Lu Mingfei, why are you slaying dragons if you're not involved!

Chapter 79 Who taught you to make people appreciate the true meaning of words like this!

Like, but not.

Liu Miaomiao quickly "heard" the difference.

Lu Mingfei didn't start "playing" from the beginning; he chose to start in the middle.

The young man chose to let go of his past love and wander the world, finding complete peace, and then dedicated himself to training and becoming stronger. During this journey, he met another young woman. Their initial surprise at their meeting, the trust she placed in him after sharing her lofty ambitions, and then…

Liu Miaomiao felt her cheeks burning again. Wasn't this talking about her and Lu Mingfei?
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a little smug. She thought to herself, "So what if you show up at his house or in his room? He'll still 'play the piano' for me after you leave!"

Moreover, this artistic and unique approach is probably only understood by the two of them, because it requires an extremely high level of musicality and spatial memory of the piano keys in order to match them one by one!

Is this a unique way for the two of them to "open their hearts" to each other?

The girl's mood instantly improved, feeling a mix of shyness and sweetness. Even the bittersweet feeling she had earlier, seeing Ling taking clothes for Lu Mingfei from the closet—a feeling akin to that of an "old married couple"—was temporarily suppressed.

When the countdown ended and the cold, mechanical voice announced, "Warning: It's time for the [sleep] plan," Lu Mingfei stopped "playing," lowered his hands, and breathed a slight sigh of relief.

The timing was perfect, everything was just right!

The girl across the window finally peeked out from under the pillow, so it seemed the problem was solved.

He imitated Liu Miaomiao from yesterday, striking a "time to sleep" pose as he backed onto the bed.

Liu Miaomiao also waved her hand while hugging her pillow. Only after seeing that Lu Mingfei had turned off the light did she draw the curtains and flee into the quilt as if escaping. While feeling her heart pounding rapidly, she scolded herself.

How could she be so easily appeased?

But she had her reasons, and she was quite self-righteous about them—who wouldn't be fooled if they could understand that kind of "playing"?
"Should we ask him about what's going on between him and Zero tomorrow?"

A thought crossed her mind, but she quickly dismissed it. She instinctively chose to escape.

Because they absolutely could not be "brother and sister"...and all that's left are bad outcomes!

"Let's leave it to Su Xiaoqiang. If she's capable, she can do it!"

Liu Miaomiao resolutely decided to shift the blame.

If the sky falls, let the tall ones hold it up first; the key to victory is to seize the opportunity to launch a surprise attack. Perhaps there will even be a chance for the two sides to fight it out, allowing the third to reap the benefits.

Thinking of this, she felt a little schadenfreude.

"I wonder how anxious Su Xiaoqiang was when he saw the photos?"

……

[The [Sleep] plan is about to be executed. Would you like to simultaneously "Understanding the True Meaning of Words"?]

As soon as Lu Mingfei lay down on the bed, he saw this line of text appear before his eyes.

This is the entry 【言出法随·一级】 given after upgrading 【中文】 to LV1. It can only be used after successfully comprehending the true meaning of words, and one must also bear the side effect of consuming a lot of mental and physical energy.

Lu Mingfei could understand the stringent conditions.

This entry is so powerful—as long as you reveal the true meaning of the corresponding text, you can gain the ability to influence things related to that text.

There are so many things that can be associated with "fire"!
But the more this happened, the more uneasy Lu Mingfei felt.

When has the schedule ever been kind? It's been using all sorts of insidious and cunning tactics, one after another, without stopping!
Even though two days had passed, Lu Mingfei still remembered what it did when it distributed the Tai Chi proficiency reward... It was the first time he had ever seen a reward distributed like that!

Therefore, even before it has begun, Lu Mingfei is certain that this process of "comprehending the true meaning of words" will definitely be a trap that can torture people to the point of ecstasy.

but--

"Even knowing it's a trap, I still have to step into it..."

Lu Mingfei sighed, his face contorted with grief.

The feeling of becoming stronger is wonderful.

It was so wonderful that he didn't want to give it up, to the point that he was even willing to endure the torment of the process!
Furthermore... how could one possibly resist having a powerful affix in hand but being unable to use it?
[Confirming simultaneous progress on "Understanding the True Meaning of Words"... Confirmation complete] [Warning: It's time for the [Sleep] plan. Please stop using [Vital Signs Micro-Operations]...]

Lu Mingfei took a deep breath, rolled over to his left, then to his right, and bent his leg... After preparing the "Winter Special Caterpillar-Style Sleeping Method," he canceled the "wake-up" control of the [Vitality Micro-Management] function.

The next second, the drowsiness that had accumulated for nearly twenty hours came crashing back in exponentially!

It felt like someone had hit him hard on the back of the head with a club; Lu Mingfei's vision went black, and he "fell asleep."

……

Lu Mingfei opened his eyes.

What met my eyes was not the ceiling that had become somewhat familiar over the past few days, but a... snow-white sky?
A bone-chilling cold suddenly swept over him from all directions, and he shivered. The shiver was long… so long that it showed no sign of stopping!
Lu Mingfei instinctively hugged himself tightly, but even so, he couldn't stop his body from trembling instinctively.

He forced himself to get up from the ground and scanned his surroundings.

The trees formed a dense forest, seemingly surrounding him from all directions, without gaps or end. He stood alone in the center of this snow-covered forest, every inch of the land encased in an iron-like shell of frozen snow.

The tree branches were piled high with snow, enough to swallow half a person's shadow. The branches drooped to the ground like an old man with a hunched back. As the cold wind blew, snowflakes began to fall.

"What...where did this come from?"

He murmured, his breath almost obscuring his vision before quickly dissipating.

It's cold, so cold!
It's so cold! Lu Mingfei has never been to such a cold place before. The coldest temperature in his southern city during a cold wave was around minus ten degrees Celsius, but here it must be at least minus forty or fifty degrees Celsius!
But he was still wearing the same thermal underwear he wore to bed, which was practically useless in this extremely cold environment.

A semi-transparent character appeared before my eyes—a large character for "fire," with a detailed explanation on the right.

Before the 'cold wave' arrives, collect and craft basic materials to complete the fire-making process by friction and gain insight into the true meaning of fire.

After experiencing failure, all physical abnormalities will be healed, and you will start anew.

"What the hell is this 'fire-making by friction'?! Who taught you to make people understand the true meaning of words like this..."

Lu Mingfei's eyes widened, and he couldn't help but swear. But the icy wind then rushed into his mouth, stinging him so much that he could only shut his mouth.

In that instant, he felt a thin film of ice covering his tongue, so cold it made his heart tremble.

Immediately, he realized a serious problem—

It's this cold already, and it's not considered a "cold wave"?
How terrifying it will be when the real cold wave arrives!
"We can't waste any more time, we have to get moving right away..."

Lu Mingfei thought to himself, first activating [Vitality Micro-Management] and setting it to "Not Cold" status to ensure that normal thinking and activities would not be affected by the cold.

His body began a series of automatic adjustments in response to his action—adrenaline secretion accelerated, basal metabolic rate increased, ATP hydrolysis production rate multiplied several times, and fat energy supply was activated...

He quickly lost the chill and felt as if he were in a warm spring!

But Lu Mingfei knew that this didn't mean he could ignore the extreme cold. The body needs to expend energy to resist the cold, and his body's energy reserves were limited. Once depleted, he would still suffer from hypothermia!

“I remember reading an Arctic survival guide before, which mentioned that in temperatures of minus 40 or 50 degrees Celsius, without professional cold-weather gear, hypothermia and loss of mobility would occur within 10 to 30 minutes. This means I have at least ten minutes left…”

The characters that appeared right before his eyes caused Lu Mingfei's mind to go blank for a moment as he tried to sort out the current situation in order to decide his next move.

[Cold Wave Countdown: 10]

There is no unit following the number.

This situation generally means that...

Character changes —

[Cold Wave Countdown: 9]

"what……"

Lu Mingfei laughed with relief.

(End of this chapter)