Chapter 3 Happy Women's Day
The houses in the wasteland safe zone were more sturdy than Zuo Shan had ever imagined. In the original owner's memories, there was a year when mutated beasts rioted and almost wiped out everyone who was still scavenging or hunting in the wild, but they failed to damage the houses in District 50.
The houses here have been hardened with a special agent to prevent rodent-like mutant beasts from digging holes underground into the rooms; the hardness of the agent exceeds that of diamond.
Needless to say, the building materials used in the houses are all made of special alloy materials, and their impact resistance is excellent. The only difference is that in safe zones beyond Zone 40, the building materials are not heat-insulating enough, and people with poor health may not be able to survive the extreme cold and heat.
However, we are currently in the middle of a month when the extreme cold is transitioning to extreme heat, which is the most comfortable time of the year. With these fifty-odd kilograms of mutated yams, Zuo Shan can survive in the house for one or two months.
Zuo Shan raised his hand and looked at his wristwatch. It was a biometric identification mark that residents of the safe zone had since birth.
Newborns are given a wristwatch that grows larger as the baby grows and will not fall off unless the baby dies or has their wrist cut off.
This watch has similar functions to modern mobile phones, but it is more technologically advanced. In addition to functions such as taking photos, accessing the internet, and locating locations, it can also remotely project holographic videos.
It also has two charging methods: solar panel and wired charging. However, because they consume too much electricity and are expensive, most people don't use them.
The watch showed that today was March 8th, 33838 in the Gothic calendar, and Zuo Shan immediately perked up.
Although there is no Women's Day in this world, it doesn't stop Zuo Shan, this transmigrator, from treating himself.
She felt that these mutated yams were created specifically for Women's Day, and she was going to cook herself a big meal.
She knew at least a dozen ways to eat yams, but unfortunately, her family was dirt poor and didn't even have the most basic cooking oil, let alone ingredients like red dates, goji berries, lotus seeds, lilies, and honey.
Ultimately, she came to the conclusion that, apart from steaming the yam, there was no other feasible cooking method.
Alright, let's steam the yam then!
In any case, these yams cannot be stored if they are not steamed and dried after being cut.
Peel and wash the yam pieces, then cut them into long strips and steam them.
There was no steamer, but there was a rattan openwork rack next to the stove. In the original owner's memory, it was made of mutated iron wire rattan, which was flexible, strong and heat-resistant, and could even be placed on charcoal fire and used directly as a barbecue grill.
Fortunately, every house in District 50 has running water pipes, which are made of high-strength alloy and are more durable than the building materials.
Although tap water contains radiation, the level is moderate, so people use it freely. After all, the food they eat also has moderate radiation, so they don't care if it affects their lifespan.
Once the yams were in the pot, Zuo Shan began to peel them.
This stuff certainly shouldn't be wasted, but eating too much yam peel can cause diarrhea, and this mutated yam peel has an even more severe effect.
However, yam peel itself is rich in nutrients and can nourish the spleen and stomach, and tonify the kidneys and astringe essence. As long as it is eaten in moderation, it can even be used as a tonic.
After washing and drying it, Zuo Shan found another iron wire rattan frame and placed it in the charcoal ash under the stove to slowly bake it. After drying a batch, he slowly ground it into powder using a stone mortar made by his father. Then he put it in a clean burlap sack and put it in the storage room.
While processing the large yams, Zuo Shan also sorted through the original owner's memories.
The original house was fifty square meters in size. It was passed down from his grandfather's generation. Back then, Zuo Shan's grandfather offended someone in District 48 and was forced to move his whole family to District 50.
They sold their original property in District 48 and bought this 50-square-meter house in District 50. They still had some silver coins left over, which was the most important reason why Zuo Shan's family was able to survive the extreme cold and heat without starving to death.
Unfortunately, his parents died later, and the orphan Zuo Shan spent all the family's remaining savings and sold all kinds of furniture, which is how he grew up with difficulty.
During this process, Qi Yang, the adopted older brother, was quite self-disciplined. Unless he was starving to death, he resolutely refused to spend the original owner's silver coins.
Even so, all in all, he spent about several hundred silver coins of the original owner.
However, without his companionship, the original owner might not have survived to adulthood, so this was a messy account. The transmigrator, Zuo Shan, generously declared that it should all be wiped clean.
The mutated yam is finally ready! Zuo Shan picked up a piece with her chopsticks and took a small bite. It was soft, chewy, and slightly sweet. Mmm! It was so delicious!
Zuo Shan swears that she has never eaten such delicious yam in her entire life. This one piece alone is enough to make up for this Women's Day!
Although the yam was more delicious than she had imagined, Zuo Shan didn't dare to eat too much. After eating about a pound, she licked her lips and stopped eating.
Finding such a large yam in District 50 is almost like winning the lottery with a prize of 50,000 yuan – it's something you can only dream of.
She had to stay calm and store the remaining yams, otherwise she would likely go hungry soon.
It took Zuo Shan most of the day to first dry the yam peel and grind it into powder, then bake the steamed yam until it was half-dry, and the rest could only be left to dry naturally.
While processing the large yam, Zuo Shan continued to organize the original owner's memories.
She had looked at her face in the basin of water before. The original owner had a pair of pure and bright almond eyes, a straight nose, and lips that were very pale due to malnutrition.
Although she wasn't a natural beauty, she possessed a certain heroic spirit and was the kind of person who was easily recognizable.
The original owner's facial features were about 70% similar to Zuo Shan's, so it wasn't too difficult to accept.
The only regret is that Zuo Shan himself is a provincial long-distance running champion with impressive long legs, a height of 175 cm, and a tall and sturdy build.
The original owner was only 160cm tall, short and thin, clearly malnourished.
What's even more ridiculous is that the green algae planet where the original owner lived belongs to a marginal planet in the Gorent system, which she had never heard of before. She has traveled across star systems.
What's even more frustrating is that more than 300 years ago, the Gorrent galaxy experienced a massive stellar fission, and the intense radiation generated during the fission caused mutations in both plants and animals.
Many edible plant species have become extinct, and the wild plants that survived after mutation are mostly highly radioactive and inedible.
The climate has changed from four distinct seasons to two seasons, with average summer temperatures reaching 78°C and average winter temperatures reaching -72°C, which is chilling to even think about.
Fortunately, the people and culture of Green Algae Star are roughly similar to those of Blue Star, where she originally lived, and the language and writing system are mainly Chinese, so at least she won't be forced to pretend to be mute for this reason.
Zuo Shan has an indomitable character. Even though she is facing a hellish start, she has no intention of giving up on life and choosing suicide.
What if you actually die after committing suicide? Wouldn't that be a huge loss?
She's only just turned twenty-five this year; she has a long life ahead of her.
I learned from the original owner's memories that the humans on the Algae Planet also underwent genetic mutations during this disaster.
Some people have had their physical abilities enhanced, becoming strongmen who can lift a thousand pounds with one hand;
Another group of people awakened all sorts of superpowers, such as water, fire, lightning, ice, and mental abilities; they were collectively known as gene warriors.
Another group of people did not gain extraordinary abilities, but their ability to adapt to extreme temperatures was much stronger than before the Great Cataclysm. They could barely tolerate high temperatures and extreme cold, and they were called ordinary people.
As for those who did not undergo any changes, they all died from the intense radiation of the Great Fission and the subsequent extreme heat and cold.
That cosmic catastrophe reduced the population of Algae Star to one-tenth of its original size, and pessimists once thought that all of humanity was going to be wiped out.
Later, scientists developed a drug that could promote gene mutations. After ordinary people took the drug, there was a one-third chance of gene mutation, which gave them strength or superpowers. These people were called post-gene warriors.
After the cataclysm, the closer an area is to the planet's equator, the higher the level of radiation, the greater the mutation rate of plants and animals, and the lower the chance of survival there.
The upper layer of the Green Algae Star is divided into fifty zones in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres according to the level of radiation and danger. Zone 1 is the most suitable for survival, while Zone 50 is the opposite.
The original owner's ancestors originally lived in the Northern Tenth District of the Northern Hemisphere, which was a relatively good area. Unfortunately, her ancestors were all ordinary people and could not afford expensive gene serums, so her family naturally could not raise a post-gene warrior.
Without the support of a strong fighting force, the resources and food available became less and less, and they were gradually squeezed from the original North Tenth District to the current outermost North Fifty District.
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