The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen-Chapter 83 Signs of Cold Disaster

After today’s cycle challenge ended, the cold disaster was imminent; with the snow covering everything, farming outside was definitely impossible.

The only place where farming could continue was that glass greenhouse.

However, even if Bai Yi temporarily added some cover, with the current resources, it was impossible to build much more. At least, it wasn’t very realistic to grow rice like now.

But crops grown on a small scale like these wouldn’t be a problem.

Hmm, since it was necessary to plant, the most basic thing was to start with a small fusion of infinite multiplication first.

The compatibility of the three plants was not low. Even the highest, watermelon, only needed 400 points of Magic Power Value, while the lowest, soybeans, required only 150, infinitely close to full compatibility.

Taking the cloth bag of seeds from the panel, Bai Yi began the fusion with them one by one.

Spending a total of 1050 points of Magic Power, the four crops revived, slowly absorbing Magic Power, seemingly ready to grow immediately if thrown on the soil, no longer looking half-dead.

The growth cycles of the four plants were greatly shortened, reaching a maturity level of four to five days.

Of course, this alone wasn’t enough. With the experience from Blood Flesh Rice, Bai Yi became interested in the fusion of plants.

You had already validated the possibility of bestowing wisdom on plants; however, being the main body of a giant banyan, it had a long way to go before it could move freely.

But if it were small vines like watermelon and pumpkin, it might indeed be possible?

With activation and thick fat granting flesh-like mobility and Swarm Consciousness granting wisdom, along with gigantification ensuring the birth of true consciousness.

Bai Yi increasingly thought the possibility was high.

However, before that, Bai Yi didn’t intend to just foolishly proceed with fusion.

Anyway, there was no rush to cultivate them right now for battle.

Seeds weren’t limited; by cultivating several, it was possible to test bit by bit, striving for better genes.

"Hmm, which one should I choose first?

Sweet potato, similar to a potato, and if soybean were gigantified, it would resemble a small tree. Even if granted genes, it might be like a banyan, unable to leave the ground.

Then it could only be chosen from watermelon and pumpkin, these two vine plants..."

Playing with two seeds of different sizes in her hand, Bai Yi quickly made a decision.

At this moment, she suddenly felt a movement in her chest; the warm orange cat finally awoke.

"Meow~ Bai Yi, you’re awake..."

The orange cat arched its body, stepping a few times with its little paws on the soft "cat nest," stretching its muscles.

"Oh right, the cat told you something strange happened last night.

The cat couldn’t jump!

Last night after the cat came back..."

The orange cat’s expression "turned serious," sitting solemnly on Bai Yi’s body and recounting what happened last night.

"Ah, that was actually my doing..."

Bai Yi took out a seal that resembled a scale; after a night’s recovery, the seal’s beam had returned to its tilted position from yesterday.

Explaining it to the orange cat, the seal’s magical ability instantly piqued the cat’s curiosity, prompting it to run to the side and study it.

Successfully breaking free from being sealed by the orange cat, Bai Yi walked out of the tree hole and noticed today’s differences.

"Today, did it get colder?"

Looking up through the swaying tree shade, the distant sky started accumulating some clouds, and the higher branches began to sway in the wind, no longer as stuffy as the past few days.

"Signs of a cold disaster? It appeared so quickly...

It seemed this cycle event wasn’t a game-enforced task; instead, this world was truly facing a cold disaster.

But according to previous information in the channel, wasn’t White Poplar City a southern city?

Moreover, judging from the shadows of the past few days, it shouldn’t be too far from the equator."

Relying on the high school geography she hadn’t completely forgotten, Bai Yi quickly estimated the approximate location of White Poplar City, but she became more worried.

"Even here, temperatures started to drop; was this the onset of an ice age?

And if it was this level of cooling, the cold disaster might last much longer than a week..."

The cold disaster was truly unfriendly to her, a Lord who leaned towards plants or organisms.

If it followed the plot of the novels she had read, this cold disaster challenge might determine rewards based on the territory’s ability to withstand cold.

Although she could ensure she wouldn’t suffer much during the cold disaster, the limitations of her territory destined her to achieve only middling results.

Once unable to maintain her lead, she might soon be overtaken by other Lords.

More importantly, she needed to advance to the 5th rank within half a year, but the cold disaster’s impact was unknown, and she must find alternative ways to improve.

And at the moment, the optimal solution...

Bai Yi checked the panel’s warehouse, looking at the dungeon ticket, which had been gathering dust for a long time.

"Seems like today, I must exchange a few more dungeon tickets from the store; otherwise, one might not be enough."

With a casual tap, she opened the store and checked the items limited to the 2nd rank.

The abnormality card pack had already been redeemed entirely, and two hero certificates were more than halfway.

These types that could quickly enhance combat power and territory were indeed exchanged at the first opportunity, while the dungeon tickets still had 6 remaining.

"Now it’s up to what new products the store refreshes today. Dungeon tickets, conversion certificates, and points aren’t enough..."

She shrugged off the concern as there was no point in worrying now.

The temperature had already started to drop, and the rice fields in the territory needed to be harvested quickly. Fortunately, the rice fields were irrigated by Clear Spring, speeding up the maturity rate significantly.

If not in a normal growth pattern, it might lead to significant losses due to snow tomorrow."

Thinking of this, Bai Yi quickly descended the tree hole, gathering Zhan Yi and a few others to start preparing for the harvest.

Yesterday’s machines had not been put away again, saving a lot of effort.

Furthermore, with the Skeletons responsible for the labor-intensive parts of the harvest, all rice was processed before the refresh point was marked today.

It was aggregated onto Bai Yi’s market panel.

Moreover, the most special aspect of this batch of rice was a special kind of Blood Flesh Rice.

The grains harvested from single plants were significantly less than normal rice, but each grain was noticeably larger, yet hadn’t mutated to flesh, still maintaining the texture of rice.

To be honest, Bai Yi thought it resembled a bean more.

Organizing all the harvests resulted in thirteen thousand units of rice and over two thousand 1st rank blood flesh.

Replenishing the blood flesh sold to support other Lords, the rice came to a total of twenty-eight thousand units.

Unfortunately, for a foreseeable long time, sowing couldn’t continue...

"Hmm? By the way, could I take seeds to the dungeon and plant them?"

Bai Yi increasingly felt this was a highly workable operation.

She found a skill resembling a Space Pocket in the orange cat’s panel!

The food harvested could be entirely carried out using this method; simply perfect.

However, it was uncertain how much could be packed; she’d have to ask the orange cat for the outcome.

The only issue with this plan was whether the dungeon ticket could bring the orange cat inside.

As for the orange cat’s willingness, Bai Yi was confident; once explained clearly, the orange cat understood the dungeon’s purpose, she wouldn’t be abandoned, either privately or publicly.

Earlier, she’d sneakily checked the fondness level; overnight, it surprisingly soared by 3%, reaching 92%, not far from maxing out!

However, she decided to consider these matters later, as the time had reached 11 o’clock, and today’s refresh point was already marked in Bai Yi’s mind.

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rice beans: The food provided by Fan Mao was always so... inventive. However, these rice beans were indeed superior to ordinary rice, containing a certain amount of fat, providing far more energy with the same weight...

— Jun Lin’s Memoirs