Chapter 485: Body Improving

Although the snow on the ground had reached a thickness of 30 centimeters, and although mutated or dangerous mutated plants would pop up in the greenhouse from time to time, Xia Qing, once back home, still turned off the Lord Walkie-Talkie, took a new cotton quilt out of a sealed bag in the cabinet, and burrowed into the bedding to sleep warm and cozy.

Although it was still snowing, her most important task right now was to rest fully, replenish her nutrition, shake off the side effects of the Yi Element Stimulant as soon as possible, and restore her body to normal.

The previous quilt? It was already gone, probably in some stone cave on Langshan.

The stench in the house? Of course it was still there, which was why Xia Qing had pulled her head inside the cotton quilt too. This quilt had been sealed in a bag the whole time and never contaminated, so curled up inside she could only smell a faint, negligible stench.

What she couldn't ignore was the pain all over her body. Once she quieted down, Xia Qing could feel every part of her body protesting through pain, making her deeply aware of just how serious the consequences of taking the Yi Element Stimulant were.

This stuff — as long as she could avoid using it in the future, she would. But if she ran into danger she couldn't escape with her own strength again, she'd still use it when she had to.

After Xia Qing fell asleep, the well-fed evolved animals were each busy with their own things.

Boss Sheep pedaled the power-generating bike like crazy, squinting in enjoyment of the satisfaction the light bulb on the bike brought her.

The Head Wolf and the Sick Wolf happily chased, leaped, and tussled in the snow out in the abandoned village.

After watching Boss Sheep for a while, Broken-Waist Wolf swiveled its ears a few times, stood up, and quietly headed up to the second floor, staring at the fridge in the corner as if pondering something very important.

"Clop-clop-clop."

Sleeping on the second floor, Xia Qing heard the familiar sound of sheep hooves on the stairs and, half-asleep, wondered why Boss had come up to the second floor.

"Bang."

Before Xia Qing was fully awake, the bedroom door was kicked open by Boss Sheep. Xia Qing poked her head out of the bedding and said helplessly to Boss, "Boss, this isn't a security door. If you keep kicking it like that, I'll have to replace the door again."

Seeing Boss Sheep's eyes narrow dangerously, Xia Qing, whose combat power was lacking, immediately backed down and gently changed her tune. "Of course, the main reason for replacing the door is that it isn't sturdy. I know Boss has already been very careful. If Boss had used full force, the door would already have a hole smashed into me. How did Boss get up here? Hungry? Finished the corn stalks under the eaves?"

"Baa." Boss Sheep replied, and the sound was, more or less, a little different from usual.

Xia Qing pulled her clothes into the bedding to warm them, then grabbed her phone and glanced at it, shocked to find she had slept all the way until 9:30 in the morning. "I didn't expect it was already this late. I'll get up and cook right away. Don't worry, Boss, I'm just a bit tired these past couple of days. A little more rest and I'll be fine. Thanks for coming up to check on me. Boss, you're the best companion on Blue Star, the guardian of our territory, the king among power-generating sheep…"

Praised by Xia Qing, Boss Sheep held her head high and turned to clop-clop-clop back downstairs.

Xia Qing put on a close-fitting quick-dry shirt, then the cotton jacket and pants Shi Mu had made for her, pulled on her house clothes, and stepped out of the bedroom warm and toasty. She stuffed a few chunks of pine firewood into the fireplace, washed up, then put on her protective suit and went downstairs, only to find Boss Sheep pedaling the power-generating bike again.

As she pedaled, the bike kept emitting "beep-beep" alert tones, indicating that the storage battery connected to the power-generating bike was already in an overcharged state.

Being in a continuous overcharged state would shorten the battery's service life.

"Boss, didn't we just swap out this battery last night in the middle of the night? It's full already? Boss, you're just too capable! You're the pride of our territory, the pride of evolved sheep, the pride of Blue Star, the pride of the entire universe!" Xia Qing went over and swapped out a storage battery for Boss Sheep, then took out a compressed ration and discussed with her, "Boss, we don't lack electricity at home now. How about you take a break and eat some compressed rations mixed with hay?"

While praising Boss Sheep, Xia Qing hurried over as fast as she could and removed the storage battery. She decided to trade with Hu Zi for a controller to install on the power-generating bike to prevent overcharging and protect the storage battery.

Having received praise and hearing there was delicious food, Boss Sheep immediately hopped off the bike and went clop-clop-clop behind Xia Qing.

Xia Qing first went to the tool room to get a small bundle of edible hay, chopped it up and mixed it into the compressed rations, then set it at the kitchen door for Boss Sheep to eat, while she herself started making breakfast for herself and the Sick Wolf.

No hot water? Just use electricity to boil a kettle!

Time to make porridge? Use the electric pot!

Snake meat that's both icy and hard? Take it out and pulverize it with the electric grinder!

Craving dried sweet potato? Turn on the food dehydrator and electric-bake it!

Although it was a snowy day when the solar panels' power generation efficiency was very low, she had a companion who loved generating electricity, so she had absolutely no worry about running out of power.

After starting the porridge, Xia Qing loaded the three fully charged storage battery carts onto the micro-tiller and plowed through the snow out of the village, heading for the farmland.

Passing the small house by the farmland where the chimney was puffing out smoke, Xia Qing parked the cart by the yellow-light rapeseed greenhouse and carried a storage battery inside. The greenhouse's grow lights were battery-powered and needed a recharge after being used all night.

Liangzi, who was patrolling inside the greenhouse, saw Xia Qing arrive and greeted her warmly. "Sister Qing, are you feeling better today?"

"Much better." Xia Qing wasn't just being polite. Not only was her pain lighter than before she slept, her strength had also recovered to the level of an ordinary person, enough to do some physical work. "How was the situation last night?"

"A total of six thorny plants appeared in the rapeseed field; the other fields are normal." Liangzi briefed her on the situation in the other territories. "In Territory Five, someone got their hand pricked by a rapeseed thorn and was sent to Territory One for amputation. In Territory Two, three people lost control and injured six others, with a total of nine deaths. Mountain Fifty is still being guarded by the Second Disaster Elimination Team, with no new reports. Third Brother was looking for you on the Lord Channel. The Boss said you were still resting, so Third Brother didn't say what it was about."

Xia Qing nodded, turned on the Lord Walkie-Talkie, and called out, "Third Brother, you there?"

After waiting a few seconds, Zhang San didn't come online, so Tang Huai couldn't hold back any longer and asked in a hoarse voice, "Xia Qing, you're finally online. How's your situation over there?"

"Everything's normal." After answering Tang Huai, Xia Qing answered a few other allies' concerns, and then the idol came online.

Zhang San's voice was also hoarse, clearly from lack of rest. "Xia Qing, find time to come over this morning. I'll give you a full checkup."

"Got it, thanks, Third Brother." Xia Qing agreed immediately, drove the micro-tiller, and headed for the greenhouse. The greenhouse's electrical equipment also needed the storage battery carts to power it.

Listening to the cluck-cluck, cluck-cluck of chickens, and stepping on two fresh strings of wolf paw prints outside the breeding greenhouse, Xia Qing pushed open the door and walked in, seeing the Sick Wolf leaning against the water tank, wagging its tail while feeding the fish, while Broken-Waist Wolf lay beside the peanuts, playing with its little mirror.