Chapter 72: Spiritual Plants to Improve Cultivation

This could cause trouble.

But it could also be... an invisible deterrent?

She shook her head and stopped thinking about it.

The most urgent task is to transport these precious grains back.

She ordered the zombies to speed up.

Pack up all the food you have collected.

Carried by speed-type zombies, they quickly evacuated the warehouse area.

On the way back,

Bai Li felt a little heavy.

Encountering other survivors means more variables and risks.

The hearts of people in the last days are more unpredictable than monsters.

She had to be more careful.

at the same time,

Although the food crisis has temporarily eased,

But living off the savings is not a solution after all.

Looking at the land beneath his feet, Bai Li sighed.

It would be better if the speed of farming could be faster.

The seeds that were planted before, now so much time has passed,

It's just a seedling.

The results are still a long way off.

The encounter with the survivors is like a stone thrown into calm water.

Ripples appeared in Bai Li's heart.

She knew that her existence could no longer be completely hidden.

But now that things have come to this, there is no point in worrying. The only way to cope with possible future storms is to improve our strength as quickly as possible.

After transporting the precious food collected back to the small building,

Bai Li immediately convened the first "Enlarged Meeting of Cat Lords".

Participants: Bai Li (Lord), Ling Xiao (Honorary Advisor), Pang Ju (Force Officer and Sofa Occupant), San Hua (Guard Captain), Rat Queen (Underground Intelligence Minister and Major Food Consumer).

Conference theme: Sustainable development and strategic defense.

First, food distribution.

Newly acquired military rations and dehydrated meat and vegetables were carefully stored as strategic reserves.

Daily consumption is still mainly based on the ordinary canned food and compressed biscuits collected before.

The Rat Queen's tribe practices strict family planning and eugenics.

Only the strongest offspring are retained, and the number is controlled within a tolerable range.

At the same time, Bai Li gave the Rat Queen a death order:

Find anything edible!

Not just packaged food,

And any possible uncontaminated edible plant roots, seeds, and even insects!

Rats will eat anything as long as it is organic.

The rat population's numerical advantage was fully utilized at this moment.

They are like a black tide, pouring into every corner of the ruins.

Search for any food scraps that have been forgotten in corners and crevices.

Although most of them are just a drop in the bucket, they can still help relieve some of the pressure if they accumulate over time.

Second, defense upgrade.

The walls of the courtyard were further reinforced and raised.

The zombie engineering team worked day and night, using bricks, steel bars, and even abandoned vehicle wreckage found in the ruins.

A simple but fairly strong defensive fortification was built.

Bai Li also asked the technical geek (remotely guided by the crow blueprints) to design some crude traps.

For example, pits, tripwire bells, and even catapult spikes made from scrap springs and steel sheets.

Although it's rough, it's better than nothing.

Most importantly,

Bai Li further expanded the patrol range of his spiritual perception and crow sentinels.

Focus on the direction of Hope Base and the warehouse area where you encountered survivors before.

She needed advance warning of any possible threats.

Finally, and what Bai Li cares about most,

Farming!

Relying solely on looting and rat scavenging is not a long-term solution.

A stable food source is a must!

She turned her eyes to the small experimental field in the yard.

Of the seeds planted before, only a few survived tenaciously, and they grew droopy and withered.

The environment of the end of the world has poor soil, unstable light, and possibly unknown radiation or pollution.

Ordinary crops struggle to survive.

"Meow!"

Planting conditions must be improved!

She once again sent new drawings to the tech geek via crow.

It shows a simple drip irrigation system (using found plastic pipes and needles),

Compost bin (using organic matter collected by zombies... uh...? Forget it, let's not use this for now),

There's even a diagram of a small, windproof, insulated shed made of broken glass and a wooden frame.

When the tech geek saw these drawings, he fell into a frenzied working state again.

For a technical talent like him,

This challenging practical project is more attractive than simply looking for food.

He even optimized the design based on his own understanding.

Bai Li directed the zombies to start construction according to the blueprints.

Digging canals, laying pipes, building scaffolding...

Although his movements are clumsy, he is obedient and tireless.

A few days later,

A simple but fully functional small greenhouse and drip irrigation system was actually built!

Bai Li gathered the relatively clean soil he had collected.

Then let the rats find some rotten plant leaves, which can barely be considered organic fertilizer.

Mix together and spread in the planting troughs in the greenhouse.

Then, she took the vegetable seeds she had found earlier,

Sow the seeds carefully.

every day,

She waters them carefully with purified water through a drip irrigation system.

Even tried to mobilize the meager spiritual power in the body,

Slowly inject into the soil of the planting trough.

She didn't know if this would be helpful.

I just instinctively feel that the spiritual energy containing vitality may help plant growth.

Ling Xiao watched the cat mother squatting in front of the greenhouse every day, carefully fiddling with the seedlings with her claws, and sending spiritual energy.

There was a hint of complexity in his eyes.

Although he was an Immortal Emperor in his previous life and had some knowledge of alchemy and spiritual plants,

But that is based on the fairyland environment with abundant spiritual energy.

In this post-apocalyptic wasteland, the spiritual energy is thin and polluted.

It is extremely difficult for ordinary crops to grow with this little spiritual energy.

unless……

He looked at the cat mother's focused look,

Quietly gather the condensed spiritual energy in Dantian,

Try to compress and purify it to the extreme,

Then a tiny, almost imperceptible trace is separated.

Contains a faint vitality of wood attribute aura,

It slowly passed through the air to the roots of the tomato seedling that looked the strongest.

He just wanted to give it a try.

However,

A miracle happened!

The tomato seedling that was nourished by a trace of his original wood spirit energy,

At a speed visible to the naked eye,

The leaves become greener and more stretched, the stems become thicker,

There was even a small bud emerging from the top!

Although the change was only for a moment, it returned to normal growth rate.

But this undoubtedly proves that

His pure and vital wood spirit energy has a strong catalytic effect on doomsday plants!

Ling Xiao's heart suddenly became hot!

If...if we can find more seeds containing spiritual energy, or improve the soil environment,

Cooperating with his wood spirit,

Maybe we can really open up a small spiritual field on this wasteland!

By then, not only will the food problem be solved,

The food produced might even speed up his and Cat Mom's cultivation!

This is a brand new idea and hope!