Become a winner in life after binding the childbearing system

Chapter 373 Daily Wasteland Collection (1)

In the 76th year of the new calendar, at the beginning of the mild season, in Area C of the Chinese Dawn Base on Blue Star, there is an ordinary two-story stone building.

The middle-aged woman spoke in a hurried tone, obviously busy with something. She hurriedly told the girl a few words, then picked up the backpack that was as tall as a person beside her and left.

As the woman walked away, the girl sitting on the wooden bed moved her body and stood up with one hand on the counter.

The girl stood on one leg, with the other calf fixed with a wooden board and cloth.

"System, system?"

There was still no movement in her mind. The girl (Shen Yao) was not discouraged. She sat calmly on the wooden chair, conjured up pills out of thin air and stuffed them into her mouth slowly.

The pills are the product of the system. Now, no one knows what happened to the system. The only pills Shen Yao can use are the pills that she had stored separately after the mission in the last world (in fact, she didn't have time to sort them out at all).

Oh, as for the space allocated by the system earlier, it is gray and unavailable for the time being.

With a sneer on his lips, Shen Yao thought that the system was really unreliable.

Ugh

After taking the pill, Shen Yao felt a warm current coming from inside her body. Her fixed leg was getting better, and in two days she would be able to remove the wooden board and go out for exercise.

"It's not easy. If I don't go out, my family will officially run out of food."

Pursing her lips, Shen Yao looked at the room in front of her which was only 15 square meters. It was a rare treatment.

After all, the new mission world is a sci-fi future filled with all kinds of mutated creatures.

It is now the seventy-sixth year of the new calendar, which is the time after the normal world was destroyed and humans completely chose to integrate after a long struggle.

Just like taking growth enhancers, all living things except humans have grown several times, dozens or even hundreds of times larger. They have become the masters of this planet, while humans can only survive with difficulty in the cracks.

There is no country here, it has become a political system that exists in the form of various bases (shelters).

It is said that there are thousands of bases of all sizes on the entire planet.

The Shuguang Base where Shen Yao is located is just a medium-sized base in the Chinese region, famous for its mineral resources. The base has a population of around 60,000 to 80,000 people.

It can be said that it is not as good as the best, but better than the worst.

Shen Yao's family currently lives in Area C of the base, close to Area B. The environment is naturally worse than that of Areas A and B, but compared to the people in Areas E and F who can only live in the outer Area D and are attacked by mutant creatures on a daily basis, life in Area C is like heaven.

The power grid that is powered all year round and the tall city wall separating Area C and Area D are both synonymous with a sense of security.

The body that Shen Yao transmigrated into was that of an eighteen-year-old girl who accidentally broke her leg while gathering outside the city and had to stay at home to recuperate.

She has been here for a few days. Besides herself, there are her parents and a brother in the family. The four of them have just survived a freezing cold season and are in urgent need of more food to store, otherwise the hot rainy season after the mild season will be a disaster.

Who made the world after the mutation no longer distinguish between spring, summer, autumn and winter, but roughly divided into mild season, hot rainy season and cold season according to temperature and crop growth?

The first mild season comes after the cold season and lasts for about three months. There are a lot of wild vegetables and fruits to collect outside. It is followed by the hot rainy season which lasts for two months.

The hot rainy season ends with a three-month mild season, during which more staple foods such as corn, wheat, rice, sweet potatoes, and potatoes are available.

Finally, there is the cold season, which lasts four months and is deadly and requires a lot of food.

The person who just left was Shen Yao's mother, Song Ling, who was in a hurry to drive the car to pick wild vegetables in order to store more food for the family, leaving Shen Yao to take care of herself.

As for his biological father Shen Jiancheng and his biological brother Shen Yu, both of them are working for the mercenary team. They have been on a mission with the team for three days and will not be back for another four days.

Mercenaries are a unique product of this world, just like the patrol teams responsible for base security.

They are both teams composed of genetically awakened people, the difference is that one is a private organization and the other is an official organization.

The points given by private individuals are high, the treatment is good, and the risk will also increase; the points given by official organizations are normal, the treatment is good, and the risk is relatively low.

Shen Jiancheng and Shen Yu are the pillars of the family, so naturally they joined a private mercenary team.

Slowly moving her legs that were fixed with a wooden board, Shen Yao wondered when her injury would heal. She couldn't delay it any longer. Not only was the small living space depressing, but her deep-rooted craving for food also made her struggle every day.

The people here have no time to rest. They work hard for food all day long. Shen Yao is influenced by the remaining consciousness of this body and always wants to go out to collect food. The thought of no effort and no gain always torments her.

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It would be great if I could achieve genetic awakening. Not only would I be able to obtain more food when gathering, but I would also have the skills to protect myself. I could join a mercenary team or patrol team to make money.

Unfortunately, gene awakening is somewhat difficult. The two gene awakeners in Shen Yao's family can only maintain a worry-free life for the time being.

Genetic awakening has its pros and cons. Although those who have successfully awakened can obtain blessings of different degrees and directions, such as strength, speed, smell, hearing, etc., they are more likely to encounter genetic collapse and can only survive by relying on the gene stabilizers developed by the base hospital.

Shen Jiancheng's genes have been awakened for more than ten years, and he has relied on gene stabilizers to survive every year. Shen Yu's genes have only been awakened for a few years, so his body is still relatively safe, but over time, he will follow in Shen Jiancheng's footsteps.

This is the fate of those who have genetically awakened. Just like those who have not awakened, they all have their own sorrows and pains.

After all, living in a world full of changes, no one knows how long they can live.

The wish of this body is to awaken its genes, live with its family, work hard to save food and points, and spend every day in peace.

Reaching out and squeezing the skinny body, Shen Yao simply tidied up the room and then lay down on the wooden bed and closed her eyes to rest.

She is currently penniless, with nothing except a few dozen points in her watch for pocket money.

At noon, Shen Yao got up and drank half a tube of sticky and tasteless nutrient solution. She controlled her facial expression and continued to lie motionless in the room.

It was not until Song Ling came back in the evening that Shen Yao slowly moved to the kitchen to help.

This time Song Ling was lucky and found several thick and compact leaves at the collection point.

Even though it doesn't taste great, it's food and it fills your stomach.

"Boil it and mix it into a cold dish tonight, and we'll have a simple meal at home."

As Song Ling spoke, she started to work, moving her knife up and down, chopping the palm-sized leaves into strips.

"Mom, my leg is almost healed. I'll take off the board tomorrow and go out with you."

If she stayed any longer, she would be overwhelmed by guilt, and Shen Yao couldn't bear it.

"No, take a few more days off. The doctor said your health is important."

Song Ling disagreed. Shen Yao's leg was injured. It is said that it takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone. It has only been less than a month. Going out would be asking for trouble.

Even if the trees of the new year grow taller and their leaves become thicker and larger, they are still easy to handle and eat.

But it was simply rinsed and mixed with the remaining seasonings in the kitchen, and finally sprinkled with a little salt to enhance the flavor. It was served with two palm-sized rough flour steamed buns. This was the dinner for the mother and daughter tonight.

Even so, the quality of life within the base is still above average.

Not everyone can have food after the cold season. For example, a considerable number of people living in Areas E and F starved to death during the cold season. Most of them had to go out every day to collect food to fill their stomachs or buy some nutrient solution that didn't taste very good to get by.

Each bottle of nutrient solution contains 2 points and is mainly used to provide energy to the body. Not only does it taste bad, but its texture is also bad.

"...We don't eat those nutrient solutions. I heard that they are all extracts from tree roots and rhizomes, which are bad for the body." Song Ling doesn't like nutrient solutions, or rather, few people in the base like them.

Except for Shen Jianguo and Shen Yu who had to carry nutrient solution when they went out with the mercenary team, their family rarely used nutrient solution as proper food.

It is only during this period after the cold season that we have to make do with a few days' food when there is not enough food at home.

Shen Yao silently picked up the leaves and put them into her mouth. They were bitter, dry, and a little choking in her throat.

After finishing dinner without frowning, Shen Yao still suggested going out.

Song Ling: …

In the end, Song Ling couldn't convince her, so she just said that they should go to the south of the city in the next few days. There are fewer people going there every day and the danger is less, which is very suitable for Shen Yao who has just recovered.

Upon hearing this, Shen Yao hummed and returned to her room in the dark. She then simply rinsed her body with hot water before lying down on the bed to sleep.

…………

"Yaoyao, why don't you stay at home for one more day? Mom and your Aunt Zhou have made an appointment to go to the grove in the east of the city. There is a patch of wild vegetables there that are just sprouting new buds..." Song Ling, carrying a backpack, advised Shen Yao not to go out.

Shen Yao pretended not to hear and changed into a linen outfit that was convenient for gathering. She also picked up the same backpack as Song Ling and locked the door. "Mom, if we don't go over now, there will be a lot of people and we will have to queue up."

Song Ling: …

Song Ling pulled Shen Yao and ran quickly towards the south of the city. Considering Shen Yao's legs, Song Ling was anxious and panicked. Fortunately, they left home early and there were not many people in the south of the city. They only waited in line for ten minutes before they were able to leave the city smoothly.

No points are required to leave the city, but 2 points are required each time you enter the city.

People born in the new year are really unlucky. Every time they open their eyes, they have to bear the debt of a bottle of nutrient solution. They have to at least collect enough food for a day, otherwise it will be a loss.

"Yaoyao, come quickly, let's go to the river in front. There are some wild vegetables there, but the fish in the river are too fierce. You should be careful and don't go near the river."

Song Ling couldn't help but tell Shen Yao to be careful, because that's what a mother should do.

Shen Yao nodded, and said something else about Hebian. She really didn't know what kinds of wild vegetables there were. After all, she didn't need this ability in many worlds.

As a result, once the family returned to the period before liberation, they were struggling to make ends meet. They could only try their best to learn some cooking skills. They did not expect to become rich, but just wanted to have enough food and clothing.

"It hasn't rained in the past few days, otherwise some wood ear mushrooms would have grown by the river," Song Jia and her friend walked quickly and soon bypassed the crowd around them and arrived at the river.

The riverside is green, with wild grass half a person tall. There are many flattened paths around it, which shows that many people come here on a regular basis.

The mother and daughter each found a position, bent down and took out the detection needle that came with the watch, and heard an electronic beeping sound.

"Bitterleaf, a highly mutated plant, inedible"

"Tiger knotweed, a highly mutated plant, cannot be used"

"..."

Shen Yao found a small group of water spinach. The waist-high stems were juicy and pleasing to the eye.

Water spinach is also a kind of reed grass. It grows fast. The waist-high one in front of you has only appeared for one or two days. A fully grown reed grass can be taller than an adult.

He pulled one over casually and inserted the test needle into it. It beeped twice, "Artemisia selengensis, a highly mutated plant, inedible."

Shen Yao blocked out the sound from her watch and continued testing other Artemisia selengensis plants.

After processing a small piece, Shen Yao put a handful of reed grass in her clean backpack, weighing about four or five pounds.

Turning around and changing direction, Shen Yao touched a field of cattails.

Taking out the small hoe from the backpack, Shen Yao dug up the cattail to expose the rhizomes, then took out the testing needle and tried them one by one.

After all the cattails were dug up, Shen Yao harvested about ten pounds of cattail roots, also known as ivory vegetables. They can be eaten cold, stir-fried, or made into soup, and have a similar taste to lotus stems.

The ways of eating and the names of these wild vegetables exist in the memory of this body, including the most common water chestnuts and water celery by the river.

Shen Yao picked only familiar and edible wild vegetables. After working for a whole morning, the backpack behind her was half full.

Song Ling greeted her not far away. The two of them did not return to the base at noon, but found a shady place outside to rest and continued collecting in the afternoon.

When you spend points, you must make the most of them. You will be losing out if you don’t fill up the backpack you brought with you.

Shen Yao:......

Shen Yao put down the backpack, took out the bamboo tube filled with water and took a sip.

Lunch was a simple coarse flour steamed bun, one for each person with half a tube of nutrient solution. The mother and daughter were very satisfied with the meal and even took a nap.

When the temperature was not so high in the afternoon, the two continued to run to the river to test wild vegetables.

The river is very large, especially the river, which is several dozen meters wide. The people in the base use water from upstream for daily use.

"Ahhhhh, the fish is biting!" Shen Yao was pushed by someone behind her and almost fell down.

She pulled over in time and ran to Song Ling to ask what was going on.

"Oh, you're greedy for fish, but don't you see that there are dozens of kilograms of fish in the river? Do you think we can catch them?" Song Ling curled her lips and warned Shen Yao not to go over. They couldn't do such a suicidal thing.

Shen Yao touched her stomach and felt a little greedy. Without oil or water, she would not feel full no matter how much she ate.

"Not all fish in the river are big. You can try using a fishing rod."

"You think other people haven't thought about how much fish they catch, and most of the fish meat is inedible."

Shen Yao tried to persuade Song Ling but failed and could only continue to pick wild vegetables.

The luck in the afternoon was not as good as in the morning. Shen Yao was busy but only managed to move a few pounds, and the backpack was not full.

In the end, Song Ling cut some soft vines and planned to weave some backpacks when she returned, and then she filled the backpack to the brim.

After queuing up to swipe their points to enter the city, the mother and daughter walked home under the scorching sun.

From time to time, a convoy passed by. Shen Yao looked up and saw men and women wearing base uniforms sitting in the cars. They were members of the patrol team.

It looks like they just came back. I wonder why they need so many patrol team members. Did something happen outside?

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