74. Hardship period
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"I don't know...but since it looks like this, we should prepare some things in advance. Leave them outside just in case, when we can't use the space." Regaining some strength, Fang Hao looked at the white, cloud-like mist outside the house, enclosing the entire space.

"This matter will be taken care of tomorrow. The space won't be upgraded for a while. Let's go and work on ours first."

"Huh?" Fang Hao looked at him puzzledly, but was captured and hugged by He Zizhong, who got up. "Zizhong?!"

"Dual cultivation." As he said, he lowered his head and printed a seal on his lips with a light 'pop'. However long the two of them were out on a task was however long it would be since they dual cultivated. People accustomed to eating meat1sex every night will be more hungry than usual after missing a few meals, and will naturally have a greater "appetite".

Waves of warm water crashed over him. Fang Hao's whole body was steamed by the heat and his whole body was alluring pink. A groaning sound overflowed from his mouth uncontrollably, making He Zizhong above him fight even more passionately. Usually they do three cycles, this time it's a full circle! They tossed until Tuanzi, who was upstairs woke up for short nap and realized mama and papa has not come up to sleep with it! It's really warm thinking about that, it's too much!

It was really hard to get up in the early morning of the next day. If it weren't for the space having electricity and mobile phones to set an alarm, the two would definitely be late.

Crawling up to wash, eat, breakfast, and then put the medicines collected from the insulated warehouse in the car. He Zizhong looked it over again to make sure that the number was correct.

Driving out of the villa, they passed Allen's small residence. He Zizhong confirmed that the inside of the villa was dark and there was no signs of half a car at the door. The Overlord team obviously had not returned yet.

Meeting with the Samsara team, putting all the medicine together, and then removing the 80% which was required by the base. Of the remaining medicines, Chen Ning gave 10% to He Zizhong. "This is your share."

The two of them did not act hypocritical, and put away the medicines into the bag, transferring them into the space. They drove the remaining medicine with a few Samsara members to the mission handover window at the back of the task hall and turned them in.

"We're preparing to take on a mission related to seeds." Guo Bing took out his cigarette and lit it, taking a deep breath. "Now the base is in short supply for seeds," he whispered to He Zizhong. "I heard that many seeds have problems - moldy or rotten. So the base is collecting these things at a high price and is recruiting plant abilities. How about it? Are you interested in continuing to cooperate?"

He Zizhong pondered it, looking up at the sky. "The weather is bad now, and the sun is not visible at all. I'm afraid that the harvest will not be good in the future... I think naturally seeds must be collected, but we must pay closer attention and prepare for the food problem."

Chen Ning frowned and said: "But now, the food outside, those that have gone bad have gone bad. Those that are easy to preserve have been robbed by the survivors since the beginning."

"That's for sure, so we can only find these things on the way. Otherwise we can only go deep into the city. There are now many mutant zombies in the urban area." He Zizhong shrugged. How many mutant zombies did they encounter when they were stuck in the urban area this time? First-level ability users can't move safely in the city at all.

"The village." Guo Bing said suddenly, "The villagers love to store food, and they will also save seeds. Although there are certainly a lot of moldy ones, it is at least safer than in the city."

"Yes, then we have to plan a route." Chen Ning nodded and looked at He Zizhong. "What do you think? Do you want to go together? I think that once most plant abilities are dug out by the base, the price of seeds might come down."

It won't drop, but will rise instead. But there is nothing to do recently anyway, and their team's points have risen much faster than before. Naturally, He Zizhong would not let go of this good opportunity.

There are only two people in their mom-and-pop shop team. Accumulating points by cooperating with the Samsara team is okay. If it was a later time, when the available mission points for small teams decrease and they have to use the space to hand in tasks, there might be people staring.

Although He Zizhong had never encountered it in his previous life, it seems that some special abilities in the base will suddenly disappear. According to gossip, these people are arrested for human experimentation. Although he didn't know if it was true or false, it was better to be careful. He Zizhong does not want their ship to capsize.

"Okay, then we will follow you for some experience." The first wave of points soon came down. This time the medicine task was completed perfectly, and the mom-and-pop shop Fengche team that cooperated gained a full two hundred points. Team levels in the base range from the lowest, at zero points, to the ninth level. Each team is at level 0 at the beginning, and it takes 500 points to advance to the first level.

After this mission was completed, the Samsara team became a first-level team. As long as He Zizhong and Fang Hao took advantage of the generous opportunities for points now, they could quickly squeeze into the ranks of a first-level team as well.

After handing in the task, the group went to the task hall again to receive a task of collecting seeds. This task gives a high number of points. After a while, the seeds from the outside world will turn completely moldy; there are only a few that can barely grow in the end days. Even if the seeds are still well preserved and planted, the plants may not grow normally. While the price of original seeds may increase later, the base will no longer specifically collect those delicate and difficult-to-plant seeds. Those can only be sold to private individuals, and the prices need to be negotiated each time.

He Zizhong, who has a car, food, seeds, and space, is not in a hurry to collect any supplies at this time. He is waiting - waiting to hoard crystal nuclei at a suitable price. He can use the food in the space that he does not need to trade for crystal nuclei, and use some for space upgrades, and save the rest to exchange for gasoline, bullets and other things when needed.

This opportunity will come soon.

After they accepted the task with the Samsara team, they went straight back to the villa to cultivate and rejuvenate. When passing by the Overlord villa, there was still no one there. He Zizhong checked the surveillance from the past days as well.  Thumbing his chin as he watched the video, he wondered if Allen and the others wouldn't be so lucky. Would they really die outside like this? Don’t they all say that a scourge lives for thousands of years? The Samsara team has not had time to trouble them, and they died like this... really?

He Zizhong sat on the sofa in the space, fast forwarding the video, while Fang Hao was busy in the kitchen. The pile of casseroles collected in the space has not been used yet. In addition, the rice in the previous space has matured, dried and hulled. Fang Hao happily decided to make claypot rice!

"Zizhong, let's kill a pig?" Fang Hao's upper body suddenly came out of the kitchen.

"Kill a pig?" He Zizhong quickly finished the last video, making sure that no one in the base came by, then turned off the TV and stood up. "Is there not much pork in the house?" The warehouse below is full of white striped pork, bacon, and all kinds of pork products... its almost becoming a hill, right?

Fang Hao blinked and smiled shyly. "The pigs we picked up last time have been raised for a while. They were raised in the space... Anyway, those pigs can't deliver piglets..." And it's a waste of food and fruits.

"Okay, then kill one." He Zizhong thought for a while, and pulled out a new imitation dogleg knife from the space below. There is nothing wrong with killing pigs.

"You don't have to make it so troublesome. If you send the animal directly to the underground space, won't it die immediately? Just send it in and then take it out." The horror of killing a pig is comparable to killing man. Although the two of them cut zombies very smoothly, but to kill pigs... At any rate, they are the big fat pigs they raised for a long time. Let them be euthanized instead.

A big fat pig with a fat body was arching towards an apple tree in the field, when it suddenly disappeared. The other animals around did not find any abnormalities at all, and continued to wander leisurely in the pasture.

Looking at the apple trees, pear trees, and large watermelons growing randomly in the farmland - they were all messed up by these domestic animals - He Zizhong shook his head speechlessly at the sight. "Didn't pay attention for a while... when did these things grow up?"

Fang Hao thought about it. "Is it when we fed them fruits before? The seeds fell on the ground and grew up? That's not bad. When the fruit is ripe, they will shake the tree to find fruit to eat. "

Yes, these animals on the farm are all about to become refined. When they are tired of eating vegetables grown on the ground, they run to fruit trees and shake for fruit. A group of chickens, ducks, cattle, sheep and pigs all ran to the tree and knocked several times. The vitality of those trees is really strong enough, even if they are overwhelmed, they can continue to live!

The two picked up the eggs from the farm and went back to the yard to kill the big pig. After scraping hair and draining the blood, pieces of fresh pork were cut and put back into the space. Fang Hao kept the pork belly part to make braised pork, to be used in pork belly rice in a moment.

Fang Hao spent most of the whole day in the kitchen. He Zizhong took Tuanzi all over the mountains to pick fruit and grow crops. When they were tired, the two of them drank a few mouthfuls of the sweet well water produced by the space. When they were hungry...so much to eat, what can't they eat? Just flip through to find it in the food area below.

Now the land in the space is twice as large as before, and the other side of the creek can also be cultivated to grow crops. They haven't yet discussed what to plant, so He Zizhong remained in the original farmland planting a pile of rice and a pile of wheat. The two of them still eat more rice and noodles.

The dumpling next to him suddenly disappeared with a "pop". He Zizhong, who had just planted the last wheat seed, straightened up and looked around in a puzzled manner to see Tuanzi reappear with a piece of paper on it. It was Fang Hao's handwriting. Like his person, there was special kind of suppleness in those words - "Dinner is ready".

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