"Blackstone can also increase faith points?"
"It's not faith points, but something very mysterious that's beneficial for leveling up." Li Sikai wasn't making this up, but his understanding of leveling up was different from that of Chief Alliance Officer Li.
Upon hearing this, General Li nodded and said, "Alright, I'll get you a few more stones."
Li Sikai's eyes flickered, and he didn't dare to look at General Li.
After a long pause, he said, "The space upgrade requires too much black stone. Even if I absorb this much, it's just a drop in the ocean. Let's ask Engineer Jiang and see how much he can free up. If not, then forget it."
Alliance Chief Li nodded: "Alright, we'll talk about it after you've absorbed this stone. By the way, where are Xiao Jiang and Lao Xu? Have they gone inside?"
"Hmm, I'd like to study the changes in space. But I don't think there's been much change, so they're probably going to be disappointed." Li Sikai said with a smile, "Uncle, do you want to go in?"
After thinking for a moment, General Li nodded and said, "Then I'll go in and take a look too." He hadn't been inside in a long time and missed it quite a bit.
Li Sikai made a move to take General Li inside, but General Li took a few steps back and said, "Wait a moment, I need to explain something before I go in."
Li Sikai didn't care and lay on the hospital bed waiting. Li Zongmengguan pushed open the ward door and made some arrangements outside. He didn't return until half an hour later and was taken into Li Sikai's spatial storage.
As soon as he entered, he requisitioned Yuan Da's two grilled fish and proudly took them to Jiang Ji and Dean Xu.
Jiang Ji and Dean Xu saw this and almost started to attack him. It was only after General Li said, "It's alright, it's alright, we've started grilling for you again," that the two of them let him go.
After leisurely finishing his grilled fish, General Li asked, "Did you find anything?"
They thought the two would say no, but to their surprise, Jiang Ji and Dean Xu's expressions changed simultaneously.
"What, is there bad news?" Chief Li's heart skipped a beat. He was about to ask something when he heard the two men say, "It's uncertain. We need to observe further."
General Li nodded, a shadow falling over his heart.
"By the way, how did you get in here?"
"Xiao Kai..." Chief Alliance Officer Li composed himself and explained the effects of the black stone on the space.
"He said the blackstone is useful for leveling up, but the problem is, its effect isn't particularly significant. He's worried that even after absorbing it for a long time, he still won't be able to level up, so he wanted to ask you if it's necessary to invest in it."
"Let's talk about this after we've determined the changes in the space," Dean Xu said.
General Li nodded and said nothing more. He followed the two men around the space, picking up bits of soil here and seedlings there. An outsider couldn't see anything, just watching for the fun, and was even a little flustered.
Dean Xu and Jiang Ji found it annoying that General Li was following them around, so they dismissed him, saying, "It's nothing serious, go and rest in the warehouse."
Li Zongmeng was stunned, never expecting to be disliked. However, he didn't follow the two anymore. He walked towards the warehouse, observing as he went, muttering to himself, "Nothing's changed!"
Li Sikai, outside the spatial dimension, had withdrawn his attention and therefore didn't hear their conversation. Otherwise, he would have been quite surprised, because the spatial changes he detected were completely different from those detected by Dean Xu and Jiang Ji. One could say it was good, the other bad!
We don't know yet.
Li Zongmeng stayed in the space for more than three hours before coming out. He didn't say anything after coming out, just gave Li Sikai a few instructions, and then went back to work.
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Since several cities around Haishi started sending people to seek refuge there, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan have increased the frequency of sending supplies out.
There was no other way; they had too many people to support, and the two of them were exhausted and thin. Every day they were either farming in their virtual world or experiencing the hardships of life outside, suffering both physically and mentally, just to endure the boredom of a life without entertainment.
Although An'an and Nuannuan wanted to help, they couldn't manipulate the space.
Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan told the two children to stop worrying about the fields and go develop their hobbies.
An'an chose medicine and, like Shen Yanming, began studying the medical books left by their ancestors. However, An'an was clearly more focused, spending all her time in the bamboo house and reluctant to leave.
Nuannuan is more modern; like most girls, she loves playing the piano and enjoying music. Unfortunately, she doesn't have a professional music teacher, so she can only learn a little bit from pre-recorded videos. But even so, the little girl is quite happy.
After settling the two babies in, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan used their consciousness to turn over the soil, sow the seeds, cover them, and water them—all in one smooth motion.
Then wait for them to sprout.
The soil in the space is fertile, and the plants grow quickly, soon flowering and bearing fruit, and then they can be harvested.
During the break, the couple gathered the fruits and vegetables, and cut up the fish, shrimp, meat, and eggs. After that, they also took out the stored goods in the storage space to air them out.
In the years following the apocalypse, the couple had stockpiled a considerable amount of food using the land within their spatial dimension. However, due to their frequent support of the base over the past two years, much of it had been lost. To be honest, their current stock was less than half of what they had before. A few more distributions would leave them completely depleted.
Although crops were still growing in the fields, the couple knew that over-cultivation would reduce fertility, cause soil depletion, and lead to desertification.
Although this space was different from the outside, they dared not try it. What if the land turned into desert? Wouldn't they regret it to death?
So the couple would plant one crop and then rest, letting the land recover for a while. They would also water it with the sacred spring water from time to time; this was called maintenance.
So they stopped blatantly releasing grain out, fearing that one day they would run out of food to release.
So Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan have recently been releasing meat from their spatial storage, nothing else.
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Dean Xu and Jiang Ji stayed in the space for more than half a month before they came out.
When they came out, the two of them looked gloomy, making Li Sikai wonder if the guards in the space had not treated them well.
Before he could ask any questions, the two said goodbye and left.
Li Sikai was completely bewildered, so he subconsciously glanced at the space. He found that the guards were working as usual, neither sighing nor cheering because the two had left.
Li Sikai felt something was off, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. Since the two of them wouldn't say anything, he didn't ask.
He raised his hand and poked the black stone that had shrunk to the size of his palm. Seeing that it was still stuck to his finger and wouldn't fall off, he put it back.
I thought to myself that it was probably because Dean Xu and Jiang Ji had a fight, something like that had happened before.
But things turned out completely differently than he had imagined. The two men in General Lee's office not only didn't argue, but their thoughts were also in unprecedented agreement.
"Commander Li, I think we should let Xiao Kai absorb another piece of black stone and see," Jiang Ji said, forcing himself to speak.
General Li nodded: "Tell me what exactly happened first."
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