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nTranslator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

nLarge Scale Vegetable Culture Medium (Good)

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nArea: 35 square meters (square water requirement: 50ml

/square meter

/day)

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nDescription: Increases speed of vegetable growth by a small margin, self-pollinated, quality of planted vegetables will not be lower than the quality of the culture medium.

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nSpecial ability: Condensed sensing (as long as the soil on the culture medium receives light, the effect can be transferred to all vegetables)

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nComment: Look, Master, there is a culture medium over here. I’ll harvest the vegetables in the culture medium for you to eat, Master…

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nSu Mo smiled when he saw the unique property of the culture medium. It was no wonderLi Xiufeng did not stop hiking up the asking price.

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nPerhaps evenLi Xiufeng himself did not think that using 1750ml of water every day for the culture medium was possible for anyone at this stage.

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nNot to mention that it was more worthwhile to trade the water directly than using that much water on the vegetables.

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nDespite that, Su Mo did not mind. This was a factor that he was not at all concerned about.

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nSu Mo’s sharp observation allowed him to understand the implication of the culture medium’s property introduction.

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nThe quality of the vegetables harvested would never be lower than “good” quality.

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nThat property might seem to be of little value, but in Su Mo’s hands, it was practically a godsend.

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nAs long as he had extra survival points, he was going to invest them into his culture medium’s quality upgrade as his vegetable quality would also follow suit.

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nHe was already thinking about the rare quality or higher vegetables he was going to get in the future.

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nSu Mo allowed his tears to flow freely.

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nAfter opening up the trading panel, Su Mo easily bought enough seeds to sow over thirty-five square meters.

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nThe price of the seeds was ridiculously low.

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nEverything totaled up to only 10ml of water!

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nIn the modern age, what would 10ml of water get you? Take the cap of a bottle of Nongfu Spring for example. The bottle cap would hold around 8ml of water.

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nSu Mo used barely more than a bottle cap of water to exchange for dozens of seeds. That was more outrageous than the big sales they had in modern days. If Hua Tuo saw what was going on, he would be crying right now.

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nFor two whole days, Su Mo had not eaten a single piece of vegetable and his taste buds had almost stopped working.

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nThe farming ability engraved in his genes from his ancestor’s blood was activated from the moment Su Mo got the seeds!

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nOut of the thirty-five square meters worth of seeds, Su Mo intended to use a large portion to grow tomatoes and the rest to plant garlic and cabbage.

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nIn the early eras, people in the South lived in fertile areas and fully satisfied their body’s need for vitamins through the rich variety of vegetables, fruits, and seafood.

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nHowever, the people in the north could only selectively plant certain vegetables to sustain their lives because of the limited water and restrictive land conditions.

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nAmong them, tomatoes, garlic, cabbage, and potatoes were the main ingredients.

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nTomatoes could improve digestion and make it easier for him to pass motion.

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nGarlic could detox, act as a pesticide, and kill bad bacteria in the stomach. For the garlic shoots, he could use them as aromatics for vegetable stir-fry or even eat them as snacks on any day.

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nPotatoes were high-yield crops and kept one’s stomach full. Eating potatoes for a meal would provide the person enough energy to do a full day’s work.

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nAs for the cabbage, the reason for the choice was because of its convenience of storage. Besides that, it had a good texture and was included in many recipes of northerners.

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nThe four vegetables were all perfect for Su Mo at that moment.

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nAfter making a decision, Su Mo decided to give up on planting potatoes.

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nAfter retrieving the vegetable culture medium from the inventory, the initially empty shelter suddenly felt cramped.

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nAfter placing the medium under the skylight and sowing all the vegetable seeds in the soil according to their spacing, Su Mo pondered to himself.

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n“The time for tomatoes and garlic to grow is around three months, while cabbage is a little faster—about two months.

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n“But I don’t know how much the culture medium will speed things up.”

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nSowing seeds was a pain.

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nSu Mo did not know much about agriculture, so he could only pray for the best from the culture medium.

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nAfter all, it was too difficult to find the right fertilizer in a post-apocalyptic situation. As for getting some plant ash for fertilizers, Su Mo thought about it and decided to get through the first disaster before considering it.

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nWithout a clock, everyone living in the wasteland reverted to the historical routine of life that was based around sunrise and sunset.

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nAs Su Mo sat on his chair, he began to take stock of the supplies he currently had.

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nThe first thing was the most important gold mine in his base—his psychic energy water.

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nAfter an afternoon of collection, his psychic energy water had accumulated to 1000ml again.

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nThe rate was 300ml per hour. If it was not to control the supply, Su Mo wished he could take out all of it and exchange them for supplies.

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nAs for his strategic mineral material—iron—he had currently acquired 130 units of it from trading.

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nIf his shelter was to change into an iron shelter in the future, according to the requirement of two units of iron blocks per square meter, he was still 70 units short to upgrade his shelter’s material structure which would make it more solid and safe.

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nHowever, before he had a lightning-protection structure, that would only be a vision for the time being.

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nIn terms of food, he ate a catty of Dalieba in the afternoon and still had nine catties left.

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nEating that was a temporary solution for his hunger. The bread was as hard as a rock. If it was not for him soaking it in water, Su Mo’s teeth would not have been able to bite through it.

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nThe rest of his miscellaneous items were his pet egg and his single blueprint.

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nAfter checking through his inventory, Su Mo went back to the trading market for some window shopping. Compared to hustle and bustle in the afternoon, the trading market became cold and quiet at night.

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nJust like before, water and food were still hard currency and were very scarce.

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nOr another way to put it was that everyone was hoarding them.

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nAfter all, no one—except for Su Mo—knew if they could still find water resources the next day after taking a sip from their supply.

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nAfter failing to find anything of value, Su Mo had nothing better to do, so he dove into the chat channel again.

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nIt was mainly to gather some information.

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nInside the World Channel, there were too many messages. At night, everyone was trapped in their shelter and could only communicate to relieve their loneliness.

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nSu Mo swept through the chats quickly and only stopped and looked when he found interesting keywords.

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nAfter the first day, there were already many players who encountered ruins generating around them by the second day.

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nHowever, not everyone was brave enough to go in and explore.

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nMost of them stayed outside and only peered in.

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nAccording to the descriptions of some of the players who entered the ruins, once they exited the ruins, it would disappear.

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nThey only had one chance to explore it.

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nThere was also a time limit after entering the ruins. According to some vague statements, you would get thrown out forcefully around two hours or so.

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nAs for the dangers that lied inside the ruins and what they were, there was no mention of any of them.

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nAfter Su Mo learned this new information, he felt unnerved.

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nPerhaps the ruins were not as great as some people had thought, and perhaps they were full of danger.

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nNo one gave accurate descriptions of the dangers there were inside, most likely because none of the people who encountered said dangers made it back to their bases alive.

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nOnly those who survived could talk.

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nThe dead could not.

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nThe best proof was that there were only 762 people left in the Regional Channel at that moment.

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nAfter one day, more than two hundred people died in the wasteland, never to return to earth to see their families again.

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nInevitably, a sadness for the loss of his kind rose in Su Mo’s heart.

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nHe wondered if he should enter any ruins that were generated near him tomorrow.

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nIt was a solid idea to stay inside the base and slowly wait for his psychic energy water to accumulate, but the lucrative reward he got for killing the chameleon excited Su Mo too much.

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nThe Doomsday Survival System’s upgrade options still required new items to be activated.

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nIf he could follow the normal course of development without encountering any disasters or mutant creatures, Su Mo would have been fine with staying locked up in the base for a long, long time.

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nHowever, in a world like that, he could not!

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nThere were terrible mutant beasts, randomly generated ruins, unknown disasters…

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n“I don’t feel safe locked up inside the place. After all, my base is way too weak. My door is only made out of wood and if a mutant beast that was a little fiercer came knocking, it would probably kill me before I knew what was happening.”

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n“If a ruin appears, I’ll have to go and explore. When the time comes, I’ll explore around the outer circle of the ruins and retreat as soon as a problem arises.”

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nUnder the bright firelight, there was a trace of tenacity on Su Mo’s face.

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nTo survive a doomsday situation, one would have to move forward or they would fall.

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nIn terms of supplies and the development of his shelter, he had the survival system and he was confident that there was no one stronger than him.

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nIn terms of his individual strength and disposition, Su Mo would prefer not to fall behind.

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n“When my family comes, I must be strong enough to protect them!”

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nAfter repeatedly stoking his steadfastness in his heart, Su Mo’s mentality underwent a huge change for the first time.

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nThe refined and cultured character of the humans that arrived from the age of civilization were gradually abandoned, while the ferocity and wildness of their primal instincts were continuously activated.

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nSu Mo held his Japanese Oak Spear and laid down on his bed.

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nA few moments later, he fell into a deep sleep as his breathing gradually slowed down.

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n…

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nIn the darkness of the night, starlight shone and countless dark figures moved vigorously in the wasteland with their intermittent roars.

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nThere were constantly human shelters being breached, accompanied by screams and beastly roars. As time passed, the peaceful quiet returned.

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nThere were also countless fierce people who set traps and deliberately lured beasts. When the mutant beasts came to their doors, they would capture and kill them with one stroke.

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nIn the mining area, numerous hard-working people still held their torches as they bent over mineral ores, mining away for resources.

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nIt was the second day of the Doomsday calendar.

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nThe livelihood of humans was at stake!

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