Scientific Travel

Deng Yin had only one criterion for selecting plants: he wanted them all.

The stun gun has area-of-effect damage, but it's a waste of electricity.

Deng brought almost all of her belongings; one solar generator was enough for her to use as a stun gun for the rest of her life.

The stun gun was kept on, with the range set to maximum, until all the plants on the opposite bank of the river were electrocuted.

The stun baton's area-of-effect damage is effective not only in front of you, but also to the left, right, and back. You could say that anyone except the stun baton's wielder can be shocked by it.

Deng Yin moved with incredible speed, his scythe flashing incessantly. If it weren't for the fact that killing was forbidden in this space, he would have already stored it away.

It seems I'm not suited for farming. Clearing land is tiring, planting is tiring, watering is tiring, fertilizing is tiring, and harvesting is tiring. Fortunately, I can do all these things myself.

Perhaps it's because she's been eating better lately, but the girl has grown quite a bit taller and looks plumper; she's no longer the frail girl she used to be.

He worked very hard, but it was obvious he was not very skilled, and he even cut himself several times.

Jinsheyan Old Ointment is very expensive, and Deng Yin only has a small jar. It would be too wasteful to use it on such a small injury. He can just make do with some water from his space.

The wound healed in less than three minutes after touching the river water, and then I continued cutting plants.

I don't have time to cook, so I can only eat whatever's available.

Although time is paused in this space relative to the outside world, Deng Yin is used to doing everything in one go.

With a simple lunch of braised red meatballs, white jade dumplings, and a broth of savory herbs, plus a colorful soup, we were all done.

By nightfall, almost all the vegetation along the riverbanks had been cut down.

Before leaving, they also took ten cubic meters of mud with them.

This is the second time I've made bottles like this. This time, the bottles were not only made quickly, but they also looked beautiful.

Each bottle has an engraving, the pattern of which is the plants that were cut down today.

The system requires 100 kinds of plant juice, not 100 bottles, which means that the types of plants are very important.

The plant juices from before were all mixed together, and it was impossible to tell them apart, so I decided to make a larger batch this time.

Since we collected a lot of plants this time, we made the bottles a bit bigger.

I didn't make many, only 103.

The carving had to be done before the bottle was formed. Deng Yin only collected 103 kinds of plants, so he only made 103 bottles.

"Congratulations, host, on completing the mission. You are rewarded with 8 points and your space has increased by 50 square meters, for a total of 800 square meters."

Since stun guns are effective on plants, it's not a bad idea to pick them from the woods.

Considering that trees are definitely more resilient than flowers and plants, Deng Yin turned the stun gun to medium.

it works!

It didn't look like it was electrocuted; it looked more like it was stunned. The tree's body looked limp and kept twisting.

The tree trunk looked dry and didn't have much moisture, so Deng Yin only plucked the leaves.

All the flowers that came near were electrocuted and turned to charcoal; only the tree survived.

Unlike flowers, which come in many varieties, trees only have one kind. After working hard for half a day, I only managed to pick five kinds of leaves.

That's about enough. Deng Yin repeated the previous steps and made five more bottles.

Including what I made before, there are a total of 201 bottles of plant juice, of which 83 bottles are of unknown variety.

Since the system only requires the collection of 150 kinds of plant juices, it means that not many will be needed.

While stun guns are effective on plants, they're still not good for mining gold.

There are many places to go when mining for gold, and it's hard to guarantee that there won't be people nearby. A stun gun can kill plants, and of course it can kill people too.

Now that this task is complete, the next natural disaster is just around the corner.

It's too late today, I'll go to Aunt Wang's house tomorrow.

The cold weather disaster is coming soon, so we need to remind them to prepare cold-weather supplies.

Deng Yin stockpiled a lot of food boxes, all of them the largest size, and each food box was filled with canned food.

Canned pork and corn, canned tomato and beef brisket, Petrus canned goods, canned crispy balls, canned mandarin fish...

I took almost all the canned goods that were available in the space.

The temperature has been low lately. I don't know if this is normal for this time of year or if it's due to a natural disaster.

Wealthy families all had cellars, which prevented food from spoiling easily.

The food box was packed in a large bundle, which was stuffed with cotton.

Prepare all of these and stuff them into the space. The cotton is fine, but the food might spoil before it's even delivered.

I don't know if it's because I've been too tired lately, but even when the sun was high in the sky, I still showed no signs of waking up.

"Sister! I'm here!" A voice from afar woke Deng Yin.

Deng Yin put on his clothes and looked out the door.

The warm yellow sun shone on the ground, and a little child dressed in fluffy clothes ran towards her from a distance.

The white fur collar seemed to shimmer with golden light under the setting sun, and the little girl with two small pigtails and wisps of hair swaying in front of her forehead was incredibly cute.

Deng Yin squatted down and hugged the little girl tightly.

"You've been eating a lot lately, haven't you? Your older sister can hardly carry you anymore," Deng Yin joked to the little girl.

Wang Xi pouted and said unhappily, "That's because my sister is too weak to carry me. Mother and Father can carry me."

Deng Yin couldn't help but laugh: "Yes, yes, it's all because my sister is too weak. In the future, my sister will eat a lot, so that when Xixi is seventy or eighty years old, my sister will still be able to carry Xixi."

As the two were chatting, Aunt Wang and Uncle Li drove up in a horse-drawn carriage.

The carriage moved very slowly, not even as fast as the little girl running.

Deng Yin, holding Wang Xi, greeted them: "Auntie, Uncle, what brings you here? I was planning to visit you today, but I overslept."

Uncle Li unloaded things from the cart, while Aunt Wang and Deng Yin chatted. "We missed you, didn't we? Wang Xi talks about you every day at home. If you hadn't come soon, this little girl would have come all the way herself. She was just complaining that the carriage was too slow, but here she is, running all the way here."

Wang Xi was covered in sweat from running, and Deng used his sleeve to wipe it off for her. "It's windy outside, let's not stand here, let's go inside and talk."

As soon as Wang Xi entered, she went into the room she had stayed in before, which was full of toys that Deng Yin had prepared for her.

Deng Yin joked, "This child doesn't miss me, he clearly misses his toys."

Wang Xi chuckled upon hearing this. "No, Xi Xi misses her sister the most. Because she loves her sister, she loves the toys too."

"Looks like you've learned a lot in school, you even know the saying 'love me, love my dog'," Deng Yin said, somewhat surprised.

"Of course!" Wang Xi said proudly. "The gentleman even praised me for being smart."

Deng Yin and Aunt Wang chatted for about ten minutes, but Uncle Li still hadn't come in. "Where's Uncle Li? Why hasn't he come in yet?"

"Moving things."

Deng Yin was surprised. "Not finished moving yet?" No wonder the carriage was so slow; how much stuff must they be carrying?

While eating oranges, Aunt Wang said, "This place is too far from my home, so I can't come often. Since I'm here now, I definitely have to bring more."

Surprisingly, it's quite sweet.

The oranges weren't grown in the space; Deng Yin bought them. There aren't any fruit trees planted in the space yet; the small plot of land isn't enough for farming.

Speak of the devil, and he appears; no sooner had the words left his mouth than Uncle Li walked in.

"Uncle Li, have an orange, it's very sweet." Deng Yin handed the orange in his hand to Uncle Li.

Uncle Li accepted the oranges and took a bite. "Mmm, so sweet."