Who says a sickly daughter can’t break through the weirdness?

If you have the conditions, you can make a timed water dispenser, which can save you a lot of effort."

"I see......"

After listening to Chen Guanglin's words, Shen Qinyin looked at the black soil in the jar again, and couldn't help but feel that each grain of black soil inside looked like a blood-red worm.

Whether it was something spit out by this thing or something grown by it, she felt a little psychologically traumatized.

But when I thought about the fact that I had already eaten the food "cultivated" by the black soil, and now I was disgusted with it, I felt a bit like putting down my chopsticks and cursing.

Shen Qiyin put down the jar and nodded. "I roughly understand, but I still have a question. The survivor base has fallen. I'm afraid the black soil has dried up due to lack of care. This little bit of black soil is the last 'stock'?"

"Yeah... that part of the black soil is no longer worth saving. Without water, it will go crazy for a short time before quickly drying up and turning into a pile of ordinary black ash. In other words, it's 'dead'."

"That's troublesome. With such a small amount of black soil, I wouldn't be able to grow anything even if I wanted to."

"I knew you would ask that..."

Chen Guanglin laughed, glanced at Chen Xiao, who was breathing steadily in his arms, and said again: "Don't stand here anymore. Let's find a safe place to discuss it first."

"Okay, let's go to our place first. The little girl needs a quiet environment to rest."

Shen Qiyin threw the can of black soil back to Chen Guanglin, returned to the power armor, and signaled to Tang Miao and Kana who were accompanying them to go back.

When we got back to the B&B, it was almost two in the morning.

Although they encountered several attacks from strange beasts along the way, they were lucky enough not to encounter any more difficult creatures like the Ender Ghost.

No one knew where the escaped Ender Ghost went, but Shen Qiyin had a hunch that it would definitely not give up just like that.

Ender ghosts are intelligent, which means that they will lie dormant and wait for the opportunity, just like animals in nature.

The next time it appears, it will be dead.

Shen Qiyin thought about it for a while. The most troublesome thing about the Ender Ghost was its ability to move instantly. Perhaps she could set up a few traps near the B&B to imprison any strange beasts that broke into that location.

As long as they lose the ability to teleport, the only problem left for the Ender Ghost is its hard shell. But now they are not afraid of the opponent's abnormal defense at all. It's just a matter of spending more effort.

Your own ghost-binding shackles can be used to imprison entities and strange beasts. As long as you concentrate and consume enough mental energy, you can successfully imprison the ender ghost.

Although the confinement time is only less than half a second, in a life-and-death fight, let alone half a second, even an advantage of 0.1 second can put an end to the battle.

After returning, you can research and upgrade the Ghost-Binding Shackles. This thing will definitely show a greater role in the future, and may even point out other branch upgrade routes.

Shen Qiyin arranged Chen Xiao in an empty room in the B&B, and told Lin Qiutang about her experience that night and the fall of the survivors' base in the auto repair shop.

Since the apocalypse, Lin Qiutang has heard about the destruction of survivors' bases countless times. It can be said that she is almost numb to it.

There was nothing she could do except feel helpless and regretful.

However, the news that Shen Qiyin mentioned that the Ender Ghost has intelligence, which may indicate that strange beasts, like physical entities, may upgrade and evolve into intelligent creatures, attracted her attention.

Their official internal investigators had hypotheses and discussions in this regard at the time, and Lin Qiutang did not think that this was groundless worry.

What is certain is that the threats they will face will become increasingly powerful, while progress for humans will be extremely difficult...

Now they can still rely on Shen Qiyin's unique special ability to hide under the "shade of the tree" and live a relatively peaceful life, but what about the future? What will become of them in the future?

Tang Miao helped find a flowerpot, and Chen Guanglin poured the black soil in the jar into it.

Because there was no water replenishment during this period, the black soil really showed signs of going crazy.

The black soil in the flowerpot kept churning and wriggling, gradually turning into dark red soil like flesh surging under peeling skin. The surrounding soil blocks bit and contracted like teeth, eager to crush and absorb the prey that accidentally fell in.

In addition to the black soil in the flowerpot, there is also some grayish-white powder left in the jar. The powder is as pale as ashes, small and loose, and will float away like sand with a slight breeze.

These powders are the black soil that has "died" due to long-term lack of water. At this point, even if water is added, the black soil will not recover.

Chen Guanglin took the bottle of water handed to him by Shen Qinyin and poured it into the flowerpot. The restless black soil immediately accelerated its pace of movement again, as if it was scrambling for the hard-earned water source.

After every inch of soil was fully absorbed by water, the black soil calmed down again and turned into ordinary soil.

"You see, as long as they're well-watered, these little things will be as quiet as real soil."

As Chen Guanglin spoke, he stuck his hand into the soil under Tang Miao's horrified gaze.

The fact was just as he said, the previously agitated Heitu did not move at all.

Chen Guanglin pulled his arm out, and the black soil attached to his arm fell off, leaving no trace of the previous bloody and horrific appearance.

"What on earth is this thing... Are the foods we eat really grown from this thing?"

Tang Miao's expression was almost unable to hold back, and his face was full of disgust and resistance.

It’s not her fault that she “put down her chopsticks and cursed”. Anyone would feel physically uncomfortable if they saw that their food came from this kind of “creature”.

Shen Qiyin was more concerned about the doubts that Chen Guanglin had not yet answered: "So, how can we grow anything with just this little black soil? It's only enough to fill a small flower pot, and it's hard to plant a few potatoes..."

Chen Guanglin smiled and replied, "Don't worry, go outside and dig some soil. Remember not to dig up the dry ones, make sure they are moist. If that doesn't work, you can dig it out and water it manually."

"Row."

Shen Qinyin nodded, turned around and floated out of the B&B. A few minutes later, she used her telekinesis to wrap a lump of dirt the size of a football and returned to the B&B lobby.

"Put this soil into the black soil, then add a drop of your blood. You don't need too much, about 50cc will be enough.

After that, wait a few hours and the black soil will slowly 'transform' them."

"Transform?" Shen Qiyin's eyes lit up. "You mean, this thing has the ability to assimilate the soil?"

"Yes."

"That would be terrible. If a handful of black soil fell into the paddy field, wouldn't it be able to transform the entire area into that kind of thing?"

"No, you're overthinking it. It's not that easy," Chen Guanglin shook his head and patiently explained, "It takes time and nutrients for black soil to transform into other soils. Time is of the essence, and nutrients are blood, both human and animal blood.

Based on our experimental results, we can infer that human blood is three to four times more effective than animal blood."

"That sounds creepy. No wonder this thing eats up everything that comes near it when it goes crazy."

As Shen Qiyin spoke, she cut her palm with a knife. Her action was so decisive that before anyone else could react, bright red blood was already dripping from her palm.

"Hey, silly girl! Why don't you let me do this?" Lin Qiutang grabbed her wrist and looked at the blood flowing from the wound with a distressed look. "You're so quick! How can you do something like this so easily?"

Shen Qiyin felt both warm and helpless at the doting concern of her aunt: "Sister, it's just a small wound, you are making a big deal out of it..."

"My dear, this time I also think your aunt is right."

Kana stared straight at Shen Qiyin's wound, her eyes slightly raised, her gaze lingering on Shen Qiyin's bleeding wound, the tip of her scarlet tongue slightly poking out of her lips, slowly moving along the line of her plump lower lip:

"Can't you just let Miaomiao come? It's really harmful to your health to do this. It's such a waste. It makes me feel so sad..."

Tang Miao, who was standing by, widened her eyes and angrily retorted, "You vicious woman, what are you talking about? I won't hurt you, right? And don't call me Miaomiao!"

Kana winked playfully: "What does it matter? Anyway, you are as strong as a bull, so it's okay to be short of blood~"

"That's not your turn to say! You're the one with the best physical fitness among us."

Tang Miao rolled her eyes in annoyance, then changed the subject, put her hands on her hips, and scolded Shen Qiyin: "But what she said is not wrong. You are weak to begin with, so just leave this kind of thing to me. Don't do this next time."

"Okay, okay, I get it."

Shen Qinyin's expression seemed a little complicated.

Faced with the care of a group of beautiful girls, she certainly felt warm in her heart, but at the same time she had an inexplicable sense of crisis.

It feels like becoming the protagonist of a fire in the backyard.

But I am not a man, and these girls are not my harem.

Things like Shura Field don't exist for me at all.

I definitely won't encounter a situation where I'm held up by the harem and taken to the basement.

After all, I'm a girl too, right?

Shen Qinyin put aside these wild thoughts, and when the blood flowed out reached about 50cc, Lin Qiutang immediately bandaged her wound with a bandage.

The other party was about to take out the spare Black Queen Potion, but fortunately Shen Qinyin refused quickly.

It's just a minor injury, there's no need for such precious potion.

With the nourishment of blood, the originally silent black soil indeed reacted again.

The moment the blood touched the earth, the surrounding black soil rapidly stirred, greedily enveloping every drop. Purple-black veins appeared between the clods, like blood vessels bulging beneath human skin. When the last drop of blood was devoured, the entire land suddenly convulsed violently. The fleshy layer that had been mixed with the black soil quickly turned black and hardened, turning back into black soil. The ordinary soil that had been mixed in with it, enveloped by the black soil, began to ooze a bitumen-like slime from its surface.

The mucus wrapped around the mud and black soil and pieced them together again, slowly blending them together bit by bit until the two were completely integrated.

"Look, it worked." Chen Guanglin pointed to the gradually merging soil and said, "This process will take several hours. You can get some sleep first. I'll watch over here."

"Let's go," Lin Qiutang glanced at Shen Qiyin's room, where Chen Xiao was still resting. "You've been through a lot tonight, you need to rest. I haven't done anything today, so I'm in good spirits."

"It's okay, I can handle it."

"Go to sleep, really. For your daughter's sake, you have to get enough rest. You are her only support now."

"..."

Lin Qiutang's persuasion worked, and after a brief thought, Chen Guanglin finally chose to give in.

"Thank you very much. Although verbal thanks are useless, I don't have anything else to give you right now. I will remember this kindness and will repay you one day."

"Brother Chen, in this environment, it's not easy for everyone. If we work together, our chances of survival will be higher than if we fight alone."

"yes......"

Chen Guanglin sighed tiredly and entered the room where his daughter was resting.

Chen Xiao's condition now can only be said to be relatively stable. Before the other party wakes up completely, he will probably have a hard time sleeping that night.

After a brief chat, the others also returned to their rooms.

After returning to the bedroom, Shen Qinyin did not lie down on the bed to rest immediately.

She sat down on the chair, picked up a pen, and started writing and drawing on the draft paper.

There are a few things that need to be planned now. The first is food acquisition. If the black soil can be cultivated successfully, they will be able to obtain a long-term and stable source of food in the future, and even solve the food problem once and for all.

Second, the trap. The Ender Ghost will not give up. If that thing has the means to track them, then the opponent will definitely attack again. Moreover, considering its team action characteristics and a certain degree of intelligence, the next attack will most likely not be just one Ender Ghost.

Therefore, Shen Qiyin needs to set traps to deal with attacks from ender ghosts and other strange beasts.

Third, her own physical strength. Although the power armor's built-in kinetic energy auxiliary system could save Shen Qiyin's physical strength, her body was too fragile. High-intensity combat in power armor would quickly drain her physical strength. After only fighting the Ender Ghost for more than ten minutes, she was already a little out of breath.

If the battle lasted longer, it would be troublesome for her.

In this case, you can either continue to upgrade the power armor, preferably to a large Titan, where you only need to sit inside and use a high-tech gadget like a brain-computer interface to connect your neurons, and you can operate it without moving your arms.

Or you can improve your physical strength and upgrade your soft and weak body into a "Protein Queen".

Well, forget about those muscular girls, but at least she has to be strong enough, like Tang Miao and her sister, with a six-pack and even some abdominal muscles, which is pretty good.

Finally, one more thing...

Would you consider transferring?

Huanglin City doesn't seem to be a suitable place to stay any longer. The situation on the front line is not optimistic. The B&B will inevitably encounter more attacks and face greater pressure in the future. This cannot be changed by simply killing one or two ender ghosts.

After all, under the threat of the Kuroshio Current, most areas of the country are no longer safe. Shen Qiyin has begun to consider whether to continue moving north and towards the capital.

As she wrote this, Shen Qiyin actually found herself feeling a little tired.

This feeling of tiredness seemed to come suddenly, and it was hard to guard against it, as if someone was urging her to fall asleep.

and many more......

This strange feeling, could it be the same situation as before?

Thinking of this, Shen Qinyin put down the pen and paper, floated to the bed, closed her eyes, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

After an unknown amount of time, she "woke up" from her dream again.

She "opened her eyes" and saw that she was in a familiar forest.

This woods is not far from here, just behind the B&B.

The smell of humus in the forest is several times stronger than in reality, and every piece of birch bark exudes pine resin-like dew.

Shen Qiyin controlled this body and slowly walked forward...

Not long after, a voice called her—

"Hey, girl, let me show you some... fun gadgets. You wanna see them?"

She turned her head and saw a man standing there wearing a yellow suit, a top hat, and single-frame glasses, dressed like an old gentleman from the 19th century Victorian era.

The man elegantly opened his suit, and a brass pocket watch slipped out of his pocket.

The next second, it seemed as if he had reached a deal with him and took the pocket watch into his hands...