New ability

It's already late at night, and after being disturbed by Gu Xue, he doesn't want to carefully study the specific mechanism of the energy of the synthesis platform anymore.

He just instructs the space steward in his mind.

"Put everything in the space into the synthesis platform, each and every item, even the differences in color and style, count them all."

The space steward's response quickly echoes in Gu Lin's mind: "Yes, master."

After giving these orders, Gu Lin chooses to go to sleep directly, feeling dizzy after eating his fill.

Anyway, the space is his, it can't run away, and these things can be studied tomorrow.

The next day, it's a rare clear and sunny day, and Gu Lin is awakened by a phone call.

He tosses the phone aside with a complicated mood, then calls out, "Gu Xue! Get up and change your clothes!"

Gu Xue's voice quickly comes back, "Got it!"

Not long after, the siblings are both dressed neatly, and the delivery person has just arrived.

It's someone from the appliance store who neatly stacks up all the machines Gu Lin ordered yesterday outside the door.

While marveling at the array of machines, he gives Gu Lin's house a malicious look, and asks, "Hello, do you need installation?"

Gu Lin shakes his head, "No need."

Installing machines like popcorn makers and ice cream machines isn't difficult, he can learn from the instruction manuals himself.

People's hearts are unpredictable, and Gu Lin doesn't want these people to enter his home.

Although there's nothing special laid out on the surface, he can't guarantee that they won't have other intentions once they're inside.

With the end of the world approaching, Gu Lin doesn't want to leave any potential hazards to himself.

...

After having lunch and coaxing Gu Xue to take a nap, Gu Lin carefully drew the blackout curtains and then slipped into the space.

He went straight to the Synthesis Platform, and Gu Lin looked down at the open pages of the book beside him.

There were already words appearing on it:

"Catalog: 67,463,960 species"

"Energy: 3,820,172 points"

Gu Lin widened his eyes and carefully counted the numbers on top.

He had already stocked up on tens of millions of items?

The Space Steward helped him put everything in the space into the platform, yet it only exchanged for less than four million points of energy.

The exchange rate for this energy isn't high. Sensing Gu Lin's thoughts, the voice of the Space Steward sounded:

"Master, the energy exchanged for putting things into the Synthesis Platform is not fixed and depends on the attributes, volume, and other factors of the items themselves."

Gu Lin responded in his mind and asked, "Other than stuffing things into it, what other ways are there to exchange energy for the Synthesis Platform?"

"Each time the master's ability upgrades, it will bring energy to the Synthesis Platform."

"In addition, the master can also exchange energy by putting in ability cores."

Ability cores? That's indeed a good thing, but not easy to obtain. After the mutation of animals and plants, they usually gain abilities or undergo other mutations.

At this point, animals and plants will produce ability cores, and of course, humans with abilities will also have them.

However, the mutation of animals and plants occurred one or two years after the apocalypse.

So, now the only way to get energy for the Synthesis Platform seems to be feeding it with items.

After all, there aren't any special energies in the air yet that can supply upgrades for ability cores.

The reason why Gu Lin's psychic ability upgraded so quickly before was simply because he had been working in the space with his consciousness.

But since reaching Level 3, the speed of his ability upgrades has noticeably slowed down.

After understanding the Synthesis Platform.

Gu Lin returned to the bamboo courtyard and directly pushed open the door of the adjacent "Garbage Transformation Box."

The "Garbage Transformation Box" is also a spacious room.

But unlike the empty "Synthesis Platform" next door, the Garbage Transformation Box has a double-layered structure.

Apart from the layer where Gu Lin is currently standing, there is another layer visible through the semi-transparent floor below.

The voice of the housekeeper sounded:

"The Garbage Transformation Box is the lower level of the owner's current location.

The owner can throw any garbage into the lower level, and the transformed products will appear directly in the upper level area."

Gu Lin looked to his right and indeed, there was an area of about five square meters, with the floor color noticeably lighter.

That should be where to throw things. Can I throw anything?

"Yes, the Garbage Transformation Box can absorb any items defined by the owner as 'garbage' and transform them into things the owner may find useful."

Gu Lin keenly caught the point: "Are the generated items random?"

"Depending on the type and size of the garbage, the time required for transformation varies, and the resulting products are completely random."

Now Gu Lin completely understood.

This is basically a machine for exchanging garbage for blind boxes.

He couldn't just go out now and take the trash can from home...

Suddenly, Gu Lin's eyes lit up.

He actually had "garbage" in his space! That is—the body of Bai Weiwei he had put in earlier!

In the harmonious society today, Gu Lin didn't know where to dispose of this body for a while, so he had to keep it in the space all the time.

Originally, he planned to find a place to dispose of it casually after the apocalypse.

Now it seems more appropriate to throw it into this "Garbage Transformation Box"?

Without further ado, Gu Lin pointed his hand, and Bai Weiwei's still fresh body appeared in front of him.

She was electrocuted to death by Gu Lin's thunder-type ability, with not much blood on her.

Gu Lin was about to continue controlling her body with his consciousness and throw it into the Garbage Transformation Box when he suddenly stopped.

He vaguely remembered that as long as a person dies within three days, the "Replication" ability seems to still be able to replicate abilities from the body?

Looking at the still fresh body stored in the space where time was stopped, Gu Lin pursed his lips and, suppressing his nausea, touched Bai Weiwei's cold fingertips.

An unusual chill instantly swept over his hand.

The next moment, the voice of the housekeeper sounded:

"Congratulations, Master, you have successfully replicated Water-type Ability and Ice-type Ability!"

Gu Lin's eyes lit up immediately.

He didn't expect that, even at this point, Bai Weiwei could still be somewhat useful.

Feeling the circulation of the abilities within him, Gu Lin pointed his finger, and Bai Weiwei's body was instantly thrown onto that special floor.

With a "plop," the body fell to the lower level and immediately disappeared.

The time and products of transformation are completely random, and Gu Xue may approach his room at any time, so Gu Lin certainly doesn't intend to wait here.

Instead, he chose to leave the space directly, casually reminding before leaving: "Call me when the transformation is complete."

It's truly perfect waste utilization!

"Alright, Master."