Our neighborhood has been transported again.

Chapter 58, Day Twelve Settlement
A tea tray sits on the coffee table, with tea sets hanging on it.

The room smelled bad, coming from the kitchen trash can, which hadn't been thrown away in a long time and was infested with small insects.

Qin Ziwen tied the garbage bag and took it out.

The kitchen was clean, and the refrigerator was empty except for one thing in a plastic bag on the top shelf.

It was taken out and was in vacuum packaging, looking like the dried whip of some kind of animal.

Qin Ziwen's expression was strange.

However, judging from the packaging, the contents should be fine.

After searching around again, I found a box of dried goji berries in a drawer under the TV cabinet.

In a drawer of the bedroom wardrobe, a black handbag was found containing three bundles of red banknotes.

The most valuable items were the dozen or so lighters scattered in the coffee table drawer, most of which cost only one or two yuan each.

In addition, there were pots and pans, a kitchen knife, a fruit knife, several appliances and furniture, several clothes and bedding, and two front door keys.

There is also a brand new, unopened box of Okamoto cigarettes in a drawer in the master bedroom.

He put the keys in his pocket.

I casually picked up the kitchen garbage bag.

As for the other items, they were left here for the time being.

back home.

Qin Ziwu laughed and said, "We even helped him take out the trash, he should thank us."

Qin Ziwen nodded: "Yes, this place can be our backup base from now on. By the way, did you find it easy to climb over from the balcony?"

When asked about this, Qin Ziwu shook his head: "It's not that easy to climb over. Although the two balconies are close together, there's a gap in between, and there's no landing point on the side. If you miss your grip when you jump over, you'll fall straight down. Actually, I think it's easier to come down from upstairs than from next door."

"upstairs?"

Qin Ziwu said, "Yes, tie one of those ropes around your waist and then jump from the balcony downstairs. That might be even simpler."

Qin Ziwen walked to the edge of the balcony and looked at the balcony of apartment 501 next door. From the distance to the naked eye, it wasn't too far.

This is also related to the original location of the community. Jiangcheng has always had good public security, and Yujing Jiangcheng Community is located in the city center, with a police station right next door and diagonally opposite.

With the addition of facial recognition technology used by the community property management, requiring registration upon entry, security is guaranteed, and on this basis, the buildings pay more attention to aesthetics.

However, this aesthetic appeal has now become a drawback in terms of security.

So far, there have been no burglaries or break-ins in the community.

Of course, it's also possible that it has already happened, but the news just didn't reach your ears.

As night fell, the moon gradually rose outside the window.

The three took turns on night duty: Li Tieshan was responsible for the first half of the night, Qin Ziwen for the middle of the night, and Qin Ziwu for the last half of the night.

At midnight, Qin Ziwen was woken up by Li Tieshan. "Sir, it's time."

Qin Ziwen opened his eyes. "Was there any noise in the first half of the night?"

Li Tieshan shook his head: "No."

Qin Ziwen sat up in bed. "Okay, then you should go and rest first."

After Li Tieshan left, Qin Ziwen focused his attention on the daily settlement.

"You have successfully survived in the wilderness for twelfth day. You discovered a mysterious altar and obtained a card from it. Overall score: 50 points"

"You have received the following reward: [Expansion Card] Sandy Expansion Card (Small) *1" A new type of expansion card, the Sandy Expansion Card, whose purpose can be guessed from its name.

With a flick of the wrist, a white card, neither gold nor jade, appeared at the fingertips. Compared to the blank expansion card, the sand expansion card featured a yellowish-brown desert scene in the center.

You can expand to any area within your homestead, adding 20*20m units of sandy terrain.

sandy land
Qin Ziwen originally intended to expand directly into the area behind the bathroom, but then he suddenly realized that this 400㎡ space could easily support a coal mine and an iron mine, where dust would inevitably fly during mining.

Conflicts between springs and water sources are inevitable.

If this area is a construction zone, then it should also be designated as a mining area.

With that in mind, he went directly to the guest room opposite the bathroom.

Li Tieshan returned to the guest room and was about to rest when he saw the adult coming over.

He quickly got out of bed, worried that he had done something wrong. "Sir."

"It's alright, you can stay here." Qin Ziwen said, then directly selected to use the window of the guest room.

The sand dune expansion card in my hand transformed into light and merged into the window.

The window disappeared, turning into a stretch of sand extending forward.

Moonlight shone down on the sandy surface overhead.

Both the temperature and the light are exactly the same as the outside world.

He walked into the sandy area. From the perspective of external spatial division, he should be "suspended" in mid-air above the community at this moment.

Then I went to the balcony and looked towards the guest room next door. Apart from the missing window, there was nothing else to be seen. The sandy area was a separate, folded space.

Now there are more and more secrets in the house, so in order to prevent thieves from sneaking into the house.

He plans to use expansion cards for the balcony, kitchen, and master bedroom as well, so that his house can be completely "sealed off" and the balcony will not become a loophole.

He left only the main gate as the sole connection to the outside world. Moreover, he planned to build an additional iron gate behind his own main gate to strengthen security.

As for whether it will expose anything unusual, more and more people in the community are obtaining the cards now, making it almost impossible to completely conceal it from all aspects.

There aren't that many fools.

It's best to show some parts and hide others.

Return to the sandy area and retrieve two resource cards. Both the coal and iron mines have a usage range of 10*10.

Once inside, use the Level 1 Coal Mine Card and the Level 1 Iron Mine Card in the two corners on the top left and right respectively.

The card transformed into two streams of light, merging into the left and right sides respectively.

When the light faded, a black coal seam nearly a meter high suddenly rose from the sand on the left, emitting a faint smell of coal smoke. If you squatted down and grabbed a handful of coal from the ground, you would get a handful of broken coal.

This is essentially an open-pit coal mine; you can pick up coal directly from the ground.

On the right, it transforms into a reddish-brown rock vein, which from a distance looks like a "red stone slab" embedded in the desert. In the middle of the rock vein, there is a semi-open-air mine supported by wooden frames and stones.

Walking over, at the edge of the mine, there were some small, iron-brown mineral particles piled up on the ground. Inside the mine, pieces of ore with sharp edges and protrusions emitted a faint metallic luster.

(Image: Iron ore)
"Li Tieshan".

Qin Ziwen called Li Tieshan over, pointed to the two mines, and asked, "How is it? Can this coal and iron be used?"

Li Tieshan stepped forward and inspected the coal mine and iron mine respectively. "Sir, they can be used! Good coal and good iron are top-quality raw materials. The iron tools forged from them will be absolutely durable."

(End of this chapter)