Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse

Chapter 230: Chapter 230: You Should Eat a Little More

After Su Jin and the others returned to the villa, they spilled all the crystal cores they had collected throughout the day onto the table.

Huang Yunxiang had cleaned the crystal cores thoroughly, and they shone luminously under the indoor lighting.

All the villa’s windows were densely covered with rose vine tendrils, and there were also two thick layers of curtains, so even though it was only the afternoon, they needed to turn on the lights upon entering. Fortunately, the solar panels on the roof were still very effective, and these LED lights were quite energy-efficient too.

“Liang Jiuhui’s side is really more generous. After our round trip, we only gathered a little over six hundred crystal cores,” Lin Xiuyuan said as he finished counting the crystal cores and was preparing to put them into the storage bag.

“Let’s leave the mutated crystal nuclei for everyone to share,” Su Jin sat down and proposed.

Among these crystal cores, they surprisingly found a wood element crystal core. No wonder Qiqi mentioned six mutated zombies, but they only dealt with five… Su Jin didn’t know whether to be surprised or to feel sorry for the wood element zombies also having a harsh time in the zombie world.

Taking advantage of the rest of the group’s break, Su Jin slipped into the Wood Spirit Space from a room upstairs. The wheat she had planted after the last hunt on North Mountain had already sprouted into lush green seedlings, filling the entire space with the breath of spring.

She also brought in the beast cores from those zombie dogs. The minute she took out the small beast cores, they almost instantly disappeared.

Without her grandparents around in the Lu Residence, Su Jin used her thoughts to locate the couple. It turned out that the space’s poultry and livestock had increased a lot these past few days, and the existing chicken coops and cattle sheds were completely filled to capacity. So, Lin Yunguo tried to free up some space to expand the area.

“Grandpa, it’s just building fences. I can handle it,” Su Jin said to her grandpa, who was still struggling to move the fences.

“You should rest with your tiny frame, I’ll handle it,” Lin Yunguo hastily refused.

Without saying anything more, Su Jin asked her grandparents to step back a bit, then placed her hand on the ground of the space. Suddenly, a row of neat wooden fences shot up from the ground, frightening the nearby second senior brothers who hummed and backed away.

“Xiao Jin, this is really handy,” Lin Yunguo said, awed by the neatly lined fences. This special ability really seemed like magic.

“That’s why, Grandma and Grandpa, leave these bothersome tasks to us in the future. It’s so convenient!”

“Alright, alright, we’ll leave it to you guys from now on. But hey, you need to remember to eat well when you’re outside,” Li Xiuying said, carrying a basket full of eggs.

Eat well?

Su Jin was a bit puzzled and asked her grandmother about it.

It turned out that recently, everyone had their own tasks to take care of, so the opportunities to eat together had decreased, and the pace at which the food on the kitchen shelves was being used had slowed down drastically. Lin Yunguo wasn’t in a hurry to cull chickens or ducks anymore, and unexpectedly, their numbers had increased so much without anyone noticing!

“Got it! I’m going to see what delicious dishes Grandpa has made,” Su Jin replied and then ran towards the heavenly kitchen.

Indeed, each level of the kitchen shelf was filled with food prepared by Lin Yunguo. In the past, when more than a dozen people ate together, they would consume at least ten dishes per meal, so it was no wonder the consumption had dropped significantly these last few days, causing her grandparents to worry.

Looking at the delicious spread of dishes, Su Jin’s mouth began to water. They had only had a simple lunch in the car at noon, and Su Jin also felt hungry, which was why she had entered the space.

First, Su Jin grabbed a thin pancake, rolled some cumin lamb inside, and dipped it in the sauce made by Lin Yunguo before beginning to eat.

She couldn’t help it; she felt that if she didn’t fill her stomach first, she’d want to take all the dishes from the shelves at once.

Grandpa’s cumin lamb was so delicious, it was like eating lamb kebabs, but much more tender than the roasted ones. I’ll start with that one first! Su Jin thought happily.

She walked around the shelves a few more times and had already decided on what dishes to bring out for the meal, hoping the dining table could accommodate them all.

Cumin lamb, steamed chicken wings with rice noodles, boiled fish slices, stir-fried beef, dry-fried green beans, crispy palm treasures, pan-fried eggs with green pepper, hand-torn chicken leg meat, garlic-flavored greens…

After Su Jin came out of the Space, she placed these dishes on the dining table, grateful that the table was large enough to hold them.

Liao Yifan and Xue Wanyi noted that they only got to eat meat when they were with Su Jin. As fellow Space Element Ability Users who had been with Guo Yang earlier, they were stuck with instant noodles and ham sausages. In contrast, the banquet before them was a rare treat, even before the Apocalypse.

At this moment, the despised Guo Yang had also returned, with Yin Chengtian following behind, holding a pot with a plant in it.

Since he had been helping out in the shop these days, he simply planted a seed in a flowerpot to practice his Wood Element Ability. He had been hastening its growth for two days, and it was finally showing signs of flowering.

Is this… a pot of rose flowers?

“I don’t know exactly what plant this is, but it seems like the roses by the door,”

Yin Chengtian said to Su Jin, embarrassed, feeling like a child whose homework was being inspected by a teacher as Su Jin observed the plant he’d hastened.

“Not bad, you’ve made progress. Try to keep it from flowering, let it slowly grow its branches,” Su Jin instructed.

“Not let it flower?” Yin Chengtian was puzzled. Wasn’t the process of hastening a plant’s growth supposed to follow its natural growing pattern?

“Yes, it’s best not to let it flower. Flowering and fruiting consume a lot of nutrients, and they also consume a lot of your Special Ability Power. In fact, you just need to hasten the growth based on the form you want, there’s no need to let the plant flower or bear fruit. As long as you don’t stray from the plant’s essence, anything is possible,” Su Jin explained patiently.

Yin Chengtian listened intently; without Su Jin’s advice today, he might have proceeded to make the plant flower next. Su Jin’s words felt enlightening, as if he had grasped some knack of the Wood Element.

In fact, for every Special Ability User, the strength of their abilities is determined not just by their innate Special Ability Power but also by the user’s brain, that is, their comprehension of the abilities they wield. If an Ability User simply imitates others and settles into a fixed ability pattern, their Special Ability will be limited to that alone.

“Every type of Special Ability can be powerful, and everyone can create the most suitable combat style for themselves. There are countless ways to utilize Special Abilities, and I hope everyone won’t limit themselves to their most basic tactics,” Su Jin said to those present.

Everyone listened carefully, realizing why Su Jin’s attack methods always varied; they had indeed been too narrow-minded before.

Lu Hao looked thoughtfully at a small flame in his hand, shaping it into different forms with his control.

The most suitable combat style, huh? It sounded quite interesting.

“Alright, let’s eat first, everyone. Any problems can be considered later,”

Su Jin hurriedly invited everyone to start the meal. Grandpa had instructed her to eat more; otherwise, if space wasn’t cleared on the shelves, he would have nowhere to prepare the next set of dishes.@@novelbin@@