Apocalypse Arrives: I Become a Powerhouse by Scavenging

After they finished their work, Moira Lynch gave the prepared Mantou Mushrooms to Kai York.

Taking the Space Button, Kai York understood the unspoken agreement and said, "Is there anything you want this time?"

Hearing this, Moira Lynch thought for a moment and said, "There’s nothing I particularly want."

She knew exactly what the base had, and there really wasn’t anything she wanted.

After all, the things she possessed were far more numerous and of better quality than theirs.

"By the way, Mantou Mushrooms aren’t that rare on Aquaria. I’m sure others have brought some back, but definitely not as many as we have."

After listening, Kai York nodded to show he understood, then left with Caden York.

Once the two were completely out of sight, Moira Lynch finally stood up and stretched lazily.

Just then, a blue screen suddenly appeared before Moira Lynch’s eyes.

The screen showed an anomaly on Cloudsea Planet: several deep-sea vortexes were slowly forming.

According to the forecast, once these vortexes fully formed, they would cause immeasurable damage to the fish and crops on Cloudsea Planet.

Seeing this, Moira Lynch didn’t hesitate for a second. She instantly teleported into her space, then from her space to Cloudsea Planet.

The moment she arrived on Cloudsea Planet, Moira Lynch keenly sensed something was wrong. The air was thick with the feeling of an impending storm.

She looked around but didn’t see a familiar figure.

Usually, whenever she came to Cloudsea Planet, the Cloudsea Whale would travel a great distance to welcome her, no matter where it was or what it was doing.

’Why is there no sign of it at all today?’

After a little while longer, the Cloudsea Whale still hadn’t appeared, but the Cetabeasts responsible for taking care of it showed up.

The two Cetabeasts began chattering anxiously the moment they saw Moira Lynch.

From their conversation, Moira Lynch quickly understood what was happening.

The fundamental reason the Cloudsea Whale hadn’t appeared was that it was the cause of the current anomaly on Cloudsea Planet.

At the same time, she also learned the cause of the problem.

It turned out the Cloudsea Whale was growing so fast that it was experiencing growing pains.

Moira Lynch had Patience search for the symptoms of growing pains.

Looking at the information Patience found, she thought, ’So that’s what it is.’

Lower limb pain, muscular aches, symptoms worsening at night, limited mobility, and rapid growth.

Growing pains typically occur in human children between the ages of three and twelve, though some may experience them up until the age of eighteen.

The pain mostly occurs in the evening or at night.

The peak ages for growing pains are from three to five and from eight to twelve, and they are usually related to bone growth and muscle fatigue.

Growing pains are a normal physiological phenomenon that occurs during a child’s growth and development. (Source: Baidu)

Moira Lynch couldn’t remember if she had ever experienced growing pains herself, but she recalled colleagues who were married with children complaining about something similar.

’But can a fish really have the same problems as a human child?’

Moira Lynch couldn’t wrap her head around it; she even found it a bit absurd.

But no matter how absurd it was, it was happening, and she had to find a way to solve it.

Otherwise, her Cloudsea Planet would be the one to suffer next.

Moira Lynch quickly looked up how to alleviate growing pains.

There were quite a few remedies online, including dietary adjustments, moderate exercise, getting enough sleep, and applying heat or massage.

Looking at these methods, she considered dietary adjustments. The Cloudsea Whale spent all day either in the sky or the sea, eating all-natural, pollution-free fish, shrimp, and vegetables. What adjustments could possibly be needed?

She dismissed that method immediately.

Next was moderate exercise.

That wouldn’t work either.

’The Cloudsea Whale swims in the sky or the sea all day long. Isn’t that enough exercise?’

Getting enough sleep—that wasn’t very feasible either.

The Cloudsea Whale’s brain was like a dolphin’s; it could rest one hemisphere at a time. When the left side had slept enough, the right side would take its turn.

As for applying heat and massage, it went without saying that those were impossible.

Since none of those would work, only one option remained: supplementing with calcium and vitamin D.

Both could be obtained from food, but that would be too slow. So, Moira Lynch thought of Medicine.

With that in mind, she took out the Pharmaceutical Ring.

Just then, Moira Lynch remembered she had already used up her crafting attempts for the day. And all the randomly generated Medicines had long since been sold.

It seemed she would have to wait until tomorrow.

However, she could wait, but the Cloudsea Whale clearly couldn’t.

Watching the vortexes grow larger and larger, Moira Lynch could only temporarily move the whale to a wide, open area with no schools of fish or crops nearby.

At that moment, Moira Lynch couldn’t help but feel relieved that the Cloudsea Whale wasn’t too large yet. It was just over a hundred meters long, all told. Cloudsea Planet was also big enough that she still had plenty of undeveloped areas.

If the Cloudsea Whale were any bigger, say, a kilometer in length, she would have had to make a painful sacrifice.

After settling the Cloudsea Whale and telling the Cetabeasts to watch over it, she planned to bring the Medicine over the next day after the Pharmaceutical Ring’s uses reset.

Before that, however, she needed to do some research and select the two most suitable types of Medicine.

Back in the Elf Tree House, Moira Lynch continued her selection process.

Before she knew it, the number of Medicines in the Pharmaceutical Ring had reached several hundred.

Among these, some Medicines had redundant effects, some were rather useless, and some lower-level ones already had better alternatives.

Just as Moira Lynch was getting frustrated while sorting through the Medicines, an option suddenly appeared before her eyes.

[Optimize the number of Medicines in the Pharmaceutical Ring?]

[Yes or No]

Looking at the option, she thought, ’Speak of the devil.’

But she didn’t make a decision so quickly. Instead, she asked, "How does this optimization work? Does it just get rid of all the useless and impractical Medicines?"

’If that’s the case, then forget it.’

[No. Optimization will fuse some of the less frequently used Medicines into entirely new ones. The original formulas will be preserved, but they will be in a sealed state. You will need to actively unlock them to produce those Medicines again.]

After the explanation, Moira Lynch understood the purpose of optimization: it would fuse two or more Medicines into a completely new one.

The fused Medicine would possess the properties of both, and this fusion could also be undone.

It seemed she had nothing to lose and everything to gain. In the future, she might even be able to offer a custom Medicine service.

After selecting "Yes," the Pharmaceutical Ring was enveloped in a golden light.

When the light faded, the number of crafting options in the Pharmaceutical Ring had been cut by more than half.

The two types of Awakening Potions had become one. And listed at the very top was the exact Medicine Moira Lynch was looking for—a fusion of the Calcium Medicine and the Vitamin Essence Tablet.