I became a farmer in the apocalypse.

As Jiang Li was thinking this, suddenly, a strange shriek came from above, and a shadow fell over her head.

With a "whoosh!" sound, Jiang Li was lifted up before she could even react.

A force lifted her directly from the vegetable garden into the safe house.

Jiang Li felt a whooshing sound in her ears, like she was on an airplane.

The iron door of the safe house slammed shut with a "bang".

Lin An also came in. Through the observation slit in the wall, he looked at the large bird circling in the air outside and frowned, saying, "It's a level two mutated vulture."

Jiang Li also looked through the observation slit.

The bird is entirely black and looks to weigh about 40 to 50 pounds, but its appearance doesn't resemble a vulture at all. It has many mutated features, red eyes, and a wingspan of 5 meters. Its outstretched wings constantly reflect light as it flies.

"What's that?" Jiang Li asked curiously. "Why are the edges of its wings reflecting light?"

Lin An: "It's a feather blade, something as sharp as a knife. It can slice a person's head off their neck in one stroke."

"That bird can swoop down at speeds of up to 160 kilometers per hour. If I hadn't come over just now, your head would be in your vegetable garden right now."

As she spoke, she took the long gun off her shoulder, extended the muzzle through the observation slit in the safe house, and aimed it at the mutated vulture flying at high speed in mid-air.

Jiang Li then realized that the crack in the wall served this purpose, no wonder it was designed this way.

With a "bang!", Lin An pulled the trigger.

The shot hit the mutated vulture in the head.

What puzzled Jiang Li was that she clearly saw Lin An hit the mutated bird's head, but the bird only shook once and was about to fly away.

What is this?

Is he head of steel?

Erlin'an seemed to have anticipated this, and almost the next second she pulled the trigger again, as if she had been prepared from the beginning to fire a second and a third shot.

Two more gunshots rang out in quick succession, both hitting the mutated vulture's head precisely and bringing it down.

Jiang Li: "Your tracking shooting accuracy is not bad."

Lin An gave Jiang Li a strange look and muttered under his breath, "You've even started commenting."

"Do you know how to hold a gun?"

If you can't lift anything with your hands or carry anything heavy, then all you can do is grow vegetables.

Several gunshots rang out in succession, startling Jiang Yan, who was still sleeping, awake.

He jumped out of bed with a start, looking around the room in a daze.

"Sister? Lin An?"

"What are you doing?"

Lin An: "There was a level 2 mutant bird circling outside just now, and I shot it down."

After saying that, he opened the iron door of the safe house and went to look for the corpse of the mutated vulture.

Jiang Li also went over to see, curious about what the mutated vulture looked like.

Soon, the two arrived at the corpse of the mutated vulture.

Up close, it looked like a monster, bald with a red scalp. Its head had been shattered by the three bullets fired by Lin An, and some disgusting yellowish liquid was oozing out.

"Mutant animals of level two and above have evolved strong, high-density bones that cannot be penetrated by ordinary bullets," Lin An said.

This vulture has well-developed pectoral muscles, and its feathers gleam with a cold, metallic sheen, somewhat like armor. Its claws are as big as a child's hand, and its nails are also metallic.

So this is what a level two mutant animal is like. It's a completely different level from a level one mutant animal. If the change from level one to level two is this big, then what about levels three, four, and five...?

Lin An picked up the mutated vulture's carcass and walked towards the camp.

"What are you going to do with its corpse?" Jiang Li asked, puzzled.

Lin An: "You can exchange them for points or military merit points."

Mutant animals of level two and above can be exchanged for points, as their mutations make certain parts of their bodies particularly useful.

Some bases collect materials from the corpses of mutated beasts for refining, chemical processing, fuel production, or military manufacturing.

"How many points can this bird be exchanged for?" Jiang Li asked.

"Not much, probably only fifty points plus one military merit point."

After all, it's just a level two mutated animal, and not even a ferocious large animal, so that's about it.

Back at the safe house, after finishing his meal, Jiang Yan took a rake and went to tend to the rice paddies.

Thanks to Jiang Yan's efforts over this period, the one-acre paddy field is beginning to take shape. The "well"-shaped drainage ditch has been dug, and the miscellaneous stones and weeds in the field have been cleared away after rough turning. Next, the soil will be broken up and then finely trimmed.

Once the paddy fields are prepared, I don't know how much rice this acre will yield, but in any case, I won't have to buy rice anymore!

Jiang Yan carried a large rake and walked back and forth in the field.

Jiang Li shouldered her hoe and shovel and headed to her vegetable garden.

Today we're going to plant strawberries.

Moreover, she plans to plant two bags of strawberry seeds. In the past, planting one bag of seeds was enough, but with her continuous improvement, she now has enough energy in her body every day to plant both bags of seeds.

When planting strawberries, a spacing of 30cm between plants should be sufficient.

Just to be on the safe side, Jiang Li chose a plot of land that was large enough, about 50 square meters, and planted it more sparsely than usual, since she had plenty of land anyway.

Turn the soil over again, fertilize, water, and sow seeds.

The more water you pour, the better, so as not to waste your superpower.

Two bags of fertilizer were simply sprinkled on top.

In the blink of an eye, 200 tender green strawberry seedlings sprouted from the ground and instantly grew to a height of forty or fifty centimeters.

Such tall strawberry plants.

Jiang Li recalls that in the past, the strawberry seedlings on her farm would only grow to a height of 20 or 30 centimeters at most.

Jiang Li took a closer look and found that the plant already had small, green fruits.

A quick glance reveals any mutated seedlings; remove them immediately to avoid wasting nutrients.

Jiang Li was busy when Liu Qing brought Wei Zhou to pick up the goods.

"Miss Jiang, I need to take 70 jin (35 catties) of goods today!"

Liu Qing's face was full of smiles, a stark contrast to her previous demeanor.

She directly transferred 3500 points to Jiang Li.

"Okay." Jiang Li smiled, almost forgetting to ask, "How did the big potatoes sell yesterday?"

Liu Qing: "It's similar to the previous situation. Although they look good, many people just take a second look out of curiosity. Some people even worry that I'm selling fake potatoes, saying they've never seen such big potatoes before."

Jiang Li: "..."

It seems the feedback from the market street is completely different from that of the vegetable market. Yesterday, Jiang Tang said that the large potatoes at the vegetable market were sold out in no time, and many people wanted to buy them to try.

It's true that economic foundation determines one's attitude towards new things.

Regardless, the fact that it sold out means there's still demand. The market street has a steady flow of people, and besides, it's food. If you don't buy it, someone else will.

Jiang Li returned to the safe house, took two burlap sacks of potatoes, totaling 70 jin (35 catties), and handed them to Liu Qing.

"We don't need to dig it ourselves today?" Liu Qing asked in confusion.

Jiang Li: "We're not planting potatoes today. These were dug up yesterday, so you can take them directly."

Liu Qing smiled and said, "Thank you so much, Miss Jiang."

Not digging potatoes would save a lot of time; if we sell them sooner, we might be able to catch the last bus today.

Liu Qing and Wei Zhou happily left, carrying the potatoes.