Ice Age: I can control plant growth

Chapter 23 Mutant Beast Crystal Core

Mayor Qian then raised two questions:
“What is the yield per mu?”

“What about the production cycle?”

These issues are closely centered around two key elements of agricultural production, highlighting his concern and pragmatic attitude towards agricultural development.

"The yield of ordinary wheat is 700-900 kilograms per mu, but the yield of blood wheat has a lot to do with the blood of animals used for irrigation."

"If it is watered with ordinary beast blood, the yield per mu is about 800 kilograms, but if it is watered with mutant beast blood, the yield per mu can reach 1500 kilograms, and eating it will have the effect of slightly enhancing physical strength!"

"As for the growth cycle, from sowing to maturity, it takes about three months, but if we can replenish more animal blood or source energy, the time can be shortened."

Li Mu's words revealed two important key factors, namely beast blood and source energy, both of which are the main factors affecting the growth cycle of blood wheat.

The growth cycle from sowing to maturity takes about three months, but this time can be greatly shortened if animal blood or source energy is properly supplemented.

"three months"

"You ripened these?"

Mayor Qian pointed at the blood wheat on the coffee table and asked.

"Yes, these I took out were ripened by me using the blood of mutant beasts and my own abilities. It took about half a month."

A month after the Ice Age arrived, Li Mu began to think about how to improve a new crop.

Coincidentally, his friends Cheng Cheng and Asao were buying mutant beast meat at that time, but they ignored the beast blood.

Li Mu suddenly had an idea. As the number of mutant beasts gradually increased, beast blood had become a common resource. However, most people only ate beast meat, and beast blood was often wasted because it contained the disadvantages of making people violent and affecting their spirits.

So he combined wheat cultivation with animal blood, and after several experiments, he finally succeeded in developing blood wheat.

Following this line of thought, Li Mu further speculated that a variety of crops such as corn, rice, and soybeans could also grow by absorbing animal blood.

However, due to time constraints, he only completed the transformation of blood wheat, and experiments on other crops had not yet been carried out.

“If the many characteristics of blood wheat are really as you described, you will make a great contribution to the future of mankind, and you can be called Yuan Shennong of the Ice Age!
Blood wheat is not only a novel crop, but also reveals a brand new field for other researchers. This field is full of hope and has already achieved results, thus avoiding countless trial and error processes and stimulating greater enthusiasm among researchers. "

Mayor Qian was so excited that he couldn't help but step forward and hold Li Mu's arms.

"You are too kind. I only rely on my own ability. I dare not compare myself with the academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in research."

Although Ah Sao often teased him that he was the living Shennong, Li Mu knew that he was just relying on his ability. In terms of knowledge reserves and research capabilities, he could not even compare to the professionals.

"You can try these seeds first, and then you will know that I am not exaggerating."

"I'm only presenting you one third of the seeds now. When this cooperation is successfully concluded, I will give you the remaining blood wheat seeds."

"However, I have a request that I would like to make, and I wonder if the authorities can satisfy it."

Li Mu is confident in his blood wheat improvement results. He hopes that the shelter can try to plant it immediately, thus laying a solid foundation for his subsequent requests.

"Whatever you ask for, just ask."

Mayor Qian waved his hand generously.

"You can contact Yanjing here, so you should be able to contact other places as well, so I would like to ask you to help me find some people."

Li Mu and Cheng Cheng and Asao have been worried about the safety of their family members since the first day they arrived in the Ice Age. Now that they know the shelter has the ability to contact other places, they naturally want to know the safety of their parents as soon as possible.

"Um, looking for someone?"

"You mean your family?"

Mayor Qian immediately guessed Li Mu's purpose.

"Yes, but it's not just my family, but also the families of my two partners, Yao Chengcheng and Yu Shuaikang. The three of us are from Sishui County, Fuli City. It's just a small city, and our families are not far away."

The hometown of Li Mu and his two friends is a remote small county town, located in a plain, and very poor. But this also has its advantages, that is, there are not many mutant beasts, as long as they can withstand the low temperature, the safety of their family will not be a big problem.

"Sishui County, Fuli City, is a bit remote. I need to ask if I can get in touch with them."

Mayor Qian didn't dare to guarantee it, so he could only ask someone first.

"I'm counting on you. If you can contact them, please inform me or my two companions as soon as possible. We will have people coming to the shelter every day."

"Don't worry, as long as we can get in touch,"

When it comes to contacting his family, he can only rely on the power of the country, which is one of the major reasons why he is willing to cooperate with the shelter.

"Okay, Lao Qian, you've said enough. It's my turn."

Commander Wang, who had been sitting quietly, began to speak.

"I heard from Xiao Tang that you have some very strange weapons. Can you tell me about them?"

Commander Wang looked at Li Mu and asked.

"You mean the pea cannon and potato mine?"

When Li Mu heard Chief Wang's question, he couldn't help but look at Tang Anguo. He saw him holding a teacup with his eyes looking at his nose and his nose looking at his heart, looking like a guilty thief.

"It's the hand cannon that can fire energy bullets, and the mines that can explode when buried in the ground."

Chief Wang continued.

"So you're talking about the pea cannon and potato mine. Do you want them?"

Li Mu naturally knew that Chief Wang wanted a batch of potato mines and pea hand cannons to use, but he also knew that when doing business, you can't just give things away too quickly, otherwise no one will cherish them.

It's the same in life. This is why he never took the initiative to contact the shelter, but waited for the shelter to find him.

People will not cherish things that are easily obtained!

"Of course I want to purchase a batch from you to arm our army. The small-caliber firearms we used to have can only deal with ordinary beasts. When we encounter mutant beasts, their power is not enough."

Commander Wang is indeed a soldier, he speaks straightforwardly.

"The potato mine is easy to use, but the pea hand cannon has certain requirements for the user."

Li Mu replied.

"Is this agreeable?"

Chief Wang thought, it’s just a weapon, how strict can the requirements for its use be?

“You may not know that the minimum requirement for using the Pea Cannon is to have energy in your body and be able to control it. Because it fires energy bullets, it naturally needs to replenish energy.

Since there is no material that can store a large amount of source energy, it can only be replenished by the user himself."

"So the minimum requirement for its use is to be a Source Warrior."

Li Mu is now also looking for a substance rich in source energy to replace electrical energy and thermal energy.

But it may be that the source energy on the Blue Planet has appeared for too short a time, so it has not been found yet.

"I wonder if the crystal core of a mutant beast will work?"

Commander Wang suddenly said something that Li Mu didn't know yet.

"Mutated beasts have crystal cores?"

Li Mu was confused.

(End of this chapter)