Day by day in the infinite game

Chapter 278 278. Natural competition for survival
In the cold snowy weather, the silent warmth between the two seemed to dilute the biting coldness.

Some players glanced at each other with smiles in their eyes.

After eating and taking a short rest, everyone set off and continued on their way.

I thought that even if the bad weather made it more difficult to find people, it would take at most two days to find my "wandering" brother.

No one expected that this trip would take seven days.

……

The weather in Antarctica is not as cold and harsh as it sounds.

The 24-hour punishment time has passed, and the sky is still full of snow and the cold wind is raging.

The three Lao Tian people and the penguin family stayed in place, eagerly awaiting the safe return of the "mainstays" who went out to hunt.

In the cold sea far away, a fierce and cruel one-sided fight for survival is taking place.

Many of the penguin's natural enemies - predator seals - lurking in the shadows under the ice floes, rushed over from their hiding places after the penguins went to the sea to hunt for food. Several unprepared penguins soon became their meals.

Upon seeing this, the remaining penguins quickly ran away, not forgetting to swallow the food that came to their mouths during their escape.

Even if this is a cruel multiple-choice question of life or death, the "family" who are still waiting for them to return with food are obviously extremely important.

After a fierce chase, when the surviving penguins finally returned to the ice safely in a state of embarrassment, the original team had shrunk by nearly half.

Even though they have been exposed to the cruel natural competition for survival since childhood, the death of their companions still makes them moan uncontrollably.

When the sea calmed down and there was no more movement, they finally settled down and headed back in spite of the wind and snow.

When Lao Tian and the penguin family finally got them back, they faced the fierce competition for survival in the natural environment, and the three of them felt very uncomfortable.

In order to escape, the surviving penguins brought back limited food. After giving priority to the young ones who were waiting to be fed, the remaining female penguins were stuffed between their teeth and their bellies were not even filled.

Naturally, the three grown men did not need to share the food brought back by the little animals after all the hard work.

The male penguins, who had lost many of their companions during the trip and were still hungry, took a short rest and planned to continue looking for food.

The Antarctic cold season has begun.

The weather is too cold, and it will get colder day by day. They need to eat enough food and store thick fat to withstand the cold.

This time, Lao Tian wants to go with them.

Firstly, he wanted to help, but he really couldn't bear to see them continue to deteriorate; secondly, he also wanted to explore the road and stock up on some fresh food.

It is said that Antarctic krill is a good thing, with high nutritional value, wide distribution and large quantity. He wants to give his brothers a taste of it.

Well, of course, the actual starting point was that he was a little greedy...

The other two male players were hesitant about this proposal. When Lao Tian saw this, he advised: "You two just stay here and follow them. Maybe our brothers will find them soon. I will go with them."

After saying that, he patted the two people on the shoulders, turned around and strode to follow the Penguin Team who set off again.

Perhaps it was because there was a "Chosen Penguin" in the family, and they had brief contact for most of the day. This group of Emperor Penguins was very tolerant of humans like them, and could also understand some simple body language.

They looked back and saw Lao Tian following them. They flapped their short wings and continued on their way against the wind.

Follow the penguins, and you can see their naive walking postures more intuitively.

No matter how strong or cold the cold wind was, it couldn't stop Lao Tian from closing his mouth more and more as he watched.

Well, what a bunch of cute little things.

I don't know how his family's Goose is doing, I haven't seen him for so long, don't forget him heartlessly...

……

The Penguin Emperor struggled to move forward, raising his head from time to time to adjust the direction.

Not far behind it, followed by a big fat goose that almost blended into the environment.

At first glance from a distance, it looks like a floral cotton-padded jacket floating strangely in the air.

I don’t know where the stupid man who shoveled shit for it is, or whether it’s in good condition.

Really, can that stupid man take care of himself without it?
Suddenly I felt a little regretful. If I had known that I was going to face this snowstorm and this "parting", I would not have refused to give my stupid man an early end to his punishment time because of his tough words.

Just as he was thinking about his thoughts, his feet became unsteady and he stumbled, and the big fat goose fell on the snow in a panic.

The players who caught up behind quickly came over and helped it up.

"Gah." It flapped its wings in graceful thanks.

These humans are all brothers of the shit shoveler. He is lucky to be able to go out to look for that stupid man in such weather without any complaints.

It has to be nice to them on behalf of that stupid man.

Can't be disliked.

……

Xiaoqi's physical image is fatter and bigger than before.

At this time, he was lying in Tang Qinqin's arms, looking curiously at the vast white sky and earth in front of him.

This was the first time that it felt what "cold" was, and it was curious about the fact that its body was shivering in the cold wind.

Forgive it for once being a virtual data code. To become a real "life" with a physical body and a heartbeat, it is not proficient enough to master the basic business of this body.

Seeing that it insisted on nestling in his arms and feeling the cold Antarctic wind, Tang Qinqin had no choice but to let it go.

He just tied a warm red cat cloak around his body.

Obsidian doesn't like the cold, and she is lazily crossing her legs in the companion space at the moment.

The weather in the accompanying space has always been like spring, which is very suitable for the growth of all things, making it lazy and rotten.

It has string after string of food reserves, so it can sleep all winter without being hungry at all.

Only when Tang Qinqin needed it to provide spider silk did he get up and "work".

The Meow Team and Paw Team in the companion space produced a lot of cat and dog hair, which were used by Xiaoqi, who was curious about human handicrafts, to practice "claws" and turned into various "meows/ Wang Felt”.

Song Yuanze's cockatiels are also afraid of the cold. They have been hiding in the accompanying space since they set foot on the Antarctic continent, and they don't care about continuing to feel their presence in front of Tang Qinqin.

When he was forcibly dragged out, he was shaking like chaff in a sieve, his body was trembling, and he wanted to get into Song Yuanze's thick cotton-padded jacket.

It made everyone happy.

"How long will this windy weather last? Xiao Qi?"

Tang Qinqin asked.

The cat looked at the world with curiosity in his arms, lazily raising a front paw, and then a plum blossom bloomed.

Tang Qinqin couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.

It was so cold that my toes were numb.

There was never a moment when she looked forward to the sun so much, missed the sun so much...

(End of this chapter)