Foreign Land Reclamation By a Vegetable-growing Skeleton Chapter 1136

Chapter 1136: Chapter 700: Eat? You have to specifically grow the food? Chapter 1136: Chapter 700: Eat? You have to specifically grow the food? Actually, it wasn't mainly about playing, of course, Ange played mostly for fun, but if it were completely useless, everyone would have advised him long ago. Such a massive planting sphere, glowing in the dark Void, was as conspicuous as a lighthouse, spotted from afar by Dark Wing.

“Eh? What is that?” Dark Wing exclaimed in surprise.

There wasn't much in the Void that could surprise him. Even colossal man-made structures like the Starburst Array or gigantic creatures like the Conch Plane wouldn't amaze him. But a glowing planting sphere far exceeded his understanding.

“A remnant of the Divine Tree?” Light of Creation guessed.

“Unlikely, it has a clear pattern, not the natural growth state of the Divine Tree. Let's go take a look,” Dark Wing said.

“My Lord, do you feel an increase in the particles around us?” Light of Creation asked.

Dark Wing nodded, “Yes, they seem to be plant powder. Could it be dispersing from that thing ahead? Who did this? A Divine Tree Elf?”

“Divine Tree Elf? Weren't they extinct? After the Divine Tree withered, the Divine Tree Elves were gone too,” Light of Creation was startled.

“No, many embryos of the Divine Tree Elves were preserved. You may not know since you don't go out often, Starfire and Purgatory, as well as my Holy Spirit Legion, often find Divine Tree Elf embryos in the remnants of the Divine Tree. In theory, as long as there is a new Tree of Life, it can shelter the Divine Tree Elves, enabling them to reproduce,” Dark Wing explained.

“Oh, then there's no question, it must be the work of the Divine Tree Elves. Their affinity with plants has always been strong. Only they could cultivate plants in the airless Void,” Light of Creation said.

Dark Wing shook his head, “Not necessarily. Divine Tree Elves revere nature, but these plants are too orderly, aligned in rows and columns, each segment as if mirrored. They don't look like the creations of Elves. If they weren't so fresh, I'd even suspect this is an Illusion Territory.”

“How could that be? You're too modest, my Lord. Your eyes pierce through all mist. There's no Illusion Territory you can't see through,” Light of Creation flattered.

Dark Wing shook his head again, “Not necessarily. My current body cannot hold too much power. There are still Illusion Territories that can elude my sight.”

Light of Creation laughed awkwardly, not knowing how to respond, thinking frantically: My Lord, can't you tell I'm flattering you? How should I follow up!!!

As Dark Wing and Light of Creation conversed, they landed on a patch of green, and upon closer inspection, Dark Wing was startled, “What is this?”

Dark Wing didn't know how to describe the crops he saw. Normally, all plant growth is meticulously designed: large leaves to absorb sunlight, height to compete for sunlight, thickness to resist falling and withstand wind, and vibrant colors to attract insects for pollination.

But the plants before them seemed specifically grown for tender leaves, with very little lignin in the leaves, high water content, short stems, and large leaves. He wondered why they had grown in such a manner.

“They wouldn't last ten days like this, right?” Dark Wing muttered.

“My Lord, I've heard that some wisdom creatures in the Void purposely cultivate plants for consumption, called vegetables, designed to grow parts that can be eaten. Could these be vegetables?” Light of Creation speculated.

“Grown specially for eating? Eating needs special cultivation? Can't you eat anything regardless of how it grows?” Dark Wing said, puzzled.

Light of Creation couldn't help but laugh and cry, “My Lord, you jest. Not everyone has the strong teeth you do. Some creatures can't even chew cooked meat, they wail at biting something hard, and cry when their teeth get inflamed. Who could swallow Planes whole like you?”

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“Is that so? You're specifically growing these fragile plants to eat? Vegetables?” Dark Wing asked.

“I guess so. With so many here, if they weren't grown to be eaten, I can't think of any other reason to cultivate so many fragile plants,” Light of Creation said.

At that moment, the vegetables ripened, flowers bloomed, and some pollen splashed into the Void.

“It looks like those particles in the Void come from here,” Light of Creation realized with sudden understanding.

They then flipped over another green carpet, where improved Swamp Rice was planted, short and stout with large panicles and numerous pods. Growing on the ground, they looked like dog's tail grass, and when ripe, they exploded open, filled with shell-less Swamp Rice grains.

These were also the Void Crops that Ange had improved in the cultivation sphere. Because there was no gravity in the Void, the plants didn't need much lignin in their stems.

A very small supporting structure was enough to hold them upright, and there was no need to brace against winds or lodging, so the majority of nutrients could be used for fruiting or growing edible parts.

As a result, Ange's improved Void Crops had an extremely high yield. Using the old method of measuring yield per acre had become nonscientific. The more scientific measure was the input-output ratio.

For example, Ange would invest thirty tons of water, fertilizer, and seeds, and could harvest one ton of the edible parts of the crops, making the input-output ratio one to thirty.

This was actually an extremely abnormal yield rate, since the heaviest component was water. If thirty tons of water could produce one ton of vegetables, the conversion ratio was quite high.

Looking at these weak and fragile plants, Dark Wing was dumbstruck for a while and couldn't help but ask, “This… this couldn't also be something grown to eat, could it?”

“It… it probably is,” Light of Creation said uncertainly. As native creatures of the Void, it was hard for them to understand the effort and energy intelligent beings put into their food.

Born consuming Chaos Mist to grow without ever worrying about food, it was hard for them to comprehend that such large-scale artificial growth was all for cultivating food.

After thinking it over, Dark Wing suddenly extended his hand forward with a wave, and all the pods of Swamp Rice exploded open, spraying the white grains into the Void.

Then, Dark Wing opened his Big Mouth and inhaled with force.

His mouth was like a vast Abyss, sucking all the scattered Swamp Rice into it, as if it were a bottomless pit. Tens of thousands of tons of Swamp Rice were sucked into his mouth.

Chomping away, Dark Wing said, “Is this how you eat it? It doesn't feel right to me. I've adjusted my mouth sensitivity to its highest, which should simulate the taste sensation of creatures from a Plane. Why does it feel a bit prickly?”

“Maybe it needs to be processed?” Light of Creation said hesitantly. “I've heard that Plane beings need to cook their food before eating. Maybe it would be better after being cooked.”

“Do I need to cook it?” Dark Wing looked towards the Swamp Rice in the distance, his eyes flashed with a red glow, and a large swath of Swamp Rice instantly caught fire.

In that instant, the entire Void was illuminated brightly, countless beams of light shone, scattering over and over again, lighting up the whole Void as bright as daytime in a Plane.

An angry voice boomed through, “Burning my fields!”

Chapter end

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