Chapter 44 Unlocking the Frozen Space
After the banquet, Chen Qingqing lay next to the hot cradle in the car, but she didn't dare to get too close, fearing that the alcohol would suffocate her daughter.
Xiaohuan happened to come in and saw Chen Qingqing like this. She thought Chen Qingqing was not feeling well, so she stuffed her teddy bear into Chen Qingqing's arms.
"Mom, are you not feeling well?"
In fact, Chen Qingqing didn't drink alcohol normally, only Lin Bo would drink a little when he needed to socialize.
But when Xiaohuan was three years old, Lin Bo drank too much and fell to the floor when he came back, scaring Xiaohuan and making her cry.
Since then, Lin Bo has completely quit drinking.
"Wife, come and wipe your face." Lin Bo opened the car door from the other side and gently lifted Chen Qingqing's head.
Chen Qingqing also raised her head obediently, allowing Lin Bo to gently wipe her face with a wet towel.
The moonlight was bright, shrouding the family, as if it were an oil painting from the last century.
Chen Qingqing looked at her husband and suddenly thought of something: "I haven't made milk powder for Xuanxuan yet..."
"I've already fed him." Lin Bo said softly.
"I also asked He Chuan and the others to fill some burned well water in empty bottles. After dealing with the last zombies tomorrow, we can leave directly."
Lin Bo had already done everything Chen Qingqing wanted to do.
"...That's great."
Chen Qingqing lay back down with peace of mind.
But Lin Bo suddenly leaned over and kissed Chen Qingqing on the forehead.
Chen Qingqing was stunned.
"Go to sleep."
Without waiting for her to react, Lin Bo pulled up the thin blanket, tucked it in, and closed the car door.
Chen Qingqing turned her head and saw Xiaohuan sitting beside her with his chin in his hand, looking at her with shining eyes.
Chen Qingqing was half sober, but her cheeks were redder than when she was drunk.
"Go to sleep, Xiaohuan." Chen Qingqing muttered softly, pulled the blanket over her head, and turned over.
Chen Qingqing woke up naturally early the next morning. Xiaohuan and Zhuanzhu were still sleeping soundly. Chen Qingqing tiptoed out of the car.
The people in the village were already busy. Some people went to dig the only way into the village, and some people were preparing dry grain and bacon for Chen Qingqing and others to take away when they left.
He Chuan and Qian Qian were carrying water to the car.
These bottles were filled with boiled and cooled well water, enough for them to drink until they reached the next shelter.
As for vegetables, they only took some dried vegetables for easy storage.
But Chen Qingqing doesn't have to worry about that.
She only needs 28 zombies to unlock the frozen space!
When she got off the car, Lin Bo was putting bacon into the box.
Seeing that she woke up, Lin Bo immediately put down what he was holding.
"Are you uncomfortable?"
Chen Qingqing shook her head, but was very excited: "We can unlock the space after we get rid of these last few zombies!"
Lin Bo pinched Chen Qingqing's wrist, and Chen Qingqing couldn't help but let out a "hiss".
"Does it hurt?"
When he chopped the zombies, the knife hit the bones every time, and there was a rebound after each chop.
He had not killed as many zombies as Chen Qingqing, but he felt his wrists were sore, not to mention Chen Qingqing.
"It's my fault for not thinking it through," Lin Bo sighed, "When I prepared the medicine, I should have bought some ointments in case of emergency."
"It doesn't hurt, not at all!"
Chen Qingqing smiled.
In fact, she is used to it.
What's this little pain? In her last life, in order to keep up with the migrating team, she dragged her broken left leg for several kilometers.
No one would pity her.
She didn't even think that wrist pain was a problem.
Unless her wrist was broken, she would always be able to lift the knife.
"You taught me a lot yesterday, let me do it today." Lin Bo said.
Shang Li suddenly came out from the side, "Sister, brother-in-law, I can do it too!"
"You can't." Chen Qingqing refused decisively.
Shang Li looked hurt: "I really can do it. Yesterday I saw you chopping zombies with deadly strokes. It was so clean and neat. I also learned some skills... Let me try it, sister."
Chen Qingqing did not comment.
Lin Bo thought for a moment and pulled his wife aside: "What if the zombies killed by Shang Li are also counted in?"
Chen Qingqing hesitated: "If not, wouldn't it be a waste of the zombies' quota?"
Lin Bo: "How about this, let Shang Li chop a few times, and I'll do the last blow, how about it?"
Chen Qingqing: "You can try it."
Lin Bo turned and nodded to Shang Li, who was very happy.
Unexpectedly, He Chuan and the other two on the side also wanted to join in after hearing this.
Lin Bo winked at his wife, and Chen Qingqing turned back to the car.
Xiao Huan just got up, so Chen Qingqing asked Xiao Huan to guard near the car, and she entered the space.
Chen Qingqing stood opposite the wall, staring at the numbers on the wall.
72 jumped to 73, 74, 75, and in just one minute, it jumped to 77.
Chen Qingqing already had the answer in her heart without having to see it with her own eyes.
She quickly left the space and opened the car door. Xiao Huan excitedly ran over: "Mom, uncle and the others are awesome, they killed so many zombies... but they are still not as awesome as mom!"
Chen Qingqing looked over and saw several corpses lying on the ground.
Lin Bo immediately turned around when he heard the voice, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Chen Qingqing nod slightly.
It seems that as long as they consider them "teammates", then the zombies killed by teammates will be counted in the progress bar.
In this way, wouldn't it be much easier for them?
Thinking of this, Lin Bo became even more motivated. He took a few people and killed all the remaining zombies in less than half an hour.
Looking at the energetic Lin Bo, Shang Li panted and wiped his sweat: "Why do I feel that my brother-in-law is not chopping zombies, but making money."
I have never seen anyone chopping zombies and still be so excited!
Lin Bo took the mineral water handed over by Chen Qingqing, drank most of the bottle in one breath, and asked his wife in high spirits: "You go and take a look at the newly unlocked space first?"
Chen Qingqing: "If you want to see it, let's go together as a family. Let's go."
Chen Qingqing looked at Wei Zheng and said: "My family plans to walk around the nearby woods. You can deal with the zombie bodies first."
Wei Zheng naturally had no reason to stop Chen Qingqing, and enthusiastically asked if she needed a villager to lead the way.
Chen Qingqing waved her hand.
Soon, Chen Qingqing took Xiaohuan, Lin Bo held Sunshun, and the family walked towards the woods outside the village.
When they could no longer see the village, Chen Qingqing took out the jade pendant and nodded to her family.
A flash of white light passed by, and the family appeared in the narrow space.
At this time, the words on the wall changed to [Manor opening progress: 103/1000]
"Manor..." Before Chen Qingqing could think about it, Xiaohuan shouted happily.
Xiaohuan pulled the corner of Chen Qingqing's clothes and pointed to the east wall with excitement.
The medicine shelves that were originally attached to the wall and laid up and down were no longer supported by the wall and were shaking and about to fall.
The entire east wall was expanded three meters outward, and the center was expanded another three meters two meters away.
Chen Qingqing and Lin Bo stepped forward immediately.
Chen Qingqing tentatively stretched out her hand, and felt that the middle expanded area was cold, just like an ice cellar.
The temperature of the rest of the area was the same as the original temperature.
In other words, after this space upgrade, they had an additional 6 square meters of cold storage and an additional 15 square meters of normal storage area.
And these extra spaces were more than enough to store the supplies that were previously stored in the basement.
Chen Qingqing's eyes flashed with surprise.
Xiao Huan ran around in the space, and they no longer had to worry about fresh fruits, vegetables, chickens, ducks, fish and meat rotting. The extra space could store a lot of supplies, which gave them more confidence.
When encountering danger, she could hide in the space with the children for many days without being too crowded or suffocated.
"Mom, can I eat ice cream in the future?"
He listened to Chen Qingqing's words and did not approach the frozen space. He just stood at the door and looked at Chen Qingqing eagerly.