Chapter 206 - 136: Unexpected Surprise! New Crops and Livestock! The Beginnings of the Logistics Farm

Chapter 206: Chapter 136: Unexpected Surprise! New Crops and Livestock! The Beginnings of the Logistics Farm

For example, there were the few wooden cabins, the iron furnace, and the paddy fields...

What interested him even more was that these structures weren’t empty. They either had things growing in them or were housing living creatures.

These things were far more valuable than the buildings themselves!

Chen Chong walked straight over to the farmland.

The Fighting Club didn’t have much farmland—only six D-rank plots—but something had been planted in all of them.

Looking at the green sprouts emerging from one of them, he asked casually, "What crops are these?"

The man Zhang Meng had called "Sansan" was stunned for a moment before quickly hurrying to Chen Chong’s side and replying respectfully.

"Brother... Brother Chong, this patch is all peanuts."

"Peanuts?" A flicker of surprise crossed Chen Chong’s eyes.

Sansan nodded hurriedly. "That’s right, peanuts. When we were transported here, a few of us brothers were about to drink in our dorm. We’d bought a lot of peanuts, edamame, and braised meat to go with the alcohol."

"But before we could even open the bottle, we were brought to this godforsaken place."

"Luckily, the peanuts were raw, not roasted, so they could still be planted. The edamame were cooked, though, which was a shame..."

"It is a shame," Chen Chong nodded slightly. ’Still, managing to save the peanuts is pretty good.’

Although less than a third of the plot was planted with peanuts, once they had their first harvest, they could save plenty of seeds to plant again, continuously increasing the yield.

’This is a first-rate, high-quality crop. Just like sweet potatoes, it’s low-maintenance and high-yield.’

’It also tastes great and is very versatile—you can eat it raw or cooked. Most importantly, you can press it for peanut oil.’

’I don’t know how to press oil myself, but with so many people from the school here, someone is bound to know.’

’Once the peanut yield is high enough, we can give it a try...’

Chen Chong’s gaze shifted to another plot of farmland. Before he could even speak, the perceptive Sansan began to explain proactively.

"Brother Chong, these are radish seedlings. We traded for the seeds with a student at the trading market."

"Apparently, his family is in the vegetable seed business. He’d accidentally stuffed this bag of radish seeds into his school bag and brought it back to school. Who would’ve thought that after we were transported here, these inconspicuous seeds would become a treasure? It took us a lot of effort to trade for them."

"There were quite a lot of seeds, so we just planted a whole plot with them..."

"What a coincidence," Chen Chong said, shaking his head with a smile. ’But in a place as densely populated as a school, a coincidence like this isn’t all that strange.’

’After all, the Survival Association has a veterinarian who only knows how to castrate livestock.’

’Compared to something as absurd as having a vet in the school, bringing a bag of radish seeds is nothing special.’

Chen Chong’s eyes moved to the third plot of farmland. The seedlings in it looked unique, completely different from the other crops.

Even though they had just broken through the soil, their identity was recognizable at a glance.

"You even managed to get corn?"

Sansan grinned. "We snatched this corn from the school cafeteria’s warehouse. It was a whole big basketful. We didn’t dare eat a single ear—we saved it all for seed."

Chen Chong smiled. He thought to himself, ’Fan Kai wasn’t shortsighted. He knew that in a place like this, relying solely on hunting in the jungle for food wasn’t a long-term solution. The value of crop seeds was far greater than that of ready-to-eat food.’

’Peanuts, corn, radishes—all high-yield, easy-to-grow varieties. They’re also versatile in cooking, and the taste is fantastic.’

Chen Chong was secretly delighted. ’Looks like coming to the gymnasium was the right move!’

’Finding three types of high-quality crops at once is enough to lay a solid foundation for the team’s entire resource cycle in the future.’

The remaining three plots of farmland weren’t empty either. Although they weren’t fully planted, they still had quite a few seedlings.

But unlike the first three plots, the seedlings in these three were a motley bunch. Their leaves and stems were all different, clearly indicating they were mixed crops.

Sansan quickly stepped forward again to explain, "Brother Chong, the seeds for these three plots were either ingredients we grabbed from the cafeteria or things we traded for at the market. It’s a real mix."

"There are potatoes, cowpeas, purple sweet potatoes, and also pumpkins, lettuce stems, and winter melons."

"Unfortunately, we don’t have many seeds for these crops. For some, we only have one or two plants, and for others, no more than seven or eight."

"According to our club’s original plan, we couldn’t eat the first, second, or even third harvests of these crops. We had to save everything for seed. We’d have to plant them season after season to accumulate enough to actually eat."

Chen Chong couldn’t help but laugh after hearing this.

’The Fighting Club really has brought me one surprise after another.’

’This is all genuinely good stuff!’

’Especially the potatoes. They’re definitely the ’king of value’ among crops, a top-tier staple food right alongside sweet potatoes!’

’In some ways, they’re even a cut above sweet potatoes. For example... the taste.’

’If we can cultivate all these crops properly and then plant them on a large scale, they could absolutely become one of the most stable food sources for everyone.’

’But relying on these few seeds to feed the thousand-plus people from the school... who knows how many generations of breeding and expansion it would take.’

’It will take time to build up...’

But no matter how long it took, at least it was a source of hope!

Hope that since being transported here, humanity was starting from scratch, beginning to plant and grow in this foreign land!

"Whoa, there are a lot of fish in here!"

Zhong Fang had walked over to the fishpond inside the gymnasium.

He was all too familiar with the fishpond. Before getting the Fishpond Card, the fish their members caught could only be tossed into a pond like this.