There can't be a Harvest Moon in the RimWorld.

Even more unfortunately, the kappa, which reacted after I reminded it, waved its hands to drive it away, but it scared a stink bug instead. In the end, the kappa's face was unfortunately drenched with foul water, and the culprit flew away leisurely.

The kappa vanished from the field in an instant, like a 100-meter dash, and plunged headfirst into the pond it had dug itself, screaming in agony.

Good, hopefully it will learn from this experience.

I dusted off my hands and walked around the lingering stench in the air to the next spot.

Not far from the chicken coop, I heard a sound like a jet plane swooping down. Two chicks, one white and one plump, rushed out of the coop and disappeared in a blur past my feet.

In just a brief moment, I saw the little chubby chicken trip and fall, sliding two meters away on the ground.

The two chicks ran around the enclosure. They noticed me and, for the first time ever, ran towards me.

"Oh my? Why are you giving me such a warm welcome today?"

I was somewhat flattered. These two Alpha chickens were running so fast that if they hadn't cooperated, I probably wouldn't have been able to even touch their tails.

Moreover, these two incredibly fast creatures gave me a strong sense of déjà vu, reminding me of characters from "Tom and Jerry." Whose chicks can move like phantoms?

If I had a cat, could it do some housework, cause some mischief, or even work as a part-time sailor, chef, or musician?

As the two chicks approached, my footing didn't slow down at all. With acceleration and a flap of their fluffy wings, they ran up my trouser leg and onto my shoulders, easily landing on both of my shoulders.

then……

They trembled and hugged my neck on either side.

what happened?

What are these two overly cautious chicks up to?

I'm just an ordinary rancher!

"Chirp chirp chirp! Chirp chirp chirp!"

The crowing of chickens in both left and right channels rang out instantly, lingering in my ears.

"Okay, okay, I got it... Just kidding!"

I picked up the chicks, one on each side, let my ears relax for a moment, and then put them down in front of me, scolding, "Waabi waabi, waabi bap? I don't understand any of what you're saying!"

The two chicks looked at each other in a very human-like way, and simultaneously flapped their wings towards the same place—the chicken coop!

"You mean there's something in the chicken coop, which is why they ran out?"

I wondered what was going on, glancing at the chicken coop, and casually put the two chicks back on my shoulder.

"Can you all please be quiet? I'll go in and take a look, okay?"

I walked slowly towards the chicken coop, gently approaching the area that seemed to be the problem. I slowly pushed open the standard stone door, and in the moment of dim light, it took me a short while to adjust before I could see it...

A little horse, head down, diligently eating?

The little pony emoji twitched its long ears, heard the sounds outside, and slowly raised its head:

(?????)！

"..."

That expression is really vivid, but shouldn't you explain your behavior?

The little pony emoji, which had been huddled in the chicken coop for some time, buried its head in the feed bowl and devoured all the chicken feed originally intended for the Alpha chickens. Then it lay on the ground with a satisfied look on its face and a happy smile.

Why are you eating so confidently?

Seeing this scene of the cuckoo taking over the nest, the two chicks stood on my shoulders and chirped incessantly as if they had found their tribe, protesting the tyrannical behavior of the horse in front of them.

I sighed, grabbed the reins of the emoji pony, led it out of the chicken coop, and tied it to a tree by the door. Only then did I release the two chicks back into their home and refill their feed bowls.

As I was leaving, I noticed that the two chicks were waving their fluffy wings goodbye to me while they were pecking at their food.

Did I accidentally boost my popularity?

"How can you be so spineless?! You even eat chicken feed!"

I pointed at the pathetic little emoji horse and scolded it for its gluttonous nature. But the horse's expression remained carefree, its face full of the joy of having eaten its fill:

(?????)！

I shook my head helplessly and put the pony back in the pasture's grazing area so it could run around and digest its large meal.

All the other animals are incredibly smart, but this horse is becoming increasingly silly and adorable. What will happen if it continues like this? Even a little chick seems to be more intelligent than it.

"Marcus! Are you walking the horse?"

A rough, booming voice rang out from afar, accompanied by strange, rattling sounds. Judging from the direction of the voice, there was only one possibility.

"Hey, Gots! You've come down from the mountain?"

The only person who could appear from the south of my ranch at this time is Gotz, who lives in the forest. But what's with all that axe, chisel, adze, saw, and all sorts of other miscellaneous tools he's carrying?

Out of gratitude, they plan to build me a life-size statue?

Chapter 221 The King of Firepower Farming

Gotz threw the various carpentry tools he was carrying on the ground, laughed heartily, walked up and hugged me tightly, just as easily as he had dealt with the meme pony earlier.

"Marcus! I just went to the mine! Everything inside is gone!"

Standing next to Gotsham's burly frame, I felt incredibly small: "Okay, okay, I know. If you keep doing that, you're going to crush my head, you know that!"

"Hehe, sorry!" Gotz apologized insincerely, unable to hide the joy in his expression: "The walls of bones in the lake mine have all collapsed, the corridor of vengeful spirits has turned into ruins, and the spatial passage leading to the ultimate place has also disappeared. In the entire mine, apart from the various colored crystals scattered from the ore veins, there is nothing else left!"

I broke free from the grip and nodded: "I told you before. Did you think I was joking with you?"

Gotz looked at me apologetically: "I'm sorry, not only did I get you involved in all this, but I also have you cleaning up the mess..."

I picked at my ear with dissatisfaction: "If I remember correctly, this is the eighth time you've said thank you. If you really want to express your gratitude, shouldn't you show some sincerity?"

Gotz laughed heartily: "I knew you'd say that!"

...Do you have some misunderstanding about me? I feel like you're implying that I'm only interested in things that benefit me.

Gotz patted me on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I'm here today to repay a debt of gratitude. I can't help with anything else, but I can do my job as a carpenter and build you a house."

"Build me a house? Great! Build me a Rat-Killing Manor!"

"...What villa?" Gotz asked, looking completely bewildered.

"Oh, it's nothing, you misheard me. I meant, how about building me a villa? By the sea or in the mountains, it's fine!"

Gotz hesitated, "...Let's talk about the Rat Killer Manor instead."

"No, no, the wild animal market is such a sensitive issue right now, I'm afraid I'd go bankrupt if I went into that industry. Luckily, someone helped me take the wrong path, shouldn't you thank Brother Hua Nong?!"

Gotz gaped, even more bewildered, and said, "What did you say?"

After thinking for a long time, I said dejectedly, "If you're going to build something, build me a warehouse first. My current place is dilapidated, but it doesn't affect my daily life. If you build a warehouse to store things, I can also use it to raise cattle and sheep or something."

This has been my long-standing resentment.

Since my building stat is 0, the system hasn't unlocked any decent buildings, so I can only make do with the basic walls that come with the system.

What I usually do now is just put up four walls, lay down some flooring, and thatch a roof, and call it a stable and a chicken coop. It's a makeshift solution, only slightly better than letting the animals roam freely in the open.

What's even stranger is that the buildings I construct through the system always only have one floor. When I try to stack them repeatedly, it displays "space occupied," shattering my plan to build a second floor.

This is so weird!

Is this some kind of two-dimensional system? I don't know what the height axis looks like; it only extends in two dimensions!

"Maybe I've guessed the truth... This system is really suspicious..."

After hearing what I said, Gotz suddenly realized and said, "You want a storage room, right? Leave it to me. Give me two days, and I'll definitely give you a sturdy and durable warehouse!"

Then his gaze drifted away involuntarily. "By the way, do you have any building materials here? Normally, if you ask me to build a warehouse, I would need at least 300 cubic meters of timber. It seems like you don't have enough materials here."

I said with dissatisfaction, "So you were just planning to put in the effort? Then why were you yelling so loudly... *spits*"

"If you're so generous, then why were you being so generous?"

Gotz said somewhat embarrassedly, "If you include preparing building materials, it would take me a week just to cut down trees, which would lengthen the construction time considerably. So I usually require that the timber be prepared in advance."

Then he changed the subject: "Of course, I used to sell timber. But since the recent astrological anomaly, I haven't stockpiled any timber, and I'm completely out of stock..."

I stared at Gotz in shock!

Who would have thought this person was the real business tycoon in the town!

He collects labor fees while building houses, and sells timber as a supplier. In this way, he handles both the upstream and downstream of the business. As long as you are building a house, you will definitely have to go through him!

What's even more terrifying is that he is also the forest ranger and patrolman. Even if residents want to go up the mountain to cut down trees themselves, they will be treated as criminals who illegally log trees and arrested just like me!

Unless the town's residents plant a large number of trees in their homes twenty years in advance, and process them into timber after they grow into trees, they can only purchase Gots' construction labor.

However, in such a short time, for example, if Mr. Dart wanted to build a house for Lynn's wedding twenty years ago, the round trip would take enough time for Lynn's wedding and Mr. Dart's funeral.

Such deep scheming!

Compared to Mr. Dart, who treasured a lousy business plan, Gots, who quietly made a fortune, was a truly remarkable business genius!

"Gotz, I have a business plan here: buy coal in Pingdingshan and sell it in Datong, Shanxi. Would you like to take a look?"

Gotz's face was full of question marks: "???"

"Don't worry, I'm a business genius, unlike that scumbag Boss Dart." I proudly introduced the ranch, "This ranch was transformed from nothing to something under my management..."

I pointed to the ranch houses: "They've become the bare, dilapidated places they are today!"

“Aren’t they all the same?!” Gotz exclaimed in despair.

But before Gotz could finish his expression, he made a new discovery: "Marcus, what is that? Is it some new building material?"

I followed Gotz's gaze and saw the general-purpose stone materials I had stacked outside the house, which were now casually piled up on the open ground of the ranch.

"That's common stone, what's wrong with that?"

"This is the finest building material!" Gotz exclaimed, walking over to touch the flawless, even jade-like, bright white stone. He praised this unprecedented material, stroking it again and again with his rough hands.

"Can I use this? You can take it and use it!" As soon as I saw that he had found the materials, I immediately said that he could use them freely.

“But…it doesn’t seem enough…we need at least half of this amount,” Gotz said hesitantly. “However, I can use wood to replace the rest, but is it really okay to build a warehouse with such expensive materials? Is it some kind of special marble?”

"You're overthinking it." I walked to the stone-cutting table, expertly issuing the order to begin. I picked up a large stone from the ground, placed it on the table, and with a swift, downward slash of my right hand, split the stone in two. Instantly, Gots saw a completely different, silvery-white hue within the otherwise ordinary stone!

I finished a piece of general-purpose stone in no time. "I have as much of these materials as I need!"