Apocalypse: After Being Reborn, I Stocked Up on All Supplies-Chapter 53 - Someone Broke In

Chapter 53: Chapter 53 Someone Broke In

Jiang Yan leisurely finished her dinner, and by then it was eight in the evening.

Although there was no distinction between day and night in Space, it still looked sunny and bright at the moment.

Thinking about how she had crammed herself with intensive training for over twenty days, she decided to give herself a break tonight.

For instance, she could use this time to test the results of her agricultural planting studies.

The patch of black soil outside the Apple Cabin had been neglected for a long time.

Beside it, a rose plant, previously brought in from a villa for testing, bloomed all alone, looking pitiful.

She wasn’t short of fresh vegetables and fruits, but she did focus on applying what she had learned.

With that thought, Jiang Yan, moved by a thought, first took some vegetable seeds from the “Inventory Area”.

These seeds included Chinese cabbage, bok choy, tomatoes, chili peppers, as well as corn, cucumbers, Chinese broccoli, and chives.

The germination rate would be very low if chive seeds were directly planted in the ground.

Following the video she watched, she took a small bowl and added a shallow layer of water to soak them.

After soaking them for two or three days and then planting them, she could slowly enjoy a cycle of growth and harvesting.

The remaining Chinese cabbage, tomatoes, chili peppers, and corn were relatively easier to handle, requiring only a light sprinkle of soil and daily watering.

Once the seedlings grew, some of the relatively robust ones could be transplanted to a designated area.

Jiang Yan felt that when she had the time, she should find some bricks or white nursery fences to section off this large expanse of black soil.

Sections like a fruit area, flower area, vegetable area, and medicinal herb area.

This way, not only would it look neat and pretty, but it would also make management easier.

She had previously inspected this black soil; it naturally retained some moisture, so a casual sprinkle during watering was sufficient.

However, she could now only use the stored tap water for irrigation, at most, adding some nutrient solution to it.

Indeed, this type of water wasn’t conducive to planting.

Because over time, the soil could become compacted and hard.

It would be nice to find natural stream water.

At this thought, she suddenly remembered that she had indeed heard the sound of water in Space.

But strangely, she had never seen where the river was.

The sound seemed to be coming from the junction between the white “Residential Area” and the black “Planting Area,” and faintly, at the very top near the edge of the white fog, she could even hear the sound of water “gurgling”.

It was somewhat reminiscent of a spring and a slender stream.

But at the moment, they were all completely invisible.

Jiang Yan suspected that Space must have some mysterious aspects that she hadn’t figured out yet, similar to the dense white fog surrounding the space.

How could she reveal them?

How could she disperse the white fog?

Could her Space still be expanded?

These three questions, Jiang Yan pondered without finding any solution.

She planned to flip through some post-apocalyptic novels in her free time in a couple of days to see if she could find some inspiration.

The vegetable seeds were soon all sown, and she then took out a small packet of rose seeds and soaked them in water in a bowl.

She planned to plant these soaked rose seeds around the black soil in a couple of days.

This way, when they sprouted branches and bloomed, they could be woven into hedges, which would not only be beautiful, but also pleasantly fragrant.

If combined with a white or green nursery fence, it would be even more perfect.

Near the Apple Cabin, Jiang Yan planned to turn that area of black soil into a garden area.

In this way, when she woke up in the morning and looked out the window at the flowers and grass, her mood would be much better.

Moved by a thought, she retrieved peonies, tulips, lilies, daisies, hyacinths, gardenias, Sailing Smoothly, Crane Flower, and roses from the “Inventory Area”.

These were all ready-to-plant bulbs and seedlings.

Jiang Yan, wielding a small flower trowel, dug little holes one by one, then planted these seedlings and bulbs into them, and covered them with soil using a small rake.

She planted a small patch of each.

She had witnessed the miraculous effect of the black soil on the roses.

But when the peony was planted, and the leaves suddenly turned very dark green, she was still shocked for a moment.

After all, peonies are not easy plants to grow; they are very particular about soil and climate.

In her memory, throughout Anming City, only the Anming Botanical Garden had specifically planted a small patch.

Jiang Yan suddenly felt as if she were taking an agricultural exam, and the black soil had been helping her cheat all along.

In any case, no matter how poor her skills were, the seedlings seemed to thrive upon touching the soil.

Alright, then she would focus on getting familiar with the planting process.

After doing all this, two hours had passed.

On the black soil the size of one-third of a soccer field, she had only planted an area the size of one-fourth of a basketball court with vegetables.

As for the flower garden, at most, it covered one-third of a basketball court.

It wasn’t that she lacked the energy to plant the remaining area, but rather she thought to wait until this batch of vegetables sprouted and the flower seedlings bloomed before attempting the rest.

After all, this was the first time in her life she had tried farming.

Standing next to the black soil, looking at the few small patches of soil moistened with water, Jiang Yan felt quite a sense of achievement.

If she didn’t consider gardening a job, it actually felt quite therapeutic and relaxing, though a bit tiring on the back and legs.

Jiang Yan put away the gardening tools, took off her muddy rain boots, and immediately headed to the bathroom.

After neatly washing up and drying her hair, she lay on a lounge chair by the open-air swimming pool to read a book for a while, and around eleven in the evening, she finally left Space.

Outside, it was pitch black, and it was still pouring rain amid flashes of lightning and the rumble of thunder.

However, she still decided to sleep outside tonight.

For many, this night was bound to be sleepless.

Some were anxious about whether this downpour, like the previous high temperatures, would become increasingly severe.

But others were still mentally caught in the excitement and thrill of having narrowly escaped death from the heat.

As for Jiang Yan, she felt more of a genuine sense of returning to the real world.

After turning off the dimly lit nightlight, she got up and opened the blackout curtains in her bedroom.

Out of habit, she glanced outside the window, only to notice some figures darting through the central garden of the district.

Indeed, darting.

And the direction they were moving toward was Shallow Bay District, or more specifically, Building A, which had the highest floors in the area.

The rain was falling so heavily and densely that one really couldn’t make them out unless paying close attention.

Only because Jiang Yan’s senses had been enhanced by Space and because the individuals seemed to be gathering like a relay, one pulling another into view, were they noticeable.

Otherwise, even from this distance, she might not have spotted them from lower floors.

Moreover, given the timing.

Something was off.

She picked up her pad and switched to the surveillance feed on the first floor.

Sure enough, the unit door on the first floor of Building A, which was normally locked by the property management, had been pried open.

The water level had already risen above the three layers of sandbags at the door, reaching about the lower leg of an adult.

From this, she inferred that the water level in the garden outside must at least have reached waist-deep.

Inside the unit door, a group of people, families with luggage in tow, were stealthily making their way toward the staircase, crouching as they waded through the water.

By their manner of walking, they didn’t seem to be from this district.

And the fact that they were collectively heading to the highest floor of Building A was too obvious.

Her brow furrowing slightly, Jiang Yan picked up a telescope from the bedside table and looked towards the entrance of the district.

As expected, there were more people outside, climbing over the wall into Shallow Bay District.

At the entrance gate, luggage and various other items were continuously being thrown over the fence.

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Those who had climbed over first were standing underneath to catch them.

It all seemed very organized and disciplined.

Normally, the surrounding walls of the district were equipped with electric, spiked wire fences and surveillance cameras.

But now, these two security measures were clearly just for show.