novelraw Chapter 619 419: Wet Snow and Ice Layers, Preparing Anti-Slip Ground Spikes
Chapter 619 419: Wet Snow and Ice Layers, Preparing Anti-Slip Ground Spikes
"This sunny day came out of nowhere..."
Zong Shen murmured to himself.
He looked up at the clear sky and stepped down the stairs.
His leg, clad in rabbit fur boots and rabbit fur leg guards, stepped into the snow.
With his body weight, he easily sunk down.
However, the feeling underfoot was noticeably different from yesterday.
It became slippery, making it difficult to feel any friction.
This indicated that an ice layer had formed beneath the snow.
The sudden sunny day caused the temperature to rise.
The snow melted and then refroze, shrinking in volume.
What was once loose, lightweight dry snow turned into denser, wet snow.
"Snap..."
"Crunch..."
Zong Shen walked on the snow, his fully armored body weighing at least two hundred pounds.
He could crush the thick, yet unfrozen, ice layer at the bottom.
With a crisp cracking ice sound, Zong Shen arrived outside the small courtyard.
Zong Shen already understood why the sunny day and warming appeared before the second phase of Frosty Winter.
For lords, this was definitely not a good thing.
The warm sunshine and bright sunny day were just a disguise, a temporary niceness.
This sunny day would only make the subsequent challenges more difficult.
When the loose snow all collapsed into wet snow and a layer of ice,
once the second phase of Frosty Winter began, the temperature would plummet, and the climate would change again.
New snowfall would cover the wet snow and ice layers.
Lords would find it much harder to travel then.
The slippery ice would severely affect movement.
Unless you had ice ground-suitable spiked shoes,
it would inevitably pose severe challenges to the lord's travel.
Especially entering the second phase of Frosty Winter, Commander level Yeti would start showing up.
This was clearly to increase the difficulty of future challenges.
Calm and peace are only temporary.
If you were confused by the soothing pace of the first phase of Frosty Winter,
you would surely suffer in the later two phases of Frosty Winter.
"I must start preparing now."
"Otherwise, it could indeed affect future actions."
Zong Shen thought as he walked.
Feeling the slight slipping sensation from the bottom of his war boots.
If the ice layer wasn't thin enough for him to crush it,
one can imagine how much of an obstacle it would be for future actions.
He slowly walked to the relocated Tier Two Market at the edge of the small courtyard.
After opening the sales tab, he found that about one-fifth of the cold-resistant garments listed yesterday had sold.
The best-selling item was still the cheapest Flipped and Washed Sheepskin Coat.
Of the 973 listed, 730 remained, selling 243, which was nearly 25%.
This sale resulted in 21,060 units of wood, 6,480 units of stone, 8,470 units of linen, 1,656 units of iron, 91 copper units, 6 units of secret silver, and 10 Basic Elemental Crystals.
As for the higher-tier Sewn Sheepskin Coat, they listed 500, with 407 still available.
Selling 93 of these netted Zong Shen 13,608 units of wood, 2,268 units of stone, 1,778 units of linen, 1,008 units of iron, 25 units of secret silver, and 20 Basic Elemental Crystals.
The least listed item, the Brand New Sheepskin Coat, had 100 listed, with 93 remaining.
Of the 7 sold, he received 1,890 units of wood.
The highest-tier item, the Double-sided Cold-Resistant Suit, also didn't sell well.
Although 500 were listed, only 32 had sold after almost a day.
This netted 6,480 units of wood, 56 copper units, 36 units of secret silver, and 16 Basic Elemental Crystals.
The 50 Wool Quilts were the saddest, selling only one.
This brought in 1,170 units of wood.
In basic resources, wood is the most common trade commodity.
The sales wave was below expectations but reasonable.
After all, the first phase of Frosty Winter was very mild.
There was no way the need for cold resistance could peak.
Among the listed cold-resistant garments, their cold resistance ability gradually improved.
If relatively cheap garments could meet needs,
why buy the more expensive, higher-end garments?
Zong Shen wasn't surprised in the slightest.
This could be considered the upper-grade merchandise's dormancy period.
The true boom period was still far off.
He extracted all these resources and placed them in the Territory Storage Box.
As reserve resources for territory development.
Then he took out the Burden-Bearer Mecha and drove to the location of the Blacksmith Shop in the commercial district.
To the southwest direction, this was the territory's commercial district.
Besides the Blacksmith Shop and Tailor Shop, there were also Basic Alchemy Workshop, Bakery, Brewery, and Basic Pharmacy as buildings with commercial development purposes.
But only the Blacksmith Shop and Tailor Shop had people.
The other buildings were in an idle state.
All of them were covered in a thick layer of accumulated snow.
Like wearing a white velvet cloak.
Zong Shen drove the Burden-Bearer Mecha directly to the entrance of the Blacksmith Shop.
Due to the sunny weather, the Blacksmith Shop had opened its two large flip windows and main door.
There was no need for a stove here; it was already warm.
The Dwarf Uncle was grabbing a forging hammer, hammering the iron billet just taken from the wind furnace.
Placed on the large anvil in the Blacksmith Shop, the hammering emitted sparks like fireworks.
Gradually forging the iron billet into the shape of a long sword.
The Dwarf Uncle wore a sheepskin coat, but with nothing underneath.
He left his coat open, revealing a large beer belly and solid chest muscles.
The upper chest was covered with thick black chest hair.