Bab 2: One Person Full, the Whole Family Is Full
Editor: Atlas Studios
Zhang Bei looked at the ball, but did not understand what this white light meant.
"Isn't there an Appraisal Center in the system? Can it appraise what this is?" Zhang Bei thought to himself and opened the Appraisal Center.
Entering the Appraisal Center, Zhang Bei seemed to arrive in another space. In front of him was a long table that looked like a high top bar table. Behind the table was a green-skinned dwarf wearing a pointed hat.
"What would you like to appraise?" the dwarf asked enthusiastically.
Zhang Bei took out the ball and handed it over.
"Since you're the first customer, I'll give you a free appraisal!" The dwarf reached out his green hand and took the ball, surprise flashing in his eyes. "This is a good thing!"
The dwarf closed his eyes. After a few seconds, he handed the ball to Zhang Bei.
Zhang Bei accepted it with confusion, then suddenly realized that the origin and usage of the ball were already engraved in his mind.
"Individual Civilization—Space Detector: The fruit of the Prophecy Tree. It blooms once in a billion years and bears fruit after a billion years. There is only one fruit every time. It is a rare item of the Individual Civilization."
"It can be used to detect items, lifeforms, and unknown dangers. As the value and danger levels increase, the light will change."
Zhang Bei was stunned.
It could be used to detect items, lifeforms, and dangers?
What did this mean?
Early opportunity!
Now that the Earth was gone, all the people were drifting in space. What was the most important thing?
Without a doubt, food was the most important.
The universe was boundless, and there was limited food. With this detector, he was naturally in a very advantageous position.
After leaving the Appraisal Center, Zhang Bei was refreshed. He decided to try the detector's function first.
He stared at the detector and focused his thoughts. As the detector emitted white light, a cold voice sounded in his mind.
[A hundred kilometers southeast, there is a box with pure water and beef jerky.]
Zhang Bei didn't hesitate. What he needed most now was food and water.
He had not eaten anything even before he was sent to space.
He connected to the asteroid and flew southeast. He was amazed by the speed of the asteroid.
He reached his destination in less than half an hour.
Zhang Bei looked around and sure enough, there was a light ball floating not far away.
"Looks like this is what the detector is talking about."
He controlled the asteroid to fly closer. With a pop, the light ball entered the asteroid space and a wooden box fell in front of him.
Zhang Bei opened it and saw two bottles of water and some wrapped beef jerky.
Without hesitation, he opened a bottle of water and drank half the bottle. After eating a third of the beef jerky, his hunger finally dissipated, and his thoughts calmed down.
Looking at the water and beef jerky in front of him, Zhang Bei fell into deep thought.
The universe was boundless, and food was limited.
Therefore, he had to gather as much food as possible. Survival was the absolute principle.
After making the plan, Zhang Bei didn't hesitate. His thoughts sank into the detector and searched for nearby items.
When the detector glowed, it meant that the food was nearby.
When he focused his attention on it, the range of detection increased greatly.
However, Zhang Bei felt that he had not reached the detector's limit. There should still be room for improvement and a larger detection range.
Of course, this was all in the future. The most important thing now was to gather food.
Since there was nothing in the vicinity, he could only observe while moving the asteroid.
The others were not so lucky. The World Channel was filled with wails.
"Who has food and water? I'm about to starve to death. I've been driving the asteroid around, but I haven't found a single strand of hair."
"Sigh, I searched for a long time but only found a piece of chewing gum. I have already sucked all its juices, but I can't bear to spit it out. This is too difficult…"
"It's the same here. I only picked up some everyday materials. There is not even a single trace of food."
"No way, no way. Could it be that someone still hasn't found food? I rode on the asteroid just now and knocked into half a loaf of bread. How fragrant!"
"Is the person above the legendary Chosen One? The food came knocking on your door?"
"Boss, please take me into your team. I'm white and beautiful. As long as there is food, I can do everything you want."
"Previous poster, where's your integrity?"
"Integrity? I left it on Earth, now that the earth is gone, how can you talk about integrity with me?"
"…"
Zhang Bei had no idea of the conversation going on in the World Channel.
Right now, his face was glowing red. He was determined to be a happy space scavenger.
Just now, he had picked up some things.
A shirt, a book, and a few pieces of wood.
Although there weren't many things and they weren't very useful, this was enough to prove the power of the detector.
As long as it was within his detection range, he could detect all the items. After picking up a few more pieces of wood, Zhang Bei stopped.
He leaned against the asteroid and turned on the system to check his status.
Name: Zhang Bei
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Code: JuF0006
Intelligence: 110
Physical Strength: 50
Health Points: 100
Cosmic Pollution Value: 0
Seeing that there was no change in his personal information, Zhang Bei heaved a sigh of relief.
It seemed that using this detector would not affect his health points.
Then, he opened the Exchange Platform. The items inside almost dazzled him.
He glanced over the items and found a common point.
Everything here was no exception. They all wanted to exchange for food and water.
Some things even tempted Zhang Bei, but he still endured it.
Food and water were the real necessities. Although he had some beef jerky in stock and a cheat like the detector, the detector was not specialized in detecting food. What if he did not find food next?
After leaving the Exchange Platform, he opened the World Channel and found that it was extremely lively. However, the topic was still food.
He looked at it for a while before closing it.
Survival was king.
Just as Zhang Bei exited the system, he realized that the detector was flashing red rapidly.
Before he could react, he felt something hit the asteroid he was riding on.
The inertia almost caused Zhang Bei to fly out of the range of the asteroid. Fortunately, he reacted instinctively and firmly grabbed a stone.
By the time it stabilized, Zhang Bei's back was already drenched in sweat.
"What the, what is going on…"
When he thought of what had happened earlier, he still felt a lingering fear.
If he had not grabbed the stone, he might have already been a guest in hell.
After a while, he calmed down and got up to check.
He was sure that the asteroid had been hit by something.
"It seems like space isn't as safe as I thought."
T/L Note: Chapter title is a Chinese proverb referring to a person who is single. One person being full is the same as the whole family being full.
-- Hadiah diterima