Chapter 173 Too Miserable

The banana trees are huge, with lush green leaves, and are very lush, but there are no fruits to be seen.

Zhao Tianshuo, Li Zixi and a dozen other teenagers climbed up hard by stepping on the petioles, and pried open the leaves one by one to search.

"Found it!" Zhao Tianshuo was the first to scream.

Then others found it and started picking it up in a hurry. Just when they were enjoying themselves, they suddenly realized that it was gone.

Li Zixi jumped down from the tree with two rows of bananas in his hands, and kept turning them over and over, looking incredulous.

"Don't look at it. No matter how you look at it, it's impossible for two rows to become four rows, and four rows to become eight rows." Zhao Tianshuo patted his shoulder and said depressedly.

"Where's yours?" Li Zixi looked at his other hand. "What? A row? Six? Ten centimeters? Damn, the originator of bananas, haha..."

"Shut up, yours is not much better!" Zhao Tianshuo was angry and embarrassed.

"Much better. I have two rows of 8 bananas each, and most importantly, they're more than twice as big as yours!" Li Zixi deliberately placed his banana next to Zhao Tianshuo's. "They're better in every way."

"Puha..." The other teenagers followed suit and took out their own to compete with Zhao Tianshuo, and they won!

Zhao Tianshuo was furious when he saw this group of disloyal guys.

The banana trees produced very little fruit, most of them had only one or two rows, except for Huang Lewei's four rows. Yun wanted them to harvest them themselves.

This was such a small amount, it wouldn't even be enough to fill the gaps between our teeth. The team had previously agreed that the nutritious ingredients collected by each team would be managed centrally to ensure everyone had enough to eat.

As for spiritual plants and medicinal herbs, whoever finds them owns them, depending on their ability. Of course, luck is also a kind of ability.

After that, we didn't find any food until we got back to camp. Everyone felt the urgency and immediately contacted the grower to explain the situation, without Yun even thinking about holding a meeting.

On the second day, everyone was noticeably more active in farming. In the following days, Yun Xiang continued to lead the team in exploration, but the harvest was still pitifully small.

She decided not to waste her time on this and focus on finding a way out. And this time she planned to go alone.

Firstly, it was fast and didn't waste time. Secondly, the camp was safe and she didn't have to worry about it. Even if everyone didn't want to farm, they could still team up and try their luck nearby.

East of Tianzan, the jungle is not too dangerous. There are no mutant beasts and the proportion of offensive plants is small. Even if you gain nothing, you can still get some training.

The only concern was the food problem, which was also overcome by the planters. The new soil after the second mutation was no longer suitable for planting, and energy soil had to be added.

One acre of land requires 80 kilograms of energy soil, with a germination rate of about 80% (provided that every seed has vitality), and it will mature in seven days.

With 50 catties of energy soil per mu of land, the germination rate is about 75%, and it is expected to mature in one month. With 30 catties of energy soil per mu of land, the germination rate is basically half, and the seeds are still seedlings.

This is taking vegetable seeds with a 3-month growth cycle as an example. Plants with a long cycle will definitely mature later.

Mature vegetables are all high-quality nutritious ingredients. In fact, the energy they contain exceeds their grade by several times, which is equivalent to the energy of mid-level edible mutant beast meat.

This means that they do not need to eat the meat of exotic beasts, and the energy they need every day will be replenished, and there will be some left over for cultivation.

This benefit alone is enough to make growers who are too busy trying to get plants to grow and not dig the soil properly regret their decision. Even better, these vegetables also have a soothing effect.

Yun Xiang guessed that it was due to the healing ability of the Universal Tree. After all, nothing here had mutated again.

This was killing the planters. They were all over a hundred years old, sitting on the ground and crying. It was really unbearable to watch.

The students looked down on them, but I gave them some, and only then did they stop crying. They could have breathed a sigh of relief, but they were followed around every day, coaxed into giving away all sorts of things, until there was not a basket left.

Looking at the empty storage magic tools, they were almost in tears. This taught them a profound lesson: don't show off your wealth!

Compared to their misery, Li Zixi was a complete winner. He and his good friend Zhao Tianshuo and the others also did not suffer any loss.

He knew very well that he could not keep his energy soil, so he took the initiative to attack immediately and looked for generous, straightforward and nonchalant growers, and there were more than one.

If there is an exchange of equal value, anything like magical instruments, seeds, spiritual plants, etc. will do. If you don’t have anything, just write a receipt and cash it out later.

After all this, the harvest was worth more than his own energy soil. The key point was that the planter felt he had made a profit, and everyone praised him as a good boy.

If someone objects, you can immediately get one, two, or three points to satisfy their research desires and contribute to the planting industry. Most importantly, you can buy on credit.

The students almost fainted after hearing this. Do you not have to pay back the money you buy on credit? He is so noble, why doesn't he give it to you for free?

Whose things were blown here by the wind? This is not kidding!

Ours is! This time it was the students’ turn to cover their faces and cry, regretting their decision.

Yun Xiang set out in the midst of this bustling atmosphere. As for the soil she dug, no one came to take it. She thought it was because she was busy.

Unexpectedly, everyone felt that the soil would be more effective in her hands, so they didn't want it. Yun Xiang suddenly felt a lot of pressure, worried that she would not live up to everyone's expectations.

"Plop!" Yun Xiang successfully dodged the vines and landed safely. She had walked in the jungle for three days and had only collected a small basket of mushrooms.

"Chirp!" Yun Xiang looked up suddenly. It was a few small birds with colorful feathers. The golden sunlight sprinkled on them, making them lively and full of vitality.

At this time, a breeze blew through the woods, rustling the leaves happily. The birds, their feathers puffed up by the wind, flew into the woods chirping.

The arrival of animals meant that order in the jungle was returning to normal. They should be able to go out soon.

Yun Xiang was having fun when he suddenly bumped into a tree. "Ouch!" He rubbed his forehead hurriedly, as his old problem came back again.

She loved to think about things when she walked, and she couldn't help herself. In her previous life, there was a telephone pole at the gate of her high school. One day after school, she didn't pay attention and bumped into it.

It was rush hour, and the school gate was packed with students, who erupted in laughter. It was so embarrassing, she still remembers it vividly.

Yun wanted to put her hand down, but when she looked closely, she saw that it was a mutant kiwi fruit tree. Ha, this reminded her that there was something good.

The kiwifruit branches were thin, and Yun Xiang was worried that they wouldn't be able to support her, so she found a ladder in the space to pick them. The yield was still very small, with less than a hundred fruits after picking each tree, even worse than before the mutation.

No matter how much you complain, you still have to pick it, because she likes to eat it. It’s delicious and nutritious, who doesn’t like it?

Yun thought he was lucky. He came across more than a dozen trees throughout the day and harvested nearly a thousand fruits. It was finally not so shabby.

But luck is a mystery, it's so fickle, and she got nothing for several days.

On this day, Yun Xiang clearly felt that the sun was much hotter. He squinted his eyes and looked up, only to find that the trees had become shorter, thinner, and more sparsely distributed.

I hurried along without distraction, and before I knew it, I was out. Now that I was at the door, there was no reason not to go out and take a look.

(End of this chapter)