Mingyue's timely appearance to clear all mutated animals and protect the ravaged crops was entirely due to Ba Jiu.
She had a bloodline connection with Ba Jiu, allowing them to communicate telepathically. Ba Jiu's calls were received by her within the space.
However, when she received them, she was in the space with Bao Bao, staring at a white cloud.
It happened like this: just as Bao Bao was crying uncontrollably because of Mingyue's words.
The space they were in began to change. The mist rapidly contracted and finally condensed into a cloud the size of a fist.
The third-floor hall also appeared, with the same layout as the previous two, but it was empty, devoid of any furnishings.
"What is this?"
Mingyue was very surprised, looking at the cotton-like little cloud that was rubbing against her hand anthropomorphically. Even Bao Bao stopped wailing, attracted by the cloud.
At that moment, Mingyue's mind stirred, and a piece of information appeared in her mind, revealing the origin of this white cloud.
It turned out that the person who created this space was named Qing Lanzhi, a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, skilled in refining artifacts and medicine.
And this white cloud, called the Boundless Cloud Sea, was his most successful artifact.
This artifact, capable of both offense and defense, could be enlarged or shrunk, and it was refined with the effort of his entire life.
Compared to the single-attribute artifacts placed in the first-floor hall, the Boundless Cloud Sea was the ceiling of the artifact world.
Its strength lay in the fact that anything within the range covered by the cloud sea would be under the control of the artifact's owner.
In other words, if the artifact's owner did not wish it, outsiders could not enter the cloud sea.
Furthermore, the higher the owner's cultivation, the larger the range of the Boundless Cloud Sea and the greater its control.
As long as the owner's cultivation was sufficient, they could decide the life and death of beings within the cloud sea. It could be said that within the cloud sea, the owner could do as they pleased.
However, after this artifact was refined, it could not be immediately recognized as a master; it needed to be nurtured for ten thousand years before it could function.
Qing Lanzhi placed the Boundless Cloud Sea in the third-floor hall of the space to be nurtured. Unfortunately, he was pursued by his enemies.
Before he could let the Boundless Cloud Sea recognize a master, he was killed. Qingying had obtained the space and had also visited the third-floor hall.
However, the nurturing time had not yet passed. Moreover, even if the time had passed, she did not know that this was an artifact that required a drop of blood to recognize a master.
A perfect miss, which ended up benefiting Mingyue.
Just as Mingyue was attempting to transform Bao Bao into a demon body and force out the first blood bead, the nurturing period for the Boundless Cloud Sea ended.
Thus, by a twist of fate, the Boundless Cloud Sea recognized Mingyue as its master, and she became the owner of the artifact without even knowing it.
"Sister, this artifact is so powerful. If we use it to cordon off a piece of land outside, can we establish our own kingdom?
Then, as long as you don't agree, those zombies or enemies won't be able to get in, and we won't even need guards.
Within the cloud sea, you call the shots, so can you create a forest for me, just like in the space?
The space is good, but it's too lonely with just me.
If it were like the space outside, with everyone lively, that would be living!"
Bao Bao was curious and pestered Mingyue, learning about the magical properties of the Boundless Cloud Sea. Her small eyes were full of longing.
"Bao Bao, you're amazing! Even though you're ugly, you're smart!"
Bao Bao's words reminded Mingyue. If she placed the Boundless Cloud Sea at the base.
Wouldn't the cordoned-off area be a paradise in the apocalypse? She then planted a kiss on Bao Bao's little face.
As a result, Bao Bao started crying again. Her sister called her ugly again, and this matter was not over for today.
Mingyue knew she had said the wrong thing again and quickly apologized to Bao Bao. At that moment, Ba Jiu's call echoed in her mind.
Knowing that the base was in trouble, she could only leave the wailing Bao Bao and exit the space.
Seeing the mutated animals rampaging down the mountain, Mingyue used the Boundless Cloud Sea. As it was her first time, she was cautious.
She first covered a thousand mu of farmland with the cloud sea. Indeed, within the Boundless Cloud Sea, she was the ruler.
With a thought, the mutated animals that were ravaging the crops fell into a coma.
Then, she expanded the range of the cloud sea to a radius of twenty li, creating a safe zone.
In fact, with her abilities, the cloud sea could have been larger, but she chose to center it around Yunmeng Mountain with a diameter of twenty li for a reason.
Firstly, the base currently had only ten thousand people, and a twenty-li radius was enough for them to move around.
Secondly, the Boundless Cloud Sea required her cultivation to support it. The larger the area, the more cultivation it consumed.
Based on her cultivation, she could extend the Boundless Cloud Sea for a thousand li, but she could only sustain it for a very short time.
However, the cultivation consumed by a twenty-li radius was negligible and did not affect anything; it could be sustained permanently.
After giving instructions, Mingyue hurried back to the space to coax Bao Bao.
Ji Shiyou, on the other hand, was dumbfounded. The twenty-li safe zone and the sudden appearance of the cloud wall had already confused him.
What was Mingyue saying just now? Rushing to coax a child, what child? He didn't know about any child.
However, no matter how much he wanted to ask, it was impossible, as Mingyue had already left.
He could only suppress his curiosity and lead the people of the base to start working as Mingyue instructed.
First, he led the ability users to kill the mutated animals in the fields that were in a coma and then transported them back to the base, placing them in the plaza.
This task could only be completed by ability users because the animals were too large.
A single rat weighed two to three hundred jin, let alone a mutated black bear. Ordinary people could not move them at all.
Watching the ability users busy themselves, the ordinary people naturally did not stand idle. They spontaneously went to the fields to clean up the damaged crops.
The fields looked like a mess, but because Mingyue appeared in time, seventy percent of the harvest was saved.
Coupled with the fruits and vegetables that the animals had picked but had not had time to eat, they were all transported back to the base.
Combined, the loss was only twenty percent. Moreover, the crops were nourished by the Water of Life and were very vigorous.
After being tidied up by everyone and the broken branches removed, they had recovered their vitality by dawn and all came back to life.
Overall, the loss was not significant and was within an acceptable range.
Ji Shiyou then led the ability users to search the area enclosed by the cloud sea and brought back a large number of mutated animals.
Now, the plaza in front of the base had become a mountain of meat, obscuring the bluestone slabs on the ground.
Its height had surpassed the majestic city gate, leaving only a narrow passage on the ground for people to enter and exit.
Hua Hua smiled happily, its mouth wide open. It was now surrounded by an ocean of food.
It didn't even need to move; it just had to open its mouth, and mutated animals would fall into it.
However, after eating three black bears and ten rats, it was already stuffed and no longer opened its mouth. It needed to digest properly.
Ji Shiyou did not stop Hua Hua's gluttony; on the contrary, he hoped it would eat more.
Because there was too much, he was somewhat worried. He estimated that the mountain of meat piled up by mutated animals in the plaza could weigh several million jin.
If it was not dealt with promptly, it would rot immediately, and the resulting smell and viruses would make the base uninhabitable.
But if it were to be frozen, even if the few ice-element ability users in the base worked themselves to death, they could not complete such a large workload.
Ji Shiyou had never imagined that in the apocalypse, he would have to worry about having too much food.