Chapter 64

Chapter 64

The next morning, Jiang Nian signed the lease contract for the designated farmland with Jiang Wenwen accompanying him.

The cost was 100 points per acre per month, so five acres totaled 500 points, following the same first month's rent plus deposit system.

There was no electricity, and for water, the farm provided two tons of free irrigation water per month. Any usage beyond that was the tenant's responsibility.

Additionally, the farm’s fence walls and any internal structures related to planting or livestock raising had to be built by the tenants themselves—the farm provided no assistance.

Basically, the designated farmland only leased the land and took no responsibility for anything else. Moreover, tenants were prohibited from using the farmland for any purpose other than cultivation or livestock raising, such as building houses for residence.

Just like leasing the shop, Jiang Nian signed a five-year contract.

In his previous life, experts had predicted the apocalypse would end in five years. Whether they needed to stay here for five years or longer didn’t matter—it was always right to prepare for a long-term struggle.

Half a day after everything was settled, things settled down for now.

Jiang Nian planned to wait until the grocery store was established and stable before starting the farm’s transformation. Some things couldn’t be rushed.

After thanking Jiang Wenwen, Jiang Nian filled several planter boxes with soil from his leased land and took them back to the dormitory, placing them on the balcony to work on.

He intended to use his *Purification Superpower* to cleanse the soil and grow some vegetable seedlings for personal consumption.

So, when Cheng Jing returned from work, he saw his little boyfriend wearing gloves and working with soil on the balcony.

Beside him was a gardening manual, and a tablet playing various vegetable-growing videos. When Cheng Jing offered to help, Jiang Nian refused.

First, Jiang Nian sifted the dry soil through a mesh sieve into two Styrofoam containers, then sprinkled water and mixed it evenly.

Once the moisture level was right, he took off his gloves and gently placed his hands on the damp soil, carefully releasing his superpower.

The contaminated soil had a burnt yellowish-black color and emitted a foul odor. Only after purification would it return to its normal earthy hue.

A blue-white glow of Purification Superpower seeped into the soil. Soon, accompanied by a pungent smell, the yellowish-black dirt gradually faded.

Cheng Jing watched intently, amazed.

Since arriving at the base, they gained access to more intel. He had specifically researched many documents about power types.

Most other superpower attributes had relatively clear descriptions, but Purification was labeled with the most easily overlooked tag:

Worthless.

The most obvious drawbacks were its lack of offensive and defensive capabilities, and its inferiority to healing in terms of support. Its most useful function was breaking mental control for those under its influence.

But in many cases, simply attacking the person using mental superpowers would break the control, eliminating the need to bring along a Purification Superpower user.

Not everyone had Jiang Nian’s experience, so when faced with such a completely underpowered superpower, people usually didn’t pay it much attention.

For example, in most people’s eyes, even healing superpowers were useless against the zombie virus—who would think of using Purification?

After all, the ultimate form of healing superpowers was complete recovery, considered one of the most game-breaking abilities discovered so far, with its possessors being few and far between.

As long as a person was still breathing, they could be fully healed—even regenerating lost limbs.

So, it's said that some people immediately cut off their own body parts when scratched. Those who act quickly can save their lives.

Of course, if the cut isn't timely and the virus slightly enters the bloodstream, even amputation followed by healing with the Healing Superpower won't stop the mutation.

But Purification is different. According to Jiang Nian's description, Purification targets the virus itself.

Put simply, Cure leans more toward treating physical injuries, while Purification deals with things invisible to the naked eye.

It's just unclear what the ultimate form of Purification is.

The Purification Superpower user who provided the attribute data died not long after reporting the basic details of their ability, leaving no crystal core behind—only the label of Purification being "practically useless."

Even Jiang Nian himself only discovered the uniqueness of Purification in his past life when he tried saving Chen Yue just to see what would happen.

"Jiang Nian's Superpower is the best and most powerful!"

Cheng Jing thought to himself, witnessing the soil gradually returning to normal before his eyes, and blurted out.

"Uh, thanks, Brother Jing..."

The weather was too hot, and the balcony window wasn't open at the moment. The setting sun shone through the glass, making Jiang Nian blush from the praise.

If someone else had complimented him, he would've puffed up with pride and replied, "Of course it's amazing—just look at who I am!"

But faced with Brother Jing's serious tone, he felt too embarrassed.

"..."

So, Jiang Nian repeatedly used his Superpower to purify the soil in the foam boxes, watching as the contaminated black dirt gradually turned back to its normal color—the earthy yellow not seen since doomsday.

It took half an hour to purify one box, and he was already sweating buckets.

Cheng Jing wiped his sweat and gave him water:

"Tired? Take a break."

Using Superpowers takes a lot out of you.

Jiang Nian shook his head:

"It's fine. I'll clean up and rest after finishing everything. If I stop now, I won’t want to start again."

He felt his mental state was still fine—no need for a break. After drinking water, he continued purifying the other box.

Once both large foam boxes of soil were purified, he divided them into planters and planted the seeds according to the planting guide.

Finally, he covered them with cling film, poking a few holes for ventilation.

He could've asked Huang Qian to use her Plant-based Superpower to accelerate growth.

But Jiang Nian wanted to test whether the soil he purified could grow things normally and whether the produce would mutate.

Consider it a small experiment—he’d ask Sister Qian to "force-grow" them later.

Their stored fruits and vegetables were running out, so they needed to get more before running out.

He'd eaten Superpower-accelerated crops in his past life—the taste was a bit off, but the vitamins and nutrients remained unchanged.

For the sake of health, having food at all was already good enough.

After playing in the mud for hours and getting filthy, Jiang Nian felt pretty proud looking at the neatly arranged flower boxes.

Cheng Jing told him to go shower while making dinner.

In high spirits, Jiang Nian planted a loud kiss on his cheek before heading into the bathroom.

It wasn't until he'd finished showering that he realized he hadn’t brought anything in with him, so he had to call out:

"Um… Brother Jing, could you grab my clothes for me?"

"..."

Cheng Jing, who had already set the table, heaved a sigh:

"Nian Nian! I’ve told you before—when you shower alone, you have to remember to bring your clothes!"

Even if he just passed them through the door crack, the mix of shower gel and steam would make him picture things.

He’d already gotten worked up over this plenty of times.

"Then close all the curtains and wait on the balcony. I’ll go out and grab them myself."

Jiang Nian’s voice was lazy, full of playful teasing.

"No!"

Clenching his jaw, Cheng Jing still grabbed his clean clothes, stuffed them into a bag, hung them on the doorknob, and quickly walked away, letting Jiang Nian get them himself.