Farming Together Chapter 241: Village Upgrade

Chapter 241: Village Upgrade

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: GaeaTiamat

Du Jiayin and Fan Yunping’s first reaction was that they did not believe Bai Li’s answer.

 However, the truth was right in front of their eyes. They tasted each dish one by one, and found that the taste of each dish was very good, no different from what they tasted when they watched the live broadcast, so they had to believe that Bai Li was right.

At this point, Tang Ying, a veteran, spoke up, “Why, what’s wrong with that? Bai Li is the man who made the game Carefree Farmstead. What’s wrong with having some special farming skills? Old Du, Old Fan, you should have been on Starnet today. Not long ago, there were some fellow netizens who have also begun to plant in reality, and recently produced results. According to their accounts, they planted all kinds of vegetables, then they paid a high price to get the taste for a lot of it!”

“Is this a coincidence?”

Earlier, he took advantage of the two old people asking questions of Bai Li, and touched his terminal to secretly fish around on Starnet for a while. It was then that he saw the post on the game forum, watched the hilarity for a while, and until now his mind was still full of emotions!

Remember, when he and Wen XingYao left Bai Li’s home to go to Buddha Jumps Over the Wall Star, all the vegetable seeds that had been brought over were planted. The soldiers of the military department diligently watered, fertilized and weeded according to the planting requirements. It was probably because the soil shipped from Wen XingYao’s agricultural planet was quite fertile, since the vegetables grew well, but not quite to the extent that they could be harvested.

When his fellow netizens posted those photos on the forum, although there was the use of growth chemicals to ripen them, the size wasn’t very big. At first glance it looked like they were malnourished. Although you could eat them, the taste, well…It wasn’t easy to say. Even so, the taste of those scribbled vegetables was still better than those grown from agricultural planets.

The difference in the growth process of the two, well, people with a keen sense of smell were vaguely aware of it.

“You mean…” After being reminded by Tang Ying, the two old people immediately couldn’t care less about eating and sat up straight at once. Two pairs of eyes gleamed at Tang Ying, and indicated for him to be more specific.

Tang Ying simply sent the website of the forum to them and told them to see for themselves. When they received the URL, the two old men couldn’t care less about being rude. They put their heads together, and while each looked at their own optical computer projection, they acted as if they were eating melon seeds together.

In the process, Tang Ying forgot and sent a copy of the website to the others present, so soon everyone knew what was happening on the forum.

Since they all knew, Bai Li also stopped pretending not to know, and told the two old men who had been at the Imperial Research Institute all their lives, that he had found and analyzed the matter.

“Are you saying that the reason those crops don’t have much flavor is actually because they weren’t planted with care?” Vice President Fan Yunping was dumbfounded. “That’s what it means, right? Because the planting robots don’t have hearts, the vegetables and fruits they grow have lost their souls too?”

Can vegetables and fruits that have lost their souls taste good?

Bai Li, “…” He didn’t say that!

“Ahem, Old Fan, this explanation of yours is quite a thoughtful one!” Bai Li said bitingly. “Although not completely guaranteed, I think it is quite possible that this is the reason. I have a young apprentice. At the time he followed me to use flower pots to plant vegetables, and after he harvested a batch of vegetables, they also had flavor.”

“Then, you guys went on to speculate that Therians’ Genetic Collapse Disorder was actually a little bit related to this…” President Du Jayin was dumbfounded, as he muttered under his breath, “The war with the Zerg is over. Their abundant energy has nowhere to play, and they don’t know what else to do, so they’ve suffocated themselves with that disease? By occasionally planting, all the excess energy and enthusiasm will come out, they will gain peace of mind, and the disease will slowly get better…?”

Bai Li again “…” These two men could really see through appearances then see through to reality! Those words were so daring! They went right to the point!

Like them, he only dared to say that Therians were suffering from Genetic Collapse Disorder because they were “idle.” However the highly respected president of the Imperial Research Institute, dared to say it directly, that it was because they were “suffocated.” Although the wording was different, in a sense, it was considered the same?

The scene was so quiet that the sound of a pin dropping could be heard.

After a long time, Zhu MoLing first said, “Don’t you believe it? Look at me and Wen XingYao.”

The two of them had regressed to their Therian infancy form and then slowly recovered! If they were more accurate, Bai Li could also be considered an example, but no one knew exactly how he recovered. Even Bai Li was in the dark. After all, he was in a juvenile state while under the illusion, when he let himself go from a small fox into a human. Then when he returned to his original body from the immortal world, the little fox state had long disappeared and his Genetic Collapse Disorder had also been completely healed.

The two old men were running over to Wen XingYao and Zhu MoLing, and didn’t notice Bai Li, the fish that escaped. When they looked at Wen XingYao alone, the previous inference wasn’t too obvious. But Zhu MoLing…When Old Du and Old Fan thought of Zhu MoLing, who should have been thirty years old but now looked to be in his early twenties, the shock they experienced could hardly be described in words.

In the end, the two pulled Zhu MoLing for a private inquiry plus a brief examination. Zhu MoLing also carefully picked what he could tell the pair. The two were shocked to discover that they had both entered the game designed by Bai Li in their infantile state, and that it connected with the reason for the return of consciousness during the infantile state reported to them by Wen XingYao.

It turned out that they were the kind that shoved a juvenile directly into the gaming pod.

It was not that no one had ever done this before, but before Carefree Farmstead came out, no Therian had ever successfully boarded a game. Wen XingYao and Zhu MoLing were the only two examples.

As they thought of the possibilities, the two men’s hearts were on fire, and they wanted to go straight back and find a few volunteers to do some research. However, when they calmed down, they discovered a heartbreaking fact. They…There were no Carefree Farmstead game slots left. Forget mentioning volunteers being allowed to board the game, they wanted to get into the game to play themselves, but they still hadn’t grabbed a spot.

The two people looked at Bai Li with a hopeful face. While Bai Li was blessed to understand their demands at once, he shook his head regretfully, and said that he did not have a game slot on hand. He was too excited having upgraded two levels in a row this month, plus he had thought of a different ultimate prize to give away for this month’s event, so he simply gave out all the game slots.

However, Bai Li didn’t let them down for long. He rushed to tell them that in a few days he would depart for Hope Star to test another one of his speculations: Whether the crops planted by hand, which had a lot of time and effort spent to raise them, could have more flavor than the crops grown by the farming robots on an agricultural planet.

After they heard Bai Li’s plans, the two old men were immediately interested and asked politely if they could follow along and help out a little. If Bai Li needed, they could even pull some more people from the Imperial Research Institute to help him cultivate more land and sow more seeds.

Bai Li agreed without hesitation. He had been worried that there would be too few people there to spread the seeds, so the offer from the president and vice-president was just in time!

“Good, good, when the time comes, we two old guys will follow you. We promise not to give you any trouble,” they said cheerfully. They felt more and more that Bai Li was really a likable youngster!

In this way, the president, vice-president and Tang Ying began temporarily living in Bai Li’s house. Usually Bai Li and the others were lying in their gaming pods playing games, however the two old people weren’t idle. They took over the work of tending the vegetable yard from the hands of Fox One and Fox Two. Out of their researcher’s spirit, they decided that they must figure out how those plants sprouted from the soil and grew.

Of course, they didn’t leave behind the daily watering, soil loosening and weeding, and Bai Li was very embarrassed. Sometimes, when the two old people weren’t paying attention, Bai Li would secretly send some grass and wood clear spirit energy into their bodies.

This invariably impeded Du Jiayin and Fan Yunping’s recognition of Bai Li’s previous speculation that they should be sore y after a day of farm work. The truth was, the next day, they only felt their muscles and bones were alive, their bodies were full of strength, and that they could work for another hundred years!

“Farming is good! Really, people should plant more fields!” Du Jiayin lamented in a serious way, then he and his old friend devoted themselves even more to the farming business.

Bai Li simply cried and laughed. What was this? Would a willow grow out of nothing? But…The two men were happy. Anyway, farming was supposed to have a lot of benefits.

Since the game was upgraded and the village upgrade system was opened, players actively contributed to the Village Chief to upgrade materials, and completed tasks early more than the required number of times. After ten days, the progress bar finally couldn’t be held back, but still Mushroom Village was the first village to usher in their village upgrade.

The Mushroom Village people were running around. Five live broadcasts all opened up, and those in the southeast and northwest weren’t spared, but also ran to the game forum to warm up, and play as they advertised. The fellow netizens in the forum liked to watch this kind of unseen liveliness, and they were bubbling up with anticipation.

[It’s not easy. It’s been almost half a month, and you guys finally decided to give the village its upgrade.]

Mushroom Village’s people, [That’s right, but our progress bar was squeezed. The Village Chief’s material warehouse is stuffed full. We agreed to upgrade. You should be looking forward to it. After the upgrade, the village will definitely be very different…]

[Yo ho, this is the first village to be upgraded in the whole game. Aren’t you worried about the upgrade process? I’ve heard that the upgrade of a village is determined by the materials you submit, so if the materials are not good, the upgraded village won’t look too good.]

Mushroom Village’s people, [You can rest assured that the materials we submitted are absolutely the best, and the quality is guaranteed! In addition to the most basic stone, wood, and various ores, we also put in a variety of fruit trees, furniture, potted plants, flowers, birds and insects, even clothing and gems. Oh yes, plus LiLi and Big Brother Demon Xing also donated five fat pigs each to the village, so when the village is upgraded successfully, we can arrange for a pig’s dinner again! Just do not know if the pork is enough to eat…]

[Brothers! Brothers of Mushroom Village! Please copy homework, ah. I am from the 4444th Newbie Village. Our Village Chief’s residence is also the third choice, and now the material is only 20% short. The name we picked is ‘Small Mushroom Village.’ We all want to work towards the direction of your village, so…Can you list all the materials you used? QAQ!]

Mushroom Village’s people, [???? This little younger sister, what ‘Small Mushroom Village?’ Change it! Doesn’t it smell? Our village in Carefree Farmstead is a legend, and can never be surpassed! We refuse a Small Mushroom Village!]