He stepped forward and took the bowl of porridge. Although his body was injured, his hands were still fine.

"This porridge smells delicious. Xiaoyuan, your cooking skills are getting better and better."

After taking a sip of porridge, Fang Qi praised it.

He originally wanted to make conversation to ease Fang Yuan's worries, but the porridge tasted surprisingly delicious.

It was even better than the food he had been lucky enough to eat in the inner city before.

"Really? It really tastes better? Then drink more." Fang Yuan said, feigning happiness.

The rice used to make this porridge is a mutated variety from the previous life; each grain is about the size of a finger.

Here, food and porridge are served by the grain, cooked until soft, and then broken up.

The vegetables and grains she planted in the space were also these giant seeds.

"It's really delicious. By the way, where did you get this rice? Do you have any left at home?"

Looking at the bowl of thick porridge in front of him with a little sweet potato added, Fang Qi asked with some confusion.

In the past, the food at home was all brought back by him when he went home every month.

He was sent back this time, and he didn't have time to buy anything at the exchange hall in the inner city.

Is there no food left at home?

"Hehe, I've become really amazing lately. A few days ago, I went out with Jiajia and dug up a lot of mutated sweet potatoes. We even found some edible mutated rice."

Fang Yuan first showed off his skills and then casually revealed the existence of several kinds of food.

She sighed as she continued, "Unfortunately, Sister Jiajia was unlucky; she was run over and killed by a mutated rabbit."

Then he recounted how he encountered the mutated rabbit.

Fang Qi's expression slowly darkened, and then he asked, "Uncle Zhang didn't do anything to you, did he?"

He knows best the pain of losing a loved one and the potential for resentment.

"No, I haven't left the house in the past few days except for going to the exchange point once," Fang Yuan replied, shaking his head.

"You went to the exchange point? What did you exchange for?" Fang Qi asked, puzzled.

"I actually also found an energy stone..." Fang Yuan started making things up.

She had actually exchanged for a level-three crystal core from her previous life.

I exchanged 3,500 credits.

"You even found an energy stone?"

Fang Qi even began to doubt if he was dreaming.

How come my sister has become a lucky charm after only a month apart?

You can find energy stones while digging for sweet potatoes?

"Brother, let's move to the inner city once you're feeling better, or we can go to the commoners' area first!" Fang Yuan suddenly changed the subject.

"Huh? What happened? Did someone see you when you were exchanging energy stones at the exchange point?"

Fang Qi immediately thought of this.

My younger sister is so small, and there's only a tiny exchange point in the slums. If you say something inside, you can hear it clearly outside.

There are a lot of guys outside the exchange point who make a quick buck.

"Yeah, someone was following me when I came back, and I haven't dared to go out lately."

Their place was dilapidated, and the house they lived in was small and cramped.

If you have anything, there will be a lot of people eyeing it.

These past few days, whenever she opened the door, she would find people loitering outside, forcing her to test the effects of the stream water and the Seven Treasures Fruit in her spatial dimension.

Upon hearing Fang Yuan's words, Fang Qi revealed a bitter expression:

"It's my fault for being useless. I only have 800 credits, not enough for us to go to the civilian area."

There are also checkpoints separating the working-class areas from the slums; people from the slums cannot enter without a pass.

To move in, you have to rent a place there for a year before they'll issue you a pass.

If you want to move into the inner city, you have no choice but to buy a house.

His family used to live in the working class area, but they moved to the slums after his father died while hunting.

He currently has 800 points, plus the 500 points he received as compensation for this injury.

But it's already autumn, and we need to stock up on food for winter.

He was injured again and didn't have enough credits to move them.

"Brother, didn't I already say I sold the energy stones? I have credits, look!"

Fang Yuan then displayed his credit points.

Her terminal showed 3,500 credits.

She traded a level-three crystal core for it, plus the rabbit skin Xiao Qi gave her.

"You found a level three energy stone?" Fang Qi asked in surprise.

Is my sister really that lucky?

He thought he had found a level one or two energy stone!

After all, only the lower-level ones are likely to appear near urban areas.

"Yes! I'm lucky!" Fang Yuan replied confidently.

In any case, the energy cores and energy stones of the mutated beasts here, like the crystal cores, all contain special energy.

She has tons of crystal cores in her space!

If she weren't so weak right now, she would have switched to a level four or five character.

Even so, when she came out of the exchange point, she was followed by quite a few people.

"I didn't expect you to be so lucky. It's a good thing you didn't go out for a stroll."

Fang Qi glanced warily at the door, as if he could see the desperate criminals lurking outside through the door.

This is a slum, inhabited by people who don't know where their next meal will come from.

There's an 80% chance that someone will target your sister if she redeems credits.

"I'm not stupid. I was followed when I came back, so I haven't gone out for the past few days."

Thankfully, she lived in a 'public housing' built in the safe zone. Since the housing was public, it was equipped with security and cameras.

If she were living in one of those self-built shacks outside, she would move immediately after exchanging her money.

"Next time you have these things, give them to me, and I'll exchange them in the inner city," Fang Qi instructed.

Their outer exchange point was very small, and the people outside could see everything when they were exchanging items.

Not only are the exchange halls in the inner city large, but the people there are also wealthy, so they generally don't care about such small gains.

"I understand, that's why I said we should move into the inner city as soon as possible!" Fang Yuan said bluntly.

“Okay, let’s move when I’m better,” Fang Qi nodded in reply.

With these credits from Fangyuan, they could indeed move first.

I'll move once I feel better.

"Okay, brother, eat more. You don't know, Uncle Zhang has been looking at me strangely lately."

Fang Yuan, holding his own bowl, moved closer to Fang Qi and continued to whisper among himself.

"It's because of Zhang Jia, isn't it!" Fang Qi knew without even guessing.

He had experienced the pain of losing a loved one, and he had also felt resentment towards them.

"It should be!"

Fang Yuan nodded, then leaned close to Fang Qi's ear and whispered:

"Actually, I also found a strange fruit. I couldn't find any information about it on the terminal, but its juice can make food taste better."

As she spoke, she took out a large jar.

This is one of the results of the experiments conducted over the past few days.

"There are fruits like this?" Fang Qi was also very curious.

"Of course, wasn't your porridge delicious? I just put a little bit of this in it."

Fang Yuan said, feigning smugness.

"What? How can you eat just anything?" Fang Qi looked at Fang Yuan with lingering fear.

Things found in the wild should not only be avoided if they are radioactive, but also if they are inherently poisonous.

He had never heard of this thing before; it didn't even have a name on the terminal, so it was clearly an undiscovered species.

This girl dares to eat whatever she wants?