After confirming Fang Hao’s ability had indeed upgraded, He Zizhong’s suspicion that his fever ended early was due to the space water remained. His own ability might have started at a higher level than Fang Hao’s to begin with, so when it activated, there was no unusual traits. It was the same as when other people with abilities first had abilities.
The two of them hugged each other to sleep with excitement. For once, they did not indulge in bodily exercise before going to bed. Doing too much of that kind of thing is not very good for the body, and it’s better to be restrained.
The next morning, the two of them got up early, had breakfast, and went to work together.
It was still the same task of sweeping, collecting, transporting, and burying ashes.
Until the afternoon, as they were cleaning one of the huge incinerators, He Zizhong’s movements paused and he looked at Fang Hao.
Fang Hao looked at him suspiciously, seeing him shake his head. Instead, he swept the ashes to the side instead of putting them into his space. He was shocked.
This was not a good place to discuss it, especially as they were worried about their small actions being discovered, so they endured until they loaded their things into the car. Fang Hao asked in a low voice, “what’s wrong?”
He Zizhong shook his head. He didn’t know whether there was a bug in the car, but it was not wrong to be cautious. “It’s okay. Let’s go back early today.”
Sure enough, there was a problem.
The work of transporting ashes was calculated according to the number of vehicles. Every time a vehicle was loaded, it was counted once. After calculating the number of trips, including the current trip, it was just to make a whole number. Thus, they simply stopped doing it for the time being and went back to the villa instead.
Yesterday there was a thick mist in the space, what about today? It couldn’t be that everywhere was foggy and nothing was reachable, could it?
Returning home with trepidation, Fang Hao stared at He Zizhong anxiously. He Zizhong checked the situation of the space once more and smiled bitterly at Fang Hao. “I can’t get in temporarily.”
“Can’t get in?!” Almost all their belongings were in the space! If he couldn’t get in…
“I don’t think there is any problem.” When He Zizhong explored the current space, it seemed to have become a huge, white cocoon. And like a white-colored heart, it beat slowly and forcefully. “I don’t know how long this state will last, but we should know soon.”
Fang Hao regretted very much, and clenched his hands tightly together: “If I knew, I would have left more food outside…” The ingredients and finished products were all in the space…
“It’s okay, don’t we still have a lot of water and food in our backpacks?” He Zizhong smiled and touched his head comfortingly. But what he said was also really a problem. The two should indeed have prepared more food and water outside to avoid any accidents.
“En…” Replying dully, Fang Hao remembered the food they had just received for work today. “Shall I go to the kitchen to prepare some food? Fortunately, we received a lot of rice, noodles, and vegetables today!”
He Zizhong let Fang Hao to go to the kitchen. Sitting down, he took off the bracelet, exploring the wood-colored pattern and his name engraved on it repeatedly.
The three tiny ancient characters “He Zizhong” were engraved behind the Buddha’s head, as if they were always there.
Nowadays, few can recognize those three words. Even if others saw it, they wouldn’t know what was inscribed.
Last time, he activated the space in the bracelet because he engraved his name on it. What if… he engraved someone else’s name?
Thinking of Fang Hao who was busy in the kitchen, He Zizhong had a glimmer of expectation in his heart. He wouldn’t care about anyone else, but if it was Fang Hao, he wouldn’t mind at all. However, he really didn’t dare to act rashly given the current state of the space.
The two had a simple dinner. Aside from some rice and noodles they left in the villa before, Fang Hao used the mineral water that was left outside for cooking, and did not dare to use the water from the tap water pipe. He Zizhong didn’t know the situation in city A in his previous life, nor did he know when there was a problem with the water source in city A. Anyway, when he came to city A in his last life, the base was distributing water purification tablets and asked everyone to boil the water for more than 15 minutes before drinking it.
Fifteen minutes of boiling water to kill viruses can kill most bacteria and viruses, but even with such a setup, it was recommended to add water purification tablets before boiling water. After it was boiled and cooled, they were told to use the upper layer of water and toss out the stuff at the bottom.
From this, it could be seen that there was some strange circumstances with the water source in city A.
After dinner, the two of them cuddled up on the big bed with some worry, whispering. “Let’s not transport ashes tomorrow.” The space hasn’t recovered yet, and they just went. There was nothing useful gained except to some points. “It’s better to… go out to find supplies.”
“Go out?” Fang Hao was a little worried. “But the space cannot be entered for the time being…”
“If the space really can’t be entered, we must be prepared in other ways, such as collecting more food and medicine to use ourselves.” He Zizhong was actually not too worried. Because he was the one who activated it, he felt an inexplicable connection with the space, as if he clearly understands that it is fine now and there will be no problems afterwards. It’s just…evolving. After a short period of time, the space will transform like a butterfly and return to normal.
Fang Hao nodded, not dissatisfied with the arrangement. Originally, everyone had to cope with life in this new way, and they were not an exception.
Although after going out to find supplies, a part of it needs to be turned in when returning to the base. Compared with those who dare not face the reality and only know to avoid danger by staying in the base, it is better to venture out and get used to the world as soon as possible.
What’s more, even if the space resumes its functions immediately, the extra things they collect can naturally be put into the space without worrying.
When the two of them slept in the middle of the night, they were suddenly awakened by a strange light. He Zizhong looked at the white glow emanating from the bracelet on his wrist, and quickly probed his mental power into the space.
The black sky was full of stars, and through the layers of clouds, he could clearly see the space shrouded in twilight.
Farmland, streams, pastures, mountains, and the small building where they lived before.
“…The space seems to have grown! And there’s day and night!” He Zizhong hurriedly scanned, and found the differences.
“It’s bigger?!” Fang Hao’s sleepiness disappeared completely, staring closely at He Zizhong’s wrist.
The white light flickered and dimmed. It slowly gathered around his wrist after a short while, and the bracelet unexpectedly… disappeared!
The wooden bracelet was gone. In its place, a shallow mark like a birthmark was left on He Zizhong’s wrist.
The mark was very shallow, the size of a round Buddha’s head, and there were vague, three-character inverted traces on it…It seems that it was the name that he engraved on the Buddha’s head?!
Holding Fang Hao’s hand tightly, He Zizhong’s thoughts moved slightly. The two of them suddenly found themselves lying flat on the empty ground in front of the bamboo house with grape trellises.
The bamboo house was no longer fully made of bamboo. In addition to the structural frame of the bamboo itself, there were some blue bricks hidden in key places. The open space in front of the bamboo house also became more spacious, and the house itself appeared larger.
There was also more farmland in the distance, mountains in the back mountains, and large seawater ponds dug up by He Zizhong…
“It’s at least doubled, and this sea…”
Now, the entire space looked like a flat open space surrounded by a ring of mountains. The open space was divided into two by the creek, and the extra farmland was on the other side of the creek. The place facing the bamboo house that they temporarily marked as “south” where the sea pond was had changed greatly.
It was still a fine white sandy beach, but the sea increased by more than one size, and gentle waves lapped on the beach. Coconut trees that were planted near the beach for the occasion were also scattered around the bay.
Yes, that sea pond has now turned into a bay! The area was much larger than before, not to mention, the sea water was even alive!1as in moving
The two of them couldn’t confirm how far deep the sea was, but what was certain was that there was a layer of mist covering a place not far away, making it impossible to see farther.
The same is true for the mountains surrounding the entire space. There was also a white mist on the top of the mountain, blocking their sight!
Looking at each other in surprise, they stood up, and walked out of the courtyard, studying the sea that was dyed dark blue under the twilight sky.
“The house seems to have become a bit bigger too. I don’t know if the space below has changed. Let’s go and have a look.” He Zizhong weighed down the excitement in his heart, holding Fang Hao’s hand and turned around to go back. The two unexpectedly discovered a stone monument quietly erected in front of the small courtyard surrounded by fences.
Some words were engraved on the stone tablet in a small seal type. In order to study the engraving of seals, He Zizhong studied ancient fonts a lot. Not to mention his own name was also present on a few of the engraved lines?
Void Space
Patriarch: He Zizhong
Spouse:
After carefully discerning the meaning carved in stone, He Zizhong looked at the empty place under the two small characters for spouse.2Chinese seals and ancient text is written top down, right to left, which is why the empty spot is under, not beside. His heart moved slightly as he turned to look at Fang Hao.
Fang Hao looked back with a question mark on his head. Apart from the familiar three words of He Zizhong (the name in the ring was engraved by He Zizhong in the same font), he did not recognize the rest.
As his heart and mind moved, he saw strokes slowly appear under the word “spouse”, one after another, according to the two words He Zizhong thought in his heart!
Both of them were shocked in their hearts, staring wide-eyed as they watched the bright white light engrave two words on the large bluestone slab, one by one, before it finally disappeared.
“Your left hand.” He Zizhong suddenly took Fang Hao’s arm, and Fang Hao raised his wrist inexplicably. The porcelain-white wrist was so slender that he couldn’t even pinch it. Sure enough, on the inner side of his wrist, just like his own, there was a faint birthmark-like mark. And on it, two reversed white markings of their names appeared side by side!
He Zizhong, Fang Hao.
They’re ‘married’ by the space now!!!
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