bookrandom Chapter 48 A System Like a Broadcast
Chapter 48 A System Like a Broadcast
The system's voice immediately woke Su Jin up, and the content of the announcement made him wide awake.
He stared at the two lines of glaringly bright red numbers in front of him, and his breath caught in his throat for a moment.
63,000,579,999 / 7 billion.
Not a percentage, not a vague loss report, but a cold, hard number down to the single digit.
In just one night, nearly 7 million people lost their precious lives.
However, the system seemed to think they hadn't died enough, so it added a little more "minor disaster" to their lives.
"Cold, damp!"
He spoke each word almost as if it were a single, distinct syllable, clearly unwilling to give them any breathing room.
"babble!"
Seemingly sensing Su Jin's anger, Shen Ruying, who had already woken up, couldn't help but let out a soft cry.
She was also awakened by the system notification sound; she had heard the announcement as well.
If it weren't for Su Jin, she and Qiaoqiao would probably be among those 7 million people.
As for the cold wave, she couldn't imagine how she and her daughter would cope with it alone.
She involuntarily moved closer to the only solid presence beside her.
Similarly, Li Yuanyuan, lying on the other side, felt cold all over, and even the wolfskin jacket she was wearing couldn't warm her up.
Only Shen Qiaoqiao, who hadn't received any system notifications, was still dreaming and hadn't woken up.
Perhaps it's better for someone her age to know less about cruel things.
Su Jin realized that his emotions were getting out of control, so he took a deep breath and calmed himself down.
He stroked the young woman's hair, then removed her black-stockinged thighs from his body and slowly stood up.
Shen Ruying realized her daring sleeping posture, blushed, and quickly got up.
"Brother Su, should I wake them all up?"
"Shout, all of you shout!" Su Jin didn't lower his voice at all, and his tone became very serious.
If he hadn't heard the system notification, he might have taken advantage of the weather to sleep in, let alone wake up anyone else.
But things are different now; the countdown to the cold wave has given him a sense of urgency.
This cold wave countdown shattered his understanding of the system.
He initially thought that the system would proceed gradually and give them some time to rest after last night's sea monster attack.
But that's not actually the case; the system seems to want them all to die.
At this moment, Su Jin calmed down and thought things through, and immediately noticed the clue.
In reality, the world isn't that gamified. For example, monsters don't appear out of thin air, trees have to be cut down by the monsters themselves, and there are no treasure chests.
This world feels incredibly real; the system notifications seem more like announcements.
For example, a sunny day is a type of weather, a storm is also a type of weather, and fog at night is also caused by the weather.
Today's weather displayed by the system is:
[Weather: Bright moon and few stars]
[Effect: Cloudy during the day, cloudless at night, no fog, and increased marine life activity by 25%]
It's obvious that since there was a lot of rain last night, there won't be any more rain for the next two or three days.
Weather is predictable and a given fact; the system is more like telling them this information, like a broadcast.
It's not that the system manipulates the world to change it and exterminate them.
Perhaps the only way to regulate this is to pair them up as islands and let them compete and cooperate.
Su Jin believed his idea had a certain degree of credibility. The next step was to deduce what would happen next and avoid danger in advance.
Thinking of this, he was immediately invigorated. Just then, Shen Ruying woke up Shen Qiaoqiao.
Li Yuanyuan had already woken up; in fact, she got up on her own when she heard Su Jin speak.
The four of them are now sitting in a circle. Except for Shen Qiaoqiao, who looks completely unaware and still sleepy, the others are all very energetic.
After considering it for a moment, Su Jin decided to tell the girl part of the truth.
"Qiaoqiao, you may not know, but a lot of people died last night, and a cold wave is coming in a month."
Upon hearing this, the little girl immediately woke up.
She automatically ignored the previous sentence. To her, it was normal for people to die last night. As for Su Jin saying there were many, many more, without specific numbers, she didn't have much of a concept of the rest.
What she was really concerned about was the cold wave that would arrive a month later.
"Oh dear, we'd better prepare plenty of clothes, or we might freeze to death!"
As she spoke, she looked at the mother and lamb still fast asleep beside her:
"Yes, we can also shear their wool and use it to make a quilt with linen, so we won't be cold when we sleep."
"Okay." Su Jin nodded in agreement, but then changed the subject, "But that's not the important thing right now. The important thing is that we still have to face the sea monsters before the cold wave arrives."
Upon hearing this, a solemn expression appeared on the faces of the three women.
Li Yuanyuan hesitated for a moment, but still asked the question that had been bothering her.
"A cold wave is coming; won't the sea monsters stop their attack?"
Su Jin shook his head, not answering the naive girl's question, but instead asking:
"You're being too naive. Let me ask you, now that winter is coming, what are you going to do?"
Li Yuanyuan paused for a moment, then subconsciously answered:
"Of course, it's like Qiaoqiao said, making warm clothes and preparing food for winter, because nobody wants to go out in winter..."
As she spoke, she seemed to realize the problem herself and exclaimed in surprise.
"So, as the cold wave approaches, marine mammals become increasingly frantic, searching everywhere for food or things to hibernate in..."
These words immediately made Shen Ruying and her daughter Shen Qiaoqiao's faces turn slightly pale.
Last night's situation was crazy enough, with so many sea monsters, it was practically a chaotic mess, and this was only the beginning.
Su Jin nodded slowly, then solemnly said:
"Therefore, we must not let our guard down in the future. These sea monsters will stop at nothing for a piece of meat, and the competition will become increasingly fierce."
"And we cannot be complacent and sit idly by in the quiet corner waiting to die. If we do not become stronger, we may not even live to see the arrival of the cold wave."
As he spoke, he placed the harpoon in the middle of the crowd:
"First of all, I think we need to have a certain ability to kill sea monsters, and I can't kill them quickly with just my personal strength and this little harpoon."
He killed the lightning eel earlier only by taking advantage of a weakness, and even by ambushing the opponent.
If he were to fight sea monsters head-on, his chances of winning would probably be very low, especially since the ocean is their home ground, so...
"We need weapons, heavy weapons. I figured it out last night: we'll use this harpoon as bolts to build a large ballista. And this mission..."
Su Jin's gaze suddenly fell on Shen Qiaoqiao, and he said calmly:
"It has to be Qiaoqiao! I want to see it tomorrow!"