Not venturing deep into the mountain?
Impossible.
Lu Jingzhi doesn't want to eat plain boiled vegetables, nor does she want to eat the throat-scratching steamed cornbread.
If she can catch a wild rabbit or wild chicken or something like that, she can have an extra meal today. If she manages to catch more, she could try to exchange them for some rice, white flour, and so on with others.
She misses her space mastery special ability.
Having survived the doomsday for ten years, she stored quite a lot of supplies in there, especially when the last base was besieged by zombies and they had to abandon the city to save their lives. As a space mastery special ability possessor capable of opening the largest space, her primary task was to transfer the supplies.
If it weren't for encountering variables, she should be establishing a new base with other human powerhouses instead of being famished and hunting wild chickens in these mountains.
"That was a huge batch of supplies, food, painstakingly bred piglets and calf from the base breeding farm, fruits, vegetables, medical equipment, and so on— they must not have thought that the Zombie King had learned to cooperate, even capable of hiding its combat power."
"As a ninth-tier triple mastery special ability possessor, my self-sacrifice took away the mutated zombie and Zombie King, leaving them a way to survive, so that the entire base wouldn't be wiped out."
"As for the food and stuff, they'll have to plant them themselves. The space's contents now benefit me."
"No, it's not benefiting me either!"
Lu Jingzhi shuts her eyes to communicate with her space.
It's there.
But it doesn't appear.
This feeling is mysterious and profound.
"Gurgle."
Lu Jingzhi looked down at her stomach in disbelief.
Her stomach, filled with half a steamed cornbread and a bowl of plain water, is now empty.
First, the hunger signal is transmitted to the brain, followed by the stomach's frantic contraction and peristalsis, producing stomach acid, as if punched hard. In just a moment, Lu Jingzhi is holding her stomach with a wilted spirit.
Does she digest this fast?
No.
It's because she has delusions of opening her space.
Lu Jingzhi is not only hungry but also showing signs of hypoglycemia. However, her beautiful eyes are brighter than ever.
— Her efforts are in the right direction, the space is really there, but her body just can't handle communicating with it.
Strength is suddenly infused into her spine, Lu Jingzhi ignores the howling of her stomach, and strides towards the deep mountain.
Lake West Village and the surrounding villages are built on the mountain. The villagers have lived here for generations. In the early years, people were eager to get resources from the deep mountains, but often those who went never returned. Over time, even experienced hunters dared not venture too deep, only slightly farther than ordinary villagers.
The further up one goes, the denser the trees become.
The humidity here is much heavier than outside.
Lu Jingzhi focuses on both looking for animal traces while training her special ability.
The environment here is perfect for her.
Water births wood; the dual mastery abilities complement each other.
The discomfort brought by hunger is also soothed in nature.
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The deep mountain remains untouched by the villagers, everything is in its natural state.
A tree is laden with wild fruits, many of which have fallen to the ground. There's a half-eaten fruit next to it.
Animals typically eat non-toxic fruits, but Lu Jingzhi still isn't sure about it. Holding a wild fruit, she unfolds her wood mastery special ability and tries to absorb it a little.
In terms of developing the practicality of special abilities, Lu Jingzhi is confident that no one can surpass her.
This method can detect the toxicity of plants.
If the plant is non-toxic, that's great; if it is toxic, it doesn't matter because the small amount of absorbed toxins will be quickly decomposed by the special ability.
The fruit is non-toxic.
It's edible.
Lu Jingzhi took a bite and immediately spat it out.
It was too sour.