Lords of Hegemony: Conquer from the Mermaids

Chapter 197 The Needs of Bibo Rice

Hong Lei understood Meng Zheng's words and his excitement increased a bit, as if he was showing his strength to Meng Zheng.

Rushing like lightning, struck by thunder.

Not long after, Hong Lei brought Meng Zheng to Canghai Village.

Before arriving, Meng Zheng's eyes were attracted by the vast expanse of emerald green rice. The rice was swaying gracefully at the bottom of the water. Although it was still a seedling, the rice had already demonstrated amazing vitality and vigor.

They have taken root in the mud and sand at the bottom of Tianyu Lake, and their leaves sway gently with the weak water flow, like a group of green elves dancing happily.

Each rice seedling emits a faint fluorescence, making the entire rice field sparkle in the dim underwater world, creating a unique landscape.

Meng Zheng was deeply shocked by the magnificent sight of the green rice fields and patted Hong Lei to ask him to stop.

At Meng Zheng's signal, Hong Lei hovered obediently above the green rice fields. His huge body was like a dark cloud, but it could not cover up the faint light emitted by the rice seedlings below.

As a spiritual plant, although the Bibo Rice does not have any spiritual power, it is still constantly and spontaneously absorbing the spiritual energy from the surrounding area.

This is a place where spiritual energy gathers, allowing each plant of the green rice to continuously radiate layer upon layer of green luster.

This may be the origin of the name of Bi Bo Rice.

Meng Zhengyou flew above the green rice fields, gazing down at them from above, his heart full of anticipation at the vibrant rice fields.

"I wonder how much grain can be produced from so much Bi Bo rice?" Meng Zheng thought excitedly.

The foundation of a territory lies in whether it can provide enough food. If there is not enough food, everything will be extremely difficult.

Canghai Village has the Bi Bo rice, which makes it invincible. As long as the Bi Bo rice can be cultivated well, there will be no need to worry about food problems in the future.

Meng Zheng looked at the green rice fields with a deep gaze, and he already had a long-term plan in his mind.

If Canghai Village is to become truly powerful, it will need more resources and strength. This emerald rice field is just the beginning.

Surrounding the clear blue rice fields, there is a clear blue light curtain, emitting soft blue light, protecting the rice fields tightly.

Meng Zheng knew clearly that this light curtain was emitted by the Water Spirit Guardian Array.

This formation can not only effectively resist the invasion of small fish and shrimps, but also mobilize the power of the water flow, so that predators that try to approach will be gently pushed away when they touch the edge of the formation.

This place has been built into an isolated utopia. The fishes swim outside but cannot cross this line of defense.

Under the protection of the formation, the green rice grows vigorously, and the leaves of the rice seedlings are like small fans, swaying gently and making delicate rustling sounds, as if they are telling each other the joy of growth.

On the left side of the rice field, a group of silver-scaled frogmen wandered around the edge of the formation, using their slender tongues to catch small fish and shrimps swimming in the edge area. Occasionally, they jumped out, leaving behind splashes of water, chasing their prey.

In the fields farther away, there are many blue flag dolphin fish people scattered around, working diligently to fertilize and water the rice fields.

The Blue Flag Dolphin Merman, with his sleek, adorable figure, swam effortlessly through the water, occasionally throwing water plants and scraps of food into the paddy fields to enrich the soil. Besides them, numerous other mermaids and fishmen were also busy managing the emerald rice paddies in perfect order.

Suddenly, Meng Zheng saw You Zheng, who was rushing towards the direction of the thunder.

Yes, with such a huge body, Hong Lei had naturally attracted everyone's attention as soon as he approached.

It’s just that everyone has long been accustomed to the appearance of thunder, so naturally they don’t care. After taking a few glances, they go back to doing their own things.

You Zheng quickly approached Hong Lei and Meng Zheng with a warm smile on his face, obviously very happy about Meng Zheng's return.

He first performed a standard courtesy to Meng Zheng, then turned around and greeted Hong Lei, who responded with a light sound.

Obviously, Hong Lei had a very good impression of the Minister of Agriculture. Whether he could have enough to eat in the future depended on You Zheng.

"Chief, you are finally back! Everyone misses you." You Zheng said with a hint of excitement in his voice.

Meng Zheng smiled and nodded, his gaze still fixed on the vibrant rice paddies. "Everything in the village looks good, especially these rice paddies. They're a real surprise."

You Zheng followed Meng Zheng's gaze, a proud expression on his face. "Yes, the growth of the Bibo rice has exceeded our expectations, thanks to everyone's combined efforts and the protection of the Water Spirit Guardian Formation."

"Chief, did you know? These Bibo rice plants not only grow quickly but are also of excellent quality. According to our preliminary estimates, the yield will be very impressive." You Qi's words were filled with longing for the future. "This will greatly increase our food reserves in Canghai Village, and we won't have to worry about food anymore."

Meng Zheng was delighted upon hearing this. "You Zheng, as Minister of Agriculture, you have made an invaluable contribution. You have led us in maintaining this rice paddy in such an orderly manner. I believe that under your management, agriculture in Canghai Village will continue to prosper."

Seeing Meng Zheng so happy, You Zheng raised another question: "Chief, there is another problem now, that is, the spiritual energy supply of the Bibo Rice in the marginal area is insufficient!"

Upon hearing this, Meng Zheng frowned slightly and swam upstream for a distance. Meng Zheng focused his eyes and began to observe the situation of the entire green rice field.

Sure enough, as You Zheng said, although the green rice at the edge of the rice field was still full of vitality, the fluorescence of the rice seedlings did appear a little dimmer compared to the central area.

Meng Zheng understood clearly that there was no spiritual vein in Canghai Village at all.

All the spiritual energy comes from the spring space, which contains extremely huge spiritual essence.

However, only a small part of it escapes, and most of it will be intercepted in the spring space.

In this way, the larger the range of the spiritual energy escaping from the spring space, the lower the concentration of the spiritual energy will naturally be.

Therefore, the higher the concentration of spiritual energy in the area closest to Canghai Village, the better the Bi Bo rice grows.

The closer to the edge of the area, the harder it is to obtain the spiritual energy of the blue rice.

However, after careful sensing, Meng Zheng also discovered that in the edge area, surrounding the water spirit protection formation, there was actually a very good concentration of spiritual energy at every distance, indicating that a lot of spirit stones were buried.

Meng Zheng nodded secretly in his heart. These spirit stones were obviously emergency measures taken by You Zheng to make up for the lack of spiritual energy. Although they could not completely solve the problem, they at least alleviated the spiritual energy demand of the Bi Bo Rice in the marginal area to a certain extent.

(End of this chapter)