Farming game: Survival for all [StarCraft]

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There are two main waves of opinions from foreign countries. One wave believes that the Huameng cannot make a breakthrough in planting technology because the extinction of crops is caused by evolution. It is the will of the planet that has cut off the opportunity for crops to grow. It is a curse and cannot be changed by technological capabilities. Just like the rainy days that followed from the Blue Water Star to the Hope Star, humans could not stop it at all. Therefore, the Huameng must have kept a trick up their sleeve when they immigrated, and the carrots used in the nutrient solution were the last food in the bottom of the box.

The other group thought that the Huameng had a strong planting ability since ancient times, and that the people in their country, who were blessed by Shennong, must be able to break the so-called evolutionary extinction theory and grow food, otherwise they would not have spent so much on nutrient solution. For this reason, they all inquired about the Huameng's planting techniques, asking whether there was any possibility of exporting, or whether they could immigrate.

In times of disaster, many foreigners envy the Chinese Alliance’s attention and commitment to its citizens.

The public reacted in this way, and the top leaders' reactions were different, but there were many curious inquiries, and the diplomatic team of the Chinese Alliance became busy again.

However, no matter what people outside say, the Chinese Alliance has not admitted to having made a breakthrough in planting technology. Instead, they have reassured the people that this batch of carrot nutrient solution is not the so-called bottom-of-the-box food, that everything is normal in the country and that it is far from being at the end of its rope. There will be no problem with the supply of nutrient solution next month, and the people do not need to panic too much. At the same time, they have once again sternly declared that "robbery" is a felony, and taking the opportunity to preach is also a felony. Once discovered, the sentence is a minimum of ten years in prison.

This is the fifth year of Hope Star. Everyone knows that the Chinese Alliance is still very strict in maintaining social order, but there are always people who can't get over it and will still take risks. Therefore, every time there are some bad rumors or news, it is very necessary for the host to make such a statement at the end. This has become the standard ending remark of the official news broadcast.

On this side, not long after the carrots were harvested, the castle was finally renovated.

When Xia Ji heard the "ding!" sound from the system, reminding him that the task was completed, he almost cried. It was really not easy!
In the past half month, although modern technology has helped, the part of the castle that was not damaged is now a dangerous building, and the lighting design is not good enough, so all of it has to be demolished and rebuilt. Many materials cannot be transported entirely by Wu Zhenzhen, and the player can only be online for four hours a day. The rest of the time, Xia Ji is learning to control the construction robot to do some simpler things. In addition, she also has to move carrots, take courses, etc., so every day is too busy!
Now that he heard the system say that the mission was completed, he could unlock the gold coins and experience points rewards that came with summoning players to plant crops, as well as get extra rewards for the mission, as well as news about the mall opening. Xia Ji didn't care how similar the castle they rebuilt was to the original one. As long as the mission was completed, it was fine, so he immediately opened his game panel.

[Game sub-panel
Player: Summer Festival
Current game: Cross-border Manor
Current race: Human
Current level: Level 2
Current status: Manor owner
Current population: 99/200 (players are not counted)
Current gold coins: 211 (gold coins can be used to purchase mall items, operate manors, etc.) (1 gold coins will be awarded for upgrading from level 2 to level 10)
Current Blue Crystal: 32 (Renovation of the castle rewards +30 Blue Crystal)
Current experience value: 63 (corresponding experience value will be deducted for each level up) (experience value +20 for each new crop planted)
当前资产：初级庄园（基础建设包括城堡*1、农田*100、葡萄园*1、牧地*1、林地*1、黏土地*1、砖窑*1）（备注：砖窑为玩家自行修建，奖励蓝晶+2）
Completed tasks: 1 (click to view) (summon main world players*100 (completed), renovate castle*1 (completed), clear farmland*100 (completed), plant crops (completed))
Currently available tasks: 3 (click to view)
(Task 1: Build residences for ordinary players in the manor. You can get the building blueprints of the shop house for free by taking this task. Different houses have a population limit. Rewards for completing the task: gold coins +50, experience points +1, blue crystal +1.)
(Task 2: Collect the materials specified by the system and build a warehouse. Rewards for completing the task: Gold +100, Experience +1, Blue Crystal +1.)
(Task 3: Build a cattle farm and raise dairy cows. Rewards for completing the task: Gold +50, Experience +1, Blue Crystal +1.)
Note: Task rewards are separate rewards and do not conflict with other rewards.

Players are requested to actively complete the tasks and build a beautiful manor~]

Then a shopping mall appeared in the upper right corner of the game panel. Click it and three directories appeared on the page.

The first directory is [Architecture], which contains blueprints of three types of houses: a thatched house that can accommodate a maximum population of 10, a stone house that can accommodate a maximum population of 20, and a wooden house that can accommodate a maximum population of 30.

Catalog 1 [Seeds] contains seeds of three crops: wheat, corn and carrots. The prices are 2 gold coin per acre of seeds, 2 gold coins per acre of corn seeds, and gold coins per acre of carrot seeds.

The third category is [Livestock], which contains only one purchasable item, the cow. A cow costs 50 gold coins. There is a discount for purchases within 6 hours, 10 gold coins per cow. If you buy 5 cows at one time, you will receive 20 handfuls of feed for free.

Xia Ji, who only had 211 gold coins, wanted to curse at the first sight of the cow, and then, after she carefully read the annotation of the cow, she had only one thought in her mind, "Buy it! Buy it! Buy it!"

Dairy cows: After feeding, they can produce 30 catties of milk every 5 minutes. They are useful for 10 years and enter old age after 10 years. They are docile and have strong disease resistance, and can stay in the cattle farm all day.

Look, what a good variety, how can you not buy it.

However, no matter how impulsive he was to buy something, Xia Ji would still hold back and let the team make the decision. This would help him avoid impulse buying, as he would not be able to use his gold coins for other purposes if they were all gone.

After upgrading to level 2, the scope of the manor still did not expand. However, when Xia Ji clicked on the farmland where the carrots had been harvested, he found that a new seed [Cabbage] was unlocked. After sowing the seeds, it was shown that it would take 13 days in the main world to mature, which means about 27 days in the secondary world to mature.

It takes a shorter time to grow than carrots, but Xia Ji is still not sure how much it can yield per acre. I hope it can be similar to carrots. It would be great if it can yield tens of thousands of pounds.

In fact, before the Blue Water Planet entered the apocalypse, the country's agriculture had already developed to a very high level. Not only were the crops high-yielding, but also high-quality. For example, there were carrots that produced 20,000 kilograms per mu. Moreover, they were not limited to land cultivation, but could also be cultivated without soil. However, after the apocalypse, all crops seemed to be cursed. First, the soilless cultivation method failed, and then soil cultivation and nutrient solution cultivation failed. No matter how they tried, except for those in the planting space, the others could not grow.

Therefore, the saying that all terrestrial animals and plants have been abandoned and cursed by the will of the blue planet has always been popular.

In fact, up to now, all terrestrial creatures on the Blue Water Star have basically become extinct, except for the humans who immigrated to the Hope Star and the animals and plants they brought to the Hope Star.

In the fifth year of Hope Star, most plants died out, with only a few seeds left. Animals were also mostly extinct, and those that survived seemed to be hanging on for dear life. Artificial breeding could not succeed, and even if it succeeded, the animals born would soon die. The good news in these unfortunate news is that humans have not yet reached the same level as other animals.

However, as long as the food crisis is not resolved and the rainy day syndrome is not cured, it will be difficult for the population to achieve positive growth. After the end of the world, even if the Chinese Alliance brings incubators when they immigrate, the number of newborns in the Chinese Alliance each year is terribly low.

The incubator technology was invented on the Blue Water Star in 2218. Its existence liberated the female uterus. When the technology was widely used in life, the declining birth rate of the Huameng was finally curbed.

Before the end of the world, incubators were essential equipment in every obstetrics and gynecology hospital.

Today, all the seven bases built by the Chinese Alliance have incubators. When they first immigrated, they brought a lot of this equipment with them. However, on Hope Star, not many babies were born in these incubators.

Given the current environment, how many people would dare to let their children be born into this world?

The government will provide subsidies for having children, but if the children can’t even get milk powder, what’s the point of the subsidies?
People don’t want to have children, don’t dare to have children, and are afraid that they cannot afford to raise them even if they do.

The country is anxious and it is difficult to encourage childbirth because it is a fact that newborn babies cannot even get milk powder.

If the mother is pregnant in such a harsh living environment, it will be difficult to give birth to a child smoothly, and there will not be much milk. The negative emotions brought to the mother by pregnancy will even increase the chance of the mother suffering from rainy day syndrome. Therefore, in Huameng, forcing a female mother to become pregnant is equivalent to intentional injury and the crime will be punished by criminal detention.

However, things now seem to be taking a turn for the better. After learning that the game has unlocked cows, the team was very excited and couldn't wait to buy these cows and let them produce milk, and then supply this precious milk to the newborn babies.

Babies born after the apocalypse are so miserable and have such a hard life, especially after the milk powder and dairy products stored in the base are used up, the animals no longer produce milk and die one after another. The only thing the babies can eat is nutrient solution. Although this nutrient solution is better than those on the market, it is still made from fish and seaweed. How can it compare to the milk powder and nutrient milk carefully made before the apocalypse?
All the babies were malnourished and even their development was affected. It was heartbreaking to watch.

Now, with cows, there is milk, and the babies’ food supply can be guaranteed.

After everyone had upgraded from the comprehensive summer festival and unlocked something, they decided to buy 5 cows first, and used the remaining 11 gold coins to buy wheat, corn, and carrot seeds.

All of a sudden, there were only 6 gold coins left on the Summer Festival panel.

Xia Ji didn't feel bad. After buying the cows, she felt happy when she saw the five black and white cows appear on the pasture, mooing as they went to eat grass.

That is, this milk-extracting device needs to be made urgently, because the cows had all become extinct in the third year on Hope Star, and the equipment in various cattle farms had long been gone.

Until it can be completed with existing materials, we can only go back to the most traditional model.

Because currently the Summer Festival is the only one that does not restrict game logins, and cows can produce milk every thirty minutes, so the Milker Summer Festival is now online!
Xia Ji: Fortunately, the cows are docile, otherwise she would be really afraid of being kicked.

While Xia Ji was working hard on making milk, Wu Zhenzhen was also working hard to transport things from Hope Star to the manor.

However, not long after, bad news came that the jade pendant in the planting space had cracks.

(End of this chapter)