Chapter 176 Pseudo-Water-Based Ability

For example—mutated rats!

They all contain the word "rat," but rats are truly the most repulsive creatures to humans in the world, bar none.

Mu Qingyu took precautions against the mutated rats. Before the apocalypse, all the pipes and sewers in her house had been replaced with thick, bite-resistant stainless steel.

Even the floor drains are made of thick stainless steel, and steel mesh has been added to all the sewer outlets.

So, Buildings 3 and 4 aren't afraid of rats suddenly emerging from the sewers at night, but what about the other buildings and other people?

"Sister Xiaoyu, what's wrong?" Seeing Mu Qingyu's sudden serious expression, Mo Huaiyu couldn't help but ask.

“Rat, mutated rat.” Mu Qingyu sighed and sat down at the dining table. “Field mice can mutate, so can rats. Field mice are harmless and edible. But rats are completely different—they are dangerous, they bite, steal food, carry viruses, and most importantly, they like to roam in packs…”

Ugh! I hate mice!

Mu Qingyu came back intending to rest for a while and do some farming and infrastructure work, but a dead rat suddenly appeared out of nowhere! Now she has to figure out how to get rid of the rat!

Mo Huaiyu's expression immediately turned serious after hearing this. "I'll go talk to Brother Jingchen and Brother Hanyu about this later. We need to take precautions."

"I think I have some information about rat traps on my computer. I'll take a look at it later." Mu Qingrong was always carefree with his older sister around, and now that Mo Huaiyu is also there, he's even less worried.

Seeing that Mu Qingyu and Mo Huaiyu both took the rats very seriously, he immediately offered his technical expertise. However, he ate his meal with relish and was not frightened by the mutated rats.

After a while, Mu Qingrong asked Mu Qingyu, "Sister, is the mutated field mouse meat delicious? I think Ya Zai likes it." When he boiled the field mouse meat for Ya Zai that day, it smelled quite fragrant.

"It's alright, it smells pretty good, but it's a bit tough." Mu Qingyu had eaten it in her previous life. Back then, being able to eat field mice was considered incredibly lucky, like eating a feast.

"You definitely can't eat the meat of the mutated rats?" Mu Qingrong asked again.

Mu Qingyu tapped her younger brother on the head: "Even non-mutated rat meat is definitely not safe to eat! It's full of bacteria and viruses." That stuff is really filthy.

"Then after I finish breakfast, I'll go catch field mice with Ya Zai, and then bring them back to roast and eat." Mu Qingrong's playful spirit was aroused.

Mu Qingyu didn't scold him for not working properly and only thinking about playing. She just told him to be careful when he went out, because besides zombies, there might be other animals that had mutated as well.

Mu Qingrong agreed to all of them.

After breakfast, Mu Qingrong tidied herself up a bit and then went out with Ya Zai. Mu Qingyu asked Mo Huaiyu if he wanted to go and watch, but Mo Huaiyu declined, as he had many things to do.

For example, announcing a new points system and rules.

"Wait for me a moment, I'll get you something else later." Mu Qingyu's space already had new products, but she hadn't accepted them yet.

After that, she returned to her room and entered the space.

Looking at the vast expanse of crops, Mu Qingyu could only rely on her physical abilities as a superhuman, pushing her speed and strength to the limit while working.

An hour later, the harvested crops were piled up like a small mountain, and Mu Qingyu was so exhausted that she collapsed to the ground.

However, she still struggled to the edge of the pool, as she had felt last time that soaking in the pool seemed to relieve her fatigue.

So, with a desire to verify, Mu Qingyu immersed herself in the pool.

Last time, she was only suspicious, since she rarely used her powers to their limit these days. This time, however, she was absolutely certain—the pool water didn't just help her relieve fatigue! It could actually help her quickly restore her powers!

She submerged herself completely in the water and even took a few sips. Her body felt warm, even though the pool water had always been icy cold. At this moment, she felt that the warmth penetrated directly into her bones.

Mu Qingyu submerged herself in the water for more than ten minutes, feeling so comfortable that she was almost asleep. During this time, she didn't feel any suffocation, as if she didn't need to surface to breathe.

Twenty minutes later, Mu Qingyu came ashore—full of energy, she had completely recovered!

And so, a new round of harvesting began!

This time, Mu Qingyu went all out and lasted for an hour and a half. She then immersed herself in the pool again and recovered fully after twenty minutes!

She discovered a new highlight!

Working can help her improve her superpowers!

Based on my past life's experience, I already know that under normal circumstances, for a person with superpowers to improve their abilities, they need to continuously use their abilities. When they use them to a certain point, their abilities will automatically sublimate.

It's the same principle as in cultivation novels: cultivators continuously cultivate and accumulate Daoist techniques, improve their skill proficiency through practice and use, and then, after reaching a certain point, they have an epiphany and enter the next level.

The same applies to superpowers. If someone uses their superpower to its limit multiple times to gain combat experience, their superpower will level up much faster than someone who has never fought or never uses their superpower to its limit.

However, even if everyone knew, they wouldn't frequently use their abilities to the extreme—in real combat, using abilities to the extreme is usually a very dangerous situation.

If you use your abilities in this situation and the enemy doesn't fall down, then you'll be nothing more than fish on a chopping board!

Therefore, even in battle, people generally do not use their superpowers to the extreme in order to ensure they still have the stamina to escape if they are outmatched.

Another issue is recovery after using superpowers. Although recovery time varies depending on the type of superpower, individual tolerance, and level of the superpower, under normal circumstances, it takes anywhere from a few hours to several days to recover to more than 80% of one's superpower.

Someone like Mu Qingyu, who can fully recover in just twenty minutes after using her superpowers to the extreme, is practically cheating!

Mu Qingyu hadn't paid much attention to the pool in the space before, only regarding it as a supplement to water resources, but now she suddenly treasured it!

This is simply a magical blue potion in battle!

Mu Qingyu emerged from the space in high spirits. She was going to hand over some of the agricultural products she had harvested that day to Mo Huaiyu so that he could continue to focus on his important work without distractions.

Just before going downstairs, Mu Qingyu had a sudden inspiration. She took a cup, stretched out her fingertip, and then thought about the pool of water in the space.

Sure enough, the water from the pool shot into the cup like a tiny water arrow, following Mu Qingyu's fingertips...

"Great!" Mu Qingyu thought, resting her chin on her hand. "Now I can even pretend to be a water-based ability user! Six!"