Chapter 193: New Variety, Psychic Energy Crystal Tomatoes
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“Sure enough, the system can decipher the encryption method of this map!”
Seeing the option to decipher the encryption method for 200 points, Su Mo did not hesitate and directly chose to decipher the encryption method!
He did now know how Maeda obtained this map but, according to the previous examinations of the map, Maeda himself might not have known what secrets this map hid.
Of course, the complicated patterns in the map looked like a mysterious treasure map from a movie or TV series, which was why Kento Maeda cherished it.
According to the previous brief introduction on the map, although Su Mo did not know what kind of disaster this precious satellite base had encountered, it was worth the price with an escape capsule that might be intact!
It was a satellite!
If this big guy was still active, it meant that the mystery of the wasteland would be unveiled. Similarly, he could also detect and transmit information from thousands of miles away without ever leaving his shelter!
Sensing Su Mo’s will, the system swiftly deducted the 200 survival points and started to quickly decipher the encrypted information.
He did not know what kind of encryption technology was used on such an ordinary paper map but, after waiting for four to five minutes, the paper shook and the smudged black ink fell away, revealing the handwriting that was covered underneath…
These handwritings were a bit smaller than the tiny words from before. When he looked very closely at the words, Su Mo could barely distinguish the character strokes.
“Fortunately, the person who recorded this map thought that the encryption would suffice and did not set up any contingency security methods.”
After distinguis.h.i.+ng that the words were still in Chinese, Su Mo gave a long and relaxed exhalation of breath.
Walking over to the workbench on the third floor, Su Mo turned on the light above. Under the light, Su Mo began to examine the newly-revealed words carefully.
“The Eye of Supervision… the project has reached the third phase. The first and second phases were successfully launched…the flight status and propulsion efficiency were good…”
“The first phase rocket successfully reached the stratosphere and pa.s.sed through the middle layer. When it approached the edge of the atmosphere, it encountered some kind of “resistance”. The game panel notification prompt appeared, and to enter the next domain…”
“G.o.d’s signature????”
“Is required???”
“When the second phase rocket was launched, it entered the stratosphere, and without the approval and signature required, it was not allowed to proceed further and exploded immediately.”
“Remember and take note, before acc.u.mulating “G.o.d’s mark”, do not impulsively light the spark of the third phase…”
Except for a few incomprehensible letters, Su Mo read out all the Chinese characters that he could understand and finally pieced together an ambiguous message.
“G.o.d’s signature, next domain, spark of the third phase?”
“What do these mean?”
Su Mo went to find a notebook. On it, Su Mo slowly wrote out the three keywords, carefully thinking about the deep meaning that they conveyed.
If the person who drew this map was right, a total of three rockets were manufactured and launched in three phases.
The first one exploded on the edge of breaking through the atmosphere, and the second one exploded directly in the stratosphere. These two times, each was shorter than the last, but the discovery was the same.
The signature of G.o.d was needed!
“Could it be that the sky or outer s.p.a.ce is the so-called land of the G.o.ds, and human beings can’t enter unless they receive permission?”
Sarcastically laughing, Su Mo thought of the fate of the Heavenly Dog pseudo G.o.d. There was no trace of awe in Su Mo’s heart for the so-called G.o.ds.
Including his Oreo, they were all G.o.ds now!
“If I can get to this base, maybe I can rely on the system to learn about more things that they haven’t detected. After the upgrade conditions are met, the rocket satellite may still be successfully launched!”
However, the satellite base was still almost ten thousand kilometers away, so Su Mo could only bite the end of his pen, and jot down the distance and direction, before storing the paper away in an enclosed s.p.a.ce in the workbench.
On the way to pick up his sister, he would only need to take a slight detour to reach this satellite base.
Killing two birds with one stone; Su Mo would naturally not let go of a place where such a big secret might be hidden.
“There’s no hurry. I need a suitable opportunity. At least I will need to wait till I have 30,000 to 50,000 survival points before it is possible to even consider repairing such facilities!”
Su Mo threw the doubts about the satellite base to the back of his mind. His head was finally no longer dizzy and, taking brisk steps, Su Mo walked to the second floor.
In the daylight of the crop culture room, Oreo, Big Spark, and Little Spark were playing happily around the culture medium.
Sensing Su Mo’s arrival, the three of them ran over affectionately, especially Oreo, who was pulling on Su Mo’s trousers, her head expressing her interest toward the culture medium.
“My goodness, so diligent. Having some ideas regarding my tomatoes?”
The tomatoes that hung on the vines had begun to take shape. Amidst the mostly green fruits, there were occasionally one or two red fruits.
Looking at the little ones’ gazes, after thinking about it, Su Mo was also a little hungry, so he grabbed the three of the ripest tomatoes and picked them off the vine with one hand.
As soon as these natural, pollution-free tomatoes left the vine, they immediately emitted a fresh fragrance.
Along with the fragrance, there were also game notification prompts that suddenly popped out in front of Su Mo’s eyes.
[Record]: It is detected that the player “Su Mo” has cultivated a new variety of Solanaceae, and the player’s level of gardening has been automatically promoted to the elementary level. Please keep up the good work.
[Record]: It is detected that the player “Su Mo” has cultivated a good-quality tomato, and the player’s gardening level has been automatically promoted to the elementary (advanced) level. Please keep up the good work.
[Record]: Would you like to upload the attributes of the new Solanaceae variety? Upload the attributes for free testing and the “New World” reward.
Three game prompts came subsequently, one after another.
Looking at the still unripe tomatoes, and after looking at the prompts on the game panel, Su Mo suddenly felt that the saying “one can search high and low only to find it when one least expects to”.
“Hahaha, is it possible that this tomato can be improved with just the irrigation of psychic energy water?”
Su Mo mentally tapped on the “confirm” b.u.t.ton. Before the new tomato attributes were scanned by the game, the “New World” rewards were issued first.
[Highly Nutritious Huaxia No. 1 Large Tomato Seeds (Good)]
[Description: A tomato variety with a relatively long growth cycle, cultivated by ???. Tastes very good and has a high level of water retention. It provides most of the required high-level nutrients and is a very precious resource of the doomsday wasteland.]
[Reserves: 5000 tomatoes]
“Developing new tomatoes and being rewarded with old tomatoes. Is the game trying to trick children, huh?”
Looking at the attribute panel, Su Mo was verbally complaining about it, but he was full of joy in his heart.
After calculations, 3000 tomatoes could be planted per mu of land, so these 5000 tomatoes could fill almost two mu of land!
As for the final harvest numbers, those would be even more terrifying. He would not be surprised if he reaped, 15 thousand catties of tomatoes from the harvest.
“No, this time I have to plant a large number of tomatoes in the black soil. I have to figure out a way to preserve them too. This kind of nutritious tomato is simply invaluable.”
After calculating the appropriate numbers and profit, Su Mo decisively chose to abandon part of the area that had been allocated to plant spring wheat and switch it to tomato seedlings instead.
At the same time, the game panel’s scan of the new seedlings also popped out. Just by looking at it, Su Mo felt he had encountered a stroke of luck.
[Psychic Energy Crystal Tomato (Good~Excellent)]
[Description: A new variety cultivated by the elementary-level (advanced) gardener “Su Mo”. The current tomatoes have not entered their period of maturity, so their grade has been reduced from excellent to good, but their powerful effects have still been more than 80% preserved! Psychic energy tomatoes are rich in more than 95% of the nutrients needed by humans. Once eaten, it will produce incredible effects. However, it is difficult to cultivate and requires continuous irrigation with “psychic energy water” and “crystal fertilizer” for seedling cultivation, so the planting value is not high.]
[Special ability]:
[Tonic: Psychic energy crystal tomatoes are rich in nutrients needed by the human body, which can relieve physical and mental fatigue.]
[Water water water: The juice condensed inside the tomato contains a small amount of psychic energy. A single tomato a day can meet 30% of the human body’s daily hydration requirements.]
[Light and agile: Insufficient level. Locked]
“Ss, the tomatoes I cultivated myself are far more terrifying than the highly nutritious tomatoes awarded by the game!”
There was a huge difference between the two. Even though the latter had been carefully cultivated and bred, in terms of rank, they were also suppressed by the special abilities of his psychic energy crystal tomatoes.
“It’s a pity though that, according to the requirements and attributes of such tomato seedlings, I am probably the only one who can cultivate them, and the scale of cultivation will always be limited by my psychic energy water production!”
Su Mo shook his head and looked at the psychic energy water that had been stored in two tanks. Su Mo still felt that the psychic energy water was in limited supply.
Lowering his head, he put a tomato in front of Big Spark and Little Spark and gave one to Oreo for her to enjoy by herself. Seeing the three salivating gazes, Su Mo smiled, brought the tomato close to his mouth, and slowly took a small bite.
In an instant, the juice gushed frantically from the broken skin, hitting and moisturizing his slightly dry mouth.
Sweet!
Fragrant!
Refres.h.i.+ng!
With a bit of a sour aftertaste!
These were the complex tastes that exploded in his mouth upon consumption.
It was sweet, but not cloyingly so. After carefully tasting it, the deliciousness could make people bite their tongues.
Before the fragrance continued to erupt, the entrance of the sour taste whetted his appet.i.te spread and made him eager to take a second bite and continue to taste this hard-earned delicacy!
It was over all too quickly; before Su Mo had time to reminisce about the deliciousness of the psychic energy crystal tomatoes, the tomatoes in his hand had all disappeared completely.
“It’s so fragrant. If such tomatoes were on Earth, I am afraid that there would be droves of people lining up to buy them. This is no longer a delicacy in the conventional sense!”
On the ground, Oreo was still licking the remaining juice, and Big Spark and Little Spark were squinting their eyes happily, enjoying the last little bits of flavor.
The psychic energy crystal tomato had surpa.s.sed biological barriers. From humans to animals, everyone was impressed by its amazing flavor.
“Oh right, if these tomatoes have such magical effects, I can also check on the attributes of my Chinese cabbage and garlic!”
With antic.i.p.ation, Su Mo reached out and touched the Chinese cabbage and garlic sprouts, and the game notification prompts continued to sound sweetly!