Although this black rain could not cause any harm to humans, no one wanted to go out and get drenched in it.
However, to relieve the boredom, both villas were equipped with recreational items like mahjong and poker.
Just like in Liu Zhuo's villa, four people were gathered around a mahjong table, with several others watching with great interest.
On the other side, some people were playing poker, and a few women were doing yoga in the dance studio.
As for Wang Luo, Zhao Qingxuan had called for the spa technician.
The villa was well-equipped, with a dedicated spa room. After a conversation, Wang Luo learned that her name was Zhou Xiaowei, she was 25 years old, and had been in this profession for several years since graduating from college.
She had a good figure and exceptional skills. During the session, Zhou Xiaowei also attempted some subtle flirtatious maneuvers, as she knew Wang Luo's status here. If he were to proposition her, her position would undoubtedly rise. While she couldn't rival the two leaders, no one would dare speak disrespectfully to her in the future.
Unfortunately, Wang Luo was not interested in her.
At that moment, Wang Luo lay comfortably on the massage bed, enjoying Zhou Xiaowei's skilled techniques.
"This is what the apocalypse should be like!" Wang Luo felt incredibly at ease.
He recalled what he was doing at this time in his previous life. In his past life, he hadn't yet discovered the secret of energy source crystals. He spent his days thinking about where to find resources with fewer zombies and how to fill his stomach.
But in this life, he was comfortable!
...
Three days passed in a flash. When the first ray of sunlight illuminated the earth on the fourth day, the sky finally brightened!
Then, people noticed that everything seemed to have been dyed black. Trees, soil, rivers, houses... all had turned black. The entire world, except for the sky, had changed color, appearing extraordinarily strange.
Furthermore, upon closer inspection, many plants had died! They could not withstand the erosion of the strange energy in the black rain.
Wang Luo had also gotten up from Yang Shu's bed early. The three days of black rain had finally taken their toll. After getting up, Wang Luo went directly to the rooftop of the villa, where he had placed his seeds.
Zhao Qingxuan and Yang Shu followed, wanting to see how the seeds had changed. Yang Shu, however, kept holding her waist, while Zhao Qingxuan smiled knowingly. She understood that feeling very well! But what woman didn't like that feeling?
"Wow! There's a seed glowing here!" Zhao Qingxuan exclaimed, looking at a corn kernel.
Wang Luo walked over and saw a corn kernel emitting a milky white light.
"Is this a mutated seed?" Yang Shu asked curiously. A single corn kernel actually glowed! It felt very peculiar.
Wang Luo nodded. "This is a mutated corn seed! The seeds they produce in the future will be exclusive food for awakened individuals!"
He then picked up a few black corn kernels nearby. With a gentle pinch, they instantly turned into black particles. "These are useless!"
"And then there's this..." Wang Luo picked up another corn kernel. He washed off the black rainwater with water, revealing the intact kernel beneath. This corn kernel looked no different from an ordinary one.
"This is a seed that can withstand the erosion of the black rain but has not mutated! These seeds can survive on black soil, but the corn they produce in the future can only be consumed by ordinary people!"
Wang Luo had prepared many crop seeds on the rooftop, including rice, wheat, corn, potatoes... and even some fruit and vegetable seeds. This was all to select seeds that could survive.
The rest of the morning was spent classifying and selecting seeds. This was the capital for long-term survival in the post-apocalyptic world.
"The harvest is quite good!" Wang Luo said with satisfaction, looking at the selected seeds. It was more than he had expected, especially the mutated seeds.
"When you find experts in cultivation later, you can start cultivating these seeds!"
"Experts? Isn't it better to find farmers who know how to grow things?" Yang Shu pouted.
"Exactly!" Zhao Qingxuan nodded in agreement.
"In any case, leave the cultivation of these plants to you!" Wang Luo said. "This is a matter of long-term development!" Wang Luo himself didn't know how to farm. Asking him to cultivate these things was like asking him to kill zombies.
"Wang Luo, should we wash the villa?" Zhao Qingxuan asked. "It looks so ugly with all this black!"
After the black rain, the entire world had turned black, making it feel somewhat oppressive!
"If you find it unsightly, you can have people come and wash it!" Wang Luo replied. "If you think it's too much trouble, a few more rains will take care of it!"
"Then I'll have people wash it. It feels too awkward living like this!" Wang Luo had sufficient purified water reserves, so Zhao Qingxuan directly called several people from another villa to start the work. It would only take an hour or two to wash the exterior of the villa.
After a few days of rest, Li Junru's arm had also returned to normal. After all, she was an S-class awakened, and her physical fitness was much stronger than that of ordinary people.
After lunch, Yang Shu and Zhao Qingxuan, along with A'Bao, Li Junru, and others, went out to search for supplies. This place was just a shelter for them, not a place to be pampered! They naturally needed to collect their own supplies. Yang Qianzhou and Liu Zhuo, two awakened individuals, were left to guard the base.
As for safety, Wang Luo was not particularly worried. Apart from those with firearms, they were not afraid of zombies or awakened individuals. If they encountered a Black Iron-level Devourer, they could simply avoid it in advance. Moreover, due to the incident at the agricultural market, Zhao Qingxuan and Yang Shu had become much more cautious.
As for Wang Luo himself, he directly took Ma Wang to the wilderness. He was going to the bamboo forest where A'Bao had stayed in his previous life to search for mutated bamboo.
"I remember it should be around here!" He only knew the general location where A'Bao stayed, but he didn't know the exact spot. In his previous life, he and A'Bao didn't have much interaction. A'Bao was an SSS-class mutated beast, and if Wang Luo had appeared before it, he would have likely been instantly killed.
"Let's go, Ma Wang, we'll look for a bamboo forest nearby!" With that, Ma Wang led Wang Luo to search the surrounding mountains.
"Neigh~~~" Ma Wang was unhappy. It had to help that stupid big cat find food! If it weren't for its master, this old horse would never have come.
Not long after, Wang Luo discovered a bamboo forest. Unfortunately, most of the bamboo had withered, leaving only a few hundred stalks.
"I don't know why, but it seems like all edible plants for humans have died in large numbers!" Wang Luo frowned. This was something people had discovered in their previous life but had never found the reason for.
"Perhaps the answer lies within the mist that appeared five years later!" Wang Luo decided that in this life, he would definitely explore the mist again. This was because many powerful individuals in his previous life believed that the cause of Earth's changes lay within the mist. This was also one of the reasons why many people later wanted to explore the mist.
Wang Luo felt that since he had been reborn, it would be a disservice to himself not to uncover the truth.