Chapter 53 New Plan: How about building a house here?
Name: Fuyu, Attribute: Metal
Pet skills: None; Planting skills (level 1): Crop selling price +10%
Name: Qianchuan, Attribute: Water
Pet Skill: Flood Control Ability, Planting Skill (Level 1): Crop Growth Speed +10%
Name: Grandma Dingding, Attribute: Earth
Pet Skill: Mountain God's Power, Planting Skill (Level 1): Crop Yield +10%
Xiao Jiu immediately said, "Grandma, I'm tired."
After Grandma Tai Li brought them out from under the rift valley, she stopped moving, and her body was ice-cold to the touch.
It wasn't very noticeable when the light was poor, but once we got to the Fairy Tree, the soft light revealed that her once jewel-like snake scales had turned grayish.
If it weren't for her body's flexibility, she would really be no different from a stone.
Actually, Xiao Jiu didn't quite understand the skill's effect either, but as soon as he heard the words "grandmother," he quickly said them; it was a subconscious reaction.
Suanni sat not far away and glanced at Xiao Jiu.
Upon hearing this, the system immediately jumped into Xiao Jiu's palm: "Yes, yes, I know, host, don't worry."
After calming its host down, the system explained to everyone, "Although Taotie has signed a contract with the host, the contract is not yet complete. It needs to be fully 'hatched' before it can be bound to the host. Therefore, Taotie cannot be bound to the host for the time being."
Fu Yu then asked, "I heard that this planting skill is level 1, so can this skill be upgraded?"
The system gave an affirmative answer: "Sure, it can be converted using level upgrade values, but... the upgrade values required to upgrade one level are a bit too many."
Fu Yu: "Does 'a bit more' mean...?"
System: "Upgrading from level 1 to level 2 requires 100 universal food blocks, and the number will increase as you go on."
Fu Yu: "......"
Wouldn't you eat until you're sick of it?
Fu Yu had originally wanted to ask if he could upgrade the only skill he possessed, but now he had to give up the idea.
Qian Chuan crossed one arm over his chest and rested his chin on his other hand with his knuckles. He asked the system, "Are there any restrictions on my movement after I'm bound to the farmland? And what exactly do I have to do?"
System: "There are no restrictions on the range of activities, but you must participate in the sowing and harvesting processes each time you plant flowers."
—Then it's no different from before.
Qianchuan then asked the system what arrangements were made for those 300,000 points.
He said, "If you want to upgrade farmland, I suggest letting Fuyu bind it, but if the system has other arrangements, I will bind it."
Seeing how serious everyone looked, the system suddenly realized something and jumped on Xiao Jiu's palm.
"Oh dear, I forgot to mention, this binding can be changed, so you don't need to be so nervous."
The non-humans: "..."
You should have said so earlier!
The Suanni let out a "heh".
Although nothing was said, the sarcasm was even stronger.
The system knew it was its own mistake, but it couldn't argue back, so it could only keep quiet.
It said, "Regarding the points, I suggest we plant a round of hyacinths first and see. After all, this place has just changed a lot, and I want to record an extra set of data just in case."
Everyone thought this made sense, so they decided to have Qianchuan bind the farmland first.
[Ding—Qianchuan has been assigned to the farmland. The planting buff has been activated. Effect: Crop growth speed +10%]
The next step is to exchange for seeds and plant them.
But at the step of exchanging seeds...
The system scrolled down in front of Taotie: "Do you want to release your warehouse permissions?"
Taotie: "Anything is fine."
After all, hyacinth bulbs are poisonous, and the system was a little worried that the gluttonous beast would get poisoned when it spat out the hyacinth bulbs.
Setting up a physical warehouse was initially a bit troublesome, as it required finding physical items that met the regulations.
But they don't have this problem.
—After all, the system now has a physical form, so we can just bind it to the system.
After all that fuss, we arrived at the edge of the farmland.
The system stood in the soil, and as a twisted arc appeared at the edge of its golden sphere, hyacinth bulbs fell out one by one.
Suanni suddenly spoke up: "System, you look like you're laying eggs."
system:"......"
The system roared, "Why are you saying such bizarre things?!"
It quickly poured out the remaining hyacinth bulbs, then leaped up and charged swiftly towards the Suanni.
The cat and the ball started playing again, and everyone ignored them as usual, starting to prepare to deal with the seeds.
Hyacinth bulbs also need to be soaked.
Taking advantage of the points she had, Xiao Jiu went to the store and exchanged them for a water container.
But after choosing a container, his gaze was suddenly drawn to something.
[Redeem successful. Points deducted: 250,000. Remaining points: 50,000]
The system was stunned when it heard the announcement.
250,000 points!?
It didn't care about fighting with the Suanni anymore, and jumped directly towards Xiao Jiu.
The system asked in a panic, "Host, what did you change?"
Xiao Jiu held a short, golden cylinder with a diameter of nearly one meter in her left hand and a round disc with a silvery metallic luster in her right hand.
[Egil's Cauldron (Flawed Version): The cauldron of the sea god, capable of brewing an endless supply of fine wine. However, due to its slight flaw, it requires the addition of suitable ingredients to activate.]
[Multifunctional Lens: A compact lens that automatically adapts to the mounting body and can be mounted on any living, semi-living, or non-living entity. It is detachable. When mounted on a Z3 series mech, the following functions will be activated...]
The information that follows is not important, because there are no mechs here, and even if there were, no one would know how to pilot them.
Egil's pot only cost 50,000 points, while the lens that looked only three centimeters in size cost a full 200,000.
The system wasn't bothered by the points it had spent; it was just happy to say, "Host, you can buy things on your own now!"
Previously, whenever Xiao Jiu bought anything, the system would explain in detail the appearance, name, and so on of the required items before Xiao Jiu would make the purchase.
This time, Xiao Jiu bought the lens based on her own idea!
The system was overjoyed.
Points can be earned slowly, but the host's behavior shows that he is at least a mid-level zombie!
The system jumped onto Xiao Jiu's shoulder: "Host, put it on quickly!"
However, Xiao Jiu shook her head: "No, Xiao Jiu."
System: "Hmm?"
Under the system's questioning gaze, Xiao Jiu took a few steps forward and presented the metal piece in her palm to Fu Yu.
Fu Yu was extremely surprised: "This...this is for me!?"
Xiao Jiu: "Mmm!"
Fu Yu looked at Xiao Jiu, remained silent for two seconds, and didn't say anything like "This thing is too expensive, you don't need to give it to me." He simply took the metal piece and said seriously, "I will use it well."
When Fuyu, with the help of the system, pressed the metal plate behind his ear, a strange scene unfolded.
Several streaks of silver-gray light emerged from the metal sheet and quickly covered Fu Yu's eyes.
It formed an arc, then pressed against Fuyu's face, and then disappeared.
When Fuyu was in human form, his eyes were originally turquoise green, but in the dark they would shimmer with a layer of blue light. Now, these light fragments were covered by tiny silver-gray dots.
Qianchuan asked, "How is it?"
Fuyu tried moving his eyes, and the silvery-gray dots moved, enlarged, or shrank accordingly.
In his vision, what should have been a ball of white light gradually revealed an outline, which became clearer and clearer until it finally outlined a beautiful, snow-white tree.
Water splashes, and the water droplets that fly into the air are round and have a delicate luster like white pearls.
A surge of joy appeared on Fu Yu's face: "I can see!"
He looked at Xiao Jiu and Qian Chuan, then at the Suanni and Taotie sitting together, his eyes gradually welling up with tears.
"I can see! I can see!"
Qianchuan patted his shoulder reassuringly and gave him a smile.
Fu Yu was so excited that he couldn't even utter a sound for a moment. Just as he was about to say something—
System: [Yay, let's get to work! Let's get to work!]
Fu Yu: "......"
Suanni: "You must be an idiot."
System: "You're the idiot!"
After a bit of fussing, it's finally time to take the first step of planting flowers.
Soaking the seeds is now a simple matter for them.
There is a river next to the farmland, and there is plenty of water whenever needed.
Qianchuan channeled a stream of water into the large golden pot, and then first tried putting a hyacinth bulb in.
After a while, Taotie leaned closer and sniffed: "It didn't turn into wine."
The system then said with relief, "Then let's put a few more in."
It was Xiao Jiu's first time seeing a pot, and she just squatted down curiously to watch. Fu Yu, on the other hand, had a whole new world open up to her because of her glasses, and she excitedly looked around.
Suddenly, Qianchuan thought of a problem and said, "What should we do with this water?"
Hyacinth bulbs are poisonous, and the water in which they are soaked is also poisonous.
Under normal circumstances, if the soaking solution is diluted to a sufficiently low concentration, the soil can actually decompose it slowly.
But the local situation is abnormal.
So previously, the system would first use the purification ability of the fairy tree to treat the water, and then pour the water into the soil after it was purified.
But now, even if the system returns to the Elf Tree, it still can't get the water up to the waterfall.
System: "I'll try to see if I can make the tree roots extend down."
Fuyu: "But...isn't it said that the soil here is very loose? Won't doing this cause the mountain to collapse?"
That's a good question.
The system was also unable to provide a completely confident answer.
Suanni suddenly spoke up: "Why go through all that trouble? System, can't you sell anything? Why not get some materials, turn this water into poisoned wine, and sell it as poisoned wine?"
system:? ? ?
The system's voice was terrified: "You really are a cold-blooded and evil cat."
However, they soon realized that there was no need to dwell on this issue.
Fu Yu and Qian Chuan, who have a natural affinity for water, both discovered that the water in the pot had actually become clear.
Others couldn't see the subtle difference, but since there were still 50,000 points left, the system threw in the cheapest appraisal.
Ordinary water has no special effects.
Fu Yu tried asking, "Does that mean it's not poisonous?"
Just as the system was debating whether to switch to a different detection tool, Taotie got up, took two steps forward, approached the pot, dipped the tip of its claw in water, and then licked it with its tongue.
system:!
Xiao Jiu immediately rushed over, picked up Taotie, and shook it violently: "Doggy, puppy! It's poisonous!"
He was very strong, shaking the Taotie's head so hard that it left afterimages.
Taotie: "I'm fine now! Ahhh—the water wasn't poisonous, sob sob—"
Xiao Jiu suddenly stopped what she was doing: "Is the dog alright?"
Taotie's head bobbed back and forth: "It's alright."
The system was also nervous: "Really?"
Suanni: "He's a gluttonous beast, he eats everything, how could he not eat poison?"
System: "You knew all along? Why didn't you say so!"
Taotie and Suanni said in unison, "Because you didn't ask (ah)."
The system is completely numb.
Because the pot is only so big, the soaking is done in batches.
After several attempts, they finally figured out why.
—The halo of the fairy tree.
The time it takes for the water to be purified varies depending on the intensity of the light.
Once the issue was clarified, the system was no longer conflicted.
Now, hyacinths have been planted in all six fields.
Everyone washed their hands thoroughly before starting to nibble on the grains.
While they were gnawing on the grain, Suanni suddenly said, "Little Jiu, didn't you leave more than twenty grains for Qianchuan?"
Xiao Jiu thought for a while, then lowered her head, looking pitiful.
He whispered, "Xiao Jiu heard Hua's voice, took the grain block, went to fight with Hua, but Xiao Jiu didn't know about the grain block."
Everyone quickly understood what Xiao Jiu meant.
Fu Yu quickly said, "It's alright, it's alright. We can plant flowers now, and we'll be able to exchange grain for it soon, right?"
Looking at Fu Yu's encouraging eyes, Xiao Jiu thought for a moment and said, "Yes."
So no one brought it up again.
Of the 50,000 points, after deducting the identification points used by the system to monitor the water status, only 3,000 points were left as an emergency backup, and the rest were exchanged for grain blocks.
Xiao Jiu was the one who made the change.
He didn't really have much of a concept of food; he only knew that everyone liked to eat it, so he used all his points to exchange for it.
In reality, the grain provided a strong feeling of fullness; at least Suanni felt a bit bloated, while Fuyu and Qianchuan, though not bloated, didn't feel hungry either.
To avoid upsetting Xiao Jiu, Fu Yu and Qian Chuan forced themselves to eat three or four more, but that was their limit.
Just as everyone was wondering what to say, Taotie came over and bought up all the remaining grain.
At this point, only two days had passed since the earthquake, the spatial rift, and the subsequent transformation into a different dimension, according to the timeline of this world.
But everyone was exhausted from the past two days, and now that they were relaxed and satisfied after eating, they all fell asleep in no time.
There is no sun here now, and the world of eternal night feels extremely cold.
Since Suanni hadn't signed a contract with Xiao Jiu, he had created fire earlier to cross the fusion point of two worlds. Now that he was so close to the Elf Tree at the core of this world, he couldn't create fire to keep warm anymore.
Upon seeing this, Qianchuan transformed back into his original form, allowing everyone to sleep on his back.
Although the shell of the spiracle turtle doesn't get hot, it's still better than lying on the mud.
Fu Yu looked at the Taotie and Suanni curled up in a ball, and after mentally preparing himself for a while, he still took the initiative to say, "I... I'll hold you while we sleep?"
Taotie glanced at him, got up, walked over, circled twice around his legs, and lay down.
When the Suanni first ran in, Taotie had only hatched shortly before, and he couldn't even walk steadily. When he slept, he would always curl up completely in the fur on the Suanni's neck.
But now that the Suanni has shrunk and the Taotie has grown up, the posture has been reversed.
The Suanni climbed onto the Taotie's head, found a spot to curl up, yawned widely, and closed its eyes.
Fuyu looked at the two fluffy little balls next to her, one big and one small, carefully lay down on her side, and then gathered her arms around them to prevent them from falling.
Xiao Jiu and the system are the only two that don't need to sleep.
Previously, the system would disconnect almost every day due to a lack of points, in order to save power. Now, this place has become a closed dimensional world, so the system no longer needs to burn points to maintain stability.
Seeing that Xiao Jiu was staring at Qian Chuan and the others not far away, the system asked in a low voice, "Host, what are you thinking about?"
Xiao Jiu withdrew his gaze and looked down at Granny Tai Li, whom he was holding in his hands.
Ever since Grandma Tai Li said she was going to rest for a while, she has remained completely unresponsive to the outside world, just like a stone strung together.
They were afraid of dropping Grandma Taili, so they found a place a little further away, piled up some soil to make a small mound, and placed Grandma Taili on it.
Everyone went to rest, so Xiao Jiu came over and sat down next to the small mound of earth.
After hearing the system's question, Xiao Jiu remained silent.
After a long while, he asked, "System, Xiao Jiu thinks this is home, what should she do?"
The system suddenly remembered that night before, just like now, when everyone was resting and it and Xiao Jiu were whispering to each other.
That day, Xiao Jiu asked it what a house was.
At that time, it told its host that for humans, in many cases, houses actually have a more important meaning, which is "home".
Recalling the situation at the time, and looking at Xiao Jiu now, the system suggested, "What do you think about building a house here?"
Xiao Jiu: "A house?"
System: "Yes, you see, we don't know when your mother-in-law will recover, right?"
Xiao Jiu recalled Suanni's words and nodded: "Mm."
The system continued to explain: "The vast majority of living things need the sun. You have seen the light emitted by the sun, which is very beautiful. But in addition to being beautiful, it has another important function, which is to provide heat to all living things."
Zombies have no senses, so of course they don't know hot or cold. The system then gave several more examples before Xiao Jiu understood.
Xiao Jiu asked, "Houses, energy, heat?"
The system corrected him: "No, the house can't generate heat, but it can prevent that heat from escaping, so if you stay inside, you won't feel cold even at night."
Xiao Jiu thought hard for a while, then nodded and said firmly, "Xiao Jiu wants to build a house."
But here's the problem.
There are only a few types of materials for building houses. It's not impossible to build a house with an all-metal structure or reinforced concrete, but it would be very troublesome and consume a lot of points.
So the system suggested, "Let's build a log cabin."
After explaining the meaning of "wood" to its host, the system suddenly realized something.
Where will they get the wood?
There's no sun here, so even grass can't grow, let alone trees.
Xiao Jiu said, "Xiao Jiu, let's look at the online store."
The moment the system heard that price, if it had a physical form, its eyes would have popped out of their sockets.
1kg of logs costs 10,000 points!?
Why don't you just rob the store?!
It was only at the beginning that...
Suddenly, the system froze.
It realized a possibility and quickly checked the data records.
After deduction, it said: "Host, there is a problem with your store!"
Aside from items like water, grains, and flower seeds, the prices of goods in Xiao Jiu's shop increase significantly as the number of times items are exchanged increases!
When Xiao Jiu first changed items, she chose "The Little Mermaid's Tears," which cost 1500 points.
The system found it strange at the time, wondering why something that was clearly a high-level item would be so cheap.
The subsequent break of the Elf Mother Tree branch costs 3000 points.
Then, there's Xiao Jiu's arm, worth 400,000 points.
The system's data naturally records the item level measurement standards. The system adds this parameter and then calculates the two items mentioned earlier, and immediately derives a conclusion.
—There is a limit to the number of times you can use Xiao Jiu's shop.
However, this restriction is not absolute. After all, even a single item can cost hundreds of millions of points later on. If the system and its host can earn enough, they can continue to exchange for more.
So the system quickly told Xiao Jiu, "Host, don't use your shop casually, and don't change the items in it for the time being."
Xiao Jiu nodded obediently: "Okay."
The system was secretly cursing the mall because of this bad news, completely unaware of its host's thoughtful expression.
So when it heard Xiao Jiu suddenly and cautiously ask if it could no longer build a house, it was stunned for a moment, and then felt extremely guilty.
"No, no, no, it can be done, it definitely can be done!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Jiu's eyes widened immediately. He placed Grandma Tai Li on his lap, raised his hands, and whispered, "Yay!"
The system immediately abandoned all considerations regarding the online store and began frantically calculating the best solution.
The plan was quickly developed.
The system fell silent the moment it saw this.
The calculated solution was to break off branches from the fairy tree, grow the branches into a forest, and then cut down the tree to build houses!
Based on the previous case of the "broken branch of the Elf Mother Tree", the derivation plan also states that basically each tree should be assigned a piece of farmland produced by the system.
The higher the grade of these farmlands, the faster the trees grow.
Another advantage of doing this is that once the trees are cut down, they can regenerate quickly due to the growth buff in the farmland, without damaging the original ecological environment.
but......
This means something else.
That is, they need to find a way to ensure that the spring water from the Moon Spring can irrigate every tree.
According to the plan, the current water flow of Moon Spring is insufficient, and it must be upgraded first.
The conditions for upgrading are very simple, just one.
—Abundant spiritual energy.
system:"......"
The system took a deep breath: "We can do it! We definitely can!"
A few hours later.
The other non-humans, who had just woken up and heard about the plan, all looked bewildered.
"......ah?"
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