Apocalypse: After Being Reborn, I Stocked Up on All Supplies

Chapter 72: Chapter 72 The Secret of Space Upgrade

Jiang Yan behaved as if she had uncovered a treasure, her eyes wide as she stood up and ran out of the Apple Cabin.

Busy with eating, the Cannibal Flower rolled up the remaining gold bars and stuffed them into its mouth, transforming its leaves into legs and hopping out after her.

It wasn’t until Jiang Yan got closer that she realized, her eyes had not deceived her.

At the border between the black soil of the Planting Area and the white Residential Area, a small creek was indeed bubbling and making noises.

And it wasn’t just the creek. Right beside the creek’s edge near the white mist wall of the Space, there was a circular spring about three meters in diameter and over a meter high.

The spring was surrounded by what looked like glassy top-grade jade material, emitting a faint light through its clear transparency.

Above the spring, a faint white mist lingered, giving it an ethereal, fairy-like appearance.

It must be the legendary Spiritual Spring!

So, the sounds she had heard earlier were real!

However, to her surprise, both the creek and the spring seemed somewhat illusory at the moment, flickering in and out of visibility.

She reached out to touch it and felt only a bundle of air and illusion.

“This…” Jiang Yan furrowed her brows, completely baffled.

“Cackle cackle!” Mom, look there!

The Cannibal Flower next to her, while puffing its cheeks chewing the gold bars, lifted a leaf and pointed towards the upper right area above the creek.

Following the direction the flower “pointed,” Jiang Yan’s eyes lit up, “My goodness, Hua Bao, your observation skills are really impressive!!”

“Cackle cackle~” Mom, I really like being called Hua Bao~

The Cannibal Flower felt an extraordinary joy and satisfaction inside at the spontaneously blurted nickname and praise.

Its two small leaves wiggled excitedly in the air.

Listening to it, Jiang Yan smiled like an old mother and gently stroked its head, saying,

“Alright, that’s what I’ll call you from now on.”

Above the creek, a light golden progress bar had now appeared.

Below the progress bar, a number kept changing:

[0.92%, 0.93%, 0.94%…]

In the empty part of the progress bar, dots of golden light were slowly gathering.

So, the numbers above actually indicated the speed of the progress bar!

Jiang Yan withdrew her gaze and looking at the golden light floating from the Cannibal Flower, she immediately understood.

She gently touched the Cannibal Flower, and a line of text appeared in her vision:

[Superpower Name: Vine. Cannibal Flower]

[Current Level: level 0, Number of Cannibal Flower Blossoms: 1, Cannibal Flower Vines: 1 (Main Vine) + 2 (Branch Vines) = 3]

[Current Activated Skill 1: Devour; other skills pending upgrade]

[Functions and Uses:

1. Can control vines to track and Devour living targets through thought;

2. Currently capable of Devouring one living target per month;

3. Using thought control, vines can morph into forms of gold, wood, water, fire, earth, air, etc.]

Indeed, the level of the Cannibal Flower was still the same.

It seemed that the Space’s upgrade was likely tied to the levelling up of the Cannibal Flower.

In that case, as long as the Cannibal Flower ate enough gold and silver jewelry, when the progress bar reached 100%, her creek and Spiritual Spring would fully materialize! @@novelbin@@

If that was the case, could future Space upgrades also work in the same way?!

Goodness, she was a genius!

She had actually cracked the secret to Space upgrading!

They say that when God opens a window for you, he also closes a door.

It seems that this window was the Cannibal Flower, her extra lucky charm.

And the door that God had closed was the standard space feature for others: the creek and the Spiritual Spring.

Now, she had pushed that door open again; she just needed a bit more time and heaps of gold and silver jewelry.

To put it bluntly, it was time for her to spend some money.

The jewelry had previously all gone into Cannibal Flower’s belly, but there were still plenty of gold bars left.

She had bought these at a high price during a heatwave.

Thinking about this, Jiang Yan explored the Inventory Area with her thoughts and roughly estimated the amount of gold decorations and jewelry the Cannibal Flower had consumed, making some calculations.

After calculating, a bit of cold water seemed to cool her fiery heart.

There was still a very long way to go to reach one hundred percent on the progress bar.

This also meant that a lot more gold and silver jewelry was needed.

And she also wondered whether this progress bar would act like the speed of a computer download, fast at first but tortoise slow at that last one percent.

Or perhaps, it required more at the beginning and the progress would speed up later.

Maybe she should just skip the upgrade.

It wasn’t bad keeping the Space as it was.

But then the thought of the clear, bubbling creek and the legendary Spiritual Spring capable of curing all things made her heart race again.

After all, the more time passed, the harsher the conditions for survival in the apocalypse.

If she had the help of the Spiritual Spring, she might live a better life in the apocalypse.

Thinking about this, Jiang Yan scooped up the Cannibal Flower and asked,

“Hua Bao, how many gold bars do you usually eat per meal?”

Although she was eager to see the tangible creek and Spiritual Spring, she was also worried about the Cannibal Flower overeating.

Hua Bao’s eyes rotated roundly:

“Cackle cackle~” Mom, no limits, I am a big eater, I can keep eating~

Jiang Yan: “…” Is it a Pixiu then.

Clearly this was both good and bad news.

Jiang Yan pursed her lips, “Then what happens after you’ve eaten everything at once?”

Surely it couldn’t eat one meal and be done for life.

“Cackle cackle?” Mom, do you know about the Green Leaf Sea Slug?

“Sea slug?” Jiang Yan shook her head.

This time the Cannibal Flower didn’t speak but swiftly extended a leaf and wrapped it around Jiang Yan’s finger.

At the same time, a piece of knowledge surfaced in Jiang Yan’s mind.

Turns out, the Green Leaf Sea Slug, also known as the Green Leaf Sea Slug, is a real species in nature.

It only needs to eat once in its life, and afterward, it can live solely on sunlight until it dies. Their ability to survive on sunlight is because they can, like plants, perform photosynthesis.

Really, strange and weird knowledge had just increased.

After receiving the Cannibal Flower’s little knowledge session, Jiang Yan looked at it curiously and asked, “So, can you photosynthesize?”

“Cackle cackle~” I can’t, but mom, don’t worry about me overeating~

Jiang Yan inwardly sighed for a second.

She wasn’t worried about it overeating.

What she was concerned about was where to find so much gold and silver jewelry.

If it wasn’t for the heavy rain drowning out the whole city deep underwater, she might have gone out for a zero-cost shopping spree.

Many jewelers had not realized the need to move their merchandise when the high temperatures first hit.

By the time they realized it, they no longer had the opportunity or ability to move it.

Jewelry stores have one thing in common; they are usually located in one concentrated area.

Find one, and that means finding a small cluster.