Why is my territory in a 2D anime art style?

Chapter 165 Planter's Implementation and Source Transplantation

After looking at the gilded statue, Sui An turned his attention to the remaining two inspirational effects of the golden firework cannons.

【War Frenzy: Activating this mode will switch the Golden Flower Cannons to automatic attack mode. After setting the crystal bullets to be used, it will automatically attack the densest group of source beasts within the attack range, prioritizing higher-level source beasts. If multiple Golden Flower Cannons exist, they will automatically enter online mode, and the attack will automatically avoid targets already attacked by other Golden Flower Cannons. Please note that this mode cannot identify friendly targets, and there may be friendly fire.】

[Desperate Measures: Activate this mode to fire all stored crystal bullets at a designated target at once. After firing, the Golden Flower Salute Cannon will be unable to attack again for 1 minute.]

The first unlocked skill of the Golden Flower Salute is "courtesy before force," which is very effective, but Sui An feels it's not necessary to use it in the short term.

As for this second War Carnival, it's somewhat similar to your own Elemental Statue; to put it bluntly, it's just AFK (away from keyboard).

Normally, I take charge of these things myself. After all, one shot costs 42 Originium, and even a non-attribute crystal bullet costs around 27 Originium. It would be too wasteful to use it to fight low-level Originium beasts in the Rift.

It's possible to use it at night, but there's a chance you might accidentally hit a mosquito with the cannon.

However, although the Golden Flower Salute has a long attack range, its angle is narrow, and it cannot target enemies as easily as the Elemental Statue, which can do so as long as there is no cover.

To put it bluntly, this function is only suitable for use when defending the Rift, but not now. It will gradually become a regular attack building like the Elemental Statue when you reach a higher level.

The third point, however, surprised Sui An somewhat.

The goal is to clear out the entire stock of crystal bullets at once, pursuing maximum explosive power. The cost isn't too high; it's just that you can't attack for one minute.

"I feel like this one is still the most useful."

After watching the golden firework display, Sui An looked at the two new effects of the Botanical Garden.

[Harvest Paradise: When this mode is activated, the growth blessing effect of Plant Paradise will be reduced by one level, but when the plant matures, if the plant is a fruit-bearing plant, the yield will increase by 20%, and if the plant is not a fruit-bearing plant, its quality will increase by 20%]

[Rampage Paradise: When this mode is activated, the base blessing effect of plants is increased by one level, up to a maximum of 8]

The system provides a high-level building effect, but upon maturity, if plant seeds are involved, the number of seeds will be reduced randomly, but one seed will always be retained. Plants in this mode require more nutrients, and if nutrients are insufficient, the actual improvement effect may not be achieved.

"This one increases production, and the other promotes ripening!"

Sui An easily understood these two enlightening effects. The name "Harvest Paradise" already explained everything: exchanging ripening time for fruit yield or plant variety.

There's nothing particularly noteworthy about this. Wild Paradise allows you to exchange the number of seeds for rapid maturity, making it suitable for crops that you don't plan to expand your planting area, or crops whose seeds are easy to buy.

In particular, this effect can be upgraded up to level 8!

Sui An was immediately astonished by this estimate.

"A level 8 blessing effect... if it's for traditional crops like rice and wheat, wouldn't that shorten the ripening time by 90%?"

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"I remember that rice can ripen in just three or four months if the weather is good, right?"

"Then I only need about ten days, and if the grower helps with ripening, oh my god!"

"If I were in my past life, I would at least be a savior, I could support so many people."

"Unfortunately, the plant park only has two acres of land available for planting. If you want to use it to grow basic crops, you might as well clear large areas of wasteland."

Without further research into the inspirational effects, Sui An found these functions not particularly difficult to understand.

Update the Inspiration effect and use the new materials to rebuild.

At this point, he already has four of each of the three types of purple buildings. At this rate, he might be able to have eight fully upgraded materials for each type of building before the end.

It can even add a lot more starlight.

With that in mind, Sui An picked up his notebook and began to make plans.

In the future, these Golden Flower Salute Cannons will definitely be built as the main attack buildings. In addition to the territory itself, some will also be installed in the expedition fortress.

The other two purple buildings, the lion statue, don't need too many for now; four should be enough for a short time. We haven't even used our own rift defenses yet.

The more plant parks the better, as they provide direct resource benefits. However, the biggest problem with creating them all is that they require dedicated personnel to take care of them, and I am, after all, an amateur.

Moreover, the most urgent task is to transfer these future miners to the mushroom houses.

After all, the most important energy-absorbing giant tree has not yet been transplanted.

In Sui An's current plan, the expedition fortress is to facilitate his development of the secret realm, so naturally the most important thing is mining.

If even Treeman miners can't get in, then development efficiency will be greatly reduced.

As for what he intends to use it for, the first thing he needs to do is place it near the hillside to facilitate the subsequent mining of Yinghua stone ore.

In the underground cave, they hadn't encountered any major risks while mining for the past few months, mainly because it was close to the dimensional portal, making it convenient for them to leave.

The underground cave was relatively secluded, and without any particularly attractive features, no powerful source beasts came to it.

However, harassment from some low-level source beasts still occurs intermittently.

If the underground caves were like this, the situation on that small hill was naturally even worse. If Sui An hadn't regularly cleaned it with the nearly dissipated talismans, there would still have been some risk involved.

Even when Erhu Fang Si was guarding the Blood Crystal Bodhi Vine last time, he would occasionally take the spirit to clean up the surrounding area.

"Now, all that's missing is the planter to arrive!"

The Ye brothers didn't keep Sui An waiting long; they arrived with their parents on the third day after returning home.

The person who brought them here was Wang Zhen's colleague, squad leader Ye Fan.

He pulled his cousin's family aside and spoke to Sui An with a broad smile.

"Boss Sui, thank you for this opportunity. You know, my two cousins ​​are still a bit hesitant. Hesitant about what? Now we have 7..."

"In the Line 1 transport team, everyone knows you have a bright future. Others would love to have this opportunity but don't even have the connections!"

"You're too kind. This is all about mutual consent."

Sui An frowned slightly. Captain Ye seemed to be being a bit too polite, but he didn't refuse and gave a polite reply.

After speaking, he turned his gaze to the Ye brothers' family. Their parents looked extremely old, even more so than the Fang family's parents. It seemed that they must have worked very hard in the past, and the brothers' awakening probably did not make their lives any easier.

"Ye An'an, although Captain Ye is your cousin, I still want to remind you that it's best to follow your heart when making this decision. Don't force yourself to make this decision because of some external reasons, or you'll regret it later and cause trouble for everyone."

As soon as Sui An finished speaking, Ye An'an seemed to have something to say, but it was his father beside him who spoke first: "Boss, this is all voluntary for my wife and me. You know, we may not be very capable, but we can't hold our child back from finding a good future!"

Sui An nodded, not showing any particular reaction to his parents' words. He simply kept his gaze on Ye An'an and his more somber older brother, Ye Pingping, beside him.

"I'm looking for a planter, so you two answer me."

Ye An'an noticed the change in Sui An's tone and quickly explained, "This is a decision made by our whole family!"

Seemingly worried about causing a misunderstanding, he added, "I just feel like I'm useless, and I'm the only one who has to trouble my parents to come with me."

Even the taciturn Ye Pingping nodded repeatedly.

Sui An stared at the Ye brothers and saw that their expressions were similar and there were no other changes, which lessened his doubts.

He then explained with a smile, "If you're worried that your parents might be overworked, there's no need to worry. At least here, ordinary people don't have too many work requirements, so they won't be tired. I'll pay them their salaries as usual, and as for their living needs, you don't need to worry too much."

Sui An's reassurance seemed to have some effect, as the two managed a few smiles: "Thank you so much, boss!"

Soon, Ye Fan left, but the Ye family remained.

Sui An looked at Wang Zhen, who was carrying several large bags, and then asked Erhu to take the Ye family to settle down first.

Ten more stone houses have been added to the territory, and there is plenty of space. Even if six or seven more rows are added, they can still be accommodated.

After the person left, Sui An whispered to Wang Zhen, "I feel like something's off about Ye Fan. Was he being a little too enthusiastic?"

"What's wrong? Look at my pocket. Anyone in the transport team would instinctively be warmer to you if they knew what's inside and how much."

Wang Zhen rolled his eyes at Sui An, then lifted the large bag full of source stones in his hand. These were the source stones he had exchanged for from level four or five source beasts yesterday, totaling 6,500 stones, enough to fill four bags.

Wang Zhen placed the bag in front of Sui An and then began to lecture him with a smile.

"You're a typical case where your skills have improved, but your mindset hasn't changed. When others are enthusiastic towards you, you feel like they have ulterior motives."

"Ultimately, it's because the promotions were too easy, which made you feel no sense of accomplishment."

"If you had gone through life-and-death struggles with me and Erhu, and advanced to level 4, you would understand why I have a natural sense of superiority over lower-level professionals—because this is what we deserve!"

"You'll gradually get used to it!"

"Is that so?" Sui An subconsciously scratched the back of his head, as if he really didn't have the mentality of a strong person. Even a strong person like Zheng Xifeng was no longer a threat to him.

But his change seemed to be limited to no longer respecting Zheng Xifeng; he didn't seem to have changed much in his attitude towards ordinary professionals.

"What you said seems to make some sense!"

"I've had someone investigate the matter you asked me to handle. This family is a typical honest and upright family, perhaps even too honest."

Wang Zhen glanced in the direction of the residence in the territory: "You can tell that his parents are like this, right? In fact, the money they earn in a year is not even enough to buy a bottle of the energy potion that the Ye brothers drink, but they still work so hard. They are not even fifty years old, but they look like they are in their sixties or seventies."

"I'm not mocking them, I'm just feeling a bit sentimental. This is probably the natural state of ordinary people who haven't awakened yet."

"That's how the world is. Strictly speaking, neither of our families is at the very bottom of society!"

Sui An nodded in agreement, because all of their families actually had professionals who had awakened, and no matter how well they were doing, they were still better than ordinary people.

Even though his parents passed away eight years ago, he was still able to survive on the inheritance they left behind, and even had the assets to buy his own initial blueprints.

Of course, Aunt Zhao and the others are here to look after things, otherwise they would have been robbed long ago.

After the escort team unloaded all the supplies from Wang Zhen's vehicle, the convoy left.

Inside the planting base, Sui An showed the Ye brothers the three seedlings of the Energy-Devouring Giant Tree and handed them the sheet filled with information about the tree.

"These things are very important to me. I want to transplant them into a better green building. Can you look into whether it's possible?"

The two brothers took the order and began to look at it. Soon, their expressions changed, and they were filled with shock. They whispered a few words to each other, then bent down to observe the seedlings of the Energy-Devouring Giant Tree. They even reached out and started digging in the soil, completely disregarding the bloody smell in the soil.

Soon, Ye An'an released green energy, which began to seep into the soil, seemingly studying the seedling's root system.

The planter's source energy is different from the alchemist's transparent source energy. The alchemist's source energy is a transparent existence without any attributes, while the planter's source energy is of the wood attribute and has a special aura.

Sui An stood aside, feeling that this aura was somewhat familiar. After thinking for a while, he realized that it seemed to be somewhat similar to the Starlight Water from the Girls' Stage, but also somewhat different.

After fiddling around for a while, the two seemed to have found an answer. They discussed it further before the younger brother answered.

"Boss, if it's just transplanting within the territory, it's not too difficult, since it won't be away from the ground for long. It just requires some tools and materials."

Sui An asked curiously, "What tools and materials?"

"The tools we need are a large wooden frame, about two meters long, wide, and high, which will require manpower to lift. As for materials, you, the boss, need to provide at least five low-grade wood attribute crystals for each plant. If possible, one mid-grade wood attribute crystal would be even better!"

Ye An'an gestured the conditions, and Sui An roughly understood what he meant: a large enough box was needed to cover the roots and the original soil.

He does have wooden frames that big, which are used to store daily necessities, but they are not usually this deep.

"I can provide some smaller wooden frames and woodworking tools. Could you modify them yourselves? As for carrying them, you can just bring anyone you like."

Ye Pingping, standing to the side, hesitated, then tugged at his younger brother. Ye An'an immediately understood and quickly said, "Boss, I..."

Dad's a carpenter, he knows all of these things!

Sui An was somewhat surprised, but he quickly realized that it wasn't uncommon for ordinary people to have these skills.

"Alright, I'll provide you with the raw materials and attribute crystals. Let me know when you've decided to proceed with the transplant!"

After taking them to get the materials, the Ye family began to get busy.

Sui An went to check on the progress of filling the soil in the botanical garden. Five days had passed since Sui An unlocked the blueprints, and the soil filling was only completed for one botanical garden.

Filling more than 4,000 cubic meters of soil is indeed a huge project. The small transport truck can only haul four or five cubic meters of loess at a time, and the four small transport trucks in the territory have to make more than 200 round trips.

He has four such buildings!

At first, Sui An kept complaining that such a high-class building didn't come with its own soil. But after calculating the amount of earthwork, he suddenly felt that it was a good thing it didn't come with its own soil.

If you factor in the amount of source material needed for this massive volume of soil, each one would probably require several thousand more mid-grade source materials. Building several of these could bankrupt me.

Fortunately, the amazing builder core allows you to allocate the location of this thing without considering its load-bearing capacity; otherwise, the cost of moving it would be quite exorbitant.

This is a unique building that almost everyone has seen, aside from the golden firework display; it can't be hidden from view, but as long as...

It doesn't matter if nobody knows his most special function.

However, Sui An did not plan to fill all four at once. He decided to fill two first, otherwise the ground outside the territory would collapse from digging.

"I never imagined that coming to your wretched territory would mean I'd be stuck digging all my life. No wonder I've been constantly recruiting people!"

That's what you're thinking, isn't it!

Erhu continued to grumble and curse. Since entering Sui An's territory, he felt he had dug more soil than he had in the previous twenty-four years.

Sui An looked completely innocent: "This probably isn't my fault. How was I supposed to know this thing was such a scam!"

But then, his tone shifted, and he grinned mischievously, "However, do you still want to eat the fruit and the Bodhi seed? If so, you'd better put in some effort!"

Erhu's expression froze for a moment, but he quickly broke into a wide smile: "Of course I want to! Are you going to give it to me for free?"

"It depends on how you do!"

Sui An glanced at the crowd and said, "Of the first batch of ripe fruits from this Quenching Source Fruit Tree, aside from those used for breeding, I guarantee that every brother who dug the soil will receive at least one. If they're lucky, they might get two or more!"

"The boss is so generous!"

"Thank you, boss!"

A single Tempering Source Fruit isn't that expensive, only a dozen or so Source Stones, but who cares about the amount of money involved?

Since we all have to work anyway, having benefits naturally motivates us more.

The atmosphere immediately became lively, and some people who were close to the erhu even started teasing each other.

"Erhu, you just focus on your work. Boss, I'll keep an eye on him for you!"

"Exactly, this wage is barely enough for this kind of manual labor!"

"Get lost!" Erhu quickly retorted, hands on his hips. "You spineless cowards! You could have gotten more benefits from Xiao Anzi, but you insisted on taking it all!"

"You'll all suffer a terrible loss!"

"Brother Hu, we're easily satisfied; as long as we have something to eat, we're happy!"

"Exactly, we're not greedy!"

Seeing the atmosphere becoming more and more lively, Sui An was also happy. In fact, Erhu really liked to go on adventures with these people, but he had family burdens, and he couldn't bear to see his brother and sister-in-law, who were ordinary people, and his lame father earning such a meager living every day.

Therefore, after becoming an intermediate professional, he chose to give up risking his life to seek various opportunities.

The Ye family members were very efficient and quickly dismantled three wooden frames to make a large and sturdy wooden frame. They even reinforced the bottom, fearing that the heavy soil would cause it to collapse.

The Ye brothers first carefully dug around the seedlings, being very careful not to damage the roots. It took them more than two hours to separate the first seedling from its surroundings.

This young plant is less than two meters tall, but its root system is extremely developed, almost wrapping the soil below like a dumpling.

"Is it okay to just dig it out like this?" Sui An asked curiously, watching the two of them work.

Ye An'an wiped away her sweat: "We just used source energy in conjunction with wood-attribute crystals to protect its root system. It won't wither for a short time due to root damage or separation from the soil."

Sui An roughly understood the process, called over a few people, and then, under Ye An'an's guidance, began to use ropes to wrap the bottom and try to move it out.

It took a lot of effort to carefully lift the thing up, place it in the newly made wooden frame, and then, with the combined efforts of several people, move it to the botanical garden.

After securing the sapling, Ye An'an finally breathed a sigh of relief and cautiously made her suggestion.

"Boss, let's deal with the other two plants in a couple of days. Let's check on the first one's recovery first."

"Okay, you guys are professionals, I'll leave it to you. I'll set up access permissions for this botanical garden for you, then..."

Only the two of you can turn it on and off.

Sui An changed the permissions. Unlike the Alchemy Workshop, this building did not have a binding system, but it could record administrator information.

Its method of identifying people is neither appearance nor fingerprints, but rather the life force of their energy, which is very similar to the method of the detection station.

Sui An explained the climate control to them, but didn't mention the special function of the Botanical Garden. He wanted to see if they would misuse the control platform.

Whether someone is truly honest or not can only be confirmed through getting to know them better over time.

He wouldn't let the two of them access the secret realm before they were tested.

Moreover, the Blood Crystal Bodhi requires an intermediate-level planter to transplant, so the two of them won't be of much use in the short term.

After being granted the permissions, the two brothers were visibly delighted and nodded repeatedly.

They even took the initiative to ask.

"Boss, are we only planting these here? Such a large area, planting only three trees seems like a waste."

"I'll plant some other things later, but I'll have other uses for this botanical garden later, so you can focus your energy on another one. I'll prepare another one specifically for you to grow other things!"

Sui An plans to use this botanical garden specifically for breeding Energy-Devouring Giant Trees, since the [Plant Protection Association] effect exists, and once activated, only Energy-Devouring Giant Trees will benefit from it.

He also grows ordinary things. Without the blessing effect, the plants grow without any increase in growth. However, under the nourishment of high energy, they can naturally mature normally.

However, what to plant still needs to be studied, since it must be similar to the habits of the Energy-Devouring Giant Tree. You can't plant one that faces the sun and the other that prefers the shade, and you can't plant them together and think that they will both grow well.

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