“Can you get up?” Early in the morning, the two of them sat in bed eating breakfast. Breakfast were the buns baked by Fang Hao earlier. It was filled with sweet and sour flavors from the tomatoes produced by space, onions and other crisp and diced vegetables, and chunks of ham. Sweet and sour, the freshly baked buns eaten with cheese tasted great.
It is still warm in their hands now.1If it’s not obvious, it was baked then stored in the underground space, which is why it’s still warm.
In addition to the buns, they also heated a cup of milk. The cows in the space hadn’t grown up yet, so they drank the milk products they had collected before.
Fang Hao nodded without making a sound. With a blush on his face, he asked in a low voice, “Shall we check out the jade shop today?”
He Zizhong nodded: “Let’s go to the jade shop first, and then see the situation… maybe we can find out where they burned the zombies.” He Zizhong actually knew the specific place, but he was not sure whether they were using that place already.
“Burn zombies?” Fang Hao was taken aback, then his eyes lit up. “You mean—”
He Zizhong smiled and took out the space water to give him: “That thing is quite hard, maybe it can’t be burned through?” He knew crystal nuclei can survive the flames of fire ability users, so he thought about checking it out.
Last night, Fang Hao’s voice was a little hoarse. After drinking the space water, the results were much better.
The two went downstairs after breakfast and entered the garage directly from the side door.
Although the army announced that residents could go out, most civilians were not ready to go out. Most people who went out at are people who didn’t have any rations at home. There was almost no people from the villa area – when they followed the troops, most of them collected a lot of things on their way.
Several large supermarkets were taken over and controlled by the military, as were a few large grain and oil wholesale stores, plus warehouses storing supplies from some large granaries, so the military was not too worried about food and grain. It was also why they allowed residents in the temporary base to go out and collect scattered materials.
He Zizhong and Fang Hao went out early. The villa area was the first to hear about it, therefore, when they drove out, there were hardly any cars on the road.
The two drove directly to a jewelry store. Sneaking in through a cracked side window, they swept away all the contents.
After climbing back into the car again, Fang Hao looked at He Zizhong while driving.
“It’s the same as the crystal core.” After the jade jewelry entered the space, it turned into a brilliant light, with one part drifting toward the well behind, and the other part drifting into the space.
Fang Hao’s lips curved upwards, as he drove to another jade specialty store. “This is more efficient than killing zombies!”
Collecting jade and gems was much easier and quicker than killing zombies. The number collected was also much more than slowly fighting zombies one at a time.
The two drove around the temporary safety zone and swept almost all the places where there might be jade jewelry. Even small antique shops on the way weren’t let go.
Unfortunately, there was no response to some things after they were put in. Either those things had no energy for the space to collect, or were fake.
They didn’t collect many other materials. After their previous one-day tour of the gas and coal companies, the space was pretty full. Plus there were the things collected from the supermarkets, home appliance stores, and vegetable farms previously. The space is just like a warehouse, with less than 40% storage remaining.
He Zizhong had to set aside a part of the storage space for self-produced products, and also set aside a place for materials that might be collected in the future.
As the car drove to the periphery of the community, one could already see a perimeter being setup along the river, surrounding the power grid and generator.
When the two drove back to the villa area, they found that there were armed soldiers on duty at the gate. Only after checking their temporary identification cards, did the guards give way and allow them to enter.
Fang Hao stuck his tongue out: “If you don’t have this proof, won’t you be unable to return to your own home?”
He Zizhong smiled: “The houses in the villa area are subject to fingerprint verification. It should be fine, but the buildings outside are hard to say.” So, seizing the first opportunity was very important.
The nearby jewelry and jade shops were all visited by the two of them. It was estimated that there should be nothing else in a short period of time. When the two returned to the bedroom, they went directly into the space and continued to organize supplies, and grow and harvest space crops.
There were a lot of mature vegetables and fruits in the space. The two of them pushed carts and baskets all the way to harvest. When they passed through a few supermarkets before, they grabbed a few shopping baskets and shopping carts on the way, which came in handy now.
After harvesting, He Zizhong took out some seeds of commonly used herbs, such as ban lan gen, honeysuckle, he shou wu, ginseng, dandelion and so on, so they could try and plant them.2😫 So tired translating these since there’s no direct translation aside from latin for some. In fact, many wild vegetables also have medicinal value. Although He Zizhong didn’t know much about them, he bought all the things he could buy, and they can use it slowly later.
Taking the seeds back upstairs, Fang Hao ran in excitedly holding something in his hands. “Senior, senior! Look, our chicken is nesting!”
The chickens and ducks at home have been bought for a while. The space is also rich in nutrients and the environment was good, so their growth rate was faster than outside.
“Oh? It’s starting to lay eggs?” He Zizhong was also very happy and hurried over. Sure enough, Fang Hao was holding two yellow eggs in his hands.
He checked it with a bright flashlight, and one of them was a fertilized egg, and the other was not.3Err… you actually have to wait a few days to ‘candle’ or use the flashlight to see which ones are fertilized. It’s not immediate
Leaving the ordinary egg, the two of them worked together and prepared to build a chicken coop and duck coop. This way they could avoid the larger livestock accidentally trampling on the chicken and duck eggs.
Just… how should they build it? What material should be used? Or maybe, they should simply collect the ones that have been built outside? It was better to wait…
The two planted the herb seeds, marking down with small wooden signs what they were planting, and then went to the place where the livestock were raised. Once they found the chicken and duck eggs, they used a bright flashlight to confirm whether they had been fertilized.
After wandering around, they harvested four chicken eggs, two duck eggs, three goose eggs, five pigeon eggs, and four quail eggs. What gave them a little headache was that the birds lay eggs wherever they wanted… There were several eggs along the way that they almost stepped on.
“It doesn’t matter. It’s like a treasure hunt. In the future, I will go circle around every morning and check.” Fang Hao comforted him with a smile.
“You want to make breakfast, and also pick up eggs?” He Zizhong tapped his head. “I’ll go, it’s morning exercise.” Even if it is housework, there is no need to let him do it all by himself. If the child is too virtuous, he will raise himself to be lazy.
The two passed half a day leisurely inside the space. He Zizhong only went out before dinner to check the situation outside. He went to the monitoring room in the basement and fast-forwarded the video recording of the day before returning to the bedroom to enter the space.
After nightfall, classmate He who couldn’t hold back eating the delicacy, pushed down the seductive criminal little guy again, and happily ate enough.
With his arms hung around He Zizhong’s neck, Fang Hao was so tossed that his whole body was fascinatingly pale pink and lethargic.
“The water… seems to be sweeter than before…” Fang Hao, who was a bit more energetic after after taking a sip of space water, commented as he moistened his throat and restored his strength.
He Zizhong also took a sip and nodded, “Perhaps it’s the effect of those jewels and jades?”
“Could it be that in the end, that well water will turn into honey water?” Fang Hao couldn’t help smiling. If the changes in the space only affected the well water, it really is possible.
“Speaking of honey.” He Zizhong smiled and kissed his forehead. “I think the honey in the beehive is almost full. Let’s take some out tomorrow.”
Once the bees have stored enough honey, they will stop working and rest, so He Zizhong needs to use some external force to stimulate them.
“Wear protective clothing so that you won’t be stung.” Collecting honey is a technical job, and if one fails, it will hurt.
“Okay, fortunately I bought three sets in one go.” He Zizhong’s original intention was to prevent damage, but now, it’s just enough for the two of them to use.
“Go to sleep. It will be twelve o’clock in soon.” Fang Hao turned off the bedside lamp. There was no night in the space, so when they want to rest, they only needed to pull the curtains completely. Fortunately, the material is thick and blocks the light outside.
He Zizhong also retracted into the quilt, taking his phone to check the time, and was stunned when he saw the time shown.
“A’Hao.”
“Ah?”
“What time does your phone say?”
“Let me see… 12… o’clock?!”
It was obviously past twelve, and He Zizhong didn’t have a fever? What did this mean? Could it be… that he is completely healed?!
The two sat up again and turned on the bedside lamp. He Zizhong looked down at his hands, feeling a little worried.
In the previous life, he had been burning for half a year, but in this life… he only burned for half a month?
Thinking of the abilities he managed to stimulate before his death in his previous life, He Zizhong slowly closed his eyes.
A cyan whirlwind, centering around him, spun at extreme speed, causing nearby objects to sway slightly. The wind blew Fang Hao’s fine hair, making him stare in surprise.
The ability didn’t last too long. The moment He Zizhong opened his eyes, the wind instantly spread in all directions, but it was gentle and harmless.
“Wind, wind-related abilities!” Fang Hao exclaimed, holding his mouth open in surprise. Although he also had abilities, it was harmless and only capable of healing. His abilities did not have such an exaggerated effect as He Zizhong’s.
Sure enough, it was the wind element, but…
Thinking of the pale gold that appeared on his body before he died, He Zizhong looked down at his arm… the golden light reappeared! It was like a layer of golden transparent gloves on his arm.
He Zizhong raised his hands and stared at his arms questioningly. It was golden… He knew that earth abilities was a khaki, brown light, but what did the gold color mean?
“Is it gold?” Fang Hao tilted his head and looked curiously.
Gold? He Zizhong was stunned. In his last life, he heard that the metal ability can manipulate metal elements, but the ability should be gray and black when used…
Stretching his palms, He Zizhong picked up the broom beside the house’s bed and there was a loud ‘clack’ sound…
“It seems to be really gold…” He Zizhong had a face of black lines as he looked at the broomstick he ‘accidentally’ broke with a guilty conscience. Why did his gold ability resemble the strength ability? If it wasn’t because the effect of the strength ability and his differed too much, he would mistakenly think he had a strength ability.
“Dual abilities?! Senior, you are so amazing!” Fang Hao looked at He Zizhong with starry eyes, “If the two abilities are combined, maybe it will be more powerful!”
Of the two of us, who is reborn again? He Zizhong retracted his “body-protection magic”4aka his ability. Not sure why the author used those terms, knocked on his head, and pulled him back to the quilt—cover with the quilt to sleep…
HZZ level up!
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