Chapter 69: Unexpected Gains!

Xu Zhengyang's Vertical Farm has the building effect of "Flourishing," which can increase plant growth speed by 25%.

These days, under the careful care of Da Bai.

The vegetables and fruits produced by Xu Zhengyang's Vertical Farm have long exceeded demand.

Xu Zhengyang cannot sell the fruits and vegetables at a stall; rather than letting the surplus go to waste as compost.

It would be better to use them as feed to raise some animals, enhancing the variety on Xu Zhengyang's dining table.

So, after wandering around the farmers' market for half a day.

Xu Zhengyang finally bought one male and one female cow, one male and one female sheep, and three males and seven females of rabbits.

A cup of 500 grams of milk contains about 15 grams of protein, and a healthy cow can produce about 20 to 40 pounds of milk a day.

Just one cow can provide enough protein daily to meet Xu Zhengyang's task requirements! With the chickens and carp that Xu Zhengyang's Vertical Farm already had, plus these three new additions, he has already completed his task goals!

However, the food consumption of cows and sheep is quite large.

Given the current food production of Xu Zhengyang's Vertical Farm, raising these large livestock is still a bit tight.

Therefore, to ensure their food needs.

Xu Zhengyang bought some purple alfalfa, a type of forage with a growth cycle of only twenty-five days, at the farmers' market.

As long as Xu Zhengyang allocates more planting areas in the Vertical Farm, this forage can completely fill the food gap for these livestock.

After purchasing these, Xu Zhengyang also bought some high-quality peanut seeds at the farmers' market.

Finally.

After buying everything and discussing the delivery time with all the vendors, Xu Zhengyang drove back to his shelter.

*Shelter.

As soon as Xu Zhengyang returned to his bedroom, preparing to lie on the beach chair to rest, Da Bai's main body rushed to his side, saying, "Master, master, look at this!"

After speaking.

Da Bai's right hand transformed into a lens, projecting a holographic image in front of Xu Zhengyang.

The holographic projection displayed many electronic flyers resembling brochures.

Xu Zhengyang glanced through them and found that the content of those electronic flyers was more hardcore and exaggerated than the last! "The Destructive Effects of Nuclear Weapons," "The Lethality and Defensibility of Nuclear Weapons," "Methods of Protection Against Nuclear Weapons"; "Classification of Biological Warfare Agents by Personnel Harm," "Characteristics of Biological Warfare Agent Damage," "Methods of Protection Against Biological Weapons"; "Methods of Hemostasis," "Application of Tourniquets," "Precautions for Upper Tourniquets," "Dressing for Head and Face," "Dressing for Chest and Back," "Dressing for Waist and Abdomen," "Fixation of Fractures in Various Body Parts"; …

While Xu Zhengyang was browsing through the content of these flyers.

Da Bai explained to Xu Zhengyang, "According to the printed information on the hard drive.

Each version of these flyers can print 36 copies, all using plastic-sealed printing technology, and at least 300,000 versions have been printed.

The last version was printed yesterday!"

After browsing through the information Da Bai sent him, Xu Zhengyang pondered, "No wonder such a small printing factory has a fully armed military team stationed there..."

At that moment.

Da Bai displayed a map on the holographic projection, excitedly saying to Xu Zhengyang, "But the most useful information on that hard drive is this!"

Xu Zhengyang took a look.

The holographic projection surprisingly showed a national military map that had just been proofread last month! *Since the internet became widespread, various map apps have sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

Generally speaking.

Ordinary maps have certain limitations, but they are sufficient for public use.

Military maps, however, are different.

The level of detail on military maps is simply astonishing! On a military map.

If a village is marked with a water well, it usually indicates whether the water is drinkable, and the output during drought and rain;

If a village has a small bridge, it will certainly indicate the narrowest width of the bridge and its maximum load;

…

[Military Map of the Liaoshen Campaign, 1:50,000 (Partial)]

Previously, Xu Zhengyang was searching online for power stations near Baicheng, but with this national military map.

He discovered that Baicheng not only has the visible power stations.

But also three hidden power stations that cannot be found on ordinary maps, one of which is even a nuclear power station!

Looking at the location of the nuclear power station situated 35.2 kilometers eastward from the Qingchuan Mountain range in the northwest of Baicheng, Xu Zhengyang felt a thrill.

Gazing at the markings on the map, Xu Zhengyang couldn't help but say, "A nuclear power station...

I really want to get my hands on this treasure!"

After speaking.

Xu Zhengyang told Da Bai, "Make several backups of this map, and be sure not to lose it!"

"Don't worry, master!"

Da Bai assured him, "I have already printed three copies of these maps and made paper backups!"

"Good."

Xu Zhengyang nodded in satisfaction.

Then he asked Da Bai to prepare some cold drinks for him, enjoying the salty sea breeze in his beach-themed bedroom.

*The next day.

After the expansion of Xu Zhengyang's Vertical Farm was completed, the oil extraction equipment he ordered online yesterday.

Along with the cows, rabbits, and sheep he ordered from the farmers' market, as well as the purple alfalfa and peanut seeds, were delivered as scheduled.

Inspection, payment, sending off, and transportation.

After completing the entire process, once Xu Zhengyang herded the three types of animals into the reserved space in his Vertical Farm.

And had Da Bai plant all the newly purchased seeds, system subtitles finally appeared before Xu Zhengyang's eyes: [Main Task: Quality Protein (Completed)]

[Reward: YA-1 Agricultural Robot]

...

With the appearance of the system prompt, a 2.5-meter tall agricultural robot with eight robotic arms, resembling an octopus, appeared before him.

Seeing the newly appeared robot, Xu Zhengyang performed a Detection:

[YA-1 Agricultural Robot]

[Attributes]

(Strength: 5 / Agility: 5 / Intelligence: 1 / Spirit: 0 / Stamina: 5)

[Skills]

(Transformation: The robotic arms of the agricultural robot can combine and transform into the most suitable working form) (Gardening: The agricultural robot can perfectly care for the growth of most plants)

(Livestock: The agricultural robot can raise most animals according to their habits)

[Evaluation: A versatile farmhand!]

"Not bad."

After reviewing the agricultural robot's attribute panel, Xu Zhengyang nodded in satisfaction.

With this new agricultural robot, under Da Bai's coordination, his Vertical Farm is getting closer to perfection!

(End of Chapter)