Forced to marry a disabled man in the countryside? I'll repay you tenfold!

But at the same time, the storage space barrier, originally 729 slots, suddenly expanded to a full 1000 slots! Several lines of new information slowly surfaced in my consciousness:

[Rank: Lv.7]

[Next upgrade requirements: Absorb the power of precious metals. Required: 500 kg gold, 1000 kg silver, 10000 merit points, 1000 kg high-purity rare earth oxides, 3000 kg aerospace materials, and 5000 kg tungsten metal.]

Su Wanqing blinked, both speechless and pleasantly surprised.

The good news is that we have enough merit points right now; the bad news is that we don't have enough of anything else required for upgrading, except for merit points.

Moreover, previous upgrades could be achieved by gradually accumulating resources through pig farming and grain production. But now, just looking at these materials—high-purity rare earth oxides, aerospace materials, and metallic tungsten—it's clear that these things are anything but simple, and they are almost entirely imported from China.

Su Wanqing frowned, thinking to herself: There are only two sources for these things: either buy them abroad at zero cost, but that is quite risky and troublesome, such as having to go abroad to find information, etc.

Either we cultivate domestic technology and let the country manufacture for us. In short, each has its advantages and disadvantages. She decided to inquire first; after all, this upgrade was done, and there was no rush for the next one.

Let's see what's been upgraded this time. Su Wanqing looked on with great anticipation.

[Space size: 1000 individual cells. Individual cells can be stacked infinitely to store similar items.]

[Unlock the Time Grid - Allows you to select a region and adjust the flow of time locally. Basic functions are free. This significantly accelerates the growth rate of crops or livestock in that region, and it is difficult for outsiders to detect.]

[Advanced Function: Passively consumes precious energy to extend the duration and range of the force field, and can also increase the time flow rate multiplier in this area.]

[Unlock breeding range x2]

[Unlock Fertile Soil Range x2]

[Reward: 1 ton of Enhanced Spirit Spring, 100x return · 2 times (already stored)]

Su Wanqing looked at the rewards for this space upgrade and nodded in satisfaction.

Although the newly developed Time Grid feature sounds a bit simplistic, it's actually quite impressive when you think about it.

Most importantly, both the breeding and planting spaces have doubled in size—those creatures that swim in the river and run on the ground no longer have to crowd together, and the fertile soil has also expanded, allowing her to grow even more varieties.

As a Chinese person, I absolutely cannot let the land in the spatial grid remain idle.

While munching on an apple, Su Wanqing dug out all sorts of seeds from her space and quickly planted them.

After finishing planting, she looked at the aquaculture space in the sea, sprinkled some feed in, and then exited the space. She found that she had been rewarded with two 100x return Golden Spirit Infusion attempts. She smiled and decided to save these for when she needed them.

She quickly got out of bed, clutching her round belly. After a quick wash, she didn't even bother to eat before heading to the front yard to prepare for her experiment with the "Time Grid".

She felt that this stuff might not only be used on crops, so she decided to try everything.

In the front yard, Ding Xiaomei had planted a row of winter-hardy bok choy and spinach—common vegetable varieties in southern winters during that era. As Su Wanqing waved her hand, a shimmering curtain of light, invisible to others, quietly descended and enveloped the vegetable patch.

And then—it seems like that was the end of it.

A question mark slowly appeared above Su Wanqing's head: That's it?

"It doesn't seem to be any different. I can't see any problem with it."

As she was muttering to herself, Ding Xiaomei brought her food from inside and called her to eat. Da Bao and Xiao Bao had already finished eating and had run to the backyard to play with the pandas Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan. Su Wanqing had no choice but to go eat first.

After finishing breakfast, she went to the backyard. Since the plants in the front yard didn't seem to have changed much, she might as well try the animals and aquatic products in the backyard.

In the backyard, there was a pond dug by Uncle Ding, which was filled with aquatic plants, crayfish, river shrimp, oysters, and other miscellaneous aquatic products. Su Wanqing would add some spiritual spring water to it every few days, and these things would grow exceptionally well, lively and energetic, and their size would be a size larger than those commonly found in the market.

Su Wanqing wanted to use another Time Grid, but the message said that she had used up all the free attempts for the day and would have to pay to use it again, consuming precious resources.

[Time Grid Area: 3 cubic meters, requires 30 grams of Precious Power. Activate? Activation will increase the time flow in this area by 10 times. Alternatively, using 300 grams of Precious Power will increase the time flow by 100 times, lasting for 24 hours.]

Oh, the familiar taste, the familiar recipe, still one free use per day, then you'll have to pay to use it again.

However, 300 grams of precious metal power is nothing to her. With a wave of her hand, Su Wanqing activated the 300 grams of precious metal power, intending to test how much change a hundred times the flow rate could bring.

In other words, one day in this region is equivalent to one hundred days.

Suddenly, it was as if an invisible wave of light enveloped the pool above, causing ripples to spread.

Su Wanqing watched as the water surface trembled slightly, the water plants visibly spurted upwards by half an inch, and the crayfish that had been lazily lying there suddenly became energetic, flapping their large pincers and thrashing about in the water. Even the oysters started spitting out bubbles.

"What's wrong with you? Why are you so excited?" Su Wanqing suddenly slapped her head—this is a hundred times faster than normal! Although you grow fast, you also get hungry fast!

She quickly threw a handful of feed into the water, and the shrimp and crabs immediately rushed over to grab the food, splashing and splashing all over the pond, even stirring up the mud at the bottom.

"Compared to the ten times the flow rate in the space, the hundred times effect outside does look even more intense." Su Wanqing squatted by the pool, her eyes shining. Before long, she watched several female shrimp release their eggs and hatch. The densely packed shrimp larvae swam among the water plants, a hundred times faster than in nature.

She studied them with great interest for a while, then her gaze fell on the chickens and rare animals in the backyard.

"The feature only says that all creatures in this area can speed up, so why don't I just gather them all together and exploit a bug? I have to try it."

Su Wanqing has always been a loyal exploiter of the loopholes in the space; she can't resist taking advantage of any opportunity.

She immediately instructed Uncle Ding to gather the chickens, the pandas Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, the musk deer, the sheep, and even the listless white cranes in the corner of the yard into a makeshift enclosure. Although Uncle Ding was completely bewildered, he did whatever Su Wanqing told him to do.

Da Bao and Xiao Bao clapped their hands, jumping and shouting "Fun, fun!" Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan were squeezed round and chubby, pressed against the fence and almost flattened into panda pancakes.

Even with so many animals crammed together, the area occupied is still less than ten cubic meters.

[Activate Time Grid Acceleration? Consumes 300 grams of precious metal power to induce a tenfold growth rate for ten consecutive days.]