Chapter 15 Storage Space Upgrade: New Plants

Without having to deal with other zombies, Cheng Zhiyu can now focus on the female zombie.

Currently, this female zombie is clearly of a higher level and stronger than the other zombies. The most obvious sign is that she is much faster and knows how to dodge.

Most importantly, they possess a certain level of wisdom and know how to use feints to their advantage.

However, without other zombies interfering, the female zombie was no match for Cheng Zhiyu. After she dodged his attack and reached out her hand to him, Cheng Zhiyu immediately swung his cleaver and chopped off the female zombie's arm.

Then, before the female zombie could react, the other's head had already hit the ground, its limbs struggled for a moment, and then it collapsed with a thud.

The head that had fallen to the ground was still baring its teeth, trying to bite Cheng Zhiyu.

Cheng Zhiyu coldly raised his hand, completely resolving the issue.

Turning his head, he saw that Xiao Hei had jumped onto a higher vehicle at some point, leisurely swishing its tail. When a zombie came in, he smashed its head like a watermelon.

After the female zombie was dealt with, not many more zombies kept rushing in. Seeing that he could handle it, Cheng Zhiyu was relieved and focused on observing the female zombie.

This zombie was so different from the others; he wanted to see what caused these changes.

Cheng Zhiyu found a stick and poked it into the zombie's head, discovering that this zombie's head was harder than the others.

He suddenly remembered a novel he had read where zombies evolved and had crystal cores in their heads. He suppressed his nausea and searched inside his head, but found nothing.

Could he have guessed wrong? Do zombies not evolve into crystal cores? Or perhaps this zombie hasn't evolved to that stage yet?

It's possible that, although Cheng Zhiyu clearly sensed that this zombie was stronger than ordinary zombies, it wasn't actually that difficult to deal with.

If this zombie hasn't evolved to that level yet, then how powerful would a zombie that has truly evolved to that level be?

Thinking of this, Cheng Zhiyu frowned.

Suddenly, he felt a coolness on his hand and was startled. He looked down and found his hand was covered in water, which was gently washing his hand as if it were being washed.

Cheng Zhiyu turned his head and saw Xiao Hei standing not far away. Although it was a small dog, he felt that he saw disgust on its face.

Cheng Zhiyu explained himself: "I didn't touch it with my hands."

Little Black's eyes widened: You still want to touch it with your hands?

Cheng Zhiyu understood what he meant: "..."

After washing his hands, Xiao Hei washed Cheng Zhiyu's knife as well. Then, after checking it with satisfaction to make sure it was clean enough, he stepped on a clump of water floating in the air, floated to Cheng Zhiyu's side, jumped into his arms, and burrowed into his clothes.

Cheng Zhiyu poked him, and Xiao Hei poked out a head, looking very impatient: What?

Cheng Zhiyu smiled and said, "It's nothing."

Looking at his smiling face, Xiao Hei felt inexplicably uncomfortable. Really, why does he love to smile so much? ...He looks quite handsome when he smiles.

With no more zombies around, Cheng Zhiyu piled up the zombie corpses and had Xiao Er burn them. With Xiao Er on his shoulder and Xiao Hei in his arms, he went home.

I took off my coat and disinfected it before I felt safe to go inside.

Cheng Zhiyu finally had time to look at Xiao Hei, who felt uncomfortable being stared at: What?

Today, Cheng Zhiyu truly witnessed Xiao Hei's extraordinary abilities. However, he knew that Xiao Hei meant him no harm. On the contrary, if it weren't for Xiao Hei, he wouldn't have been able to deal with that female zombie in a short time.

So, while Cheng Zhiyu was surprised that Xiao Hei had water-based abilities, he didn't show any other emotion. He patted Xiao Hei and asked, "Xiao Hei, are you a dog spirit?"

Xiao Hei: What dog spirit? That sounds awful! He's a winged race member, what does that have to do with dogs?

However, Xiao Hei didn't argue. Firstly, he couldn't speak yet, and secondly, he didn't know how to explain his situation. ...Let Cheng Zhiyu think what he wants.

Seeing that Xiao Hei had tacitly agreed, Cheng Zhiyu nodded knowingly and asked curiously, "Then, Xiao Hei, can you turn into a human?"

Xiao Hei used to be able to easily transform into human form, but now he's turned into a cub. Do you think that's okay?

Upon seeing Xiao Hei's expression, Cheng Zhiyu understood what he meant, estimating that Xiao Hei had not yet cultivated to the point where it could transform into human form.

He patted the little black head and comforted him tenderly, "It's okay, take your time."

Xiao Hei: It can't be slower, he doesn't want to stay so weak forever.

Cheng Zhiyu, unaware of Xiao Hei's thoughts, looked at Xiao Hei with starry eyes.

Xiao Hei involuntarily took a step back, feeling inexplicably nervous under his gaze: What?

Cheng Zhiyu picked him up and excitedly tried to kiss him, but Xiao Hei reached out a paw and pressed it against his mouth. He smiled and said, "Xiao Hei, you are truly my lucky star!"

Xiao Hei quickly retracted its paws, wondering why its paw pads felt hot. Also, how could anyone be as mushy as Cheng Zhiyu? What... what lucky star?

Cheng Zhiyu was overjoyed: "I was just worried about the lack of water at home, and you actually managed to conjure up water, Xiao Hei!"

Xiao Hei: What do you mean by conjuring water? That's called a water-based superpower.

However, Xiao Hei was still a little guilty. His abilities had been too weak before, so he had always wanted to hide the fact that he had water-based abilities...

He secretly glanced at Cheng Zhiyu's expression, and seeing that he didn't seem angry, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

No, what does Cheng Zhiyu's anger have to do with him? What's there to worry about! Hmm... it's probably because he still needs to stay with this human for a while and doesn't want to make the relationship too strained.

Yes, that's it.

Having successfully convinced himself, Xiao Hei conjured up a bucket of water for Cheng Zhiyu as requested.

Cheng Zhiyu looked at the freshly made bucket of water and still found it amazing. Xiao Hei was so small, yet it could produce such a large bucket of water.

He reached out and touched Xiao Hei, asking worriedly, "Is Xiao Hei tired?"

Cheng Zhiyu has no special abilities and doesn't know the principles behind them, so he's a little worried that Xiao Hei might get tired.

Xiao Hei calmly jumped onto Cheng Zhiyu's shoulder. Hmm, this height is not bad, although it's still a bit shorter than before.

Seeing that he was still lively, Cheng Zhiyu felt relieved and patted him: "Aren't you afraid of falling?"

Little Black sat steadily, seemingly without any worries.

Cheng Zhiyu simply let him go.

Although we didn't find much water today, we did find some other supplies, including some dried cured meat. We've had a tiring day, so we can have a slightly more substantial meal tonight.

Cheng Zhiyu made stir-fried cured pork, steamed eggs, and spicy stir-fried red and white cabbage. He also steamed rice. He found a few bags of rice when he went out today, enough to last him a long time.

This meal was just an ordinary meal before the apocalypse, but it's considered quite luxurious after the apocalypse.

Cheng Zhiyu realized that Xiao Hei had a huge appetite; he could eat almost anything he was given.

Although Cheng Zhiyu doesn't have any special abilities, he guesses that special abilities consume a lot of energy, so he needs to replenish Xiao Hei's energy.

In addition, he himself has a large appetite, so although he only made three dishes, Cheng Zhiyu made a particularly large quantity, which was all served in basins and was enough for them to eat.

As a hero, Xiao Hei was particularly bold today and asked to eat at the table. He's not a real dog, so he doesn't want to eat on the ground!

Cheng Zhiyu readily agreed. Since the coffee table was quite large, he picked up Xiao Hei and placed it on the other side of the table, with a small bowl in front of it.

To prevent Xiao Hei from getting its fur dirty, they even made a bib, a warm yellow one. Cheng Zhiyu found it today and thought it was perfect for Xiao Hei, so they brought it back.

Xiao Hei glanced at the yellow rice bag, its entire being radiating rejection.

Cheng Zhiyu: "Wow, Xiao Hei is so cute!"

Xiao Hei: Forget it, he's too lazy to argue with Cheng Zhiyu about these things.

There was a bowl of rice in Xiao Hei's small bowl. Cheng Zhiyu ate his own dishes while adding rice to Xiao Hei's bowl, managing to eat at the same time while keeping track of Xiao Hei's eating speed. The two of them worked together quite well.

After finishing his meal, Cheng Zhiyu rested for a while before resuming his boxing and mental training. He had been somewhat complacent about his own changes, but today he realized that while he was improving himself, the zombies were also evolving.

He had to walk ahead of the zombies.

After all, although he has Xiao Hei, Xiao Er, and Xiao Tie, once the zombies evolve, they can directly control lower-level zombies. That's group combat, so only by improving himself can he remain invincible.

Xiao Hei wasn't resting either; it was squatting down to practice its superpowers. The room was quiet, and the two of them looked quite harmonious.

After some time, Cheng Zhiyu estimated it was around one or two o'clock. Although he wasn't very tired, he still carried Xiao Hei to bed to rest.

Cultivation should also be done in moderation.

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Now that we have water, we don't have to worry about growing plants at all.

Cheng Zhiyu watered the plants in the system space early in the morning and was finally ready to claim his reward.

System: [Reward has been issued. Please check your account.]

Cheng Zhiyu clicked to view and found that the system had indeed issued another plant. Compared to Xiao Er and Xiao Tie, this plant was much more ordinary in appearance, small in size, with two tender yellow leaves.

It looks a lot like the vegetables he used to grow.

Having learned from his previous two experiences, Cheng Zhiyu skillfully planted Xiao Huang. That's right, he had already quickly named the new plant Xiao Huang.

After planting the little yellow seed, Cheng Zhiyu checked the other rewards. The land in the system space had expanded again, becoming 3*3 meters.

Honestly, it's no wonder Cheng Zhiyu wanted to grow vegetables. Such a big space, and only three plants? That's such a waste.

Next is the storage space, which has also been upgraded, but there are two upgrade options: [Please select the storage space preservation function, or expand the storage space to 2 cubic meters.]

Both of them smell great. They have a preservation function so things won't spoil, but the expanded space means you can store more things. Right now he's in a rented room, so he doesn't need a lot of space, but he'll probably be leaving soon, so he really needs this feature.

Cheng Zhiyu was unusually conflicted, wanting to choose both. He tried to bargain with the system: "System, can't I really choose both?"

System: [Please stop having unrealistic daydreams.]

Cheng Zhiyu: "..."