The next day, Zhang Chen woke up, washed, and ate breakfast.
After everything was done, he opened the chat channel.
At this time, Zhao Xiyue had already sent him several trade invitations.
Various items were listed: [Pure Water] * 10, [Instant Noodles Bucket] * 10, [Energy Crystal Core] * 25, [Skill: Sharpshooter] * 1, [Skill: Universal Driving] * 1, [Skill: Steel Gathering] * 1, [Skill: Basic Mechanical Augmentation] * 1...
[Skill: Sharpshooter]: Upon use, shooting accuracy is greatly increased!
[Skill: Universal Driving]: Upon use, after simple familiarization, you can drive any moving vehicle! Including cars, motorcycles, airplanes, helicopters, ships, riding horses, etc...
[Skill: Steel Gathering]: Allows direct extraction of steel raw materials from metal buildings or materials!
[Skill: Basic Mechanical Augmentation]: Can reinforce and modify mechanical equipment by consuming steel!
Hiss...
He hadn't expected to gain so much from one night's sleep!
A huge profit!
Zhang Chen checked the times Zhao Xiyue initiated the trades.
They ranged from 10 PM to past 3 AM.
This indicated that she had been busy selling weapons to Zhang Chen during this period.
Truly dedicated!
Zhang Chen stored the [Skill: Sharpshooter] into his inventory.
He used the other skills one by one.
The Sharpshooter skill was currently useless to Zhang Chen.
Arrows were self-aiming.
As for firearms, the sound they produced was too loud and would easily attract zombies.
Moreover, with Zhang Chen's current strength, his destructive power was no less than that of firearms!
Especially when dealing with crawlers, their spines had to be destroyed to kill them completely!
Firearms and other weapons alone would be difficult to achieve this effect!
Woof!
Er Pang also woke up!
This little guy could really sleep.
He had slept from the moment they got home yesterday until now!
A full ten hours or more!
But it made sense.
Based on Zhang Chen's past experience raising dogs.
Puppies were sleepyheads, sleeping most of the day.
Zhang Chen took out [Mutated Fertilizer] * 2 and put it into the iron basin.
When Er Pang was a cub, he could easily eat a whole portion of [Mutated Fertilizer].
Now that he had grown, his food intake should also increase!
Zhang Chen walked to the rooftop again.
The five meat potatoes had grown lush branches.
The display showed: 59 days 23 hours 53 minutes until maturity...
He poured the leftover [Accelerated Fertilizer] from yesterday onto these potted plants.
Instantly, these meat potatoes grew another twenty centimeters.
Yellow flowers bloomed in an instant, then withered just as quickly, bearing fruit.
Thick roots swelled out of the soil piece by piece.
At this moment, the nearby information displayed: [Meat Potato] has matured!
Zhang Chen pulled up all five meat potatoes and knocked off the soil from their roots.
Each meat potato had 5-7 edible root stems.
Each piece weighed over two pounds.
This yielded nearly 30 pounds of food at once!
The yield was quite high!
Meat potatoes were a peculiar plant, different from regular potatoes.
They were not planted by sprouting from root stems but were planted from seeds produced after flowering.
One meat potato could generally produce 10 seeds.
With this one cycle of planting, Zhang Chen went from 5 meat potatoes to 50 meat potatoes!
The yield had increased tenfold!
This was too great, with this kind of yield, food would truly no longer be a concern!
However...
The space on the rooftop was limited, with only a dozen or so flower pots.
There wasn't enough space to plant so many meat potatoes!
Zhang Chen stood at the edge of the rooftop and looked down.
Building Number Eight was located on a small island.
There were many lawns and open spaces around!
He would just plant them outside!
Zhang Chen stored the meat potatoes and seeds in his inventory and quickly ran downstairs.
Er Pang had also finished eating.
Wagging his tail, he trotted behind Zhang Chen.
Crafting [Basic Wall]!
This was a skill Zhang Chen had obtained!
In a short while, chest-high wooden walls appeared on the ground.
Soon, a circle was formed around the small island.
Then, a large gate was opened in the direction facing Building Number Eight!
This gate was as simple as it could get, just an ordinary wooden door!
It didn't even have a rain canopy!
Forget it, for a basic wall, this was quite good!
The main purpose was not to defend against survivors or zombie invasions...
It was simply to let other survivors know that this place was occupied!
The planted items should not be touched!
With the wall done, the next step was to have someone guard these crops!
Otherwise, if Zhang Chen left, and these meat potatoes were dug up by other survivors, it would be a loss!
Currently, he only had one person and one pet.
Zhang Chen would definitely not stay here to guard...
So, the only one left was...
Zhang Chen looked at Er Pang and smiled slightly!
Wolves had a strong territorial instinct.
Having it guard the premises would be most suitable!
In any case, Zhang Chen's main task today was reconnaissance, not combat.
It wouldn't be too late to set out for combat with Er Pang after these meat potatoes were ripened tomorrow!
Er Pang! I have a task for you!
Zhang Chen said.
Er Pang tilted his head, looking at Zhang Chen with a bewildered expression.
The look seemed to say: Aren't we going out to play?
These meat potatoes, you are responsible for looking after them, no one else is allowed to approach!
Do you understand?
Zhang Chen gestured towards the meat potatoes and patted Er Pang.
Woof?
Er Pang had a face full of question marks.
He could understand simple combat commands.
As for guarding...
It was too complicated to explain!
You stay home, I go out, understand?
Zhang Chen tried to express himself again.
This time, Er Pang seemed to understand a little.
He lay on the ground, sticking out his tongue, looking at Zhang Chen with a simple and honest expression.
Very good, then it's settled!
Zhang Chen used [Accelerated Fertilizer] on all fifty sown meat potato seeds!
The demand for fertilizer this time was quite large.
He used three large bags of fertilizer!
Finally, Zhang Chen took Er Pang's food basin and put 4 portions of [Mutated Fertilizer] into it.
This was the little guy's daily ration.
With everything done,
Zhang Chen finally left with peace of mind.
After walking about ten meters, he looked back again.
He saw Er Pang dutifully sitting at the entrance of the wall, looking at Zhang Chen with some reluctance.
But he was well aware of his duty and merely watched Zhang Chen leave, not following him.
No words were spoken on the way.
Zhang Chen arrived near Tianyang University again.
With a light leap, he climbed onto the roof of the bus once more.
From this position, even if stray zombies approached, they would not pose an immediate threat to Zhang Chen.
This allowed Zhang Chen to use the drone for reconnaissance with his full attention!
Activate the drone!