Quick Transmigration: Reversing the Life of a Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character

Chang Dongning felt much more relaxed and began using a sickle to cut down the branches he could reach, preparing to carry them back to dry and use them for firewood.

After cutting down two large tree branches, Chang Dongning dragged them back under the shade of the tree, checked the time—10:30—and said he would conduct another half hour of testing.

"Drip, moderate radiation, consume in moderation."

Chang Dongning pulled the rotten wood out of a tree hole, cut open a piece of wood, and examined it again with his watch.

"Drip, this is a byproduct of rotten wood; it's poisonous and inedible."

Chang Dongning put the whole piece of rotten wood into her space. She had finally found something familiar, and she had to take it back even if it was edible. Besides, it was normal for fresh wood ear mushrooms to be poisonous. She would wait until it was dried before deciding.

If it is confirmed that the food is edible, she can submit the method of preparation in exchange for points.

In the wasteland, ravaged by war and left by radiation, all living things have mutated. The plant and animal atlases preserved in the peaceful world were already incomplete and of little reference value, with the plants and animals mutated in a chaotic and disorderly manner.

The existing atlas of edible plants was verified by countless people at the cost of their lives, but this is only a very small part. It is said that new plants are born in this world every day.

Therefore, the government has implemented a reward policy. Anyone who discovers a new edible plant and reports it for confirmation will receive a points reward. If the quantity is large, there will be additional points rewards. Starch plants receive more points than wild vegetables.

The points reward is already quite substantial, but few people are willing to try new plants because just because a plant is not low in radiation or non-toxic doesn't mean it's safe.

Someone tried a new plant that was non-toxic and tasted alright, but it could accelerate intestinal peristalsis, causing diarrhea after consumption. Existing medications were completely ineffective, and the person died from the diarrhea.

If we send it to the official testing agency, not only is the testing not free, but even if the points cost are very small, it's okay if it's an edible new species. But if it's inedible, it's not only a waste of time and energy, but also a waste of points!

Chang Dongning checked the time and returned to the shade of the tree before the sun became too strong. She took out the nutritional supplements she had taken from home that morning and filled her stomach. The nutritional supplements didn't have much taste, but they were filling and provided the minimum necessary nutrients for her body. She was afraid that eating only pure food would cause a chain reaction in her body and make others notice something was wrong.

It's easy to distinguish between the rich and the poor in this world: long-term consumption of food with moderate radiation will cause the complexion to turn yellow and develop brown spots, while long-term consumption of food with low radiation will result in a dull, yellowish complexion, but without those spots.

It is said that people who eat food with extremely low radiation levels over a long period of time will have a healthy, rosy complexion, just like in peacetime.

The food in her space is radiation-free; she's afraid the effects will be too immediate.

After drinking a few sips of water, Chang Dongning did not rest. Instead, he cut the large tree branches into lengths suitable for carrying back and tied them together.

After tying up the branches, she glanced at her watch. It was past midnight. In early summer, she could usually go out to continue testing around 2 PM.

During the hottest two weeks of summer, one should not be directly exposed to the sun from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., unless one is a genetically awakened person wearing anti-radiation clothing.

Chang Dongning leaned against the tied tree branch and closed his eyes to rest. He was thinking about the gene awakeners. There are two types of gene awakeners in this world. One type is natural awakening. This type of upgrade has no upper limit and no risk of gene collapse. If one can awaken superpowers, one's combat power and status will be elevated to a higher level.

Another type is awakening through drugs. Once this awakening is successful, there are hidden dangers, but many people still try their best to save money to buy awakening drugs for their children. This is because once awakened, speed, strength, and the five senses are all improved, and resistance to radiation is also strong. Once a warrior with successful genetic awakening appears in the family, the whole family will quickly achieve a leap in social class. The genetic collapse that may occur several years later can be ignored because as an ordinary person, you may not even live to the age when their genes collapse.

Chang's father awakened through a drug, and he also prepared a drug for the original owner to awaken genes. The original owner took the drug when he was 16 years old, but the original owner did not awaken successfully.

Now, Chang Dongning feels that the awakening was not a complete failure, but rather half a success. The original owner occasionally had a mysterious intuition about plants. When she saw an unfamiliar plant, she would subconsciously feel whether it was edible.

She tried once to collect a low-radiation, non-toxic plant, which caused her mother to develop rashes all over her body. After that, she never tried to collect unfamiliar plants again.

However, Chang's mother's condition seems to be an allergic reaction!

At 2 PM, Chang Dongning stored the tree branch in his spatial dimension and continued testing. After countless reports of high radiation, he finally detected a leaf that had been poisoned by radiation.

"Drip, leafy greens, moderate radiation, consume in moderation."

As its name suggests, the vegetable has round leaves, as long as her arm in diameter and about five centimeters thick, plump and fleshy. The original owner of this plant had eaten it before; it had a refreshing taste and was very juicy, making it a food that would arouse envy.

Chang Dongning decisively retreated into the space.

In the next half hour, she only found one leaf of wormwood with moderate radiation. This vegetable was tough and had a hard outer skin, so it was not tasty. She could put it in her basket and take it back with her.

At 3:30, Chang Dongning cut some highly radioactive wormwood, wrapped the moderately radioactive wormwood in the middle, put it in his basket, tied the bundled branches horizontally to the basket, and carried it back to the safe zone.

It was a bit early, and most of the people who went out to collect materials had not yet returned. On the main road back to the safe zone, there were only a few elderly people and children with blank expressions. These two groups were too exhausted to go back early.

Around 5 p.m., Chang Dongning returned to the Chang family's courtyard.

"Mom." Chang Xuan heard the sound of the lock being opened and stood at the door waiting.

Chang Dongning waved his hand, closed the door, and, breathing heavily, unloaded the basket and branches from his back and sat down to rest.

Chang Xuan was very sensible. He used his little hands to drag the branches to the side and struggled to untie the rope. He knew that the branches were to be spread out to dry.

"Let me do it." Chang Dongning saw that he had been trying to untie it for a long time but couldn't, so he reached out and untied the rope himself.

"Mom, take a rest. I can do it." Chang Xuan dragged the branches out and carefully arranged them.

Chang Dongning did not stop him; in this kind of world, spoiling a child would only harm him.

After her breathing calmed down, she took the things out of the basket and also took out the things from her spatial storage. First, she took out the piece of rotten wood covered with wood ear fungus. She took out a basin from the kitchen, filled it with half a basin of water, picked off the wood ear fungus pieces one by one, and washed off the dirt and sand. Then she took out a large round winnowing basket from the storage room and put the washed wood ear fungus pieces into it one by one.

"Chang Xuan, come here."

"Mother."

"Do you know what this is?" She pointed to the winnowing basket.

"Sun-dried vegetables".

"Okay, that's good. Before Mom leaves tomorrow, she'll put this by the door of the storage room. After you wake up and eat, can you help Mom take it out to air it?"

"OK."

"If it rains, drag them back to the storage room."