Shen Yanming disagreed and said sourly, "Ours can also be upgraded."
Bi Qiaoan suppressed a laugh, thinking to herself that her own house hadn't been upgraded in years, and she didn't even know what the upgrade requirements were.
But she didn't want to argue with Shen Yanming, so she could only go along with what he said: "Yes, ours is the best. But honey, it's all bare down there, I'm even thinking of giving him a share of the species we have."
Shen Yanming paused in his chin-touching motion. "Darling, don't be impulsive. We have a long future ahead of us."
Bi Qiaoan nodded: "Okay."
The conversation between the two ended. Bi Qiaoan breathed a sigh of relief, but Shen Yanming frowned and pondered.
After a long while, he used his consciousness to search through the space, looking for drugs that might be useful to Xiong Jianwei.
Feeling it wasn't quite reliable, he used his consciousness to prepare a new batch. This time, he used only herbs grown in the space and added a significant amount of spiritual spring water.
Seeing Shen Yanming standing blankly under the tree, Zhang Heping nudged him: "What are you thinking about?"
Shen Yanming nearly knocked over his medicine-preparing tools in his confusion. After finally calming down, he smiled sinisterly and said, "Old Ji has found my wife."
"That's a good thing! Why are you smiling so coldly?" Zhang Heping shuddered in fright.
"You've misjudged." Shen Yanming's cold smile vanished, replaced by a gentle expression.
Zhang Heping also suspected he was hallucinating. Otherwise, why would his husband, Lao Shen, be jealous of Lao Ji and Qiao An being together?
He shook his head and left, unaware that Shen Yanming was only angry because the medicinal herbs had almost been knocked over.
Over here, after hearing from Bi Qiaoan that a large area of grain crops had been discovered, Li Sikai left with his men early in the morning.
They followed the road pointed out by Bi Qiaoan and walked for a long time until they arrived at the "crime scene".
They could smell the stench of a corpse from a distance. The four of them were familiar with this smell, so it didn't mean anything.
However, when he saw the three "spheres" crawling with insects, Chi Kangyong was shocked: "This is a murder case!"
Li Sikai stopped him and repeated what Bi Qiaoan had said last night.
"Of these three, two were cannibals, and the third led a group to cause trouble for Bi Qiaoan, so they buried the body here. They just didn't expect that a heavy rain would fall and kill the body."
Li Sikai didn't believe that people died from being rained on, but that didn't stop him from being biased and protective of his own.
Ji Kangyong listened incredulously to the other person's words, and after a long while, he finally said, "Qiao An actually went through such a big crisis? My God, thank goodness she's alright, otherwise Old Shen would have killed me."
"What does this have to do with you?"
“During the tsunami, I volunteered to come find Joan, but I was delayed for some reason. I always thought that Joan had studied in the guard team for two years, so no one would bully her.”
He was too embarrassed to mention the two white flowers. Although, the road was also temporarily impassable due to mud.
Li Sikai chuckled: "She's a woman, no matter how strong she is, how strong can she be? Besides, two fists can't beat four hands. Don't use your standards to judge others in the future, or you'll regret it for the rest of your life if something happens."
Ji Kangyong nodded, indicating that he had learned something.
Li Sikai took out tools, and the four of them worked together to dispose of the body.
There's no way around it; it's too horrifying to leave them here, and it also pollutes the environment. We can't let perfectly good city ruins become breeding grounds for disease because the decomposing corpses weren't properly disposed of.
So even if it's disgusting, you have to endure it.
After disposing of the body, the group walked for another half hour and spotted a patch of lush greenery in the distance. Upon closer inspection, they confirmed that it consisted of grain crops and various fruits.
Li Sikai wasn't greedy; he picked a few of each kind and planted them in his space.
The crops in his space multiply rapidly; even a single seedling can grow into a vast field. As for this place, let it remain as humanity's granary.
Calling it a granary is a bit of an exaggeration, considering its small size. But now, farmland has been destroyed, vegetation submerged, and very little has survived. Therefore, the species found here are truly important.
As they pulled them up, they exclaimed, "Oh my god, this is corn, this is potato, and this is lychee, isn't it?"
"And this, is it a watermelon or a pumpkin?"
"Whatever it is, it's food."
"And these mushrooms, are they chicken liver mushrooms? They taste much better than the wild mushrooms in the mountains. Let's dig some soil and send them to our space to grow."
The group put all the plants into the space before they stopped. Looking at the mess they had made of the land, they all touched their noses in embarrassment.
Li Sikai thought for a moment, then fetched several basins of water from his spatial storage and watered each seedling. Seeing the seedlings thriving again, he nodded in satisfaction and prepared to leave.
"Now that you're all better, let's go back."
Li Sikai thought for a moment and said, "Let's wander around. Since there are people eating people here, maybe there are other places too. Let's go and take a look."
Upon hearing this, Ji Kangyong felt a tremor in his heart. A scene flashed through his mind.
That is, as he came down from the mountain, a young man was washing meat by the river. When he saw him, he looked panicked, hid the meat behind his back, and looked at him anxiously and warily.
At the time, he simply assumed the other person was afraid he would steal the meat. But now, thinking back, it's quite possible the meat was problematic.
After all, mice, squirrels, and field mice are all very small; they wouldn't be a large, flat piece of meat. The meat could also be from other animals, but there's no need for him to panic.
Ji Kangyong looked at Li Sikai and said, "I suspect that there were cannibals in the place I left."
Li Sikai nodded, not surprised at all: "When people are driven to the brink, they won't consider morality or law. You don't need to blame yourself too much; this kind of thing can happen anywhere."
"But I didn't realize that he might continue to harm people."
"You said it yourself, it's possible. This is the apocalypse, the post-apocalyptic world, and everyone is desperately trying to survive. This desperate struggle includes resorting to any means necessary."
Li Sikai looked at Ji Kangyong seriously: "I know you are a man of integrity, but many times, integrity doesn't necessarily make your life better. To be honest, if I were in dire straits, I might also do something as heinous as cannibalism."
"But they haven't reached the end of their rope yet."
“This is the evil in human nature.” Li Sikai smiled. “Don’t worry, evil people will be punished by heaven. What we need to do is stay true to our original intentions.”
Ji Kangyong nodded: "Okay, I understand."
The group walked around the city's outskirts and soon encountered a group of emaciated people.
After chatting, I learned that they were unwilling to associate with the bearded man and persecute their fellow countrymen, so they had been hiding and ended up here.
Moved by compassion, Li Sikai took out about ten kilograms of rice and some wild vegetables from his backpack and gave them to the other person.
"The roads outside are almost dry now. You can adjust yourselves and get ready to report to the guard team."
The group of people were moved to tears, bowing repeatedly to the group and murmuring, "Our benefactors!"
Li Sikai didn't care, waved his hand and left.
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