Chapter 59 World Integration is Underway, Reshaping the Landscape...
[Crystal Coffin: A coffin crafted by the dwarves for the princess, capable of preserving the freshness of objects placed within.]
The non-humans: "..."
That sounds so weird.
Fu Yu asked with difficulty, "This...this is to store the princess's body, in order to keep her body from decaying?"
System: "Yes."
Fu Yu: "This is too, too..."
After all, the world that Fuyu lives in has always adhered to the concept of dust to dust and ashes to ashes. It's one thing to keep the body from decaying, but what's with putting it in a transparent coffin?
Are we going to display it for show?
The system, hiding from Xiao Jiu, whispered to Fu Yu, "Actually, in the story about this coffin, the later part of the plot is that a prince opened the crystal coffin, kissed the princess, and then the princess was resurrected because of this kiss of true love!"
Fu Yu: "......"
This prince is even more bizarre than the dwarf who made the crystal coffin!
This story is outrageous! This coffin is terrifying!
But in any case, they had no other choice but to start soaking the seeds in this crystal coffin.
Fuyu initially disliked this thing, but after using it for a while, he discovered...
This coffin isn't scary at all; it's actually quite nice.
After all, this coffin is big enough to fit a person inside, so it has a lot of capacity. When soaking seeds, they can soak them all at once, which is much more convenient than using that golden pot!
Lavender seeds need to be soaked for a whole day, and then sown in the same way as roses: simply scatter them on the soil surface and then cover them with a thin layer of soil.
This process is familiar to everyone.
Especially after the crystal coffin lid is lifted, it is very convenient to operate. There is no need to queue. You can just go over and reach in to scoop out the seeds. It is very efficient.
So in no time, the seeds were all sown.
Because they had very few points left, they couldn't exchange them for other types of vegetable seeds in the shop. So, of the twenty plots of land, they only kept one plot and used the rest to plant flowers.
When considering what to plant on the remaining plot of land, the system spent a long time rummaging through the warehouse and took out everything that could be planted.
Eight sweet potatoes, one ear of corn, and two potatoes.
Of course, the warehouse contained more than just these items; there were also spirit flowers that hadn't been sold before.
However, everyone had agreed beforehand that the Spirit Flower should remain untouched as long as possible, and that it should be saved to prepare for what would happen after the world merged.
After discussing it, they decided to plant sweet potatoes in the reserved field first.
After all, sweet potatoes grow quickly, and the ones grown in this field are especially sweet because they seem to have a special quality. Xiao Jiu really likes them.
However, these sweet potatoes were leftovers from when we were making special food for Taotie, so there weren't many of them. Planting them in such a large field was a bit of a waste of soil space.
Just as the system was regretting that it hadn't planned its points usage well, Xiao Jiu suddenly picked up the corn next to her.
System: "Host?"
Xiao Jiu skillfully began peeling corn kernels, saying, "Let's plant them together."
Upon hearing this, Fu Yu instantly recalled the "sweet potato monster" that had chased him before, and the image of that monster's eyes staring straight at him...
Fu Yu immediately shuddered.
Just as he was about to speak to Xiao Jiu, the Suanni beside him seemed to know what he was thinking and said directly, "Are you stupid? Back then there were mutated flowers, now they're just vegetables."
Fu Yu thought about it and agreed, so he remained silent.
Ten days later, the vegetables in the field were ripe.
However......
Looking at the "sweet potatoes" growing on the stalks in the farmland, which looked like they had grown abs, Fuyu and Qianchuan were both a little confused.
Xiao Jiu and Suanni were excitedly peeling the layers of "sweet potato" skin that looked like onions, and then they started a fire and started roasting!
A few minutes later, the non-humans were speechless.
Xiao Jiu blinked: "Not together, we'll plant them."
Everyone: "Mmm!!"
This stuff tastes awful!
It felt like having a piece of burnt clay stuffed in my mouth!
system:"......"
System: "Wait for the flowers to bloom."
The flowers are blooming, I've accumulated points, everything is fine now.
Lavender has a long growing season; it usually only produces stems in the first year and flowers in the second year.
Even with farmland buffed, the time reduction is limited, so it will still take several months.
Since everyone was free at the moment, they decided to name him together with Suanni.
—Ming Ao.
The moment the name was entered, the complete data of Suanni was displayed.
[Name: Ming Ao, Level: 60, Upgrade Value: 60%, Growth Value: 0]
[Attribute: Fire, Pet Skill: Blazing Sky, Planting Skill (Level 1): Number of Perfect Plants +10%...]
The system was shocked.
The number of perfect plants increases by 10%. Specifically, after the crop matures, 10% of the total yield of flowers will be locked as perfect quality.
Once this skill is maxed out, they won't need to be so careful when harvesting mutated flowers; they can just pluck them out like they would harvest spirit flowers.
So if this skill were used on the mutated flower, it would be a huge profit!
System: "Oh my god, oh my god, maybe we really will have an endless supply of points in the future!"
The Suanni, now with its new name, wagged its tail and sneered, "Hmph!"
Meanwhile, it was enjoying the system's praise and didn't notice the subtle expression on Qian Chuan's face after hearing his name.
Suanni didn't feel there was anything wrong with it.
He just thought the name was good, and it seemed quite suitable for him literally.
until......
Xiao Jiu, whose speech wasn't very fluent yet, suddenly sped up her pronunciation as she ran towards him.
"Ming Ao, Ming Ao meow—"
Suanni: ?
Fu Yu and the system couldn't help but chuckle.
Upon hearing this reaction, the Suanni instantly flew into a rage: "You did this on purpose!!"
He howled and lunged at the system and Fuyu, but the system instantly teleported away, while Fuyu nimbly ran towards the stream, leaving him empty-handed.
The Suanni was furious: "You just wait!"
System: "Oh."
Suanni: !
Suanni didn't want to acknowledge his outrageous name at all, but once a name was set, it couldn't be changed, so he just looked for opportunities to take revenge on the system and Fuyu every day.
After Xiao Jiu's slip of the tongue that day, she just kept calling him "Meow Meow" and eventually just kept calling him that.
When Xiao Jiu shouted that, everyone continued to shout along, since they had gotten used to it after shouting for so long.
The Suanni angrily slapped its paws: "I'm not a cat!"
Everyone: "Okay, meow meow."
Suanni: "Aaaaaah!"
While everyone was fooling around, Taotie just watched quietly from the sidelines.
His fur was darker than before, and the lighting here was not as good as it had been under the waterfall before; most of the time, he had to rely on the firelight of the Suanni for illumination.
So for a moment, the quiet Taotie seemed to have completely merged into the darkness.
—Completely invisible.
More than three months later, the lavender that everyone had been looking forward to finally bloomed.
Fu Yu immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank goodness, it's a Spirit Transformation Flower."
The system could only wail, "My high score!"
The spiritualized lavender is a single plant, which is very similar to the situation of the transformed rose. Because it changed from a clump to a single plant under normal conditions, the number is the same as when it was a seedling.
A total of 1,140 spiritual lavender plants grew from the nineteen plots of land.
They are only about 20 centimeters tall, and their light purple flowers are like little bells. When the wind blows, they make a crisp and melodious tinkling sound.
Besides the sound, the most obvious thing about lavender is its rich fragrance.
This fragrance seems to possess a special power; as soon as you smell it, you can't help but relax.
This was the first time Xiao Jiu had ever smelled lavender. He quickly realized that the scent was different from the smell of food he had smelled before, but like the smell of food, this floral scent was also very pleasant.
So he just squatted down in front of the farmland, looking down intently at the lovely little flowers.
Fu Yu was already sitting on the ground, completely absorbed in admiring the flowers. He rested his chin on his hands and stared at the flower field without moving.
The Suanni, who had been looking for an opportunity to play a prank, simply squatted in front of the light purple flowers, staring intently at them.
Even Qianchuan, who is usually very composed, looked at the farmland and gave a somewhat silly smile.
The system finally realized something was wrong.
It hurriedly jumped to its host's side: "Host! Host! Are you alright?"
Xiao Jiu turned her head in confusion: "System?"
The system was taken aback for a moment, then immediately said, "Host, please harvest a flower quickly!"
Although Xiao Jiu didn't quite understand why the system was so flustered, since the system had told him this, he would do as usual, without asking any questions and just following instructions.
【bite--
Obtain Level 7 crop: Lavender (Spirit) x1
Quality: Perfect
Performable operations: sell, store, decompose, synthesize.
Upon hearing the announcement, the system exclaimed in surprise, "Level 7!"
The lavender seed is level 6, but the spirit flower is level 7, which means that the current spirit lavender must have a buff!
The system quickly added, "Host, why don't you try selling it?"
Xiao Jiu continued to do as instructed.
[Sale successful, points +5000, total points: 8000]
With the points, the system immediately scanned the flower.
Just then, the Taotie, which had been lying not far away, came over.
He asked the system, "Something's happened?"
System: "I guess so. This flower has been upgraded, but thankfully it's a buff, not a debuff."
It explained to Xiao Jiu and Taotie that the effect of this buff was to make people's minds go blank and not think about anything, which was just forcing people into a state of dazedness and absentmindedness.
Taotie thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll help Xiao Jiu with the harvest?"
System: "Mhm."
After all, it was a spirit flower, so it was particularly resilient. At first, Taotie used its claws to dig at the soil, but later it got tired of it and simply opened its big mouth, stuck its jaw into the soil, and kicked with its hind legs, just like an excavator, shoving the soil everywhere.
Xiao Jiu was stunned for a moment after seeing it, then immediately crawled down excitedly...
System: "Host!"
The system finally felt weary after a long time. It said, "Host, we can't do that! That's Taotie's own special skill!"
With the system's persistent persuasion, Xiao Jiu finally gave up the idea of plowing the fields with his mouth.
While it was trying to persuade him, Taotie had already dug two fields, showing remarkable efficiency.
System: I'm suddenly a little tempted by this feature.
It silently wrote this down.
After Xiao Jiu and Taotie harvested all the spiritualized lavender and put it in the warehouse, Qian Chuan Fuyu and Suanni, who had been grinning foolishly, finally came to their senses.
The system explained the whole story to them, and then said, "I can't guarantee that the mutated lavender flower won't have a debuff, so I'd like to ask for everyone's opinion."
So far, they have only grown one flower with a debuff, and that was the mutated sunflower.
After so long, no more flowers were planted, and the system assumed it was just a unique exception, so it didn't take it seriously and started planting advanced flower seeds as soon as the field was upgraded.
This buff event felt like a blow to its head.
After all, the sunflower debuff back then was only a level 2 flower, yet the effect it caused was already quite severe. If this lavender weren't a spirit-transformed flower, but rather a mutated version with a debuff...
Everyone felt a chill run down their spines.
They are all incredibly powerful now, and if they really get out of control, who knows how much destruction they could cause.
Perhaps because Huanglong had rebuilt Xiao Jiu's body before, his comprehension ability has been growing rapidly during this period.
So when the system asked, Xiao Jiu said, "Plant roses."
Everyone agreed: "Okay."
The incident involving the spiritualized lavender that day made everyone much more cautious.
After that, apart from roses, they basically only grew the ingredients in the pet food recipe and didn't try many other things.
Fortunately, they hadn't tried everything Huanglong had brought them, so while waiting for the flowers to bloom, they spent most of their time developing various recipes.
There were originally twenty plots of land, but later fifteen were used to grow roses, and the other five were used to grow various kinds of food.
Corn, carrots, potatoes... Suanni lit the fire, Fuyu took charge of the wok, and in no time a pot of simple stir-fried vegetables was made.
The bowls used were the ceramic bowls that Huanglong had brought before. Qianchuan helped to serve the food according to the number of people, and then added a lethal amount of chili peppers to one of the portions.
The familiar, pungent smell told everyone that the food was ready, and soon they gathered from all directions.
Xiao Jiu held her portion of bright red stir-fried vegetables, took a big bite, and squinted her eyes as she ate.
The other non-humans just tasted the vegetable as a snack, since for them, it was not as tasty as grains.
However, these dishes also possess a certain charm, so it's not bad to try them occasionally.
Xiao Jiu finished his food in no time. After swallowing everything in his mouth, he said to Fu Yu and Qian Chuan, "Delicious!"
Fu Yu smiled and casually asked, "Where did Xiao Jiu go to play just now?"
Xiao Jiu: "Xiao Jiu went to see the Elf Tree and went to the bottom of the Rift Valley with Xiao Xue."
He paused for a moment, then continued, "The system told Xiao Jiu that the world is about to become one, and Xiao Jiu wants to go and see it."
Sitting on the other side of Xiao Jiu, Qian Chuan sighed softly, "I can't believe it's been ten years already."
Upon hearing this, Fu Yu sighed, "This is the first time I've felt that ten years can pass so quickly."
The white shorthair cat sitting opposite them flicked its long tail: "Really? I'm getting bored to death."
The long, icy blue hair at the tip of his tail swayed with his movements, looking like a leaping flame.
Xiao Jiu put down the bamboo tube in her hand and picked up the cat-like Suanni: "Meow Meow misses Mommy."
He spoke with certainty, and Suanni didn't immediately refute him. Then, a voice rang out from behind them.
"Oh? Then when your mother comes, I'll tell her that you missed her so much you cried."
The Suanni immediately flew out of Xiao Jiu's arms, raised its hand, and slapped the golden object on the ground.
However, his slap only landed halfway.
A large mouth emerged from the golden thing and lunged at his hand.
The Suanni quickly retreated.
He glared at the thing in front of him that looked like a metallic version of the Taotie, baring his teeth: "Watch out, or I'll melt you back into a sphere!"
The system smugly shook its limbs, making the round ball on its buttocks sway along with it: "Come on, come on."
With the shaking, the ball on the system's rear end suddenly cracked open, revealing a bunch of sharp teeth inside...
That's pretty strange.
At this moment, the real Taotie returned.
At this moment, Taotie looked like a giant dandelion. Its head was enormous, and long, dark gray down completely covered its face and body.
When he saw Xiao Jiu, his short little tail wagged its afterimage.
Taotie ran up to Xiao Jiu and raised its tiny paws: "Xiao Jiu, Xiao Jiu, give me a hug."
Xiao Jiu immediately bent down, hugged the fluffy ball, and rubbed its belly, performing the entire process with great skill.
Xiao Jiu: "Want to fly high?"
Taotie: "Play!"
And so this zombie and this little ball of fur started playing the game they'd never gotten tired of for so many years.
The Suanni and the system continued their battle nearby, exchanging barbs as they fought.
After eating its fill, the spirit Xiaoxue jumped onto Qianchuan's arm, used the momentum to leap a few meters away, and floated like a feather to the dried flower tent.
It nimbly jumped off a dried flower petal and landed next to Grandma Tai Li, who was as red as a stone. After circling Grandma Tai Li twice, it nestled against her and lay down.
It blinked and yawned: "Meow..."
This tent was brought over by the Yellow Dragon God back then, but tents are just ordinary things after all, and they broke after a short period of use.
Later, Qianchuan managed to piece together and repair the two broken tents, turning them into one. However, even this patchwork tent couldn't withstand their casual use.
After everyone discussed it, they decided to just make room for Xiaoxue and Grandma Taili, who needed it the most.
So they picked out some of the spiritualized roses, dried them over a fire, and used the dried flower vines to wrap around the tent, which is how this dried flower tent came to be.
Fu Yu and Qian Chuan looked at Xiao Xue, who was fast asleep in the tent, and Xiao Jiu, who was tossed high into the air like a ball and caught. They then looked at Suanni and the system, who were rolling around in a ball...
After exchanging a glance, the two of them both gave each other helpless smiles.
The world of eternal night seems to be just as it always has been.
However, just as Xiao Jiu tossed the Taotie into the air once again, the ground beneath their feet suddenly shook violently.
[Data synchronization begins]
[Energy Fusion Level: 100%]
Terrain reshaping is underway...
The system shouted excitedly, "World merging is complete!"
Suanni: "Stop shouting and pack your things quickly."
Xiao Jiu, already holding Taotie, quickly grabbed Grandma Tai Li and Xiao Xue from the dried flower tent.
Just as he was about to get the dried flowers, a large hand waved in front of him and quickly took down the dried flower tent.
Qianchuan turned to look at him: "Xiao Jiu, go ahead first, we'll be right there."
The system was frantically swallowing all sorts of pots and pans, while also slurring its words as it told Xiao Jiu to go first.
Xiao Jiu nodded and, as they had agreed beforehand, ran straight towards the Elf Tree.
However, he had only run for a short while when he felt a gust of air behind him.
The next second, Xiao Jiu felt her collar tighten, and then she landed on something snow-white.
Fu Yu's arm was around his waist, and Suanni's voice rang out from ahead: "Hold on tight! Hold on tight!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he pushed off the ground heavily and leaped into the air!
There are no natural phenomena in this world, so of course there is no wind.
But now they were on the back of the Suanni, which was extremely powerful and fast, and they were being carried forward in the air. For a moment, all they could hear was the whistling of the wind, and all they could feel was the chill of the cold air brushing against their faces.
In the world of eternal night, there is only one place that shines.
That is the Elf Tree, located at the highest point in the entire world.
It emits a soft white light in all directions, like a lighthouse or a bright star.
...Its shape is a bit odd.
The Suanni's limbs were shrouded in a white mist-like substance, like the wisp of smoke rising when a flame goes out. It looked thin and light, but it was able to support the Suanni's heavy push and accelerate with the help of the force.
In the blink of an eye, they arrived at the foot of the fairy tree.
The Elf Tree still maintains its "handsome boy holding a bottle" pose, and the water in the bottle continues to spray into the darkness ahead like a high-pressure gun.
The Suanni circled around to the back of the bottle, an angle that perfectly avoided the splashing water droplets.
Once everyone had stepped onto the ground, the giant lion-like Suanni immediately shrank into a tiny, short-haired white kitten, which jumped onto Xiao Jiu's shoulder.
Xiao Xue, sitting on Xiao Jiu's other shoulder, gave him a soft "meow." The Suanni didn't reply; it just flicked its tail and climbed onto Xiao Jiu's head.
But after he lay down, his tail swept to the side, around Xiao Jiu's neck, and lightly touched Xiao Xue's forehead.
The whole world was shrouded in darkness, and since it was in the final fusion stage, Suanni did not summon fire to avoid causing any interference.
They were standing in the light, so even Suanni and Qianchuan, who had the best night vision, couldn't see anything.
All they could feel were tremors coming from beneath their feet, and the smell of damp earth wafted from afar.
The unique smell of the soil combined with the moisture emanating from Moon Spring to create an indescribable aroma.
Although they couldn't describe it, when they smelled it, their hearts pounded like drums.
As the system had predicted, the process did not last very long, only about half an hour.
When the vibrations subsided, the water in the bottle, which had been flowing like a high-pressure water gun, suddenly stopped.
As the bottle shook, a shimmering bead floated out from the mouth of the bottle.
The fairy tree, which had been posing, stretched out its branches again and gradually returned to the appearance of an ordinary tree.
As water gushed forth again from the Moon Spring suspended in mid-air, the familiar announcement once more echoed through the space.
Data synchronization complete.
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Author's Note: I have some terrible news to share [crying][crying] My hand is ruined! Tenosynovitis and fasciitis. It's been hurting for over a week, but the situation suddenly worsened yesterday. My right hand has been completely immobile since last night. If this continues, I might need to have acupuncture treatment, which I absolutely don't want to do! [crying] So, due to a change in my writing style, I won't be able to guarantee six chapters a day. Today's chapter is from my backlog. Starting tomorrow, updates will temporarily drop to 3000 words per chapter. Please don't give up on me! No matter what, I absolutely will not stop updating!
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