Bai Yi suddenly traveled from modern society to a whole new world, with no internet and no mobile games, and even she found it a bit hard to endure at first.
But fortunately, there was still a chat channel to keep her entertained.
Bai Yi casually browsed through it and noticed that everyone was sharing their experiences, like methods of monster hunting and survival techniques in the wild, making it very lively.
Even though she couldn't use a lot of that information anymore, she still found joy in watching everyone chat and banter in the channel.
Especially when someone occasionally shared their unlucky moments of the day, other Lords would tease them while also helping to come up with solutions.
There was none of the gunpowder tension from the daytime, instead, there was a touch of human warmth.
After scrolling for a while, Bai Yi found something she was interested in.
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Ape God, "Those mutant creatures are restricted by the game. As long as you play it safe and let your soldier units go first, you can definitely kill two."
Second Young Master Su, "That's right. I've collected statistics from our channel's company subordinates. The first monster each one kills, no matter how strong or weak, will give you a treasure box."
Second Young Master Su, "Even though you may not secure the first kill announcement, it seems there's a hidden individual first kill that always drops a wooden box. Inside, there will definitely be 5 units of food and water."
Gou Dan, "Yeah, same here. I killed a level 1 Slime at the start and got a wooden treasure box!"
Second Young Master Su, "And it seems everyone's starting soldier units can be trained with ordinary food, allowing you to quickly snowball and develop."
Zero, "Awesome! Do big shots need any accessories?"
Second Young Master Su, "Haha, then I'll take the opportunity to advertise. Recruiting some newbies, join us and you'll get 10 units of food and water."
Gou Dan, "Young Master Su is generous! Count me in!"
Herring Burn, "Really? Just for joining? Are there any conditions?"
Second Young Master Su, "You get it just for joining! We need people right now, so obviously there's no condition for recruitment, but once we have more people, some conditions might be necessary."
Gou Dan, "Damn! Really! Got it just for joining!"
[White Bread*10, Water*10]
Heavenly Venerate Han, "Seriously giving it away! Count me in!"
Second Young Master Su, "Anyone with some skill can also join us. We welcome everyone, and if you're good, we'll invest heavily."
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*Humans were social creatures, and upon first arriving in this world, they might not feel anything due to the novelty.*
*But after a day had passed, everyone saw the dangers of this world, and the previous announcement weighed on them like a mountain.*
*Now, someone suddenly stepping forward offering to lead everyone made quite a few people rally under this Second Young Master Su's banner.*
"Such a clever strategy! At this moment, just a small bit of benefit could entice a large group of people to jump on the bandwagon.
But talking about strategies, with so many people sharing strategies tonight, tomorrow plenty of people should put in some effort. Following this trend, the price of food might just plummet abruptly.
After all, rarity determines value, and right now, only those brave enough to step outside their territory can obtain food, which obviously isn't sufficient for over a thousand baselines.
But after tomorrow, when most people go out hunting monsters and opening treasure boxes, food will start to saturate.
Tonight might be the most expensive time for food."
Bai Yi opened the market panel and stared at the white bread. She hesitated a bit.
*Perhaps it was the genetic longing for food reserves, but Bai Yi felt reluctant to sell all 60 units of bread she had painstakingly accumulated today.*
"No way, sell them today, and then when the food prices drop tomorrow, with everyone's surplus, people will definitely be selling a lot. We can buy it back then without haste!
Besides, farming can start tomorrow; I'll be able to produce food myself, so what's there to fear?"
After convincing herself, Bai Yi quickly operated on the panel, listing all 60 units of bread, and returned to the channel to edit a message.
Fan Mao, "A few cheap foods are on the market to support everyone's exploration tomorrow."
Thunderbolt Fire, "Damn! Only half the market price! But I just bought a batch with all my stored stone and wood, such a loss!"
Hatsune Miku, "Thanks to the one above, I grabbed 10 units of bread."
Two Inches of Gray, "Are you all living in the Free Market? By the time I saw the message and got there, it was already sold out!"
Star Pioneers, "Yeah, big shots only need to sell food, while us buyers have a lot to think about."
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The market response was overwhelmingly positive, with all the food sold out in less than five seconds.
This yielded 170 units of stone and 70 units of wood, plus the twigs the farmer's wife had collected, wood successfully surpassed the 100-unit threshold, reaching a 'whopping' 101 units.
This was even after Bai Yi set a limit of 10 units per person; otherwise, she felt it could've been even quicker.
After Bai Yi set the example, the other leaderboard experts who hadn't shown up also joined the game.
First Jun Lin, followed by Corpse King, Landon I, Iron Blood, and other leaderboard experts started to sell off their food.
However, the prices were quite consistent, matching Bai Yi's price.
After browsing the channel for another ten minutes or so, Bai Yi suddenly had a strange feeling, like the satisfaction after eating one's fill.
Upon opening the panel, sure enough, her Magic Power Value had been fully restored.
"Let me see, what's the deal with Gene Fusion?"
She took out some rice from the warehouse and activated her superpower.
[Current genes match well with the target. Fusion genes will consume 200 points of Magic Power. Proceed with fusion?]
"Yes!"
Bai Yi felt her magic power surge out, immersing her consciousness into the rice in her hand.
It seemed like a long time passed, or perhaps merely a fleeting moment, and then the panel displayed another prompt:
[Gene Fusion complete. Congratulations on creating a new species: Unnamed (First-tier/Purple)]
[Unnamed (First-tier/Purple): Actively absorbs all nutrients, growth cycle shortened to 7 days, yield rate of 800 kg per mu]
"Great stuff!"
Bai Yi happened to know a bit about rice yields, and this output was only mediocre, not even top-notch.
But even if the yield wasn't high, the speed made up for it!
What kind of concept is a 7-day growth cycle?
In just 7 days, one could complete the entire process from sowing to harvest!
Besides, Bai Yi had her superpower!
[Accelerated Growth lv.2: Consuming 9 Magic Power points grants plants (First-tier) one day's growth progress.]
She discovered during today's battle that her superpower wasn't strictly focused on a single plant; it had an effect on all plants in a small area!
Although the range wasn't large, with a diameter of less than half a meter, she currently had only a pound of rice seeds in her small pouch.
And with the slight increase in range after upgrading, a dense sprinkle, although still impossible to sow entirely, could work.
However, based on each rice seed yield, it was equally formidable: a single plant could produce more than a dozen rice stalks, and each stalk hundreds of grains.
This meant, with normal growth, a single grain could yield thousands! Using her high school senior level knowledge, still at her 'life peak,' Bai Yi quickly calculated this incredibly exciting result.
Once propagation starts tomorrow morning, farmers can begin reclaiming large tracts of farmland. Using these propagated rice seeds as a new batch of seeds, they could directly begin the farming mode!
"From now on, you'll be called Endless Rice!"
With everything ready, all she had to do was wait for dawn tomorrow!
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Slime: A peculiar creature, no one knew how they were born, yet they could be found everywhere on the continent. The children aspiring to become adventurers in Aslan always liked to use them as targets to practice their combat skills...