Apocalypse: System of lotteries

At night, Ming lies on a chair with two little froggies and a squirrel on his belly, looking at the twinkling stars in the night sky together.

[Your foodie bumps into the squirrel, trying to chat... The squirrel is knocked over, falling to the ground... You pick up the squirrel and place it back on your belly...]

[foodie gently touches the squirrel's teeth, "You're so weak, you can't even stand properly..." The squirrel looks up at foodie, "How big are you, don't you know?"]

[foodie looks up and tells it, "The brightest star is Ming, and the relatively bright ones next to it are Da Vinci and me... The squirrel looks at the foodie with hopeful eyes, "What about me?"]

[Da Vinci glances at the squirrel... "You're the spoon..." The squirrel raises its head, staring at the Big Dipper, "So, we're all spoons in our family."]

"Freaking spoon," Ming rubs the three little ones. At this moment, Little Bill climbs onto the roof with a small, red-glowing stone in its mouth.

Ming reaches out, and Little Bill places the small stone in his palm and tries to climb up his arm but is blocked by a foodie.

[Your foodie tells Little Bill it can only lie on Ming's calf... Understand the family hierarchy?]

Little Bill jumps onto Ming's calf and lies down, also looking up at the starry sky.

Ming smiles, holds the faintly red-glowing stone in front of his eyes, and checks it with [Eagle Eye]:

[Fire Elemental Stone: Special Material]

"Ah, so this is the Fire Elemental Stone."

Ming looks at Little Bill, thinking this little guy is pretty impressive. Where did it get this? He's never seen this thing before, even though he's been all over the entire district. He raises his leg, and Little Bill slides down.

Ming catches it with his hand and lets it lie in his palm. He puts the thumb-sized Fire Elemental Stone in front of it and tries to ask, "Where did you get this?"

Little Bill doesn't respond.

[Your Da Vinci thinks you're a bit silly... Mice can't understand the human language... It looks at Little Bill and asks if it stole the stone... Little Bill shakes its head, NO]

[Da Vinci approaches Little Bill, and the froggy and the mouse engage in a mysterious animal communication... Your Da Vinci informs you that the case is solved. Little Bill stole the stone from the mountains over there...]

"Mountains?" Ming follows Da Vinci's gaze, looking to the north.

North?

There are mountains beyond the safe zone in the north. Did Little Bill go to the mountains there? It ventured into the misty area and returned safely.

Ming frowns, deep in thought. What exactly is in the mist? Little Bill can go there, but the frogs... Better not to let them take the risk...

[foodie glances at Little Bill and tells it to return to its place... The moment you came back, you made Ming's smile disappear... foodie looks at you, "Smile, won't you?"]

[Da Vinci looks at the stone in your hand, thinking you like it very much, and plans to bring back more when encountered... Da Vinci glares at Little Bill... Are you hungry?... Little Bill nods]

Ming takes out half a fish and puts it in front of Little Bill, continuing to admire the Fire Elemental Stone, which is quite warm.

Ding~ Money makes money, 120 gold coins are credited to your account.

"It's midnight, time for bed~"

[Full channel broadcast, Zones 3, 103, 483, 674, 899, 901, 1103, 1421, 1578, 1677, 1888, shared kills not completed, the zone will be automatically upgraded to individual random instances]

[Congratulations to the survivors who can hear this message, it proves that you've successfully gone through 10 days and nights of the third chapter]

[We hope everyone can safely get through the remaining 20 days, good night, sweet dreams]

[Friendly reminder, new content has been added to the third chapter, please check it out]

"…"

Two days have passed since the last shared kill, and there are still some zones that haven't completed the shared monster kills. They were only announced when everyone in the zone died just now. So at this very moment, are there some zones still in bloody battles? Can they survive until the fourth shared kill event?

After all, they would have to fight two share boss monsters at that time. As for the updated content in the third chapter, Ming would have to check it out later. According to the game rules, it shouldn't be something beneficial to the body and mind.

The next morning, Ming opens his eyes and tosses the froggies, squirrel, and Little Bill at his feet to the side. He gets up, washes, and brushes his teeth. He is only four levels away from reaching level 40, and he can't afford to slack off, especially when the challenges he encounters in individual random instances are getting bigger and bigger. Like Alan and the others, Ming must be more diligent.

In 10 minutes, Ming deals with all the matters at home and then sets off fully prepared with Da Vinci and foodie.

30-40 area... teleportation... a flash of white light descends... disappearing on the spot...

Upon landing, a howling cold wind blows across Ming's face, and he can't help but shiver.

"It's so cold!" Ming rubs his hands and stomps on the ground subconsciously.

[Your froggies poke their heads out of the pocket... Your froggies quickly retract their heads... Your froggies tell you... they're going to hibernate...]

[ZZZ... ZZZ... ZZZZ...]

"???" These guys enter hibernation mode way too fast, no preparation is needed, just directly entering hibernation?

[In its sleep, your foodie smells the aroma of fish. It opens its mouth with its eyes closed... It's cold and too lazy to move. Get in my mouth... Your foodie swallows the fish, feeling wonderful, and can now sleep soundly...]

[Your foodie travels in its dreams... Warm beaches... Refreshing sea breeze...]

[Your Da Vinci senses you patting its head... Ming, don't mess around, sleep well, and after winter passes... we'll meet again... Please zip up the pocket... The wind makes our bellies cold...]

"…"

Ming is disheveled in the wind, and even zipping up the pocket and activating the travel switch can't get the froggies out of hibernation.

The cold wind blows~

So cold~

Ming takes a cold breath, throws out the magician's tent, and covers himself with it. He immediately takes out some wood and starts a bonfire inside the tent before carefully observing the surrounding environment.

Looking around, there are gray-brown giant rocks and barren mountains covered with a few plants. Under the mountains, sharp-edged broken stones poke their heads out of the snow, and a winding river flows from a distance. Following the direction of the river, there is a foggy sea, but the view is blocked, and one cannot see far.

There are no obvious landmarks around, so it's impossible to tell which corner of the world this is. Moreover, with the fog barrier by the sea, it's impossible to catch any fish.

What a pity...

It's really cold. Ming decides to cook something warm first, then go out and search the area. If there's nothing worth bringing back, he'll return home.

[Your foodie, in its sleep, smells the fragrance of coconut water... It opens its eyes, pokes its head out of the pocket, and thinks that if it's inside the tent, it doesn't have to hibernate...]

[Your foodie jumps out of the pocket and lands on the ground... Suddenly, it leaps into your arms... It wants to tell you that the ground is icy cold...]

[Foodie licks its lips, looking at you... Does the meat in the pot taste good? Do you want it to taste it for you first...?]

"No need~" Ming picks up a piece of bird meat and puts it in Foodie's already open mouth.

[Foodie looks at you... It's a bit hot... Try another bite to check the taste for you...]