Apocalypse Rebirth: Beauties Surround Me

Chapter 131: I've awakened an ability

The spirit fish was served on a large square tray.

Bella invited everyone to sit down and specially introduced it, saying, "This fish was made by Sophia, and it smells incredibly delicious! Sophia not only knows how to cook various fish and seafood, but she also catches them. We'll all be in for a treat from now on!"

"Great!"

Everyone praised in unison, making Sophia feel a bit embarrassed, but more than that, she felt warm inside. It made her feel as if she were back before the apocalypse, dining and chatting with her girlfriends.

At this moment, Elijah clapped his hands!

After attracting everyone's attention, Elijah said, "I have a hypothesis I want to test with this fish, so I'm sorry, but no one can eat it just yet!"

Charlotte and Fiona looked at Elijah thoughtfully.

"Katherine!"

Elijah suddenly called out.

"Huh? I'm here!" Katherine responded somewhat flustered!

"You eat this fish!"

"Oh!"

Seeing everyone looking at her, especially Grace's envious gaze, Katherine somewhat realized what was going on. Her expression immediately turned a bit excited.

"Could it be..."

"It's just a hypothesis for now. You eat first!"

"Okay! Okay!"

Katherine nodded repeatedly, immediately picking up her chopsticks and eating without hesitation.

As soon as the fish entered her mouth, Katherine felt it was as soft and tender as tofu. She barely had to chew before it turned into juice, filling her mouth with its flavor.

Her mouth was immediately filled with the fresh and fragrant taste of the fish.

"So delicious!"

Katherine didn't care about her image and began to eat large mouthfuls.

The other women couldn't help but swallow as they watched her enjoy the food, especially Grace.

Here, only she and Katherine have not awakened. Elijah promised them that he would not forget to help them awaken.

But there is always a sequence between the two of them. If she hesitated for a moment, Katherine would take the lead!

She clearly saw Katherine running back from Elijah's villa with disheveled clothes this morning.

"Damn Katherine... sigh, I should have been more decisive!"

She thought unwillingly!

"No, I must take action tonight. I can't wait any longer!"

Grace hadn't forgotten that Gabriel was also waiting for Elijah to arrange his awakening.

The defenses at the riverside service area have always been weak, and if Fiona were to speak on Gabriel's behalf again...

Although Grace believes it's unlikely that Fiona would do such a thing, you can never be too careful!

While Grace was lost in her thoughts, Katherine had unknowingly eaten two-thirds of the fish!

This fish was quite large, and although it had shrunk significantly from being salted and dried, two-thirds of it was still enough to stuff a grown man!

It was already astonishing that Katherine had eaten this much.

However, judging by her expression, she didn't seem to be in any discomfort.

Nonetheless, she gradually put down her chopsticks.

Katherine only felt a warm sensation throughout her body, as if she were soaking in a hot spring.

Countless energies were circulating rapidly within her body, merging into her cells.

At a certain moment, her body suddenly trembled, and the energy inside her began to flow along a specific path.

She received some information in her mind.

Information about the application of a certain ability!

"I've awakened an ability!"

Katherine opened her eyes, beaming with joy.

"Really?"

"What ability?"

"Show us quickly!"

The women chattered excitedly around her, except for the newcomer, Sophia, who looked bewildered but was inwardly shocked beyond measure!

"Is it possible to awaken abilities later in life?"

She muttered to herself.

"Indeed! We have to thank you for bringing this Spirit fish!"

Elijah said happily.

"Spirit fish?"

"The name I gave it!"

Elijah looked at Sophia, genuinely grateful to her.

If it weren't for her encounter with this Spirit fish, he wouldn't have figured this out so soon.

"Humans can awaken abilities, and so can animals and plants!

However, most animals and plants don't exhibit such extraordinary phenomena as humans do, since humans are the spirit of all things!

I named these special animals and plants 'spirit plants,' 'Spirit fish,' and 'spirit beasts'!

And when humans consume these spirit plants, Spirit fish, or spirit beasts, they might awaken abilities!"

Elijah explained his hypothesis in one breath.

Sophia was already stunned by what she heard!

"No wonder... almost everyone here has awakened abilities..."

Sophia murmured to herself.

Meanwhile, Grace, who was one of the few exceptions, was regretting her actions in a corner.

At this moment, Katherine also began to demonstrate her ability.

She took a potted plant from the balcony and placed it on the table, then covered the plant's roots and stem with her hands.

A layer of luminous white light emanated from her hands, and the plant in the pot immediately began to grow rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, the plant completed its growth stage, blooming with flowers.

One by one, flower buds emerged and quickly blossomed into beautiful flowers.

Then, the flowers withered at an astonishing speed, producing seeds!

The cycle of blooming and wilting, spring and autumn, seemed to pass in an instant.

The women were mesmerized!

Elijah and Bella exchanged a glance!

The two had a tacit understanding and couldn't help but think of spirit plants.

They wondered if Katherine's ability would work on spirit plants as well?

"How amazing!" Lily whispered.

"Katherine, is your ability to rapidly accelerate the growth of plants?" Fiona asked.

"Yes, my ability can promote the rapid growth and development of plants! But it comes at a cost. First, it consumes my energy, and second, it causes severe depletion of soil nutrients," Katherine explained, picking up a withered plant. The soil around its roots, once fertile, showed signs of cracking and hardening.

"Well, that's easy to handle. We can use some nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium fertilizers to replenish the lost nutrients in the soil. Besides, we don't need to ripen the plants all at once!" Fiona said with a smile. "For vegetables that missed their growing season, we can accelerate them to the appropriate growth stage and then let them grow naturally!

In the future, we'll rely on Katherine to have fresh vegetables every day!"

"Hey, that's right! I've always thought our current selection of vegetables is too limited. With Katherine's ability, as long as we find seeds, we can quickly grow a batch, making our menu much more diverse!" Bella said happily.

As soon as Bella finished speaking, the women surrounded Katherine, chatting excitedly and asking about the seeds available on the island that they could try to grow.

In fact, Fiona had even more ambitious plans. She thought about cultivating the island's land on a larger scale for food production, including wheat, rice, vegetables, and fruits.

After all, the supplies they had gathered would eventually run out if they didn't cultivate their own.

Although she had mentioned to Elijah about using monopolies on certain items for trade, it didn't stop her from making additional preparations.

The island's limited area could at least ensure self-sufficiency for their current group.

Moreover, they could grow some crops specifically for research purposes, like experimenting with using corpse cores to cultivate ordinary plants.

Even though Elijah hadn't told Fiona the secret of spirit plant cultivation, through practicing the Hun Yuan Technique taught by Charlotte and some previous hints, she had a vague idea.

Seeing the miraculous effects of this fish confirmed her suspicions.

Thus, her ideas were not baseless; they might even produce some special varieties.

They could then sell seeds to other settlements, creating another monopolistic business.

Farming was ingrained in their culture, and Fiona believed that if they had unique crops that only they could produce, they would be highly sought after, creating a lucrative business opportunity.

Even if all these ideas were mere fantasies, at the very least, it would ensure they had fresh vegetables year-round, which was quite a benefit.

They could ripen whatever they wanted whenever they needed it.

Elijah's thoughts were similar to Fiona's. He knew that in the previous world, some had tried to use corpse cores to cultivate ordinary plants, but the long growth cycles and unsatisfactory results wasted many corpse cores without significant progress.

However, with Katherine's ability, it was a different story!

She could condense a plant's growth cycle, which might normally take half a year or even a year, into a short moment, vastly increasing efficiency.