Freeze the entire population, activate my Superman system?

Longmaofu Residential Area (16 days until the safe zone is reached).

The news of Zhang Mu becoming the Great Lord has spread throughout the entire community through the other lords.

Ling Shuang had the management office move its offices directly to the row house next to hers.

Purely for...the convenience of holding meetings.

At the same time, after activating town-level territories,

All residents and lords were automatically incorporated into Zhang Mu's management system, and a clear list of personnel was displayed on the lord's panel.

Zhang Mu himself possessed the only type of lord-level authority.

Ling Shuang, Wang Can, Jiang Xiaobei, Guo Yueshan, and Shen Yuan were classified into the second category of management authority. Except for expelling lords, they were given the highest level of functional authority.

The rest, such as Zhao Tiejun, the management staff, and other lords, were classified into the third category of elite privileges and enjoyed special privileges in certain functional areas.

Ordinary residents were placed in the fourth category.

After the brief meeting of the territories in the morning, everyone stared intently at the lord panel in front of Zhang Mu.

[Unlock the special building - Botanical Garden?]

[Unlock Requirements: 1200 Achievement Points. Current Achievement Point Balance: 13650.]

[The lord's current territory is a town-level territory. The botanical garden will be automatically upgraded to an intermediate building for free.]

[Intermediate Botanical Garden Function Description: It can carry out large-scale crop cultivation, domestication of mutant plants, and cultivation of spore-based symbiotic organisms.]

The planting area has been expanded by 300%, the crop growth cycle has been shortened by 75%, and a basic temperature control barrier (constant suitable temperature) is included.

Upon first unlock, a beginner's training pack is included, containing ten basic food seeds (free) and one random mutated plant [Tier 1 Parasitic Spore].

[First-order parasitic spore]: A carnivorous fungal plant that can control first-order mutant organisms after maturation and can divide after maturation.

"Spend the same 1200 achievement points to directly reach the intermediate level?"

Zhang Mu was stunned for a moment, then grinned, "Is this the super perk for the first time of establishing a town-level territory?"

He then slapped his thigh in regret.

"I upgraded the heating boiler and water purifier to the basic level for nothing, what a huge loss of achievement points!"

Capturing ice elements and upgrading with fire crystals gave Zhang Mu a lot of achievement points. If it weren't for the fact that many buildings were upgraded to intermediate level for free, he would still feel that he didn't have enough.

Guo Yueshan's eyes lingered on the words "free grain seeds" and "shortened growth cycle" several times.

"The area has tripled, and the growth cycle has been shortened so much."

"This thing is our lifeline, hurry up!"

After seeing Ling Shuang nod in agreement, Zhang Mu didn't hesitate and immediately clicked "confirm".

The moment the system's light touched the ground, the two-acre plot of wasteland on the west side of the artificial lake began to expand dramatically.

The original boundary was pushed outward by more than three times, eventually enclosing a regular plot of land of nearly eight acres.

A translucent, pale green light membrane rose from the ground, enveloping the entire botanical garden.

It is a temperature-controlled enclosure attached to a mid-level building.

Even within the safe zone, the outside temperature has dropped to zero degrees Celsius.

The interior of the barrier maintains a constant, comfortable temperature of around 20 degrees Celsius, and even the humidity in the air is automatically regulated.

Like curious children, everyone walked into the spacious botanical garden.

But soon, Zhang Mu frowned.

The control interface of the botanical garden is quite special, as it requires the allocation of personnel as breeders.

Zhang Mu turned his head and looked around.

"Who should be the trainer? It's a high-level position; we can't just hand it over to an outsider, can we?"

Everyone's eyes immediately turned to Liu Yun, who was standing quietly to the side.

These guys all look like roughnecks; who could possibly do this delicate work?

"Sister Yun, would you like to come?"

Just as Liu Yun was about to nod in agreement, to everyone's surprise, Wang Can actually spoke up and refused on Liu Yun's behalf.

"Xiao Ling, Xiao Zhang, I'll be the trainer."

Zhang Mu glanced at him suspiciously.

"Brother Wang, it's not that I don't believe you, but can a muscular guy like you really take care of plants?"

Wang Can immediately patted his chest and said,

"I'm an expert at growing bonsai; I've won a provincial award, and my wife knows that."

Liu Yun hummed in agreement and said with a smile,

"Brother Can knows how to do it. When the gym wasn't doing well, he sold a lot of potted plants to supplement his family's income. I still have the award certificate at home."

Zhang Mu's eyes lit up.

"It's settled then, Brother Wang will come!"

"Your brother Wang is very reliable."

In a corner unnoticed by everyone, Wang Can glanced guiltily at Liu Yun.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he discovered that she was also paying attention to Zhang Mu's lord panel.

Liu Yuncai is the one who has received a bonsai award certificate; he only studied it for a short period of time.

If it's just ordinary grain planting, it doesn't really matter, but there might be mutated plants in the future!

These parasitic spores sound dangerous.

How can I let my wife go?

Liu Yun thought her husband wanted a position because he was afraid of not fulfilling his responsibilities within the territory.

After all, Zhang Mu is the lord, Ling Shuang is the main combat force, and Xiao Bei is in charge of communications, but Wang Can's position is quite awkward.

So he wasn't exposed on the spot.

The two reached an agreement "tacitly".

Immediately afterwards, another system prompt popped up.

[The intermediate botanical garden can appoint: 1 breeder (already designated: Wang Can), and can also appoint 10 more employees.]

[Employees may enter the botanical garden with the authorization of the breeder to perform routine tasks such as sowing, watering, fertilizing, and weeding, but they are not allowed to come into contact with the parasitic spore mother plants or the experimental areas for mutant plants.]

[WARNING: Mutant plants and parasitic spore species may appear in the botanical garden, posing unknown risks. High-risk areas are restricted to cultivators and the core lord of the territory (Zhang Mu).]

"Employees?"

Wang Can was squatting on the ridge of the field, rubbing a handful of soil in his hands, when he heard this and looked up.

"Yes, it's really too much for me to manage eight acres of land by myself. It would be better to have ten people helping me."

Ling Shuang turned to Guo Yueshan.

"Director Guo, has anyone in the community ever farmed?"

Guo Yueshan replied almost without thinking.

"Yes! Why don't you have it?"

Among the retired elderly people in our Longmaofu community, some are from rural areas and others have worked in factory areas.

Gathering ten isn't a problem; I'll have someone go and ask right away.

In less than half an hour, Shen Yuan brought ten elderly people to the entrance of the botanical garden.

The leader was a thin old man named Hao, wearing an old military cotton hat. He was 67 years old, from a rural area in eastern Henan, and had spent most of his life growing wheat and corn.

Behind him followed an old lady with a straight back, surnamed Cao. She used to run a small vegetable garden in the factory's residential compound, and the chili peppers she grew were so popular that the whole compound would come to ask for them.

The next few were also familiar faces; Guo Yueshan had consciously chosen them from the group of elderly people living alone.

Grandpa Hao stood at the entrance of the botanical garden, looking up at the light green temperature-controlled barrier, his cloudy old eyes shining.

"This place..."

His voice trembled slightly, "I could tell at a glance that it's even more fertile than the black soil back in my hometown."

Grandma Cao immediately rolled up her sleeves, looking eager to get started.

"Young man, when are you going to plant the seeds? You have to pick the right time to plant them."

Wang Can scratched his head.

"Auntie, the environment provided by the system shouldn't be picky about the time."

Moreover, this seed's growth cycle is different from normal ones; wheat, for example, can be harvested in a month.

You can arrange it as you see fit.

"A month?"

Grandpa Hao's cotton hat almost fell off his head.

"Harvest wheat in a month? That's ridiculous!"

Wang Can laughed heartily.

"Sir, haven't you seen enough strange things these past two weeks?"

"That's true, then let's plant them quickly."

The food supply in our community will be sufficient. I felt really bad about what Yang Xiuming said the other day.

Sometimes I think I might as well starve to death and leave the food for you.

"We'll have to rely on you young people in the future."