When Li Guizhi came in, she saw her daughter staring wide-eyed at the ceiling, as if she could see something amazing in it.
"Oh, Mother, I'm getting up now. Mother, I'm all smelly, can I wash myself?"
"Okay, Mom will heat up the kang (heated brick bed) in your room later. You can wash after the room is warm, but be careful not to get water on the back of your head."
"I'll be careful. Where's my dad?"
“Your father told his comrades that he had something to do and went to the commune.”
It's probably because of what happened at Old Wang's house, because she didn't change her clothes and just put on her coat and went out. She'll change into clean clothes after she takes a shower later.
Sun Kaicheng sensed something was wrong with the space. He greeted his companions and returned to his residence. After checking that the place was safe, he turned around and entered his own space.
He felt safe in the environment this time and planned to thoroughly check the space to figure out why he had sensed someone had entered once or twice.
Sun Kaicheng can be described as an unlucky fellow. Despite being born in the new China and having a large family, he was injured by his enemy and fell into a coma. During this coma, his soul wandered to another dimension.
It was still a world full of monsters. He was only five years old when he arrived. He was an orphan with no parents or relatives and was raised by the base. His life there was incredibly hard, even harder than when he was born.
For a five-year-old, suddenly being transported to a world of monsters and man-eating creatures was terrifying; it would be a miracle if he hadn't died of fright. He was constantly hungry, barely surviving on just one bite a day.
Life only got better when he was eight years old and his superpower was activated. After all, ordinary people have no human rights in the apocalypse. The fact that the person in charge of this base could refrain from arbitrarily suppressing and persecuting him was already a testament to the magnanimity and kindness of the people in charge.
He awakened his superpowers at the age of eight, and by twelve he was already going out on missions with the people from the base, facing man-eating monsters—oh yes, the people here call these monsters zombies.
After his superpower was activated, he had access to more things. He spent four years constantly practicing his superpower and trying his best to understand this world. As he saw more and more, he realized that this world might be the future of his original world.
Or perhaps it's a parallel universe. He doesn't know if he can go back, so he can only struggle to survive. He knows he has a family who love him and are waiting for his return.
When he was fourteen, he found a safety amulet during a mission. It was exactly the same as the one he had worn around his neck since he was born, even the location of the chipped hole was exactly the same.
He felt that he might still have a chance to go back, to return to his real home.
He also opened a space because of his injury, and this space is the safety buckle. However, he knows that this secret cannot be known to anyone. Human nature is twisted in the apocalypse. If the news is accidentally leaked, his best fate will be death.
He still wanted to go home. He could feel that his body was still fine, as if he hadn't completely died—this was the information the space was giving him. And the space was also his greatest medium for returning home. He had been waiting, waiting for that opportunity to go back.
Recently, there have been frequent unusual movements in the space. He wondered if he had finally gotten his chance.
He looked at the vast land, mountains, rivers, exquisite villas, and the rolling white mist in the distance. If it weren't for the need to find a way back, he could live alone in this space for the rest of his life.
He is now eighteen years old and has lived in this world for thirteen years. He doesn't know how much longer it will take before he can return to his original world.
Shaking his head, he realized that being so sentimental was not suitable for him. For Sun Kaicheng, who grew up in the apocalypse, a cold and hard heart should be his true nature, because there was no one he could trust here. Only those who did not care about anything could live a long life.
He closed his eyes and carefully sensed the strangeness in the space. When he inspected the warehouse, he stopped.
Seeing that one of the potions on the shelf was missing, I realized that even in the apocalypse, that potion was a very precious item. There should have been five in total, so why was one missing?
He was certain that he had not taken the potion out of the house, and that taking it out would only cause trouble.
He found these five potions among the supplies dropped after he took down the enemy during a mission where they tried to double-cross him. Nobody knew he had such valuable potions.
Because no one knew he possessed a spatial ability, he always presented himself as a lightning-type ability user, and even his mental abilities were well hidden.
Frowning, he continued to check his supplies. Good, two high-level crystal cores were still missing. The remaining food and the massive amount of crystal cores hadn't been touched. The thief wasn't too greedy; they only took a little!
No, this is his space. How could something take something from inside and he not be able to catch it? Could it be that his space has some kind of artifact spirit that just takes things as it needs them?
He surveyed the space again but found nothing special. He called out for a long time but the so-called spirit did not appear. Could it be that he guessed right? This so-called spirit had fallen into a deep sleep for unknown reasons and only woke up occasionally to replenish its energy, so it just picked up those things.
His head was throbbing from thinking, and he didn't plan to continue. Life was already so difficult, he didn't have the energy to think about uncertain things. He just needed to know that the thing didn't intend to harm him.
Thinking about it, he went to the villa, intending to make himself something hot to eat. This mission had been going on for quite a while, and he had been eating compressed biscuits every day, which made him feel like he was missing something warm and comforting.
He could be said to have grown up in the apocalypse, but many of his habits are still in sync with the original world, so that he can feel that he is loved.
...
Qian Xiao looked around furtively, and only when she realized that she was the only one left in the house did she carefully and quickly walk towards her storage room.
When she arrived at the storeroom, she looked around again to make sure no one was watching her. Only after confirming that no one was home did she slip into the storeroom and close the door behind her.
Upon entering the storeroom, Qian Xiao began searching everywhere. She remembered that there were extra farm tools at home. If she hid a set, would she be discovered quickly? Or should she secretly borrow one from another house?
Qian Xiao kept working, while his mind was still thinking about whether he could get some free farm tools from someone, preferably the kind that didn't belong to anyone.
Qian Xiao quickly put away the hoe, and also wanted a shovel.
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