Summer Sisi tried lifting its leg, then guided it to jump and roll over.
There was no longer the sluggish reaction it used to have from injuries!
Big Black had become a completely healthy, lively big dog!
You have to know—according to what Lieutenant Ren had once said, Big Black’s injuries had affected its foundation and could never fully heal, which was why it had been discharged from service.
Originally, Summer Sisi had even thought that after the apocalypse arrived and Big Black mutated, its injuries would finally heal.
But she had also observed it carefully.
Even though its scars had already disappeared, it would occasionally still lick the areas where the wounds had been, as if they were uncomfortable.
When running and jumping normally, it didn’t seem to have major problems—but it was still slightly slower than other dogs, and its movements had a bit of stiffness when jumping.
At this moment, Summer Sisi hugged Big Black’s neck tightly.
“Great, Big Black—you’re completely healed!”
Rarely, Big Black stuck out its tongue and gently licked her ear.
Summer Sisi burst into giggles from the ticklish feeling.
That night, Big Black slept beside her and never left.
In the middle of the night, when she woke up, she found herself lightly hugging Big Black—and this time, it didn’t resist like before.
Her heart filled with joy. Big Black had finally grown closer to her again. This was wonderful!
The next morning, it was still raining.
Summer Sisi checked the weather—sure enough, it would continue raining for the next seven days.
Not only that, but the entire country was under rain.
Even overseas, it was gloomy and overcast.
This was clearly a sign that the apocalypse was coming.
After buying the car, Summer Sisi still had over six million yuan left.
She planned to spend all of it as quickly as possible in the next few days.
Today, the grain she had ordered earlier arrived.
Since she had said she was opening a supermarket, she had ordered coarse grains, flour, rice, millet, corn—altogether about twenty tons. This was the largest portion of her food stockpile.
After all, in the apocalypse, these grains could save lives.
She had the deliveries sent to a remote factory she had rented in the suburbs, and brought Big Black along to quietly store everything into her space when no one was around.
At the same time, she also ordered vegetable and fruit tree seeds.
Thinking about the farmland inside her space—even though seeds grew into strange things—she couldn’t just waste it.
Once the apocalypse came, she would have plenty of time to study farming and the space itself.
After storing everything that day, she also went to various markets to buy fresh vegetables and fruits.
She additionally bought several thousand food containers, planning to continue cooking and storing meals before the apocalypse.
After all, once it arrived, power and water would be cut off, and most households would have limited supplies. Anyone openly cooking would attract jealousy.
She even bought two large pots, planning to boil corn at night while sleeping so she could still have sweet, tender corn in the apocalypse.
The entire day passed in this busy routine.
Just as night fell, she suddenly received a call from Lieutenant Ren, saying he would bring his comrades to see Big Black the next day.
Hearing this, Summer Sisi felt a bit nervous—how was she supposed to explain that Big Black’s scars had completely disappeared?
But what was coming would still come.
Early the next morning, Lieutenant Ren arrived.
He wasn’t alone—another soldier came with him.
Summer Sisi had met him before; when she adopted Big Black, he had been standing nearby. It was clear he had a special attachment to the dog.
They brought some snacks that Big Black liked and entered the house.
When Big Black saw them, it wagged its tail vigorously, showing rare friendliness.
Lieutenant Ren was pleasantly surprised.
“Huh? I didn’t expect Big Black to have become so friendly recently! It even grew bigger!”
Yes—Big Black had grown again!
After learning it needed more food, Summer Sisi had increased its nutrition.
In just a few days, it had grown rapidly.
Now, when it sat down, it was almost at her chin level.
And she had a feeling—after yesterday’s bath, it would continue growing even faster.
All of this would make it even stronger after mutation.
At that time, Big Black would definitely be one of the strongest mutated dogs.
“Huh? Big Black’s back scars are gone?”
The soldier who came along was named Zhao, and Lieutenant Ren had told her she could just call him Xiao Zhao.
Xiao Zhao’s surprised voice came from the side as he pointed at Big Black’s back.
Big Black, acting a bit silly, actually sat up straight and deliberately showed its back to them.
Lieutenant Ren’s eyes lit up instantly. He squatted down and stroked Big Black’s back, as if searching for the old wounds.
“They’re gone? Really gone?”
Summer Sisi touched her nose and repeated the explanation she had prepared earlier.
“After I took Big Black in, I always wanted to heal that scar. I tried a lot of folk remedies—I’m not even sure which one worked. Maybe dogs just heal better than humans… I didn’t expect it to actually recover.”
Lieutenant Ren looked at her as if she were some rare treasure.
“Miss Summer, do you still remember which remedies you used? I have many comrades who are injured!”
Summer Sisi’s eyes widened in shock—
Wait, I was just making that up to cover things up… how am I supposed to know any folk remedies?!
But after hearing that they were friends and soldiers who had been injured while defending the country, a thought suddenly formed in her mind.
“Wait a moment,” she said.
She returned to the bedroom and closed the door.
After locking it, she entered her space.
Inside the space, she used bottles to collect two large bottles of water.
But very quickly, she realized the spring water’s effects were far too powerful. If it could regrow flesh and bones instantly, would it scare people?
She then found a larger clean water barrel in the space and poured the two bottles into it.
After that, she added several bottles of mineral water as well.
In this way, the spring water was diluted, and its concentration was reduced to about ten percent.
When she walked out of the bedroom carrying a huge barrel, even Ren Shaowei was startled.
“This is the ‘folk remedy’ you were talking about?”
Summer Sisi nodded, a slightly embarrassed look on her face. “Ah… yes, it’s a folk remedy. It’s a mix of things. I only got it by chance. You can take it and bottle it up. I don’t have any other containers.”
Ren Shaowei said it wasn’t necessary to take so much.
But Summer Sisi insisted on giving it to him, saying very seriously, “This remedy is said to be effective even on fresh wounds. You can try it out. If it really works, you can let each person take a small amount when going on missions.”
Ren Shaowei’s expression became awkward—he clearly didn’t quite believe her.
But he also couldn’t refuse her goodwill, so he could only accept it.