I Am Cultivating in the Apocalypse-Chapter 948 - 1036: Finding Joy Amid Hardship, Desert Salt-Baked Eggs
Member of Team 3 said: "Anyway, if you stay a few more days, or go out and take a look, you’ll find that the hills of the desert here, or the paths of the desert, are all identical, as if there’s a breaking point, like the beginning and the end are stitched together, allowing you to walk infinitely."
Upon hearing this, everyone’s breathing grew tense again.
"So what you’re saying is, we’re stuck in an infinite loop within a certain scenario?"
"If that’s the case, then it’s a circle without a beginning or end, neither an entrance nor an exit!"
A day had passed, and the Bodyguard Team members still uncovered quite a few issues.
As for Jing Shu, who was a resident of the secret realm space, she was quite experienced and sharply pointed out the key point: "You’re wrong."
"Where am I wrong?"
"If it truly is a closed circle, then there really wouldn’t be an entrance or exit, even finding the Dark Energy points within the space wouldn’t work."
Although this type of space signifies the presence of Dark Energy, who knows where it’s hiding in such a place, it’s likely just a perpetual loop.
Jing Shu said: "Your previous analysis was correct, if it’s a circle, the beginning is linked to the end, allowing infinite looping with no gaps, but how did we get here? This indicates it must have a cycle, I guess it’s about an hour, and during this cycle, there’s a break, we can find the exit."
Upon hearing this, the crowd said, Oh well, that’s the logic.
"So how do you find the exit within this cycle? How do you determine when the cycle opens?"
Jing Shu pursed her lips and said: "Conduct experiments, using simple methods."
"What are the simple methods?"
It’s naturally Jing Shu having her insects stationed around all potential entrance areas to wait, as soon as one insect comes in, it dictates the loop time to calculate a way out.
"Anyway, I have a method, don’t rush everyone, let’s rest today, we’ll continue looking for the exit tomorrow. Moreover, such spaces come with Dark Crystals, if anyone finds them, wouldn’t it be a fortune?"
Dark Crystals! That’s good stuff. Everyone’s eyes lit up, shining brightly.
The crowd dispersed.
Yang Yang patted Jing Shu: "Thanks."
"No thanks, remember the good stuff." Jing Shu shrugged and continued eating.
Yang Yang laughed: "Rest assured, I’m an old hand at manipulation."
The two laughed heartily, Old Zhou yawned and said: "Alright, alright, my old bones can’t handle the strain, hurry to sleep, there’s still a ton of stuff tomorrow."
Old Zhou went to sleep, he must ensure full energy to exert his ability at critical moments.
Yang Yang, however, couldn’t sleep, he had plenty to do, to check the logistics department, plan tomorrow’s meals, arrange tomorrow’s tasks for the whole team.
Jing Shu’s team members huddled in a Hulk tent, sleeping on a soft Hulk body, very comfortable, Tan Ke organized all team members’ necessities before going to sleep.
Jing Shu was famously nocturnal, tonight either helping a sow give birth, or a cow, or the rabbit nests in the space were full again, needed to slaughter and pickle a few rabbits.
Or the field’s vegetables and fruits were full, needed to collect a batch, for planting the next batch to continue growing, otherwise not harvesting wastes a day.
When handling these complete, Jing Shu had to practice the Magic Cube, due to sufficient Dark Energy at present, the Magic Cube was slowly yet steadily charging, estimated to upgrade in a few months.
An uneventful night.
The next day, without any alarms, everyone was awakened by the heat, the night’s temperature was as cold as shivering, the day’s temperature as hot as burning feet, especially the sand, putting eggs on it could cook them.
Therefore, Tan Ke woke up in the morning to sprinkle some coarse salt, placing dozens of eggs in the desert, when everyone awoke, they could just enjoy fragrant baked salted eggs.
Jing Shu ate three in a row, then gave a thumbs up, "Delicious, a unique dish, this low-temperature slow-roasted egg, crispy outside with a molten center, while the coarse salt’s aroma slowly penetrates the egg, exquisitely savory and salty! I think it shouldn’t be just eggs, let’s wrap all the ingredients in it at lunch for a barbecue."
"Alright, alright, that’s great!"
Tan Ke chuckled: "If only we brought the fat chicken, it lays dozens of eggs a day, allowing us to eat freely." Speaking of this, he showed a worried face:
"We’ve been out for so long, no idea if the fat chicken is eating and living comfortably, surely a chicken confined in the Hulk’s belly must be restless?"
Jing Shu’s expression was strange: "Rest assured, that fat chicken has refined itself, will take care of itself."
It’s indeed not just taking care of itself, within the Hulk’s belly, who knows how leisurely it is, when Jing Shu came out, she especially prepared its nest, with its exclusive chicken feed and water beside. After laying eggs, finding the nest cramped, it individually took each egg into the adjacent exclusive egg basket, now the basket was full.
The fat chicken, just shy of crossing its legs like a boss.
Everyone finished breakfast, then started getting busy, the higher-ups also paid very close attention, not only arranging expert groups for discussion, analysis, but holding various remote meetings.
Fortunately, the bus had a solar generator and a signal transmitter, otherwise supporting everyone’s frequent mobile phone use wouldn’t be possible.
Today, the exploration small team continued a zigzag pattern outward towards expansion, led by Yang Yang personally hand-drawing the map, searching for flaws.
Other groups searched the surrounding areas for any other suspicious places.
After a brief discussion, the external world was labeled as the outer world, the interior world as the inner world.
Thus, Jing Shu mapped each coordinate point of the outer world with locations in the inner world, overlapping would determine the true size of this space.
This was also a form of mapping, once coordinate confirmation was complete, combining with Yang Yang’s map could reveal insights.
Of course, Jing Shu personally searching through this endless desert had a slight personal motive.
Such a space surely possesses a sustaining Black Energy Crystal, otherwise the space collapses.
So currently there are two solutions, either find the exit or find the Energy Crystal.
But in a perfectly functioning Different Space, Jing Shu can’t sense the existence of an Energy Crystal, she must do some damage, break the balance.
And in this endless desert, maybe there really is no danger at all?
