【Yuejiao: Guys, what do you do when you get injured in the game and return home? I have several bloody holes in my body, I can barely stand, let alone go to work! I had no choice but to take leave and stay home! This is already my second leave this month! My boss said if I take leave again, I’ll be fired. What should I do?!】

【Spring Breeze With You: DM me, come work at my company, I’ll pay you 10k a month!】

【Yuejiao: OK! Boss, nice to meet you!】

Immediately, many others expressed their interest in working for Spring Breeze With You.

He was quite generous.

【Spring Breeze With You: Since we all had the fate to enter the same game, we are now friends. As friends, we should help each other out. If anyone faces difficulties in real life, you can contact me. I promise to help as much as I can!】

【Zhe’ergen: Boss, you’re magnanimous! We need leaders like you in this game.】

【Spring Breeze With You: I wouldn’t call myself a leader, just doing what little I can.】

【Take You to Hotpot: This is a game world, don’t bring your real-life mindset here. I’m telling you, only fools fall for that!】

【Zhe’ergen: Look at your jealous face. You’re just envious of how capable Big Brother is. You don’t have to help others, but don’t stop others from doing good.】

【Take You to Hotpot: What a joke! Do you people really think Spring Breeze is being kind? You can kill people directly in this game. If you let him know your real identity, aren’t you just accelerating your own death? And let me be blunt—this is a world of talents. We will inevitably diverge from ordinary people. If you’re not mentally prepared, you’ll be eliminated sooner or later!】

【Xiaoxiao: Talents? What talents? Can someone explain?】

Ji He kept reading, but no one discussed the topic of “talents.” Everyone just dodged the question, joking around and changing the subject. It was clear that they were keeping secrets.

Ji He had mixed feelings about Take You to Hotpot’s words. He wasn’t necessarily entirely right, but she did agree with one point—keeping the game separate from real life was best.

After all, orphans like her were rare. If conflicts in the game spilled over into reality, what then?

Ji He continued reading for a while, but without finding any useful information, she closed the chat interface.

Leaning back on the sofa, she pondered. She had always wanted to know—what determined talent awakening?

Did everyone who cleared their first game awaken a talent?

Was there a limit to this talent awakening? Could one keep awakening more talents, or was there a fixed number?

Last time, even after fighting the giant goose and putting in so much effort, she hadn’t awakened another talent.

Ji He thought about it some more, but without any answers, she decided to push the matter aside for now.

She opened the in-game shop, but the prices were still as exorbitant as ever. She couldn’t afford anything. In the end, she bought a few seeds, spending all her copper coins.

For the next four days, Ji He didn’t wander around. Instead, she stayed home, cooking and collecting water.

Every morning, she went to the morning market to sell lamb offal. Once she was done selling, she went straight home to fill water bottles.

While collecting water, she also cooked meals.

After a few days, all her water containers were full. Based on a daily consumption of 1 liter, she had stored enough drinking water for three years.

Besides the bottled water, she also stored a large amount of household water in her spatial inventory. If necessary, she could boil it for drinking.

All the internal organs and bones stored in her space were now cleaned and boiled, then sealed in stainless steel containers.

For the ones that wouldn’t fit, she just stored them directly in her space, planning to buy more containers later.

Her second batch of offal included not only chicken, duck, goose, cow, and lamb but also a significant amount of pork.

After cooking, Ji He categorized everything carefully and labeled them to avoid confusion.

During this time, she also ordered multiple storage racks based on her space’s dimensions—30 racks, each costing 210 yuan.

These racks would help organize her food and supplies, with any extras stacked in a corner.

Taking advantage of her free time, Ji He spent her days constantly cooking.

She used the earth stove to prepare braised dishes and lamb offal.

The rice cooker steamed rice—one pot every 30 minutes, producing two large batches per hour.

Any bones that looked out of place—clearly not from local species—were stored deep within the shelves for her own consumption.

Her lamb offal and duck intestines had completely sold out over the past few days.

Although she had initially gathered a lot, after sorting through everything, she realized there wasn’t as much left as she had imagined.

Despite only setting up a stall at the morning market, the demand was huge.

She had nearly depleted all the lamb offal in her space.

Ji He decided that starting tomorrow morning, she would switch to selling braised offal.

Her second batch of offal contained a large amount of pork, which she planned to turn into braised dishes.

She would add fried tofu puffs and radish to the mix.

After cooking, she tasted a bowl. The flavor was excellent.

She had cleaned everything thoroughly, removing any unpleasant odors, leaving only the aroma of fatty meat and the chewy texture of the offal.

Feeling something was missing, she added some cilantro and scallions. After taking another sip, she nodded in satisfaction.

Yes, this was the taste she wanted.

Her supply of cilantro and scallions was running low, so she had already asked the vegetable vendor next door to prepare more for her—800 jin (400 kg) of each for tomorrow morning!

After preparing everything for the next day’s stall, Ji He took a shower, put on her sportswear, and lay in bed scrolling through the chat channel.

The chat channel hadn’t been entirely useless lately.

A user named Forget Worries played a role similar to a scholar or expert. He had compiled a lot of game knowledge and generously shared it.

For example, he discovered that the game usually notified players at midnight.

Each time, players would disappear from reality for over an hour.

Ji He believed the first theory was likely correct. It matched her own observations, so she decided to stay awake until 12:30 AM each night. If there was no game notification, then she would go to sleep.

Yawning several times, she waited until 12:30 AM. When no system notification appeared, she knew she wouldn’t be entering the game tonight.

Only then did she change her clothes and go to sleep.

The next morning at five, Ji He got up, had a quick meal, and rode her tricycle to the morning market.

Recently, the temperatures had been abnormally high, with multiple heat warnings issued.

Many private companies had been ordered to let employees work from home, forbidding unnecessary outings.

However, the mornings were still bearable, unlike the scorching afternoons.

At around 5 AM, the temperature was already 30°C (86°F). As Ji He rode into the morning market, she frowned.

Usually, by this time, many vendors would have already set up their stalls, but today, there were far fewer.

The market looked sparse, and even the sides of the street weren’t fully occupied.

After reaching her usual spot, the serious-faced uncle who collected stall fees came over, took her payment, and then suddenly left her with a sentence:

“Girl, sell your stuff quickly and go home.”