Leaderboard Announced

At that moment, Cao Xing suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, does anyone here know how to sew clothes?"

He and Liu Muxue were still wearing wolf pelts over their shoulders, which didn't keep out the cold very well.

Although the Sewing Workshop had been built, someone still needed to be assigned to work there.

Anyone with sewing skills could speed up the process of making clothes.

However, the Polar Folk and the native humans present looked at one another, then shook their heads in confusion.

Cao Xing understood.

When he had subdued them, he had seen the panels of these natives, and none of them had any talent related to sewing.

Just then, Xia Yanni raised her hand and said softly, "I... I can..."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Cao Xing was a little surprised and looked at her.

Xia Yanni lowered her head timidly, seeming a little afraid to meet Cao Xing's eyes.

She said softly, "When I was at home, I often did some handicrafts to help support the family, so I know a little sewing..."

Tong Chuchu chimed in, "Big Brother, Mom's really good at it. The clothes she makes are all beautiful."

Hearing her daughter's praise, Xia Yanni's cheeks reddened. "Chuchu, don't praise Mom... I only know a few amateur tricks. I can't compare with the professionals..."

Cao Xing nodded, then took off the wolf pelts he and Liu Muxue were wearing and handed them to Xia Yanni.

"Then could you please make these two wolf pelts into clothes for me? See if you can use the extra material to make hats, gloves, or something like that."

"I... I can. These are fine wolf pelts."

Xia Yanni carefully accepted them, then asked tentatively, "C-could I give them to you tomorrow?"

Cao Xing nodded. "Sure."

Xia Yanni breathed a sigh of relief, then took her daughter into the Sewing Workshop.

The other residents also began busily getting to work.

At that moment, Liu Muxue stood prettily beside the bonfire with her arms folded, watching Cao Xing assign jobs to the residents.

Cao Xing looked up. The sky was dim, and night was about to fall.

In this world, darkness lasted for most of the day. There were fewer than ten hours of daylight.

"Muxue, let's go inside the hut first."

"Mm." Liu Muxue nodded gently.

Then the two of them went into the warm Lord's Hut.

Cao Xing was freezing, so he climbed straight into the bed made of bear fur.

Liu Muxue hesitated where she stood, keeping her head lowered and seeming too embarrassed to go near Cao Xing.

Cao Xing saw how awkward Liu Muxue felt. She needed some time to adjust.

So he asked, "Muxue, should we sleep separately tonight?"

At those words, Liu Muxue's eyes widened, and she hurriedly shook her head.

"N-no!"

"I don't want to sleep separately..."

With her cheeks flushed and embarrassment in her eyes, she carefully climbed into the bed.

Liu Muxue clung tightly to Cao Xing, as if afraid of being separated from him.

Before long, the room filled with the sound of their slightly hurried breathing.

Meanwhile.

Night gradually fell over this unknown new world.

The second day since all of humanity had arrived in this world was nearly over.

Spurred on by the Level Leaderboard, large numbers of survivors had ventured out onto the snow that day.

Some went with their families, while others went alone. They cautiously explored the areas around their camps and all managed to find something.

In the area where Region 174 was located, in a corner of this vast frozen plain,

Fang Long, holding a Black Iron Longsword, killed a wild boar with a single slash.

Then a beam of white light rose around him.

Fang Long heard the level-up notification, and delight appeared in his eyes. "Great, I finally reached level 3 before nightfall!"

"Ever since the leaderboard opened, I've been out here searching for isolated low-level beasts to kill. There shouldn't be anyone faster than me."

"This time, first place on the leaderboard is mine!"

Elsewhere, a middle-aged man with a face full of flesh was surrounding a roe deer with his family.

This middle-aged man was Zhou Bo of the Heavenly Blade Association.

He had chosen the Snowfield Hunter class, and he drew his Sandalwood Longbow to full draw.

"Whoosh!"

The arrow shot out and struck the roe deer directly in the neck.

The roe deer yelped in pain and bounded away, glancing back as it ran.

Blood scattered across the snow, completely revealing its trail.

Zhou Bo caught up with the roe deer soon afterward, and it died under the combined efforts of his family.

After killing the roe deer, Zhou Bo suddenly received a message. "Boss, we've finished compiling the coordinates of the brothers."

"Within thirty kilometers of your camp, two of the 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 face, which was full of flesh. "Great. Once those two brothers get here tomorrow, we can team up to kill monsters, and our leveling efficiency will improve considerably!"

"When that happens, Fang Long, Wu Xinghu, all of them will be under my feet!"

After ending the call, Zhou Bo looked at the darkening sky and said to his family, "It's getting late. Let's head back to camp."

Large numbers of survivors ended their day of exploration and returned to their camps.

The chat channel gradually grew lively.

Xu Shu: "Brothers, it turns out that teaming up with family to deal with those low-level monsters isn't hard 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 Snowfield Hunter. The two of us make an invincible father-son team!"

Lin Danian: "Damn! You guys have all gotten prey, but I've had terrible luck. I ran into a few Frost Goblins not far from camp, and I couldn't beat them at all."

"They chased me the whole way back, and now they're waiting right outside my camp. This is seriously no way to live!"

Yang Tao: "That's rough, brother above."

Some were happy while others were worried. The vast majority of survivors had begun to explore this world.

Just then, a countdown appeared.

[The Level Leaderboard is being calculated. In 3 minutes, the survivor rankings for each region will be announced...]

[You can check your level and ranking on the leaderboard.]

[The leaderboard updates in real time.]

The survivors saw this system notification and immediately perked up.

Lu Zile: "Woohoo! The leaderboard is finally coming! Who do you think will be first, or in the top three?"

Shen Zhen: "I'm not sure. I just reached level 2, and it takes 1,000 experience points to reach level 3. That's kind of terrifying!"

Yuan Wenli: "Isn't it obvious? It'll be our Tiger Hall boss, Wu Xinghu. I'm telling you, our boss has already reached level 3!"

Guo Qiang: "You Tiger Hall guys are getting ahead of yourselves. Our boss Zhou Bo has reached level 3 too. First place is definitely going to Zhou Bo!"

Chen Hailang: "Stop arguing. First place is definitely going to our boss Fang Long!"

After hearing from these three factions, the survivors began commenting below.

Chen Hao: "Looks like those three have the top three spots locked up."

Xiao Bo: "Yeah. Anyone who reached level 3 today must be someone with strength and resources."

At that moment, a voice notification appeared.

System Announcement: "Attention, all survivors. The Level Leaderboard has finished updating."