By the end of the day, Ji He hadn’t spent any money. Just by wandering around and collecting samples, she had gathered over a hundred types of plants and animals. If she organized the items in her space properly, she figured she could fit even more.

The shop owner cheerfully helped Ji He load her purchases onto the tricycle, reminding her to feed the crayfish and crabs with high-protein animal feed, including various animal carcasses and organs.

After bidding farewell to the shop owner, Ji He rode off on her tricycle, found a secluded spot, and stored the fish in her space.

Worried that the fish might die, she quickly entered her space and rushed to the beach.

She stripped off her clothes and dove into the water, dividing the ocean area with nets. Then, she set up shrimp traps, scallop cages, and other equipment before releasing the newly purchased fish fry.

After finishing with the saltwater fish, she followed the same process in the lake, releasing the freshwater fish fry.

By the time everything was done, even though Ji He was a good swimmer, she was utterly exhausted.

She lay on the ground to rest for five minutes before getting up and leaving her space to head to the wholesale clothing market.

The largest wholesale clothing market in the city was bustling with people, many dragging carts filled with bulk purchases.

Ji He first visited the winter clothing section. Since the weather was warm, winter clothes were out of season and heavily discounted. She picked the thickest goose-down jackets, military coats, thermal pants, cold storage overalls, thermal underwear, wool pants, thick sweaters, and coral fleece pajamas—buying three sets of each.

She didn’t forget about shoes either, purchasing five pairs each of sneakers, hiking boots, and snow boots.

Once she was done with winter clothes, she moved on to spring and autumn wear, picking up sun-protective clothing, softshell jackets, black sportswear, underwear, and more.

She stocked up on extra underwear but bought five sets of everything else, considering that the original owner of her body already had some clothes at home. She had no intention of throwing them away since they were still wearable.

After storing the clothes in her space, she went on to buy blankets—air-conditioning quilts, goose-down comforters, and thick cotton quilts weighing 10 jin each, purchasing three of each type.

She also picked up bedsheets, duvet covers, pillowcases, and other bedding essentials, buying three sets of each.

With all that taken care of, she headed straight to an outdoor supplies store. She bought an inflatable raft, sleeping bags, an emergency kit, tents, climbing ropes, binoculars, waterproof flashlights, a portable stove, a solar charger, and more.

Everything was on sale, and after comparing prices from three different stores and bargaining hard, she even got some free extras from the shop owner.

Before leaving, she noticed alcohol stoves, solid fuel blocks, portable gas stoves, insect repellents, disinfectants, water purification tablets, and hand warmers—and ended up buying a lot of those too.

By the time she left the wholesale market, she had spent a total of 40,000 yuan.

It was already completely dark outside. Ji He found a busy street food stall, ordered a plate of stir-fried rice noodles, and ate heartily.

Food always tasted best when one was hungry.

After finishing her meal, she started calling pharmaceutical companies. Medicine had high profit margins, and buying from pharmacies was too expensive. If she could find a medical representative, she could get a much better deal.

Even though they would still make money off her, it was a fair trade.

After several phone calls, she finally secured a purchase of 30,000 yuan worth of essential medicines—mostly everyday necessities like fever reducers, diarrhea medicine, cold medicine, antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, injury ointments, masks, deworming medicine, herbal cooling water, and painkillers.

She wasn’t a doctor, so she only bought medicines she understood. These should be enough.

With plans to pick up the medicine and borrow money the next day, Ji He rode her tricycle home.

By now, she had spent over 150,000 yuan in just two days. Money really did burn fast—half of what she had was already gone.

At home, Ji He lay in bed and checked the online orders for daily necessities. Everything had been shipped and should arrive in a few days.

Instead of entering her space right away, she opened her laptop and searched for farming guides.

The original owner of her body was just a student who had never farmed before. And even though Ji He had done labor jobs in the past, she had never actually grown crops—at most, she had helped plant trees.

As she browsed, she downloaded useful tool guides, videos, and maps onto her computer.

The more she read, the more she frowned. Farming rice was incredibly time-consuming—not just the seedlings, but also the need for flooded fields.

Her time in the space was limited each day. Even if she spent all her available hours inside, she wasn’t sure if she could manage both farming and raising livestock.

It seemed she had bought too little rice. She would need to get more.

On the other hand, crops like sweet potatoes were much easier to grow.

But it wasn’t urgent. She had already stocked up on plenty of food.

Checking the time, she saw it was getting late. She let the computer continue downloading files while she entered her space to plant saplings on the hillside. The task took over an hour.

After planting all the saplings, she carefully plucked a withered leaf from one and fed it to the space, testing its limits.

Surprisingly, the space accepted it, increasing the number of recorded plant species by dozens.

This discovery excited Ji He—maybe she had found a faster way to level up her space.

With the trees planted, she turned her attention to the livestock, only to realize she had made a mistake—she hadn’t bought any fencing.

If she released the animals now, they would run everywhere.

They had no choice but to spend the night in their cages. She would buy fencing tomorrow.

Though she couldn’t arrange proper housing for them yet, she could at least feed them. The animals had gone hungry all day and looked sluggish. Ji He gave them some of the complimentary feed and cleaned up their droppings, setting aside the manure for composting.

Next, she hurried to feed the fish.

The space’s environment was extremely comfortable, and all the animals and fish adapted well. That gave Ji He some peace of mind.

This was only her second time entering the space. She hadn’t had time to check everything last time, so she now measured the black soil area with a ruler.

After some calculations, she estimated it covered about 60 square meters.

It wasn’t small. If she fully utilized it for growing crops, she would have enough to eat.

After finishing all the work, Ji He exited the space.

There was still plenty left to do—planting crops, organizing the storage area—but it was already past 11 PM. She had been working nonstop for days and was exhausted. If she didn’t rest now, she wouldn’t have the energy to continue tomorrow.

After washing up, she turned off the lights and lay down to sleep.

But her mind was too full, and she tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.

She grabbed a notebook and started listing everything she still needed to buy, planning to complete her preparations the next day.

The room was silent, the clock hands moving steadily toward midnight. Ji He didn’t notice anything unusual—until she suddenly heard static in her ears, followed by an electronic voice.

[Hello, residents of Planet M. Congratulations, you have been selected for the Assistance Game.]

[This game is completely voluntary. Declining will result in no penalties. Would you like to participate?]

[Yes / No]

[Countdown: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…]

Ji He was shocked, then hesitant.

She had read plenty of novels, and in stories like this, entering a game never led to a good outcome. It usually meant fighting for survival, with life and death hanging in the balance.

But opportunities and dangers always came hand in hand.

If this game existed, did it mean the real world was about to change?

If she refused, she would fall behind. And falling behind meant getting left vulnerable.

Ji He gritted her teeth and pressed “Yes” just before the countdown ended.

The next moment, her vision went black, and she was transported into the game.

When she opened her eyes again, she was standing in front of a massive farm—specifically, a chicken coop.

A voice announced:

[Welcome to the One-Star Level: The Farm is Busy.]