“Senior.” A familiar voice came from beside him, and He Zizhong collected his random thoughts and looked sideways.
Fang Hao felt that something was wrong with him, but out of respect and concern, he didn’t ask much. He just smiled and said, “Shall we go over this afternoon?”
“Sure, let’s go after lunch.” Go collect the ashes.
Although he still hasn’t solved the mystery around the crystal nuclei in this life, because of the special nature of the space, He Zizhong felt that after the space absorbed enough crystal nuclei, something unexpected will happen.
In addition, because he stimulated his ability in advance and it was even at level two, it was an absolute advantage for them, and even gave them an additional edge ahead of everyone else. He must take the opportunity and work hard to see if he can become even stronger.
The two returned to the villa to pack up their things. After a short break, they had lunch, put on a long sleeves and pants, and walked out with a hat on their heads and masks on their faces.
When dealing with zombies, because they don’t know whether the flesh and blood of those zombies will cause mutations, most people will take precautions when conditions permit. Although the two of them would only be dealing with ashes, they also faced the same problem. Who knew whether breathing in ashes will make people become zombies? It’s better to be careful.
Walking over to the construction site where they had visited once yesterday, they handed over their work cards, and put on the handed out work clothes-protective clothing and gas masks on their faces.
He Zizhong rejoiced. When he put things into the space, he could use tools instead of touching the ashes with his own hands, otherwise… it would definitely be exposed.
He Zizhong and Fang Hao were in a group. There were not many people working here. Except for the two of them, all the people in front of them were soldiers, and no other civilian was recruited.
The two of them only need to be responsible for going in after the fire in the large furnace is completely extinguished and the temperature drops, to sweep the ashes out and load them onto the car.
Moving zombie corpses, setting the fire, and so on, had nothing to do with them.
After accepting the task, the two men walked in carefully after the fire cooled down.
The personnel responsible for moving corpses can finally breathe a sigh of relief and take a short break. After all, because there are so many zombies, they were almost crazy from the last two days.
One person, one broom, and a big shovel at the door. He Zizhong knew that there would not be a surveillance camera, so he could use a broom to instantly move the ashes on his feet into the space, and then move them out in an instant. This action was previously practiced when he collected nuclei. What moved him was whenever a crystal nucleus was mixed with other things and absorbed into the space, it immediately turned into a light spot. Even if it was not completely turned into specks of light yet, it will not leave the space with other things but stay until it dissipates completely. This undoubtedly greatly increased He Zizhong’s work efficiency!
He Zizhong’s entire set of movements was extremely fast. Ashes went in and out every second, and it took a blink of an eye to completely filter a large area. The two quickly cooperated. Every time He Zizhong “swept” a pile of ashes, Fang Hao would sweep out that same pile. After He Zizhong “sifted” through the entire stove, the two of them worked hard and loaded the ashes into the car.
Three large furnaces were set up on the construction site at the same time, one burning right after another.
He Zizhong and Fang Hao were in charge of a truck, and after it was filled with ashes, they drove it to the newly dug pit in the south of the city for landfill.
Although people nowadays didn’t know if the ashes had any negative effects, no one could control so much at this time. It was best to deal with these things quickly. They can talk about the rest after hearing the research results from the scientists.
The two of them were busy transporting ashes in the half-day shift. It finally ended after four or five hours.
Driving the car hurriedly home, after reaching the second floor, Fang Hao asked He Zizhong nervously, “Senior, what’s the matter?”
He Zizhong’s expression was a little serious just after finishing the second run this afternoon.
“In the space… it’s foggy.” He Zizhong probed his divine sense into the space again, making sure that there was still a vast expanse of whiteness inside, which was thicker than what he had seen before.
“Fog?” Fang Hao was stunned. “What kind of fog? Is it the same as the fog outside?”
In the outside world, since the apocalypse started, there was a fog that had not dispersed until now. Between the sky and the earth, there is a cloud of gray everywhere, and everything looked as if it was covered with a layer of dust.
He Zizhong shook his head: “No, it’s a white fog. It looks more like a cloud, and is much cleaner than the fog outside.” If it wasn’t for him feeling the space emitting white fog bursting with joy, He Zizhong wouldn’t have dared continue throwing crystal nuclei inside.
But now, apart from the denser mist inside, there was no other reaction…
“Senior, can we still enter in the space?”
“I’ll try.” He Zizhong felt that the space didn’t become dangerous because of this, but he still had to go in and try it first. He didn’t dare bring Fang Hao in directly, for fear that he will encounter danger.
His figure disappeared in a flash, leaving only a bracelet in his place.
Fang Hao clasped his hands nervously, squatted on the ground, staring at the string of beads, not daring to move a step.
Inside was a white world. White cotton wool wrapped around the house, farmland, and bamboo forest.
After entering the space, He Zizhong didn’t feel any danger or discomfort. Instead, he felt that the air was fresher and the humidity was slightly higher. Besides that, there was no special feeling.
After turning around, confirming that the behavior of the livestock were all normal, he left the space with a sigh of relief.
“Senior, how is it?!” Fang Hao, who had been nervously squatting next to the bracelet, hurriedly stood up, but ended up falling in the direction of He Zizhong instead. His feet were numb…
“What’s wrong?” He was fine when he entered, what’s wrong now?
Fang Hao lowered his head and blushed. “My, my feet are numb…” He was really asking for it…
He Zizhong shook his head with a smile. “There seems to be no problem inside. Except for the white mist in the space, it has no other impact.” After that, he took him in with him.
Sure enough, except for the white mist, everything inside was exactly the same as when they left in the morning.
Since the fog has no effect, the two of them temporarily put aside their worries. Although they weren’t sure how the crystal nuclei affected the space, they unanimously decided to continue collecting crystal nuclei to try and see what happens when the fog became thick enough. After a certain level, what will happen?
He Zizhong stopped someone from trying to make another great feast for dinner. He directly took out the veggie pancakes and hot and sour soup from the space. The two ate their simple dinner, and then went to the outside space again. Along the way, they harvested the crops that matured in past two days.
Until before going to bed, after seeing no abnormality in the space, only then did they return to the bamboo building to wash up and go to bed.
Fang Hao was holding a cup of warm water in both hands, squinting his eyes to drink, and seeing that He Zizhong came back after washing and rinsing, he smiled and raised the cup in his hand. “The water has indeed become a little sweeter, and tastes better than before.” But it was not sweet enough to feel greasy, and not as sweet as sugar water.
He Zizhong dried his hair, took a sip with his hand, and nodded: “It’s exactly as you said. Fortunately, the sweetness is not greasy, otherwise you will drink it as sugar water.”
As soon as he finished speaking, suddenly Fang Hao in front of him seemed to froze. A faint white light radiated from his body, a bit like the white mist outside. The brilliance flashed across and shook in all directions. Then after a moment, calm was restored.
“What’s wrong?!” He Zizhong was taken aback. When Fang Hao shone with white light just now, he could obviously feel the whole person was stunned.
Feeling He Zizhong holding his hand, Fang Hao shook his head in a daze. “I, I don’t know… It felt like there was some heat in my body just now, spreading from my chest to the whole body…”
As he said, he don’t know what he thought of, as he raised his right hand. A white fluorescence appeared on his fingertips, which was somewhat similar to the white light which had emitted from his body just now.
“…Ability?” He Zizhong had seen this kind of light many times in his life. After all, Fang Hao went never gone far since they met in his previous life. But… something looked different this time.
“It’s stronger…” Fang Hao was also stunned, raising his head to look at He Zizhong, “I think… my ability seems to be… upgraded?”
Upgrade?! Second-level healing?!
No wonder the white glow was much bigger than before!
The two of them stared at the glowing fingers with big eyes. Finally, He Zizhong raised his hand and touched the ball of light. The warm current entered and wandered all over his body. The exhaustion from continuously sweeping and shoveling ashes was all gone!
“Try it yourself.” He Zizhong felt the difference in his body and motioned to Fang Hao.
Fang Hao put the light ball in his hand on his arm in a puzzled manner, and in an instant, the warm energy cleared away the exhaustion from his body.
“This ability can be used like this?” Fang Hao sat up excitedly, studying his seemingly just upgraded power.
He Zizhong sat aside and watched, until someone tried to do another self-mutilation experiment with his ability, and he stopped him quickly.
He had seen Fang Hao use his healing abilities more than Fang Hao himself had used it this life. Back then, when he hadn’t activated his abilities, he was often injured in order to survive. At that time, he was Fang Hao’s first priority for treatment. It was useless for other people in the team to have opinions, and he also had a good excuse back then. He was a ‘space ability user’, so if he accidentally died, wouldn’t all the things they collected also vanish?
In his previous life, Fang Hao’s abilities had an immediate effect on relatively minor wounds, but had little impact on larger and deeper wounds. Of course, stopping bleeding was possible, but repairing a broken arm was out of the question.
This time, Fang Hao’s ability was obviously different. He Zizhong did not remember Fang Hao’s ability having a fatigue-removing effect in the previous life, so it should be a real upgrade this time.
As for the reason for the upgrade?
The two of them looked at the glass of water that was only half full, and glanced at each other. “Your upgrade likely has something to do with it.”
Fang Hao nodded vigorously. “Tomorrow we will continue to collect crystal nuclei!”
Hehe, great to see Fang Hao so motivated.
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