In the Dimensional Space, a hand bone fluttered to and fro, turning over the gravel to ensure it fully mixed with velvet.
Gravel is prone to crusting, has poor water permeability, and lacks cohesion, making it highly unsuitable for planting, but these are minor issues, easily rectified.
Ange had at least a hundred methods for soil improvement, and from those, he chose the most convenient ones: first planting a batch of velvet, then a batch of tender hemp, and finally, a batch of Axe Potatoes, and he introduced a pair of fat field bugs to the mix.
One could tell just from the name "fat field bugs" that they were meant for fertilizing the land; these insects, specifically cultivated by Insect God Hermel, would consume any kind of organic waste—just like Hermel himself—they'd eat and then excrete.
What they excreted wasn't feces, but, much like the black mist released by Hermel, the substance they left behind could alter the soil's properties once it dried.