Chapter 115

Chapter 115

The next day, Yun Wan was awakened by the cold.

Opening her bleary eyes, she felt disoriented.

Was the air conditioning set too low?

Yun Wan glanced at the temperature—26°C, a normal setting.

Shivering from the cold, she wrapped the blanket tighter around herself.

The entire star system had just entered summer, with temperatures steadily rising, so why had it suddenly turned cold?

A thin layer of frost had formed on the glass window, and the interior was fogged up, blurring her vision, indicating that the temperature outside was even lower than inside.

What was going on?!

Could it be that the galactic summer lasted only two days, skipped autumn, and went straight into winter?!

Yun Wan wrapped herself in four layers of clothing.

This cold snap was too strange, and she was completely unprepared. She hadn’t stocked up on winter clothes, so wearing four layers only provided minimal warmth.

She was worried that The Little Seven might catch a cold in the freezing weather.

After getting dressed and wrapping herself in a blanket, Yun Wan stepped outside, only to be hit by the biting cold wind. She sneezed and saw the little ones playing joyfully outside.

The lord's mansion was blanketed in snow, as if it had snowed all night. The six little ones were running around in the snow, having a snowball fight, completely unfazed by the cold. Wang Wang even dove headfirst into a snowdrift, then casually shook off the snow, showing no signs of feeling cold, completely at ease.

As soon as Yun Wan appeared at the door, the little ones noticed her. Wang Wang sprinted toward her, placing his front paws on her and stretching his head to lick her face.

She raised her hand to stop Wang Wang. "Wang Wang, stop it."

Seeing Wang Wang move so fast, The Five also rushed over, shouting "Sister!" in unison, surrounding Yun Wan.

"Sister, we're playing in the snow!" Yun Ge's little hands were red from the cold, his nose sniffling, but his face was filled with undeniable excitement.

It was his first time seeing snow and playing with snowballs, and he was thrilled, even though it was freezing.

"Achoo!"

Starting with Yun Ge, sneezes began to ring out one after another.

"Go get more clothes on," Yun Wan said, leading the little ones back inside the mansion. She quickly ordered thick clothes online, realizing that today they would have to stay indoors and couldn’t do much else.

After bundling the little ones in blankets and telling them not to go outside to avoid catching a cold, she added a few more layers of clothing herself. As she sat down on the bed, she suddenly remembered her vegetable garden...

Yun Wan smacked her forehead.

Oh no!

The garden! The orchard!

With so much snow, the accumulation was at least ten centimeters deep. The vegetables and fruits must have been ruined! ! !

Yun Wan was panicking. Despite the freezing weather, she braved the cold and headed to the planting area. Sure enough, everything was covered in a white blanket, with no trace of green in sight. The once thriving orchard was now bleak, with tree branches weighed down by heavy snow, and the vibrant fruits nowhere to be seen.

Her heart ached, and she closed her eyes several times, wishing it was all a dream, that when she opened her eyes, she would see the lush planting area again.

But the reality was that everywhere lay a barren, snow-covered landscape.

She circled the planting area, and all the plants had been destroyed.

After circling the area, she returned to the exit of the planting zone and saw many people gathered there, with Jiang Jiayu crying uncontrollably nearby.

As soon as Yun Wan appeared, Jiang Jiayu ran toward her, tears and mucus streaking her face.

"My Lady, what's going on? Why is it snowing? What about the vegetable field? The vegetable field, hic! Are all the vegetables dead?" Jiang Jiayu asked anxiously, tears flowing freely.

Her reddened eyes made Yun Wan's heart ache. "There, there, don't cry, it's okay. Go back and put on more clothes, don't catch a cold," Yun Wan comforted her.

Jiang Jiayu's face was red from the cold, and Yun Wan's presence reassured her. But the thought of the barren, white expanse of the vegetable field they had worked so hard to plant yesterday, and the once fruitful orchard that was now mostly ruined, weighed heavily on her mind.

It should have been their harvest season, but under the relentless destruction of the heavy snow, the joy of harvest vanished in an instant.

But this was supposed to be their harvest season!

The more Jiang Jiayu thought about it, the sadder she became, and tears kept flowing, though she reluctantly headed back to add more clothes.

At this time, she couldn't afford to get sick; there were still many things that needed her attention!

After persuading Jiang Jiayu to leave, Yun Wan greeted the worried crowd at the door, telling them to go home, stay warm, and limit their time outside.

"Madam, will places like the restaurant remain open?" Hu Yuanyang asked.

"Not for now. Stay at home and wait for further notice. By the way, ask the security team to step up their efforts, patrol the city in shifts, and protect the safety of the residents."

Hu Yuanyang nodded, took the documents, and left, instructing his subordinates to inform all departments.

He excelled as a planet administrator, handling emergencies calmly. After this snow disaster was resolved, Yun Wan thought about reassigning him.

Only by handing over the miscellaneous tasks of Shennong Star could she fulfill her promise to the system to collect debris.

With Yun Wan's instructions, the people at the exit of the planting area began to disperse, but Lu Huai and his subordinates did not leave.

"Lu Huai, why do you think it suddenly snowed?" Yun Wan tightened her blanket, her voice heavy with despair.

In front of the residents, she appeared steady and composed, but in her heart, she was deeply troubled. For a moment, she felt that planting such a large field and owning such a large planet felt pointless; she was still so weak.

No, she felt even weaker than before.

Now she was just a vulnerable mortal.

The sense of achievement from expanding the vegetable field and building the planet was wiped away in a moment.

All the construction results were undone in an instant.

The more she thought about it, the more she couldn't make sense of it.

How could she make sense of it? It was supposed to be a hot summer, but suddenly there was a heavy snow. Could it be that someone had suffered an injustice, leading to snow in midsummer?

But she asked herself, since coming to the interstellar, or in her entire life, she had a clear conscience and had never done anything bad. If karma is a cycle, why would this bad karma fall on her?

Lu Huai only saw that Yun Wan, who was usually like a little sun, radiating warmth and vitality, now seemed like the sun was covered by dark clouds, casting a pall that weighed heavily on the heart.

Usually, she was the one comforting him, but now he had to comfort her, and he was somewhat at a loss.

He wasn't the type to comfort people, or rather, the joys and sorrows of others were irrelevant to him; he had never thought about this issue.

Now, he wanted to say a few comforting words but didn’t know what to say, so he bluntly replied, "It's the uprising caused by The Swarm."

"The Swarm?" Yun Wan looked up, her expression filled with confusion.

Li Xin quickly interjected, "Lord, I swear, we completely eradicated all dangerous Swarms from Shennong Star before. This heavy snow is probably due to newly hatched ice-type Swarms!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Lu Huai, feeling that his boss didn’t quite believe him.

He felt truly wronged. Having been a mercenary for so many years, he was professional enough to assure that no Swarms capable of triggering a global cold wave would appear on Shennong Star.

If there were, the cold wave would have started long ago—why wait until now?

"Just hatched?" A thought crossed Yun Wan’s mind.

"Yes."

Lu Huai agreed with Li Xin’s view, and Li Xin breathed a sigh of relief.

"Damn those Swarms!" Yun Wan clenched her fists and waved them, her jaw clenched in frustration.

"So how do we deal with this kind of Swarm?" she asked again.

The air was silent for a moment before Lu Huai spoke, "We don’t know which type of Swarm it is or its behavior. We might need a thorough search across the entire planet."

He tried to phrase it as delicately as possible.

Truthfully, without any traces, it’s hard to find a specific Swarm. Shennong Star is so large, and we don’t even know what this Swarm looks like. Even following clues isn’t easy, especially now when we don’t even have a lead.

Although he didn’t put it so severely, Yun Wan still understood.

"If we conduct a thorough search, Shennong Star won't be able to function normally for a long time."

At this point, Yun Wan realized that the situation was much more serious than she had thought.

The losses in the planting area paled in comparison to the livelihood issues of so many citizens.

She could wait, Shennong Star could wait, but the ordinary citizens could not afford to.

They had just managed to live a stable life, and now they were at risk of being displaced once more.

For the first time, Yun Wan felt the burden of her duties.

Initially, buying a planet was about collecting waste and farming, and later developing the planet was just one part of passing the planet assessment to recruit citizens. To her, these were just routine tasks, necessary steps in her comfortable interstellar life.

Only now did she truly realize the responsibilities and duties of being a planet lord.

In short, solving this cold wave was urgent.

Yun Wan felt utterly helpless.

She had only basic knowledge of interstellar Swarms and had never directly dealt with them. Solving this problem felt like an insurmountable challenge.

"Lu Huai, can you guess what kind of Swarm this is?" Yun Wan could only place her hopes on Lu Huai and the others. There was no one on Shennong Star who understood the Swarm better than they did, after all, they were former soldiers and had seen much more than ordinary people.

Unfortunately, Lu Huai wasn’t that all-knowing. "Lord, there are hundreds of types of ice Swarms. Snow and ice can mask the Swarm’s scent and tracks. If there are secretions or related droppings, we can make inferences. But without any clues, it’s almost impossible to know the type of Swarm."

Lu Huai’s words struck Yun Wan like a blow.

Even they said there was no way, the future of Shennong Star seemed bleak.

Yun Wan was on edge, vowing to herself that once Shennong Star safely passed through the crisis, she would definitely brush up on The Swarm. Just then, Qiao Yue arrived with the six little ones bundled up like little snowballs, came to see her together.

"The kids really wanted to see you," Qiao Yue said apologetically, not wanting to disturb Yun Wan, who looked really worried, showing how tough the cold wave was.

Yun Wan knew that Qiao Yue must have been pestered by the six little ones, but she was also truly exhausted. She gave them a tired wave, managed a weak smile, and said, "I'm swamped, let's chat later."

But the kids didn't take the hint and leave.

"Sister, if the snow's got you worried, we thought you should hear this," Yun Ge piped up nervously.

Yun Wan almost thought she had misheard.

"What do you know?" she hurriedly asked.

"It's gotta be those pesky ice birds messing things up!" Ah Huang said in a childish voice.

"Ice birds?"

"They're birds that can whip up snowflakes," Miao Miao explained.

*

Luckily, Mao Hao was clueless about the sudden changes on Shennong Star, far away on Berry Star, otherwise he would surely have enjoyed the spectacle.

At that moment, he was cussing up a storm, trying to find someone to bail him out of his current predicament.

He had gone to the hospital for tests, and his body was fine, with no trace of any chips, but the mental chains were all too real.

All of this seemed like a huge mystery, throwing Mao Hao into a panic.

If he were really controlled by Mao Ling in the future, he couldn't begin to guess what she'd force him to do.

No, such a thing must never happen, he, Mao Hao, wasn't about to be anyone's puppet.

The first helper he thought of was Ji Feng, as it was Ji Feng who had made the bet and proposed the PK battle. Now that something had gone wrong, he would surely take responsibility.

Mao Hao raced to Ji Feng's place in a panic, only to get the cold shoulder at the door.

"Ji Feng! Ji Feng! Open the door!"

No matter how hard Mao Hao banged on the door, there was no response from inside.

"Ji Feng, open the door!" At first, he suspected that there was no one in the house, but the more he knocked, the more he felt something was wrong.

He couldn't reach Ji Feng on the Star Network, and no one answered the door. It was clear that Ji Feng was avoiding him!

Mao Hao was furious, the more he thought about it, the more he felt it was all Ji Feng's fault. Ji Feng wouldn't open the door, and he became stubborn, determined to stay there, not believing that Ji Feng wouldn't come home!

Ji Feng hadn't expected Mao Hao to be so tactless, acting as if he was there to demand an explanation, banging on the door so loudly it was unbearable.

He had thought of calling security to drive him away, but fearing that Mao Hao might spread rumors in their circle, he reluctantly let him in.

"Hao, what do you want from me? Why so urgent?" Ji Feng said irritably.

Mao Hao, panting heavily, rushed into the living room, "Why did it take you so long to open the door?"

"I was in the bathroom! Hao, what's up? I gotta get back in there."