious: someone could go out for half a day and return to find their home raided...

Ye Fei said nothing. He simply watched the others discuss how to hunt these creatures or keep their homes from being raided.

Naturally, the best approach was to stay home, or only venture out nearby so they could return immediately to defend it.

But the problem was, how could they obtain supplies or earn survival points without going out?

Some said they had saved up several hundred points and could stock their homes with weapons such as bows and arrows, then wait for the creatures to come to them. They could simply earn those rewards instead.

Others suggested making extra house components and keeping them in their inventories. That way, they could set up a home wherever they went and wouldn't need to worry about it being raided...

The chat channel was full of all kinds of suggestions. Ye Fei stood in his yard, looking out at the undisturbed snow and stroking the two Little Dumplings' heads as he considered just how many of these unusual beasts he could trap and kill with his stockpile of wood...