Chapter 003: Jade Pendant Space

When Zhou Yang regained his senses and opened his eyes, he found himself in a strange space.

Above him were blue skies and white clouds, and beneath his feet was a lush green lawn. Not far away stood an exquisite Three-story wooden building with a courtyard enclosed by a fence. Further off, a small mountain shrouded in mist loomed indistinctly.

As far as the eye could see, the vast expanse was like a series of stunning paintings.

Is this the space inside the jade pendant?

Zhou Yang looked down at the jade pendant on his chest, which was still glowing faintly. The Phoenix Carving on the half-Yin-Yang Symbol now looked even more lifelike, as if it might come alive at any moment.

After a while, the light slowly faded, and it returned to looking like an ordinary, cheap piece of jade.

Zhou Yang was amazed. For a moment, he couldn't figure out the mystery of the jade pendant passed down from his mother's side, so he had to set it aside for now.

After looking around the space again, Zhou Yang was filled with wild joy.

Great, now I don't have to worry about where to store the supplies.

He wandered around excitedly and found a Cellar beneath the small wooden building. He could feel that it was very large inside and seemed to be in a state of stasis, as he couldn't breathe at all and had to retreat after less than half a minute.

The small mountain on the other side of the space was also a bit peculiar. Although it wasn't high and there was no obvious temperature difference, it was covered in a thick mist.

Zhou Yang tried to walk up, but he couldn't move an inch further once he touched the thick mist, so he eventually gave up.

After getting a general idea of the space's layout, Zhou Yang began to research how to get out. Thinking of how the protagonists in novels could leave just by thinking about it, he tried it, and it actually worked.

Although he felt that the space was now bound to him and the jade pendant was no longer useful, Zhou Yang still carefully tucked it into his clothes. Worried he might lose it, he eventually decided to store it inside the small building in the space.

Now that he had the space, his plan for supplies needed some adjustments. He could now arrange for more large, bulky items that were difficult to carry.

Furthermore, the Cellar in the space was in a state of stasis and could store perishable food. This meant he could prepare some meals in advance or buy ready-made food to put inside, so he could have a hot meal even when it was inconvenient to cook during the Apocalypse.

There were only three months left until the Apocalypse, so Zhou Yang decided to resign after the holidays.

Having made up his mind, Zhou Yang immediately opened the Taobao website. According to his plan, he first bought a batch of essential supplies online, such as the largest size water storage tanks and gasoline drums, as well as various daily necessities, outdoor survival gear, and clothing for all four seasons. He chose installment payments whenever possible, the longer the better. He didn't care about interest now; after all, he basically wouldn't have to pay it back. He did whatever it took to save money.

Then, Zhou Yang went out with his documents to list his house for sale at a real estate agency. Because he was in a hurry to sell, he listed it for only 4.5 million, but it had to be a full payment made all at once. Then he went to the bank to withdraw his fixed-term deposits; the principal plus interest came to a full 4.3 million. After that, he went to the suburbs and rented the most remote warehouse to use as a delivery point.

Next, he went to the agricultural and sideline products wholesale market in the west of the city and purchased a large quantity of ordinary rice, flour, dried noodles, dried vermicelli, and dried rice noodles, as well as various fruits and vegetables, chicken, duck, and goose eggs, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, tea, spices, various dried goods, and frozen foods. It was enough to last him at least fifty or sixty years. After negotiating the price with several bosses, Zhou Yang paid a 50% deposit and asked them to deliver everything to the warehouse, with the balance to be paid upon receipt.

After arranging the delivery time, thinking that the space should be suitable for planting, Zhou Yang rushed to the Flower and Bird Market without stopping. He bought all kinds of vegetable seedlings, fruit tree saplings, and every seed he could find, not even sparing flower seeds. He also bought various tools for planting.

These things weren't too many, so Zhou Yang first loaded them into the trunk and, using the car as cover, put them all directly into the space.

Just as he was about to leave, he saw a stall selling poultry hatchlings in an alley and suddenly had a brainwave.

I wonder if the space can be used for raising animals... Why not give it a try?

No sooner said than done. Zhou Yang immediately ran inside, bought a pair of chicks from the owner, and returned to the car. Then he tried to put the chicks into the space. The two chicks went in smoothly and were jumping around inside, perfectly fine.

Zhou Yang was instantly overjoyed; he wouldn't have to worry about eating meat in the future.

So, he hurried back to find that stall owner and bought a cage each of chickens, ducks, and geese. He couldn't tell the males from the females, but he requested the owner to include only one or two males of each kind. Once back in the car, he put them all into the space as before.

It's just that there don't seem to be any piglets for sale here. It looks like he'll have to find time to go to the countryside; how could there be no pork on the dining table?

This market did sell rabbits, but they were all pet rabbits, not meat rabbits. They wouldn't taste good and were hard to raise, so Zhou Yang only took one look before leaving.

After leaving the Flower and Bird Market, Zhou Yang rushed to the Seafood Wholesale Market and purchased a large batch of freshwater and saltwater seafood.

It's a pity there's no fish pond in the space, otherwise he could raise fish. However, buying more aquatic products was fine; they wouldn't spoil in the space's Cellar anyway.

Having bought enough food, the most important thing—water—couldn't be left out either.

Zhou Yang went directly to a local water company and purchased 200 barrels of the cheapest 10L bottled water and 500 cases of 500ml bottled water. Compared to the famous brands on the market, it was both cheap and practical.

This batch of water wasn't a large amount; it was what Zhou Yang prepared for emergencies during the Apocalypse. For more water resources, he planned to go to A certain mountain spring's water source for a "zero-dollar shopping" spree once the large water tanks he ordered online arrived.

By the end of the day, Zhou Yang had spent over 1 million in total, with over 3 million remaining in his card.

On his way back, he happened to pass by a wet market. Realizing there wasn't much food at home, he stopped in to buy 2 catties of ribs, 2 catties of pork belly, and a few vegetables.

By the time he got home, it was already past 5 o'clock.

He changed his clothes and went straight to the kitchen to make dinner.

First, he started the rice, then washed and blanched the ribs before stir-frying them. While the ribs were braising, he took out a handful of green vegetables, shiitake mushrooms, and tomatoes to prep. He also took a box of fatty beef out of the fridge, planning to make another dish and a soup.

A plate of braised ribs, a dish of green vegetables with shiitake mushrooms, a bowl of tomato and fatty beef soup, plus two bowls of white rice.

Zhou Yang actually ate every last bit.

After finishing his meal and tidying up the kitchen, he washed up and lay in bed, then impatiently entered the space.

As soon as he entered, he saw the chicken, duck, and goose hatchlings running all over the place, which gave Zhou Yang a headache.

It looked like he'd have to make a coop for these little guys and fence them in later; having them run around like this was annoying.

Zhou Yang avoided the little ones and walked to where the vegetable and tree seedlings were stored. He untied and categorized the fruit tree saplings. Then he dug several rows of holes and planted a few fruit tree saplings first. Once finished, he looked at the huge pile of vegetable seedlings and felt overwhelmed. Did he need to clear a field first?

Sigh, if only this space could turn over a patch of planting field on its own. It wouldn't even need to be large—one mu would be enough to plant plenty of vegetables.

Just as he finished the thought, a large patch of grass in front of the small building suddenly trembled. In the blink of an eye, it became a patch of tilled black soil.

Hey! The space has this function too? Then could it also directly make a shed for these chicken, duck, and goose hatchlings?

With that thought in mind, three sheds were indeed generated not far outside the courtyard wall.

Zhou Yang beamed with joy and quickly herded the chickens, ducks, and geese into their respective sheds. Now it was finally quiet.

Returning to the edge of the field, he happily thought it would be great if these vegetables could plant themselves, and then... nothing happened.

The seedlings still lay there quietly.

Zhou Yang was silent for three seconds.

It seemed he could only control things inherent to the space; planting still had to be done by himself.

Sighing, Zhou Yang picked up a small hoe and began to diligently plant the vegetable seedlings.

He planted one ridge for each type, a total of seven ridges: cucumbers, eggplants, tomatoes, chili peppers, beans, green peppers, and okra. After watering each of the seedlings, he finally left the space.

Looking at his phone, less than ten minutes had passed, even though he had been inside for at least half an hour. It seemed the time flow in the space was different from reality.

This was good; otherwise, planting vegetables would take up too much time in the future.

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