Chaрtеr 2: Аwаkеning the Heаling Аbility
She hаd just finished taking stосk оf thе fеmаle lеаd’s аssеts.
A draftу shack locаtеd in the shаntу zоnе;
А brokеn wооden plаnk bеd;
A tаble with a missing leg;
А woоden stump serving аs a stоol.
…
Тhе phrasе “utterly destitutе” didn’t еvеn bеgin to desсribе hеr situаtion.
If it werеn’t for thе male lеad oсcasiоnally giving her sоmе fоod, shе wоuldn’t have survived аt all.
Мо Qianqian furrоwed her brоws, cоntеmрlating thе grim realitу of survival.
Suddеnlу, а low rumbling sound came from her stomасh.
She was hungry, and thirstу tоo.
But therе wаs no food left here.
The male lead had brought her some food three days ago.
The female lead had rationed it carefully, but it was all gone by last night.
She could drink some water to ease the hunger—that’s what the female lead used to do when she was starving.
Fortunately, water wasn’t as scarce in this Wasteland.
That was probably the only good news among a pile of bad ones.
She stood up and poured some boiled water from the earthenware jar into a chipped porcelain bowl.
After just one sip…
Pfft…
Cough, cough, cough…
She stared in disbelief at the boiled water in her hand.
Was this even drinkable?
How could it taste like a strange mixture of faint gasoline, kerosene, and paint?
But she was so thirsty.
And she had no choice…
After barely quenching her thirst, Mo Qianqian didn’t touch the water again.
The environment in the Wasteland was even harsher than she had imagined.
Water like this would never meet drinking standards in the 21st century.
Survival was likely going to be more challenging than she had anticipated.
Actually, if she really thought about it, she wasn’t entirely empty-handed now.
While she couldn’t bring over assets like savings or property, there was one thing she did bring with her.
It was the inheritance of Mechanical Arts, deeply ingrained in her memory and soul.
Being familiar with the plot of the book could also be considered an advantage.
Mo Qianqian lightly tapped her fingers on the edge of the bed. She was currently at a pivotal point in the story.
An opportunity lay before her. If she could seize it, her days ahead would likely improve significantly.
In the original plot, earlier this morning, the female lead excitedly ran to tell the male lead that she had awakened a Healing Ability.
The male lead’s reaction was indifferent, but his teammates were thrilled.
The Healing-Type Awakened’s Blood was too precious.
Someone immediately brought blood-drawing tools and took 40 milliliters of the female lead’s blood.
The female lead, who had been starving for a long time, turned pale and broke into a cold sweat after losing so much blood at once, nearly fainting from weakness.
The male lead watched coldly from the side.
Later, ignoring the female lead’s weakened state from blood loss, the male lead took her along on that day’s hunting mission.
The reason was that the mission involved heading to an urban ruins in a medium-radiation zone to hunt for Zombie Crystal Cores.
To ensure that any team member who couldn’t withstand radiation damage or got injured by zombies could be treated immediately, they brought the female lead along to draw her blood as needed.
The female lead’s first stroke of luck came during this hunting mission.
While exploring the urban ruins, she found a beautiful jade zodiac pendant.
Carved on the jade was an exquisitely detailed little dragon from the zodiac.
When the female supporting character saw it, she asked for it, but the female lead didn’t want to give it up.
The male lead, using the excuse that the female supporting character was born in the Year of the Snake—and snakes were also called “little dragons”—snatched the zodiac pendant from the female lead and gave it to the female supporting character.
Later, the female supporting character accidentally discovered that the zodiac pendant contained a Spirit Spring Space.
The poor female lead had thus missed out on the Spirit Spring Space.Mo Qianqian sighed and shook her head.
Fortunately, this plotline hadn’t happened yet—she still had a chance to retrieve the Spirit Spring Space for the female lead.
A space containing a spirit spring would be immensely helpful for her to establish herself in this Wasteland world.
How dare the supporting female character try to steal it.
“Hah…”
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Since she had decided to intervene in this plotline, it was time to start making some preparations.
As a newcomer, she couldn’t go into battle unprepared.
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