Chapter 183: Chapter 183: Remote Collection Chapter 183: Chapter 183: Remote Collection Luo Qiao was about to get up when she smelled an unusual odor coming from her body. She noticed a thin layer of grey mud on her skin, which must have been impurities from her body.
On normal days when she used her Special Ability to spur the growth of plants, she also felt a stickiness on her skin. She surmised this was also the expulsion of impurities, but this time she could visibly see a layer on her skin.
She quickly confirmed it was safe and entered her spatial storage, teleporting downstream to a creek where she took a lovely bath. She felt her skin had become much smoother than before and noticeably whiter.
Luo Qiao couldn’t stop touching her skin—she hadn’t expected her Special Ability to function differently here from her previous life. Such things never happened before.
She casually washed her dirty clothes in the creek and hung them up to dry. After changing into clothes from her spatial storage, she left the space to organize her things and continue her journey.
She pulled a military water bottle from her basket, took a few sips, and turned to see a large snake hanging from a tree nearby. Even after surviving an apocalypse, she still felt some fear of these limbless creatures.
A flicker of her hand caused her to spill a good amount of water from the bottle. Watching the snake as it seemed to head her way, she quickly screwed on the cap, placed it back in her basket, and swiftly made her escape—too frightening!
However, she hadn’t gone far before she heard something approaching. Luo Qiao quickly stored her basket into her spatial storage and climbed a larger tree. To her concern, she saw it was full of animals.
There were even wolves and bears among them. Instinctively, Luo Qiao shivered uncontrollably and remained silent in the tree, careful not to alert them to her presence.
She had intended to enter her spatial storage but was afraid of the height; if she came out unsteadily, she might fall. She decided to wait.
The animals lingered around the area. Perhaps her Special Ability also attracted animals—a mutation of the ability that left her utterly baffled.
Not being able to figure it out, she stopped thinking about it, though the thought did trouble her.
“Girl, you’re overthinking it. Your Special Ability is only beneficial to plants. Those animals are attracted to the water in your bottle. Ha ha!”
“You’re taking yourself too seriously! Hehe!”
The animals continued to roam the area, and Luo Qiao thought it would be great if she could collect some into her spatial storage. Unfortunately, they were too far away, and it seemed unlikely to work.
With nothing else to do in the tree, she focused her efforts on trying to collect some. Unexpectedly, large animals were out of the question, but she could collect smaller ones like rabbits and wild chickens. She was so delighted that she gathered quite a few into her spatial storage.
Rabbits, wild chickens, roe deer, small wild boars, little musk deer, Xiaomei deers, and even a little leopard were added to her spatial storage. The larger animals were beyond her ability to collect.
When she started to feel dizzy, she quickly stopped and entered her spatial storage. She couldn’t stay outside any longer; one careless move and falling from the tree would be disastrous.
After entering her spatial storage and drinking some well water from her bottle, her head began to feel better. This was her first time collecting items into her spatial storage from a distance, and she had not realized that spatial collection was so mentally draining. She would have to be more careful in the future.
After a rest and something to eat, she left her spatial storage once again. Looking down, she saw the animals had dispersed, leaving only a few wild chickens foraging below.
Luo Qiao swiftly descended the tree, casually collecting two more wild chickens into her spatial storage to test if she would feel dizzy again. Finding herself fine, she took out a knife for chopping firewood and continued on her way.