At this moment, the zombie crystal once again emitted an enticing aroma of rice.
The smell made Li Xuan, already starving, feel as though his hunger had reached an unbearable level.
With a determined bite, he placed the crystal in his mouth.
The zombie crystal melted instantly, with a faint hint of sweetness.
As the crystal slid down into his stomach, within less than ten seconds, Li Xuan felt as though his stomach was burning like fire.
His body became increasingly hot, and soon an excruciating pain began to tear through him.
His skin turned bright red, veins bulged on his forehead, and his eyes became bloodshot.
"Roar!"
Li Xuan screamed in agony, feeling as though he was about to mutate.
"Boom!"
The intense pain caused his nerves to feel as though they were about to snap.
A deafening roar rang in his mind, and his vision went white.
His head crashed into a box of gold bars, and he passed out cold.
Before losing consciousness, he vaguely felt as though something in his mind had been unlocked.
It felt like a grayish, misty space opened up in his mind.
The space wasn't large—about one cubic meter, the size of a large suitcase.
It seemed like he had stored something in it.
Then, he completely lost consciousness.
"Ah~"
At the moment Li Xuan from the apocalypse fainted, the urban Li Xuan suddenly awoke from his nightmare.
His body was drenched in cold sweat, and the bed sheet was soaked through!
It was terrifying!
Although it was just a dream, why did the heart-wrenching pain feel so real, as if he had personally experienced it?
Li Xuan checked his phone.
It was 1:25 AM.
"The time I experienced in the apocalypse world seems to match 1:25 AM in the real world. Is there a connection between these two?"
"Did the dream Li Xuan die after eating the zombie crystal? Or did he evolve?"
Li Xuan closed his eyes, trying to calm himself and recall everything clearly.
But as soon as he closed his eyes, something strange happened.
He seemed to see a misty gray space in his mind, only about a cubic meter in size.
Inside the space, there was a box.
"Is that… the box of gold bars?"
Li Xuan was stunned!
There was an instinctive desire to take out the gold bars.
"Clank!"
A box of gold bars suddenly appeared out of nowhere, crashing onto the floor.
"What… What is this…?"
Li Xuan was shocked!
"This is real… this is actually real? I'm not crazy!"
"Everything I experienced in the apocalypse dream world is real! There is really another version of me in a parallel world, suffering through the apocalypse!"
Li Xuan trembled as he opened the box.
Inside were 30 gold bars, each weighing 500 grams.
Calculating based on the current market price of gold—550 yuan per gram—each gold bar was worth 275,000 yuan, and the total value of the 30 gold bars was 8.25 million yuan.
Apart from the gold bars, the box also contained a pair of collectible-grade Imperial Green jade.
Gold may be priced, but jade is priceless!
The value of these collectible-grade jade pieces could easily exceed 100 million yuan!
Li Xuan was ecstatic, excited, and trembling with joy!
But he quickly calmed down.
"This might… just be the beginning!"
"If I can bring items from the apocalypse world back here, it's almost like having access to an infinite treasure trove that I can keep digging into!"
"In the collapsed order of the apocalypse, these gold bars, jade, and gemstones have long lost their value. People don't care about them anymore. They're just sitting there, worthless."
"To achieve this, I must ensure that the version of me in the apocalypse survives. Otherwise, even if I have billions of tons of gold bars, I'll just be staring at them helplessly!"
"The version of me in the apocalypse can store items in the space. So now, can I do the same?"
Li Xuan quickly got up and began experimenting.
He grabbed a bottle of mineral water and silently wished for it to be stored.
His first attempt failed.
But he didn't get discouraged.
He tried again, and again…
Finally, on the eighth attempt, it worked!
The bottle of mineral water disappeared from his hand, and a new one appeared in the space!
"Great!"
"Success!"
"Based on my calculations, the items I store in the space should be retrievable by the version of me in the apocalypse too!"
"I need to store more food and water in the space so the apocalypse version of me doesn't starve to death!"
"We are bound by fate, or perhaps I am the same person, living in two different worlds. I must ensure that he survives!"
Li Xuan quickly took out his phone.
He began placing orders on the food delivery platform.
"Roast chicken? Five servings!"
"Hamburgers? Ten of them!"
"Garlic ribs? Three servings!"
"Stir-fried green pepper pork, spicy potato strips, steamed bass, osmanthus red date soup, Peking duck, braised pig's feet, watermelon, mango, strawberries, cherries, apples, oranges, and twenty bottles of various drinks!"
Li Xuan spent all the last of his 3,000 yuan on takeaway.
Half an hour later, dozens of delivery men arrived at Jiangcheng Yuyuan 501.
"Bro, are you delivering to 501?"
"Yeah, I'm delivering to 501 too!"
"Damn, you're all delivering to 501?"
"This fat guy, Li Xuan, sure can eat! Ordering so much takeaway, doesn't he worry about dying from overeating?"
"He's already so fat, and he's still eating like this at 2 AM? This guy has completely let go of himself!"
By the time the last delivery arrived, it was already 2:30 AM.
Li Xuan began to store all the food into the space.
Once he finished, he felt an overwhelming sense of drowsiness.
He collapsed back into bed and fell asleep again.
It might have been the frequent use of his newly awakened spatial powers that drained his energy.
As Urban Li Xuan fell asleep, Apocalypse Li Xuan finally regained consciousness.
"My body doesn't hurt anymore!"
"I actually feel a bit better!"
"But the intense hunger still hasn't gone away!"
"Just now, in the dream, I ordered a bunch of takeaway and had a space to store it?"
"Could it be that I'm so hungry that I'm hallucinating?"
Li Xuan closed his eyes.
The next moment, he was shocked to discover that a space had indeed appeared in his mind.
And inside, there was a large amount of food.
With a thought, all the food appeared out of thin air.
"Clank!"
The items fell to the floor.
"That's… roast duck, roast chicken, hamburgers, pig's feet, ribs, fruits, snacks, drinks, mineral water!"
"These dishes are still hot!"
Li Xuan didn't hesitate. He ripped open the takeaway boxes and began devouring a roast chicken like a starving ghost.
"Delicious!"
"This is absolutely amazing!"
"After two months in the apocalypse, I can't believe I'm eating authentic grilled roast chicken. This is pure bliss!"