Countermeasures to Survive the Winter

 One person's strength is always limited, and cooperation is the best option to overcome difficulties together. --20, Brightening 4, year 146, year 6, dolphin]

 The two drops of blood quickly melted into Griffon Plume's body, the body flashed golden twice, and then something unexpected happened.

 Griffin Plume actually broke through again, the lion body grew fine scales, feathers became like gold, golden light through the metal luster, claws also through the metal light cold light flash, ice crystal blue eyes with ice blue flames, the lion's tail also rose up red flames, the eagle's beak on the flow of thunder light.

 Maria exclaimed, "My lord, what have you done to it? What kind of monster has it evolved into?"

 "Daring, how dare you speak to your master like that?" Griffon Plume actually opened his mouth to reprimand Maria.

 Griffin Plume also surprised me when he opened his mouth.

 I looked at it with wide eyes and asked, "Plume, you speak human?"

 "Master, I broke the limits of my race and evolved to the God level, it's all from master, thank you master!"

 "Master, I want to make a contract with you too!"

 The big cat also jumped out of the darkness and looked at me excitedly.

 I kicked it away with a disgusted look on my face, "Step aside, what are you doing coming along, all go back to bed!"

 I'm tired today and I just want to get rid of them in a hurry.

 The exhaustion from saving the Griffon Plume is still fresh, and I didn't rest properly yesterday and today when I was rushing on the back of the Griffon, all I want to do now is to hurry into the house and get a good night's sleep.

 The next day it was still snowing heavily outside, the yard had been covered with a thick layer, the world was quiet and no one came to disturb me, I slept at ease.

 "Mmmm - that's so cozy, sleep until you wake up!" I got up and stretched.

 "Holy shit, who are you?"

 I don't know when there is an extra makeshift bed made of wooden planks beside my bed, and there is obviously still someone lying under the quilt on the bed, and her long hair is being exposed outside the thin quilt; seeing there is an extra person in the room, or a female, really startled me, but fortunately I immediately recognized that it was Maria, and her blonde beautiful hair always carries a light lavender scent, which is just too recognizable, or else I would have done it straight away.

 Maria said accusingly, rubbing her misty eyes:

 "My lord, it's snowing heavily outside and it's too cold, so I ran to your house!"

 "What's going on? Don't you live with Reno? How come you're cold?"

 I feel very surprised, and at the same time very heartbroken, think of her hall an empire princess, in order to save their own not to be given away, actually forced to my poor countryside corridor to suffer this kind of pain, but also for me to do that, never complained, I this heart that is both angry and sympathetic.

 "It's been extra cold this year, the quilts aren't even warm enough, and there's not quite enough wood, so Reno and I aren't burning any wood."

 Hearing Maria's words, I realized the seriousness of the matter, and not caring to sympathize with Maria, I rushed to get serious:

 "How many men do we have now? How come supplies are stretched so thin?"

 "Not counting the magical beasts, our population here is now 599, if we include the magical beasts together it has already exceeded a thousand, the supplies originally prepared were only enough for, four hundred people."

 "How did you add so many people at once? Where did they all come from? Forget it, it doesn't matter anymore, there's no way to figure out how to get through this bitter winter."

 The problem of shortage of supplies is another thing that is beyond my expectation, and if I cannot get through this winter, I will be the culprit of a thousand years, because all these people and beasts are gathered together because of me, and I am the main responsible person.

 Worried, I immediately asked Ribaika to gather the personnel together again to discuss the matter.

 This time to convene a lot of people, will be my cabin crowded, see there are so many people know that everyone is also very important to this crisis, without much thought to open the door to ask:

 "How long will our supplies last?"

 "Save barely enough to get through this winter!" Reno whispered.

 I heard the shame in Reno's voice, and though I wanted to say something more, the words reached my mouth and I swallowed.

 The situation Reno described was one I would not tolerate, and decisively vetoed it:

 "No way! This is a very dangerous sign, does anyone have any good ideas? First, we need to address heating and warmth, second, food; and finally, defenses."

 "My lord, we can centralize the personnel, which will reduce the consumption of wood." A Goblin Clan member suggested.

 "That's one way to do it; split-wave concentration requires a large location, so use that cave of mine, and while you have the chance just expand it as well to make a shelter; also can the greenhouse boundary be used to keep warm?"

 "No, the Greenhouse Boundary is for plants, use it on people for a long time and they will pass out and risk their lives." An elf dismissed the idea of dropping it.

 "Understand, oxygen deprivation and carbon dioxide poisoning are really a big problem."

 "Is there any magic that is used for heating?" I put my hopes back on magic.

 "My lord, we don't have to be so nervous, as long as there's enough food we don't have to worry at all, we can keep our bodies warm through labor."

 This is a Centauri.

 Her words brightened me up: yes, life is about movement, and if you move, you won't be cold!

 "Makes sense, anyone else have any different approaches? Speak up together and discuss!"

 "My lord, in fact, we've all discussed this, and if there was a good way to do it, we would have used it a long time ago!" Maria said with her head hanging down.

 I thought for a second: Maria was right, they should have already discussed it, otherwise there wouldn't have been this current crisis, and then it was just a matter of me not taking a stand.

 After figuring out the joints, I couldn't wait to put my thoughts into words:

 "Now that you've all discussed it, let's hear what I have in mind: transforming the treasure cave into a shelter is the first step, and I have a magical energy system that I can use to solve the problem of heating and living fuel, but it will require everyone's hands to build the magic resonator, which is the second step;

 Food is key to our ability to make it through this winter, and with the way things are going, we still need food gathering, so we're going to rotate into the wilderness, which is step three;

 Since the population has grown beyond my expectations, the supplies for this winter must be uniformly distributed to ensure that we ride out the storm together, this is the fourth step;there's also the last step, digging trenches and building walls, since it's a sudden cold snap, not only will we be freezing this winter, but there are more places that are freezing as well, and it's very likely that there will be a looting of the supplies, so we have to build up our defenses and be ready to meet the enemy at any time ."

 "My lord, what is this magic energy system you speak of?" Reno has been listening to my thoughts for a long time and waited on the side to ask a question at any time.

 "I went out this time and found that the energy in the magic crystal stone can be compressed and extracted, so I made several experiments to transfer the energy of one magic crystal stone to another one, and the result was very successful, and then I made experiments again, after setting the frequency of energy fluctuation of the two magic crystals to be the same, the energy of the magic crystals can resonate over a long distance to produce light and heat, and if you put another energyless crystal stone in the middle of them with the same frequency, it can also produce light and heat, and the shorter the distance the lower the energy loss is, which is very convenient. If you put another energy-free crystal with the same frequency in between them, it can also produce light and heat, and the shorter the distance, the lower the energy loss, which is very convenient."

 "Won't there be an explosion?"

 "Yes, if the two frequencies don't match before docking, it will explode and be extremely powerful; but you don't have to worry, I have a way to accurately measure the energy fluctuation of the magic crystal stone, so it's perfectly usable; but at the moment, I need to make a few precise instruments - here's the draft diagram, let's see if either of you Who of you has this kind of craftsmanship? This device we must make immediately, in the future, all our houses can be powered by it, so we don't have to worry about energy problems at all."

 The draft map was turned around and then returned to me, when one of the dwarves spoke up and said what I hoped would be the result:

 "We Dwarves and Elves work together and can make it."

 "Good, then leave it to our Elf and Dwarf friends; make sure it's done quickly, and I can assist you as well."

 "Now is the shelter problem, if the treasure cave is emptied, to accommodate tens of thousands of people are not a problem, but because of the big man's reason, many of you do not dare to get close to it; therefore the cultivation is low, can not perceive the big man, from today onwards all into the cave to clean up the stone, as for the treasure you found first turn it in, then allocate it, so as to prevent you from quarreling, and the big lizard The things of the big lizard are not so good to take, not only is there a curse on it, but there is also the protection of the Morton Dwarf's organs, so you have to be extra careful when cleaning it up."

 "Then there are the trenches and walls, arrange these yourselves; Big Cat, this is the time for your Wraith friends to come into play, digging the trenches is all yours, any questions? As for the walls - all clans work together to build them, all move."

 After arranging things, I handed over the draft map of the magic energy system to Reno, and everyone began to prepare for it in earnest;I rode the Griffin Plume around for a few careful laps, and finally had a clear understanding of the terrain where I've been living for almost a year.

 Although several days of heavy snowfall had covered the Sleeping Mountains with a thick layer of snow, it was still easy to see the terrain around the peaks where we lived, and combined with our previous exploration of the surrounding area, it was easy to get a good idea of the topography and geomorphology of the place.

 When Griffon Plume and I flew back to the compound, the clans were already busy on the second slope section of the peak.

 The dwarves and some of the goblins have already begun to build the wall, a few angels are hovering in the air in the distance, and even the ice-engorged giant spiders are also weaving their clothes under the leadership of Zhu Zhu.

 The tension stirred me up as well, and walking back to the cabin I also took out a pen and paper and started designing the building plans.

 The mountain where the Golden Dragon's lair is located is not very high, with a total height of just over 500 meters, but it covers a large area, plus two shorter peaks of about 100 meters on three sides, these two shorter peaks are very gentle and cover a very wide area; the foothills of the three peaks are connected to a much wider basin, which is very flat, but it is covered with dense forests, and in the middle of the basin, two streams of 70 to 80 meters wide and not too small flow through it. In the middle of the basin there are two streams that are not too small and not too wide, these two streams come from the distant mountains and flow into the cliffs at the back of the mountains around the three peaks on this side, on the whole it's a very good living environment, there are mountains, water, and fields; according to my estimation if it is developed it would be enough to supply 100,000 people with a place to live and live in, but it's too big for me.

 My plan is to use this peak where the Golden Dragon's lair is located as the center, combined with the shorter peaks on both sides as the main body of the construction, as a way to establish the central complex first; right now, we're all concentrated on the second section of the slope in the mid-level portion of the highest peak, so it's very confined, but in the current situation, this kind of concentration is rather more convenient for us to defend.

 But thinking about it, it's not like I'm here to build a city-state, but I just want a larger estate, so why make it so complicated, so I made another adjustment.

 The main peak, which is the peak of the present settlement, is planned as the main settlement area, which is divided into three tier areas, Zone 1, Zone 2 and Zone 3, based on the upper, middle and lower slopes.

 The first area is also now I live in the large courtyard of this level, planning four main buildings are: the cave transformed shelter, the southwest side of the mountain is near the current courtyard gate this side of the temple, the northeast side of the main control room of magical energy, the large courtyard to expand into a large plaza, the plaza in the center of the construction of a large statue of a golden beast big man;

 A central garden was constructed in the second district to suit the local conditions, and houses inhabited by the clans were built around the central garden, which was planned to be the main residence of the clans, and the first protective wall was constructed in this area, which is the wall that everyone is now building.

 The third area will be a large residential area, as needed, to prepare for subsequent increases in population, as well as an area for the construction of the second protective wall.

 The next step was to plan the peaks on both sides of the main peak, positioning the larger of the two short mountains as the pasture area, the larger of the two short mountains encircles the northeast side and the entire north side of the main peak, it's a curved mountain that half encompasses the highest peak, the area is wide and long, and it extends all the way up to the back of the main peak's cliffs; the terrain above it is also relatively varied, there are huge boulders, messy rocks, caves, small streams, meadows, and mountain packs, etc., but it's mainly the grasslands and mountain packs that are more suitable for animal activities, so I positioned it as the main living area for magical beasts. of them are still grasslands and mountain packs, which are more suitable for animals, so I positioned it as a pasture area, which will be the main residence of the magical beasts in the future.

 Smaller short mountain north-south wide east-west is not long, and most of them are gentle earth hill, located in the south of the main peak, the intersection with the second slope section almost parallel, and more water ponds, suitable for planting vegetables and fruits and breeding chickens, ducks, fish, etc., so it is characterized as a farm area; peripheral basins naturally is the large-scale planting area, there is a land and water, used for large-scale planting of crops is no more suitable.

 After the general distribution, the rest was intended to be left to the clans and magical beasts to design and construct.

 I then began to plan the magic energy system, this is the main energy supply system of the future manor, no sloppy; this is also the reason why I set the core system of the magic energy system in the northeast side of the cave, because the mountain is thicker and more intact there, there is a big enough stone to re-cut a stone chamber, and close to the pasture area, the magic energy can also cover the past, and the temple set up in the southwest side of the cave, it is because of the water beach and the cemetery by That way, when the time comes the statues of Otan and Pandora will be placed inside, as well as my own statue, the big one has large statues in the square so it won't be necessary for it to be placing statues in the shrine.

 I even came up with the name of the estate before planning it, it's called - Behemoth Manor.

 The original model of the castle that was shown to the clans, the idea was immature at the time so there were a lot of empty spots reserved, so I didn't have much of a burden to add, but with my planning this time around, I'm still planning to make a major adjustment to that castle design I gave them before, so I hope they won't blame me.

 After the planning was done, I called Maria again and told her to go and inform the clans to gather the key people together and have a fresh discussion.