An unexpected gain, the corpse of the Black-maned Wild Boar King.

After the group finished receiving their potions, they walked out of the Lords Castle one after another.

Soon, only Cao Xing, Liu Muxue, Cao Yi, Dahua, and a few other managers remained in the hall.

After a pause, Cao Xing continued, "Cao Yi, Dahua, you should pass down an order later."

"Starting from today, until the day the blizzard ends, we need to reduce food consumption."

"Control it to half the original portion."

"Oh, and remember to tell them that the current problem is only temporary, and we will get through this difficult time very soon."

Upon hearing this, the group of managers nodded solemnly.

"Understood! Lord, we will pass this on properly."

After speaking, they all left the Lords Castle.

That day, all members of the territory learned the news.

Due to the impact of the blizzard weather, combined with the territory's insufficient food reserves.

Effective immediately, the territory's food supply will be adjusted.

From the previous three meals a day, it will be changed to two meals.

The portion of staple food will also be reduced.

Regarding this decision, almost all the residents expressed understanding and support.

Some even took the initiative to propose eating only one meal a day themselves to help the territory save more food.

Watching the reaction of the residents and the reports from Dahua and the others, Cao Xing felt very gratified in his heart.

He clapped his hands: "In this way, the territory's food should be able to last another ten days without any problems."

As for the physical condition of the residents, there was no need to worry.

After all, they couldn't work while the blizzard lasted, so even if they only consumed half their usual calories every day, they would still be able to jump around.

Next, Cao Xing continued to sit in the Lords Castle, paying attention to combat information.

After a morning passed, the thirty-plus strong individuals he had sent out were already operating in various parts of the Gale Snowfield.

In this kind of heavy snow, most animals and beasts hid in caves, making it very difficult to find food.

The goal Cao Xing gave them was just to hunt some game in the forests or remote mountains, or to find some other food.

As for going to those villages, forget it.

After the Blood Chaos, large areas of land were polluted, and these villagers had no food themselves.

Moreover, the crowns in Cao Xing's hands were also used up; there was no extra money to purchase food.

Cao Xing thought to himself: "Besides this, there is another way to obtain food."

"That is to use some rare beast meat in my hands to conduct large-scale trade with other Survivors in the market and exchange for their food."

"However—I don't know how long this blizzard will last. These lords' territories are much poorer than mine and don't have many emergency resources at all."

"If I exchange for their food, these territories might not survive this snowstorm."

"Now that I can still hold on for a while, I'd better wait and see the situation later."

Cao Xing shook his head.

In fact, after surviving the previous few months, almost all surviving Survivors had a sense of crisis in their hearts.

In a situation where the situation was unclear, it was impossible for them to take out life-critical basic supplies like coal or food for trading.

Time flew by, and it was afternoon.

"Clatter… clatter"

The rhythmic sound of horse hooves came from outside the territory.

The Centaur Harati returned to the territory, braving the sky-covering wind and snow.

A beautiful figure wearing red battle armor, with four hooves stepping as if leaving red petals on the ground, walked towards Cao Xing gracefully and dignifiedly.

Harati held the bow and arrow in her hand and bowed slightly.

Then she began to report her findings.

"Lord, the place you asked me to investigate yesterday, I have already finished investigating."

"It is a medium-sized gemstone mine."

"I saw a large amount of azure stone, spinel, and a small amount of topaz inside."

"A vein of this scale might give birth to rare gems, with astonishing value."

"Currently, I have left two Centaur archers to guard it there; no one else should discover this vein."

Harati finished her report in a calm tone.

Cao Xing nodded slightly, "Not bad, this kind of gemstone mine is very helpful for the future development of our territory."

"You've worked hard, go back and rest now."

"Also, have those two Centaurs who are guarding it return to the territory first."

Harati straightened her body and replied respectfully: "Yes!"

However, she didn't leave immediately.

Instead, she looked at Cao Xing and spoke again: "Lord, I heard that our territory has encountered some food difficulties, is that right?"

Cao Xing nodded, "Yes, we are already solving it, you don't need to worry."

This Centaur Saint shook her head quickly and said softly: "Regarding the Lord's ability, I naturally wouldn't worry."

"I wanted to contribute to the territory as well."

"Our Centaur clan has strong survival skills in the wild, including the ability to identify directions."

"This kind of blizzard weather is just an obstacle to our movement for us."

After a pause, Harati said firmly: "Therefore, please allow me to lead the Centaur clan out to search for food."

Cao Xing listened and looked at her seriously.

Then, he slowly walked to Harati's side and extended his right hand across her waist.

The sudden action caught Harati off guard, and her upper human body trembled slightly.

Her four hooves also subconsciously wanted to retreat backward.

But it was only then that she realized Cao Xing had no extra movements; he was just brushing the snow off her horse back.

"…"

When the snow was brushed off.

Cao Xing said solemnly: "Go, Harati, lead the other Centaurs out to help us find food."

"The territory will remember your contribution!"

Harati also came back to her senses at this moment, suppressing some strange emotions in her heart.

"Yes, Lord!"

After saying this, she turned around quickly and left the Lords Castle.

Before long, the sound of horse hooves rang out outside.

This Saint had already taken the entire Centaur clan out into the wind and snow.

Time passed quickly.

On Cao Xing's system panel, combat information kept appearing.

By nighttime.

The Giant Jode returned to the territory first.

Before the person arrived, that loud voice had already traveled over.

"Lord, good news!"

"Jode brought back a big guy, bigger than me!"

Hearing this, many people were attracted and walked out of their rooms one after another.

Including Cao Xing, who also became a bit interested.

"Oh? Bigger than Jode?"

He quickly pushed open the door of the Lords Castle.

In the howling wind and blizzard ahead, a figure standing seven or eight meters tall quickly passed through the city gate and arrived at the central area of the territory.

It was indeed the Giant Jode.

And what was most eye-catching was the behemoth he was dragging behind him,

A giant body over ten meters long, piled on the ground like a small hill.

The whole body was covered with thick black fur, and every hair was as hard as a steel needle.

Two huge tusks like two curved blades protruded from the corners of its mouth, reaching over a meter in length!

Added to that were the thick limbs; the identity of this monster was self-evident.

This was a forest boar.

And not an ordinary forest boar; although this monster was already dead, the aura it exuded was still extremely fierce.

Just one look was enough to make people feel a sense of palpitation.

Those residents, looking through the windows of their residential houses, saw this behemoth and immediately let out exclamations.

"By the gods! It's my first time seeing such a big boar in my life; my body isn't even as thick as one of this boar's hooves!"

At this time, another resident said: "I think I know this kind of monster; this is the Black-Maned Boar King!"

"It rules an entire clan and possesses earth-shattering power; even an army of ten thousand people couldn't stop it!"

"Such a powerful creature was actually hunted by the warrior Jode and brought back to the territory."

"It's truly unbelievable!"

Other residents also looked at this behemoth in shock.

Cao Xing had already walked over, his eyes falling on the giant corpse of the boar.

A piece of information appeared in front of him.

[Black-Maned Boar King (Deceased)]

A touch of praise appeared in his eyes: "Well done, Jode, you've worked hard."

This Giant scratched his head and said shyly: "It's nothing, Lord."

"This boar's strength wasn't very strong, just about Tier 7 Leader level strength."

"It seemed to be starving too, and ran outside to look for food."

"After I ran into it on the road, I solved it on the way."

Cao Xing nodded, "Very good, this Boar King is very large and should be able to supplement our territory with quite a bit of food."

"Go to the cafeteria to eat now; your food is ready."

"As you command, my Lord!"

The big guy straightened up, then ran excitedly toward the cafeteria.

Having fought outside all day, he was starving.

Cao Xing, carrying a hint of anticipation, arrived beside the corpse of the Black-Maned Boar King.

[Do you wish to dismantle the Black-Maned Boar King's corpse?]

"Yes."

As he clicked confirm, a white light quickly descended upon the Boar King's body.

Then, the system began the dismantling process.

In a short while, a large pile of bright red meat chunks, huge fur, and two white tusks over a meter long appeared on the ground!

A smile appeared on Cao Xing's face.

He stepped forward and collected all these materials into his backpack.

[Obtained: Fresh Boar Meat (Gold) * 54182]

[Obtained: Complete Black-Maned Boar King Fur (Gold) * 1]

[Obtained: Hard Boar King Bones (Gold) * 342721]

[Obtained: Fresh Boar King Blood (Gold) * 475 Liters]

[Obtained: Deadly Tusks of the Black-Maned Boar King (Orange) * 2]

Another huge haul of supplies.

Over fifty thousand units of boar meat, equivalent to over ten thousand kilograms of meat.

Even as regular food, it would be enough to feed so many people in the territory for two days.

Furthermore, Cao Xing glanced at the stats; consuming this Gold-quality boar meat could increase Strength and Constitution by 200 points.

Its value far exceeded ordinary meat.

Besides that, the fur, bones, and blood all had different uses and were extremely valuable.

What surprised Cao Xing the most were the two tusks dropped by the Boar King.

They were actually Epic-quality materials.

He checked the stats.

[Deadly Tusks of the Black-Maned Boar King (Orange)]

[Quality: Epic]

[Item Effect: Extremely sharp tusks containing the power of the Black-Maned Boar King. When crafted into a weapon, it grants 'Advanced Penetration' and 'Blade-Breaking Power' effects.]

"Not bad, these two tusks can also be forged into Epic weapons."

"It just so happens that my backpack still has a bunch of Epic materials dropped from the Lizardman Overlord, such as scales and hooked claws."

"Previously, because Harold's forging level wasn't high enough, I had set them aside for the time being."

"Now I can give them to him all at once."

Thinking of this, Cao Xing quickly walked toward the blacksmith shop.

After handing over all the materials to the dwarf blacksmith, he left.

During the blizzard, although the territory's gathering work had come to a standstill.

Areas like the brewery, Tailor Shop, and blacksmith shop continued to operate as usual.

Moreover, Cao Xing had specifically instructed that the members working in these areas should have their food supply maintained as usual to ensure they had enough strength to work.

After doing this, Cao Xing returned to the Lords Castle.

Soon, the night passed.

The next day—. The wind and snow continued.

Everyone was huddled in their respective territories, unable to go out.

The entire world seemed to have been conquered by the wind and snow.

However, in the region within a few hundred kilometers of the Gale Snowfield, there were some powerful figures braving the violent blizzard, moving through forests, rivers, plains, and other terrains.

These were the core combat personnel from Cao Xing's territory, searching for prey.

A whole day passed quickly.

These core combat personnel returned to the territory from time to time, bringing back some prey from the wild.

There were snow wolves, bomb-throwing rabbits, and some frozen boars.

Cao Xing didn't refuse any of it and dismantled them all into meat.

Although not much, when accumulated, it was a significant amount.

It could allow the territory to hold out for another two days.

Just like that, time flew by, and three days passed—.

At 6:00 AM, the system prompt appeared on time.

[All Survivors, please note that you have survived the 18th day of the Turbulent Period.]

[Weather Forecast: The blizzard will continue, with temperatures ranging from -63°C to -74°C.]

Just as Cao Xing had expected, this blizzard had been falling intermittently for four days.

And it seemed there were no signs of it stopping at all.

Even the Survivors in the chat channel had sensed something was wrong.

They started discussing it one after another.

"Brothers, something seems wrong! It's been almost four days, and this terrifying blizzard hasn't subsided. Looking at the trend, it might continue for a few more days."

"Indeed, but luckily, having learned from the last Fog Disaster, I hoarded a huge pile of coal and wood in advance, enough to last me two or three months!"

"Holy crap! You hoarded so much coal, but how much food did you hoard?"

"I didn't hoard much food; the population in the territory is increasing, and with development, I simply can't store much food."

"Me too. I even recruited several hundred refugees this time. I was planning to have them help me farm, but then this natural disaster hit. There's no point in developing anything now!"

At this moment, a rather prestigious Legion Commander said: "Everyone, let me offer a reminder."

"I don't know how long this snow disaster will last. I suggest everyone start tightening their belts from now on and minimize expenses as much as possible."

"If it lasts for half a month like the last Fog Disaster, we'll be in big trouble."

Upon hearing this, the Survivors also felt a sense of crisis.

At this stage, except for a few territories, it was impossible for everyone to hoard too much food.

If it were really like the last Fog Disaster, their territory resources would definitely face collapse!

For a time, all Lords launched emergency actions.

They issued various policies in their territories one after another.

Including cutting the daily food supply of the territory residents, shutting down lighthouses and other energy equipment, and reducing resource consumption, etc.

This was similar to Cao Xing's current territory situation.

However, for them to be like Cao Xing and send so many people out to find food in such severe weather was clearly impossible.

After all, even Master-level powerhouses would get lost in the blizzard.

Meanwhile, Cao Xing was presiding over his territory.

At this moment, a system prompt suddenly appeared in front of him.

[Your territory building: Dream Library's dream entry time has ended, and the building is now in an open state.]

"? The dream entry time has ended?"

"Does this mean Sarah has woken up too?"

A smile immediately appeared on Cao Xing's face.

The function of this Legendary-level building was too magical; it could allow the entity that entered the dream to bring something back from the dream world.

This made Cao Xing look forward to what Sarah could bring back from the dream!

Thinking of this, he quickly pushed open the door of the Lords Castle and headed toward the second ring area of the territory.

There, a simple yet majestic library appeared.

And beside the library, a slender figure was standing quietly.

She had her eyes closed, possessing no sense of presence like a shadow, as if subconsciously making people ignore her existence.

This figure was none other than Sarah.

She seemed to know that Cao Xing would come to find her, so she was already waiting there.

Upon sensing Cao Xing's aura, this Dark Elf suddenly opened her eyes.

A cold and highly lethal aura emanated from her.

"Sarah, you're awake." Cao Xing walked forward, his tone carrying a hint of concern.

This Dark Elf quickly retracted her aura and replied solemnly, "Yes, respected my Lord."

"I feel—as if I haven't seen you for a very long time—"

Speaking of this, her voice became somewhat choked, her eyes slightly reddened, and tears were almost about to burst forth.

Seeing Sarah like this, Cao Xing was stunned for a moment.

Then, he reached out his hands and pulled this Dark Elf into his embrace.

"Mm…"

Suddenly feeling the warmth of the Lord's embrace, this Legendary assassin's body stiffened slightly, then relaxed.

Her cheek pressed against Cao Xing's chest, as if she had found a long-lost sense of security.

"It's alright, Sarah." Cao Xing comforted her softly, his tone full of tenderness.

Sarah held Cao Xing tightly, as if afraid she would never see him again.

There was no trace of that cold, Legendary assassin from her usual self; she looked more like an ordinary girl in need of support.

After a while, Sarah stopped the tears of longing in her eyes, and the aura on her body also returned to calm.

She said softly: "Thank you, my Lord."

Cao Xing smiled slightly and asked in a gentle tone: "Now, tell me, what did you experience in the dream?"