In the ground floor of the Greenhouse Ruins.

The place where players fought bloody battles before had now become a lush botanical garden. Soilless growing units were full of corn, stacked like shipping containers, one on top of the other.

The battle situation at that time was really tragic.

Sideline Slacking, who went in first, couldn’t even come out alive, leaving only his VM to be taken out by other players, and the second wave of people who entered was almost wiped out. It was not until Escaping Mole developed the shield wall play that the situation was improved.

However, after everyone was equipped with better weapons, it was much easier to raid the dungeon.

With Old White pulling aggro in heavy armor in front, the players in the back just needed to keep shooting their guns without worrying that they would kill him.

After all, even if 9mm bullets hit the steel plate, they wouldn’t be able to penetrate the armor. At most, they would only leave a few dents on the steel plate.

On the contrary, this large-caliber, low-velocity round worked wonders against unarmored insect-type mutants.

Those mutants’ bellies were filled with water and glue. Even the 7mm bullet could probably open a hole in their stomachs. If it was 9mm, it would probably blast their stomach open directly.

After the first floor was cleared, Chu Guang immediately released a mission, asking the players to come and plant corn.

Now that three months had passed, many green stalks had golden corns wrapped in leaves hanging on them.

Looking at the mature cornfield in front of him, Chu Guang nodded approvingly with a father-like smile on his face. "Good job!"

The seeds given by the shelter had been genetically modified; their growth rate was relatively fast.

In reality, corn, even an early-maturing variety, would take 100 days to ripen, but here it just needed around 90 days.

Alright.

I almost forgot about it.

After sensing the expectant eyes behind him, Chu Guang, who came back to his senses, raised his index finger calmly, stretched out his hand, and stroked the VM.

Soon.

The list of the mission’s rewards was sent to Makka Pakka’s VM.

[Mission:

Harvest Day (Completed)

]

[Rewards:

1,000 silver coins, 500 contribution points, 2,000 regional prestige

]

"Holy shit!"

"Four-digit reward!!!"

Makka Pakka burst into tears as he looked at the series of rewards.

There was no need to stress the importance of 500 points of contribution.

Faction contribution was always a good thing. Whether it was buying equipment, doing missions, or setting up businesses, they were all linked to this thing. РΑＮ𝙤ＢËS

The only regret was that the regional prestige given was the outpost’s, not Longevity Town’s.

His prestige in Longevity Town now reached Friendly, and he was almost over the threshold of 10,000 and reached the level of Respect.

Just when Makka Pakka was excited, the next line of words on the VM made him almost faint with happiness.

[Congratulations to player Makka Pakka for being the first player to harvest corn.]

[Please select whether broadcast this message:

Yes/No

]

Looking at the sudden surprise, Makka Pakka shouted out almost reflexively, "Yes! Yes!"

Chu Guang originally wanted to remind the guy that he didn’t need to shout and he could simply click on the VM’s screen. Seeing how excited the player was, he didn’t disappoint him.

It’d been three months.

It was really not easy to persist for such a long time.

From sowing to the final harvest, each step had a corresponding mission, and a series of missions constituted an entire mission chain.

Because the automatic watering and harvesting systems at the Greenhouse Ruins were broken, many jobs that could have been done by machines were now done by humans.

Those jobs included watering and fertilizing.

Although these missions also had rewards, those jobs were still a bit boring compared to hunting and picking up garbage.

To be able to persist through the three-month mission cycle and until the crops mature, this Makka Pakka player was also a strange person.

At least in Chu Guang’s mind, it was comparable to that fisherman who sat by the lake every day, no matter how windy or snowy it was.

[Server Announcement:

Player Makka Pakka successfully harvested the first batch of corn

]

Looking at the window that appeared on the VM, Makka Pakka was so excited that he almost wanted to roll in the cornfield.

If it wasn’t for the administrator, he might have already done so.

"Hahahaha! I also have the server’s first title!"

Chu Guang looked at the player with a smile on his face. "Can the harvesting work be entrusted to you?"

"Don’t worry, dear administrator!" Makka Pakka patted his chest and continued to say with a bright face. "I can even help you move it to the granary!"

Chu Guang said, "That’s not necessary. The workload is too much. I will arrange for someone to help you."

Looking away from Makka Pakka, Chu Guang continued to look at the cornfield in front of him, there was a hint of joy on his face.

Is this what a bumper harvest feels like?

It’s really not bad.

...

After arranging a new mission for Makka Pakka, Chu Guang left the Greenhouse Ruins, returned to the outpost to find Guo Horse, and told him about the harvesting work.

With so many crops, Makka Pakka alone might not be able to finish the work even if he worked to death.

What’s more, harvesting was not just about ripping the corn off the stalk, but also de-seeding, drying, and getting them to storage.

Doing those in the ruins might be a lot more troublesome than purely planting seeds.

There were not many tower-type soilless cultivation chambers on the first floor, and the actual planting area was slightly smaller than other floors, but there was still a planting area of nearly 35,000 square meters.

According to rough estimates of planting area and density, the yield was about 25 tons, and the loss margin was within 2 tons.

Even with unskilled planting and management experience and insufficient fertilization, the yield per 666 square meters still reached nearly 500 kilograms.

In addition to the first floor, the Greenhouse Ruins had other floors.

Not counting the reactor on the 9th floor and the Devil Moth Nest on the 10th floor, there were 5 floors above ground and 8 floors underground for a total of 13 floors. The theoretical planting area could reach 600,000 square meters!

Up till the current point, to now, 5 floors above ground and 4 floors underground had been developed into farmland.

Half of it was used to grow corn, and the other half was used to grow potatoes. In total, they had 400,000 square meters of arable area.

These production capacities would be gradually released in the next month, and the total output was estimated to reach 300 to 400 tons.

Coupled with other sources of food such as hunting and animal husbandry, it was enough for 3,000 people for a year!

Of course, the actual food consumption of the players couldn’t be calculated with their population alone.

It was especially so for ability users. After all, not only were their physical fitness and metabolism levels far higher than ordinary people, but their food intake was also close to 2 to 3 times that of ordinary people.

Even Chu Guang could feel it.

In the beginning, a single can of dried food could last him 2 meals, but he wanted to eat 2 cans per meal in his current state.

In a sense, it followed the laws of conservation of energy.

According to the actual consumption rate of food, the 300 to 400 tons of food might only last them half a year.

However, even that was enough.

With 20,000,000 square meters of wasteland reclaimed, even if the production efficiency in the first year was only half of that of the Greenhouse Ruins, the food produced was still enough for him to squander in several versions of the game.

The part above the level B4 of the Greenhouse Ruins was used for farming.

As for the levels B5 to B9, Chu Guang didn’t plan to use all of them for growing crops. He planned to rear Devil Moths on those floors, and let players harvest them once every few months.

In terms of psychoid leaves, he planned to let players harvest only half each time, leaving the other half so it could regrow.

After a round of harvesting, the gates from levels B5 to B9 could be reopened so the moths could come back to lay eggs.

That way, a pipeline-like, sustainable harvesting cycle could be achieved.

In the future, when the tens of thousands of fertile fields on the north side of Linghu Lake are reclaimed, it would be no problem to use the entire Greenhouse Ruins to raise Devil Moths!

Whether it was psychoid leaves or devil silk, it was a rare commodity on the wasteland. Shelter 404 was probably the only place in the region that could produce those products in steady supply.

...

"What the heck?! You get a server announcement even if you just grow corn?"

"Fishy! This is so fishy!"

"Are you serious?! I get why Boss Ya would get special treatment, but why would Makka Pakka also get this kind of treatment as well?"

"Sigh! If I had known earlier, I would’ve found a piece of land and scattered some seeds on the ground!"

"But from another point of view, it can also be confirmed that Lifestyle Profession is the best profession in the current version of the game. Since planting corn can get a server announcement, then it’s reasonable to assume that you can also get a server announcement for planting potatoes, right?"

"!!!"

…

West of Longevity Town.

The players carrying iron picks and shovels plowing on the wasteland were chattering and making noise, and not far away, there were tractors plowing the fields and dragging their harrows.

Turning back and looking at the wall far away, Silver’s Father dropped the rake in his hand and sat beside the ridge panting, "Just how long do we have to do this?!"

Silver Sword waved his hoe silently and replied without raising his head, "It depends on how many event points you want to get."

Silver’s Father gasped, "What?! Doesn’t this event have a cap?”

Silver Sword replied calmly, "No."

"???"

Are you freaking kidding me?!

In other games, there would be an upper limit to the number of points or any other rewards obtainable in game. Of course, things might be different if the player could spend some real life money, but that was a different story altogether.

It was to prevent all free to play players from having over-exaggerated stats.

Wasteland Online didn’t seem to have the cap for anything.

As long as players wanted, they could keep going until the character’s physical strength was depleted. The anti-addiction mechanism as described by the game designer would kick them off the game to prevent them from going too far in that case.

Silver Hand, who had been staying silent, couldn’t help but complain, "Aren’t you a constitution type player? Why are you slower at work than the two of us?"

Silver’s Father rolled his eyes. "Who knows?! This game only adds debuff resistance and recovery speed to the constitution attribute. It has nothing to do with stamina at all! Wait. Didn’t we agree that one of you will choose strength and the other would be an agility type player? Why did both of you choose to be strength type players?”

"You even have the audacity to talk about us?!"

"That’s right! Didn’t you say you would choose the intelligence type?"

Seeing the two friends glaring at him, Silver’s Father coughed awkwardly and said with a smile, "I heard that the content of this game is quite rich. So in case I fall in love with a girl in this game in the future, having a good constitution and fast recovery speed is a good thing… You know what I mean."

Silver Hand and Silver Sword looked at each other. They knew what he meant, but…

"I think you’re thinking too much."

"Indeed, I think so too."

"Huh! What do you two mean?"

Silver Sword shrugged. "It’s nothing, I just think it’s a bit difficult to find a girl to fall in love with your stupid name."

Silver Hand nodded. "Yep. Even a catfish wouldn’t be interested in talking to you after learning your stupid name."

Silver’s Father cursed at the both of them, "%￥#@!"

...