Chapter 244 - 152: The Crops Have Mutated? An Explosive Harvest! Golden Fertilizer is a Divine Artifact for Planting

Chapter 244: Chapter 152: The Crops Have Mutated? An Explosive Harvest! Golden Fertilizer is a Divine Artifact for Planting

It was now several sizes larger than a normal tomato. Anyone who saw it would be dumbfounded.

The pepper plant, originally only shin-high, had grown to half a meter tall. Its slender stem had become thick and woody, resembling a small tree.

Without a doubt, it had matured into a perennial, becoming a tree-like entity.

A plant of this caliber was no longer a disposable thing you’d toss out like a weed after harvesting its fruit. It was a top-quality plant that could repeatedly flower and bear peppers.

The bright red peppers covering it were proof enough. The quantity was absurd—at least a hundred of them!

Besides these three crops, the radishes were also ridiculously oversized.

The four or five radish plants stood nearly half a person tall, their green leaves fanning out like several umbrellas stuck in the ground.

A good two-thirds of each radish stood straight out of the soil, terrifyingly large.

At a rough glance, each one had to weigh at least thirty pounds!

Beyond that, the other crops had each grown more ridiculously than the last.

Long cowpeas hung from the wooden trellis, dangling down one after another like a row of green snakes.

The pumpkins were perfectly round, resting on the soil, each one as large as a stool.

The celtuce stalks stood in rows, each thicker than an arm.

The winter melons were even more exaggerated. They had completely crushed their vines. At a glance, four or five of them lay among the sweet potato leaves like torpedoes.

A single one would be enough to feed ten people until they were stuffed!

The ginger and scallions were also far larger than normal, so old they were almost unusable.

But they had become excellent sources for seeds, ready to be harvested and replanted...

The only crop that wasn’t quite as extreme was the corn. It had still shot up from a seedling to over two meters tall, but it had only just formed cobs and wasn’t yet mature.

All in all, the ten-square-meter A-Level farmland was now completely overrun by these crazily growing crops.

Ten square meters wasn’t originally a small space; it was more than enough for these twenty-odd plants to grow.

But now, the resulting vegetables, fruits, and various leaves had spilled beyond the plot’s boundaries, falling into the adjacent farmland and the mud pit.

Staring at the crops, which had undergone a world-shattering transformation compared to last night, Chen Chong was also stunned.

He’d never imagined that one day he would use a term like "insane haul" to describe something like this...

"Pretty crazy, right?"

Xu Jun had already been standing there dumbfounded for over ten minutes. Although the shock hadn’t fully left his face, he was no longer completely stupefied.

"When I first came out, I almost fell to my knees. The way these things have grown, how is this any different from a mutation?!"

Chen Chong didn’t answer, still slightly lost in thought.

Xu Jun, however, had already started analyzing the cause on his own.

"So, Brother Chong, I’m guessing the reason these crops changed so much is probably related to Extraordinary Power. But where did they get this Extraordinary Power from?"

"Could it be because there are too many Transcendents in our house? Did the crops mutate from absorbing the carbon dioxide we exhaled?"

"No, that’s not right. If that were the reason, the crops in the other plots would be normal!"

"Could it be the meat from the Extraordinary Creatures we ate? Did Jia Wen accidentally spill some of the broth here while cooking?"

"That’s not right either. The kitchen is some distance from the farmland. Besides, if the effect was this potent, we would’ve noticed some changes in ourselves..."

After thinking it over and over, Xu Jun still couldn’t find the answer, but he did notice something odd.

"I don’t remember this plot of farmland being here last night. And this plot is bigger than a D-Class one, but smaller than a C-Class one. The soil seems to have a faint red tint, too..."

Chen Chong finally snapped out of his daze.

He ignored Xu Jun and walked straight back into the room.

When he came out again, he was holding a large bag. It was the Golden Fertilizer.

"Brother Chong, is that..."

Chen Chong didn’t hide anything. He explained what he had received from the settlement, including the A-Level Extraordinary Farmland and the Golden Fertilizer.

A long moment passed.

Xu Jun’s jaw was hanging open, his face a mask of disbelief.

"So you’re saying that these crops, which look like they’ve mutated on steroids, are all because of the A-Level farmland’s Extraordinary Traits and this Golden Fertilizer?"

"No!" Chen Chong shook his head. "It has nothing to do with the farmland. The fertilizer is what caused this effect."

"The... fer-tilizer?" Xu Jun stared blankly at the Golden Fertilizer, momentarily at a loss for thought.

Chen Chong crouched down.

He patted the giant winter melon that had grown out of the farmland and was now resting on the living room floor tiles.

’The A-Level Extraordinary Farmland did have Extraordinary Traits, but they didn’t apply to the plants’ growth speed. They only allowed the plants to grow regardless of season or environment.’

’The innate growth acceleration it provided was only 100% per day.’

’That kind of growth rate could never have caused these crops to grow so fast, let alone get so ridiculously large.’

’The only explanation was the Golden Fertilizer.’

’Before, I was wondering why a mere bag of fertilizer would be placed in a B-Level Card.’

’It seems I was too naive.’

’It just goes to show—there are no useless B-Level Cards!’

’Even if it’s fertilizer, it’s some damn amazing fertilizer!’

Recalling the Card’s description from last night, which mentioned it would cause "explosive growth" in plants, Chen Chong couldn’t help but marvel. ’It really is explosive!’

"It’s worthy of the name Golden Fertilizer. It really is as good as gold. This is practically a farming Divine Artifact!"

Chen Chong was certain that these crops hadn’t mutated. None of the plants contained any Extraordinary Power.

They had simply grown this large.

With the help of the Golden Fertilizer, their growth speed had accelerated, letting them reach the absolute limit of what an ordinary plant could become!

Or rather, they had surpassed that limit!

Chen Chong was secretly glad. ’I’m so glad I didn’t just dump the whole bag of fertilizer in. I only gave each plant a single pellet.’

’Otherwise, if I’d poured it all in, it wouldn’t have made the crops any bigger; it just would have wasted the fertilizer.’

’After all, the Card’s description mentioned that the Golden Fertilizer was extremely potent and had a terrifying effect on non-Extraordinary plants, but overuse would cause the nutrients to dissipate.’

’So, as powerful as the Golden Fertilizer was, its effect on these ordinary crops had a limit.’

’It wasn’t a case where mindlessly increasing the dose would increase the effect.’

’In fact, I suspect that even a single pellet had probably already exceeded the limits of these crops, causing a fair amount to dissipate.’

’A single pellet might have been enough for two or three plants to share...’

Gazing at the unassuming Golden Fertilizer in his hand, Chen Chong felt that this thing’s effect was even stronger than the A-Level farmland’s, even though it was only B-Level.

’After all, what was the most crucial thing for cultivating crops right now?’

’Time!’

’No matter how fast the farmland’s growth acceleration was, it still took a certain amount of time for a seedling to grow, mature, and produce seeds.’

’But with the Golden Fertilizer, "shorten" wasn’t even the right word. It was just straight-up insane growth.’

’It allowed these crops to fully mature, so their seeds could be collected and sown again.’

’More importantly, when it comes to breeding and reproduction, genetics is key. Whether for animals or plants, the more superior the genes, the better the next generation.’

’Under the influence of the Golden Fertilizer, these crops have already grown to the absolute limit for their species.’

’If the seeds can retain these genetics, then even if the Golden Fertilizer isn’t used on the next planting, they might still grow fruits far more perfect and massive than their ordinary counterparts.’

’In our current situation, where we could be transported to a barren wasteland at any moment, crops like these would drastically increase our confidence when it comes to food security.’

Chen Chong made up his mind.

’The Golden Fertilizer is a farming Divine Artifact, and its effect is explosive, but its drawback is also obvious.’

’It’s a limited, consumable item. Once it’s used up, it’s gone for good.’

’Unless I can get my hands on more of it, I absolutely can’t use it carelessly again.’

’It can only be used to improve different types of crops and cultivate superior strains.’

Just then, Xu Jun came to his senses. Staring at the Golden Fertilizer in Chen Chong’s hand, an idea popped into his head.

"Brother Chong, you said this fertilizer’s effect is so potent... can people eat it?"

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