Chapter 2 Hurricane Season 02 Grassland exploration, mutant giant rabbit.
Jiang Ruunian tucked in his clothes and squatted down in front of the small mound of earth.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1...
The countdown ended, and with a series of lovely popping sounds, nine green stems as tall as calfs grew in the field.
【Potatoes (growth stage)】
Soil: 0
Moisture: 0
Mood: 100
Distance to next stage: 59min59s
After systematic and patient teaching, Jiang Runian has successfully learned elementary mathematics and English and has mastered time units.
Sixty minutes...
In this sense, the time required for each stage of the seed is gradually extended.
Taking advantage of the 60 minutes of free time, Jiang Runian checked the crop information one by one: two potatoes, two eggplants, a carrot, and one plant each of ginger, onion, garlic, and chili.
Not bad, all common fruits and vegetables, and even necessary natural seasonings. Although the red brick stove was simple, at least there was an iron pot provided by the game, so she had solved the problem of food and clothing for the day.
Moreover, although the world in front of us is real, it is still a game after all, and farming has been simplified a lot. For example, potatoes and eggplants, originally a tuber crop that requires a lot of soil space, and a troublesome crop that requires trellises to climb, are all made into uniform green stems here, with only flowers, leaves and fruits being different, which saves a lot of steps and time.
Jiang Runian familiarized himself with the inn, poking around here and there, and made sure he knew exactly what was in every cabinet and drawer.
A clear light finally came in through the window, and the crops had just completed their growth phase and entered the final stage of maturity. This time it took a long time, a full 120 minutes.
In the second stage, Jiang Ruonian had no crops to entertain, and his mood value in the message suddenly dropped by 30 points because of loneliness and no one cared about him.
…
Can’t the crops on Blue Star learn to walk independently?
Jiang Runian hurriedly imitated what he had done just now and coaxed the buds a few words: "Wow, that's amazing, you are the fastest crops in the whole village."
With a burst of blingbling little star special effects, the mood value of the crops returned to 100 points, and the maturity time was shortened by ten minutes.
Jiang Runian: “…”
He can be happy just by saying a few words. Isn't this much easier to please than those pretentious masters in the world of immortal cultivation?
Jiang Runian tried to fire fancy sugar-coated bullets at the buds again. I don’t know if it was because the education she loved lacked true feelings, or if the crops’ mood threshold had reached its peak and the value stopped increasing after reaching 100.
It seems that the mood value can only do so much. I still have to find a way to find fertilizer and water, maybe I can further shorten the maturity time.
Today's daily routine is completed, the crops are still growing, and the Qingshan Inn has not yet officially opened. Jiang Ruinian stood in front of the wall, moved a few shabby stones from the corner, and tiptoed on the green tiles to look out.
Outside the protective shield, a larger ball of light gathered on the horizon of the dim sky, and along with it, the hurricane gradually subsided.
[It is hurricane season now, but the wind won't blow all the time.] The system popped up to explain, [At night, "Infinite Tomorrow" will enter the polar night mode, which will appear regularly with hurricanes. Basically, no one can survive under this threat, and they can only stay in the shelter. It is relatively safe during the day. Although there is a possibility of encountering random disasters, the number of times players have encountered them in the past year is very few. Everything depends on the AI's thinking, and I can't say for sure.]
In other words, she doesn't need to hide in the inn all the time, as long as she moves around during daytime and within a controllable range...why not go out and explore?
Jiang Ruinian’s short-term goal is very clear: to have enough food, to find someone, and to live together.
It would be fine for her to just eat raw potatoes and eggplants by herself, she wouldn't die from eating one meal. But if someone from the Qingshan Sect was found, and everyone gathered around the inn with nothing to eat, that would be too embarrassing!
Yes, that’s right!
She has to shoulder the responsibility of Qingshan Sect!
As if to confirm his point of view, Jiang Ruonian nodded solemnly, took out a shovel that was so fragile that it seemed like it would break if it was pried, and left home heroically.
*
The storm faded, and there was no grass left in the small green area, only debris and rocks.
Dust was rising everywhere. Jiang Runian stood at the door of Qingshan Inn. The visible area only covered the forest about ten feet away.
At the same time, the map icon in the upper right corner of the floating screen also flashed. She clicked it, and the map that originally only showed the internal structure of Qingshan Inn slowly unfolded like an ink painting, expanding to a circular area centered on her.
The large irregular area where Qingshan Inn was located was divided by a black dotted line with the words "Southwest Border" printed on it. Jiang Runian zoomed out with two fingers. The southwest border was located in the lower left corner of the entire rectangular map. The lit area was only the size of a fingernail, tiny and insignificant.
...The eighth district is only this big, how magnificent must the entire Blue Planet be! !
Putting aside his amazement for the moment, Jiang Ruinian walked around the protective shield of Qingshan Inn without thinking, and the drawn map was also expanded a lot. The bird's-eye view is more straightforward and clear than the horizontal view. Jiang Ruinian can now roughly determine that Qingshan Inn is bordered by forests to the east and grasslands to the west. The north and south are shrouded in fog, and it is impossible to distinguish the terrain for a while.
She took a deep breath and decisively decided to expand the map to the west first.
The resources in the forest are definitely richer, but the risks are also greater. The grassland is vast and the view is broad, so if you really encounter any danger, you still have time to run away!
Moreover, after a night of hurricane damage, a lot of things were scattered outside the flat grassland, a mess of all kinds. Jiang Ru Nian rolled up his sleeves, maybe he could pick up some useful garbage.
Sure enough, there were many belongings of the victims in the wreckage.
Most of the things were moldy food and broken medicine bottles, or blood-stained clothes. Jiang Runian walked while mourning for the victims in his heart.
Suddenly, she saw a complete package.
It was probably just rolled in last night. The cloth was still relatively intact, with a crooked bow embroidered on it.
The package was stuffed full, and Jiang Ruonian reached out to touch it, and was suddenly stabbed by a broken box. She gently opened it, and a delicately carved doll was spinning in the middle of the box, and the sound of music like sawing wood was heard sporadically.
Jiang Runian felt like his ears were about to be cut off, and he closed them with a snap.
The next second, she secretly opened a crack like a curious baby, squinted her eyes and peeked inside, watching the doll dancing intermittently because of her opening and closing movements.
Is this a toy for children from Blue Star? How interesting!
She has been accompanied by sticks and firewood since she was born. Even though she later played with all kinds of small toys in Qingshan Sect, she always had a special love for toys!
Thinking of the crooked surname on the package, Jiang Runian gently wiped the dust off the box with his sleeve and put it back carefully.
In addition to the small box, she actually found some useful things - salt, sugar, vinegar and soy sauce! !
These are good things with a long shelf life. If she wanted to extract and refine them from raw materials, it would take a long time. Now she picked up a bag for free, which was twice the result with half the effort. Moreover, the players here should have used soft plastic containers to prevent damage from hurricanes. There was no cracking or leakage due to bumps, and they were intact.
For a newcomer who has just been playing "Infinite Tomorrow" for a few hours, this is a great start!
She took away all the seasonings and continued westward carrying the package of the boy named Zhang.
Finally, her left foot stepped on the grassland.
Jiang Ruonian did not move forward, but raised a wooden shovel, dug an arm-deep hole on the edge of the grassland, and buried the package in it. After sealing the soil, she grabbed a handful of grass to cover the shabby "grave" and patted it gently: "Have a good sleep, my friend."
After doing all this smoothly, Jiang Ruunian brushed off the dirt on his knees and continued to move forward.
The grassland to the west is endless, but unfortunately - it is an arid grassland with only clumps of withered yellow Sedge grass.
Jiang Runian didn't believe in evil, so she walked a little further in cautiously. Suddenly, she noticed some scattered green not far away! What does this mean? It means that there is a small source of water hidden there!
She looked back and estimated the distance. She was now roughly halfway between the suspected water source and Qingshan Inn. If she encountered any danger along the way, she could get back to the shelter in time just by running.
Jiang Ruunian tightened his belt and lowered his body.
She was short and could almost completely hide herself in the Sedge Grass.
Walking slowly and quietly along the way, Jiang Ruunian lifted up one dead grass after another and stuffed a few handfuls into his bag. Finally, he felt the wetness and softness of the green grass.
She suppressed her excitement and rushed forward - it was a slender river! !
The water surface was calm, but the river bank was turbid, and you could vaguely see the pebbles and algae on the bottom of the water. Every second you stayed outside was a little more dangerous. Jiang Ruonian didn't have time to judge the safety of the river water, so she quickly took out the watering can and filled it. She picked up the can and stuffed it into her bag, and she felt much more relaxed, but her legs were still weak and she took one deep step and one shallow step.
Jiang Runian's face was flushed, as if he had just done anaerobic exercise for an hour.
Her initial attributes are too much! Such a pot of water is so heavy that her biceps tremble. In the past, she was the sect leader who carried eight buckets of water by herself in Qingshan Sect!
Just now she was thinking about running back to the inn if she encountered danger. Even when potatoes could walk and zombies could eat vegetarian food, she was still walking in the same place!
Suddenly, there was a strange noise behind her.
...No way.
She had just taken a few steps with difficulty, how could a crow be so quick?!
Jiang Runian's neck was stiff, and he turned his head like a robot.
Three steps away, there was a giant meat rabbit half a person's height with green light in its eyes, staring at her fiercely.
The rabbit was full of muscles, with its ears standing up alertly. Its originally cute little teeth were now able to bite off her head alive. Its claws grew sharp thorns and gripped the ground tightly.
Jiang Runian: “…”
It is normal to have rabbits on the grassland, and they can be caught and taken back to expand the farm; but there are alienated rabbits on the grassland, and the one who was caught was her.
Jiang Runian dragged his weak legs and held up a fragile wooden shovel, unable to escape or fight.
In an instant, she suddenly realized it!
In her previous life, she had wood spirit roots and was naturally close to flowers, trees, insects, fish, birds and animals; then in this life, her supernatural power is the Shennong Heart Sutra, will it have the same effect?
Jiang Ruonian smiled and greeted tentatively: "Bunny, I'm just here to get some water. I'll be leaving soon and won't block the way."
“Hoooooooooooooo!”
A terrifying roar that did not belong to this species came from the giant rabbit's abdomen.
"You must be lonely here, a rabbit. Do you miss your rabbits at home?" Jiang Ruonian said nonsense to delay time while cautiously retreating. "Are you tired? Are you thirsty? Are you hungry?"
At this moment, the giant rabbit paused.
Jiang Runian: “?”
When he asked her if she was hungry, did he respond because he was afraid that she wouldn't be able to guess?
As if her sensitive thoughts were seen through, the rabbit was furious. The giant rabbit took a heavy step, which made her tremble, and it seemed that it was about to crush her into a meat pie on the spot.
"Wait a minute!" Jiang Ruonian took a deep breath and fought desperately, "I have carrots at home!!"
The world suddenly became quiet.
There was a furry touch at his feet, Jiang Ruonian looked down and saw——
The giant snow-white alien rabbit hugged her ankles, turned over its belly, and rolled around in a cute manner.
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Do you alienated creatures have no dignity?
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