Apocalypse: The Primordial Pearl Recognizes Its Master, Starting with Infinite Space

The Mountain and Water Garden Shelter, deep underground.

Hua Hua's engineering team continues to tirelessly expand the territory of underground space.

However, this is limited to the area within the original villa district.

Back in the park, Lin Chen brought Hu Shanshan to the entertainment plaza.

"Here, eat this." Lin Chen handed a Creation Crystal to Hu Shanshan. "This is the item I promised you before, to help you improve your ability level."

Hu Shanshan looked at the Creation Crystal in front of her, her eyes already shining with excitement.

At breakfast, she witnessed many of her sisters awaken at least A-level abilities from having no special powers before, and her heart began to race.

Her teleportation ability is currently only at the lowest level, F, with a maximum teleportation distance of only five meters, a duration of no more than one minute, and a door size that can only accommodate one person at a time.

She was incredibly envious when she saw her sisters awaken A-level or even S-level superpowers.

She accepted it without hesitation, her eyes sparkling with anticipation and excitement. If she could also raise her superpower to S-rank... in this apocalyptic world, where couldn't she go?

The Creation Crystal entered her mouth and instantly transformed into a gentle yet powerful torrent of energy, washing over her limbs and bones.

Hu Shanshan closed her eyes comfortably, feeling a certain constraint within her body constantly breaking down, and her hidden power being frantically stimulated and reshaped.

A minute later, the energy fluctuations subsided, and she slowly opened her eyes.

When she looked at Lin Chen again, her gaze held not only the original gratitude, but also a warmth and heartfelt loyalty that came from an elevated level of life.

"How are you feeling? Have your abilities changed?" Lin Chen asked anxiously, holding her hand.

He had high hopes for this teleportation ability.

When Lin Chen suddenly grasped her small hand, a blush rose on Hu Shanshan's face. After regaining her composure and carefully sensing the surroundings, she replied, "Now... the maximum teleportation distance can reach two thousand meters, and the duration of a single teleportation session has been extended to thirty minutes."

"Two thousand meters? Thirty minutes?" Lin Chen stroked his chin, pondering to himself, "The growth rate of this distance and time seems to be different... and it's much farther than my current limit for space travel."

He then thought of another crucial question: "How many portals can be maintained simultaneously?"

"Currently... at the first level, only one door can be maintained."

Lin Chen nodded and without hesitation took out a large number of first- and second-tier crystal cores from his spatial storage and handed them to Hu Shanshan: "Continue to absorb them and raise your ability level."

Hu Shanshan followed instructions and began absorbing the energy of the crystal nuclei one by one.

As energy continued to flow in, her aura steadily increased.

Before long, his superpower level reached the third tier.

"And now?"

"Three portals can be opened and maintained simultaneously," Hu Shanshan clearly stated the changes. "The maximum one-way distance has been extended to ten kilometers, and the duration of a single portal can reach two hours."

"Ten kilometers! Three gates!" Lin Chen couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, "This strategic mobility is too strong. In terms of distance alone, it's much more impressive than my space travel."

"Space travel?" Hu Shanshan recalled Lin Chen's elusive ability when he rescued them and asked curiously, "Is that the ability you used to save us?"

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"It's different." Hu Shanshan shook her head and explained seriously, "My teleportation portal has many restrictions."

"First, I can only connect to locations that I have personally visited and marked with coordinates."

"Secondly, each activation requires a 'channeling' process, which takes at least ten seconds. This time is extremely dangerous in combat, giving the enemy ample opportunity to react in various ways."

"Furthermore, the portal requires me to continuously channel my mental energy to maintain it; once I stop channeling or it is severely interfered with, the portal will immediately close."

"So many restrictions?" Lin Chen was somewhat surprised.

"Yes," Hu Shanshan affirmed, "so it's essentially a support ability, not suitable for direct combat. It's more like a... pinpoint delivery channel."

Lin Chen understood.

Although Hu Shanshan's teleportation ability has a limit distance far exceeding her own, it has many prerequisites, a slow start-up time, and requires continuous guidance, making it more suitable for tasks such as the transfer of prepared supplies, personnel deployment, or deployment.

At present, the strategic value of a 10-kilometer radius is limited, but in the future, as the level increases and the distance is further extended, its value will be immeasurable.

Having figured out the characteristics and potential of the teleportation ability, Lin Chen asked Hu Shanshan to report to Su Yun.

He then turned around and went to find Hua Hua and the others.

After many days of continuous excavation and construction, the underground shelter is now completely different from what it used to be.

The restaurant area has been expanded several times over and is equipped with an independent water circulation system and power system.

The storage area, entertainment plaza, medical station, and even small library and recreation room are already taking shape.

The training plaza, conference rooms, and other facilities are already in use, and an underground swimming pool has even been created by utilizing natural rock fissures.

The dormitory rooms are arranged in an orderly fashion, each with sturdy bunk beds.

Lin Chen specially recruited a group of survivors with renovation experience from the outer city to carry out simple wall treatments and basic decorations to make the environment more livable.

The living facilities in the entire underground space are becoming increasingly complete, and it is beginning to resemble the framework of a miniature underground city.

Deep inside, Lin Chen even had Hua Hua and the others prepare a particularly spacious room for him to use as his future bedroom.

The walls were covered with simple, moisture-proof wallpaper, and the floor was covered with a soft carpet.

Lin Chen also specially found five identical large beds in his space, which were put together to form a huge bed and covered with soft mattresses. This size was enough to easily accommodate more than a dozen people sleeping at the same time.

The moment Hua Hua and the others' eyes fell on the large bed, the six girls' faces instantly turned red.

Hua Hua's eyes darted away in a panic, her voice barely audible, "This...isn't this bed...a bit too big...?"

Xiao He immediately covered her burning face with her hands, only peeking out from between her fingers, and muttered softly, "Brother Lin... no matter how healthy you are, you still need to be careful... and moderate your actions..."

Only Su Qingyue, who had been through it all, could maintain her composure, though her fingers, hanging by her side, unconsciously curled slightly, and her ears turned slightly red.

She cleared her throat and suggested in a professional tone, "The space is used very efficiently. However... from a privacy perspective, I strongly recommend installing soundproofing in the room to avoid... disturbing team members in other areas while they rest."

Lin Chen was taken aback at first, then, seeing the different expressions on the three girls' faces, he couldn't help but burst into laughter: "What are you girls thinking about?"

He patted the enormous bed and said in a serious tone, "I'm doing this for the long term! Our core team will definitely expand in the future. What if we come back from a high-intensity mission exhausted one day? We need a big enough place for everyone to squeeze together and rest properly, right? That's called improving team cohesion!"

After listening, the three looked at each other, and then rolled their eyes at Lin Chen in unison, but none of them dared to voice their complaints.