Fall asleep instantly, honest and trustworthy.

The temperature dropped lower and lower.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Until—

"Rumble!!!"

The violent noise signaled the ice shattering; the door was finally forced open!

But... Yang Kexin and the others looked at the intact door and fell into deep thought... Yes, the sound had come from the other small building!

Everyone turned their heads in shock, only to see the man and four women from before already walking into the house next door!

"???"

Sun Tao frowned: "This is nonsense..."

...The interior of the small building was pitch black and filled with dust, even colder than outside.

Living facilities were pitifully sparse, with only a bed, a chair, and a wardrobe.

But at least it could block the freezing wind.

Chen Yu immediately sat on the bed and stretched.

"Who is that pretty girl? How does she know you? I've never heard you mention her before?"

As the ex-girlfriend, Li Mengyao was the first to step forward and ask.

Chen Yu was taken aback, then retorted: "Do I need to report to you about who I know?"

Li Mengyao couldn't answer and could only humph.

That girl just now.

Chen Yu certainly knew her.

Because that heavy octagonal hammer was obtained through a trade with her.

Just now, she was also the first to recognize him and show goodwill.

Chen Yu estimated that the reason she recognized him...

...was probably the name he had given for the trade before entering the mission.

Zhang Wanyue sighed with emotion: "The Absolute Zero Wave is coming so early. Other teams are going to have a hard time..."

Chen Yu nodded and took the geothermal core prototype out of his backpack.

There were still over two hundred seconds before the Absolute Zero Wave erupted.

But the surrounding temperature... was already approaching minus forty degrees!

If he didn't take it out now, it would be pure torture!

The heat range was limited to a one-meter radius, which happened to cover the interior of the small building!

Wang Mengmeng rubbed her small hands and whispered in surprise: "(⊙o⊙) Wow, amazing! It warmed up instantly!"

Deng Yuxin also stretched her waist: "It feels like being under a thick quilt in summer with the air conditioning on~~~"

But discordant voices drifted in from outside the small building—

"Over here! It's very warm here!"

"Quick! The countdown is at two hundred seconds!"

"Move! Let me in first!"

"There wouldn't be a prototype machine in this room, would there? It's so warm!"

Cluttered footsteps rapidly approached!

The eight-person team from before came scrambling to the door!

The boy named Sun Tao was at the front!

"A prototype machine! That must be a prototype machine!"

A girl cried out, pointing at the metal ball at Chen Yu's feet, her voice incredibly excited!

Sun Tao also panted: "With this level of heat, it really is a prototype machine..."

Not just the two of them, almost everyone's eyes were focused on Chen Yu's feet.

Emotions of envy, jealousy, and greed were almost impossible to hide.

Yang Kexin only now managed to squeeze through the crowd: "What are you doing! Didn't you just say you wouldn't cooperate with him! Now you're running faster than anyone!"

She was a bit angry!

Sun Tao ignored her, only showing a smile as he looked at Chen Yu and the others:

"Classmate, I was blind before. The Absolute Zero Wave is coming soon. If we stay outside, we'll surely die. Could you let us in to take shelter?"

"Yes, yes! Just let us stay for a while!"

"We can trade with supplies! Food! Water!"

"Please!"

A chorus of agreement rose up in a confusion of voices.

Chen Yu slowly stood up, his movements unhurried.

He didn't answer Sun Tao directly but placed his finger on the prototype machine's latch and gave it a gentle twist.

Hum—

Centered on the prototype machine, that circle of warmth visibly shrunk!

The people who could barely graze the edge of the heat... instantly felt the cold wrap around their backs!

They cried out in shock and scrambled to squeeze further into the center!

Chen Yu finally looked up: "Who let you in?"

Sun Tao quickly explained: "Classmate, we can't just watch people die. We even kindly warned you about the situation with Director Yu earlier!"

Chen Yu chuckled: "The one who warned me was Yang Kexin. What does it have to do with you?"

Sun Tao was stunned: "You... you know each other?"

Yang Kexin spoke in a low voice: "The crayfish on our bus were traded with him. His name is Chen Yu."

Sun Tao finally realized: "Oh! Look at this, it's a misunderstanding between our own people. It's all fate..."

"I'm not familiar with you."

Chen Yu interrupted his clumsy attempt to act familiar: "I'll only say it once. Get out."

"Don't you fucking go too far!"

Behind Sun Tao, a burly boy suddenly looked up: "So what if you have a damn ball! There are so many of us, do you think..."

Pfft!

His words came to an abrupt halt!

Because Chen Yu had already smashed his head with an axe strike!

This time, no one questioned him anymore!

Sun Tao and the others looked grim and a bit lost... "This way! The heat is coming from here!"

"Quick! Follow Director Yu!"

"The door is open! There's even light inside!"

"The students must have found a prototype machine!"

In the midst of the standoff, more noise came from outside the building.

Director Yu's familiar voice rang out: "Students inside! Show some school spirit and make some room! Let the students behind you come in to take shelter too!"

A dense crowd squeezed at the door, with Director Yu surrounded in the middle!

He clearly saw the corpse and blood on the floor, and his pupils constricted... but he coughed and forced his way into the small building: "This is an emergency! As the school's Director of Administration, I demand that you temporarily share this..."

When he looked up.

And saw that familiar face.

He was instantly stunned.

"Chen Yu???"

Director Yu's mouth twitched; this was going to be trouble.

The little brat in front of him didn't fall for moral kidnapping at all.

Last time, he had been kicked off the bus.

Of all the people it could be, why did it have to be him?!

"Ahem."

Director Yu was in a dilemma.

But Chen Yu suddenly changed his mind: "Director Yu, you're right. This is an emergency, and we're all schoolmates. Helping each other is only right."

Director Yu: "?"

Sun Tao: "?"

The corpse on the ground: "?"

Director Yu thought the guy had turned over a new leaf, and his expression relaxed slightly.

But Chen Yu's next sentence made everyone's hearts jump again: "However, the energy of the prototype machine is limited. The more people squeeze in, the faster it's consumed."

"How about this: those who want to come in for the heat will be charged per person. Ten bottles of drinking water or other equivalent supplies per person per minute. Pay first, enter later. No credit allowed."

"For those who want credit, you'll end up like this student on the ground—sleeping like a log. No cheating for young or old!"

"?"

No one knew how "sleeping like a log" and "no cheating for young or old" were supposed to go together... but Chen Yu glanced at the countdown: "One hundred seconds left."

The crowd erupted!

"Ten bottles of water? For one minute?! Why don't you just rob us!"

"Even if we combined all our belongings, we wouldn't have that much!"

"Chen Yu! You're profiting from a disaster! You're driving everyone to their deaths!"

"We're all schoolmates. Do you have any humanity left?!"