Chapter 8 Is This a Game? The Eighth Day of Game Making

Since it's a game, it certainly can't be exactly the same as reality. Although in Yuan Yi's fully automated integrated farm management array, farming only requires spiritual energy.

However, it takes hundreds or even thousands of years to plant a single spiritual herb. By then, everyone would be in seclusion cultivating. It would be better to plant it in real life. Who would even think about the game then?

Farming games are all about enjoying the satisfaction of planting, harvesting, and having your hoarder's warehouse overflowing with joy.

Therefore, in Yuan Yi's farm setting, the growth time of any plant is calculated in seconds, and even the most precious ten spiritual roots only need three days.

During the time that Qing Shui was lost in thought and Xiao Renshen intervened in time, the jade grass in the field had already sprouted new shoots. The neat rows of seedlings swayed in the wind, bringing a touch of new life.

But the fox cub doesn't think that far ahead; she's just afraid of not seeing her parents for hundreds of years.

What can be done with the little ginseng? It can only give the tearful little fox a little boost within its authority.

"As the guardian spirit of the land, I can certainly accelerate the ripening of crops in the fields and speed up their growth." The little ginseng deliberately raised its hands high, with white special effects swirling around them.

Although the Jade Flower Grass will mature in just a few minutes, let's use the speed-up function to appease the cubs.

"This is a one-time offer, so please keep a close eye on it, Farm Owner. After this, you'll need to pay spirit stones." That's right, this was one of the payment points Yuan Yi and Little Ginseng had agreed upon.

Using spiritual energy to fill the array and then accelerate crop growth is a common practice in paid games where players exchange money for time to speed up the game progress for whales.

As the little ginseng's white arms touched the ground, the tiny seedling quickly sprouted, grew leaves, and matured. At the same time, many fluorescent green dots appeared above the spiritual field, dotting it like fireflies.

"This is the power of life." The little ginseng said solemnly, "Only by collecting the power of life and strengthening the formation can we suppress the calamity."

Qing Shui was taken aback by the little ginseng's earnest tone. So he followed his advice, opened the game interface, selected "collect," and then outlined the array patterns displayed on the screen.

Yuan Yi broke down the complete grand formation into smaller formation patterns distributed throughout the game, and because it was a beginner's tutorial, they were all extremely simple.

Qing Shui lightly traced the patterns, completing the beginner's guide to collecting life force.

A fluorescent green glow danced around with the little fox's paws, overflowing from the slender leaves of the jade flower grass, scattering in mid-air, and rushing towards the green water.

With a flick of its claws, the green pattern transformed, becoming as beautiful as a legendary fairyland.

The Azure Fox didn't dare blink, its eyes fixed on the beautiful pattern. Only when the last stroke was slowly made did all life fly into the game screen. It was marked with:

[The player's first collection of Life Force allows them to become the savior of the future.]

"Wow, you're amazing!" Little Ginseng chimed in at the right moment and explained, "This is a once-in-a-millennium situation of overflowing vitality. Normally, the vitality-generating land will be automatically collected by the formation, but there is also a very low probability that plant vitality will burst forth, at which point the player will need to harvest it manually."

"This is the first time I've ever seen something that can collect life force so soon after planting. It truly deserves to be called the savior who awakened me from my millennia-long slumber." The little ginseng showered Qing Shui with compliments until he was dizzy.

So this phenomenon of having extraordinary vitality is really rare? I'm so lucky. The simple, primitive inhabitants of the prehistoric world have never been flattered like this before. Qing Shui wished he could go back to digging holes and planting crops right now.

However, the previous beginner tutorial is over, and Little Ginseng will soon be starting the next beginner tutorial.

Suddenly, the earth trembled, and the little ginseng's expression changed drastically: "Oh no! The life force has triggered the formation, and the calamity energy suppressed beneath the farm has become unstable."

As soon as the little ginseng finished speaking, many dark, alien monsters suddenly appeared all around the ground. They surged in from all directions and surrounded the three-headed ginseng and the fox.

Their unusually sharp limbs ripped cracks into the earth, and as they walked, they made a series of cracking sounds from their joints. For a moment, all Qing Shui could see was a strange blackness.

The little fox, who had never left her clan's territory before, was terrified by such a scene and froze on the spot. Clutching the ginseng bib in her mouth, she tried to find a gap underneath to escape.

But then they saw these black monsters constantly emerging from the ground, and there wasn't a single gap to be seen.

Was my fox life about to end here before it even began? No, I remember my mother once said that I could use some kind of technique when I was in danger, like the escape technique called "Crouching Technique"?

The next time her mother taught her magic, she was no longer distracted. "You only realize how little you know when you need it," Qing Shui thought, trying hard to recall the spells she could use, but she still couldn't recite them fluently.

"Don't be afraid, I am the guardian spirit of the farm, I will definitely protect you." The little ginseng stepped forward, its hands and feet turning into roots and inserting into the ground. In an instant, a transparent array lit up, enveloping the little ginseng and Qing Shui.

No matter how much the monsters outside tore and roared at the formation, they could not damage it in the slightest.

But Qing Shui and Little Ginseng both knew that this formation could only hold for a while. After all, Little Ginseng's roots were getting thinner and thinner, its originally rosy face was now bloodless, and its once jade-like body was turning to dust as if it had been stained with ash.

Even so, the little ginseng comforted her, saying, "Don't be afraid, I will protect you well."

The endless black monsters had completely surrounded the formation, leaving no gaps from top to bottom. The entire world seemed to have turned black.

Qing Shui also sensed something was wrong, but seeing the little ginseng doll's legs trembling as it stood in front of her, she felt she should do something too.

It seemed as if a voice was telling her that she could deal with these monsters.

The little ginseng also said, "You are the only farm owner in millions of years to awaken this farm. Follow the guidance of the farm's consciousness to resolve this calamity."

Qingshui mustered her courage: "I'm not afraid of you at all."

Following the guidance of the unseen, she drew the array pattern that had just been activated, and the vitality collected during planting sprang from her fingertips.

Where life comes, the overwhelming blackness in front of us recedes away as if wiped away with a rag.

Had they successfully repelled the monsters? This was the only thought in Qing Shui's mind, but the excessive fright and overuse of spiritual energy were no longer enough to support the operation of the formation.

The little fox's vision blurred, and it fainted, exiting the game.

All that remained was the ginseng doll with its special effects propped up, staring at its colleagues who were called monsters.

That player is gone, should we continue playing? Should we still rehearse the big scenes later?

The game had reached its climax when the player ran away, but the formation they drew was successful. Does this mean the tutorial was successful or not?

Therefore, it is not recommended for minors to play holographic games that consume spiritual energy.

The little ginseng, biting its nails, looked at its owner, Yuan Yi, with a troubled expression.

It is recommended to add a mode for minors to the game, or to discourage minors with insufficient spiritual power from playing the game.

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On the other side, the Third Elder, who was also facing the tutorial monster, quickly drew array patterns to suppress the calamity energy in the farm after receiving the prompt.

Is this really just a game? The Third Elder tried his best to steady his twitching hands.

The terrifying pressure and the overwhelming sense of suffocation were even greater than the pressure he faced when confronting a true dragon during the Dragon-Phoenix Calamity.

It's practically the embodiment of true calamity, and you say this is just a game.

"That's right, this is a game that can unblock the earth's veins." This is how the little ginseng, who had to revert to its original form after expending too much power, answered after the first wave of monster invasion.

Although the game's purpose is merely to accumulate power and promote itself, it's possible that the formations and principles for purifying the earth's veins in the game are actually real and feasible, and even the calamity energy is a 1:1 complete replica that Yuan Yi personally experienced.

The Third Elder gradually came to understand everything.

It turns out that the clan chief's words about purifying the earth's veins and saving Qingqiu were not just empty words, but a real thing that could be achieved through the game.

This is not a simple game. Look at the terrain, which is exactly the same as the clan's territory. This is the true calamity and the correct method of purification.

Is he playing a game? No, he is purifying the earth's veins and bringing blessings to Qingqiu.

The clan chief didn't tell him the truth because he feared that the clansmen would be too afraid to face the calamity and dare not take a step. That's why he contacted Fairy Yuanyi to package this great feat into a game so that everyone could play without any psychological burden.

"The clan leader and Fairy Yuanyi are truly farsighted and have put in a lot of effort."

Little Ginseng saw that the Third Elder, who had been playing games with a stern face, suddenly showed an expression of deep emotion.

"Although I don't know what you've misunderstood, this really is just a game." Seeing the previously fierce and intimidating big man suddenly become touched and shy, Little Ginseng felt that the other party seemed to have imagined something extraordinary.

The Third Elder was now completely convinced by his own wild idea: "I understand, the truth about this kind of thing cannot be revealed."

"I will cooperate well with the clan leader and Fairy Yuanyi's plan in the game. Fairy Yuanyi is truly talented and beautiful to have such a wonderful plan."

The Third Elder, a stark contrast to his arrogant demeanor in the ancestral hall a few days prior, was now completely captivated by the game after experiencing its intricate formations and their effectiveness against calamity energy.

Is this just an ordinary game? This is the hope for Qingqiu's future revival, the beginning of Qingqiu breaking free from the curse and moving towards prosperity.

From this moment on, Qingmei will be the first to object to anyone who dares to say a bad word about the clan leader or Fairy Yuanyi.

Well, I don't know what the other side is imagining. But since they said to play the game well and praised Master Yuanyi so much, then he must be Little Ginseng's half-brother.

"So you're going to cultivate the land to accumulate life force, right?" The Third Elder quickly grasped the game's rules. The planting array in front of him was exactly the same as the array that the First Elder had set up in the clan's territory these past few days.

"You can plant anything just by inputting spiritual energy, and you can also check the plant's condition to see if it needs watering or pest control." Qingmei was astonished. He had been to the Qilin Clan's herb garden before. Taking care of spiritual herbs was hard work; they needed to be nourished and checked with spiritual energy all the time, and could easily be damaged if one wasn't careful.

However, now that we are using the formation, it can operate automatically. As long as we put in spiritual energy, we can plant and harvest with one click.

What kind of magical planting method is this? It's amazing to think that not only does it exist in the game, but there's also an identical formation in Qingqiu.

Qingmei couldn't stop smiling.

He felt full of energy and wished he could fill the entire farm with crops right now. The Third Elder checked the game interface; he only needed to plant three more times to level up and unlock more land and seeds. He decided to plant now.

A note from the author:

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Little Ginseng: Isn't there anyone who actually plays the game? Stop imagining things, don't take it seriously. [Sigh]