Chapter 33: Message Left Behind the Painting!

No!

This water barrel has a problem!

Su Hao lightly propped his left hand on the edge of the water barrel and pulled his right hand out of it.

Looking at the 15 Purifying Water Stones at the bottom of the water barrel, his brows furrowed slightly.

Judging by its appearance, the height of this water barrel is only about eighty centimeters.

But when Su Hao half-submerged his right side into the water and stretched out his right hand as far as he could, he still couldn't touch the bottom of the water barrel.

This is clearly abnormal; Su Hao's arm alone is sixty to seventy centimeters, and adding the half of his body submerged in the water already reaches eighty centimeters.

Could it be that this water barrel is actually a supernatural item containing space?

Thinking this, Su Hao's mind stirred slightly, and he used the Item Appraisal Technique on this ordinary-looking water barrel.

【Preserving Fresh Water Storage Cask】

Supernatural Grade: Second Tier

Effect 1—Water Storage: Contains a space of 500 meters × 500 meters × 500 meters; the water stored inside will never spoil unless affected by a higher-tier supernatural force.

Effect 2—Preservation: Food placed near the Preserving Fresh Water Storage Cask has its freshness greatly extended.

Transport Method: It cannot be stored inside a Storage Bag; one must use mental power to construct a special pattern (image), cover the surface of the Preserving Fresh Water Storage Cask with it, reduce its weight, and then it can be moved.

Introduction: You can put the water of an entire lake inside.

……

Holy shit?!

A second-tier supernatural item?!

Looking at the information displayed by the Item Appraisal Technique, Su Hao couldn't help but widen his eyes, his face showing an expression of disbelief.

In his previous life, he had survived for over a year, yet he had never seen a second-tier supernatural item within Ling Xue'er's shelter.

Even on the communication bracelet, he had only occasionally heard news of items above the second tier.

After being reborn, it was only the fourth day, and yet he saw a second-tier supernatural item—something Su Hao had never imagined.

Su Hao knew that, given his current strength and potential, obtaining a second-tier supernatural item was only a matter of time, but acquiring one so quickly still left him greatly surprised.

Who would have thought that such an ordinary-looking water barrel would actually be a second-tier supernatural item?

Even Su Hao doubted that the Other Shore Flower, which had explored this place in his previous life, had failed to notice this water barrel's special nature.

Although this water barrel is not a combat-type supernatural item, for apocalyptic survival it is an extremely valuable thing.

After the strange descent, besides causing the temperature to plummet (Extreme Cold Heavenly Disaster).

Also there is the Waterless Heavenly Disaster targeting surface water resources, which can make all fresh water outside the shelter vanish within three days, only to reappear in its original place after twelve days.

In his previous life, Su Hao almost died in the Waterless Heavenly Disaster.

After all, a person's shelter is only that big; unless you use a Storage Bag to hold water, normal reserves simply cannot last twelve days.

But who, full and idle, would take a Storage Bag to haul water?

In short, the Waterless Heavenly Disaster of his previous life left a deep impression on Su Hao; who knows how many people were thirsted to death.

However, now that he has the Preserving Fresh Water Storage Cask, Su Hao no longer needs to worry about fresh water at all.

This is a super-large water barrel containing a space of 500 meters × 500 meters × 500 meters.

If the water inside is full, not to mention a twelve-day Waterless Heavenly Disaster, even a twelve-month one would leave Su Hao without water worries.

Even if there isn't much water left in the barrel, it's no big deal; once the water purifier is built, we can just collect more water and pour it in.

"Let's see if we can move it; I hope there isn't too much water inside."

Although storage-type items can greatly reduce the weight of objects stored in their internal space, no matter how much they reduce it, they still have weight.

For example, Su Hao's current Storage Bag, after holding 1500 units of wood, shows a noticeable increase in weight, feeling heavy when lifted.

Even 1500 units of wood are this noticeable; imagine if the 500 m × 500 m × 500 m space inside the water barrel were completely filled with water—how terrifying the weight would be.

Su Hao took a deep breath, tucked his serrated long blade at his waist, bent his knees slightly, embraced the water barrel with both hands, and lifted upward with force.

But the result was that, no matter how hard he exerted, the water barrel remained completely motionless.

"Indeed, it doesn't work."

Regarding this, Su Hao felt no surprise; he had done this precisely as an experiment.

Since brute force doesn't work, let's use the method given by the appraisal result.

Su Hao's eyes narrowed slightly as he mobilized the mental power deep in his mind, traced the pattern provided by the appraisal result, and covered it onto the surface of the water barrel.

After everything was ready, he embraced the water barrel and lifted upward with force; but because he overexerted, he staggered and almost fell.

"It's become this light?!"

After using the method from the appraisal result, the water barrel's weight decreased by an unknown number of times; held in hand it felt light and airy, almost like an ordinary small water cup.

Su Hao increasingly felt that the Other Shore Flower Organization had never obtained this water barrel; after all, without knowing the method, this thing could never be moved!

Just in case, Su Hao first moved the water barrel to the castle's main gate, so that in case of danger he could conveniently take it along.

This is a second-tier supernatural item capable of storing vast water resources—a fine treasure for dealing with future Waterless Heavenly Disasters.

Even knowing that ordinary people couldn't take it away, Su Hao was still uneasy, so he simply placed the water barrel inside the castle.

Afterward, Su Hao returned to that kitchen and opened the antiquated cabinet beside the water barrel.

This cabinet looks aged, giving an unusual feeling.

However, after opening the cabinet, aside from some ordinary chopsticks, there was nothing else of value; even the cabinet itself, after appraisal, was merely an old ordinary cabinet.

The water barrel that looks ordinary is actually a second-tier item, while the cabinet that looks remarkable is just an ordinary thing.

Next, Su Hao left the kitchen and entered the final room.

After about an hour, Su Hao emerged expressionless; it was yet another room piled with junk, but containing not a single good thing—an 'empty room'.

However, in the kitchen he had obtained 1500 units of wood, twelve Supernatural Fruits, fifteen Purifying Water Stones, a second-tier supernatural water barrel, and a large amount of fresh water, which already left Su Hao very satisfied, with no sense of loss.

To prevent any omissions, Su Hao spent another over an hour checking all the rooms and the Hall on the first floor.

After making sure he had taken everything he needed, Su Hao walked toward the stairs, intending to go to the second floor.

Huh? Wait a moment.

Just then, using the light from the awakening god lantern, Su Hao saw the oil painting hanging on the wall.

Pausing his steps to think for a moment, Su Hao turned back to the room, brought out a wooden ladder, and set it against the wall.

Following the principle of 'better to grab mistakenly than to let slip,' Su Hao decided to take this oil painting as well.

Huh?

After taking down the oil painting, Su Hao saw on its back a sentence written with mental power that had an automatic translation function.

【It seems you are a careful person; this is your reward (a map).】

【Of course, if you want more benefits, come to the top floor, provided you can make it up alive, hehehe!】