Disaster Descends: I Pick Up Trash and Achieve Financial Freedom

Zuo Qingya inexplicably became bound to the system "Little Darling." While others convert trash into various items, she only converts it into rare seeds.

Initially, she planted them o...

Chapter 16 Foundation Establishment Realm

"Hmm...that seems to be it!"

"So, host, do you still want to buy it?"

Zuo Qingya gritted her teeth: "Buy it."

"Okay, the points have been deducted."

Zuo Qingya looked at the hair growth serum in her hand, glanced at the instructions, squeezed out a little, and applied it to her hair. It really worked immediately; her hair grew quite a bit longer, and even baby hairs appeared. Zuo Qingya looked in the mirror, cut off her curly hair, and sure enough, she looked much prettier. She had earned 50 points.

After completing the quest and earning a considerable amount of rare seeds, I lay down contentedly, placed the spirit stones aside, ate a Spirit Gathering Pill, and began cultivating. Sure enough, my cultivation speed increased significantly. Thinking of the Spirit Gathering Array and my points, I sighed. Ah... I'd better keep working hard! Slacking off is out of the question.

The next day, many people started heading towards the city gate before dawn, eager to get out early and collect trash—it was their food money! Couldn't they be a little more diligent?

When Zuo Qingya woke up, she didn't see many people. Now, adults and children alike had gone out to collect trash.

Zuo Qingya felt that she couldn't fall behind and had to keep up with the group to go out and collect trash. Once she had collected enough, Zuo Qingya began to explore nature. Whether she knew it or not, if she encountered a mutant plant that had gained sentience, she would fight it. Once she had defeated the mutant plant, she would put it in her inventory, check the description, keep it if she could use it, and dispose of the rest as trash. Perfect.

"This landmine fruit is not bad, it's just that its characteristics are a bit strange, but it's still edible. Nobody's eating it right now, so I don't think anyone will mind, right?"

Zuo Qingya looked at this fruit, which was shaped like a landmine. It would explode if you pulled the tab, and then spray out cocoa powder. It was edible and the taste was the same. However, you might not be able to withstand the power of the explosion. Never pick an unripe landmine fruit, or it will spray you with green paint.

Zuo Qingya thought that as long as she protected it and didn't touch the pull ring, and cut off the branches with scissors, there should be no problem. This weapon is great! If she didn't like someone, she could just throw one at them, and they would be crippled if not killed.

This one is also good, a chestnut tree. This one is also a positive mutation, but the shell is poisonous, while the chestnuts inside are not poisonous. They taste like spicy strips. Zuo Qingya put her hand on the tree, connected the whole tree with her consciousness, and took all the ripe chestnuts into her consciousness space.

He clapped his hands and said, "All done. I'll come over again when the other unripe chestnuts are ripe."

"Even chestnut shells shouldn't be wasted." Saying this, he pressed the chestnut shells on the ground into the conversion nest.

Zuo Qingya glanced at the sky, hoisted the prepared trash onto her shoulder, and slowly walked into the city.

After changing the nutrient solution, I drank it all on the spot and headed to my place.

Lie down, spend one point to buy a substitute, and you'll enter your own consciousness space.

"Plant some healing pills, they sell well, the ones we put on the shelves yesterday are all sold out."

"It's just planting healing pills, it's laborious, and it consumes too much spiritual energy."

Zuo Qingya ate a Spirit Gathering Pill and began to consume her own spiritual energy to cultivate the rare seed.

Once all the plump healing pills have been planted, put them on the merchandise shelf and continue selling them.

After finishing all that, Zuo Qingya went to do the system tasks before she had time to cultivate.

When Zuo Qingya opened her eyes, it was already noon the next day. She opened her backpack, put the folded straw mat and quilt inside, and left the city.

Zuo Qingya chose to walk in less crowded areas. Nowadays, many people wander around outside the city to pick up trash. What Zuo Qingya could see was that both outside and inside the city were clean and tidy, without a single piece of trash.

Zuo Qingya meandered away from the crowd, heading towards a place rich in spiritual energy. Along the way, she didn't forget to do important things. She collected quite a few mutated creatures. Fortunately, although there were many mutated creatures now, they were all low-level, and Zuo Qingya could handle them. If she couldn't handle them, she wouldn't linger in battle. She would simply run away, or hide in her own consciousness space. After a few days, she would come out to check the situation. If it was safe, she would run away; if it was dangerous, she would stay in her consciousness space and develop stealthily. If she felt she could handle it, she would go for it; if not, she would continue to stay put.

Zuo Qingya has been in the consciousness space for almost half a month now. There's a tiger guarding her outside—yes, that's her sparring partner. Zuo Qingya really can't beat it, and it's another day she misses her mother.

Originally, she wanted to find a place with abundant spiritual energy to cultivate, but who knew she would run into this guy? Zuo Qingya cried her eyes out; it was too tragic.

Fine, I'll be your sparring partner! If I can't beat you, can't I at least avoid it?

Zuo Qingya ran ahead, and the tiger chased after her.

If I had known this would happen, I would have preferred to stay in the city!

Zuo Qingya felt another wave of regret.

"I'll keep cultivating. I refuse to believe that even if I reach the Foundation Establishment Realm, I still won't be able to defeat them."

She couldn't beat him, she really couldn't beat him. Zuo Qingya used all the points she earned every day to buy spirit stones and pills for cultivation. She finally broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, but she still couldn't beat him. She thought of her mother, who could kill her instantly with a wave of her hand. Is this the difference?

The Nth day I missed my mom.

While cultivating in a lake abroad, Zuo Haijia couldn't help but sneeze. After calculating the time, she shook her head and continued cultivating. There were also many mutated creatures around Zuo Haijia, but they didn't seem to have any intention of harming her. As Zuo Haijia cultivated, faint spiritual energy surrounded her, which was absorbed by the plants and animals around her.

Meanwhile, Zuo Qingya is still struggling to fight the tiger. Although she is not struggling as much now, she still can't beat it.

When Zuo Qingya got tired, she retreated back into her own consciousness space.

"Ah... it's still more comfortable in the space, there's food and drink, and even TV to watch."

Zuo Qingya, lying on the massage chair, peered out and said, "Comfortable."

When the time came, Zuo Qingya would do some tasks, accumulate points, and check her score, feeling quite pleased with herself.

"You'll be promoted to advanced level soon, huh? I wonder what the tasks will be like after you advance, and how easy they will be to complete."

Zuo Qingya called out to Xiao Guaiguai: "Xiao Guaiguai, tell me, are the advanced missions easy to complete?"

"It's alright, we're full-time employees, so we're not afraid."

"Well???"

"Sweetie, it sounds dangerous when you say that!"

"It's alright, it's just doing missions at some tourist attractions, so I'll treat it as a trip!"

"Little darling, it feels like we're cleaning up system junk instead of the smaller world. Is the main system some kind of big world?"

"Hmm...you could say that."

"???" Zuo Qingya looked puzzled. "What do you mean by 'you can say that'?"

"Host, the main system is specifically designed to maintain the operation of the world."

This made Zuo Qingya even more confused. If the main system was specifically designed to maintain the operation of the world, then it must be incredibly powerful.