Chapter 561: Deploying the [Sea Trace Lake] Gold-level, a brand new and rich ecosystem.

Chapter 561: Deploying the [Seaway Lake] Gold-Grade, a Brand-New and Rich Ecosystem

The High-Energy Automated Farm.

The flower planting zone.

Unlike the crop zone, the green area here wasn’t nearly as expansive.

It only stretched a few hundred meters in radius, mainly because obtaining flower seeds wasn’t easy.

After all, flower seeds had no survival value—except for a specific few, flowers had almost no demand on the market.

Even among those specific people, they were mostly female players looking to decorate their shelters, and the demand was limited.

This left Yu Yuan with no connections even if he wanted to buy them.

He had purchased every flower seed available on both Taotao Hole and the Auction House.

But he only got a very small portion.

Fortunately, the Giant Tree World already had plenty of flowers, and the Morning Dew Sprites would regularly collect wildflowers from the surroundings to bring back to the farm for planting.

Of course, the most indispensable item was that Rare Artifact, the [Flower Breeding Bag].

As the sacred relic of the Morning Dew Sprite clan, they had solemnly placed the Flower Breeding Bag in the spot with the best sunlight conditions on the farm.

Zhou Yuan had built a special platform for them, covered with a high-strength glass protective cover.

The [Flower Breeding Bag] was placed inside, basking in the sunlight.

It could stably produce 1 to 5 portions of flower seeds daily. Almost all the rare flower seedlings now growing in the flower planting zone came from the Flower Breeding Bag.

It had made tremendous contributions to the construction of the flower planting zone.

"Simon, you’ve grasped the brewing method for Hundred Flowers Nectar. From now on, work closely with the Morning Dew Sprites to try and brew the other two, higher-grade nectars."

"Once our Hundred Flowers Nectar and those other two nectars can be mass-produced, that’s when we’ll kick off the insect mutation system."

Simon looked at the flower seedlings before him, now sprouting green leaves, and a glint flashed in his eyes.

"Hundred Flowers Nectar, huh..."

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"Wow, hahaha..."

Jieni sat on top of Mie Mie, held securely in Yu Yuan’s arms.

Watching the scenery whizzing by below, he let out a mix of fearful and excited cries.

Mie Mie galloped freely through the air.

With each step it took, a pale green light formed an invisible barrier around a ten-meter radius.

It shielded them from the outside wind.

Zhi Zhi lazily lay sprawled on Yu Yuan’s shoulder, yawning.

But its tail was tightly wrapped around Jieni.

Acting as a safety belt.

"Mie Mie, stop right here!"

Baa~

Mie Mie gradually came to a halt, hovering in midair.

Just now, Yu Yuan had surveyed the Giant Tree Plain and ultimately chose this spot.

Below, the patrol squads of the Giant Tree World were driving their Mechanical Armor vehicles along their designated routes, completing their tasks.

They had received Zhou Yuan’s notice and were rushing back at full speed to the Giant Tree Valley.

Not far away were the High-Energy Automated Farm and the Giant Tree Valley.

On the other side was the Giant Tree Forest, where the former 'Firefly Earth Shelter' had been located. A river happened to flow from the Giant Tree Forest through the plain below.

"This location is perfect, close to the Giant Tree Valley. If anything unexpected happens, we can support immediately, and the subsequent aquatic product processing and transportation will be relatively convenient."

Thinking this, Yu Yuan already had an Orb of Light in his hand, within which was a miniature lake.

There were swimming fish, water birds, mangrove forests...

It was the Gold-grade resource lake he had obtained earlier—the Seaway Lake.

[Deploy the ‘Seaway Lake’ at the current location?]

— [Yes]

A simulated scene of the current area appeared on the Virtual Light Screen.

A massive lake covering 666 square kilometers appeared on it.

Yu Yuan adjusted the lake’s shape. He checked the terrain of the current area.

Finally, based on the terrain, he stretched the lake into a slightly elongated ratio and then confirmed it directly.

When the lake settled onto the ground, a giant lake appeared on the plain where the farm was located—thirteen times larger than the farm itself.

The lake was right next to the Giant Tree Forest.

The river’s final course naturally became this Seaway Lake.

The Seaway Lake already had a complete environmental ecosystem, fine-tuned to the deployment scene.

On the simulation terrain, Yu Yuan was also presented with the current ecological picture of the Seaway Lake.

Overall, it could be divided into four zones.

The river estuary, the shallow shoreline area (transition zone), the open lake surface area, and the enclosed bay farthest from the river mouth.

The lake’s salinity spanned a complete gradient from freshwater to slightly brackish, brackish, and fully saline.

It boasted an extremely rich ecosystem.

Especially at the river estuary, which automatically formed a vast, fan-shaped delta freshwater wetland crisscrossed with waterways.

This was the fusion zone between river and lake water, and it had the most abundant ecological species.

Reed marshes and cattail thickets grew densely, not only filtering the sediment brought by the river but also providing conditions for other organisms to thrive.

Freshwater fish, amphibians, and water birds all appeared here.

Further on, the shallow shoreline area and the open lake surface were the main activity zones for slightly brackish and brackish water organisms.

Submerged plants like pondweed and foxtail algae grew thickly underwater, where snails, shellfish, and shrimp lived and reproduced.

Phytoplankton also proliferated massively, serving as the bottom of the food chain, providing a foundation for many herbivorous and omnivorous fish to grow and reproduce.

These fish, in turn, provided ample food for carnivorous fish.

The entire ecological network was thus formed.

In the enclosed bay area farthest from the river mouth,

Because of slow water exchange and strong evaporation, its salinity was distinctly different from the other three zones.

This area was filled with halophilic organisms. Saline algae and brine shrimp bred and inhabited here.

It could be said that the ecology of this Seaway Lake was so complex it almost seemed supernatural.

If one wanted such a complete ecosystem to form through natural evolution,

It would have required an age of gradual transformation.

But here, it was presented directly before Yu Yuan.

Looking at the simulated scene on the Virtual Light Screen, Yu Yuan once again felt a deep admiration for the sheer value of a Bronze-rank Gold-grade Civilization Treasure Chest.

Coo-coo—

In the sky, water birds flew overhead, their eyes scanning the lake surface, searching for prey.

Pelicans and cormorants patrolled, and in the deepest part of the lake, Yu Yuan seemed to spot a group of fiery red figures.

He confirmed it repeatedly before finally being certain.

It was a flock of flamingos.

Even Yu Yuan, the originator of this miracle, was a bit stunned looking at such a perfect ecological lake.

Because it was simply too beautiful.

"Ah—so many big birdies!"

Jieni pointed at the water birds flying not far away, clapping excitedly.

Yu Yuan spotted a small island at the junction of the shallow shoreline and the open lake surface.

He had Mie Mie land there.

This lake island was also something Yu Yuan had deliberately left.

It wasn’t large, only about seven or eight kilometers across.

The island’s edges were covered in various hydrophilic plants and mangrove trees.

Yu Yuan carried Jieni down.

As soon as his feet touched the ground, the little guy excitedly looked around.

But Yu Yuan pulled out the Loser’s Cube.

Four Nizi Water Arrow Turtles appeared on the island.

When Jieni saw the Nizi Water Arrow Turtles, he walked up and hugged the little sea turtle, giggling.

"Turtle, turtle... there’s water here... there’s water... go catch me some fish to eat..."

Yu Yuan couldn’t help but laugh.

This little guy really never forgot about food no matter where he went.

But...

His gaze fell on the four Nizi Water Arrow Turtles.

In his hand also appeared the bottle of [Sea Beast Gene Evolution Liquid].

"Let’s see if these four little ones are destined to evolve into sea beasts!"

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