Chapter 20: Water-Attribute Ability

"Yes! Mother, I'm much better!"

Jiang Xiaoxiao nodded. Not only was her body better, but her face was no longer swollen, and she was very energetic.

She looked down at her body, and even the blue and purple marks left on her hands and feet by the rope had disappeared.

It was as if all the wounds on her body had disappeared into thin air overnight!

It was truly magical!

"It's good that you're better." Jiang Wei walked up and touched her head. "Get up and wash up quickly; we'll eat after you finish."

"Okay!"

Jiang Xiaoxiao got out of bed, put on her shoes, and came to the courtyard. Naturally, she saw the things in those iron boxes.

"..." Jiang Xiaoxiao feigned a look of ignorance and turned to ask Jiang Wei: "Mother, what is in these iron boxes? They smell so good!"

"This is what Mother bought from a peddler when I went to the county seat yesterday."

Jiang Wei walked over and introduced them one by one: "This is toothpaste, used by dipping some on a toothbrush to brush your teeth; this is shampoo for washing hair; this is for bathing; this is face cream for wiping your face..."

Peddlers traveled from street to street, and the goods they sold were brought from various places; no one could trace their specific origins. This excuse from her mother was much better than before.

Jiang Xiaoxiao felt very relieved.

After washing up, the mother and daughter sat at the table and began to eat.

Today, they had big white rice, braised pork, stir-fried bamboo shoots with ham slices, a bowl of cold mixed dish, and a pot of big bone soup. The soup was thick and white, and the fragrance was very rich!

Jiang Xiaoxiao took a breath of the fragrance and couldn't help but say happily: "Mother, why did you make so many delicious things today?"

"Mother will make delicious food every day from now on; you get better quickly." Jiang Wei smiled.

"Mother, I'm really fine! I feel like I'm full of strength now; I can lift a bucket of water!" Jiang Xiaoxiao waved her thin, small arms.

"Alright, you just rest peacefully. The physician said your constitution is weak; you were purely lucky to be able to recover this time, you know?"

"It wasn't luck..." Jiang Xiaoxiao pouted. She had seen it all last night; it was clearly her mother who secretly injected her with the needle, which was why her body could recover so quickly.

If one were to talk about luck, it should be that she was lucky to have hugged her mother's thick thigh!

The mother and daughter chatted, talking about this and that while finishing the delicious meal on the table.

"Mother, I'll go wash the dishes." Jiang Xiaoxiao took the initiative to tidy up the bowls and chopsticks and took them to the courtyard to wash.

Seeing her so energetic, Jiang Wei didn't stop her. She scanned the things in the room, thinking about what else was missing, when a terrified scream suddenly rang out in the courtyard:

"Ah ah ah! Ghost—"

Hearing the sound, Jiang Wei hurriedly ran out and saw Jiang Xiaoxiao sitting on the ground in the courtyard, bowls and chopsticks scattered all over the floor, her face full of lingering fear.

"What happened?" Jiang Wei walked over and helped her up.

"Mother, water, there's water..." Jiang Xiaoxiao said with a pale face, trembling as she grabbed her mother's sleeve and stretched out her own hand. "I was just thinking about getting water to wash the dishes, and then, and then it became like this..."

As she spoke, a gurgling stream of water began to emerge from Jiang Xiaoxiao's fingertips.

Jiang Wei looked at it, seemingly unable to hold back a laugh, and burst out laughing: "Don't be afraid, this is a good thing. This is called an ability; you have a Water-Attribute Ability."

Jiang Xiaoxiao: "..."

What??

Water-Attribute Ability!!

How could she have a Water-Attribute Ability?

Isn't this an ability that only the protagonists in novels have? How could it suddenly appear on her?!

As a modern person who transmigrated into a book, she had only seen abilities and immortal arts in books. Even though she knew in her heart that her mother had a Space-Attribute Ability, she hadn't thought much about it. But one day, when this ability fell on her, it was a bit eerie and terrifying!

Seeing Jiang Xiaoxiao's stunned expression, Jiang Wei thought she was frightened, so she stretched out her own palm and said: "Xiaoxiao, don't be afraid, look, Mother also has an ability."

After speaking, a box of milk appeared out of thin air in her palm.

"Look, your ability is to conjure water, and Mother's ability can also conjure things out of thin air." Jiang Wei said.

Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at her mother showing off her Space-Attribute Ability without any scruples, opened her mouth, and nodded blankly: "... I, I understand, Mother."

But the problem was, how could an ability suddenly emerge from her body?

Could it be... the needle injected last night?!

She vaguely remembered that the liquid in the needle was emerald green...

Immediately, Jiang Xiaoxiao widened her eyes suddenly.

Could it be that kind of thing!

—Gene Modification Liquid.

She remembered that the original book said that the female lead Jiang Wei's space seemed to have a remaining Gene Modification Liquid, which she had secretly hidden from the base in her previous life.

But, there was only this one, which she used to save her life and wouldn't use unless it was a last resort!

Her mother actually used such a precious Gene Modification Liquid on her!

This kind of Gene Modification Liquid can quickly repair a person's body, improve and optimize a person's genes, develop a person's potential and ability to the greatest extent, and make them trigger an ability!

In the world of the female lead where zombies were rampant, the national scientific research organization had spent years of research and countless funds to develop a few small vials of Gene Modification Liquid.

But not everyone who used this Gene Modification Liquid could trigger an ability.

This had a lot to do with each person's talent and genes. Only a very small number of people could trigger an ability through Gene Modification Liquid, and those people were all heaven-favored children standing at the top of the world.

Therefore, when Jiang Wei saw the Water-Attribute Ability triggered by Jiang Xiaoxiao, she was happy from the bottom of her heart.

Even if this Gene Modification Liquid was precious beyond compare, it was worth it to use it on her own daughter!

Afternoon.

Jiang Xiaoxiao squatted in the courtyard, curiously pulling at her fingers, occasionally putting some water into the wooden basin in front of her, observing how the water flowed out of her fingertips.

She played happily, and the wooden basin in front of her was soon filled with water.

Jiang Wei on the side looked on, also full of satisfaction. Finally, she didn't have to hide the space from her daughter anymore.

It would be more convenient to take things out of the space in the future.

"Hey, why is there no water?" Jiang Xiaoxiao saw that her fingertips suddenly stopped producing water and looked up at Jiang Wei with a puzzled face.

"You just started using your ability and aren't used to it. This ability consumes energy." Jiang Wei looked at the sweat on her forehead and explained: "When the energy in your body is exhausted, this ability naturally won't be able to be released."

"Oh, so that's how it is..." Jiang Xiaoxiao nodded thoughtfully.

So that's why the protagonists in those apocalypse novels all use crystal cores to replenish energy.

"However, if you exercise more often, this ability will gradually grow and become more powerful." Jiang Wei said again.

She recalled when she first triggered her Space-Attribute Ability, the space was only one square meter, but after ten years of exercise, the space gradually became ten thousand mu in size!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 21 =====