Chapter 375: Chapter 360: Jack-of-all-Trades

Li Ming must have been busy, as he didn’t reply to Gu Xi’s message right away.

Gu Xi waited for a moment. Her gaze fell on the group of mutated beasts not far away, which had already collapsed unconscious but still wore lecherous, foolish grins...

After some thought, she collected all the mutated beasts into her dimensional space. As for the pile of droppings on the ground, she placed it in a special container. She then dug up all the surrounding soil and mutant plants, tossing everything into a corner of her space.

...In her eyes, these were all sources of mutant contamination. She couldn’t possibly leave them out here.

Gu Xi used her superpowers to vividly demonstrate the meaning of "scorched earth." After digging three feet deep, she blasted the area with a hurricane, making sure not a single trace of the scent remained. Only then did Qi Xiang and the other two walk over with strange expressions, looking at Gu Xi as if they wanted to say something but couldn’t.

Gu Xi nudged Bai, who was still playing dead (or just giving up) on the ground, with the tip of her foot. She looked up. "...What do you want to say?"

The three of them looked at each other. In the end, Yang Chi, the cheerful, sunny, and tidy young man, was forced to step forward. He looked at Gu Xi haltingly. "Gu Xi, um, your dimensional space must be pretty big, right?"

Gu Xi thought for a moment and nodded honestly. "It’s huge." At least, she couldn’t even perceive its boundaries herself.

As if he were just curious, yet also trying to confirm something, Yang Chi asked again, "So, how big is it?"

Gu Xi didn’t know how to describe it. Whenever her superpowers leveled up, her space would upgrade along with them. And now... because both Superpower Seeds were inside her space, it seemed to be slowly expanding even further.

Gu Xi thought for a bit. "Probably a little bigger than the entire Central Base..."

Before she even finished her sentence, she heard the three of them let out an exaggerated gasp.

Bigger than the Central Base?

Just how huge was that!

The three exchanged glances, all looking visibly relieved.

Gu Xi raised an eyebrow. "?" ’What’s with them now?’

She’d never intentionally hidden anything about her space from her own people. It wasn’t the first time they’d learned her space was large, so why...

Gu Xi suddenly realized she was having trouble following their train of thought.

Just as she was about to ask, she saw Qin Yi pat his chest and say with a relaxed expression, "That’s good. With a space that big, the flavors probably won’t mix..."

Gu Xi instantly understood what the three of them had been worried about.

"..." She felt helpless, but also strangely relieved, as if a heavy burden had been lifted. Even the heavy feeling that had been weighing on her heart just moments ago dissipated somewhat.

’No matter what the future holds, you still have to live your life. When family and friends gather, it all comes down to one thing... food is heaven.’

Bai was the first to sense the change in Gu Xi’s mood.

It stealthily opened one eye and peeked at Gu Xi. ’Huh, the killing intent from this two-legger seems to have completely vanished, not just... intentionally suppressed like before?’

Bai couldn’t quite describe the feeling, but an animal’s instincts for danger were naturally far more acute than a human’s.

With a little roll, Bai scrambled up from the ground and hesitantly rubbed against Gu Xi’s leg.

Gu Xi looked up at the three of them, her expression blank. "I may not be overly particular, but when I have the choice, I’m not going to put Bai’s... waste... together with the food."

She had at least that much sense.

After all, she wasn’t an immortal. She still needed to eat in the future.

Qi Xiang and Qin Yi gave embarrassed smiles and were about to gloss over the topic when Bai suddenly let out a "SQUEAK!"

And it didn’t sound like ordinary anger.

What was wrong?

The two quickly looked down and saw Bai pointing an angry paw at Yang Chi.

And in Yang Chi’s hand was a bag of dried sweet potatoes.

It was the very same payment Gu Xi had given Bai earlier.

Seeing this, Qi Xiang was speechless. "Yang Chi, really...?" ’So shameless, stealing Bai’s snack.’

Qin Yi’s mouth twitched. "Seriously. It’s not like Wei Heng ever shorts you on food..."

Yang Chi clutched the dried sweet potatoes, craning his neck defiantly. "Bai didn’t want it." ’Since Bai didn’t want it, what’s wrong with me picking it up? We can’t waste food, right?’

Hearing this, Bai was so furious that the little rodent started spinning in place, cursing up a storm.

’SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK... You idiot, you don’t know shit! It’s not that I didn’t want it, it’s that I...’

Bai let out a torrent of squeaks. Yang Chi had originally planned to pretend he didn’t understand. ’I found this fair and square, why should I give it back?’

In the apocalypse, something as precious as food definitely belonged to whoever found it.

There was no way he was giving it back.

But considering they were all on the same team and had to get along in the future... in the end, Yang Chi sat cross-legged in front of Bai, tore open the package of dried sweet potatoes, and they began to share it, one bite for him, one bite for the rodent, in perfect harmony.

Qi Xiang: "..."

Qin Yi: "..."

Even Gu Xi felt like she was seeing something new.

Perhaps because the man and rodent were eating with such relish, Qin Yi couldn’t help but swallow. He turned to Gu Xi. "The scenery is nice tonight..."

Qi Xiang smoothly added, "Why don’t we cook something for ourselves?"

For the past few days, they had been eating and living with the superhumans and disaster survivors who came to help with the farming. They ate the dry rations sent over from the farm’s large cafeteria, and the taste... well, you couldn’t say it was bad, but more that... it wouldn’t kill you.

Gu Xi thought for a moment and agreed.

"Let’s have hot pot, then!" Qi Xiang suggested enthusiastically. It didn’t require any real cooking skill, so they could manage it even without Wei Heng around. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Qin Yi had already used his power to grow a pile of dry firewood and was just waiting for Gu Xi’s pot and ingredients.

In the apocalypse, not being enthusiastic about eating was a recipe for real trouble.

No sooner said than done.

Soon, the four of them were squatting around a large iron pot, along with a sleek and glossy golden rodent. They all stared at the ingredients tumbling in the pot, eagerly picking up their bowls and chopsticks.

As young men of eighteen or nineteen, they were in their prime growing years. Yang Chi had been eating vegetarian for several days straight at the farm. Now, smelling the meat in the hot pot, his eyes and his movements were no different from a starving wolf’s.

"Yang Chi, why do you keep putting bones in Bai’s bowl?" Qin Yi asked, his words muffled as he stuffed a beef meatball into his mouth.

Yang Chi thought to himself, ’He’s lucky to have bony meat to chew on at all.’ But out loud, he just mumbled, "Bai has strong teeth..."

His comment made Qin Yi finally notice... "Huh, Bai’s teeth..."

Qi Xiang followed his gaze and saw that Bai’s original rodent incisors had turned into two pairs of sharp fangs.

"When did that start?" she asked, looking up at Gu Xi. She remembered that the last time she saw Bai, its teeth were still normal for a rodent. But now...

Gu Xi thought back carefully. "About five days ago? At first, just a tiny bit poked through..."

Qi Xiang had already opened her personal terminal and started recording the details, even taking pictures of Bai’s teeth from various angles...

If the third great mutation was really coming, then this was precious, firsthand research data. Their team didn’t have any experts in this field, and they couldn’t trust outsiders with it, so Qi Xiang could only bite the bullet and take on the role.

Although she was just an agriculture student who worked with plants, she had followed Dr. Qi for many years and could be considered a dabbler, at least.

At that moment... she looked at Qin Yi and Yang Chi, who were still fighting over food in the pot. Qi Xiang sighed. ’It can’t be helped. You can’t count on anyone else in this family. It’s up to me and Gu Xiaoxi.’