Fang Zhou, I'm just a farmer, not Shennong!

"Xiao Yuan, be sure to pay attention to safety on the road!!!"

Shi Huaiya was still quite worried about Lu Yuan's safety.

"Don't worry, I've learned a new trick recently. If I'm in danger, I'll just clap my hands."

Lu Yuan made a small joke and made Shi Huaiya happy.

"Anyway, if you encounter any danger over there, remember to return to Longmen. If you need any help, just contact the number I gave you."

Lin Yuxia said with concern.

"Don't worry, Yuxia."

An Suo took Lu Yuan's hand and said, "Mr. Lu, don't worry. I will manage the Civilian Grain Association wholeheartedly. When you come back, Mr. Lu, I will definitely surprise you! Let the slums look brand new!"

"Yeah! I'm looking forward to it, Anso!"

Lu Yuan rubbed An Suo's little head and then rubbed his long ears.

"This trip won't take too long, don't worry. It'll be a few months at the shortest, or a year at the longest. I'll definitely be back during the Chinese New Year, don't worry."

Lu Yuan smiled.

He got on the off-road vehicle under the reluctant gaze of the three women.

This modified armored off-road vehicle was specially customized for Lu Yuan by Lin Yuxia over the past three months. Every component is made of the finest materials, and the entire vehicle cost as much as nine figures. This is also a gift from Lin Yuxia to Lu Yuan.

Shi Huaiya had already prepared a close-fitting soft armor. It was very soft and light, but could resist the attack of crossbow arrows. It was extremely expensive to make. Although it was not of much use to Lu Yuan, he still wore it under his clothes.

An Suo was not as wealthy as these two wealthy women, so she prepared a peace amulet for Lu Yuan. She made it into a necklace and hung it around Lu Yuan's neck.

"I'm leaving~"

Lu Yuan waved his hand for the last time, stepped on the accelerator, the engine roared, and the vehicle disappeared.

Lu Yuan's journey was secret.

Only Shi Huaiya, Lin Yuxia and An Suo knew about it. No one else, not even Chen Sir and Lin Bo, knew about it. Lu Yuan also did not write a letter to tell the teacher.

After all, he is now of extraordinary status.

Going out in a big way will only cause trouble. It is better to go out quietly so that no one knows.

............

Ursus

Northern tundra village.

Alina, who was dressed in linen but had an exceptionally sweet appearance, walked back to the village with her basket in her hand, feeling lost.

The village was dilapidated, with scattered wooden houses scattered throughout. A bonfire was lit in the center of the village, barely providing some warmth.

Sitting at the edge of the village, the Patriot, wearing a tattered, weathered power armor and with an extremely burly figure, was sitting there. Seeing Alina come back, she nodded to Alina.

"Little Tower... The nearby villages are running out of food now..."

As soon as Alina entered the house, she put the basket in her hand on the table and turned to speak dejectedly to the woman named Tallulah.

There was only a little bread and some frozen dried meat in the basket, but these were not enough for ordinary people to fill their stomachs in such cold weather.

"Isn't it almost June now? Why are these villages..."

Tallulah's face was also filled with sorrow.

"I heard that the staple food in the city is scarce. In such a snowy and icy place, these villages can't even be self-sufficient. Although there aren't any natural disasters here, it's impossible to grow any crops in such a cold environment... They can only rely on the city..."

Alina analyzed.

"Ugh...."

Tallulah sighed heavily.

Last winter, many of her compatriots froze to death. Now... how many more will freeze to death...

"Alina, please stay in the village for now. Don't go out. Froststar and I will quietly go deep into the frozen ground and see if we have any luck and can hunt down a few beasts."

Alina became a little worried: "Xiaota, the infected patrols and military patrols in Ursus are very frequent now. Why don't we just forget about it?"

"Many people are already starving, so we have to try our luck outside."

Although Alina didn't want Tallulah to take risks, she had no other options.

"Xiaota, why is there no crop in this world that can grow at low temperatures? Then maybe we can..."

Volume 1: Chapter 85: The Changing and Anxious Tallulah

"You have entered Ursus! Please show your entry permit!"

Lu Yuan drove a modified off-road vehicle and successfully arrived at the Ursus border from Longmen after a four-hour trek.

The moment Lu Yuan drove into the border, the car radio suddenly rang with a communication from the Ursus Border Defense Army.

Then, above the off-road vehicle, a loudspeaker drone followed closely behind, repeating the previous sentence over and over again, as if afraid that Lu Yuan couldn't hear it.

"Yes, entry code 114514, from Longmen."

Due to the environmental factors of Terra, especially the wilderness, which is extremely dangerous, even experienced explorers cannot be sure that they can reach their destination alive if they travel through the wilderness. After all, the uncertainty is too high.

Therefore, even if ordinary people travel, they will basically choose professional means of transportation such as transport ships, and very few people travel alone by car.

Therefore, every citizen of a foreign country who drives into Ukraine needs to apply for entry by car before departure. After the approval is completed, an entry code will be given.

Due to its own reasons, Ursus is no longer very welcoming to foreign tourists, so it is still difficult for ordinary people to apply for a personal entry code. However, Lu Yuan applied in the name of the company, which made it much easier.

The voice on the radio was silent for about ten seconds, and there was no welcome sound. Instead, the communication was directly cut off, and the drone following the vehicle also left.

Lu Yuan continued driving to Chernobyl.

He planned to rest for a while in Chernobyl, continue on his way, and directly reach the northern tundra north of Ursus.

This journey was made quietly.

After all, his identity is somewhat different now. If a treasure-level agricultural expert rashly enters another country, it will definitely cause a huge commotion. Whether Ursus will allow him to conduct experiments in the northern tundra is another matter.

Moreover, even if it is allowed, Ursus will definitely send a lot of people to protect him 24 hours a day to ensure his safety. In this way, everyone in the world will know that he is here.

By then, there will definitely be a lot of people who want to ask of me, invite me, or even kidnap me secretly and put the blame on Ursus.

Compared to all these troubles, Lu Yuan still wanted to conduct research quietly. It would be most comfortable if no one disturbed him.

soon.

Lu Yuan arrived in Chernobyl.

Chernobyl is a newly developed large mobile city-state. Although it is not a large financial city, all the infrastructure in this city is complete.

After arriving, Lu Yuan specifically bought a map of Ursus and other supplies. After a simple two-hour rest in the car, Lu Yuan continued driving, leaving Chernobyl and heading towards the north of Ursus.

The further north you drive, the colder the temperature becomes.

It is already early June and the temperature in Longmen has stabilized at over 20 degrees Celsius, but the temperature in cities north of Ursus is still generally around zero degrees Celsius on average.

Even further north, the temperature was lower, and the snow on the ground gradually became thicker. Lu Yuan had already replaced his clothes with cotton clothes of moderate thickness, and improved the vehicle's chassis and snow-crushing ability.

We drove very slowly along the way, and from time to time we encountered patrolling military and police officers, and even the Usa-specific infected patrol team.

This group of military police and patrol teams in the northern cities of Ursus are more arrogant and unscrupulous than those in the south.

The economy in the south of Ursus is relatively developed, and there are still many nobles, wealthy businessmen, and foreign tourists, so the military and police who maintain law and order there are more disciplined.

Along the way, Lu Yuan encountered people who wanted to check his car, people who wanted benefits, and even people who wanted to directly rob his car.

Only when Lu Yuan showed his entry certificate did the group of military and police officers behave themselves and let him leave.

There was too much snow along the way.

Lu Yuan drove and stopped many times, and it took him almost two days to successfully reach the northernmost tip of Ursus.

Northern tundra.

Lu Yuan opened the car door, jumped out of the car, exhaled lightly, and exhaled bursts of white mist.

"Two hundred degrees below zero."

Lu Yuan glanced at the thermometer in the car.

"It's worthy of being the northernmost and coldest region of Ursus. Even though it's already June, the temperature is still only -32 degrees Celsius. How much colder would it be in December or January?"

Lu Yuan thought in his heart.

It was very cold outside, but Lu Yuan didn't have too many doubts. A simple black woolen coat and an inner layer were all he needed to keep warm.

[Immortal Wood Body] not only makes Lu Yuan more compatible with "wood", but also greatly improves Lu Yuan's physical endurance.

This naturally includes the characteristic of cold resistance.

Standing on the slope, Lu Yuan could see that even in the cold northern tundra, there were still traces of human life, and scattered villages could be seen here.

You can see snow-free roads extending from the village to the only town.

It is also the northernmost and coldest town in Ursus, without a doubt.

Even these villages only live on the edge of the northern tundra, and deep in the northern tundra is a truly barren land, an uninhabited tundra with extremely low temperatures all year round.

'But this is exactly what I wanted!'

Lu Yuan looked down at the environment of the northern tundra and felt particularly satisfied.

If he could really cultivate crops that could grow normally here, then the crops' cold resistance would be basically complete, and they would be able to withstand the cold in almost any place in Terra.

If the originally uninhabited cold and barren land can be developed into a special environment planting area, it will naturally alleviate the pressure of food shortage in the entire Terra to a certain extent.

Think of this.

Lu Yuan probably already had a clear plan in his mind.

of course.

In addition to research, Lu Yuan had other intentions when he came to Ursus this time.

The scale and reputation of the Minliang Association in Longmen have almost reached the limit, and the system's progress on Longmen has also reached 100%, so the next step is to expand and continue to expand outward.

And Ursus is Lu Yuan’s second stop.

As for the reason.

On the one hand, Ursus is very close to Longmen, so it is relatively convenient to expand. On the other hand, due to the geographical environment and weather in Ursus, there are few arable fields.

Although a mobile city-state can increase agricultural mobile plots, the cost is huge. The overall construction cost of a mobile city block plus the annual maintenance cost and upkeep cost are astronomical figures. Planting staple food on it is a 100% loss.

The nobles in power in Ursus are reluctant to let go.

Anyway, they can eat their fill, so they don’t care whether the people below are hungry or not.

This also led to a large number of refugees from Ursus, and many of the people living in the slums of Longmen were those who fled from Ursus.

It can be seen that to a certain extent, the refugees in Ursus are even worse than the slums in Lungmen.

If Lu Yuan can completely solve this problem in Ursus, then it will be much easier to solve the problems in neighboring countries, such as Syracuse.

Therefore, Lu Yuan often makes fun of himself.

After leaving the Novice Village, I started to try the Purgatory dungeon.

After roughly determining the specific location on the map, Lu Yuan got back into the car, slowly drove through the snow, and along the road between villages, Lu Yuan arrived at a slightly remote village at the edge.

There was no one along the way, but that's normal.

After all, who would want to stroll outside in such cold weather with nothing to do?

Lu Yuan did not enter the village. For these residents living in the most remote village of Ursus, the farthest place they had ever been to in their lives was probably the nearby town. There was naturally no internet here, and they had never seen any tourists from outside. Lu Yuan did not want to disturb the lives of these ordinary villagers.

We stopped in a leeward open space some distance from the countryside.

Lu Yuan stopped the car and got out happily. After choosing a piece of ground of appropriate size, Lu Yuan raised his hand slightly and mobilized his strength.

In an instant, the snow trembled, and the ground beneath the snow shook and cracked. A large number of tree roots drilled out from the ground, like tentacles, sweeping away the thick snow covering the ground, while breaking and cracking the frozen ground, loosening the soil, and making the frozen soil that had been frozen for who knows how long come alive.

Let the soil gradually become sandy and looser, which will make it easier for crops to take root and absorb nutrients.

It was like breaking up hard overnight rice.

The whole process lasted for quite a while.

Lu Yuan pressed down with his fingers.