Don't Starve, my pickaxe can be upgraded

Chapter 162: Shockingly Fast-Growing Shrimp Seedlings

Liu Hen didn't have to wait long before Hu Jinshi came back with a blood-red seed in his hand.

"Village chief, the people at the Hongluo camp said these are dried shrimp seeds."

He handed the blood-red seed to Liu Hen and explained respectfully, "According to the people in the Hongluo Camp, their staple food is dried shrimp. I paid a huge price to get one, but unfortunately I was never able to grow it. Perhaps dried shrimp seeds are simply not suitable for surface cultivation."

Liu Hen took the so-called dried shrimp seed and unexpectedly discovered that the seed looked very similar to rice seeds, but the color was not the golden yellow of rice seeds, but blood red.

"Dried Shrimp Seeds..."

Anticipation flashed in his eyes, and he looked at Hu Jinshi with satisfaction: "If this thing can be grown, this village chief will give you some."

"Thank you, village chief." Hu Jinshi was overjoyed.

Then, he seemed to think of something and asked quickly, "Village Chief, can we plant the Paradise Flower?"

"Almost. How about this, come see me tomorrow."

Liu Hen replied and turned to leave, eager to see whether this so-called dried shrimp seed could be grown.

"Can we plant paradise flowers tomorrow?"

Hu Jinshi was shocked. He had been waiting for this day for a long time.

Not only him, Liu Hen has also been waiting for a long time.

He is full of anticipation for farming.

Soon, he came to the location of the spiritual field, took out the silver and turned the soil.

He dug the ground without much effort.

However, because he had not farmed much in his previous life, he was not very familiar with it and was not sure what steps were required.

Although he grew up in the countryside in his previous life, he soon went to the city to work with his elders and later became a quarrying boss. He knew nothing about farming and was worried that the only dried shrimp seed would go bad.

"correct……"

Suddenly he thought that his hoe could also be equipped in the equipment column of the [True Self Interface].

So he put the silver hoe into his space backpack, opened the [True Self Interface], selected the hoe equipment column, and equipped the silver hoe.

Suddenly, the spiritual field in front of him changed in his vision.

For example, he can choose to turn the soil in a moment's thought without having to do it himself.

"Sure enough, this is too convenient."

He smiled, and on a whim, he decided to turn the soil.

Suddenly, the spiritual field in front of him blurred. When the vision became clear, the spiritual field had turned over and was in a state where crops could be planted.

Perhaps because he was equipped with a hoe, he didn't need to plant the seeds himself, but could plant them with just a thought.

That is one-click planting.

He immediately chose to plant the dried shrimp seeds he had just obtained from Hu Jinshi.

The next moment, the spiritual field in front of him looked like something had been planted in it.

However, what was planted did not grow, and it was obvious that it would take time.

At this moment, in Liu Hen's vision, a string of data appeared above the spiritual field in front of him: Countdown 5 days.

"The crops planted in this spiritual field grow ten times faster. Does this mean that these dried shrimp seeds will normally mature in 10 days?"

The thought flashed through his mind.

"This speed is much faster than the normal maturation time of rice."

In previous lives, a lot of rice usually took two or three months to mature.

This kind of dried shrimp, except for its color, is very similar in shape to rice. It should be a variant of rice, a mutated rice that has adapted to the night fog world. Its growth time has been shortened to 50 days.

Liu Hen speculated that the dried shrimps were probably not a mutation on their own, but were most likely an excellent product artificially cultivated.

Based on the name of dried shrimp, it is not difficult to guess that this crop may need to be irrigated with seawater.

This is probably one of the reasons why Hu Jinshi was unable to grow it.

Of course, it may also be because it really cannot be grown on the surface, after all, the Red Snail Camp lives underground.

In addition, there is a third reason.

That is, this kind of dried shrimp seeds need to be planted on the seashore, or even directly in the sea water.

But these are not problems for Liu Hen.

Because his spiritual field can ignore various conditions such as the growing environment of crops.

Since there was nothing to do now, Liu Hen just stayed here, staring at the seeds inside the spiritual field.

Under his gaze, the dried shrimp seeds inside the spiritual field were vibrating at a speed almost visible to the naked eye, slowly pushing away the soil and sprouting at a speed visible to the naked eye.

'This is too fast.'

Liu Hen was secretly delighted.

Little Heishi watched curiously from the side. Although she didn't understand what her adults were doing, they looked so serious and must be doing something important, so she didn't disturb them.

By calculation, she should be 14 years old now and has grown a little taller.

In fact, it's not just her. The children in the village have also grown a lot during this period.

Perhaps because of adequate nutrition, the children in the village grow much faster than before.

Some children even grew a head taller in just half a month.

Many of the children who were once skinny and bony now have flesh on their backs and are no longer skin and bones. Liu Hen has been guarding the spiritual field to prevent those naughty children from destroying his treasures.

Although those children were actually very sensible and would not dare to destroy anything in the village, the dried shrimp seeds in front of him were too important, and he could not guarantee that there would be no accidents.

About half a day later, the shrimp sprouts inside the spiritual field had grown to the height of a finger.

Hong Ming finished his own business and just entered the village when he saw this scene.

He subconsciously quickened his pace and came to the spiritual field, staring carefully at the seedlings inside the spiritual field. The more he looked, the more shocked he became.

"This...this growth rate..."

He suddenly looked at Liu Hen: "Is this also your ability?"

He suddenly felt a little discouraged because he found that Liu Hen could do everything he could, and he felt that he was almost of no value to Liu Hen.

In fact, he had this sense of crisis before, so he wanted some power and wanted to make some contributions to avoid being completely marginalized.

This scene made him more determined to make some achievements, otherwise he would become a complete waste in the travel village.

Liu Hen didn't explain too much, but just reminded him: "When you have time, help keep an eye on it and don't let anyone destroy it. If anything inside is damaged, I will hold you accountable."

Because the shrimp seedlings in this spiritual field are unique. If they are accidentally destroyed by someone, even he will feel uncomfortable for a long time.

"Don't worry, I will keep an eye on it. Anyone who dares to destroy it will be killed." Hong Ming quickly assured.

This time Liu Hen did not stop him, because if anyone dared to destroy the things in the spiritual field, Hong Ming would kill the person with his own hands without any help from him.

Soon, a day passed.

When late at night, the dried shrimp seedlings inside the spiritual field had grown to more than one meter high, and it seemed that they would continue to grow taller.

Liu Hen thought that the other spiritual fields should have been completely made, so he returned to the village chief's residence, entered his own room, and opened the creation workbench.

Sure enough, the ten spiritual fields have been made.

So he collected all ten spiritual fields into his space backpack, left the village chief's residence, and came to the location of the first spiritual field.

Hong Ming stayed here all the time without going to sleep, and didn't even dare to divert his attention.

Because he realized that the things in the spiritual field must be very important. It was the first time he saw Liu Hen attach so much importance to something.

If the things inside were damaged by some foolish kid, those who did it would be executed, but if he was implicated, it would be terrible.

Liu Hen came to the first spiritual field, took out the second spiritual field and chose to place it.

With a "pop", the second spiritual field was perfectly connected to the first one, and the fence extended outward to enclose both spiritual fields.

Hong Ming raised his eyebrows slightly, but because he had seen Liu Hen's methods before, he was not surprised by this scene.

What really surprised him was the black soil in the spiritual field.

This soil gave him a very fertile feeling.

As a spiritual plant husband, he was too sensitive to this kind of soil and realized that this soil had a very good effect on plants.

“Snap!” “Snap!” “Snap…”

Liu Hen continued to take out the spiritual field and place it.

Every time a spiritual field appears, the outer fence will automatically extend outward to enclose the newly appeared spiritual fields.

Soon, the ten newly made spiritual fields were all placed in place. Each spiritual field was square and one square meter in size.

Because there are no more crop seeds, except for the first spiritual field, the other ten spiritual fields are empty.

Just at this moment, Hu Jinshi walked in from outside with his teammates.

They had finished a day's mining work and were preparing to go back to rest.

"Hu Jinshi, come here." Liu Hen waved and called.

"Village Chief, you called me?"

Hu Jinshi hurried over here.

As he walked towards this side, he looked at the seedlings inside the spiritual field that had grown to more than one meter high, and a look of shock flashed in his eyes: "Village Chief, what's in here..."

Liu Hen smiled and said, "Hami seedlings."

"Hami Miao?! How, how is this possible?!"

Hu Jinshi was stunned. He remembered that he had just given the village chief dried shrimp seeds today. How could it be possible that in just one day...

No, to be exact, it only took half a day for the dried shrimp seedlings to grow that tall?
"Is this a miracle? This has to be a miracle, right?!"

He was shocked and looked incredulous.

But when I think about how powerful and magical the village chief has always been,

In particular, the village chief is a mysterious psychic, so he quickly suppressed his shock and looked at Liu Hen with anticipation.

Sure enough, Liu Hen said, "Bring your Paradise Flower seeds here, let's try planting them."

"Thank you, village chief."

Hu Jinshi was overjoyed and ran towards his residence to get the seeds of the paradise flower.

Even though it was already late at night, he couldn't care less.

Anyway, this kind of mining work is not compulsory, but the more you work, the more you earn.

He has decided to change his career tomorrow and specialize in growing his own flowers of paradise.

(End of this chapter)