Doomsday Carnival: The Little Monster Only Has a Seven-Second Memory

Once the extreme cold begins, it's not easy to stop. The wind and snow outside are getting heavier and heavier, and the three of them, including Rona, are constantly looking out the window.

Huo Ling didn't let them go out, mainly because he was worried about their safety, but staying indoors every day, the three of them, including Luo Na, were practically getting moldy.

There are only three things I do every day: eat, sleep, and use upgrade potions.

"Wow, the snow outside is so heavy! What I'm saying is just stating the obvious!"

"Hahaha."

"It feels like we're the only few people left in the whole world."

The fireplace in the living room has been put into use.

With the recent extreme cold, the small castle's energy is being depleted very quickly, and the indoor temperature is not very high. Furthermore, another cold wave is expected to arrive.

Zhang Dapeng used the mechanical arm on the small castle to pluck some dry trees. After confirming that there was no danger, he had a small robotic assistant cut them back and stored them on the basement floor, occasionally throwing them into the fireplace.

However, the main energy source is still the heteronuclear core, which is the primary material for the operation of the entire small castle. Firewood is mainly used as an additional fuel.

Also used to soothe and comfort children.

Zhao Pingsheng told Zhang Dapeng to hurry up and get the fireplace out so that Luo Na and the other two could have something new to do, otherwise the three of them would come and bother him every day, asking him a bunch of random questions.

For example, which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Zhao Pingsheng didn't want to discuss these messy issues with them.

Zhang Dapeng had no choice but to comply.

With a fireplace, the living room on the first floor will be warmer, and the three of them can roast sweet potatoes, or roast oranges, chestnuts, or something like that.

But I'm getting a little tired of it these past couple of days.

Lorna is currently experiencing a reading slump, unable to find any good novels, and is in great distress. "Oh no, I thought I could read novels for the rest of my life!"

Who knew such a wicked thing existed? It's terrifying.

Gao Lei prepared to continue roasting oranges. "So you're not shipping couples anymore? Didn't I see you following some blogger on the website last time, that couple was playing a survival challenge? And what about Huo Ge and Shuangshuang? Aren't you shipping them anymore?"

Luo Na clicked her tongue and said, "You don't understand! Although our Captain Huo and Shuang'erbao are very sweet, I've been eating too much dog food lately, I'm a little full, you know?"

She spread her hands, gesturing to the two people in front of the fireplace. Captain Huo was checking the news, and Lin Shuangshuang was next to him, also tilting her head to look at the same screen.

"Look! How can this dog food not be filling? I could cry if I barked just once, but it's so good that they're happy, waaaaaah."

"As for the young couple I'm following, it's been extremely cold lately, and they haven't updated their social media for several days. I'm scared; I don't even know if they're still alive."

Lorna sighed.

Wu Zhe was also bored. "I'm going to continue playing games. Which of you two wants to keep me company?"

He's a complete noob at games; he loses no matter what he plays.

Gao Lei and Luo Na shook their heads in fright, "Kid, kid, you play by yourself." "Fine, I'll find you a walkthrough, okay? You'll pass it flawlessly!"

Wu Zhe sighed.

Luo Na and Gao Lei also sighed. Life was getting a bit dull. The outside world had been too oppressive lately, causing the three of them to feel a bit depressed.

Zhao Pingsheng's prediction was indeed accurate, but it was still difficult to completely avoid it. He came downstairs and saw the three wilted radishes. "You guys should take some vitamin D supplements. There's been a lot of wind and snow lately, and there's hardly any sunshine."

People need to bask in the sun too.

The three of them, Luo Na and her companions, cried out in distress as they were rescued: "Brother Zhao!" "Brother Zhao, you're out of seclusion?!" "When will this weather finally end?"

Zhao Pingsheng regretfully told them that it might not be that quick, and that the days were getting shorter now, but depression was normal under these circumstances.

"Find more fun for yourselves. After all, I can't force you to go into seclusion and cultivate every day, can I? In the end, we are still human, not machines. It's impossible for us to be so self-disciplined every day. Forcing you would be uncomfortable."

The three of them, including Lorna, nodded repeatedly.

Zhao Pingsheng calmed the three of them down, and then went to find Huo Ling.

When Lin Shuangshuang saw Zhao Pingsheng approaching, she nodded to him and said, "Dr. Zhao."

She then sat up straight.

Huo Ling was checking the information on the website. The situation was worse than he had imagined, which was why he had asked Zhao Pingsheng to come down when he came out of the pass.

As for the antics of Rona and the other two, he was already used to it.

"Officials say a new type of infection is spreading rapidly, with quick onset, and is mainly spreading among people with superpowers."

Huo Ling looked at Zhao Pingsheng, "Have you seen this news?"

Zhao Pingsheng said, "Just now, I saw that this thing is similar to the flu we used to have, but it has a certain ability to cause disability. This disability does not refer to physical disability, but more like the disability that disables superpowers. It will devour superpowers."

As he spoke, he tapped and tapped on his own screen to show Huo Ling, "According to my calculations, this thing is probably a mutated brain-eating worm."

Zhao Pingsheng said that people with superpowers are no different from other plants and animals, and even less different from zombies. The alien core is inside the brain, and the superpower energy is also hidden in the brain, so it will attract mutated brain-eating worms. It not only devours your abilities, but it will also devour your brain, which is quite terrifying.

"Recently, Huo Ling told you all to stay home as much as possible, which turned out to be a good thing. Things aren't safe outside right now, so you should try not to go out. It's -65 degrees Celsius outside, and you could freeze to death."

Zhao Pingsheng reminded the three younger ones, and Luo Na and the others nodded repeatedly in fright.

"My God, how can such terrifying insects appear?!"

"How disgusting."

"Do they really eat people's brains?"

Zhao Pingsheng affirmed, "When you guys have nothing to do, go up to the roof and take care of the crops. Didn't Old Zhang put up a little sun heater up there? It's something that simulates sunlight, so you can go up there and make do with sunbathing."

It's a way of getting some "sunlight," and the lights in the little castle are basically never turned off.

To avoid making everyone feel even more depressed.

Zhao Pingsheng and Zhang Dapeng both have their own goals, so they are very busy. One experiment alone is enough to keep them occupied for ten days or half a month. Huo Ling and Lin Shuangshuang are two different people. One of them has a wife, and the other was once a humanoid weapon and suffered even more severe loneliness experiments.

Only Rona and her two friends, although they can play together, get bored after a while. They lack emotional support, so they always need to find something new to do.

Zhao Pingsheng said with a smile, "You didn't expect this, did you? In the apocalypse, you not only have to deal with everyday problems like eating, drinking, and relieving yourself, but also with psychological problems."

Luo Na and the other two nodded repeatedly, but they also understood that they were already lucky enough. Of course, they wouldn't blame the captain and Zhao Pingsheng for not caring about them, since they had to solve this problem themselves.

Although Huo Ling had Lin Shuangshuang with him, he couldn't go out. He was actually a little anxious, but seeing Lin Shuangshuang made him feel much more at ease.

Loneliness is a problem that humans have to contend with throughout their lives. Those who have friends around them are actually very lucky.