Farming Together Chapter 260: The “open-air movie” on Hope Star

Chapter 260: The “open-air movie” on Hope Star

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: GaeaTiamat

Reality was not like the game, not only could the issue of residences not be solved with 10 star coins, even the way of farming had small differences from the game.

Bai Li had been prepared for this.

As he said before, people could come to him to get seeds after they decided on the crops they wanted to grow. However, this was conditional. Before they received seeds, they also needed to go through a “test.” The test was about how to take care of the three crops, and the answer was in the game’s item introduction and their own accumulation of knowledge.

“LiLi, what if we haven’t played the game? Will we not be able to pass the test?” a person from the Imperial Research Institute asked with a lost expression.

They didn’t feel resentment towards Bai Li, only suffered from their slow hands every time they tried to grab a game slot. If only they had gotten a spot in the game, they wouldn’t be so rushed at this time.

Bai Li shook his head. “Don’t worry. These three crops are still relatively simple to grow, and I have synchronized all the item descriptions in the game to the official website, so you can go to the ‘game information’ page to check. If you encounter anything midway, you can ask me, and I will give you the answer.”

Like the seeds of those crops, he wrote their planting requirements in clear detail in the item introduction: the depth of planting, seed interval, watering frequency and so on. Then when the seeds germinate, the condition of the seedlings at each stage could also be viewed closely. Perhaps these details wouldn’t be reflected in the game. After all, all the seeds planted there germinate normally, grow and bear the appropriate fruit. However if one put those contents in reality, it was undoubtedly the best planting encyclopedia around.

When Bai Li put forward his request, it was also with the thought that perhaps the people present before today hadn’t carefully read those introductions. Setting a test was still very necessary, at the very least to increase a certain amount of memory value, while subsequent attempts at the planting process would further deepen those memories.

“Yes, yes. If you don’t know anything, you don’t have to go to LiLi, come to us. We are all good at planting in the game!” The soldiers from the military division proudly patted their chests. “We learned from each other. We can definitely complete the tasks given by LiLi with the highest efficiency!”

The people from the two organizations got along very well, and Bai Li didn’t have to worry about it at all. The matter was explained, and everyone took action. However, before the official work began, there was still a need to arrange the 1,500 people’s accommodations.

Hope Star wasn’t short of hotels. Each race had accommodations near their settlements where there were eight or ten residential buildings. The rabbit tribe was also known for its ability to procreate, so there were 20 hotels near their clan, 10 of which were funded by the Heavenly Fox Clan.

It was more than enough to accommodate 1,500 people.

In the morning, everyone settled in, and by noon, some people were either on the game or logged onto the website, taking advantage of the lunch break to memorize the crops they had chosen to grow.

In the afternoon, many people organized themselves together and went directly to Bai Li to ask for the test.

The steward had found that since the Patriarch and the young master came over, he was either arranging a venue or on his way to arrange one. As was the case now. The afternoon examination was also arranged by him.

There were no specific requirements for the test, and even cheating wasn’t prevented. As long as anyone could score 80 points or more out of 100, they were considered to have passed and could go to Bai Li’s side to receive their share of the seeds.

Although there was no mandatory requirement not to cheat, everyone was very conscious and had a lot of vitality in their hearts. They felt they couldn’t bring shame to their military department/the Imperial Research Institute or to LiLi. This was an open book exam, so they had to pass it all at once!

Everything was in order, and after the examination, one after another they received the appropriate seeds from Bai Li’s hands. Cabbage, potatoes and corn, and all the seeds grew in the normal manner. It was necessary for Bai Li specifically to give them a reminder.

“These can only be used as seeds. They are not for eating, so don’t sneak and try them. You’ll get a bad stomach. I will not only not be responsible, but you will also find yourself in trouble, ha,” Bai Li warned in a “super fierce” tone.

Sure enough, after he finished, some people in the crowd really quietly lowered their heads to hide their weakness. Ahem. Well, they were a little curious and wanted to take a bite out of the seeds when they got them. This was not like before the event when they won a prize, like the players said, and LiLi gave a big vegetable gift bag and every one of them tasted superb…

For those who didn’t have that idea, they said loudly, “LiLi you can rest assured that we will not waste the seeds you gave us! When the seeds are successfully planted and the results come out, it’s not too late for us to enjoy the fruits of our labor…”

Bai Li smiled and nodded to accept these people’s promises. Then he took them to the secret place he found yesterday, and started the planting campaign with a bang.

Of course, he didn’t do everything himself, only controlled the general direction. The rest of the time, he, along with Wen XingYao and the others, traveled all over the Hope Star which was inhabited by races large and small.

The Old Turtle group of five and his parents were truly the “local snakes” of the area, with an amazingly wide range of contacts. With their help, Bai Li’s grass and wood clear spirit energy spread rapidly all over the planet. As long as they were Therians living on this planet, most of their bodies had a mark that they had been soothed by the grass and wood clear spirit energy.

Bai Li was also in the process of discovering the maximum amount of grass and wood clear spirit energy he could use in a day. If he went beyond that limit, he would appear pale, weak and have other such symptoms, but as long as he rested at night, he would recover and become healthy again.

Even so, his appearance still scared a lot of people. Wen XingYao forced him to rest for a while, and Zhu MoLing, Zhu Shuo, Yan Siya also looked painfully at Bai Li without saying anything. This time they were on Bai Li’s side.

Even Old Turtle, who had made it his life’s wish to “free Therians from the nightmare of Genetic Collapse Disorder as soon as possible,” gathered around Bai Li and kept discouraging him, telling him that there was no rush, that he was already doing very well, and that he would could his time. 

“Little Fox, you just listen to us. You really don’t need to be so overenthusiastic. The Therians here have been waiting for a long time. It’s really not so bad to wait a few more days. You remember what I told you before, you only need to give everyone a little energy and mean it. It should be considered a ‘key.’ With this key, as long as everyone builds up their own energy, sooner or later, they can rely on their own efforts to break through the shackles. You don’t need to use the energy on us every day, so slow down!”

“Yes, son, you don’t need to use your energy on us every day. Our own bodies know themselves. Since you came, they are already a lot better. Maybe in a few days, we can also be like your brother and become like a child, then quickly grow back to our original age!” Bai Li’s parents maintained an optimistic attitude.

Bai Li was somewhat helpless when he was being persuaded by so many people. He had planned to use up less than the upper limit of grass and wood clear energy every day following that day, so that he wouldn’t have to do what he did the day before.

Finally, Bai Li was let off the hook only after he repeatedly promised he would not continue to “fool around.” However wherever he went after that, he would have Wen XingYao watching him constantly, and as soon as he exceeded the time for releasing a wide range of grass and wood clear energy, he would get his man’s uncool tug.

Towards that strong concern, along with some pathetic prayer gazes, Bai Li was even more helpless and could not bear to do anything else.

After only five days, all the Therians on the Hope Star, as long as they weren’t deliberately hiding, received a trace of the grass and wood spirit clear energy provided by Bai Li. Although the amount wasn’t much, for these Therians, the energy was like a spring breeze, soft, with a cool breath, and was very good for soothing the hidden pain in their souls. Those Therians who had receded back to infancy for a longer time, could even feel a certain door was slowly reopening in them.

For Bai Li, who brought them this change, everyone looked at him with gratitude and admiration. However, Bai Li felt that this still wasn’t enough, so on the sixth day, he began to arrange for people to set up projection equipment for open-air viewing in all areas of Hope Star.

These devices had been around since the days of the Ancient Blue Star Period, but the young researchers at the Imperial Research Institute upgraded them. Larger, taller, more responsive, adaptable to a variety of weather and climate conditions. During use, they would automatically open a huge transparent shield, so that the crowd that was watching from the complex would be free of weather interference.

The projection screen was not a regular program channel of the Empire, but was connected to “live broadcasts”, and focused on the live broadcast content of Carefree Farmstead.

Today, Carefree Farmstead had a total of 5,000 villages, and each village had 5 game anchors, which added up to a total of 25,000 anchors. Only a few of the game hosts were on live broadcast all day long, most of them had their regular live broadcast times, and outside the live broadcast time, they were free to play.

What the one million live broadcast devices placed around Hope Star had to do was to plan the live broadcast content of the anchors in a small area as much as possible, then broadcast them all without fail.

These devices were quickly installed in two days. Since the installation was simple, even some Therians who lived in the nearby communities came to install them themselves in order to see the world in Carefree Farmstead that Bai Li said would help them in some way.

The projection equipment was successfully installed, turned on automatically, and played throughout the day. The news of Bai Li’s plan to show “open-air movies” on the whole of Hope Star soon spread among the Therian communities, and it didn’t take long for them to gather around the nearest device with their families and friends and enjoy watching it with great interest.

Then, day by day, they became more and more addicted.