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It was like a stone, a spear, that pinned the god and his servants to the bottom of the sea. The sea creatures immediately abandoned their entanglement with the hunters and rushed toward the metal spear. The hunters, too, did not hesitate to charge toward the "god" who was now powerless to fight back, fueled by their rage.

This turn of events is hard for anyone to accept. Compared to trying to understand it, wielding your weapon and slicing up those "fish" is much easier and simpler. [I feel like I've found a trick to the eagle's tongue.]

What was the unexpected turn of events in this battle like for the Argonauts?

It's like the hero painstakingly fights his way to the Demon King, who stands before the wounded hero, ready to say some polite words, and then lets the hero use his last bit of strength to fight back, when suddenly a dump truck appears and knocks the Demon King to another world to be reincarnated. The style of the scene instantly goes wrong.

Although the dump truck named "Windrunner" is a bit too big, considering that Seagod is a Kree-type creature, it doesn't seem to make a problem. Kree is weak in ships, and a spaceship is still a ship, right? Millions of tons of metal slamming into your face at supersonic speed is much more in line with the style of the seagod than a fishing boat.

Especially when this "dump truck" was probably still full of nitrate fertilizer, "God" stretched out its tentacles and limbs and forcefully gripped the "spear" that fell from the sky. The broken metal could not stop the inexplicable force, and the monstrous fish that kept pouring into the cabin tore apart anything in sight.

Cables, pipes, liners, and odds and ends on massive industrial equipment that resembles the spine of a behemoth, such as the four tall restraint tanks installed in its rear.

The Terrorfish tore through the protective panels, the Seagulls snapped the safety power cable, and their claws ripped open the protective shell, exposing the main battery compartment inside. The panels, which were originally designed to allow safety personnel to inspect and replace the main battery quickly and easily, were pulverized by the Terrorfish's claws, and then the Seagulls, who understood nothing, destroyed the battery.

They wanted to release their god from beneath the metal spear, and along with the god, they would also release endless light and what that light represented...destruction.

The sea is shining, a light like the beginning of creation, a light like the rising sun. A bright sun is blooming in the sea, and for the first time, the dark abyss is illuminated by light. The black seawater turns into a clear blue, just like a perfect piece of aquamarine crystal.

The Iberians had never seen such a beautiful and magnificent sea, just as they had never seen the raging waves that were about to appear.

The water arches up like a mountain, grows like a giant tree, and a cliff made of water comes towards us with unwavering steps.

The sound of the waves ceased, the waves bowed down to it, and the coast retreated in fear. In just an instant, all the lights along the coast went out, leaving only the turbid current flowing through the ruined city. The lights of Iberia disappeared.

"Cough!" The hunter woke up and his fingers grasped a handful of scorching sand. Unlike the fine quicksand in the sea, the sand grains were coarse and sharp, like countless tiny daggers.

"Hey, Skadi, I feel like someone smashed my head in. Who did it...?"

The ghost shark's neurotic voice rang out, and the silver-haired girl stood barefoot on the sand, streaks of blood running down her forehead.

"You're bleeding!" A hunter's blood will attract monsters and disaster.

"Don't even mention it, I've been bleeding nonstop for ages, and I haven't seen a single shrimp, let alone a monster..."

"Ghost Shark!"

"Yes, Captain, I'll bandage it right away."

【Boss Xia: Auxiliary Attack Power 230, Defense Power 450, Magic Resistance 10, Health 1172, Attack Range: 3x3, Attack Speed: Normal, Cost 29;

Feature: Can summon up to 2 machine gun turrets;

Seiichi:

Electromagnetic Railgun: Ignores 50% of defense and spell resistance;

Fine two:

Electromagnetic Railgun: Ignores 75% of defense and spell resistance;

Tactical Bunker: Gains a shield every 15 seconds and upon deployment, absorbing one instance of damage;

Skill 1:

Mode Switch: Assault/Brawling: Passive mode is Assault mode, slightly (medium/large) shortens the attack interval. Active mode switches to Brawling mode, greatly shortens the attack interval, and deals 40% (75%/90%) of attack power as damage for 90 attacks.

Skill 2:

Ammunition Reinforcement: Grants the user and sniper operators within range a 10% (10%/25%) increase in defense and magic resistance penetration. Automatically recharges for an unlimited duration.

Skill 3:

Mode Switch - Suppression: Greatly shortens the attack interval between yourself and machine gun turrets within range, deals 50% of attack power as true damage, attacks all enemies within range for 10 seconds, and reduces enemy movement speed by 10% (25%/40%) for 3 seconds.

Machine gun turret attack: 230;

Attack speed: relatively fast, cannot be attacked, cannot be blocked, attack range is a 2x2 small circle, cost is 10, duration is 30 seconds, does not count towards entry quota.

Chapter Forty-Five: Farming

Chapter 45

More than a day later, Xia Lin felt the continuous low-frequency vibrations. It seemed that the explosion had impacted the continental plate and started to cause geological reactions. Many places experienced earthquakes of around magnitude 2-3, while some places were slightly stronger, reaching around magnitude 4-5.

This release of energy will continue for a long time. The explosive power of the antimatter has been completely released, but the stress released by the impacted crust will not be completed so quickly.

In addition, communications were significantly disrupted by the intense electromagnetic oscillations, forcing Xia Lin to use a high-gain antenna to continue receiving information and news from various sources.

"On the day of the Saint-Germain Rebirth Festival, a large number of fish, shrimp, and unidentified creatures fell from the sky, which people believed to be the best gift and blessing for the past year of many disasters..."

"Multiple countries have been hit by unidentified tsunamis, with waves crashing nearly 100 kilometers onto land. Iberian authorities have yet to respond..."

"Iberia has been severely affected by the disaster, with more than half of its cities out of contact. Courts were thrown into chaos and finger-pointing, and the Iberian government has yet to take any action in response to the disaster..."

"Longmen expresses its condolences for the disaster in Iberia and is willing to provide low-interest reconstruction aid..."

"Victoria recently claimed that the riots in Rembiton have severely damaged Terra's international order and normal commercial trade relations. If the unrest cannot be quelled in the short term, Victoria will consider sending a fleet to evacuate its citizens..."

The following news mainly revolved around the matter of Victoria and Rembiton, as well as the politics between Colombia and Victoria, which Xia Lin was largely uninterested in.

"It seems like it exploded in the sea. Thank goodness..." Antimatter has the lowest explosive power in a vacuum and in the sea. In a vacuum, there is a lack of matter to annihilate, so their explosion will be diluted infinitely. In the sea, seawater will absorb most of the explosive power.

Of course, with an antimatter explosion of this size, it is estimated that nearly 10,000 tons of seawater will be thrown into the stratosphere and above, and hundreds of millions of tons of seawater will be thrown to a height of thousands of meters, forming an extremely terrifying super tsunami.

It is estimated that in addition to unusual storms and blizzards, strange weather such as "fish rain," "shark rain," and even "whale rain" may occur in various places. Oh, it seems that fish are already falling in the capital of Ursus.

After several days of fermentation, the soil under the farm's mulch had largely formed good humus, making it suitable for sowing millet and corn. Millet also has the advantage of small grains, resulting in more seeds being saved for the same volume and weight. Xia Lin put the seeds taken from the cold storage into the automatic sowing module and started working on the bull.

Countless pointed mechanical parts on the work frame reciprocate, punching holes in the film while planting seeds according to the set row spacing and number of holes, and then automatically covering them with soil.

The process also took very little time; all the corn and millet had been planted. They were genetically modified, extremely cold-resistant varieties that could grow normally on a desert planet with average temperatures ranging from -20 to -40 degrees Celsius.

Although winter temperatures in northern Ursus can drop to around -50 or even -60 degrees Celsius.

However, the use of insulating mulch can generally ensure the normal growth of these plants during the winter.

After the seeding is completed, the woodland used to open up the pasture needs to be treated. This is when the bull's seemingly unnecessary 10 horsepower output comes into play. Not to mention the cricket's thorny bushes and coniferous forests, after replacing them with ground obstacle removers, it can even flatten the Zerg's fungal nodes on the other side.

This was after the Covenant farmers were repeatedly routed by the Zerg's Burrowers while fighting for water and land. They specifically contacted the manufacturer to report the issue, and the output and horsepower were changed to the current value. From then on, they were invincible in fighting for water and land.

"Watch closely!" Xia Lin said to Yelena, who was studying in the passenger seat, and put down the constantly rotating and roaring machine in front of them. This buzzing, crushing obstacle remover had a large number of frequency cutters.

Whether it's stone, fungal growth, or tree, everything can be easily cut and shredded, then processed by high-temperature equipment into a mixture of wood ash and thoroughly pulverized inactivated biomass residue, which is then buried in the ground.

Since this area is intended to be used as a ranch, the required area will be very large, and the requirements for fertilizer are relatively low. Xia Lin chose the widest and also the most crudely processed set of modules.

"Go!" Stepping on the pedal, the bull roared and charged towards the opposite forest. Tree branches and leaves rushed towards it and were then swept into the spinning cutting equipment amidst the ear-piercing noise. Even rocks and fallen dead trees encountered in the road were swept in and crushed by the shredder and placed side by side behind the vehicle.

The white rabbit seemed very excited about this, with a sense of eagerness to try it out. The exhilaration of ignoring all obstacles and galloping across the entire snow forest as if it were flat ground is hard to describe, just like the difference between watching bumper cars at an amusement park and actually getting on and driving one yourself.

The snow forest was like a haircut, leaving a wide, flat area behind Xia Lin's car. Wood chips and various debris were compacted and filled into the ground, where they would gradually decompose and turn into new soil.

After driving for almost a kilometer, Xia Lin turned around and shaved off a new mark, repeating this process several times.

The woodland to the east of the farm has been completely transformed into a wide, flat plain, so flat that it is unbelievable, without even a single rock protruding from the ground.

Next comes the deployment of building drones to construct ranch fences, barns, milking parlors, and milk processing facilities. Due to limitations in the "Architect's" manufacturing capabilities, the entire project will take approximately 1-2 weeks to complete.

If Xia Lin removes the auxiliary facilities that are not needed for the time being, it will probably only take two days at most to complete.

Unfortunately, I figured it was better to build it now while I still had the time and leave it there than to be delayed by something else and end up not being able to use it properly.

The vegetables in the large greenhouse also underwent a reorganization when Xia Lin handed over the ranch to the drones for construction. The vegetables were distributed in a staggered manner on the left side of the entrance according to their growth habits, and the planting quantity of tomatoes and onions was expanded.

On the other side of the support, sugar beets were already planted densely. Although they are cold-resistant crops, no sugar-producing plant is an indiscriminate crop that can tolerate poor soil. In addition to sugar beets, Xia Lin also installed artificial heat lamps on the support below and planted watermelons.

As a seed bank for the desert colony, watermelons, a fruit that thrives in sandy soil and experiences large temperature differences between day and night, are absolutely essential. These things aren't cheap either, costing around 200 star coins each in a supermarket.

Xia Lin and Yelena carefully planted the seeds they had taken from the seed bank in the planting troughs cleared out in the small greenhouse. These were strawberries, blackberries, and climbing plant berries.

Strawberries, in particular, are very expensive and extremely delicate due to their growth and harvesting characteristics.

As for climbing plants, the famous guarana is the most sanity-destroying fruit plant on Earth. Its flesh is black with a white membrane, and its outer shell is red. The outer shell will split open when ripe.

When it fully matures and its outer shell cracks, you'll find that this plant transforms into a string of blood-red eyes growing on the vines, seemingly rolling and staring at you.

Especially when planted on a large scale, the densely packed eyeballs dart around, their black pupils gazing at the busy humans below with a vegetal-like indifference—very… well…

It contains 2-4 times more caffeine than coffee beans and is one of the essential ingredients in energy drinks, although the related chemical components can be synthesized artificially without much difficulty.

However, Star Alliance Chemicals rarely supplies this product, mainly because the cost is not low and the selling price is not high.

If, after factoring in labor and profit requirements, the price of artificially synthesized caffeine and other substances is higher or roughly the same as that extracted directly from cultivated fruits, energy drink factories would naturally prefer the latter, because "using natural materials" is clearly a reasonable reason for price increases in the interstellar era.

Xia Lin also has the production equipment and processes for energy drinks, and can manufacture drinks based on several open-source formulas from the Star Alliance. He even has licenses and related processes for several famous interstellar drinks that his companies have paid licensing fees to use.

Since these are all tropical plants, they can only be grown in this small greenhouse. The large greenhouse lacks artificial temperature control equipment, resulting in insufficient accumulated temperature and environment for these delicate plants to grow.

Of the three greenhouses, two are temperature-controlled, one is a hydroponic greenhouse for cultivating staple crops, as food is the most important thing to ensure compared to luxuries like fruit, and the other is too small to grow high-value berries and cash crops that don't take up much space.

The large greenhouse is used to grow normal vegetables and beets, and later the beets and cloudberries will be moved to the wild fields outside.

In particular, cloudberries, a berry plant that can grow in the Arctic, are the economic crop that Xia Lin chose for the infected and farmers north of Ursus.

Cloudberries thrive in cold, damp, sticky soil. Simply put, the kind of land in Ursus, which freezes like iron in winter and turns into mud in summer, is the perfect place to grow them. They can be used to make jam, juice, and ice cream. Most importantly, they contain natural preservatives and can even be used as an herbal remedy for infections.

For the Ursus people, all of these are easy to discuss. The key is that cloudberries are plants that can be used to brew "liqueur".

Therefore, Xia Lin chose to plant these berries on the hillside and let the infected people manage and harvest them.

Cloudberries are difficult to harvest mechanically, mainly because they prefer to grow in the muddy, polar regions, where heavy machinery simply cannot access them. Their outer skin is also prone to cracking, and drone harvesting is easily affected by blizzards. As a result, Covenant Cloudberries are ultimately sold as a luxury item – the labor cost is astonishingly high.

However, the infected were much cheaper to work with, so Xia Lin decided to let them plant and manage these cloudberries, and then clear a plot of land, give them some seeds and fertilizer, and the farm would no longer be responsible for their food.

Yelena said that the infected people had been fighting several times because they had plenty of food but little to do and had nowhere to vent their energy. They needed to be given something to do.

Then go and cultivate your own land and grow your own staple foods, as well as climb mountains to manage berries and fruit trees; that's definitely a great helper for those who are busy taking time out of their jobs.

Especially for berry trees, when they are seedlings, you have to inspect them every day to prevent them from being eaten by rodents such as rabbits.

They're not stupid; they naturally prefer these tender, juicy, and sweet berry seedlings to the hard, tooth-crunching old pine wood.

Frankly speaking, most of the time, human agriculture and forestry are objectively a good thing for the local animals.

The premise is that humans wouldn't drive away or slaughter these thieves to ensure their own production.

After all, where in nature can you find such an abundant, highly nutritious, and easily accessible food cluster? By the time they mature, the infected people probably won't be able to rest all day long.

Birds and wild animals alike will not miss these incredibly sweet foods that can be found even in winter. Winter in Ursus is tough for any species, and during the arduous foraging process, if they discover hillsides covered in incredibly sweet berries, it goes without saying what wild deer, rabbits, birds, and even snow mice might do.

"The farm is planning to allocate some of its newly reclaimed land to us to cultivate?" The village chief wondered if he had misheard or misunderstood the farm owner's meaning. Could there really be such a good thing in the world?

He had inspected the land that was to be allocated to them and found it to be excellent and fertile land. At first, he thought it was because the farm was expanding and needed more infected workers. He was even thinking of giving the idle boys in the village something to do.

"To be precise, the farm will no longer provide you with food. You will have to feed yourselves with the produce from this land. As for hiring workers, Xia Lin said that you will be given silver coins or other goods directly from now on. By the way, the loggers need to clear the hillside on the north side and plant some berries."