Chapter 498: Chapter 507: Can’t Stay Calm

"Calm down a little," Stella Sterling said as she ate a banana. "You’ll be seeing this sort of thing often now that you’re with me, so there’s no need to overreact."

’Young people are so jumpy,’ she thought. ’Getting so worked up over every little thing.’

It was a good thing everyone was asleep during the day, so there was no one on the road.

Otherwise, with him driving like this, they would’ve definitely gotten into an accident.

Zane Xavier swallowed hard. He really wanted to say that he *couldn’t* calm down.

How could anyone be calm in a situation like this?

He knew that as Miss Sterling’s most loyal lackey, he should have calmed down immediately when she told him to.

But he really, truly couldn’t!

’Where on earth did Miss Sterling get that thing? The convenience store didn’t have any, and the car was completely empty before.’

’Could Miss Sterling have hidden it in her sleeve and just pulled it out?’

But as he thought about it, that didn’t make sense either. The banana was just too fresh. The peel looked like it was still dripping with water.

Several years into the apocalypse, in an environment like this, it was almost impossible to grow crops, let alone fruit.

Even if there was fruit, it would be the kind preserved with technology in the large bases. You would never see fruit like this out in the open. So where did Miss Sterling get it?

Even if Miss Sterling had powerful backing, she was traveling out here. Even if she had brought fruit with her, it would have rotted long ago in this scorching heat.

So where exactly did Miss Sterling pull out such a big, fresh banana?

He looked at the calm young woman before him, knowing she must have a huge secret.

He also knew that as a subordinate, he shouldn’t ask questions and should just pretend he hadn’t seen anything. But in that moment, he couldn’t help but exclaim in amazement, "Miss Sterling, I really can’t calm down about this!"

At that moment, all sorts of questions flooded his mind one after another.

He thought back to the abandoned village, the hot meal, and the fruit pit that had appeared out of nowhere.

And yesterday, when Miss Sterling gave him that bag of still-warm steamed buns.

All these things pointed to something very strange.

He just couldn’t figure it out before, so he hadn’t dwelled on it.

But now, he found he couldn’t stay calm at all.

"It’s just one of my abilities, no need to make a fuss. You’ll see things like this often from now on."

Saying this, Sarah Sterling waved the banana in her hand. "Since you’re not eating it, I’ll put it away!"

Then, right before Zane Xavier’s eyes, the banana in Stella Sterling’s hand vanished into thin air again.

That’s right—it vanished into thin air.

This time, Zane Xavier saw it clearly.

He was certain the banana had suddenly disappeared. It wasn’t that Miss Sterling had quickly put it somewhere else, nor had she hidden it in her sleeve.

The thing had truly just vanished before his very eyes.

He swallowed, feeling a shock that was beyond words.

His mind raced as he thought about what Miss Sterling had just said.

After a long moment, he slowly began to process it.

He asked Stella Sterling, "Miss Sterling, is this a spatial ability? Do you have a personal dimension you can use to store and retrieve things at will?"

After thinking it over and over, that was the only possibility he could come up with.

He had read a lot of novels before, so he wasn’t unfamiliar with concepts like spatial storage.

Although it felt fantastical—after all, novels are just novels—he couldn’t hide his shock upon seeing it in reality.

But then again, the weather these past few years had been so bizarre, and the apocalypse had already arrived, so what was a little spatial storage?

After all, in chaotic times like these, anything was possible.

’Maybe Miss Sterling is one of fate’s chosen ones, having awakened a spatial ability no one else has.’

Hearing his question, Stella Sterling raised an eyebrow. "Something like that."

’It’s not exactly an ability,’ she thought, ’but I do have a space, so it’s more or less what he described.’

After getting a confirmation from Stella Sterling, Zane Xavier’s eyes first went wide with surprise.

Then his body started to tremble, and even his breathing became a little more ragged.

Stella Sterling frowned as she watched him. His reaction was completely unexpected.

’Did he get too much of a shock? Is he unable to accept it? Is his mind snapping?’

At this thought, she sighed. ’If that’s the case, what a shame.’

Fortunately, Zane Xavier quickly calmed down. Although his body was still trembling slightly, his face was lit with an excited smile.

He clamped a hand over his mouth, as if afraid he would laugh out loud.

And that was indeed what he was trying to prevent.

He was too excited, too happy. If he weren’t afraid of attracting attention, he really would have let out a few wild laughs.

In this apocalypse, having a spatial storage ability was just incredibly convenient.

When it came to storing supplies or searching for them, they would have a unique advantage over everyone else.

’Think about it—isn’t this a mobile warehouse? When facing dangerous situations, as long as we have supplies stored in the space, we can hold out for a long time.’

’Of course, that’s assuming the space is well-stocked.’

At this thought, he looked at Miss Sterling with anticipation and excitement. ’I wonder how many supplies Miss Sterling has in her space...’

He recalled what Miss Sterling had told him before—that if he followed her, he wouldn’t have to worry about food or drink.

Back then, he had just thought it was Miss Sterling being confident in her own abilities.

But now it seemed that wasn’t the whole story.

She was able to say something like that perhaps because she knew her own situation. Maybe she had already stored a lot of supplies in her space, which was why she could make such a generous promise without hesitation.

Thinking of this, his heart gave another fierce throb, and he grew intensely excited.

’No wonder Miss Sterling was so generous before. And my reaction back then... it really was a bit petty.’

’It looks like I really am following the right person.’

’Even if the supplies in the space aren’t infinite, don’t things in most of these spaces get preserved for a long time? Since Miss Sterling has something like this, she’s probably stored up quite a lot over the years. And they can be preserved for a long time inside the space without spoiling. In that case, we won’t have to worry about food for a while. We can survive for a very long time.’

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