Chapter 2 Space Opening
To facilitate a quick start for the renovation company, Yu Miaomiao moved to Lu An's house that very night with her cat.
We temporarily settled in with the cats and agreed with the renovation company that the renovation would take a month.
Lu An owned a German Shepherd named Sesame Paste because Lu An loved sesame paste and playing mahjong.
Ma Jiang is usually very aloof and wary of strangers, but she is a complete cat lover. She can't move when she sees two cats and will circle around their carriers.
I opened the cat carrier and let the two cats roam freely. Ma Jiang circled around Tuanzi and Yuanzi, as if she were herding them like sheep.
The three sniffed each other, showed no ill intent, and then happily began to play.
After a while, I went to check on the two cats sleeping in the dog's bed, while the dog was sleeping in a cat's bed that was only the size of its butt. Ma Jiang said: The dog is so pitiful.
In the previous life, after the apocalypse, Sesame Sauce never saw its master return home. In this life, it must prepare Sesame Sauce's share as well.
Lying on Lu An's bed, I opened my phone's notes app and made a list of things to eat, wear, and live in. "An'an, do you think there's anything missing from this list?"
"Your list is too simple. Go to sleep tonight, and I'll fill in the gaps for you tomorrow. Luckily, neither of us has many classes in our senior year, so we can focus on preparing supplies for the next six months."
Lu An tucked Yu Miaomiao in, turned off the light, and the two lay back. Yu Miaomiao was not sleepy yet and was browsing Taobao, adding things to her shopping cart from time to time.
"Miaomiao, we will definitely survive."
"Um!"
I slept soundly through the night, and this was the first time I felt at peace since my rebirth.
Perhaps it was the confidence that came from having friends around; since Lu An left, Yu Miaomiao had no one she could trust anymore.
He joined the base team to survive, because he was often bullied as he was alone and had no special abilities.
She endured humiliation for two years but was still killed by a vicious woman. After being reborn, she thought about it carefully and realized that it might have been just because an officer in the base had spoken a few extra words to her.
The next morning, before 6 a.m., Yu Miaomiao woke up naturally.
For the past three years since the disaster, I have been constantly on edge and unable to sleep peacefully, so I always wake up very early.
Stepping out of the room, I saw a bowl of porridge and several side dishes laid out in the living room.
"You're awake. Come and eat while it's hot." Lu An sat at the dining table, his hands flying across his laptop.
Yu Miaomiao drank half a bowl of porridge in one gulp and licked her lips.
"An'an, your cooking skills are really good."
"I finalized your list this morning, and the studio account also posted a temporary suspension notice. This card contains all my money, as well as the three-bedroom apartment we're currently living in. I want to sell it for cash. Besides the necessities for survival, I should mainly stockpile some small but important supplies that are easy to store, so that we can barter them in the future. After all, we don't have much space or storage capacity."
"I've sold the house my parents left me. You can live with me in that house in Tianjing Mansion. I told you yesterday that it's been undergoing reinforcement and renovation recently."
"Okay, hurry up and finish eating, don't waste food."
"Hmm... Come with me to my parents' house later today. I'll go pack up the things they left behind and see if I can get some cash for them."
The two drove Lu An's SUV and arrived at the villa.
Yu Miaomiao's father is an entrepreneur and a seasoned collector. He has collected a lot of jade, calligraphy and paintings, etc. These things will be worthless in the end times, but they are still very valuable now. The funds he needs most right now come from these.
Lu An took down the photo of Yu Miaomiao and her parents from the wall and put it in the box. After taking it down, he saw a safe embedded in the wall. "Miaomiao, come and see."
Yu Miaomiao was also surprised when she came over. What was this? Yu Miaomiao suddenly remembered that her parents had mentioned that the old man had left a family heirloom, but Yu Miaomiao had never seen it before.
However, the password was Yu Miaomiao's birthday, so the safe was opened easily, as if it had been waiting for Yu Miaomiao to open it all along.
Upon opening the safe, a small square box carved from mahogany was placed in the center.
Pushing open the lid revealed a jade lock inside. Instead of carved totems, it was covered with strange symbols that Yu Miaomiao had never seen before. Reaching out to pick it up and examine it closely, she vanished the moment she touched it.
Lu An:!???
Yu Miaomiao appeared in the courtyard of a classical Suzhou-style garden villa.
No way, no way, no way! Rebirth is already unfair enough, could this be some kind of spatial ability?! Yu Miaomiao felt that God was being too kind to her, it was all so unreal.
Trying to recall the past with his thoughts, Yu Miaomiao appeared in front of Lu An the next second. "Where did you just go?!"
"Anzai, I think I have superpowers now."
In the previous life, the base also had a few spatial ability users, but very few. Each base only had five or six spatial ability users, and they only started to appear about half a year after the natural disaster.
She had no prior experience with them, only knowing that they could carry and store a large amount of supplies.
Her superpower originated from that jade lock. Looking down at the box in her hand, she discovered that the jade lock was gone.
Panicked, she tried to use her mind to explore whether the space still existed. The space still existed, and Yu Miaomiao breathed a sigh of relief, but the jade lock had really disappeared.
Yu Miaomiao tried to touch her parents' photo, but it vanished into thin air and reappeared on the central wall of the living room of a house in a Suzhou-style garden. "Our lives are about to take off."
As he spoke, he kept touching the furniture and appliances with his hands, and everything was moved into the space intact.
Lu An watched in shock as the items disappeared one by one, inwardly exclaiming "999, 6!"
What kind of incredible ability is this?
After packing up all the furniture and appliances, Yu Miaomiao wondered how to take them out.
So he activated his mind and thought of the tablet he had just put into his space. The next second, it appeared in his hand. It seems that everything depends on his mind.
Now that I can enter the space, can I also bring people into the space?
Yu Miaomiao extended her "evil hand" towards Lu An...
There was no movement, but Yu Miaomiao changed her mind and entered the space, bringing Lu An into it as well.
It seems that living beings cannot be placed inside the space, but people can be brought into it.
The two strolled around the garden, which covered about 10 acres. The edge of the garden was a vast expanse of nothingness, seemingly endless. Inside, every step revealed a new scene. The entrance was a combination of a Jiangnan-style gate tower and a Suzhou-style horse-head wall.
As you venture deeper into the garden, you'll find small bridges over flowing water, artificial hills and stacked rocks, creating a natural and elegant garden atmosphere. The lush greenery and picturesque scenery at every turn are truly captivating.
Walking into the residential section, you'll find detached villas in the Suzhou style, with two floors above ground and two basement levels.
The second basement level is a storage level that connects to the entire garden. It is a very large space divided into many different rooms.
Each room is filled with shelves. One room is piled with newly brought-in furniture, while the other room is filled with appliances. The items are piled up in a somewhat messy manner, but it seems that the space can be used for simple item categorization.
Stepping out of the villa, the two stood in the villa's small garden.
The flowers, trees, and even the lake in the garden shimmered with a pale golden light, shrouded in a light white mist, resembling a fairyland. In particular, a spring located within the villa emitted a rich golden glow.
"Do you think this water is drinkable?"
Yu Miaomiao put her hand into the spring water, the slight warmth and moisture making her feel relaxed and comfortable. Suddenly she noticed something being held in the palm of the stone statue next to the spout. She reached out and wiped away the water mist, only to find that it was the jade lock that had just disappeared.
"We'll know if it's okay once we try it." Lu An took a sip and swallowed it, his face instantly changing as he clutched his stomach.
"poisonous."
Poor acting skills.
Actors take their roles seriously, but it would be foolish for viewers to take them too seriously.
Yu Miaomiao pretended to be frightened and turned pale. With a thought, she brought Lu An back to reality, helped her sit on the sofa, and was about to call 120.
Seeing that she was about to cry, Lu An couldn't keep up the act anymore...
"Just kidding."
Yu Miaomiao's eyes darted around, and she burst out laughing.
"I knew you were faking it, you got fooled! Hehehe~"
After chatting and laughing, perhaps because of the space they had, both of them relaxed.
The two discussed changing the supplies plan to maximize the use of their spatial advantages.
Doomsday Countdown: 175 Days
The two divided the work: Yu Miaomiao was responsible for stocking up on water, food, daily necessities, and pet food and supplies.
Lu An was in charge of clothing, vehicles, energy, medicines, and self-defense equipment.
It seemed that Yu Miaomiao had more to prepare, but Lu An was in charge of the most difficult part.
She always protected her from behind.