The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen-Chapter 47 - Fertility

Chapter 47: Chapter 47 Fertility

Chapter 47 -47 Fertility

Returning to the territory, the golden rice fields had disappeared, replaced by three piles of straw stacked to the side.

Everyone was busy, and the territory was bustling with activity.

*Yes, bustling like a fire that had already been ignited.*

Nong Si spread a thin layer of straw over the rice fields, working on burning the field ridges once over.

By the time Bai Yi saw it, half of the rice field was already covered in black ash.

“Master, you’re back!”

Nong Si, who was patrolling the edge of the rice field, always keeping an eye on the fire, was the first to spot Bai Yi’s return.

Bai Yi had heard of this way of burning straw before. It was partly to burn away the hard-to-handle roots and also to provide a dose of ash as fertilizer for the fields.

This farming method had a long history, but it was later forcibly replaced in the name of environmental protection.

Although Bai Yi didn’t think much of the fertilizing power, this way of handling roots was indeed convenient.

“Be careful about fires,”

Bai Yi advised as she passed by the fields, heading straight for the giant tree.

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Under the giant tree, the Clear Spring Altar had already been completed.

[Clear Spring Altar (1st Rank/Gold): Absorbs nearby magic, produces 200 units of spring water per hour, and can produce an additional 10 units of Life Spring daily, with a maximum storage capacity of 30 units.]

[Life Spring: Special spring water rich in life magic, upon use (1 unit) provides a healing effect, restoring 10 Life Value per second, lasting for 1 minute.]

“Good stuff!

This high-quality water, if used for cooking…”

Bai Yi immediately covered her mouth, sneakily glancing at Nong Yi and the others handling the rice nearby. Seeing they weren’t paying attention to her, she let out a sigh of relief.

Wanting to mess up the kitchen…

No, wanting to showcase her skills in the kitchen, she needed to find a way to either distract or convince them.

Tucking this thought away, Bai Yi was captivated by the altar’s unique design.

Unlike what Bai Yi thought of as the style for worshipping gods, the main body of the Clear Spring Altar was a life-sized stone statue.

A goddess in a long dress with a voluptuous figure held a metal jar, from which the spring water flowed slowly, accumulating into a pool on the pedestal.

The goddess’s appearance was also unusual.

A pair of antlers grew on her head, her pupils were vertical, under the long dress a dragon tail could be vaguely seen, and a pair of Dragon Wings were left at her back.

*Almost like the posture of a previous embrace.*

At first glance it looked like an Eastern Dragon King, but also had traces of a Western dragon.

Completely different from any dragon-shaped statue Bai Yi had ever seen, those vertical pupils were so vividly carved that Bai Yi was somewhat afraid to look directly at them.

If Bai Yi had to describe it, it was like…

“An eye-opening…”

Bai Yi lowered her head to avoid the statue’s gaze. The water on the ground had already overflowed, flowing in all directions through the grooves on the pedestal.

Some seeped into the ground, but quite a bit gathered into streams flowing toward the fields.

“Speaking of which, the Life Spring contains magic, can it speed up plant growth if used for watering?”

Bai Yi suddenly thought of this, feeling it was quite promising.

*At least it’s better than having excess Clear Spring that has to be consigned at the market.*

While it would surely be popular, Bai Yi didn’t want people longing for it.

If she could fully utilize it herself, she wouldn’t give it away cheaply.

She called Zhan Yi, who had started commanding the skeletons to turn over the ash, preparing for the next round of planting, and asked her to handle the digging of the irrigation channels.

On the other side, the glass greenhouse and Mushroom Breeding Box had also been completed.

However, before checking out these two new buildings, Bai Yi decided to first inspect the harvest.

This was the first large-scale harvest within the territory, unlike Bai Yi’s previous small-scale accelerated ripening, the quantity to be handled this time was far from what could be haggled.

Nong Yi and the others were almost overwhelmed.

The rice processing in the territory currently involved six steps.

From harvesting the rice ears to separating the rice from the straw, and finally separating the underdeveloped dry husks to obtain pure rice.

Furthermore, due to the special Genetic Fusion, Bai Yi’s rice necessitated an additional drying step.

Otherwise, if traditional drying was used, not only would time be insufficient, but the territory also didn’t have a smooth concrete surface for drying.

The process was originally meant to remove moisture from the rice, making it easier to store and transforming it from a seed to a food product.

But if it were piled on muddy ground and fully exposed to sunlight…

The Sunshine meant to evaporate moisture might very well turn into an accelerator for rice growth.

*Forget about drying, you might find the rice spread out in the morning turning into seedlings by afternoon.*

So Bai Yi specifically made sure to custom order a dryer from Jun Lin.

Relying on the power of Firewood to evaporate moisture from the rice, turning it from “Endless Rice” into actual food.

Bai Yi knew that this grain would inevitably find its way to other lords. She could accept selling her grain, but the core production must be firmly in hand.

After the rice was dried, the final step was to hull it.

Bai Yi chose a rolling-style huller, where human power rotated the machine to crush the husks and then Air separated the husks from the rice.

Only after going through these rigorous steps could the rice be considered genuine food, ready to be stored in Bai Yi’s “market warehouse.”

In the corner near the giant tree, there was a pile of rice specifically saved as seed, carefully cushioned with fur.

As Bai Yi ran her right hand over the slightly prickly rice, she suddenly remembered a gene entry she had prepared for the giant banyan today.

“Maybe it wouldn’t be bad to apply them to the rice as well.”

[Current genes match well with the target. Genetic Fusion requires consuming 200 magic power points, proceed with fusion?]

It was one of the gene entries Bai Yi had carefully chosen for the giant banyan—Thick Fat.

Initially, Bai Yi thought this gene was for enhancing defensive power in organisms, but today, with a trial mentality, she unexpectedly discovered it also matched well with the giant banyan.

Bai Yi then realized that Thick Fat’s defensive power increase was just an added benefit. Its primary function was likely in nutrient accumulation.

*Applied to plants, it meant the fruits produced would grow larger and become more nutritious.*

*After all, it wouldn’t really make the plant grow fat…*

…right?

This batch killed today, though the earlier parts were consumed by Zhan Er and the others becoming Heroes, the later part of the experience also pushed Bai Yi’s Level up by 1.

Adding the period she had been out, Bai Yi’s Magic Power Value had recovered precariously to 203 points, enough to perform the fusion.

But for safety’s sake, Bai Yi only took out 10 units of seeds for testing.

[Genetic Fusion completed, congratulations on creating a new species: Unnamed (1st Rank/Gold)]

[Unnamed (1st Rank/Gold): Actively absorbs magic from the environment, accumulates Blood Flesh Root, growth cycle shortened to 7 days, production rate of 1200 kilograms per acre, with each plant additionally producing 0.5 units of Blood Flesh Root]

Bai Yi: ?

*Come on, it’s actually growing fat?!*

*But fortunately, at least the anticipated increase in yield was achieved.*

Besides, along with this, Blood Flesh could even grow out of the ground now. Though the artistic style became slightly abnormal, it was overall a good thing.

Bai Yi could overlook this slight stylistic issue for now.

The real effect of the new rice would have to be seen in this planting batch.

Although production increased, the presence of Blood Flesh Root would inevitably demand that planting couldn’t be as dense as before.

Bai Yi solemnly stored this batch of seeds and gave them a new name.

——Endless Rice II

After dealing with the seeds, Bai Yi didn’t forget to inspect the newly completed glass greenhouse and Mushroom Breeding Box.

The former could disregard the external environment to provide suitable temperatures for plants and also came with a few potato and carrot seeds for Bai Yi.

Given that this appeared as a building in the marketplace after predicting a cold disaster, Bai Yi suspected it was specially set up for the food production of Lords.

One needed a warm environment to grow, and the other was a cold-resistant plant.

With the greenhouse, both could be food crops that survived a cold disaster.

The Mushroom Breeding Box also included some edible mushroom spores.

According to the panel description, the mushrooms in each Mushroom Breeding Box were random, and Bai Yi’s Box came with straw mushrooms.

Just by adding straw or other dried weeds, production could begin.

The reproduction cycle was 10 days.

Based on Bai Yi’s knowledge, mushroom reproduction cycles weren’t usually long, generally not exceeding 20 days.

This made Bai Yi suspect even more that these food production buildings were some kind of hint or aid from the game.

*With such constant emphasis on food…*

“Could food become scarce in the future?”

Bai Yi quickly made the connection, considering the “company” that was making large acquisitions of food while prices remained low.

Coincidentally, Second Young Master Su put on a show last night, taking the opportunity to announce the launch of the material selling business.

*Bai Yi felt she understood everything…*

…

Dragon Girl: After humans retreated to the Sanctuary, the suffering and resource scarcity outside naturally awakened a desire for Faith, with Dragon Girl being one of the gods, claiming that those who believed had a greater chance of becoming superpower users. This attracted quite a few followers…