Suddenly everything went black.
After a brief period of mental blankness.
When Yang Zheng opened his eyes again, he was back in his rented apartment in the real world.
He casually closed the portal between the two worlds, and couldn't wait to take off his equipment, leaving him only wearing a pair of shorts.
Instantly, I felt much more relaxed.
I checked the time; it was only 3:55 PM.
He took out the golden snakeskin, the crested snake's "inner core," and the eleven red exotic fruits that he had brought out from the small world and put them all away.
I smelled my hands; they smelled unbearably fishy and stinky.
It all smelled like that dead snake.
The rented room is unbearably hot and stuffy, like a sauna. If we don't find a way to deal with this fresh snakeskin, the whole room will probably be filled with its pungent odor very soon.
"Before it gets bigger, put it in the freezer for quick freezing!"
After settling the snakeskin properly, he felt at ease and went to the bathroom for a comfortable shower.
Things brought out from the small world will take six hours to grow larger.
I calculated the time, and it was almost 10 p.m.
The inner core of the crested serpent, along with the exotic fruit from the small world, wouldn't take up much space even after they've grown larger; they could be stored anywhere.
However, once that crested snake's golden skin grows larger, it can be at least ten meters long.
Although it can be folded up and barely squeezed under the bed.
However, if Yang Zheng wanted to dispose of it later and use it to make armor, this small rented room would clearly be insufficient.
More importantly, the flesh and membranes inside the snake skin were not completely cleaned. Over time, they will rot and become very smelly.
That will cause you trouble.
After thinking it over carefully, he decided to rent a bigger house and go now.
Anyway, there are still six hours left.
Try to find a new house before 10 pm.
You can hire a moving company to move all your belongings from the rented apartment in one truck.
With that in mind, Yang Zheng immediately grabbed his ID card and wallet and went downstairs to look for an apartment.
Yang Zheng is currently renting a place in the suburbs of DC District, Linjiang City.
He has lived here for four years, and also traveled around a lot while fishing the year before last, so he is quite familiar with this area.
This time, when I move to a new house, it must be a detached house with its own entrance. As for the location, the more remote the better, and it doesn't matter if the house is a bit old.
There must be a high degree of privacy so that one can safely enter and exit the small world to make money.
We must never rent a tenement building again. Dozens of households live in one building, and with so many people and so much noise, it's incredibly inconvenient to get things done.
After much thought, there was only one place that met my requirements: Xiahua Village.
Xiahua Village is about ten kilometers away from where he is currently renting a house.
Although it's still within the jurisdiction of Linjiang City, it's practically rural, a suburb of the suburbs...
It took Yang Zheng half an hour to get there by electric bike.
Although there are a few small factories in Xiahua Village, most of the residents are locals, and not many people from other places come here to rent houses.
He rode his bike around Xiahua Village and found that many old houses had signs for rent posted on their doors.
I looked at several companies, but I wasn't very satisfied with any of them.
The main problem is that the area is too small, and there are a lot of people coming and going around, which he doesn't really like.
More importantly, some landlords are quite demanding, asking all sorts of questions, which can be quite annoying.
When renting a place these days, it's better to choose a quieter location.
Ideally, the landlord should live in another city and only come back a few times a year; that would be best.
After wandering around for a long time, he found a house that was being rented out next to a vegetable field at the end of the village.
This house is a two-story villa with a surrounding wall and what appears to be a large courtyard.
The house looks rather old overall; the tiles on the exterior walls are starting to weather and peel off, suggesting it's a building from the 1990s.
He made a phone call and asked someone to open the door and show him the house.
Yang Zheng went inside and looked around for a while, only to find that it was even better than he had imagined.
The yard is very large and is divided into a front yard and a back yard.
The front yard, in particular, is at least 60 or 70 square meters, big enough for a small truck to drive in.
The backyard is a bit smaller and is an abandoned vegetable garden.
The villa has a large floor area, with two bedrooms, a spacious living room, two bathrooms, and a kitchen downstairs.
Upstairs are three bedrooms, one living room, and two bathrooms.
Overall, apart from the house being a bit old, the location being a bit remote, and being a bit far from the city center, everything else is fine.
Moreover, the rent isn't very expensive, only 1200 yuan a month.
You should know that in the area where Yang Zheng is currently renting, let alone a detached villa with a spacious yard like this, even an ordinary three-bedroom apartment would cost at least two thousand a month.
After viewing the apartment, Yang Zheng immediately decided to rent it.
What satisfied him most was not just the house.
The landlord does business in the provincial capital and bought a house there. He usually only comes back a few times a year, except for the Qingming Festival to pay respects to his ancestors.
The key to the house is still with a relative in the village, who is looking after it for him.
After receiving the keys from the landlord's relative, Yang Zheng added the landlord on WeChat and immediately transferred one month's deposit plus three months' rent to her.
The landlady was a woman in her thirties. She probably didn't like the old house in the countryside and had been living in the provincial capital ever since, unwilling to come back.
This suited his purposes perfectly.
Because the landlord doesn't live nearby, it saves a lot of trouble during the week.
After renting the house, Yang Zheng quickly went to a nearby convenience store to buy some cleaning tools such as brooms and mops.
I simply cleaned and rinsed the first floor of the Western-style building.
He was too lazy to deal with the second floor, so he just left it empty for now, thinking it might come in handy later.
The main task was to clean the bedroom on the first floor, as he planned to move in tonight.
To be honest, he didn't want to be in such a hurry.
The worst part was the foul odor emanating from the skin of that crested snake; it was simply unbearable.
It hasn't grown big yet, so you can still put it in the refrigerator.
If the golden snakeskin suddenly grows to 15 meters long after 10 p.m., the odor it emits will probably be even more unpleasant.
The weather is hot now, and the snakeskin has only undergone simple processing and has not been dried.
Under the suffocating heat of fermentation, it will soon become extremely foul-smelling, and by then the entire building and even the surrounding block will likely be able to smell it.
He was still a little uneasy after throwing the snakeskin into the small world.
They were afraid of being carried away by wild animals, and also worried about being stolen by something else.
After all, in that mysterious and eerie little world, there is often an airship circling in the air. If they happen to steal something... we have to be careful!
We must move in as soon as possible.
Anyway, this place is quite remote and there aren't many people around, so I'll figure out a way to deal with it myself.
"Contact a moving company immediately..."
Yang Zheng took out his phone and saw that it was already 6 p.m.
The snakeskin will grow bigger in four hours, so we need to hurry.
………………
It took Yang Zheng almost three hours to finally move all his belongings from the rented apartment to Xiahua Village.
Anyway, he's all alone and doesn't have much stuff.
The truck brought them all in one trip.
The moving company sent a small truck, but they only managed to put a shim under the truck.
After the moving company staff gave him a receipt, they drove away.
It was already 9 p.m.
The new house is a bit messy, but luckily I don't have much stuff. I'll have time to tidy it up tomorrow.
The most important thing right now is to make the bed.
Currently, on the first floor, he has only cleaned his bedroom and bathroom; he's leaving the rest for now.
I quickly made the bed, then set up the refrigerator and computer desk, and plugged them in.
Basically, there aren't any large items that need to be sorted out.
All other miscellaneous items that are not needed for the time being are piled up in a corner.
The apartment I'm renting now is not the cramped single room I used to live in.
The space here is huge, both upstairs and downstairs. You can put whatever you want, however you like.
No more worrying about not having enough space and stuffing things everywhere like before.
After finishing all of this, it was already 9:40.
In fifteen minutes at most, everything he brought out of the small world today will grow bigger.
Especially the golden snakeskin that has been frozen in the refrigerator.
If you don't take it out in advance, it will burst the refrigerator.
Thinking of this, he immediately opened the refrigerator.
The skin of the crested snake was taken out.
At this moment, the golden snakeskin, rolled up into a ball, had frozen solid and was covered with ice shards.
However, after being frozen, the snakeskin basically no longer emits any odor.
Yang Zheng knew in his heart that this was only temporary.
Once the snakeskin thaws, coupled with the outside temperature of 38 or 39 degrees Celsius, within an hour or two at most, the unpleasant, fishy stench will permeate the entire house and even spread to more distant places.
Therefore, he had to find a solution.
If this problem isn't resolved, I reckon the people living nearby will definitely come to check it out and cause him trouble.
And the landlord's relative lives in the village; he might become suspicious because of this and notify the landlord to kick him out.
Thinking about this, Yang Zheng pondered for a moment and came up with a solution.
First, make the golden snakeskin bigger.
Once it grows larger, open the portal between the two worlds, throw it in, and let it air dry. Once the snakeskin has completely lost its odor, bring it back in to be cut and processed.
As for whether the snakeskin will be lost?
Yang Zheng wasn't too worried.
You should know that once snakeskin grows to its full size on Earth, it's at least fifteen meters long. And when you take it into the small world, it becomes a behemoth that's basically one hundred and fifty meters long.
If those wild beasts and tiny people can still drag such a huge thing away, then Yang Zheng really has no way to deal with it.
"Since we still have about ten minutes left, I'll find a place to open a portal between the two worlds!"
After the last experiment, Yang Zheng now roughly knows the rules for opening the portal.
In a newly moved house, the portal must be located in your own bedroom.
Opening a portal in a new location for the first time is crucial.
Make sure to choose a good location.
Because the location was chosen poorly, it will only appear in the same spot where it was first opened each time it is opened.
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