Chapter 99 Extreme Heat Continues
The meteorite fragments that Yu Miaomiao found in the cave during her last herb-gathering trip haven't been absorbed since she brought them back. She wonders if it's because they're just fragments.
Yu Miaomiao had almost forgotten what it felt like to upgrade her space.
"Of course."
Although there haven't been any recent changes in the space, Yu Miaomiao still insists on collecting meteorites, as she always feels that these meteorites may have some connection to her rebirth.
The secret of the storage device in the cave remains unsolved. The only clue to uncovering the truth seems to be the meteorites that emit a pale light.
"Can you let me in first... I can't stand these damn bugs anymore."
He Yusen frantically swatted at the flying insects outside. Although he had a protective suit that he had acquired at a high price, it was covered in insect slime and had recently started to corrode and develop holes.
Hiding in the space is effective, but he can't stay in the space forever.
Life goes on, doesn't it?
"Wait a minute."
Yu Miaomiao unlocked the door and closed the isolation shield that had been installed separately on their living room door. With this secondary protection, any flying insects that flew into the room would only stay inside the shield and wouldn't fly around the room randomly, allowing them to be stunned one by one.
Yu Miaomiao handed all the stunned insects over to Hang Song, who also had a separate small glass room in Yu Miaomiao's space.
After being brutally beaten by Li Yi for two days, he couldn't take it anymore and broke down, demanding that the prisoners be treated well.
The base took the opportunity to make many requests for cooperation in the investigation and experiments, which he agreed to one by one.
So the base specially found him another custom-made glass room, and Li Yi's ordinary glass dome was also replaced with a custom-made glass room, raising the level of confinement. Yu Miaomiao no longer needed to worry about them causing trouble in the space.
They said that once the flying insect problem was resolved, someone would come and take Hang Song and Li Yi away.
Yu Miaomiao felt like she was becoming more and more like a "human prison".
Seeing that the base was quite generous and that Ya Jing had never mistreated Yu Miaomiao and her team, she accepted this temporary arrangement.
So, Hang Song, who was temporarily living in the space, would receive food, water and flying insects sent by Yu Miaomiao from afar every day.
Perhaps it was a mutated trait of Hang Song, but these insects not only didn't bite him, they were even somewhat afraid of him.
Moreover, Hang Song could easily deal with these flying insects, so he became Yu Miaomiao's special insect-killing device.
Yu Miaomiao's current space is like a treasure chest.
Sending out Li Yi can deal with a bunch of mutated plants, sending out Hang Song can deal with a bunch of mutated flying insects...
Think about it this way~
She was even a little reluctant to hand these two "bad guys" over to the organization.
However, we cannot control these two people right now; otherwise, we could certainly make use of them.
"Well, I really went to great lengths to find these treasures for you this time."
After the door opened, He Yusen sat down at the living room table with practiced ease, his face full of smiles but still trying to play the victim and highlight his hardships.
As he spoke, he took out a heavy burlap sack from his space, carefully opened it, and placed it on the table in front of Yu Miaomiao.
Inside, meteorites and fragments of various pale colors shimmered under the dim yellow light.
Yu Miaomiao was secretly delighted, but her expression remained unchanged.
He was a little suspicious. First, he hadn't expected He Yusen to be so capable as to be able to find so many meteorites. Second, although they both had spatial abilities, it seemed that He Yusen couldn't absorb these meteorites and fragments at all.
Since these meteorites were taken out of his space unharmed, judging from his expression, he was unaware that these meteorites could bring a huge boost to his superpower level.
Could it be because she had previously absorbed antique jade, just like cultivation in a game, where the "resources" required for each level of change are different?
However, she and He Yusen are at different levels, so He Yusen does not resonate with meteorites at this stage, while she can.
"Good, what are you planning to exchange these for?"
For Yu Miaomiao, exchanging for Asian crystals is the most practical option. She exchanged all the useless supplies for Asian crystals after returning from her previous trip, and now she has a large number of Asian crystals.
Moreover, they don't need to purchase supplies and daily necessities in the underground city. These sub-crystals are only used for purchasing houses and later for some advanced technology products.
"I want clean water or any other edible fresh water." He Yusen's request this time was different from before, when he always asked for crystals and dry food.
"How much?" Yu Miaomiao didn't refuse, because she had plenty in her space. Besides the spring water, she had more drinking water stored up before than she could drink.
Using these to upgrade her equipment would be a sure win for her.
He Yusen was also extremely nervous. His suggestion was just to test Yu Miaomiao's supplies. If she refused, he would change his request.
He proposed these exchange terms because he had recently acquired a batch of water storage tanks.
If he wants to expand and strengthen his business, he needs to go to more distant and more places to search for resources and enrich his product range as much as possible, which is in line with his post-apocalyptic merchant nature.
The difficulty of storing drinking water and finding water sources limited the duration and distance of his trips.
Thinking this, he made a request that even he himself dared not think of, and tremblingly held up five fingers.
"Fifty tons, potable water."
I blurted out this amount without thinking. I don't know why, but I just felt that Boss Yu could definitely produce this much, and this little bit of water was probably just a drop in the ocean for her.
Moreover, there's Lu An, a water-based ability user. Although releasing water-based abilities isn't inexhaustible, it's still much better than the lives of ordinary people.
Yu Miaomiao sneered, grabbed the bag on the table and shoved it back into He Yusen's hand, "You've got too big for your britches now, we can't afford to cooperate with you anymore."
Lu An and the others gestured for them to leave, preparing to see the guests off.
It's important to understand that even in the apocalypse, the water supply in the underground city is very tight. Each person is only given 1000ml of drinking water per day, which cannot even guarantee the most basic human needs. The residents of the underground city are in a state of being thirsty but never dying of thirst.
In addition, the underground filtered water has become increasingly unstable recently, and the supply may suddenly be cut off one day.
Yu Miaomiao and her companions heard some news from the authorities that the supply of water might be reduced in the future, which would mean that water would become a scarce resource.
At this time, He Yusen also proposed to exchange water resources, which must mean that he had some connections with the government.
"We can talk, we can talk, don't rush, I can throw in some other things. For example, weapons!"