The people of Polar Bear Base had a well-known penchant for stockpiling goods, something Li Wenli had heard about long ago.
Otherwise, how could they have managed to recreate a moderately prosperous society akin to the one that existed before The Apocalypse from scratch?
Having seen with his own eyes this time, it was like opening the door to a whole new perspective.
Watching Bai Junjun pack with self-abandon, Li Wenli finally spoke up to stop her, "That’s enough, if you pack any more, you won’t be able to fit anything else when we head back to the city later."
"..." Bai Junjun paused in her busy packing and suddenly remembered the pile of gold and jewels stashed beneath the City Lord’s study.
The City Lord had said that as long as she helped him extinguish the Earth Fire, the jewels in the cave were hers for the taking.
So Bai Junjun stopped packing the salt, grabbing Li Wenli and headed back.
On the way back, still not entirely reassured, she asked, "Don’t you have a Space too? You shouldn’t care about this tiny ten-square space, should you?"
"My Space can only retrieve things at the moment," Li Wenli didn’t answer directly.
Implicit in his words was that if he needed to store something, he would still use this communal space.
"What kind of crappy Space do you have that only takes but can’t store?" Bai Junjun was dissatisfied, "If you couldn’t store things, how did you get them in there in the first place?"
"My Space..." Li Wenli scratched his head in seriousness, "contains too many things that this world does not allow, probably for that reason the Heavenly Dao sealed it, and currently I can only take out some leisure books to read."
Bai Junjun’s interest was piqued, and she asked, "Can I borrow them to read?"
Li Wenli glanced at Bai Junjun, who looked desperate for books.
Ironically, he knew about Polar Bear Base’s covert trade of Nutrient Solution for Mysterious Turtle’s books.
The rumors of Polar Bear Base being a nest of poor bumpkins also began spreading from these book trades.
Who would have thought that such a leader would reincarnate into the body of the World’s Number One Talent Girl, and even after arriving in another world, Captain Polar Bear still kept her thirst for knowledge and longed for advanced books.
However, her thinking was right; only science and culture could prosper a civilization.
Although there were ancient texts, they couldn’t compare to the cultural quintessence of later eras.
At least in his possession, he had a wealth of design materials for various weapons as abundant as airplanes, aircraft carriers, spaceships, and so on.
In his base, there was also a group of people silently trying to restore the civilization humanity once had, before leaving the battered Blue Star in search of new life.
Naturally, Mysterious Turtle was also making efforts in this direction.
This was something that neither Monkey nor Polar Bear could achieve.
Because they didn’t have such research facilities or such precious manuscripts.
So Li Wenli could very well understand Bai Junjun’s eagerness for books.
He nodded and said, "I can lend them to you, but what will I get in return?"
"From now on, we’ll split this warehouse fifty-fifty! Plus, I promise you’ll take out as much as you put in—nothing less!"
Li Wenli couldn’t help but find Bai Junjun’s words amusing and exasperating; technically, half of the warehouse was already his, wasn’t it?
How had it come to this, that he had to use books as chips to rent back half the rights he already had?
Bai Junjun didn’t care, she called the shots on her warehouse.
"You can forcefully store things if you want, but I can’t guarantee the quantity of your items will be unaffected."
Bai Junjun replied arrogantly.
Li Wenli, at a loss for words, gave her a tap on the back of her head and said, "Missy, you’re still hoping I’ll teach Bai Lingyu how to tame the Water Spirit."
The subtext was, don’t be too arrogant.
"..." Bai Junjun faltered for a moment, then started muttering, "Just now I risked my life to save you, and now you turn your back on me, so ungrateful."