I became a farmer in the apocalypse.

Ye Qing: "Anyway, things in the mountains are free; if you find them, they're yours."

Ye Qing's words make sense. Vegetables in the safe zone are more expensive than staple foods, and Jiang Li can't even eat them once a month. Since they're out here, they can't afford to waste the resources in the mountains and fields.

Jiang Li joined the group chat.

When new people join, everyone welcomes them.

Welcome to the newcomer!

"Hey girl, join our chat group. Feel free to ask us anything you don't understand."

"..."

Jiang Li glanced at the number of people in the group chat; there were 119.

He casually pulled Jiang Yan in as well.

When Jiang Yan returned to the house with the water, he had already repaired the table legs and built a simple stove outside with a few bricks, placing the iron pot he had brought on it.

"Sis, how about we have rice porridge for dinner?"

Jiang Li glanced at the brown rice in the cloth bag and had no objection.

All we have right now is this; what else can we do besides eat porridge?

Jiang Yan took a bucket of water, put in a water purification tablet, and poured the purified water directly into the pot to boil. It was safe to drink.

"Tomorrow I'm going with that group to the nearby mountains to find some vegetables. You need to till the land. We need to till these fifty acres as soon as possible so we can plant them quickly."

"No problem." Jiang Yan raised his hand enthusiastically. "I guarantee I'll complete the mission!"

After eating the porridge, Jiang Yan quickly tidied up the room with the small bed, spread out the mattress he had brought, and went to another room to sleep on the floor.

The next day, just as dawn broke, someone knocked on the door.

When Jiang Li opened the door, she saw Ye Qing already waiting for her outside with a basket on his back.

"Sister Jiang, let's go. The group said to meet at bus stop number 13. Once everyone is here, we'll go up the mountain together."

The group went up the mountain together to find resources in order to avoid attacks by mutated beasts. When a group of evolved beings encountered mutated beasts, they were still able to fight back. Moreover, mutated animals are cunning and like to attack people who are alone.

Jiang Li noticed that Ye Qing was followed by a middle-aged woman and a boy who looked to be about fourteen or fifteen years old.

"This is my mother, and this is my younger brother."

The boy spoke in a clear, crisp voice: "Sister Jiang, my name is Ye Tong."

Li Lan sized up Jiang Li for a moment, "Miss, I heard from Qingqing that it's just the two of you, a brother and sister, who come to farm?"

Jiang Li nodded.

Li Lan sighed. Without even asking, she knew that the siblings' parents must have passed away.

There are many such orphans in the apocalypse.

"You'll come with us later. We have experience going to the mountains to find wild vegetables before, so we know where there might be plenty."

People are all made of flesh and blood. Li Lan saw that this girl was about the same age as her own daughter and was raising her younger brother alone to farm. She would definitely help her if she could.

"Thank you, Aunt Li."

Li Lan led the way with a basket on her back, and it took them a mile to reach bus stop number 13.

A large crowd had already gathered at bus stop number 13. They were all landowners from this area, carrying baskets on their backs with machetes and other self-defense tools hanging beside them. The scene was quite lively.

Everyone was hoping to find more wild vegetables on this trip up the mountain, so they could not only eat them themselves, but also exchange them for points.

"Li Lan is here, everyone's here, let's set off."

The team leader was a robust middle-aged man.

"That's Uncle Chen Feng. He was the one who first suggested taking everyone up the mountain to find wild vegetables. Uncle Chen is a very nice person, and he's also a level 5 power evolver. You can ask him for help if you need anything."

Ye Qing whispered to Jiang Li, then pointed to the distant mountain whose peak could be faintly seen.

"We're going to that mountain. It's huge, and there are lots of plants inside!"

Jiang Li glanced at it and said, "That mountain is outside the field area, and it doesn't seem to be within the patrol team's protection zone."

"That's why we need to travel in groups," Ye Qing said. "Being away from the patrol team's protection is indeed a bit dangerous, but if we can find wild vegetables, it'll be a great opportunity!"

"Besides, we'll only search the outer perimeter of the mountain today; we dare not venture further in. The mutated animals are all hiding in the mountains!"

Jiang Li nodded.

She hadn't tasted fresh vegetables in a long time, and if she could add a dish to the table, the trip would be worthwhile.

Upon arriving at the entrance checkpoint of the field area, the patrolling troops immediately knew what they were there to do.

"Going to the mountains to forage for wild vegetables again?"

"Yeah, let's try our luck," Chen Feng said. "The seeds have just been planted; we can't just sit at home and starve."

The patrol team reminded them, "Then please be careful and get back to the fields before dark. Good luck!"

After saying that, he opened the wire mesh gate at the entrance.

The group exited through the barbed wire gate and headed into the mountains.

"What a huge lamb's quarters!"

Halfway there, someone stopped and noticed a lamb's quarters plant by the roadside that was bigger than a human face.

"If only this weren't poisonous! One wild vegetable would be enough for a meal!"

However, the fact that this vegetable can grow to such a large size indicates that it has mutated, and it is obvious that it is inedible without testing.

Jiang Li squatted down and reached out her hand toward the lamb's quarters. Suddenly, a huge network diagram with flashing red and green dots and covered with nerve-like fine lines appeared abruptly in front of Jiang Li.

Words appeared.

[Host: Jiang Li]

[Special Ability: Wood-type (Level 1)]

[Ability: Plant Sensing (Sensing edible plants and their status within a three-kilometer radius)]

Jiang Li froze, staring in astonishment at the online image and the lines of text that appeared before her.

What's going on?

system?

Superpowers?

When she transmigrated to this world, she had only heard of evolved humans who had greatly increased their speed or strength, but she had never heard of any supernatural abilities based on the elements of metal, wood, water, fire, or earth.

This sudden situation seems more like a bug.

Jiang Li looked up at the sky shrouded in red mist, then at the online image in front of her...

What do the red dots on the image represent? And what do the green dots represent?

If red represents pollution, mutated plants, and toxins, then what about those few rare green dots hidden among the red? Do they represent...?

Healthy and safe plants?

"Hey, Miss Jiang, what are you doing? Didn't you hear Brother Li say this dish is inedible? It'll kill you if you eat it."

A tall man in the crowd spoke up.

"That's right, Sister Jiang, put it down quickly! These mutated plants are poisonous; it's best to stay away from them!"

Ye Qing was afraid that Jiang Li would get too greedy and grab the food and put it in her mouth, so she quickly pulled her away.

Li Lan: "It seems like I haven't eaten leafy greens in a long time, so I can't resist them when I see them."

After all, vegetables in the safe zone sell for 70 or 80 points per kilogram. Most people just buy coarse staple food to fill their stomachs and are unwilling to spend points to exchange for vegetables. Under these circumstances, wild vegetables are an extremely precious resource in the wild.

Jiang Li couldn't explain to them what she had seen, nor could she bring herself to say it. She stood up and said, "I was just curious to take a look."

Chen Feng: "Let's hurry up and go into the mountains. There won't be anything to eat by the roadside. If there were, it would have been picked clean long ago."

The group quickened their pace.

Upon reaching the foot of the mountain, two forked roads appeared before us, one to the east and one to the west.

"Last time we went to the east, but there probably isn't much to eat there now. This time we're going to the west."

As everyone agreed and prepared to head east with their baskets on their backs, Jiang Li suddenly spoke up:

"There's not much to eat in the west, so I suggest you go to the east."

Upon hearing this, everyone paused and turned to look at Jiang Li.

"Why go east? We've already been there last time, this time we're definitely going west!"

"That's right, let's go west!"

No one paid attention to what Jiang Li said, and everyone carried their baskets and spontaneously headed west.

Jiang Li did not move her feet.

Knowing full well that there's not much to eat in the west, and compared to the number of green dots in the east, going to the west would be a waste of time.

She carried a basket on her back and walked eastward.

"where did you go?"

Chen Feng frowned and called out to her, "Miss Jiang, don't go that way alone, it's dangerous!"

Jiang Li thought for a moment and said, "It's okay, I have self-defense skills, I can take care of myself."

Upon hearing this, the woman named Wang Guihua glared angrily at Jiang Li, "Newcomer, are you sick? I've already said there are no resources in the east, what's the meaning of your insistence on going there?"

Sun Dayong was also amused by Jiang Li's audacious actions. He said, "Brother Feng, if she wants to go, just let her go. She's really got some nerve. What does it matter to us if she gets bitten to death by a mutated beast? Let her die if she wants to!"

"Exactly, let her go by herself, we'll just go to the west."