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It was almost three o'clock in the morning, and Tao Sai still had no desire to sleep.
She knew that staying up late was not good, and that traditional Chinese medicine advocated detoxification of the liver and lung meridians in the early morning.
So after a few hours of stress-free spinning, she took a shower in the shower room, then returned to the captain's cabin and used the "Deep Sleep" function to force herself into a deep sleep.
The next day I slept until I woke up naturally, my legs felt light and I was full of energy for another day.
Tao Sai stood up and saw that Zhou Ning was already studying hard at the table.
Tao Sai: “…”
Is this sister too hardworking?
"Good morning, Taotao." Zhou Ning heard the sound of someone getting up behind him, stopped writing and said good morning.
"Good morning." Tao Sai put on his slippers and stood up.
Zhou Ning pushed the glass on the table. "My mom made some soy milk and steamed some buns. I just ate them. The rest is yours. Come on and eat."
Upon hearing this, Tao Sai pulled a large bun from the plate and took a large bite. The bun's wrapper was soft and thin, and inside was a juicy and delicious meat filling.
The steamed buns are also very elastic and not stiff at all, and have a sweet taste when chewed.
She picked up the cup of warm soy milk and drank it all in one gulp.
"Ah? Taotao, you finished eating so quickly?" Zhou Ning had just finished making an important note and turned around to find that the table was empty, with not a drop of soy milk left in the glass.
Tao Sai nodded and wiped his mouth calmly.
"Are you full? If not, I'll go downstairs and see if there's anything left. I'll get you some more." Zhou Ning put down his pen and was about to stand up.
"No thanks," Tao Sai pushed her back onto the stool and lied calmly, "I'm full. Very full."
She even faked a burp and rubbed her shrunken belly.
The increased physical strength increased her appetite. She was very hungry when she just woke up, and these two meat buns, a steamed bun and a cup of soy milk were only enough to fill her stomach.
However, it’s good enough to taste it, and the rest can be done by drinking nutrient solution.
Tao Sai spent 340 gold coins to buy 17 bottles of "Nutrient Solution" from the [Mall]. Each 10ml of the viscous liquid was colorless and odorless, yet it contained all the nutrients the human body needs for a day.
She unscrewed the lid and drank it all in one gulp, and only then did she finish her breakfast.
The remaining 16 bottles of nutrient solution are for the sixteen older brothers.
The daily expenditure is 340 gold coins. If we include the ten brothers who are collecting supplies in Wolong River, the daily expenditure will be as high as 540 gold coins.
If we continue to consume at this rate, the money we have used to buy the [Extra Skill Slots] won't last for a few days.
Tao Sai was considering finding a time in the next few days to take her powerful commando team to the front lines of the Zerg swarm and kill a wave of monsters. Upgrading the refuge ship required a huge amount of experience points, which would take time, so she wasn't considering it for now, but it would earn some gold for daily consumption.
Anyway, now she has the [Space Folding] skill, as long as she controls the energy well, she can come and go freely.
Zhou Ning stretched. She had been studying for almost four hours since she got up at 5:30 in the morning.
She had been sitting on the stool all this time, and her buttocks were almost deprived of blood supply.
She lay back and threw herself onto the soft bed. She wanted to rest for a while, combining work and rest to improve her learning efficiency.
Tao Sai was surprised to find that the page where she put the pen was almost halfway through the thick book.
"Have you seen this much?"
"Yeah," Zhou Ning said, stretching out his hand and making a two sign while lying on the bed. "Give me two more days and I can finish learning."
"Awesome," Tao Sai couldn't help but give a thumbs-up. "This book seems to be a textbook for first-year electrical engineering majors. You finished it in three days."
Zhou Ning chuckled and said modestly, "But this is just a basic electrical engineering textbook, just an outline. There's still a lot of more detailed and professional stuff to learn."
"There are seven more over there," Zhou Ning pointed at the pile of new books in the corner of the desk and put on a mask of pain. "Oh, I think my head is getting bigger again."
"It doesn't matter. If your brain isn't enough, tell me anytime and I'll give you more intelligence points as appropriate," said Tao Sai.
Zhou Ning suddenly had an idea. "Taotao, I feel like my current intelligence of 12 points is already quite smart. If it reaches the maximum level of 100 points, how advanced would that brain be? Would it be possible to understand everything at a glance, becoming omniscient and omnipotent, even more amazing than the super AI in science fiction novels?"
"I don't know." Tao Sai shook his head slowly.
When she played the game "Insect Tide", the character's attributes were already around 30 or 40 points, enough for her to play to the late stage.
Cao Yu possessed a resistance value close to 100, making him practically immortal. She had no idea what the effects of maxing out other attributes would be, and she didn't dare try. Increasing his stats by five or six at once would be too much for him, and maxing them out directly would likely result in him exploding and dying.
At this time, someone knocked on the door. It was Lan Xiaojia.
"Sister Sai, Sister Ning, can we plant all the remaining crop seeds?" Lan Xiaojia asked.
Her eyes sparkled with excitement, and she was full of anticipation.
The thought of the bags of seeds stored in the warehouse made her itch. Seeds were meant to germinate in the soil; to store them and let them molder was an unforgivable waste of natural resources!
"Okay." Tao Sai nodded.
"Great!" Lan Xiaojia waved his arms high.
She ran downstairs excitedly, then suddenly remembered something and turned back.
"Sister Sai, can you ask your friend to help me? I may not have the strength to lift heavy things." Lan Xiaojia asked.
"Of course, they are at your disposal, and you can ask them for help from anyone else on the ship," said Tao Sai.
After all, food is the first necessity for survival. The sooner the crops on the ship are grown, the more reassured everyone will be. The food in the storage room will eventually be completely exhausted.
Lan Xiaojia did what he said and gathered the strong laborers on the boat to start dividing the work.
First, the supermarket shelves were assembled. The instructions were easy to follow and assembly was not difficult. First, the base and each frame layer were installed. Then, the steel sheets were placed, interlocked, and screwed in place. The five-layer shelf was assembled.
Considering the sunlight exposure of the crops, the shelves must be spaced sufficiently apart. The area between the large empty warehouse and the bathroom, where the chicken coop is located, has aisles on both sides reserved for arranging a row of about ten shelves.
The rest of the shelves are on the upper deck, sandwiched between plastic storage boxes, four rows in total, about forty boxes.
As a result, the upper deck was completely filled with plastic storage boxes and shelves, leaving only a 50-centimeter passage leading to the bow.
After the tasks were assigned, everyone unpacked the boxes and started assembling the shelves.
With strength in numbers, all fifty shelves were assembled in less than two hours and placed in their designated locations.
Finally, use steel wire to secure the two shelves together to prevent them from tipping over due to the shaking of the hull.
This step is crucial because if the shelves collapse, it could trigger a chain reaction, and the entire row could collapse like dominoes. Ungerminated seeds are fine, but if crops sprout from the soil on the shelves, everything is basically ruined.
The next step is to evenly spread soil on each layer of the shelf, and then use a small shovel to carefully loosen the soil and flatten the hardened soil clods. This is done to increase the oxygen in the soil and promote the growth of the sprouts.
Lan Xiaojia gave the others a simple training and assigned the tasks. Everyone followed her example, carefully spreading and loosening the soil.
She herself carefully began to plant the seeds in the loosened soil.
She knows exactly what seeds are planted on every shelf and every layer.
The shelves have five layers, each about 40 centimeters high. Plants taller than 40 centimeters after maturity are not suitable for growing on the shelves, such as peppers and tomatoes. However, they can be grown in plastic storage boxes.
Due to the height and shading of the sun, each layer of the shelf receives different amounts of light. Light-loving crops are suitable to be planted on the top layer, while crops that do not require high light levels are planted on the bottom layer.
Under the unified command of Lan Xiaojia, the people on board were busy in an orderly manner.
In the afternoon, Tao Sai decided to go to the dock again to pick up a package.
At present, most of the goods they purchased online have been loaded onto the ship. The expensive, important and valuable items have all been picked up. The packages that have not been received are all small and miscellaneous items, mainly daily necessities, and there are not many.
Tao Sai selected the agile An Nan and the strongest Cheng Li from the busy crew to go to the dock with her to move goods.
This place is 10 kilometers away from the pier. They don’t have a car, and even if they had a car, the road is impassable, so it’s impossible to walk.
Fortunately, Tao Sai can activate [Space Warp].
Before starting the teleportation, Tao Sai first equipped himself with [Energy Steal] and gave priority to consuming the stolen energy.
However, Tao Sai discovered that the energy slot for the current skill was empty.
She clearly remembered that when she uninstalled it last night, it still had over 10% of its energy, but now it was completely emptied. It seemed that once [Energy Steal] was uninstalled, reinstalling it would not retain the energy stolen from the previous time.
Tao Sai thought further and realized that if he was in combat, [Energy Steal] would be welded to his body and would be useless once it was uninstalled.
Before going to the fishing dock, Tao Sai decided to replenish some energy.
If possible, she didn't plan to consume too much of her physical strength, because she had a huge appetite and ate a lot, and using recovery potions and nutrient solutions all the time would burn too much gold coins.
After all, she is a poor woman with limited funds now, so she tries to save as much as possible.
Just at this moment, a lively and lovely figure came into her sight.
Lin Kang is making trouble.
Before the end of the world, he was on summer vacation. Now he didn't have to do his summer homework, so he completely let himself go. Every day he played all day, and when he got tired of one thing, he would play another.
Now the novelty of farming has completely replaced the games on the Pad.
Lin Kang scooped up a handful of dirt from the snakeskin bag and stood on tiptoe. He was about to imitate the adults and put it on the shelf, but suddenly he saw Lin Yan across the shelf. He immediately raised his hands and the dirt fell all over the sky, covering Lin Yan's hair and clothes with a layer of dirt.
He quickly squatted down and hid, and made a gesture to Mother Lin to keep quiet.
Lin Yan clenched his fists and turned around. Although he didn't see the culprit at first sight, he didn't have to think about it. The only person who could do such a wicked thing could be Lin Kang.
Lin Yan angrily grabbed the broom and chased after him to beat him up.
Lin Kang stuck out his tongue provocatively, circled around the shelf, and nimbly walked around the pillar like the King of Qin.
"Lin Kang, stop right there!"
"You can't catch up with me."
Until a figure suddenly appeared in front of him and blocked his way. Lin Kang looked up and saw Tao Sai, and subconsciously shuddered all over.
"Sister Sai, please help me catch him. I'm going to beat his ass to pieces today!" Lin Yan said as she rushed over.
Of course, Lin Kang would not surrender. He grabbed a handful of dirt again and threw it in front of Lin Yan, blinding her eyes.
He turned and ran into the cabin.
The next moment, Tao Sai appeared in front of Lin Kang again.
"I was wrong, I was wrong!" There was a bulkhead behind Lin Kang, and he had no way to retreat, so he could only beg for mercy.
Under his horrified gaze, Tao Sai bent down and placed his hands on his shoulders, activating his skill [Energy Steal].
Lin Kang felt as if his soul was taken away from him in an instant, and he fell into a deep sleep again.
Tao Sai observed the changes in the energy bar, and the green bar rose to about 20%.
Yes, he woke up full of energy after a good sleep yesterday, stealing nearly 20% of the energy from him alone.
Tao Sai was very satisfied with this. The naughty kid was full of energy and could become a constant source of energy for her.
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