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

Chapter 81 Cold Wave! Absolute Zero! (15)

In ten seconds, he completed a fire-making exercise by friction, wearing thermal underwear and working in extremely cold weather of minus forty or fifty degrees Celsius, without any tools, finding raw materials and preparing equipment himself.

For ordinary people, it's better to just wait to die; there's no difference.

Lu Mingfei does have a chance of doing it.

A schedule will not provide invalid information, just like how teachers always emphasize when explaining problems that "every condition given in the problem is useful"—

[After failing to comprehend something, all physical abnormalities will be cured, and you can start over], which means that Lu Mingfei can use the entry at will!
However, terms like "Ming Jin - First Level" should be used with caution, as they can cause damage to the muscles in the affected area.

Realizing this, Lu Mingfei activated [Burst Sprint].

The cold wave countdown lasts for a total of ten seconds, which is exactly the same as the duration of the burst sprint modifier. Starting it now is already a waste of a lot of time.

But it doesn't matter, since Lu Mingfei didn't expect to pass the test on his first try anyway!
The snowflakes drifting down from the sky were suddenly trapped in an invisible gel, and even the howling wind turned into long, drawn-out mournful cries.

Lu Mingfei ignored this change that he had long been accustomed to and began to think about what he should do next when he had an epiphany.

"First, the burst sprint and micro-management of vital signs must be activated immediately to maximize the use of time while ensuring normal movement in extremely cold environments. Then..."

Lu Mingfei glanced at the surrounding trees and sighed softly.

This is the hardest part.

His understanding of fire-making by friction was limited to the basic principles he learned from books and one practical experience—a hands-on lesson his teacher had given in junior high school physics class, which he had tried and barely managed to succeed.

But that time, everything, from the drill plate and drill rod to the tinder, was prepared in advance—the most suitable materials!

Now, he has to do everything himself.

Lu Mingfei knew absolutely nothing about the types of trees best suited for fire-making by friction, how to distinguish them, or the most efficient methods for starting fires by friction.

Therefore, we can only try them one by one!
This process is definitely unavoidable...

Lu Mingfei sighed again, then suddenly paused.

He noticed a detail—the steam from his breath was still in front of him when he sighed.

They were also "delayed"!

"call……"

Lu Mingfei subconsciously exhaled again, while staring intently without blinking.

As soon as the water vapor left the warm mouth, it encountered the extreme cold of minus forty or fifty degrees Celsius. It skipped the liquid stage and directly sublimated into ice crystals.

Therefore, the white vapor looked somewhat sparse and had a faint shimmer, unlike ordinary liquid white mist at low temperatures... But these were not the key points. What Lu Mingfei was concerned about was their speed of movement!

The white vapor was exhaled at a normal speed when Lu Mingfei first exhaled.

But after only a short distance, at most three or four centimeters, they seemed to encounter some obstacle and instantly became as sluggish as snowflakes in mid-air.

"This is……"

Lu Mingfei reached out, wanting to touch the cluster of tiny ice crystals that were "stalled" in mid-air. But just as he was about to touch them, they resumed their normal speed, dispersed a short distance, and "stalled" again…

"what's the situation?"

Lu Mingfei withdrew his hand.

The two times he used Burst Sprint before, he was either too anxious to concentrate or there were no obvious reference points to observe it... Therefore, this was the first time he noticed this detail.

If it's just accelerating itself, how could this phenomenon occur?

Unless it's... a specific area? Within a certain range, all objects are accelerated?
But that's not right either. The two times I used my burst sprint to hug Senior Brother Chu and Su Xiaoqiang, they haven't returned to normal and are still slowed down.

Furthermore, the relative speed and kinetic energy aspects are also inexplicable...

Lu Mingfei pondered and pondered... when suddenly he shivered.

At first, he didn't realize something was wrong. But as the chills became more frequent, he finally realized what was happening.

"Didn't I set up a 'not cold' health indicator for micro-exercises?"

Lu Mingfei initially thought the "Micro-management of Vital Signs" entry was invalid, but after checking, he found that this was not the case.

What is the reason for my shivering?
"Wait, this fog..."

Lu Mingfei suddenly noticed that what he saw in front of him had become somewhat foggy.

He looked around.

This vast expanse of white mist wasn't confined to one place; it enveloped everything around it! It appeared beside me without my noticing.

Sensing something, Lu Mingfei looked at the countdown timer—

[Cold Wave Countdown: 1]

He raised his head again and looked up at the sky.

This time, he saw it clearly.

The white sky was pressing down.

That's not the sky... that's a "cold wave"!
The already frigid air became even harder to breathe, and the fog quickly turned pale blue, a scene caused by countless molecules selectively absorbing red light and reflecting blue light at low temperatures.

And molecules with this content and these properties seem to exist only in the air… Lu Mingfei suddenly realized.

He knew why he was having trouble breathing: those pale blue liquid droplets were oxygen liquefied at low temperatures!
The appearance of rainbow-colored light, which should have been a dreamlike paradise, instead brought death more horrific than hell.

The heart pounded like a drum, and blood was pumped through the blood vessels at an unprecedented speed, even becoming visibly thinner as the body consumed fat and other substances due to the fever.

Lu Mingfei's body is generating heat at a rate far exceeding normal human physiology under the [Body Signs Manipulation] to cope with the low temperature that should have killed him.

But it was all in vain.

The low temperature had already surpassed the threshold of "not cold" in terms of physical signs; a deadly chill swept over him, and Lu Mingfei's body trembled uncontrollably.

Liquid oxygen droplets quickly settled on the ground, followed by white solid particles in the air, which were nitrogen gas that had begun to liquefy, with solid nitrogen already precipitating in some areas.

Lu Mingfei subconsciously held his breath, preserving the last bit of air in his body.

His body stopped shivering. This was a typical symptom of hypothermia; even though his temperature was still dropping rapidly, he began to feel...warmth.

Ice-like suspended particles have appeared in the air and piled up; these are the remaining gases in the air that are beginning to solidify!
The air rapidly thinned, and the surrounding environment transformed into a vacuum.

"fine……"

Lu Mingfei took a step forward.

His thermal underwear, already frozen due to the sudden drop in temperature, cracked everywhere with the slightest movement and bend.

The exposed, emaciated body began to become plump in an unnatural way, with black scales appearing on its surface, bone spurs protruding from its back, and golden light igniting in its eyes.

But it was all meaningless.

Because a cold wave has arrived, reaching absolute zero, which shouldn't exist. Even the sun should go out at this time, and the classical physical rules of time and space would collapse under this phenomenon.

The "Micro-management of Vital Signs" technique had long been broken and rendered ineffective. Lu Mingfei was actually quite surprised that he could still be alive and even still be conscious.

He could no longer see or touch anything; the extreme cold had destroyed everything, and even the excruciating pain was fleeting because there were no nerves to transmit "feelings."

Therefore, he had no idea what he had become in this extremely short period of time.

It was a ferocious yet solemn creature, its body covered in black scales, with wings growing from its back. Its golden eyes, like those of a gas lamp, were breathtakingly beautiful, yet also carried a unique kingly majesty.

Even so, this process was still terminated.

Absolute zero would bring all motion under the rules of classical physics to a standstill.

Lu Mingfei was unaware of all this; he simply murmured his last words, words that could not be transmitted due to the vacuum—

"Thank goodness, no one saw me running around naked..."

[Cold Wave Countdown: 0]

……

"drink!"

Lu Mingfei opened his eyes in horror, gasping for breath as if he had just suffocated.

He stared blankly at everything around him until the "Cold Wave Countdown: 10" message appeared, at which point he snapped out of his daze and jumped up.

"You cheated with the schedule! There was clearly only one second left on the countdown, and then the cold wave hit! What's the difference between that and starting a race one second before the starter fires the gun? It's a foul! That's not fair! I demand a rematch! Wait, no, I don't want a rematch, can you just let me out?"

Despite his constant shouting, Lu Mingfei didn't stop moving at all.

The feeling of death descending so quickly, though so brief that it's barely memorable, was one of utter despair and helplessness.
Lu Mingfei never wanted to experience that feeling again; he just wanted to end it all as soon as possible.

The sequence of actions, which he had already conceived in his mind, was carried out one by one—

[Explosive Sprint] and [Vitality Micro-Management] are activated before getting up, while [Super Speed ​​Calculation] and [Force Analysis] are activated simultaneously during the run.

He ran at full speed to the tree he had already chosen, and just as he arrived, all the vectors were quickly calculated, and the optimal position was determined.

Without hesitation, Lu Mingfei raised his leg and delivered a sweeping kick!
Under the effect of [Ming Jin - First Level], the sweeping leg suddenly accelerated in the air, and [Precise Hit] guided this cannonball-like leg to hit that spot!
This is the longest time Lu Mingfei has used any terms in such a short period of time.

Even if that Deadpool were standing right in front of him last time, Lu Mingfei believed that his kick would cause it considerable damage! And now, he was using—

Kick the tree.

After a loud bang, the balance of forces was broken. Trees cracked and fell to the ground, and snow flew everywhere. Lu Mingfei gasped and, enduring the pain, dragged his injured leg forward.

He broke off a branch and tried to recall the method of starting a fire by rubbing sticks together, a memory so distant it was almost blurry.

after a while……

[Cold Wave Countdown: 1]

"Damn it, this tree has way too much water!"

Lu Mingfei tossed aside the blackened tip of the twig, his fingers lightly touching the groove in the trunk. The last bit of warmth dissipated instantly in the incredibly low temperature.

After memorizing the tree's appearance, he simply deactivated [Burst Sprint], lay down on the ground, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

He slept peacefully.

(End of this chapter)