"Let's divide these things into four equal portions, one portion for each person." Lu Sheng roughly divided all the supplies and handed Xu Yi's portion separately.

Xu Yi returned the mutton and rice to Lu Sheng, quite frankly, "I can't cook, so you can keep all this."

Lu Sheng didn't stand on ceremony, "Then let's have dinner together tonight. While the lamb is still fresh, how about some barbecue?"

The four hit it off immediately.

Lu Sheng cut the mutton into appropriately sized cubes, skewered them with bamboo skewers left over from the picnic before the apocalypse, and then brushed them with a thin layer of oil.

I set up a disposable barbecue grill that I had brought back from the supermarket on the balcony and lit charcoal to slowly grill the food.

When the meat skewers are slightly oily, sprinkle them with a handful of barbecue seasoning mixed with cumin, chili powder, and salt. Grill both sides until slightly charred, and finally sprinkle with a little bit of white sugar.

Fresh lamb only needs simple seasonings to bring out its natural flavor. Tender and juicy lamb, slow-roasted, has a rich and succulent texture that fills your mouth with aroma with every bite.

Lu Sheng blanched the remaining lamb offal and then cooked it into a pot of milky white lamb offal soup. After serving it, he sprinkled a small handful of cilantro and pepper on top. The delicious aroma made the remaining three people's mouths water.

The four of them were in high spirits and opened a few bottles of wheat juice, enjoying the barbecue and the theatrical anime series on Xiao Yu's laptop.

"Freshly slaughtered mutton is just different." Sun Tiantian took a bite of the sizzling mutton skewer. "It's so tender and fragrant, even better than what I usually eat at barbecue restaurants."

Lu Sheng removed the meat from the skewer, mixed it into the cat food, and handed it to Zhuangzhuang.

Since he learned to speak, Zhuangzhuang's demands for food have become increasingly high, and his tastes are almost identical to Lu Sheng's. He likes to eat strong-flavored foods that are heavy on the body.

After a hearty meal, the four of them finally got a brief respite from their tense nerves.

With wine, meat, and friends, life seems no different from before the apocalypse.

After dinner, Lu Sheng returned to his dormitory and first went into his space to take a look at the four little lambs he had picked up.

But the lambs ran away as soon as they saw Lu Sheng, each one running faster than the rabbits in the space.

Lu Sheng wanted to pet the lambs, but the four little creatures huddled in a corner with teary eyes, trembling as they looked at Lu Sheng.

Meow meow meow, this woman smells like my second uncle and third aunt!

Lu Sheng summoned his space assistant, Little Panda, and asked it to find a burrow for the lambs. He then lay in the bathtub and opened the sign-in system panel.

[Congratulations, host, on successfully checking in for fifteen days! You are now rewarded with a hidden module in the points shop.]

There are hidden modules?

Lu Sheng immediately perked up and excitedly opened the points mall.

Sure enough, a new "Great Deals" section has been added to the store. Currently, only one item is available for sale, while the rest of the fields are marked with question marks.

The only item available for sale was—an escape pod?!

Lu Sheng opened the product panel and looked at the product details of the escape pod.

The escape pod, which is being offered at a significant discount, looks like a sphere and is described as being made of high-strength, high-tech materials that can withstand most external pressure and impacts.

The escape pod is also equipped with an independent air circulation and purification system, which can ensure that the personnel inside the pod have sufficient clean oxygen in the event of an emergency.

In addition to the air system, there is a simple toilet and a small kitchen to ensure the basic living needs of people inside the escape pod.

To ensure that the people inside the escape pod can receive timely rescue in case of an emergency, the escape pod is also equipped with special radio communication equipment and distress beacons.

Seemingly to encourage purchases, the product page features a large banner proclaiming "waterproof, fireproof, and radiation-proof."

Lu Sheng glanced at the standard number of people: five.

Including Zhuangzhuang, it's just right.

I glanced at the price; it's a limited-time promotion with 50,000 points.

Who wouldn't be tempted by this price?!

Originally, Lu Sheng planned to take Sun Tiantian and Xiao Yu to slack off after he had the space to stockpile supplies. But now that the system is giving away more and more, who would complain that their life is too good?

No woman can resist a deep discount promotion, and Lu Sheng was no exception.

Having made up her mind, Lu Sheng quickly dried herself off and went to bed early.

...

The next morning, Lu Sheng was awakened by the noisy voices downstairs.

Zhuangzhuang pressed against her not-so-ample chest as always, and Lu Sheng almost couldn't catch her breath.

Patting Zhuangzhuang's round, chubby bottom, Lu Sheng got up and went to the window.

A group of people gathered downstairs, led by Tan Jing and Qin Shou, with the rest being students from Dingxianglou.

Qin Shou's filthy hand was on Tan Jing's buttocks; their relationship seemed rather inappropriate. The remaining students were all holding something in their hands.

There were table legs, baseball bats, and some iron bars that had been taken from the bed.

Qin Shou said something to the students, and then the group stormed out of the school. Lu Sheng glanced over and saw that Su Zicheng and Li Xiang were together, but Bai Shuangshuang was not there.

What a jerk couple, they've already parted ways so quickly?

Lu Sheng wasn't too interested in where these people went. He took out a large portion of crystal shrimp dumplings and fried radish cake from his spatial storage, along with a glass of fresh Kyoho grape juice.

Lu Sheng gave Zhuangzhuang half of the shrimp dumplings and radish cake, and then turned on an American TV series to watch while eating.

The fresh shrimp dumplings are springy and delicious, and the radish cake is fragrant and moist. Paired with a small dish of chili sauce, every bite is incredibly satisfying.

"Lu Sheng, look at the messages in the group chat," Sun Tiantian sent a message.

Open the Dingxianglou mutual aid group; there are 99+ messages.

It turns out that someone forwarded a video from somewhere this morning, causing a huge uproar in the group.

The video content is edited together from several short clips.

Lu Sheng glanced at it briefly. The first paragraph was about how Wuchang, known as the rice capital of China, was attacked by a large number of locusts. Almost all the rice fields were eaten up by the insects, and the farmers knelt on the ridges of the fields and cried with their heads in their hands.

The camera focused on the locust, which was as big as the palm of a hand.

The second scene shows a large number of military personnel wearing full protective suits and gas masks spraying herbicides on crops in the fields. The once lush terraced fields were instantly turned into wasteland.

The third segment edited together multiple scenes of mutated plants injuring people, without any censorship, and the level of gore was comparable to that of foreign R-rated films that flaunted violent aesthetics.

A machine's whirring sound came from outside the window.

Lu Sheng looked down and saw a team of professional safety personnel driving a lawnmower into Peking University.

The lawn, which was originally knee-high, was cut down by the roots, and after it was cleaned up, several rounds of weed killer were sprayed.

It seems that the government has not yet found the cause of the plant mutation. In order to avoid large-scale incidents of people being injured by mutated plants, the only option is to eradicate them indiscriminately.

Unfortunately, these mutated plants will regrow in less than two days as long as their roots and stems are not fatally damaged.

"Lu Sheng, come out quickly and help Teacher Xu install the door."

Sun Tiantian's voice came from outside the door.