Chapter 72: The Secret of the Space Upgrade

Jiang Yan’s eyes went wide as if she’d discovered a treasure. She shot to her feet and dashed out of the apple-shaped pod.

The man-eating flower, who had been focused on its meal, saw this and hurriedly stuffed the remaining gold bars into its mouth. Its two leaves transformed into legs as it bounced after her.

It wasn’t until Jiang Yan got closer that she realized she hadn’t been seeing things.

At the border between the black-soil [Planting Area] and the white [Living Area], a babbling little stream had indeed appeared.

And not just the stream—right next to the white mist wall of the space, beside the stream, there was now a circular spring about three meters in diameter and over a meter deep.

The area around the spring looked like top-quality glassy jade, crystal clear and faintly glowing.

Above the spring, wisps of white mist drifted, giving it an ethereal, almost otherworldly aura.

This had to be the legendary spiritual spring!

So, those sounds she’d heard earlier were real!

But what surprised her was that both the spiritual spring and the stream looked a bit illusory, flickering in and out of view.

She reached out to touch them, only to feel nothing but air and a phantom image.

[Current Level: Level 0. Man-eating flower heads: 1. Man-eating flower vines: 1 (main vine), 2 (side vines) = 3]

After doing the math, Jiang Yan’s excitement was doused with a little cold water.

She pouted. “If you eat everything at once, what will you do when there’s nothing left?”

The flower’s little eyes spun around mischievously:

“Jie jie jie~ Mama, there’s no limit! I’m a big eater—I can keep eating forever~”

Jiang Yan: “…” Like a bottomless pit.

At that moment, a wave of knowledge surfaced in Jiang Yan’s mind.

With the help of a spiritual spring, she’d definitely have a better life in the apocalypse.

Seriously, all this weird knowledge just keeps piling up.

And the door that God closed for her was the standard features in other people’s spaces: a stream and a spiritual spring.

[Currently unlocked skill 1: Devour. Other skills will unlock upon upgrade.]

So, as long as the man-eating flower eats enough gold, silver, and jewels, when the progress bar hits 100%, her stream and spiritual spring will fully manifest!

Or maybe it needs more at the start, and the progress will speed up later—you never know.

[0.92%, 0.93%, 0.94%]

Wow, I’m a genius!

The little leaves twirled excitedly in the air.

But reaching 100% on the progress bar was still a long, long way off.

Jiang Yan looked away from the illusion and focused on the golden light drifting from the man-eating flower, suddenly understanding.

“Jie jie jie~ Mama, I really like the name Flower Treasure~”

The flower was overjoyed and deeply satisfied at being called “Flower Treasure” and praised as “Mama.”