The weather was getting colder and colder as the temperature continued to drop. Every morning, the surface of the water would be covered with ice. Every day, a Tree-Man would fall to the ground or turn into a real tree without waking up.
The Tree-Men did not have any natural enemies, but they were still no match for the cold weather.
Wei Huo began to think of a solution for them. First, he weaved withered grass into mats and wrapped them around the Tree-Men. This was how humans protected the trees before the time halt.
Apart from that, he could also brush some lime water on them. However, where could he find lime now?
Every night, there would be large and small bonfires in the group of Treants. Otherwise, the water inside the Treants would turn into ice cubes.
The leaves on the Tree-Men's canopies kept falling. It looked like a middle-aged man going bald. The situation was very serious. The loss of leaves would reduce the efficiency of photosynthesis. It was similar to the loss of teeth in humans. It was a very serious situation.
Wei Huo was actively thinking of a solution. However, the Tree-Men were not the kind of animals and plants that were suitable for long-distance travel.
Fortunately, the Tree-Men had a stronger will than humans. No matter what happened, even if there was only one Tree-Man left, they would continue heading south until they reached the southernmost part of the Northern continent.
However, this was just wishful thinking. There were Tree-Men dying every day. Wei Huo estimated that it would take more than a year to reach the southernmost part of the continent. Moreover, the temperature was still dropping. Even at noon, the temperature was only 10 degrees Celsius. At night, the temperature dropped to -30 degrees Celsius.
Every morning, the Tree-Men would wake up to find that one of their companions had turned into a real tree. However, they believed that the Tree-Men would come back to life when the weather warmed up.
In the end, the last Tree-Man fell to the ground. It was not dead yet. It was still moving forward. It was Wei Huo who was carrying it forward!
"Don't die!" Wei Huo kept encouraging the skinny Tree-Man on his shoulder.
Although that was what he said, it was as if Wei Huo was carrying a collapsed five-story building forward. Every step he took left a footprint on the frozen ground. Wei Huo had become very powerful after more than 100 years of continuous training. The human limiter had been unlocked, and his strength could increase infinitely. There was no longer a limit for humans. Wei Huo was shocked.
The Tree-Men were different from animals. As long as one of them survived, they would eventually become a race. Unfortunately, the Tree-Man on Wei Huo's shoulder did not survive in the end.
Wei Huo dug a big hole and buried it vertically back into the soil. He hoped that all the Tree-Men would be resurrected when the weather warmed up.
Wei Huo took away dozens of the Tree-Man's seeds and put them into a small bag. Finally, he continued heading south.
It was snowing heavily. The two gigantic beasts were covered with a layer of straw mats. Wei Huo's Qi Cultivation not only increased his lifespan, but he was also immune to heat and cold. At least he would not feel the temperature before his Qi energy was depleted.
They continued forward. The ground was already covered with snow, and all the leaves had fallen off.
There was another reason why the Northern Continent was so cold — winter had arrived. The Earth orbited the Sun in an elliptical orbit. At perihelion, it was summer, and at apohelion, it was winter.
Hunting became more and more difficult. Many animals died in this low temperature. They were all suffering from hypothermia. In the face of such low temperatures, without the protection of fur and enough energy, only death awaited them.
Of course, if he learned how to make bonfires and sew clothes, he would be able to resist the cold to a certain extent.
Wei Huo saw a group of monkeys making bonfires. They even knew how to sew clothes, just like humans in disguise.
Other than that, Wei Huo also saw a polar bear and an arctic wolf.
The polar bear and the arctic wolf said, "It's too cold in the North. We have to run south."
However, the two gigantic beasts showed their usefulness at that moment. They would sniff out the scent of dead beasts from time to time and dig in the snow. In the end, they really dug out some frozen animals.
Dead animals would not rot at all under such low temperatures. They could be eaten after being thawed by fire.
Even so, the panda and the tiger could not hold on any longer. Wei Huo was basically carrying all the luggage by himself. He even covered the two gigantic beasts with thick animal fur. Even so, they could not hold on any longer.
They seldom roared because they had to save energy. They ate very little as well. They did not know why but they were always in low spirits.
They were originally temperate animals. They could not hold on when the extreme cold suddenly came.
They collapsed on the day when the highest temperature during the day was minus one degree Celsius.
Hypothermia was a terrifying disease that threatened all animals and plants in the Northern continent. Apart from Wei Huo and the humans who were stopped by the time, no living creature could escape.
Wei Huo could not move forward anymore. He could only stay and chop down the dead trees to make a wooden house. The Tree-Men were too huge. It was impossible for Wei Huo to make a wooden house for them. However, the two gigantic beasts were not too big.
"You have to survive!" Wei Huo built a wooden house for the two gigantic beasts. He made a bonfire in the wooden house and went out to hunt.
However, it was snowing heavily outside the wooden house. The snow was knee-deep, and hunting was getting harder.
Wei Huo suddenly remembered the movie 'Life of Pi' that he once watched. A young man and a tiger were on the same survival boat. They traveled across the ocean and were finally saved.
However, Wei Huo's situation was different from that young man's. First of all, Wei Huo was no longer a young man. He was used to seeing death. Now, he was just trying his best to save the two gigantic beasts.
Wei Huo might be sad if they died, but he would not shed tears.
"What a pity!" Wei Huo caressed the heads of the two gigantic beasts. "I can't teach you guys the Qi-Training Skill."
The Qi-Training Skill was a system skill. As long as the posture was correct, the skill could be activated and Qi-Training could be done. However, teaching? How? Let alone teaching it to animals.
The two gigantic beasts were on the verge of death. The fat tiger became a skinny tiger, and the fat tiger became a skinny tiger.
They collapsed in the wooden house, motionless. Their tongues were out, and they were panting heavily as if they were suffering from asthma. They looked extremely uncomfortable.
Wei Huo thought it would be fine if they wailed. However, they would not scream when they were in pain like humans. They remained silent and their eyes were confused. However, they would react when Wei Huo patted them. They might glance at Wei Huo or move their tails. Wei Huo was stunned.
Even if Wei Huo placed food in front of them, they would only sniff and lick it. They did not want to eat it at all. Wei Huo had no choice but to force the food into their mouths and make them swallow it.
Wei Huo walked out of the wooden house. He looked at the gray sky and the falling snow. He could not help but sigh. "Sigh! Winter will last for a long time! "
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