"Drink some porridge first. Ely hasn't woken up yet, so his share is still in the clay pot. Let's eat first," Uziel said as he poured the porridge from the clay pot into a bowl.
The porridge was very thin but there was a lot of it, enough for Paige.
Paige took a sip. It had no oil, no salt, and no flavor. She just treated it like water. The regular water they had still had impurities and didn't quench her thirst as well.
She hadn't had a drop to drink since yesterday afternoon, so she was already very thirsty.
In the apocalypse, water was even more valuable than food. No matter how bad something tasted, no one would waste it, especially drinking water.
Since the porridge had food in it, Paige drank three bowls in a row before feeling satisfied.
She felt a little confused. She had clearly lived in this world for eighteen years, but sometimes it felt like she was just starting her life.
Paige knew this was probably a side effect of her memory awakening. She hoped she could adapt quickly.
She looked at Winn and Uziel holding a bowl of water and pushing it toward each other, trying to figure out if they were being polite about the water or the food.
After comparing her memories, Paige was sure they were being polite about the food.
Right now, water wasn't polluted and could be found everywhere, but food was very scarce.
Just like her past eighteen years, she often didn't have enough to eat. She was hungry a lot.
Feeling hungry was still a bit strange to her.
When the base took care of them, they didn't always eat well, but they definitely had enough to eat.
That's because the base focused not only on mental training but also physical development.
And if they didn't eat enough, their powers wouldn't grow well. The base needed a group of top elites, not just normal people.
So they were willing to spend money on food and training.
Later, as she grew up and became stronger, she had more than enough to feed herself. That's why she never really experienced hunger.
But now, she finally understood what it felt like.
So, Paige took out a bag of compressed biscuits from her space.
One bag had ten pieces, enough food for one person for two days.
Their team always brought food for the trip when going on missions.
This time, they had only just started the mission when they ran into the zombie king, so they still had a lot of food left.
These compressed biscuits could be cooked into a big bowl of porridge just by adding water.
Not the kind of burnt black porridge that Uziel made, but something more like oatmeal.
The compressed biscuits were full of various nutrients and could meet the body's nutritional needs.
"You, you, you... where did you get this stuff?" Winn and Uziel were still pushing the responsibility onto each other when they saw Paige suddenly take out a bag of things from nowhere.
"I already told you! In my past life, I was a very powerful person. This is called space, something I was born with in my previous life.
This stuff was stored in the space," Paige said, pointing to the black porridge in the clay pot while speaking to Winn and Uziel.
"You two hurry up and eat this, then wash the pot and fetch some fresh water.
I'm hungry, I want to cook something to eat!"
Paige grew up in a base in her past life, and her teammates were all from the military.
What she learned was all about combat, fighting techniques, teamwork, and so on.
Each of them was someone she could trust with her back.
As for powers and space abilities, those were common knowledge.
So in Paige's subconscious now, it wasn't anything to hide.
And the Rin family she grew up with, in Rin Village, was a very peaceful place.
The biggest conflicts were kids fighting or parents arguing.
Or gossiping about neighbors.
In the end, after living two lifetimes, Paige still didn't understand how cruel people could be.
The worst person she ever met, and her biggest enemy, was the one who destroyed her home.
Paige didn't understand, but Winn and Uziel weren't that naive.
They looked very serious and said to Paige, "From now on, you can't just take things out in front of others like that, understand?"
Paige was confused. "Why not? Isn't it very common?"
In the post-apocalyptic world, space powers were very common. But if a person with space powers didn't also have strong combat abilities, then their power was pretty much useless.
When going out, if danger came, everyone had to work together to fight the threat. No one would send a whole team just to protect one person.
So in daily life, space powers were common but also a bit useless.
The only difference was the size of each person's space.
"In your past life, maybe it was a common thing.
But in this life, think about it, have you seen anyone else with powers?
Whether it's powers or food, these are things other people don't have.
So from now on, don't show the things from your space or your powers in front of others," Winn said seriously.
"But isn't that a good thing? People say rare things are valuable.
If I'm the only one with powers, won't that mean I can do whatever I want here?" Paige vaguely remembered protecting a few animals that were nearly extinct.
Everyone treated them with extreme care, afraid they'd get hurt. After all, they were protected animals, which meant there were only a few left in the world.
If just a few animals were protected like that, then wouldn't people treasure her even more if she was the only one with powers?
"People here are very complicated. Right now, your situation is like a child carrying a gold brick on the street.
Most people won't think about protecting the child. They'll think about stealing the gold.
Of course, there are people who want to protect the child too, but there are very few who can resist temptation," Winn said.
"Hmm, you two are the kind who would protect the child. I'll make sure to hide my gold brick well from now on," Paige nodded and said.
So the biggest problem was that she was too weak. If she could recover to the level she had in her previous life, what would there be to fear?
She really needed to train more.
"We protect the kids because they're our own," Uziel said with a grin as he patted Paige's head.
The two of them shared and finished the black mush inside the clay pot. Then Uziel went out to clean the pot and fetch some water.
As for Winn, since he didn't have any clothes, he had to sit by the fire and wait.
"I still have a combat suit. Do you want to wear it? It keeps you warm in winter and cool in summer," Paige looked at Winn and asked.
Winn was curious about the clothes Paige mentioned, but he figured it was something that didn't exist in this time. So he shook his head.
"Your stuff might be too good. It's not suitable to use right now.
At least, not now, because we don't yet have the strength to protect it."
Paige gave a small "oh" and didn't say anything else.
The truth was, she was still too weak.
She felt a bit frustrated. Since she was little, she had always been the strongest. No one had ever said she was weak.
But Winn had told her more than once that she was too weak.
Thinking about it, it made sense.
In her past life, by the time she was ten, her ability level had already reached level five.
As for when she had been level one, it might've been at three or four years old, maybe four or five. Paige wasn't exactly sure.
So her current fighting power was basically equal to that of a four- or five-year-old child. No wonder she was seen as weak.
But she forgot one thing — the people here didn't have powers at all. With her current skills, she could easily take on dozens of adults without a problem.