Chapter 27 The Scorching Summer Heat

[This round of Survival Challenge has begun.]

[Newbie Survival Mission (2): Summer Great Escape.]

[Mission Background: The summer is scorching, High-Temperature Beasts are attacking, and it's heat-exploding~]

[Survival Rules:

1. Do not stand under the sun for a long time; death occurs when internal body temperature exceeds 46°C.

2. There are cooling and heat-relief item treasure chests within the map.

3. Avoid High-Temperature Beast attacks and survive for five days.]

[Current number of survivors: 20.]

[Today's Weather Forecast: Sunny, maximum temperature 48°C, minimum 42°C, current temperature 44°C. Red High-Temperature Warning, yo.]

[Friendly reminder: This is a Newbie Promotion to D-Rank Survival Mission, please take it seriously.]

University campus.

An empty dormitory room.

Lu Xian appeared out of thin air.

At the same time, he already understood this survival mission.

"An apocalypse-type survival challenge?"

His expression was quite strange.

High-temperature escape?

But this time it's actually a group survival mission?

Twenty people, they should all be Survival Challengers on their second challenge, preparing to promote to D-rank.

In terms of timing, they were from those three or four batches from nine or ten days ago.

"Fortunately, weapons are allowed this time."

After Lu Xian checked the dimensional pouch, he saw that the bone-shattering flying hammer was still there.

He immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Pity, except for the weapon, everything else inside has disappeared."

Before entering, he had stuffed that one-cubic-meter dimensional space full of various useful supplies.

As it turned out, it was cleared instantly upon entry.

Clearly, even with a dimensional pouch, things from Earth cannot be brought in.

Then he put away the hammer and checked his survival template.

[Survival Challenger: 74066.]

[Name: Lu Xian; Male; 21 years old;]

[Height: 1.83 meters.]

[Weight: 75 kilograms.]

[Survival Talent: Myriad Heavens Express.]

[Survival Skill: Great Wind Blow · D-Rank.]

[Cumulative survival time this round: 30 seconds.]

[Missions] [Achievements] [livestream room]

[Current body temperature: 36.5°C.]

"Great Wind Blow??"

Lu Xian discovered that the D-rank skill he bought earlier had already arrived.

But it didn't seem very good?

He immediately checked the details of the [Great Wind Blow] skill:

[Great Wind Blow: qi system D-rank skill. After using the skill, consume 1 point of Qi value to create a Level 8 gale with a wind speed of 20 meters per second within a ten-meter radius, lasting for ten seconds. Cooldown: 30 minutes.]

"A wind-blowing skill?"

Lu Xian's expression was strange.

This D-rank skill is quite useless.

This Level 8 gale only lasts ten seconds; the ability is too weak.

Meanwhile.

Lu Xian also noticed a set of numbers appearing on his left wrist:

[36.5°C]

This was clearly his body temperature status.

Moreover, he could already feel the sweltering heat in the room.

His pores had opened, and sweat was rapidly breaking out.

Lu Xian looked up at the dormitory's air conditioner.

The air conditioner was on cooling mode, displaying 16°C.

But the airflow didn't have a hint of coolness; instead, it was incredibly hot.

"Forget it, better start the stream first."

Lu Xian opened the livestream room.

{The Streamer you follow is live! Come take a look~}

The fans following Lu Xian's livestream room received start notifications one after another.

As soon as the stream started, the viewers in Lu Xian's livestream room surged to four or five thousand, skyrocketing exponentially.

[Wow~ Brother Lu is finally live!]

[Checking in, checking in~]

[I'm here!]

[Streamer, what is your mission this time?]

Meanwhile.

Various gifts worth less than 100 quickly flooded the livestream room's screen.

"Long time no see."

Lu Xian smiled and greeted the audience in the livestream room.

He then continued:

"This survival mission is different from the last one; this is an apocalypse escape type mission."

"It seems to lean towards a game style."

Then he posted the mission information for this round.

[666, High-Temperature Great Escape?]

[Too bad, looks like there are no ghosts?]

[Dying of heat is just GG, I wonder if it'll be fun.]

The audience in the livestream room began to discuss animatedly.

"I'll check out the surrounding environment first."

"There are twenty people participating this time, I expect there will be conflict."

At this point, Lu Xian spoke.

In this map, one can 'pick up temporary items'.

[Streamer, can your Survival Talent still be used?]

[Yeah, Brother Lu, open an express delivery first!]

The audience in the livestream room reminded him.

"Survival Talent can be used."

"It's just that the stream just started, no one has sent any express deliveries yet."

Lu Xian smiled and said.

As he spoke, his gaze scanned the dormitory.

He began searching for useful things.

Soon, he found a target.

[handheld charging fan: Can blow wind, reduce sweating, can lower temperature by 1°C. Remaining battery can last for 20 minutes of blowing. The higher the temperature, the worse the effect.]

"Even this works??"

Lu Xian was incredibly surprised.

He didn't expect this thing to also become an item.

"I'll open the express deliveries later."

After saying a word to the audience in the livestream room, Lu Xian pulled open the door and walked out of the dormitory.

There were no more usable items in this dormitory.

Unexpectedly.

As soon as he pulled the door open.

A wave of scorching air instantly rushed towards him.

In an instant.

Lu Xian felt goosebumps break out.

It's too hot, right?!

Then, he took off his outer coat and long-sleeved shirt.

Revealing a white short-sleeved shirt.

The strong physique that the short shirt could hardly cover, and solid, well-defined biceps, appeared before everyone's eyes.

He had specifically worn more clothes to deal with unknown situations in the Survival World, just in case.

"It's very hot outside."

Lu Xian's expression wasn't great. After saying that, he began rummaging through the nearby dormitories for items.

Some dormitories had their doors open, some were tightly closed.

But there was no trace of anyone.

It seemed to be an empty city instance?

"The air conditioners here all seem to have problems."

Lu Xian spoke up.

He had spotted the issue.

In every dormitory with an open door, the air conditioner inside was on.

And set to 16°C for cooling.

But the wind blowing out was all hot air.

[Brother Lu, see if there's a remote? Try turning off the AC?]

[Is this high temperature related to the AC?]

[Eh? Maybe there really is a connection /doge~]

Noticing the bullet chat in the livestream room.

Lu Xian saw an AC remote in one dormitory and proceeded to turn it off.

Simultaneously.

A new mission notification appeared:

{Triggered High-Temperature Great Escape side mission — Energy-Saving Contestant: Turn off 100 air conditioners, no repeats. Reward: One household generator.}

"A generator?"

Lu Xian's eyebrows shot up.

This reward was completely beyond his expectations.

What use is it?

"Family members, I have an extra mission here asking me to turn off 100 air conditioners."

Lu Xian explained to the audience in the livestream room.

[Awesome!]

[Hahaha, turning off air conditioners? What kind of operation is this?]

[Could it be educating and reminding us to save energy and not leave the AC on for no reason? /doge funny.]

[My wife asked me why I turned off the AC on a hot day? I said I want to be green and energy-saving. She said she'd show me some 'green' when we go out tonight, woo woo woo...]

The people in the livestream room responded with a flurry of bullet chat discussions.

At this point, the number of people in the livestream room reached 190,000.

"This dormitory building has nine floors, with 20 dormitories per floor."

"Most of the dormitory doors can't be opened. Do you guys think I should smash them open?"

Lu Xian spoke up.

While the livestream room audience was discussing.

He had already scavenged through 7 open dormitories on the ninth floor.

He had obtained three types of temporary items in total: a handheld electric fan, an ice silk towel, and a 1.5-liter bottle of mineral water.

The remaining 13 doors were locked from the inside.

[If you can open them, then open them.]

[Wouldn't that be even more exhausting?]

[Hot weather wastes stamina, makes it easier to sweat, and body temperature rises more easily.]

Someone in the livestream room suggested smashing them open.

Others said not to waste stamina and to check other floors.

Lu Xian looked at their bullet chats, lost in thought.

[Brother Lu, I remember you completed a C-rank challenge mission to build a wooden house before. You should have a C-rank item, right?]

[Yeah, yeah, I almost forgot if you hadn't mentioned it.]

[Streamer, tell us quickly, what kind of C-rank item is it?]

He originally didn't want to pull out the hammer to directly smash doors.

He wanted to keep it as a trump card to surprise people later.

Because he wasn't sure if there were 'undercover agents' or 'enemies' among the 20 people in this survival mission.

The audience in the livestream room is fluid and can go to other livestream rooms to leak information at any time.

But he didn't expect the livestream audience to still remember this.

The hammer would be exposed sooner or later anyway.

It seemed there was no need to be cautious.

"It's a secret for now."

However, Lu Xian kept them in suspense and walked downstairs.

The longer he stayed here, the more sweat broke out on his body.

His body temperature quickly rose to 37.1°C.

[ice silk towel: Can be used repeatedly to wipe sweat, can lower temperature by 0.5°C, lasts for 20 minutes.]

[Ordinary Towel: Can be used repeatedly to wipe sweat.]

[traditional chinese medicine for heatstroke × 3 vials: Can be taken when body temperature is above 40°C and in a state of heatstroke. Rapidly lowers temperature by 3°C, lasts for 2 hours.]

Later, when Lu Xian was on the eighth floor.

He found two ice silk towels, one handheld fan, two 500ml bottles of electrolyte water, four ordinary fans, and seven ordinary towels.

Among them, there was also something good.

A medicinal item called traditional chinese medicine for heatstroke.

[Brother Lu, Brother Lu, there's someone in this building with you.]

[On the fourth floor, Number 74069, an AC technician who speaks bird language, is also turning off air conditioners.]

[Someone tipped him off, he already knows Brother Lu is upstairs, but he's heading down.]

[Holy crap, an AC technician? He can fix air conditioners? Brilliant, Family members.]

"There's someone?"

"And he can fix air conditioners?"

Lu Xian took note of this.

But this meant someone was 'stealing his mission' and items.

If he didn't smash doors, it would be hard to complete this AC-shutting mission.

Then let it be exposed.

The next moment.

A bone-shattering flying hammer, restored to its original form and only half a meter long, appeared in his hand.

However, the audience in the livestream room was like fish being dynamited.

They frantically sent bullet chats in reaction:

[Huh?? When did this hammer appear?]

[Holy crap, could this be the weapon Brother Lu got from that C-rank mission?]

[Truly C-rank, it looks truly domineering!]

[Heh, if this little hammer hits me once, I wouldn't even make a second sound.]

[c-rank weapon? Brother Lu is mighty and domineering!]

"Mhm..."

Lu Xian nodded, "This is the reward you wanted to see."

"Let me show you its power."

He chuckled and swung the silver hammer backhanded against a wooden dormitory door.

BANG~

A loud boom.

The entire wooden door instantly shattered, debris flying everywhere!

[Holy crap!!]

[Terrifyingly powerful!]

[Sucking in a breath of cold air, hiss hiss hiss~]

[I'm afraid no one here dares to go head-to-head with Brother Lu...]

The audience in the livestream room was stunned.

A c-rank weapon!

And it was a hammer with explosive destructive power!

Seeing the reaction of the livestream audience, Lu Xian smiled with satisfaction.

In this dormitory where the door was broken open, no useful items were found.

But the AC-shutting count +1.

Soon, the air conditioners in all 20 dormitories on the eighth floor were turned off by Lu Xian.

At the same time, he harvested several more temporary items, all ice silk towels and water.

He also unexpectedly found an air thermometer.

There were quite a few items on the eighth floor.

"Current air temperature is 41°C."

Lu Xian glanced at the thermometer and said.

"My current body temperature is 37.3°C. My perceived temperature is affected by the air temperature, and my body has started to heat up."

"I need to use items, otherwise it'll be dangerous if my body temperature rises above 40°C."

Then, Lu Xian hung an ice silk towel on himself.

The temperature displayed on his wrist instantly dropped to 36.8°C.

"It really is a bit magical."

Lu Xian smiled at this.

The people in the livestream room called out '666'.

Afterward, Lu Xian continued his AC-shutting journey.

Under his hammer, he broke through three floors in a row.

In total, he harvested 5 handheld electric fans, 12 ice silk towels, one 2.5-liter bottle of water, seven 500ml bottles of water, 5 vials of traditional chinese medicine for heatstroke, 2 sun umbrellas, 1 bottle of sunscreen spray, an air thermometer, and other items.

As well as several other ordinary items.

He arrived at the fourth floor of the dormitory.

He found that just as the livestream audience had said, some dormitories on the fourth floor already had their air conditioners turned off.

However, he still needed to turn off three more air conditioners to complete the mission.

He then continued to hammer doors and skillfully turn off air conditioners.

He discovered that of all the air conditioners here, not a single one blew cold air.

Even if the temperature was adjusted in reverse or turned down, the wind blowing out was always hot air.

And every single dormitory had its AC on.

It was very strange.

{Completed High-Temperature Great Escape side mission — Energy-Saving Contestant. Successfully turned off 100 air conditioners. Reward: One household generator.}

Simultaneously.

A temporary spatial backpack was added to his survival template.

Inside was indeed a fuel-powered generator.

"Can you guys guess what this generator is for?"

Lu Xian asked, sweat dripping from his forehead.

[According to my research and analysis, this generator should be for generating electricity.]

[Listening to your words is like studying for ten years in vain.]

[To prevent power outages?]

[It's possible, maybe the power will go out as it gets hotter and hotter, hahaha~]

[Brother Lu, I've already written the script for you guys this time. The AC technician fixes the air conditioner, and when the power goes out, you use the generator to provide power to the AC. That way, you won't be afraid of the high temperature.]

The livestream bullet chats responded one after another.

The newbie promotion mission wasn't that complex yet.

With a little bit of thought, one could still discover or even deduce more information.

At that moment.

Lu Xian heard the sound of an argument outside.

"That's not fair! We clearly found it first!"

"So what if you found it? Things in public areas belong to whoever is worthy; anyone can take them."

"Hey! Why are you pushing people!"

"Fuck, you dare to start something? Damn it..."

...

Soon.

Lu Xian heard the commotion downstairs and information revealed by the livestream audience.

He also hurried downstairs carrying his hammer.

[Run fast!]

[A guy with a half-meter-long sledgehammer is coming downstairs!]

Below the dormitory building.

There was a small convenience store.

There were seven people at the entrance of the convenience store.

Four of them, black and yellow, were already scuffling in a group, while three others watched.

At that moment.

People in their respective livestream rooms were frantically sending bullet chats urging them to run.

"Why run?"

"Carrying a hammer? What does that mean?"

The three onlookers looked at each other after seeing the bullet chats in their own livestream rooms.

But they knew someone else was coming this way.

There weren't enough items here to go around as it was.

And now another one was coming?

When they saw Lu Xian appear carrying the half-meter-long bone-shattering flying hammer.

The seven people present were all dumbfounded and froze.

"Is there a cooling freezer here?"

Lu Xian's eyes narrowed as he looked directly into the convenience store.

According to reports from the 'Intelligence Team' viewers in the livestream room:

The convenience store had a D-rank item — a freezer!

It could continuously provide frozen items for constant cooling!

It was much more effective than the unranked small items he had collected.

With this thing, surviving five days of high-temperature weather wouldn't be a problem.

"Brother, the things here already have owners."

A burly white man looked at Lu Xian with a wary expression and said.

The implication was, don't get involved.

A group of people looked at him with hostility.

Lu Xian smiled casually and said, "Who does that thing belong to?"