July 2nd, the second day after the rule ended.
At noon, the scorching sunlight poured down on the earth, causing the accumulated snow to quickly lt into water.
As the saying goes, it's not cold when it snows but cold when the snow lts. However, under the high temperatures of July, the lting process wasn't particularly cold. The interplay of cold and heat actually maintained the temperature at a comfortable level, neither too cold nor too hot.
Guan Tong had already packed up the items from the camp not long ago and reloaded them into his backpack.
He had to pack up because once the snow started lting, water from the snow layers on both sides of the path all flowed down and flooded the path. If he didn't pack up, the lted water over a day would soak all his supplies.
"Xiao Guan, this snow is lting really fast." Wang Yan said while gazing toward the highway direction, "It was so thick before, but quite a lot has lted already. I estimate it'll all lt away in three to five days."
"Yeah, thankfully it's during the hottest month of July. If it were winter, it probably wouldn't lt for months."
"True." As Wang Yan spoke, a pained expression suddenly appeared on her face, and she raised her hand to cover her stomach.
Chen Na, who was nearby, imdiately noticed her mother's condition and quickly said, "Mom, is your stomach hurting again? Quickly go back and lie down in the car!"
"It's fine, it's fine..."
Although Wang Yan said this, she still returned to the car. Guan Tong helped support her into the vehicle, saying, "Sister Wang, judging by how fast the snow is lting, we should be able to drive from here the day after tomorrow. Let's go to a hospital in Yunhua first then."
Chen Na nodded repeatedly: "Mom, please listen to Brother Guan and go to the hospital. Yunhua is a big city, they'll definitely be able to treat your illness."
Wang Yan also nodded, but with so concern: "Yunhua is such a big city, will the snow lt as quickly there as here..."
"The natural lting speed definitely won't be as fast as here, but I estimate the city will deploy a lot of manpower to accelerate the process." Guan Tong speculated, "To quickly clear the snow and restore normal city operations, the authorities should use large amounts of de-icing agents and also call on citizens to help remove snow from the streets."
"That makes sense, let's go check it out then. Sigh, this chronic problem is really troubleso."
Guan Tong thought for a mont and asked, "Sister Wang, do you still have enough fuel in your car?"
Because Wang Yan and her daughter Chen Na had been living in the car throughout the month, and to ensure the car wouldn't freeze, Wang Yan would move the car daily and let it idle with the air conditioning on for warmth for quite so ti each day.
Although Guan Tong didn't know the exact fuel level, idling for several hours every day over a month would absolutely consu a significant amount of fuel.
Wang Yan smiled: "It's enough, definitely enough... my truck has a full tank capacity of 1100 liters, and after a month there's still over 300 liters left. Even if it weren't enough, I could..."
Wang Yan paused, then said straightforwardly: "I can convert fuel myself."
Guan Tong was startled, not understanding what "convert fuel myself" ant.
Wang Yan explained sowhat embarrassed: "It's the item I got from passing the first rule. At that ti, thinking I'd still be driving trucks later, I searched for 'fuel saving' in that store, and ended up getting an [Oil Conversion Pot]. Pour other liquids into this pot, consu Mind Power, and it converts into corresponding milliliters of fuel..."
"..."
Guan Tong truly didn't know what to say for a mont. This item inexplicably reminded him of news from many years before his transmigration, about soone inventing "water-to-fuel" technology that even made newspaper headlines.
Of course, it was later proven to be a scam. He just never expected that in the Doomsday Rules era after his transmigration, this technology would actually beco real in Wang Yan's hands.
Not to ntion, with the snow lting now, snow water was the most abundant resource. Scooping a pot daily, consuming Mind Power to convert it into fuel, and accumulating it could et the vehicle's needs.
"But who would have thought that after the rules ended, the country would announce free supply of food and such, making money useless." Wang Yan said awkwardly, "If I'd known I wouldn't need to drive trucks anymore, why would I have bought this item?"
"You can't say that, it ca in handy during this rule, didn't it?" Guan Tong said, "And although food is free now, fuel is still supplied in limited quantities. When Sister Wang you increase your Mind Power and can convert more, you might even join the official resource departnt and beco an important mber."
"Brother Guan is right, Mom, your item is still very powerful." Chen Na also said.
Guan Tong then stopped disturbing Wang Yan's rest and went outside, walking on the gradually lting snow layer.
Thanks to the [Multi-Terrain Marching Boots] he wore, he didn't worry about slipping and falling from stepping in water. Moreover, the outside temperature was very comfortable now, with clear skies and no clouds in sight, making walking very pleasant.
"Haven't been able to take a leisurely walk for a month, these rules are truly torturous."
During the [Snow in June] rule period, because it kept snowing outside, visibility was terrible. Combined with the low temperatures, Guan Tong basically avoided leaving the camp unless necessary.
This was probably the feeling of not appreciating sothing until it's gone. After the tornt of this rule, he truly felt how delightful it was to take a walk basking in the sunlight.
As he walked now, he thought about future matters.
"The interval period for this rule isn't short. The fifth rule will be announced on August 1st, giving us a month to catch our breath."
"During this month, the first few days in big cities will probably be spent clearing accumulated snow, preventing derivative floods, and dealing with other legacy issues from the fourth rule."
"The question is, how should I plan my own ti throughout this entire July?"
Guan Tong knew that in the Doomsday Rules era, ti was extrely precious. If he wanted to keep surviving and completing rule challenges, he couldn't afford to slack off.
Of course, if absolutely necessary, one could choose to give up and just live day by day eating free food - many people had made that choice.
Not all of these people were necessarily pleasure-seekers; a large portion had no other choice. Limited by poor innate conditions, bad luck obtaining useless items, too low Mind Power upper limits, and other factors, even if they tried desperately hard, the results wouldn't be good.
But Guan Tong wasn't like that. He felt that since he could see Hidden Rules and obtained a powerful item like the [Wordless Book], it would be too wasteful to slack off.
If he didn't have the conditions, that would be one thing, but since he had both conditions and opportunities, he decided to try hard to see if he could persist until the end, clear all the rules, and glimpse the secret origins and the truth about the Fire Thief.
While walking like this, Guan Tong gradually sorted out his thoughts and made a July plan.
First, he needed to complete adding characters to the first page, specifically adding the two characters for "Transformation," to try giving Shadow more possibilities and plasticity. And through this, experint with more combat thods.
Second was ammunition storage for the Silver Hunter.
Judging from the two new products in the Ascension Store, the fifth rule might potentially involve conflicts between people, which was undoubtedly a very terrifying type of rule.
If given a choice, Guan Tong would rather struggle against nature and natural disasters than have people forced by rules to kill each other. But unfortunately, he had no choice - everything was decided by the Fire Thief.
So, if it involved conflicts between people, the "Silver Hunter" scattergun would have extrely strong deterrent power. For this, Guan Tong planned to store more Type 1 Ammunition, with appropriate amounts of Type 2 and Type 3.
The third thing to do was that Guan Tong wanted to try opening a new page in the [Wordless Book].
Although each new page increased the Mind Power consumption for writing on it, his current 123-point upper limit wasn't small, and even if he only wrote one stroke daily, accumulated over ti it could yield results.
As for what to write on the third page, he wanted to try "Mind Power," the core of everything. If the [Wordless Book] could generate Mind Power or increase the upper limit, the improvent for him would definitely be leap-level... though he didn't hold much hope for this, just wanting to try and see the results.
And the final thing to do didn't concern himself, but rather societal changes.
Guan Tong planned to spend this month not like before, burying himself in developnt while ignoring outside matters, but instead going online more to follow social developnts.
He wanted to see what kind of social changes the ergence of "tradable items" would bring.
If lone wolf Ascendants' living space was rapidly squeezed and coerced by various groups in a short ti, then he might also have to make so preparations for his own safety.
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