The temperature was frigid. Xie Ning was wearing two layers of thermal underwear and a heavy down jacket on top, but even with her abilities as a Fourth-rank Gold Ability User, she could still feel the bone-chilling cold from outside, to say nothing of everyone else.
'This is going to be a rough time.'
But the terrifying drop in temperature wasn't the worst part. Xie Ning was more worried that the extreme cold would cause viruses to multiply or mutate on a massive scale.
The situation would become uncontrollable.
Gu Chen returned to the courtyard house with Xie Ning. He jumped down into the cellar and lowered the partition, and immediately felt much warmer.
A short while later, Lu Wei arrived, leading a group of young men in military uniforms who were carrying seven or eight large crates.
When seven or eight crates full of dazzling Crystal Cores were placed in front of Xie Ning, even the worldly Xie Ning couldn't help but stare with wide-eyed astonishment.
