Wooden House and Garden

First mission accomplished!

Second mission accomplished!

The third mission is completed!

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We worked day and night for several days, and as we completed each task, we felt a growing sense of satisfaction.

"Huh, I'm so tired. I've been digging holes for several days. I feel like I'm going to turn into a pangolin." Ji Wenxue complained as she leaned her back against the tree trunk.

"Me too. I didn't expect digging a tree hole to be harder than digging a cave. But it's so fun. It feels like a dream. We're actually going to live in a tree hole!" Yao Si became excited as he spoke. "At that time, I thought we could only wait to die."

"I knew Sister Wandi would find a way!" Ji Wenxue said with sparkling eyes, "Didn't I tell you those stories before?"

"I remember. Hey? Wait, should we prepare for the second floor now?"

The trees are thick and tall, and they are designed to be two-story, with the living room and kitchen on the lower floor and the bedrooms on the upper floor. In this way, everyone can live together and take care of each other, while also having their own private space.

Ji Wenxue looked up and said, "Yes, let's go. I think the pillars you drew earlier could be a little taller. This would be both beautiful and provide support."

"Okay, let's do it!" Yao Si was very satisfied with the proposal. With the idea in mind, the two of them leaned against the wall to repair the upper floor.

"By the way, where are Wandi and the others? Sister Zouwei and Sister Yingzhao aren't here either?" Yao Si asked as she carved out shapes with her hands. She was a talkative person, and she would suffocate if she didn't talk while working.

"It seems that he went to continue studying the food poisoning. I don't know the details. But before leaving, Sister Wandi said that we can leave it here and do whatever we want with it!" Ji Wenxue said excitedly and raised the shovel.

Yao Si also laughed. She had wanted to design her own room since she was a child, but she never had the chance. Now she could finally do it!

"Why is it that the wood here cannot be moved if I shovel lightly, but drags along and brings down a large piece if I shovel heavily?" Yao Si said in disbelief and shoveled another handful.

Ji Wenxue ran over, and the two of them put their heads together to study. They touched the sawdust, then the wood, and didn't feel any difference from anywhere else, but this was the only place with the problem.

"Why not just use the edge of the shovel to scrape out a part, like a triangle or something, so that the edges and corners left behind can fix the wood on the wall and prevent it from falling off." Ji Wenxue said as she picked up the shovel, found a posture that was just right for exerting force, and with three "swishes", she scraped out a triangle, and the surrounding wood remained as it was and did not fall off again.

"Okay!" Yao Si agreed, took the shovel, and just as she was about to start digging, she suddenly took a few steps back. Imagine if this was a messy triangle area, it would be too unsightly. Besides, the uneven triangle only served to form three raised edges. So, as long as she mastered the spacing and angles, she could carve a beautiful pattern.

With an idea and a theory in mind, Yao Si quickly drafted a rough draft, and then, confident in his plan, he began to carefully carve it. Complex patterns were indeed slower than triangles, and some details even required constant adjustment. But when he thought of the final result, even though his arms were a little sore and his head and body were covered in sawdust, Yao Si found himself enjoying the process.

Ji Wenxue completed the overall layout. Stairs were set up on both sides of the second-floor living area for easy going up and down. The corridor in front of the middle bedroom extended forward and there was a balcony with a good view.

The five rooms were not a standard copy and paste, but were adapted to the local conditions of the wood in that area. The two of them only needed to ensure the stability and basic quality of the house, and the rest was up to the owner to arrange according to his or her own preferences.

The ownership of the upper room was still uncertain, and Ji Wenxue thought about discussing it with Yao Si later. As for now, Ji Wenxue had her sights set on the four pillars on both sides of the stairs.

A simple pillar would be too boring, she needs to design some interesting mechanisms.

Ji Wenxue looked at Yao Si's back as he concentrated on chiseling the wall, and couldn't help but laugh silently.

Meanwhile, Wan Di, Jiang Zouwei, and Ying Zhao were continuing their research on food poisoning. They had everything in place, including the testing method, procedures, and required sample form, but a problem arose with the equipment.

Although their homemade simple machine worked on the same principle, it was not well-tested, and the results it produced were completely insufficient to support further testing.

"It still doesn't work." Jiang Zouwei looked at the data in front of him. Although he also held on to the idea that a miracle would happen, the possibility was still too small after all.

"Although we have tried our best to minimize the error in each of these data, to draw a conclusion, the error must be at least three times less than ours." Ying Zhao carefully reviewed the data from beginning to end. He tried several alternative methods, but none of them worked.

After they finished speaking, they looked at Wandi, only to see Wandi suddenly stand up and say, "Put your things down first and follow me."

Although they still had doubts, the two of them immediately stood up and followed.

"Wandi, where are we going?" Ying Zhao asked, wondering if Wandi thought she was useless and wanted to vent her anger. Ying Zhao also glanced at Jiang Zouwei next to her. Her face was still as expressionless as ice. Although she didn't refuse to respond, every time she spoke to Jiang Zouwei, she felt as if her throat was frozen and she could only utter a few words.

Wandi wasn't one to keep things in suspense. "It's a waste of time to stay there. I want to look for energy stones or something like that."

Instead of taking the trouble to make tools, it is better to buy ready-made ones.

She had this idea in mind before, but she hadn't anticipated the suddenness of the disaster. This plan had to be put on the agenda in advance. She needed precise tools, an accurate understanding of the climate, seasons, and other environmental factors. She also needed to reinforce the area around her house and take certain precautions against possible disasters. These things could be made on their own, but it would be time-consuming and laborious, and they didn't need to worry about it.

The conditions for the formation of energy are very harsh and it is difficult to mine, but the benefits are huge. If they can find it, the quality of life will immediately increase by eight degrees.

Energy stones are more likely to be found in places where there have been violent impacts, such as meteors, partial planetary explosions, satellite anomalies, etc. Therefore, they must first try to search in these places.

"But we just came here not long ago. How can we know what happened in that place?" Ying Zhao looked around. There were green and furry grasslands everywhere, and there were seas of flowers and forests in the distance. Further away were snow-capped mountains and Tianchi Lake, and further away was the ocean.

Even Wandi couldn't say for sure. Even the most advanced equipment StarCraft had developed could only determine a rough direction. This energy stone was very adept at camouflage, blending in with grass, trees, rocks, and even the underground magma. It could also use the power of animals to escape.

But energy stones are almost omnipotent. After being processed and handled with different technologies, they have extremely dazzling effects in food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Precisely because of this, this energy stone is extremely precious and can be used as hard currency on every planet in the universe.

"I don't know either. Let's go by feeling first. Which way do you subconsciously want to go?" When they came to a fork in the road, Wandi asked while explaining.

"Hey, me?" Ying Zhao was surprised. She had been listening with great interest and subconsciously prepared to follow Wan Di forward, but she hadn't expected Wan Di to say that. Her first reaction was to refuse, "I... I don't know. Besides, it's such an important matter, you should make the decision!"

Wandi smiled. "Don't be nervous. It's the same for everyone. Women have a well-developed part of their brains, giving them a sixth sense as astonishingly accurate as a beast's intuition. Zou Wei and I have had many mining experiences before, and this experience affects our judgment. But you've never had any, so your sixth sense, unimpeded, is more accurate than ours."

Wandi's smile eased Ying Zhao's nervousness, and she couldn't help but smile as well, "Well! Then I want to go this way." Ying Zhao stretched out his hand and pointed in a direction.

"Okay, let's go now!" Wandi took the lead and walked in front.

Ying Zhao walked, her heart still pounding. The feeling of being entrusted with such an important task was truly wonderful. She used to be so concerned with what others thought of her, secretly delighting in the slightest compliment about her work or appearance, but the satisfaction she felt now was nothing compared to this.

Ji Wenxue's pillar project was finally completed. She looked up and called out, "Yao Si, are you still not done over there? Come up and clean up the room first. Sister Wan Di and the others will be back soon!"

"Okay, I'll be there right away." Yao Si's big project was indeed not finished yet, but things had to be prioritized. She definitely couldn't finish it in a short time, so the most important thing now was to go up there and help.

The two people first divided the work, one worked on the first room and the other worked on the next door.

Suddenly, there was a "pop" followed by a "crackling" sound. Before Ji Wenxue could run over, a loud and powerful shout followed, "It's okay, it's okay. No need to come over. I can do it myself!"

Ji Wenxue took back her steps, squeaked twice, then raised her head and shouted, "Call me if you need anything!"

"Okay!" The other side responded quickly, just like the mountain song.

After a while, "Great, it's done!" Yao Si walked out with a smile. He was about to go to the other side to show off his pride, but when he turned around, he bumped into someone.

Covering their heads, without caring about saying anything else, Ji Wenxue and Yao Si looked at each other for half a second and said in unison: "I'm the fastest!"

It was not until the sun set that Wandi and the others came back. The orange sky was low and hidden between the twisted branches.

As soon as they arrived, Ji Wenxue, Yao Si and the people who stayed here to repair the house came to greet them, happily saying that most of the work had been done, and they also urged Wan Di to give their new residence a name.

Wandi looked up from the towering treetops, slowly looking down. The scenes of her and her companions fighting together seemed like a revolving lantern. These heroines had sacrificed their lives, yet they still protected them.

"A woman as tall as a tree is called Jiaoyuan."