Chapter 122: Building a greenhouse, it looks a bit strange, but it's very practical!

"Synthesis!"

Su Hao returned to the room, took out three daylight bulbs from the storage bag, and used the first Synthesis Heart of the day.

Now that I have obtained light-element materials and fertile soil, it's time to start building the greenhouse.

Daylight bulbs are an ordinary material that doesn't even reach Supernatural First Rank, and the synthesis time is very short.

In less than ten seconds, the alloy-colored light ball emitted a dazzling beam of light; a sphere radiating soft white light hovered in midair, appearing before Su Hao.

【First Rank Light Pearl】. Supernatural Grade: First Rank

Effect: During the day, it absorbs light elements from the air, or by absorbing the energy inside energy crystals.

When night falls, or in a dark environment, it can automatically emit soft sunlight, illuminating the surroundings and providing a light source for photosynthesis to the surrounding plants.

……

"If it's to provide a light source... I feel First Rank is enough."

Su Hao stroked his chin, after a moment of thought, placed this First Rank Light Pearl aside, and did not continue synthesizing.

Like humans, plants also need rest during their growth; they are not photosynthesizing 24 hours a day.

Therefore, before the shadow calamity arrives, plants can receive sufficient sunlight during the day.

By evening, a plant's daily growth period is about over, and the effect of the light pearl is not as great.

Moreover, if it's just about providing light, synthesizing more light pearls later would likely yield the same result.

In Su Hao's view, the factor that most affects plant growth in a greenhouse is still the soil.

So, Su Hao intends to synthesize the soil into a higher grade; if he can reach Third Tier, that would be best.

Su Hao took fertile soil from the storage bag, evenly divided it into nine piles of one ton each, and consecutively used the Synthesis Heart three times on these nine piles of fertile soil.

The fertile soil dug from the central region of the Withered Forest were all carefully selected by Su Hao using the Item Appraisal Technique.

Although a large portion is just ordinary fertile soil without quality, a small part has reached Supernatural First Rank.

And the soil Su Hao used for this synthesis is precisely those Supernatural First Rank soils.

About ten minutes later, the nine piles of fertile soil finished synthesizing, but the result was somewhat unexpected to Su Hao.

Normally, when three identical items are synthesized, there is a high probability of raising the Supernatural Grade by one rank.

But this time, synthesizing the fertile soil did not raise the Supernatural Grade to Second Rank; instead, it became a new kind of soil.

【First Rank Rest Soil】

Supernatural Grade: First Rank

Effect: The rest soil contains all the elements required for the growth of First Rank plants; plants grown on it enjoy better and faster growth.

If the plants planted on it are First Rank or lower, their growth speed and fruit yield can be further increased.

After consuming energy, the rest soil can slowly convert all surrounding soil into First Rank Rest Soil.

……

"All elements?"

Su Hao sat cross-legged on the bed, lightly tapping his knees with his fingers.

According to the literal meaning, does that mean the metal and water elements needed by supernatural plants like purple gold bamboo and Spirit Fruit Water Honey Peach during growth can also be obtained from the rest soil?

As long as plants are planted on the rest soil, they essentially have the best growing environment?

If that is indeed the case, then the effect of First Rank Rest Soil on plant cultivation could be stronger than many Second Rank supernatural soils.

At least Su Hao has never heard of any soil that can make all plants adapt to the growing environment it provides.

Moreover, First Rank Rest Soil, as long as it consumes energy, can gradually assimilate surrounding soil into First Rank Rest Soil.

"After all, we still need to consume energy crystals; I feel my monthly thirty thousand energy crystals are far from enough."

Su Hao sighed helplessly; although it looks like thirty thousand energy crystals a month is a lot.

But Su Hao needs to use energy crystals in far too many places, and as time goes on, the consumption speed will only increase.

For example, the proliferating meat chunks and infected blood meat—when Su Hao only has a small piece, he needs only one or two energy crystals a day to meet the energy they need for self-proliferation.

But by the next day, when that small piece of proliferating meat chunk or infected blood meat has grown to five or six hundred jin, to maximize their self-proliferation speed, more energy crystals must be consumed.

Going on like this, the consumption of energy crystals will increase geometrically, and the growth of rest soil will be the same.

Once the proliferating meat chunks, infected blood meat, and the base amount of First Rank Rest Soil are in place, the consumption of energy crystals will become horrendous; it seems thirty thousand a month is really not much.

"Let's take it one step at a time!"

No matter what, Su Hao cannot possibly slow the proliferation of blood meat and such just to save energy crystals.

Afterwards, Su Hao looked at the three piles of First Rank Rest Soil on the ground and used the final Synthesis Heart of the day.

About half an hour later.

Accompanied by a blinding golden light, a pile of black, oily soil appeared before Su Hao's eyes.

【Second Rank Rest Soil】

Supernatural Grade: Second Rank

Effect: (omitted)……

"Not bad, the Second Rank Rest Soil also provides extra benefits for the growth of Second Rank plants."

Su Hao nodded in satisfaction, then went downstairs, grabbed the Construction Platform, and headed outside the sanctuary.

Boom—! Boom—! Boom—! Just as Su Hao pushed the door open, a hurried, heavy footsteps suddenly sounded from the distant forest, quickly approaching the sanctuary.

"How can someone still be so bent on self-destruction, running here to seek death?"

Su Hao gave a light chuckle and paid no further attention.

Now inside his sanctuary, there are 24 Violent Demon Oxen, 160 Demon Flame Pumpkin Heads, over ten Purple Gold Clan Warriors, and over twenty Water Honey Peach Pitchers.

Plus a Third Rank Bloodsucking Demon Vine, and a Supernatural Fifth Rank Xue Nv presiding over it.

To put it bluntly, within a radius of nearly a hundred kilometers, Su Hao's territory is the most dangerous place—anyone who enters dies.

Soon, Su Hao took the Construction Platform and came to the planting area on the left side of the living zone.

Although Su Hao had planned two 3 km × 3 km areas on his territory for planting supernatural plants, the current planting scale has not yet taken off, and the other planting area remains in a state of wasteland.

So, Su Hao intends to first place the greenhouse here, transforming the soil into Grade 2 Breathing Soil ahead of time.

Afterwards, Su Hao set the Construction Platform on the ground, took out one ton of Grade 2 Breathing Soil, a Sunlight Pearl, 1000 units of stone, 1000 units of wood, and a greenhouse construction blueprint, placing them all on the Construction Platform.

【Please select the construction site for the greenhouse.】

Just as when building the Withered Ancient Tree and manufacturing the ice pillar, after Su Hao began construction, a shelter and a 3D model of the surrounding environment appeared before his eyes.

And a……

"What the heck? My greenhouse looks like a mud pit……"

Looking at the semi-transparent 3D interface before him, Su Hao was somewhat dumbfounded.

Others' greenhouses are white, semi-cylindrical structures.

But here, it turned into an irregular swamp close to a circle, with a sphere hovering above the swamp's center.

No matter how you look at it, this doesn't resemble a greenhouse's proper form; Su Hao truly couldn't fathom how such a swamp could fulfill a greenhouse's function.

"Let's build it and see."

Rather than guessing wildly here, it's better to just build the greenhouse.

Moreover, even if he wanted to regret it now, it's too late—once the 3D model appears, the construction process cannot be interrupted.

After Su Hao dragged the swamp model to the middle of this planting area, a prompt popped up again before his eyes.

【Are you sure you want to build the greenhouse at this location?】

"Confirmed!" The next moment.

A golden light wrapped all the materials on the Construction Platform, forming a golden light sphere that flew to the position Su Hao designated.

Immediately after.

That golden light sphere then began to expand and deform, ultimately becoming an irregular shape close to a circle, bursting with blinding light.

Within that light, a black pit about ten meters in diameter appeared on the ground.

Above the pit, a white sphere hovered.

【Greenhouse】

Supernatural Grade: Tier 2

Effect 1——Full Sunlight: By absorbing the energy of energy crystals or absorbing light elements from the air, it emits sunlight in all directions that accelerates plant growth and dispels most pests and diseases.

The range of the Full Sunlight's illumination depends on the consumption of energy crystals, with the maximum coverage reaching a diameter of 5 kilometers.

Effect 2——Tier 2 Vital Soil: The vital soil contains all the elements necessary for any plant's growth, and after consuming energy, it can slowly transmute surrounding soil into Tier 2 Vital Soil.

Plants planted on the vital soil gain optimal growth adaptability, growing faster and bearing more fruit.

If the plants planted there are of Supernatural Tier 2 or lower, their growth speed and fruit yield can be further enhanced.

Effect 3——Natural Feedback: Plants grown near the greenhouse can feed it natural vitality during their growth, gradually increasing the greenhouse's Supernatural Grade.

When the greenhouse's Supernatural Grade rises, the Tier 2 Vital Soil's Supernatural Grade also rises accordingly, and the Full Sunlight effect will increase correspondingly.

……

"This damn thing really can be called a greenhouse? Shouldn't you consider renaming it?"

After reading the greenhouse's effects, Su Hao couldn't help but complain.

To be honest, this pit hardly relates to a greenhouse in either appearance or function.

Appearance-wise, there's nothing to say—a pit simply has nothing to do with a greenhouse.

Function-wise, it's simple: the pit's effect is so strong that it cannot be compared to an ordinary greenhouse.

Forget anything else—just the Tier 2 Vital Soil effect completely outclasses Hua Yao and the others' greenhouse.

Tier 2 Vital Soil is actually an upgraded version of Tier 2 Breathing Soil.

Breathing Soil contains all the elements required for the growth of all Tier 2 and lower plants.

Whereas Vital Soil contains all the elements required for the growth of all plants.

One targets Tier 2, the other targets all plants.

If plants planted on the Vital Soil are of Supernatural Tier 2 or lower, their growth speed will be even faster and their fruit yield even more abundant.

Hua Yao and the others' greenhouse merely provides a constant-temperature environment, slightly boosting plant growth—where does it have such a function? Moreover, Su Hao's pit, aside from its soil capability, can also provide plants with vast-range sunlight.

At full power, the sunlight can completely cover a 5-kilometer diameter area.

Even if a shadow calamity descends tomorrow, Su Hao need not worry, for lack of sunlight causing plants to stop growing or even die.

Besides that, as long as plants are planted near the pit, during their growth they can feedback natural energy to the pit, slowly increasing its Supernatural Grade.

Although it hasn't been said how high the pit can be upgraded, reaching Tier 3 or 4 should pose no problem.

As the pit's Supernatural Grade rises, the Vital Soil's Supernatural Grade will rise accordingly, and the Full Sunlight effect and its coverage will also become larger.

What effects Tier 3 or 4 Vital Soil could have, without corresponding experiments, Su Hao still cannot know.

However, after the pit reaches Tier 3 or 4, the Full Sunlight range can easily cover two 3 km × 3 km planting areas—surely no problem.

Whether judging by its current effects or from a long-term perspective, this pit makes Su Hao very satisfied.

"Hua Yao, come over here."

Su Hao waved, beckoning Hua Yao, who was crouching to the side, to come over.

When Su Hao had just begun constructing the greenhouse, Hua Yao and the other flower spirits had been crouched behind him, curiously watching this side.

"Master, what's wrong?"

Hua Yao obediently stood before Su Hao, lifting her fair neck, a sweet smile on her face.

"From now on, uh…… this greenhouse will be under your control."

As he spoke, Su Hao opened the greenhouse's control rights to Hua Yao.

Plant cultivation is Hua Yao and her group's responsibility, and naturally, the related items are also to be managed by them.

Next, Su Hao gave a rough introduction to the function of this earth pit.

After hearing Su Hao's introduction, Hua Yao and the other flower spirits gradually widened their eyes.

They would sometimes look at the greenhouse Su Hao built, sometimes at the greenhouse they themselves had built in the distance, the shock on their faces growing stronger, and they soon began chattering among themselves.

"Wow, master's greenhouse is incredibly powerful, it can even emit sunlight, and its maximum range is a full 5 kilometers!"

"Exactly! With the sunlight from master's greenhouse, we don't have to worry about insufficient light for the plants affecting their growth."

"I think the ability to turn the surrounding ordinary soil into fertile soil is the most impressive."

"I think the same; if we could convert the soil of both planting zones into fertile soil, the plants' growth speed would probably increase a lot."

"That's for sure, haven't you heard master say it? Fertile soil is a special soil that can provide the most suitable growing environment for all plants."

"I also think the natural feedback function is important; if we grow enough plants, perhaps before long, master's greenhouse could upgrade its Supernatural Grade to Third Tier."

"I understand what you're saying, but since they're both greenhouses, why is the effect so different? The greenhouse construction drawing you gave me was actually the one I provided, huh%"

Hua Yao looked at Su Hao's greenhouse, her delicate face scrunched up, full of shock and confusion.

How could a greenhouse have such an effect? This is too unscientific...

Just as Hua Yao and the others wore looks of doubting life, suddenly a loud, excited roar came from the direction of the shelter, and at the same time the heavy, hurried footsteps vanished.

"Roar! (Thigh thigh, where are you? I brought you something good back!)"

Su Hao: ……

In that case, the footsteps just now were made by the giant panda, right?

Looking toward the shelter, a hint of confusion flashed in Su Hao's eyes.

Although the giant panda's physique had risen to Supernatural Grade Third Tier, its weight had increased considerably,

but logically, it shouldn't be making such heavy footsteps.

Moreover, this simpleton just said he'd bring me something good back—what good thing is it? Feeling doubtful, Su Hao told Hua Yao and the others a sentence, then strode toward the shelter.

……

"Roar! (Thigh thigh, I brought the stuff back for you!)"

Su Hao had just stepped out from the woods beside the shelter when he heard the giant panda let out an excited roar, and the ground once again transmitted heavy footsteps.

Immediately he saw the giant panda carrying a building painted with discoloration paint, striding toward him.

Faintly visible, it was a house built from a large quantity of irregular white stones.

Su Hao:??? Wait! This shelter couldn't be Pu Wenyao's, could it?!

I remember I told you to move house, not to bring your house back!

Besides, what do you mean by saying you brought the stuff back for me? When did I ever tell you to do that?

Buzz buzz buzz——! At the same time, a whirring sound came from the sky as a military-green helicopter landed in the nearby open space.

Pu Wenyao and Ling Xue'er hurriedly jumped down from the helicopter and ran over.

Five thousand words, another five-thousand-word chapter this afternoon (end of chapter).