The next morning, Shen Jin looked at Shang Qian, who was still unconscious, and sighed. He had no idea how she was doing.
"Forcing down that unfinished serum and awakening an incomplete special ability... that must have been painful."
Before, Shen Jin had felt a mixture of pity and admiration for Shang Qian, perhaps with just a tiny hint of the peculiar desire to have a former beautiful CEO obey his orders.
Now Shen Jin understood that Shang Qian could be his partner, someone as dependable as Yang Ao.
He crushed some Compressed Biscuits into powder and fed them to Shang Qian with Bottled Water.
Then Shen Jin used freshly mined stone blocks to enclose the entire house, leaving only a half-block opening at the top for ventilation.
He shouldered his axe and went up the mountain to cut down trees.
"Good grief! This whole mountain is covered in trees. How many years would it take to cut them all down?"
This part of the mountain wasn't a tourist attraction. It was deep, untouched forest, and development hadn't reached this far yet.
Only a rough mountain trail led into it.
Shen Jin breathed a sigh of relief. That made it far less likely that zombies would appear in the mountains.
He rubbed his ribs, grimaced in pain, and began his day as a lumberjack.
Clang, clang, clang!
Crash!
The tree fell, and Shen Jin went up to it and hacked away.
[Obtained: Poplar Wood ×2] [Obtained: Poplar Wood ×3]
Keeping track of his stamina, Shen Jin cut down fifty poplars and collected five stacks of [Poplar Wood].
He also mined five stacks of [Cobblestone] before returning to his house.
First, he lit the [Furnace] and put his water and Beef Jerky on to heat.
Then Shen Jin began