For a month, people lived in fear and anxiety, but no natural disasters occurred. Gradually, everyone calmed down and continued to work and live their lives.
During this period, Xu Lin and Zhou Pin exercised at home every day, trained their dog, and farmed in their virtual space.
The new seeds purchased at the base have already been planted in the space, and it is believed that technology and hard work will bring Xu Lin a bumper harvest.
It turns out that the agricultural experts at the base are quite capable. The seeds planted in the space germinate twice as fast as ordinary seeds. The plants in the space grow quickly to begin with, and with the seeds being so effective, the wheat seedlings are changing every day.
After the book was transported away, Xu Lin went to the base lobby to cancel the shop lease. Since the shop closed, Wang Jing has not appeared again. She thought she would never have any contact with her again, but unexpectedly, Wang Jing came directly to her home today.
Zhou Pin opened the door and saw Wang Jing. He stepped aside to let her in.
"Who is it?" Xu Lin asked from the kitchen.
"Wang Jing," Zhou Pin said, gesturing for Wang Jing to sit in the living room, before answering Xu Lin.
Xu Lin was washing cucumbers in the kitchen when Zhou Pin told her that Wang Jing had arrived. She then took a plate of cucumbers and came out.
Wang Jing looked much more haggard than before. Xu Lin thought that she would be living a glamorous life after "marrying into a wealthy family" and "gaining status through her son," but she didn't expect that she would be so thin that only her belly remained.
"What brings you here?" Xu Lin asked.
"I came to see you, but I heard your shop is closed down," Wang Jing said.
“The current economic climate is not good, and we don’t know when a natural disaster might occur, so we simply closed down. We can make a living by growing some food in the yard,” Xu Lin explained.
"You guys are doing great, being self-sufficient." Wang Jing looked out the window from the living room with an envious look in her eyes.
Wang Jing has changed a lot. Xu Lin recalled when they first arrived at the Beijing base. Xu Lin wanted to split up with them. Wang Jing was very radical at the time, but now, in her twenties, she had a sense of vicissitude in her eyes.
The end times force everyone to bow to life, and life teaches everyone to grow.
There was no real interaction between Wang Jing and Zhou Pin during her visit. Xu Lin sat with her in the living room while Zhou Pin watered the newly planted vegetables in the garden.
Wang Jing's eyes were calm, and she only showed a happy smile when she looked down at her belly.
Before leaving, Wang Jing asked Xu Lin if she could come over often in the future. Xu Lin declined, telling her to take good care of herself. They were just neighbors who used to live in the same community, and she didn't want to get too close.
Wang Jing had guessed that Xu Lin would refuse, and she wasn't too saddened by what Xu Lin said. She just thought to herself that she had made a mistake, and one mistake led to another, but she had to keep going on the path she had chosen, no matter what obstacles she had to overcome.
After Wang Jing left, Xu Lin and Zhou Pin continued their lives of working at sunrise and resting at sunset, occasionally calling Sun Wei and the others to learn about the base's situation.
The base's planting and breeding industries have developed, and in addition to meeting the base's daily needs, it has begun to stockpile supplies. Pork is processed into canned goods, new varieties of grain are processed into long-lasting compressed biscuits, and vegetables are made into dehydrated products.
The survivors are now more aware of the dangers and use the points they earn to buy supplies. Now, supplies are money, and they are the hope for survival.
Zhou Pin also bought some canned goods, compressed biscuits, and dehydrated vegetables, which he could exchange for supplies later.
Another month passed, and the weather grew colder and colder, making people who thought the end of the world was over start to feel uneasy again. The end of the world begins with extreme cold.
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