Chapter 91: Radish Seeds

The three chatted idly in the space. In fact, both Merlin and Meg also enjoyed staying in the space. Having experienced the tragedy of their families being wiped out, they favored this carefree place even more, a true paradise beyond the world.

There was another thing that Merlin and the others had only recently discovered: they found that their magic practice speed was much faster in the space than outside. It was Meg who first noticed this.

Meg was only a level six mage, with a lot of room for improvement. Therefore, she would practice magic in the space. However, when she first entered the space, she was too busy to practice. Later, when she did practice, she felt that her practice speed seemed faster than before, but she didn't pay much attention to it.

It wasn't until she left the space and practiced that she felt the difference, so she took it seriously and told Merlin about it.

Merlin rarely practiced now because she was already a level eight great mage and had hit a bottleneck. Even if she wanted to practice, it was impossible to break through that bottleneck in a short time. At her level, to improve her strength, it wasn't just about accumulating magic power; it required a breakthrough or a sudden enlightenment. Moreover, she had too many things to do and couldn't focus on practicing. Therefore, Merlin hadn't practiced magic for a long time and hadn't noticed the difference in the space.

When Merlin heard what Meg said, she found it very strange, so she experimented and discovered that the speed of magic recovery in the space was indeed much faster than outside, currently about twice as fast.

Merlin also told Zhao Hai about this situation, but Zhao Hai didn't understand why. However, he found that Merlin and the others practicing in the space didn't have a significant impact on the space, so he didn't interfere. After all, their improved strength was beneficial to him.

After chatting for a while, the crops outside had matured one after another. The first to mature was not the radish but the peas, which took 18 hours to mature. Zhao Hai hadn't expected the peas to mature before the radish, but he immediately harvested them. The peas could be eaten and used as seeds, but Zhao Hai didn't plan to plant them now.

After harvesting the peas, two acres of land were left empty. Zhao Hai didn't do anything else; he directly planted the two magic peach seeds. This thing was too useful, and the sooner it was harvested, the better. He didn't want to plant it when he needed it, as that would be too late.

On one acre of land, only one magic peach was planted, making the space seem much more spacious. Zhao Hai tried to plant some corn seeds on that acre of land, but it didn't work.

Although he couldn't plant anything there, he could walk on it. However, Zhao Hai and the others were afraid that walking on the ground would affect the growth of the magic peach, so they preferred to walk around it.

Two hours after planting the magic peach, the radish matured. This time, the radish took 20 hours to mature due to seed retention, but the harvest made Zhao Hai very happy. One acre of land produced 80 kilograms (160 pounds) of radish seeds, and two acres produced 320 pounds of radish seeds.

After harvesting 320 pounds of seeds, Zhao Hai immediately planted radishes on the two acres of land again. He wanted to see how much seed was needed to plant two acres of radishes.

After planting the two acres, Zhao Hai couldn't help but smile when he saw the amount of seed used. It only took four pounds of seed for two acres. With over 300 pounds of radish seeds in hand, he wouldn't have to worry about seeds for a long time.

Two hours later, the pumpkins matured. Zhao Hai harvested the two acres of pumpkins and stored them in the warehouse, then planted radishes again. The last to mature was the cucumber, which took 28 hours to mature. This made Zhao Hai decide not to plant cucumbers in the future.

During this time, Zhao Hai also harvested a season of oil fruits. After planting radishes on the cucumber land, Zhao Hai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In total, Zhao Hai's space now had 150 gold coins, two acres of cucumbers, two acres of peas, two acres of pumpkins, two acres of cauliflower, two acres of cabbage, two acres of eggplants, two acres of wheat, 15 seasons of oil fruits, 28 seasons of corn, and eight acres of radishes.

These were not small amounts. Cabbage, eggplants, and pumpkins were all high-yield crops, and oil fruit trees and corn were even more productive. One season of 300 oil fruit trees could produce 450,000 pounds of oil fruits, and one season of corn could produce over 10,000 pounds of corn. These two items had the highest stock in the space.

Zhao Hai didn't plan to use the corn directly as feed. Corn could be processed into food, but further processing was needed. Although they had a millstone, Zhao Hai didn't plan to process it immediately.

After processing, the corn bran could be used as feed. If combined with radish leaves and processed oil fruits and oil residue, which could also be used as feed, he might not need to use corn as feed. The bran and oil residue would be enough to feed the space's magical creatures.

Although there were no magical creatures in the space yet, there soon would be. Three hundred blue-eyed rabbits were not a small number. He remembered that in the game, ordinary rabbits consumed one unit of feed every two hours, meaning one rabbit would consume one pound of radish leaves every two hours. This was not a small amount.

The blue-eyed rabbits on the Ark Continent were similar to Earth's rabbits but had more powerful movements. Zhao Hai didn't know how much feed the blue-eyed rabbits would need per hour, but he would find out when Green returned.

However, the radish leaves he had harvested were enough to last for a while. The people at Iron Mountain Castle were planting alfalfa on the mountain. Once they finished, Zhao Hai could have them process the corn, providing more feed.

After trading with Laura and obtaining iron, Zhao Hai could buy some oil-pressing machines. Then he could press the oil fruits into oil, producing oil residue, which would also serve as feed.

Zhao Hai didn't plan to raise too many animals in the space. One reason was the feed issue, and the other was that he wanted to reserve some space to catch more animals. He had noticed that the space's upgrade system was different from the game. In the game, planting and raising animals could upgrade the space, but in the space, planting had a low chance of upgrading, and bringing plants from the continent into the space upgraded it much faster. The ranch space was likely similar, so Zhao Hai didn't plan to use the space to raise too many animals for upgrades, as it was too slow.

After handling the space's affairs, Zhao Hai became bored again. He watched the screen in the space, constantly switching between the two teleportation points. The castle was naturally busy, with the male slaves repairing the walls and the female slaves planting alfalfa, as arranged by Mu Tou. Zhao Hai was satisfied with this arrangement.

The castle's walls, without the protection of a magic array, had limited defensive capabilities. Repairing them was more for appearance, so there was no need to rush. Planting alfalfa was much easier. Alfalfa was very hardy; even if you just threw the seeds on the ground, they would grow as long as the birds didn't eat them. Of course, Mu Tou and the others couldn't be so simple. They just dug small holes, planted the seeds, covered them with soil, and watered them. However, the weeds on the mountain needed to be cleared to prevent competition with the alfalfa.

The cleared weeds couldn't be wasted, so Ju and the others used them to weave grass mats. Besides the mats, they continued to research grass boats. Although they now had wood, the weeds were still useful. However, weaving too many mats was pointless, as they couldn't be sold. Commoners could weave grass mats, and nobles didn't use them. After weaving enough mats, Ju and the others focused on researching grass boats.

However, these tasks had to be done step by step. Currently, the main focus was on planting alfalfa. Although it was simple, they had to plant a lot. The alfalfa seeds were small, and Green and the others had bought them to improve the soil on Iron Mountain, so there were many seeds, enough to cover the entire mountain. Weaving mats and researching grass boats could only be done in their spare time.

Seeing that there was nothing happening at the castle, Zhao Hai stopped watching and instead contacted Zhao Zui and the others. Zhao Zui and the others had already entered the Corpse Swamp but were still in the outer area, where they hadn't encountered any powerful magical creatures or undead.

Although Zhao Hai could communicate with Zhao Zui and the others through the space, he hadn't been there and hadn't set up a teleportation point, so he didn't know where they were and could only ask them.

Zhao Zui and the others were doing well. They had followed Zhao Hai's advice and were mainly exploring the Corpse Swamp without rushing in. The outer area of the swamp didn't have any powerful magical creatures or undead, and they could handle it with their strength.

Seeing that they were fine, Zhao Hai was relieved and switched the screen to the Rocky Mountains.

At the Rocky Mountains, only Zhao Qi and Zhao Lian were in charge, and nothing was happening. The undead were still mining stones, and everything was peaceful.

Zhao Hai idly swiped his finger on the touch screen below the remote control, watching the big screen. His mind was on Green. At that moment, something on the big screen caught his attention.

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