New area

The good things obtained from Bai Weiwei's house were still stored in the space, waiting for him!

But after having a meal with Gu Xue and seeing the distress calls online after the signal came back, he forgot about this matter.

He even upgraded his mental power because of it.

Gu Lin instantly lost his sleepiness, glanced at the door, confirmed that the lock latch on the sliding door was locked, and then disappeared from the spot in a flash.

In the bamboo courtyard, there was a safe casually lying on the ground in front of the five-story bamboo building.

Gu Lin walked over, knocked on the password lock of the safe, and couldn't help but make a clicking sound.

This was a high-end item.

Without handy tools, it couldn't be easily opened.

It should be a treasure that Bai Weiwei got from some rich second generation, along with their safe.

Because Gu Lin could also remotely collect items into the space and knew Bai Weiwei well enough, he naturally knew what she might do.

She probably silently put away someone else's treasure when she saw it, right?

Gu Lin didn't rush to open the safe.

Instead, he walked straight towards the entrance of the bamboo courtyard.

Just as he was about to push the door to go outside to the open space, Gu Lin suddenly noticed another door light up on the side!

Previously, only the handles of the Planting Area and Breeding Area doors were lit.

After unlocking the Synthesis Platform and Garbage Transformation Area, two more were lit.

But now, there was another door lighted up, and the doorplate above it brightly read "Garden Area"!

Gu Lin's eyes lit up, and he quickly called out to the steward in his mind: "Why was this Garden Area unlocked?"

"Because the host's mental power level has increased, unlocking a new area of the space."

The steward almost instantly provided Gu Lin with an answer.

Gu Lin understood and instructed, "Transplant all the fruit trees from the warehouse to the garden area, and plant some seeds of each fruit."

The fruit tree seedlings he swept from the fruit and vegetable breeding base finally had a place to shine!

Originally, when he opened the Planting Area, Gu Lin intended to directly plant these fruits there.

But after seeing the unlit Garden Area on the first floor of the bamboo building, Gu Lin dismissed the idea and decided to wait until the Garden Area was officially opened before planting the fruits.

Anyway, he had plenty of fruits in his space, which wouldn't spoil, so he could eat them first.

Unexpectedly, the Garden Area was opened so quickly, it was truly effortless!

With the definite affirmation from the steward, Gu Lin was in a great mood and pushed open the door of the bamboo courtyard, stepping out.

This was the second time he walked outside the courtyard, and the outside and inside were completely different scenes.

Inside the bamboo courtyard, Gu Lin could see the approximate scenes behind each door just by standing in the yard.

Looking towards the Planting Area, the sky was filled with lush greenery; above the entrance of the Breeding Area, various kinds of livestock were visible.

It was like using the sky as a screen, projecting the scenes behind the doors.

But standing outside the bamboo courtyard, Gu Lin's view was nothing but a vast expanse of sky and earth.

The sky was still bright, but the surroundings were boundless and empty.

Only behind him was a bamboo gate, with a sign reading "Bamboo Courtyard" hanging on it, and the scenery inside the courtyard couldn't be seen at all, as if it were protected by a barrier.

Gu Lin looked around at the endless desolation with no boundaries in sight, and with a wave of his hand, Bai Weiwei's house appeared before him.

During the process of receiving this house, Gu Lin's mental power sensed a safe embedded in the load-bearing wall.

Apart from the safe, there seemed to be something special in this house that greatly shocked Gu Lin's mental power at the time.

He came here to dig out these two things.

Although the underground storage area was boundless, Gu Lin himself couldn't enter it, so he could only come outside the courtyard and release the house to dig out the things.

Gu Lin entered the house and arrived at the wall that had been partially opened by his mental power.

Half of the safe was tightly attached to the load-bearing wall, embedded in the new wall.

Gu Lin directly manipulated the wall with his powerful mental force.

With a crisp sound, the wall fell, and the safe landed with a loud bang.

He threw the safe into the courtyard, then crouched down, pressing his hands against the ground, carefully using his mental power to sense.

Although his mental power had been greatly shocked at the time, he could be sure that the special item had also been taken into his space.

So the item must still be somewhere in this house.

Gu Lin closed his eyes and carefully sensed with his mental power, searching every inch of the walls, leaving no nook or cranny unchecked.

Finally, he discovered something unusual in the floor of the storage room.

Gu Lin opened his eyes, and although he had a basic idea of the origin of this item, he was sure it didn't belong to Bai Weiwei.

The houses in the Zijing Garden came with simple decorations.

Bai Weiwei might have added some insulation to the floors, but the special item he had sensed was embedded in the cement floor during the initial construction, which couldn't have been done by Bai Weiwei.

The reason he was certain the safe belonged to Bai Weiwei was because it was tightly against the load-bearing wall, embedded in the new wall, clearly placed there by Bai Weiwei during the renovation.

Arriving at the location of the special item, Gu Lin pursed his lips and reached for the electric drill.

What kind of item could emit such a special energy fluctuation, evading even his full investigation?

He would find out once he dug it out.

Rolling up his sleeves, he got to work!

Gu Lin manipulated the electric drill, connected it to the power pack, and went straight to the spot he had previously sensed with his mental power.

The electric drill, assisted by his mental force, carefully pried open the floorboards, gradually grinding away the layer of cement.

Before long, a dark object emerged.

Found it! Gu Lin's eyes lit up.

After seeing what it was, he became even more cautious in his movements.

Although he knew this item was likely not easily damaged by a small electric drill in his hand, Gu Lin still proceeded with extreme care.

What if it got damaged? He would be heartbroken!

Fortunately, the item wasn't large, and it wasn't buried very deep.

Before long, Gu Lin successfully retrieved it intact.

It was a completely black box, and the material couldn't be discerned.

When touched, it felt like cold metal. Gu Lin casually tossed the electric drill aside, turned off the power pack, and sat on the ground without hesitation, starting to examine the metal box.

After turning the object in his hand several times, Gu Lin didn't find any switches or seams.

It seemed like a solid piece of metal. However, the weight in his hand felt off.

Although there was no sound when he shook it, Gu Lin was certain that there was space inside.

Holding the black metal box, Gu Lin closed his eyes and scanned Bai Weiwei's entire house with his mental power, ensuring there were no fluctuations inside, before tossing the house back into the warehouse.

The house was almost the same, even if he hadn't dismantled half of it.

The load-bearing wall was still there, but the adjacent wall had turned into a pile of bricks and cement.

Other areas had also been thoroughly damaged.

Perhaps, in reality, the house resembled more of an unfinished building.

But there was no other option. Besides the RV, this was the only place in Gu Lin's space that could be used as a residence.

He had to keep it for now; in case he and his sister needed shelter later, especially since the house hadn't been buried in snow.

He would consider finding a better mobile residence later.

For now, there was nowhere to discard it.

He couldn't simply open the windows and toss such a three-bedroom house into the icy wilderness outside.

The snow would melt eventually, and the scarred land would one day flourish again.

If necessary, he would throw the entire house into the garbage transformation box to exchange it for random resources.

After tidying up the items outside the bamboo courtyard, Gu Lin pushed open the bamboo gate and returned to his own courtyard.

The courtyard still looked tranquil and serene, unaffected by the weather outside the bamboo courtyard or beyond the space.

Gu Lin took out a small stool from the warehouse, along with various tools like an electric saw, and sat in front of the two safes, starting to study how to open them.

He decided to start with the safes first since it's easier to tackle the low-hanging fruit.

Although the safes were heavy, they seemed easier to open compared to the dark metal box.

Gu Lin didn't want to start with the most difficult task right away.

Soon enough, one of the safes was opened.