Chapter 11: The First Night, Greedy Human Nature

Chapter 11: The First Night, Greedy Human Nature

What Cao Xing said was naturally fake. The [Ice Armor Technique] skill was one of the early basic skills for mages. Although it was rather lackluster, its value was not low.

Cao Xing directly replied, "Believe it or not."

After hearing this, Meloser said helplessly, "Forget it, 3 pieces of snake meat it is. If we eat sparingly, it should be enough for my family to hold on for another day."

Hearing the last sentence, Cao Xing's gaze flickered slightly.

After pondering for a moment, he sent a message over, "How about this, you change it to 20 food items, and I will add 5 more bread."

Meloser on the other side was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, but still said, "Alright."

Cao Xing: "Then you go straight to the market to modify the trade information, and I will buy it immediately."

Soon, the price of that skill book on the market became [Food] * 20.

Cao Xing directly bought it.

[Trade successful, you obtained Ice Armor Technique Skill Book * 1, you lost Fresh Snake Meat * 3, you lost Bread * 5.]

[Ice Armor Technique: Consumes a certain amount of Mental Power to increase the armor of yourself or an ally (Mental Power * 0.6). The effect lasts for 30 seconds, and the cooldown time is 60 seconds.]

Cao Xing's eyes lit up with joy. This was it.

His current mental strength was 5, and with the blessing of the [Believer Cane], it was 8 points of mental power.

In other words, Cao Xing could permanently increase his armor value by 5 points for himself again!

He clicked to learn it directly.

[Successfully learned [Ice Armor Technique]…]

After the system prompt ended, Cao Xing secretly rejoiced in his heart.

Then, he took the lead to cast Ice Armor Technique on himself.

"Stack armor! Pass!"

[Cast [Ice Armor Technique] successfully, Armor + 5, talent [Eternal Power] takes effect, this skill has become permanent.]

The next moment, Cao Xing felt a layer of invisible frost armor wrap around him.

A sense of spontaneous security surged into his heart.

The effect of [Ice Armor Technique] was similar to [Scale Armor], both being invisible defensive means that only appeared when attacked.

Now his armor had reached 15 points, and attacks from monsters below level 3 could not even cause any damage to him!

Simply put, it couldn't break his defense!

Cao Xing nodded in satisfaction.

After waiting for 60 seconds, Cao Xing applied another layer of Ice Armor Technique to Liu Muxue.

As the tank in the team, her defense naturally had to be stacked as high as possible.

At this moment, the two of them were sharing a room.

Liu Muxue also learned about the current situation of other Survivors through the chat channel.

Only now did she understand that not everyone was like her, already living in a warm Lords Cabin.

More Survivors were still living a life of starvation and freezing.

If it weren't for being with Cao Xing, she, Liu Muxue, would likely have met the same fate, or even worse.

And then at night, experience that bone-chilling ice and snow hell.

Liu Muxue looked at Cao Xing with grateful eyes, "Thank you, A-Xing. If it weren't for you, I might have frozen to death outside."

Cao Xing shook his head and said, "It's nothing, sister-in-law. Since the two of us were assigned to a group, we must cooperate with each other to live better in this world."

"Me helping you is also helping myself."

Liu Muxue nodded solemnly, "I will adapt to this world as soon as possible and won't hold you back!"

Cao Xing nodded.

Then, the two of them entered a state of relative silence.

The atmosphere seemed a bit awkward.

At this time, Liu Muxue didn't know what she thought of, and suddenly her pretty face flushed red, even her body trembling slightly.

A moment later, she took off her snow boots and curled back onto the small wooden bed.

Liu Muxue wrapped herself in a wolf fur coat, buried her blushing head deeply into it, leaving only a pair of tender, pink little feet exposed.

And between the two of them, there was a warm stove separating them.

A moment later, Cao Xing said, "Sleep, sister-in-law."

…

…

Night fell.

The coal in the stove was burning very brightly.

Through the Lords Cabin, the sound of the wind coming from outside could be heard.

At this time, both of them were wrapped in wolf skins, covering themselves with them as quilts.

Liu Muxue looked at Cao Xing's back, not knowing what she was thinking.

Just at this moment, Liu Muxue received a video call.

Looking at the name of the caller: Bi Yunlan.

It was her mother.

A trace of solemnity flashed across Liu Muxue's face.

After pondering for a moment, she still clicked answer.

"Xiaoxue, how are things going on your end?"

As soon as the video connected, a woman's voice came from the opposite side.

Liu Muxue was somewhat surprised that the other party would actually care about her.

However, before Liu Muxue could speak, Bi Yunlan on the other side continued, "Oh my god, Xiaoxue! Our family suddenly came to this world, we are really having terrible luck!"

"You have no idea, your two younger brothers, your father, and I are having a miserable time!"

"Inside that box, there is so little food, not even enough for Dabao and Xiaobao for one meal."

"Now the food is almost finished, and your father and I haven't eaten anything tonight, cold and hungry."

"Xiaoxue, do you have any extra food over there, support us with some!"

The corners of Liu Muxue's mouth raised a bitter smile.

Was it still like this after all?

Without even saying a word, her true nature was exposed.

Without caring about her life or death, she directly asked her for food.

Liu Muxue remembered that back on Blue Star, it seemed to have been the same.

She was always strictly demanded, all her income was controlled by them, and they even intervened in her life.

So much so that in the end, she was forced to marry the man she hated.

Liu Muxue took a deep breath, seemingly mustering up a certain kind of courage.

She shook her head and said, "Mom, I don't have any extra food either."

Hearing this, Liu Muxue's mother immediately asked doubtfully, "Really none left at all? Xiaoxue, your two younger brothers have been hungry for a day!"

"You know, Dabao and Xiaobao eat a lot, they used to eat four or five meals a day before. Now coming to this world, they have only eaten one meal, and your father and I have only eaten half a bread."

As Liu's mother spoke, her eyes were still wandering around, seemingly checking out the situation on Liu Muxue's side.

Liu Muxue firmly said, "There is none."

Right at this moment, the appearance of another middle-aged man appeared in the video screen.

He looked at Liu Muxue's background and asked doubtfully, "Xiaoxue, are you lying to us?"

"You've already moved into a house, and you still say there's no food?"

"Also, where did you get this fur draped over your body?"

The voices of two children rang out from the side, and they pointed at the screen and said, "Mom and Dad, I recognize the fur on sister's body, that is wolf skin!"

"Sister has already killed a wolf, sister has meat there!"

Hearing this, Liu's mother immediately said angrily, "Good, you thousand-slash, how dare you lie to your old mother!"

"You are not willing to share meat with your family, you ungrateful wretch, I raised you in vain for so long!"

At this moment, Liu's father was also blaming alongside, and there were also the noisy sounds of two children next to them.

"Xiaoxue, what are you trying to do? Your mother and I are almost starving to death, and you are not willing to share a bit of food? Has your conscience been eaten by dogs?"

Facing her family's accusations, Liu Muxue gently bit her lower lip, her eyes filled with tears, looking somewhat at a loss for a moment.

Liu's mother on the opposite side intensified, "Are you feeling wronged now?"

"We have been hungry for a day and haven't felt wronged yet. Liu Muxue, I see your wings have truly gotten stiff!"

Liu Muxue's eyes were red, and she was about to cry out.

Right at this moment, a figure squeezed into the screen.

"You two old things, what are you yapping and barking about over there?"

Hearing the scolding, the voices on the opposite side instantly quieted down.

Then, they saw a young man appear beside Liu Muxue.

Liu's father saw Cao Xing's image and questioned, "Xiaoxue, who are you staying with? Who is this man?"

Before Liu Muxue could speak, Cao Xing took the lead to reply, "You don't need to know who I am."

"If you want food, go find it in the snow yourself."

The middle-aged man on the opposite side heard this, "I am talking to my daughter, what qualifications do you have to butt in?"

Cao Xing laughed and said, "What qualifications do I have?"

"Just based on the fact that I killed the wolf, and the meat is mine, how about that?"

The middle-aged man said angrily, "Then I won't ask you, I'll ask Xiaoxue, she is my daughter!"

Cao Xing sneered and said, "Even if you ask her, there is none. The food is kept by me. With me here, not a single crumb of bread will be given to you."

"You have hands and feet of your own, yet you don't know how to get food yourself and run to your daughter's place to leech off her. Have you no shame?"

"You!"

"What about you? At such an old age, you still shamelessly pester others, even worse than a woman, you trash."

After Cao Xing scolded him fiercely from head to toe, the middle-aged man on the opposite side turned red with holding it in.

Beside them, the wailing cries of the two children also rang out.

Liu's mother on the side seemed to still want to help her husband and verbally attack Cao Xing.

However, under Cao Xing's signal, Liu Muxue directly hung up the video call.

Beep——

The world instantly quieted down.

Liu Muxue curled up on the bed, her shoulders trembling continuously, as if she couldn't quite control her emotions.

By Cao Xing's ear, soft sobbing sounds came through.

A moment later, after the sobbing stopped.

Cao Xing comforted, "It's nothing, sister-in-law."

Liu Muxue raised her head, looking at Cao Xing with red and swollen eyes gratefully, and said, "A-Xing, thank you for getting me out of this predicament."

Cao Xing shook his head and said, "It's nothing. These guys want to get something for nothing and take supplies from my hands, no way!"

"You must also remember, no matter who asks you for food or other resources, you must not give it."

"Once there is the first time, there will be a second time, and afterwards they will make endless demands, understand?"

Hearing this, a trace of bitter smile flashed through Liu Muxue's eyes.