Cave Refuge

Zachary sprang up energetically from the position of the yang fish eye, limbering up his body while leaving the Hall of Longevity with a very leisurely expression.

Luding chickens lay eggs every day, and the size of Luding chicken eggs is not much different from that of quail eggs. After collecting Luding chicken eggs, Zachary would cook them directly, put them into the automatic peeling machine, and finally marinate them.

As the Shadow Space is already nearly filled with pre-prepared supplies, Zachary deliberately controlled the number of Luding chickens in the Refuge Center, maintaining it at about three hundred.

Although the quantity of chickens he raises seems large, in reality, only about two hundred eggs are produced each day. It looks like a lot, but in fact, they can all be cooked in one pot.

Just yesterday, he brought back so many large packages that the previously somewhat spacious cave mansion has become much more crowded. It seems that upgrading the level of the cave mansion is a must now.

Collecting cars along the street is too slow; he needs to find a warehouse to upgrade quickly.

Zachary took out the map of Pengcheng that he had brought from his unit, marked the current radiation range of the cave mansion on the map with the Refuge Center at the center, divided the marked area, and then looked carefully at each area, hoping to find places that would help upgrade the cave mansion.

"Storage Zone, traditional industry, transit center,"

Only places that contain one of these could be greatly helpful in upgrading the cave mansion.

The West District within the third ring is the residential area of Pengcheng, so Zachary first set his sights on other places.

Before long, Zachary had found three appropriate places in order of proximity on the map.

Yurun Agricultural Wholesale Market,

Tongshan Cargo Station,

Times Boulevard Industrial Park,

In fact, the map also shows a coal washing plant and a thermal power plant. These two places should have a large amount of coal, which is also a basic resource. After it is sent into the cave mansion for decomposition and absorption, it can also reduce the survival points required for upgrading.

In Zachary's understanding, the primary absorption initially provided by the cave mansion is a rule-based ability. Anything that doesn't contain energy can be decomposed and absorbed by the cave mansion, reducing the number of survival points needed for the cave mansion to upgrade.

Theoretically, even the garbage and excrement produced by Zachary living in the cave mansion can be decomposed and absorbed by the cave mansion. But Zachary still found this strange.

So, he preferred to use trash bags to package those items every day and dispose of them from the platform outside the Refuge Center, rather than using the primary absorption to handle those things inside the Refuge Center.

The closest place to the Refuge Center should be the Yurun Agricultural Wholesale Market, but after some consideration, Zachary gave up on this location.

As can be seen from the name, this place is a wholesale center for agricultural and sideline products in the past. The most stored thing here should be various kinds of food.

What they say about gold in time of chaos and antiques in a prosperous world is true. When disaster strikes, food is the most valuable thing because staying alive is the most important thing.

As the weather gets colder and colder, there should still be a lot of food left in the Yurun Agricultural Wholesale Market. After all, since its establishment, two-thirds of the food in Pengcheng has been transported here for distribution.

Although the cold storage might be problematic, the current temperature is getting lower and lower, there should still be quite a lot of edible things in the market. After all, this place not just sells vegetables, but also grain.

The reason why Zachary didn't choose this place is actually quite simple. The Shadow Space is already filled with survival supplies, and there is no space left to store things in the cave mansion right now.

So even if he brought the agricultural and sideline products from the Yurun market into the Refuge Center, it would be broken down and absorbed as nutrients. After all, the power has been off for so long. Many ingredients are still edible, but the quality should have declined quite a bit.

Also, Zachary is not a saint, but as long as it doesn't affect him, he doesn't mind preserving a bit of kindness.

As Pengcheng's largest agricultural and sideline products wholesale market, there must be a subway station nearby the Yurun Market. Therefore, the subway station there, even if it is converted into a Refuge Center, is still connected to other subway station refuge centers.

Although the outdoor temperature has dropped below freezing, ordinary people can still move around outside if they put on more clothes. After all, most people did not prepare in advance when they moved into the Refuge Center like the Dong family did, so they should not have brought much food with them.

Therefore, Zachary decided not to go to the Yurun Agricultural Wholesale Market. After all, even if he collected food there, it would be brought into the Refuge Center to be broken down and absorbed as consumables.

Compared to Times Boulevard Industrial Park, Zachary actually pays more attention to the Tongshan cargo station, which is a railway cargo transport center.

To put it simply, things that require train transportation are either in large quantities or heavy in weight. Otherwise, there is no need for train transportation.

So Zachary didn't care about what was in there at all, whether it was high-precision instruments or basic materials like wood, coal, and iron ore. As long as the quantity was sufficient, it could reduce the survival points required for the cave mansion to upgrade to the minimum.

Having selected his target, he stepped out of the Refuge Center's gates and felt a bone-chilling cold sweep over him.

"It seems that even at Qi Refining Level Three, you can't go out in just a shirt in weather that's forty or fifty degrees below freezing."

He turned back into the Refuge Center, stood at the door, and directly collected his winter clothes from the room into the Shadow Space, then took them out beside him.

After yesterday's busy car collection operation, Zachary's control over the cave mansion and the Shadow Space had reached a new level. Now, whether he is in the cave mansion or not, he can retrieve any item in any area of the cave mansion.

Ever since Zachary transformed the Refuge Center into the mystical cave mansion, it felt as if the Refuge Center had been torn away from the outside world.

Although the Refuge Center is currently still located inside a mountain, the outside temperature has no influence inside the Refuge Center. Even when the Refuge Center's doors are opened, allowing the cold air to flow in, closing the doors completely isolates the Refuge Center from the outside environment.

The outdoor temperature has reached minus thirty or forty degrees. Normally, regular cars cannot start under such conditions. But Zachary started the truck inside the cave mansion and then transported the vehicle to the outside world through the Shadow Space.

Although the car can still be used this way, there is always a possibility of it stalling out. And once the car stalls, it is very difficult to start it again.

Moreover, even if it doesn't stall, the wear and tear on the small truck parts is quite severe. It could break down at any moment.

But it doesn't really matter. What's most important right now is to upgrade the level of the cave mansion as quickly as possible. Other things can be put off. Besides, he is already beginning to practice immortality and refine his Qi, so he shouldn't be driving a small truck around.

It has to be said that this little Five Car, which has never won a test but never lost in actual combat, surprisingly did not break down halfway even in such low temperatures, managing to last nearly twenty kilometers before stalling out.

Looking at the truck that can no longer be started, Zachary directly decomposed and absorbed it into the cave mansion so that it could become one with the cave mansion, thereby making its final contribution to the upgrading of the cave mansion.