These past few days, Jiang Zhi has been organizing supplies in her space. When she collected the containers before, she collected two extra ones, and she doesn't know what's inside yet.

Most of the things she bought abroad were stored in shipping containers, and the rest were piled up on the ground.

The extra containers were placed on the first floor and marked with yellow paint when they were brought in, so they could be found at a glance.

One of the containers was filled with wine, and all of them were expensive varieties.

The only thing she didn't buy abroad was alcohol. The alcohol she bought in China consisted of both high-end bottled wines and baijiu (Chinese white liquor) purchased directly from distilleries, with various alcohol strengths available.

This brings together at least tens of thousands of bottles of various foreign-made wines.

The other container contained medical equipment. Jiang Zhi found the instruction manuals and consulted a foreign language dictionary to understand what these medical devices were for—they were all needed in the operating room. She was okay at basic everyday English communication, but when it came to technical terms, she was completely lost.

In the innermost part, Jiang Zhi found four foam cardboard boxes.

There were several patterns and markings on the cardboard box. Jiang Zhi didn't recognize the others, but she had seen the word "Anaesthetic" in the dictionary earlier.

Wow, this is great stuff.

This thing is something she previously acquired that wasn't available at pharmacies—anesthetics.

She can't make tranquilizer guns herself, so she has to find a way to get one. The zoo might have some, so it seems she'll have to go to Jiangcheng Zoo.

In a few days, Yan Zhi and Wang Wan will follow the main force of the base to Longcheng District, where the zoo is also located.

She decided to wait until they had been gone for most of the day before setting off.

Large predators are most likely to grow into level three or higher mutated animals. Given her current strength, she could handle one or two, but dealing with more than that would be too much for her. Zoos are dangerous areas where large carnivores congregate.

We must improve our strength within these few days.

Jiang Zhi moved the anesthetic into the villa, and then moved a bed to her designated metal storage area.

During the hottest times, she possessed the fire-attribute skill "Immortal's Guidance," and during the coldest times, she possessed the ice-attribute skill "Ten Thousand Arrows Piercing the Heart."

She wants to take the initiative and try to cultivate metal-related skills in places with a high concentration of metal elements.

Jiang Zhi simply piled the gold she had bought earlier onto the mattress, placing it right next to her. She wore a large gold chain around her neck and on her wrist, and various metal products such as copper and iron were piled up next to the mattress.

Only after doing this did she sit cross-legged and begin practicing the exercises.

Thinking back to the moment when these skills appeared, Jiang Zhi closed her eyes and sensed the metal around her, especially the gold on her body.

After a while, Jiang Zhi felt her body stiffen, but she still hadn't figured it out.

She grew impatient, took off the cumbersome items hanging on her body and threw them aside, and couldn't help but wonder if her guesses were all wrong.

That shouldn't be the case.

Jiang Zhi picked up another gold brick and weighed it in her hand. This thing was quite heavy and would be very useful for winning people over with virtue.

Click—!

It seems like I've figured something out~

Is this what they call winning people over with virtue?

Jiang Zhi stood barefoot on the mattress, and the spiritual energy in her dantian slowly gathered into the gold brick. Jiang Zhi was amazed to find that the gold brick in her hand gradually twisted, and the other metals such as copper and iron scattered around the mattress and the gold on the mattress also turned into metallic elements and flowed into the gold brick in Jiang Zhi's hand.

The shape of the gold brick gradually stabilized, becoming a rectangular prism with sharp edges, which Jiang Zhi could just hold in one hand, and a large character "德" (virtue) appeared on the surface of the gold brick.

Is this her broken gold-type skill?

Will absorbing so much metal energy make me heavier?

Jiang Zhi took out a large scale for weighing grain, put the gold brick on it, and the balance bar immediately tilted up with a snap. Jiang Zhi took out weights, and the scale only stabilized when it reached a weight of one thousand jin.

This gold brick weighs a thousand kilograms.

Jiang Zhi reached out and picked up the gold brick again, but it didn't feel as heavy in her hand. Had the scale been broken?

Fortunately, she weighed more, and brought out a larger scale; the weight was still 1,000 jin (500 kg).

Winning people over with virtue is a virtue of immense weight.

If you throw this brick, it will leave a dent in a person, and might even break through them.

But this brick is so heavy, it probably won't go very far when thrown. It would be great if we could control it to fly on its own.

The moment the idea took hold, "Winning People Over with Virtue" took flight on its own, circled Jiang Zhi twice, and finally stopped in front of her, swaying left and right as if to say: "See, see, I can fly by myself."

Jiang Zhi didn't want to say anything at that moment, so she just gave a thumbs up.

It is said that this brick was formed by the combination of one's own consciousness and the spiritual power in one's dantian with the surrounding metallic elements, so it is normal for it to have sentience.

I used to think that going to the zoo lacked security, but now that I've learned to persuade people with virtue, the chances of a smooth zoo trip are much higher.

After the main force set off, Jiang Zhi leisurely collected her supplies, including her bed, from the house outside, and then walked out of the base.

After walking two miles, Jiang Zhi took out the diesel vehicle that she had previously collected in her space, which could travel on snow. The vehicle could only accommodate two people, and the wheels were almost up to Jiang Zhi's shoulders, so the chassis was very high.

Jiang Zhi placed some supplies in the back of the car, manually started the engine, and slowly drove off.

It was her first time driving this kind of car, and she was a little unfamiliar with it at first, so she drove very slowly. Once she got used to it, the speedometer reached 30 km/h.

Driving at this speed in the snow is already quite fast; any faster and you'll easily slip.

The diesel engine is relatively loud, but still within acceptable limits.

Jiang Zhi roughly estimated the route the main group would take, and then chose a different one for herself. They were going to a breeding farm, which was six or seven streets away from the zoo. As long as they didn't cause any trouble there, she wouldn't run into them.

The journey was quite peaceful; they encountered neither people nor mutated animals.

As they approached the zoo, Jiang Zhi drove into a narrow alleyway lined with thick icicles and quickly parked the diesel truck. Wan Fu, wearing the little cotton shoes Jiang Zhi had made for him, stood on the ground, his eyes filled with murderous intent, looking imposing.

"Mommy's boy is scouting ahead," Wanfu said, looking up at Jiang Zhi.

"Go ahead, be careful."

"Awooo!" Upon receiving the command, Wanfu hopped on its four feet, sniffed, and then quickly disappeared.

Jiang Zhi chuckled, never expecting her eldest son to have this function.

In his online space, Wanfu either watches TV or steals chickens and ducks to eat. He speaks more and more fluently, and occasionally a funny joke comes out of his mouth.

Jiang Zhi has improved her habit of talking to herself a lot because of it, although she still gets annoyed by it when she talks to Wan Fu.

The target was a tranquilizer gun. Jiang Zhi broke through the iron gate of the zoo and found a panoramic view of the zoo covered by ice at the entrance. After breaking the ice, she took a picture to keep as a record.