jdhmnovel Chapter 262 The Little Salted Fish in the Apocalypse (8)
Chapter 262 The Little Salted Fish in the Apocalypse (8)
After drawing the talismans for everyone in the lab, Wangyou went out for a stroll.
Back at the villa, they found Xie Baozhu and the others discussing taking on a few missions to find some mutated plants of level five or higher and bring them back. After all, the base's mission office was a long-term buyer, and the points were not low.
"These are amulets I drew. Each of you should take a few with you. They can save your lives in a critical moment."
"Thank you, little sister!" Xie Baozhu accepted it without hesitation. Others might not know, but as a member of the Xie family, she knew her sister's abilities very well. If the Fifth Elder knew, he would definitely jump for joy.
Seeing that Xie Baozhu had accepted it, the others knew it must be something good, so they naturally didn't refuse either, and carefully kept the talisman.
"Alright, you two continue your discussion. I'm going to take a look around the base."
“I’ll go with you. The villa area and the working-class area are fine, but the slum area is very chaotic. It’s not safe for you to go out alone,” Xie Baozhu said, standing up.
"No need. If there is any danger, I can handle it. My ability level is above yours," Wangyou said helplessly.
“Let’s go together. Even though you have amazing abilities, what if you run into someone who’s blind and disgusting? We can help you yell back.” Chen Sasa stood up and said with a smile.
"But aren't you going to prepare the things you'll need for the mission?"
"No need, we have food and drinks in our backpacks, and there's also some in the treasure space. We can set off anytime," Zhang Wanting said with a smile.
"Don't you guys need to go home?"
"No need, our parents are safe. We went back to check on them a couple of days ago, so there's no need to worry," Song Shishi replied.
"Alright then, let's go!" With no reason to refuse, Wangyou resigned herself to her fate and left with the four pendants.
The villa area is relatively quiet, and most of the residents here are important members of the base and their families.
"This is the civilian area, mainly where people live in apartment buildings. There are some stalls here, but now that it's the apocalypse, nothing else is that important except for food and drink," Chen Sasa explained to Wangyou.
“Yes, most superhumans live in the civilian district; only those at level four or above can apply for the villa district,” Zhang Wanting added.
“Actually, just like before the apocalypse, the majority of people in this world will always be ordinary citizens,” Wangyou said, looking around.
“Yes, no matter what, ordinary people are always the majority,” Xie Baozhu echoed.
"That's the planting area, which mainly relies on wood-type ability users. Now the land has problems, and most of the seeds from before the apocalypse can't be used. But cultivating exotic plants isn't easy either, so there's still a big problem with food," Chen Sasa continued to explain to Wangyou.
"That's the water storage area. Water-type ability users go there to release water every day, and it's also the main source of water resources for the base."
"The breeding area is still empty. I heard that the research institute is also conducting research on it."
As Wangyou listened to her friend's introductions, she suddenly realized that she hadn't really relaxed during the trip; instead, her friend had given her a lot of work to do.
Originally, Wangyou wanted to come out and follow the development of the male and female leads; she just wanted to watch the show. But now that she hasn't seen the show, she's itching to do something else.
As for the street vendors, after seeing them, only one sentence comes to mind: "Gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times." This saying doesn't always apply.
Just like now, a gold brick might not even be enough to buy a pack of instant noodles or a loaf of bread.
"Forget-Me-Not, you wouldn't be thinking of exchanging this gold and silver jewelry, would you?!"
"That's exactly what I was thinking." Wangyou pulled out a large box of steamed buns from her spatial storage and then exchanged them for a lot of gold, jewelry, and other valuables.
Although this world may not be useless, she can still use it in other worlds.
Finally, after passing through the working-class area, you'll reach the slums. The slums are chaotic and disorderly, and the most unfortunate are the defenseless women.
"Let's go back!" Wangyou didn't look any further. It was more important to go back and do some meaningful research than to watch a play.
After returning, Wangyou plunged back into the laboratory.
As for Yan Xu, after a series of examinations, Wang You released him and he is now on a mission with Xie Baozhu.
After returning, Wangyou discovered through research that ordinary food no longer helped those with superpowers; in fact, it hindered the upgrading of their abilities. Therefore, it was urgent to create food that those with superpowers could eat.
Wangyou combined the exotic plants of this world to develop a plant growth liquid, and then cultivated the first generation of spirit rice. Incidentally, Wangyou also created a spirit gathering array.
This greatly increased the yield of spirit rice, and later, people followed suit and cultivated spirit vegetables.
Later, people's ideas diverged, and they developed a drug that could make mutated animals docile, and the breeding industry was also started.
After that, those who went on missions would subconsciously look for seeds and capture edible animals. Later, the slums were improved, and the law became effective again. As for those who were arrogant and disobedient because they had some strength, they all became fertilizer.
Ten years later, social order was completely stabilized, and people's lives gradually returned to normal. The difference was that the courses taught in schools were different. The things that people with superpowers and ordinary people learned were destined to be different, and this was something that could not be changed.
After a busy day, Wangyou was finally able to relax and started wandering around, occasionally venturing into the deep mountains and forests to look for things.
Xie Baozhu and Yan Xu married early and now have a son and a daughter, living a very happy life.
It must be said that the establishment of the new order led to the discovery of a startling fact: women became extremely rare, which caused considerable panic and brought the protection of women back to the forefront of human society.
Some scientists have even developed fertile robots, which were extremely popular upon their release, but drawbacks quickly emerged.
Even if the simulated environment is very realistic, children born by robots still have various defects, extremely short lifespans, and most of them die at birth.
After a series of unsuccessful attempts, unmarried or single women were targeted, and the government began to forcibly match them with potential partners—not just one, but multiple.
As soon as this regulation was introduced, Wangyou was targeted. Single, beautiful, and intelligent, she was simply the best choice.
Has the government taken any coercive measures against Wangyou, such as having ten tall, handsome boys with eight-pack abs hang around in front of her every day?
Huang was particularly helpless. Besides, there were also those who volunteered, such as He Yuan and Yan Yan.
Wangyou quickly communicated with the Heavenly Dao and discovered that the world was already on the path to upgrading. In less than a hundred years, it would successfully upgrade to a medium-level world. As for the male and female protagonists, they had long since disappeared to who-knows-where.
Since there was nothing left for Wangyou to worry about, she left a letter, then chose an auspicious day, closed her eyes, and passed away peacefully.
Moreover, after being discovered and it was confirmed that Wangyou was dead, her body turned into starlight and disappeared.
Inside the system space, Wangyou patted her chest. The pressure to get married was just too terrible; it was better to sleep.