Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

Su Li squinted and looked outside the door.

The door, about a third of the height, was covered by pure white snow, and through the remaining half, one could see a pristine white expanse outside.

The morning sun shone on the snow, reflecting light so brightly that it made the snow dazzlingly white, hurting people's eyes.

"Looks like we'll have to fight the cold this time." Su Li rubbed her hands together and tucked the inner sleeves into her gloves.

"This snow is amazing. I haven't seen such thick snow in many years."

Ivan, from the northern country, echoed the same sentiment.

The train door was about half a meter above the ground, which means the snow was about 1 meter high.

Su Li had never seen such a high level of snow accumulation. He was born in the Huai River area, near the dividing line between North and South China. He had seen snow before, but never such heavy snow.

Sofia and her brother are both short; Sofia is naturally short, and Ivan is quite young. Moving around in the snow would be a bit difficult for them.

"Let's go back first. Let me check the composition." Song Mingyu patted the slime following behind her, then used her magic power to remotely dig out a clump of snow.

Song Mingyu threw snow into the slime's body and sealed it away. Then she used a prop to seal away some of the air.

Then, Su Li took out a thermometer, which she had bought in Blue Star City earlier. It was very cheap, and Su Li had bought several, as both planting and experiments required temperature control. In addition, Su Li had already considered the possibility of extreme cold or heat outside and had always kept a few on hand while on duty.

But when Su Li took out the thermometer, she was dumbfounded. Because the thermometer had already reached the bottom.

This thermometer's measuring range is only -30 to 70 degrees Celsius, and the red line inside has now dropped to -30. Su Li doesn't believe that the outside temperature is exactly -30 degrees Celsius.

After putting away the thermometer and closing the door, Su Li started the disinfection process.

The atomized disinfectant sprayed on her body made Su Li feel a chill and she shivered.

Song Mingyu took the slime back to the bedroom, which was being used as a laboratory. She opened the monster-raising device that Su Li had given her and put the slime, which had just swallowed snow, inside.

Upon activating the lower-grade magic crystal on the device, the slime immediately revealed a peaceful and happy expression.

Song Mingyu picked up a pen and paper and began to observe the changes in the slime.

The slime's digestive system activated, and it began to dissolve the components within the snow.

Meanwhile, Su Li and the others went to their respective bedrooms and began searching for warm clothes.

Their magical equipment offered some protection against the cold, but it wasn't enough to cope with this low temperature. They needed to wear warm clothing.

Su Li took off her gear, revealing a pure black lining underneath. This gear wasn't meant to be worn directly on the skin; otherwise, the friction against the skin alone would be unbearable.

Inside the gear, a soft lining is usually worn to provide some comfort and warmth.

Su Li took out the wool underwear she had prepared before from the wardrobe, put it on, and then prepared to put on her gear.

Sofia stopped him.

“You’ll be cold dressed like that,” Sophia said, pulling Su Li back. “This outfit is so hot inside that you’ll be sweating, but it doesn’t keep you out of the wind at all. When the wind blows, it’s freezing cold.”

Sofia pulled Zuli to the wardrobe, took out a windproof and waterproof jacket, and held it up against Zuli, saying, "Add another windproof one to keep warm."

"Then there's the hat, like this one with ear flaps."

Su Li adjusted the ears of her hat. "It might affect your hearing. I have magical powers, it'll be fine."

“It’s better to be prepared. If you think it will affect your hearing, you can take it off during the battle.” Sophia put the hat on Su Li’s head. “You should save your magic power. Wear more clothes, and you might be able to cast an extra spell during the battle.”

Su Li shrugged, resigned to his wife's fate.

Wearing thermal underwear, a wool sweater, a windproof jacket, and another set of gear on top, Su Li looked noticeably heavier and somewhat bulky.

After dressing Su Li, Sophia began changing her clothes as well. Sophia's figure-hugging clothes were replaced with the same bulky outfit as Su Li, which made Su Li feel very disappointed.

After changing her clothes, Sophia went to Song Mingyu for advice on dressing. Su Li, on the other hand, went to the duty room.

Su Li added some coal to the boiler, and then turned on the newly installed heating system.

A short while later, Sophia arrived with Ivan. The three of them sat on the sofa in the duty room, waiting for Song Mingyu's results.

They have no intention of going out to explore until the results are available.

The wait lasted a full two hours. The train's heating was very effective, and the temperature in the duty room quickly rose and was maintained at a comfortable level.

Three people sat in front of the boiler, where flames danced and warmed their faces.

Su Li couldn't help but chuckle softly.

"What's wrong? Why are you so happy?" Sophia asked curiously.

“I remember when I was a child.” Su Li put her hands on her stomach, looked up at the ceiling, and said with some nostalgia, “When I was a child, I watched Tom and Jerry and I envied the Western scenes of sitting in front of a fireplace and warming myself. It must have felt very pleasant.”

“I know, it also needs a rocking chair, right?” Ivan said with a smile.

"There's another incredibly thick book, with the title written in cursive script, and it's a dark brown book," Sophia chimed in, joining in the fun.

After saying that, everyone smiled.

Just then, Song Mingyu walked in, looking at Su Li and the others with some curiosity, "What are you laughing at?"

"We were talking about the fireplace scene in the animation," Su Li repeated what she had just said.

“Oh, now that you mention it, it’s true. It’s so cold outside, it really feels like that.” Song Mingyu agreed wholeheartedly. Then she waved the notebook in her hand. “But young men and women, it’s not evening yet. Let’s talk about this later tonight. Oh, and we also need a stew that’s simmering.”

“I’ll prepare it tonight.” Sofia’s eyes narrowed with a smile.

"Then I'll look forward to it. Before that, let's go to the combat lab to look at the data." Song Mingyu went to the projector in the combat preparation room, opened her notebook, and projected the contents onto the projector. "I've finished the environmental analysis. Gravity and air pressure can be found in the life support room. I mainly did some biological and energy analyses here."

Song Mingyu scratched his head, looking rather naive, and said, "The conclusion is, it's very tricky."

"Let me start with the energy aspect," Song Mingyu said, pointing to the contents of her notebook. "You should be able to understand these points, right?"

“I can understand it.” Su Li said with a serious expression. “I didn’t expect that there would be trace amounts of icy elements here, and that it would even form an elemental field.”

Su Li had sensed the icy elements within the snow earlier. However, given the freezing weather outside and the extremely high energy levels in this world, he hadn't taken it seriously. He never expected it to be so troublesome.

“Just in case anyone is unclear, let me explain.” Song Mingyu tapped the projection board with her finger. “In a high-energy world, there is ice element in ice and water element in water, which is a normal phenomenon of element aggregation. However, elemental fields are a different matter. This means that elements spontaneously form a field that can influence the outside world, and this field will in turn affect the external environment. For example, right now, the ice element here will continue to erode everyone.”

"In this situation, without corresponding elemental resistance, it is very difficult to resist this kind of elemental erosion. An ordinary person in this elemental field, even if he squats by the fire and his skin is oozing oil and his hair is on fire, will freeze to death due to the continuous accumulation of ice element erosion."

"The only way is to use magic to resist the erosion of ice elements."