Shen Xingmian was pushed out of the space and continued to head towards the more distant mountain.

However, she did not blindly head straight there. Instead, she explored along the way, collecting samples from all the areas with relatively large metal reserves.

Her current metal-type ability level is not high, so she can't absorb energy from very deep places and her speed is slow. However, she believes that by the time she arrives at her destination, her level will definitely have greatly improved.

This job is exciting at first, but it gets a bit boring after a while.

Especially when their superpowers were almost depleted, their speed was very slow, and Snowball was so bored that he started licking his paws.

It is usually fed and has zero experience in hunting in the wild. It has no idea how to follow the tracks in the snow to hunt prey.

Shen Xingmian really wanted to teach it, but she didn't have the time for the moment, so she could only let it lick its fur out of boredom.

Anyway, it's usually just sitting around doing nothing.

That was what she was thinking, but when she came to her senses and opened her eyes, she saw Xue Tuan and a rabbit staring at each other, which made her both laugh and cry.

She kicked Snowball's butt in anger, laughing and scolding, "What are you looking at? You're the king of the mountains, go pounce on it and bite it! What are you doing, just standing there watching, you little good-for-nothing!"

Although she called it "little good-for-nothing," she didn't actually mind at all. Even if Snowball only had the function of being a "mount," she felt it was enough.

When I bought it, I never thought it would be of much use.

It was already far beyond her expectations that it could be used as a mount, allowing her to traverse the mountains and forests as if on flat ground.

Snowball wasn't annoyed when its butt was kicked. It had been raised to be somewhat naive, like a house cat. It always liked to look at people innocently with its big eyes. When humans couldn't stand it anymore and started feeding it, it would happily have a full meal.

They never imagined that they could hunt for food using their own abilities.

It lay in the snow, and if it weren't for the dark patterns on its body, it would have blended perfectly into its surroundings.

No wonder the rabbit stared at it for so long; it must have never seen anything like it before.

But that rabbit was quite bold. Seeing such a big one, even if it didn't recognize it, it should have run away as fast as it could.

Shen Xingmian felt that it was very bold.

Since that's the case, let it play with Snowball. Once it gets used to playing, we can bring it back to our space. Anyway, we won't miss out on its food.

But when she started to move, the rabbit suddenly darted away, leaving a yellow stain in the pit where it had been lying, which had now frozen over.

Good grief, it turns out they weren't afraid, but rather too afraid to move!

This small animal's fear of large predators is probably ingrained in its genes; even if the enormous creature in front of it does not show any aggression, it is still very afraid of it.

Alright, let's do a good deed for now and spare that poor little rabbit.

Shen Xingmian patted Xue Tuan's bottom and urged, "Let's go, let's go, we're going to the next place!"

The snow in the mountains is not smooth and intact; it has many marks, such as pits made by fallen branches and paw and hoof prints of animals.

Looking at those traces, Shen Xingmian realized that this mountain was not dead, but rather contained many living creatures, which were simply hiding.

They're hibernating too.

When spring comes, they should all come out and start their activities again, to reproduce and thrive.

Just imagining that scene made her feel quite wonderful; compared to the long winter, the short spring seemed extremely precious.

When she was a child, she always thought that the four seasons were the same length of time, with each season lasting a standard three months. Only when she grew up did she realize that this was not the case.

Growing up in Northeast China, the winters were incredibly long, and northerners are not good at handling heat; in summer, 32 degrees Celsius felt like unbearable.

Without air conditioning at night, I can't even fall asleep.

Every summer after she grew up, she would wonder how she survived the heat as a child, even though there wasn't even a fan.

People are really strong.

As Shen Xingmian pondered this, she followed the guidance of the detector and rode her snowball into the distance.

Riding a tiger feels very different. It's fast enough, yet very stable, probably because it's relatively short, so the center of gravity is low and the chassis is more stable.

She couldn't explain why, but she felt quite comfortable, mainly because it was convenient; horses are really not agile enough in such snowy mountains.

With legs that long, it feels like it's easy to trip over them.

Shen Xingmian continued working until noon, when she was so exhausted that she returned to her space to eat and rest, planning to continue in the afternoon.

Although she was very tired, she could clearly feel the improvement in her superpower level.

Unlike the slow improvement at the beginning, her various abilities probably complement each other. As the levels of the others increase, especially the spatial abilities, they can also boost the levels of other abilities.

She was incredibly grateful for her diligence. No matter when, even after reaching the North and becoming quite safe, she never gave up on arming herself and continued to diligently improve.

That's why the progress is so obvious now.

After having lunch with her parents, she went back to her room to sleep alone, but of course, she didn't forget to prepare a place for her parents to rest.

Since gaining superpowers, her sleep quality has improved dramatically. Before, she would suffer from insomnia and could only play on her phone to get through the night.

Now I don't have any of that problem anymore.

When I'm sleepy, I lie down, close my eyes, and fall asleep in no time. I don't even dream much, and if I do, I don't remember them. When I wake up, I'm full of energy again.

Shen Xingmian felt that his "cheat code" was amazing. Putting aside everything else, the quality of his sleep alone was something that many people could only dream of.

She is very content.

So no matter how busy she is, she doesn't feel tired because it's very easy for her to regain her energy.

Sometimes she even feels like she's a robot, full of energy once she's recharged.

She slept for a little over an hour, then got up and went out to continue her afternoon work.

The afternoon sun on the snow-capped mountain was still dazzling; if she hadn't been wearing goggles, she would have worried about eye problems.

Refining metals was exciting at first, but it became increasingly boring over time.

If it weren't for the sense of accomplishment she felt looking at the small mountain of "bricks" piled up in the space, she probably wouldn't have wanted to continue.

Although no iron ore was specifically sought, the iron content of this mountain is still far higher than that of other elements.

So by the time they finished work that evening, the iron "bricks" in the space had already filled a cubic meter. If they were used to make arrowheads, it wouldn't be a problem to supply the entire army.

To forge more swords and armor, more iron blocks are needed.

At the current rate of efficiency, if she stays busy in the mountains for half a month, the Northern Army probably won't need to buy ironware for ten years.