Chapter 242 - 151: Another A-Level Rating! Extraordinary Farmland and Accelerating Fertilizer! Seven-Section Bone Sword Whip

Chapter 242: Chapter 151: Another A-Level Rating! Extraordinary Farmland and Accelerating Fertilizer! Seven-Section Bone Sword Whip

The Tiger Striped Dog lay at Chen Chong’s feet, feasting heartily, while the Rock Armor Eagle perched in his lap, occasionally snatching a piece of jerky and swallowing it whole.

Making its first appearance in the living room, the Rock Armor Eagle certainly caught everyone’s attention, especially Xu Jun, who kept curiously prodding it with his hand while eating.

After annoying the Rock Armor Eagle to the point that it pecked him with a beak as powerful as hydraulic pliers, he finally behaved himself.

"Damn, that hurts more than a peck from a Lion-headed Goose! Brother Chong, why do all the creatures you raise bite so hard?!"

Xu Jun clutched his red, swollen finger, his face a mask of misery.

Luckily, he was a Transcendent now, with physical fortitude far surpassing that of an ordinary person.

Otherwise, even with the Rock Armor Eagle not yet fully grown, that peck might not have cost him a finger, but it would have at least taken a chunk of flesh.

Chen Chong smiled. "Not all of them. The Assassin Insect, for example. If you mess with it, I guarantee it won’t peck you."

Xu Jun froze. "That thing doesn’t just peck you! If you’re unlucky, your whole hand will be gone!"

Chen Chong said, "See? You’re not dumb. You know not to touch the Assassin Insect, so why did you go and provoke it?"

Xu Jun: "..."

"I’m done, I’m never teasing it again. It’s growing so fast. I’m afraid if it gets me again in a few days, it won’t just hurt—I’ll really be crippled."

The Rock Armor Eagle swallowed a large piece of bone Chen Chong fed it, then comfortably closed its eyes...

Aside from Jia Wen, who was not yet a Transcendent, Chen Chong, Xu Jun, Qi Zhen, and Wang Biao had all left the realm of ordinary people and become Transcendents.

Even the Tiger Striped Dog and the Rock Armor Eagle were Extraordinary Creatures.

Possessing superhuman strength naturally required more energy to sustain their bodies. Everyone’s appetite was consequently enormous—at least double that of an ordinary person, if not more.

The food on the table, clearly enough for a dozen people, was quickly devoured by the group.

Jia Wen went to the kitchen to wash the dishes, Qi Zhen resumed meditating cross-legged, and Wang Biao polished the Bipolar Bow in his hands.

Chen Chong and Xu Jun, meanwhile, lounged comfortably on the sofa, teasing each other and chatting idly.

They had all been running around dealing with various matters recently. To be able to just lie around and do nothing was a rare moment of peace...

After resting for a long while, the group drew some water from the spring, took turns washing up, and then returned to their respective rooms.

The Tiger Striped Dog and Rock Armor Eagle followed Chen Chong back to his room.

Lying on the soft bed, a tide of exhaustion washed over him. Soon, Chen Chong closed his eyes...

...

Time passed slowly, and before he knew it, the sky was beginning to lighten.

[Daily settlement has begun. Your harvest and performance from the past day will now be scored and rated. You will automatically receive Card rewards corresponding to your rating.]

[In the past day, you have forged an Extraordinary Artifact and an Extraordinary Weapon, secured all supplies within the gymnasium, eliminated most of the Parasites, established a large-scale team, and achieved your highest-ever prestige...]

[Score: 153 Points]

[Rating: A]

[Reward: Building Card · Extraordinary Farmland, Resource Card · Golden Fertilizer]

[Notice: Your excess score has been automatically exchanged for lower-grade Cards.]

The sound of the notification roused Chen Chong, and he opened his eyes.

Although he had been looking forward to today’s daily settlement and knew his score wouldn’t be low, he was still somewhat surprised to see another A-Level rating.

’It’s actually a little higher than yesterday’s?’

’Extraordinary Farmland... Golden Fertilizer?’

Picking up the two Cards, one purple and one blue, Chen Chong was a bit puzzled.

He could roughly guess what the former was, but the latter... just from the name, he was completely baffled.

[Card Type: Building Card · Extraordinary Farmland]

[Rating: A]

[Description: Creates a 10-square-meter plot of farmland upon use. Plants grown within it receive a 100% growth speed bonus daily.]

[Extraordinary Trait: All plants can ignore seasons and environments, allowing for continuous growth.]

Chen Chong’s eyes lit up.

’As expected of an A-Class Card with ’Extraordinary’ in its name.’

Although its area was smaller than a C-Class Farmland’s, its growth speed bonus far surpassed that of an ordinary one.

And that Extraordinary Trait was an absolute Divine Skill!

Ignoring seasonal and environmental factors, allowing all plants to grow continuously.

Even seasonal crops could be sown and harvested year-round.

This would undoubtedly alleviate the food pressure in their current environment and also increase the efficiency of their crop resource cycle.

More importantly, they were currently in the Primitive Jungle, where the climate was still very livable.

But if they ended up in other ecosystems in the future...

Chen Chong clearly remembered the Secret Card had explicitly mentioned that besides normal environments like mountains and islands, the ecosystems they would traverse also included extreme ones like volcanoes, glaciers, and snow-capped mountains.

With ordinary farmland, in such climates, one couldn’t even think about cultivation—the seeds probably wouldn’t even sprout.

But with this Extraordinary Farmland, not only could it ignore seasons and the environment, allowing crops to be continuously sown and grown in a cycle, but it could also significantly boost their growth speed.

Although it couldn’t provide any combat bonuses, it was definitely the most needed building right now for resource reserves and cycling.

Chen Chong’s gaze shifted to the second Card.

Compared to the Extraordinary Farmland, he was more curious about what this Golden Fertilizer was...

[Card Type: Resource Card · Golden Fertilizer]

[Rating: B]

[Description: Universal for all plants. Causes explosive growth upon use.]

[Notice: Golden Fertilizer possesses extremely potent fertility. It is highly effective on non-Extraordinary plants. Overuse will cause excess nutrients to evaporate. Please use with caution.]

"Hm?"

Chen Chong was stunned for a moment.

’Golden Fertilizer... is really just fertilizer?’

But the wording in the description made Chen Chong frown slightly.

The description didn’t state specific bonus effects like other buildings did.

Explosive growth...

Extremely effective...

Use with caution...

But these phrases thoroughly piqued his curiosity. Chen Chong really wanted to see just how potent this stuff was!

He went out to the living room.

Only the faint glow of the Lighting Stone was present; everyone else was asleep in their rooms.

Chen Chong found a good spot and first used the Extraordinary Farmland Card.

Since it was only ten square meters, he chose a spot in the middle of the other soil plots.

As the Card vanished, the Extraordinary Farmland appeared...

It looked similar to the other soil plots. At first glance, there was nothing unique about the Extraordinary Farmland.

It was just that its black soil was a deeper shade. But on closer inspection, the soil seemed to be mixed with flecks of red minerals that gave off a faint red glimmer.

Without giving it much thought, Chen Chong grabbed a small wooden trowel from the kitchen and began transplanting crops from the other farm plots.

Sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, peanuts, radishes...

A few stalks of almost every type of crop were transplanted into this plot.

Except for the nearly mature peppers and tomatoes, which he didn’t touch, he even moved over the only two scallion and ginger seedlings.

’Chen Chong’s reasoning was simple. Setting aside the effect of the Golden Fertilizer, the 100% growth acceleration from the A-Level Extraordinary Farmland was already beyond what any other plot could offer.’

’Transplanting some crops here to grow would make them mature faster and earlier than in the other plots...’

The Golden Fertilizer was nothing special. Despite having "Golden" in its name, it came in the form of grayish, unimpressive mud pellets.

Compared to traditional fertilizer, its granules were absurdly large—each one was the size of a fingertip.

A rough count of the bag revealed there were only about a hundred pellets.

Chen Chong’s brow furrowed again and again.

’Is this really B-Level?’

’It doesn’t look like it at all...’

Doubts aside, with the mentality that it would be a waste not to use it, Chen Chong grabbed a handful and scattered them.

Recalling the description’s warning that the fertilizer was extremely potent and that overuse would lead to wasted nutrients, Chen Chong was relatively conservative. He placed only a single pellet at the base of each plant.

After applying it to the twenty-odd plants in the A-Level Extraordinary Farmland, he had used less than a quarter of the Golden Fertilizer.

After sealing up the remaining fertilizer, Chen Chong didn’t pay it much more mind.

He returned to his room, planning to get some more sleep and head out only after the sun was fully up.

THUD—

As the door closed, the living room fell silent once again.

The mud-like pellets of fertilizer at the base of the roots began to melt and break down, seeping into the soil.

At that moment, the once-delicate seedlings of the various crops began to undergo an unexpected transformation...

...