Chapter 456
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Chapter 456: The Sweeping Blizzard
Luo Ji’s mood hadn’t been calm these past few days.
On one hand, it was naturally because the blizzard was drawing ever closer.
On the other, it was because Shadow had been flying for over a month and still hadn’t returned.
Seeing the increasingly heavy wind and snow outside, Luo Ji was deeply worried.
“Your Majesty, don’t worry. Shadow is so smart; perhaps it flew even further south to avoid the cold?”
He Liang, the captain of the guards, comforted him.
Hearing this, Luo Ji silently nodded.
“Let’s hope so.”
As the Emperor of Myriad World Civilization, he didn’t have time to dwell on melancholy for too long.
After a brief rest, Luo Ji quickly returned to his desk and immersed himself in work. Lu Yang was off today, so only he and the guards were in the Hall of Political Affairs.
Fortunately, the number of reports submitted recently wasn’t high, so he could handle them alone.
Maintaining this state, in the early morning of the 8th day after Geddo’s prediction, the long-brewing blizzard swept over Myriad World Civilization.
That night, the temperature plummeted to several degrees below zero.
Luo Ji, roused from his sleep by the commotion, opened his eyes.
He saw the two guards on night duty placing a new brazier in his bedroom, continuously adding charcoal to the existing one.
“Your Majesty…”
Seeing Luo Ji awakened, the two guards instinctively prepared to apologize but were halted by Luo Ji’s raised hand.
“Alright, what’s going on outside?”
Even with the doors and windows tightly shut, Luo Ji could hear the howling of the wind.
“Reporting to Your Majesty, about half an hour ago, the snow outside suddenly intensified. With the wind and snow combined, the temperature dropped significantly.”
With two braziers burning simultaneously in the room for heating, coupled with his thick bedding, Luo Ji didn’t feel too cold at the moment.
However, the ordinary people in the city clearly didn’t have this luxury.
Large numbers of people were awakened by the cold in the middle of the night, including Hill, who was staying in Mirror City.
Curled up in her quilt, she continuously breathed out warm air.
Then, she quickly fumbled for the cashmere sweater Luo Ji had gifted her and put it on, followed by a winter coat over it.
She immediately felt much warmer.
She couldn’t help but inwardly praise that getting this garment was truly the right decision.
Her gaze then swept to the brazier, which had long since burned out.
Hill quickly got up, opened the coal box in the room, and began adding charcoal to the brazier.
The rekindled brazier raised the room’s temperature considerably. However, now was not the time to relax.
She walked quickly to the clay pot where water was stored in the room, opened its lid, and looked inside.
Hill’s face immediately darkened; the water in the clay pot had already formed a thin layer of ice.
She hurriedly broke the thin ice before it solidified, then ladled a few bowls of water into a copper kettle, followed by a few slices of that thing called ginger.
She then hung the copper kettle over the brazier to boil water.
Watching the bright flames, Hill, wrapped in her quilt and huddled by the brazier for warmth, couldn’t help but fall into a trance.
By her count, she had been living in Mirror City for over half a month.
In this half-month, she had witnessed too many novel things and tasted too many things she had never tasted before.
She had also learned some simple Central Plains words. After all, her intelligence was high, so her learning efficiency was quite good.
But the more she experienced, the more she felt the prosperity and power of Myriad World Civilization.
The life she was currently living was merely at the standard of ordinary people in Myriad World Civilization. Yet, even so, it far surpassed the life she had led in the Bitter Cold Land.
The disparity was undeniably vast.
Who, after getting used to such a life, would be willing to return to their former existence?
For a time, Hill also fell into deep contemplation.
Meanwhile, on the other side…
Luo Ji, awakened in the middle of the night, had completely lost his desire to sleep.
After quickly drinking the ginger soup brought by his guards, Luo Ji wiped his mouth and asked.
“What time is it now?”
“Reporting to Your Majesty, it’s almost six in the morning.”
Nodding, Luo Ji got up and walked to his bedroom window.
The moment he pushed it open, the wind and snow, carrying snowflakes, furiously gusted into the room, instantly dropping the temperature of the entire room by five or six degrees.
Looking at the overwhelming, heavy snow that almost obscured visibility, Luo Ji’s facial muscles twitched.
With snow this heavy, outdoor work would definitely be impossible until the snow stopped.
Luo Ji also hadn’t expected that the temperature would drop to this extent as soon as the blizzard swept in.
If the temperature continued to drop after this, how cold would it get? For a moment, his mood was exceptionally heavy.
He quickly closed the window.
Luo Ji moved closer to a brazier to warm his hands.
He had only opened the window for a short while, but he already felt as if he was freezing stiff.
After the chill on his hands dissipated, Luo Ji, no longer sleepy, quickly walked to his desk and sat down.
He then pulled out a blank sheet of paper and swiftly began writing an order.
The content of the order was simple: notify all workplaces throughout Myriad World Civilization to halt all outdoor work until the snow stopped.
Indoor work could continue, but corresponding braziers had to be set up indoors to provide adequate heating.
The order was quickly written.
After he signed his name at the bottom and affixed his exclusive seal, it was complete.
In the current situation, writing an order was easy, but conveying its contents to various workplaces would be very difficult.
With such heavy snow, going out for a round would likely turn him into a snowman.
Moreover, running to all the various posts within Mirror City, considering the obstruction of the wind and snow, would take at least 3 to 4 hours, plus the low temperature, who could endure that?
Just as Luo Ji was deliberating, Jie Zichuan, standing by, immediately stepped forward with his chest puffed out.
“Your Majesty, your humble subordinate is a northerner and is quite resistant to cold. Let me deliver the order.”
Looking at Jie Zichuan, who had volunteered, Luo Ji’s expression froze for a moment.
Since Jie Zichuan had submitted to Myriad World Civilization, his Mandarin had become increasingly fluent.
Coupled with no significant differences in appearance, there were times when Luo Ji truly forgot that he was, in fact, a northerner.
“Very well, I’ll entrust this matter to you.”
As he spoke, Luo Ji seemed to recall something and took down his beast-skin greatcoat from the rack.
“Wear my greatcoat; it will keep you warmer. Take your time, there’s no rush.”
“Your humble subordinate will not fail in his mission!”
Jie Zichuan, his face full of gratitude, took the beast-skin greatcoat from Luo Ji’s hand.
After putting it on, he charged out with a determined expression.
