CHAPTER 66: CHAPTER 66: THE SALIVA OF SADNESS

Inside the Shelter.

Lin Yi completed the construction of the meat storage and began pondering the expansion of the cellar’s capacity once again.

After all, just one potato harvest at present has already exceeded sixty tons.

If there isn’t enough storage space, these potatoes will soon rot and spoil.

[Cellar, Level 3]

Composed of three layers of wooden shelves, it can be used for food storage. Food stored in the cellar will never spoil.

Storage capacity: five hundred tons;

Selling price: 10,000 Coins!

After weighing the options, Lin Yi confirmed the purchase.

After the transaction was completed, seeing only 1824 Coins left in his account, his mood soured.

Unknowingly, it was already dinner time.

Lin Yi, starving, couldn’t care less and started wolfing down his meal with his plate.

After finishing enough food for two people, his mood finally improved quite a bit.

At that moment, Solomon, who had been sitting beside him, suddenly spoke up, "Boss, when you appointed me as the Order Maintainer, you mentioned patrolling areas around the Shelter. I wanted to ask..."

As soon as he said this, everyone put down their utensils and turned their attention to the boss.

Lin Yi nodded slightly, signaling Old Mark to briefly explain to everyone.

Since the Shelter received the warning of the Sea of Space-Time and unknown threats, Old Mark has devoted most of his energy to this research.

After this period of effort, he also has some of his own conjectures.

Old Mark’s expression was extremely serious, with a hint of worry in his tone: "It might be zombies from different space-times, possibly even stronger mutated zombies!"

"Mutated zombies? In the Shelter?!" Martha screamed in fear, her fork falling to the ground with a "clang".

Seeing the fear on most people’s faces, Lin Yi said helplessly, "We’ve already started forming a Warrior team, and we might build walls later, but for now, everything is just speculation, and we still have to see what comes in the end."

Upon hearing that Lin Yi already had plans in place, even considering subsequent deployments, the worries on everyone’s faces visibly lessened.

Solomon remained extremely serious as he asked Old Mark, "How would zombies even get here?"

"Ahem!" Old Mark cleared his throat and summarized his research in a concise manner: "

Clearly, the Shelter is situated within some sort of Sea of Space-Time. We are like a small boat, swaying violently amid the raging waves.

This Sea of Space-Time is vast and boundless, with islands and wrecked ships scattered outside our small boat.

As I see it, once we approach an island or a wrecked ship, certain presences on it can detect our presence.

Moreover, the larger the number of people in the Shelter, the higher the likelihood of being discovered.

Once detected, these presences will dive into the sea and swim towards us with all their might.

Once they arrive, they will try everything to invade the Shelter to seize the Power of Space.

When the Power of Space is stripped away, the Shelter’s presence at the edge of the Sea of Space-Time will vanish.

By then, even if everyone isn’t killed by these unknown creatures, the outcome would be grim..."

After Old Mark finished, everyone fell silent.

Only Lin Yi had a glimmer of a different light in his eyes.

During this period, he’s been busy with other matters and only had a slight understanding of Old Mark’s research.

But, unlike everyone else, he keenly captured some crucial information from the professor’s words.

"Old Mark, are you suggesting that we could also board islands and wrecked ships?"

Lin Yi stood up, his eyes gleaming.

In the store, there’s a type of building known as a—Space-Time Beacon, which can attract Space-Time Fragments and everything on the fragments...

"Like...radar!?" Old Mark raised his head, his eyes also flashing a moment of realization.

"Exactly!" Lin Yi clapped his hands.

"If we quietly board an island and transfer all resources and space on the fragment to the Shelter.

Then, just grab the valuable things and run?

What would that be like!?

Haha, that’s clearly a brilliant strategy!"

At this point, Old Mark got excited: "Yeah, why didn’t I think of that? It has to be the boss!"

"What resources are on the fragments?" Annie was full of doubts, completely unclear about the benefits of pillaging.

Old Mark stood up and listed them like treasures: "If they are fragments of other worlds, there might be—technology, architecture, goods, natural resources..."

Little Natasha swallowed the food in her mouth, her eyes wide and watery as she gazed at Lin Yi: "Boss, why are these things?"

Lin Yi smiled: "You’ll understand upon thinking about it.

If I understood correctly, these other worlds are like a jigsaw puzzle that’s been utterly shattered.

Every piece we discover now corresponds to different parts of those worlds.

By examining the fragments we have, we can guess what resources are present in the places the fragments represent.

For instance, if the fragment represents a high-tech city.

Then there, we might find various technological achievements and maybe even alien technology.

Of course, there will also be zombies!

That’s why I haven’t built the Space-Time Beacon yet; right now, I don’t have any other energy.

Currently, I need to focus on the Shelter’s development. The exploration of the Sea of Space-Time can wait until later..."

With that, the discussion concluded.

Everyone finished their dinner and returned home.

The next morning, everyone was met with a big surprise—rabbits had bred!

Annie, holding a rabbit baby about one pound heavy, was full of excitement: "Can’t believe they gave birth to ten in one night..."

"What do they eat?" Zoe was there too, petting another fluff-covered rabbit baby.

"They eat anything, be it hay, wheat, corn, even leftovers!"

"I think if we throw them into a zombie crowd, they’d also eat voraciously."

Lin Yi appeared out of nowhere, a mysterious and wicked smile on his face.

But as soon as the girls heard this, they vehemently opposed.

"No! You can’t do that! They’re too cute. You can’t feed them to those things!"

"Of course, if we do that, we wouldn’t be able to eat them. You know food is precious."

"Eat them? No, no! How can you eat these cute little creatures?"

"Then what do you think we keep them for, huh?" Lin Yi chuckled lightly, "Do you want a white rabbit fur coat?"

"I...want!"

"Then, do you want some mouth-watering roast meat?"

"I...want!"

Ultimately, under the temptation of delicious food and pretty clothes, the girls gave up their struggle.

They could only look at the rabbits with—sad drool!

Right after, everyone got busy.

Solomon established a dedicated training area for soldiers and started organizing everyone for training.

Chen Youyou then initiated the arrangement of professional talents, assigning them to targeted technical work based on their expertise.

In the real world, on the streets of Paris.

Lin Yi handed a sword to Da Chuan and pointed to a lone zombie not far away.

"Don’t worry! After you kill one, hand the sword to Louis, okay..."