Popcorn Recipe

"So, Deputy Commander Lei, you mean you have a new way to replace plants in eliminating the mutated beasts for us, right?" Lin An asked.

Lei He's expression froze.

"I can't do anything about it, but we can work together instead of creating a bigger threat in order to solve a small one."

Lin An: "Since Deputy Commander Lei is unable to eliminate the mutated beasts in Huangshi Mountain, why can't we admit that we need to rely on external forces to achieve our goal?"

Lin An sneered, "I heard that the new recruits with superpowers who were recently sent to your command, Deputy Commander Lei, have all been sidelined by you."

"Commander Lei, is it that you cannot accept the threat to human lives, or that you cannot accept the possibility that your position as deputy commander might be threatened?"

Leihe is an advanced evolved human, which is why he can hold the position of deputy commander. On the surface, he opposes using the power of plants to assist humans, but in reality, he opposes the fact that a single superhuman can easily do what an entire legion cannot, and all it takes to do this is to cultivate a single plant seed.

"Lin An! What nonsense are you spouting?" Lei He frowned. "I'm thinking about the future of all humanity!"

"Since Deputy Commander Lei is so concerned about humanity, then please lead your troops to reclaim the oil fields that have been seized by the mutated beasts as soon as possible."

Lei He: "..."

"Alright, stop arguing." Song Changqin said, looking at Lei He. "Deputy Commander Lei, there's no need to be so agitated. At least there haven't been any cases of plants injuring people yet. We'll go to Huangshi Mountain together later. If it's confirmed to be safe inside the mountain, then let the mining team go in to work."

The need for mineral resources is urgent; they have no time to worry about unforeseen events.

……

After observing for a while, Jiang Li realized that the [Golden Rest Chair] was probably used for fishing.

Sitting in this chair while fishing is perfect in terms of both comfort and angle.

Chen Ye and Qiao Wu were busy planting peanuts and rapeseed in the field. Jiang Li didn't have much else to do, so she simply sat down to fish and see if she could catch a few more blueprints to expand the fishpond.

Jiang Li noticed that the gold coin shop sold ducks, so she bought a few little yellow ducks and put them in the water. She figured she could kill and eat them in a few days.

Little Yellow Duck: "..."

Xie Luan strolled around the farm and came to the pond. She saw Jiang Li sitting there fishing, so she pulled up a chair and sat down as well.

"Your little fishpond is quite unique. When did you dig it?"

Jiang Li: "Yesterday."

Xie Luan glanced at it and saw that there were quite a few fish swimming around, and several fluffy little yellow ducks floating on the surface of the water.

Jiang Li handed her a simple fishing rod. "Why don't you try fishing too?"

Xie Luan couldn't have asked for it more; it seemed quite fun.

Jiang Li actually wanted to see if tourists could trigger any special mechanisms when fishing in the fishpond, and perhaps catch something that the farmer himself couldn't catch.

Sure enough, Xie Luan cast his line and pulled up a crumpled, glowing blueprint.

"What is this?"

Xie Luan took the blueprint off the hook with a strange expression to examine it.

Why is there trash in your fishpond?

Jiang Li: "This isn't garbage, it's the recipe for the ingredients."

Upon opening it, I saw it was a [popcorn recipe].

One pound of corn on the cob can be exchanged for three boxes of popcorn.

Jiang Li tried using a popcorn recipe.

[The recipe is currently unavailable; you will need 1 popcorn stand.]

Popcorn stand?

Jiang Li looked around the building mall and sure enough, she saw a unique popcorn stand. There was a large wok on the stand, and in the animated picture, the wok was constantly churning and stirring, as if someone was really operating it.

[Popcorn Stand: We can pop popcorn now! It's automatic and requires a popcorn recipe!]

Jiang Li: "..."

She thought that at least the bakery was very discreet, but this one didn't even bother to act out the process; it was all automated, which was pretty impressive.

Jiang Li plans to build the popcorn stand again tonight, but will keep the blueprints for now.

So Jiang Li put the shiny blueprints aside.

Xie Luan: "?"

She looked at the pile of paper, and although she had some questions she wanted to ask, she held back and just quietly fished.

Later, Xie Luan didn't catch anything else, only occasionally catching a fish, which he would then release back into the water.

Jiang Li guessed that a tourist could only catch one blueprint recipe per day, and the blueprints caught by tourists would be rarer than those caught by the farm owner himself.

"It feels like a vacation today." Xie Luan looked at the ducks in the pond. Jiang Li had also planted a few mutated willow trees on the bank of the pond, where people could fish and relax in the shade. "It's really relaxing."

Those of them who do research actually face a lot of work pressure, and there's something Xie Luan doesn't know how to say: the latest weather forecast indicates that there will be a heavy rainfall in seventeen days, and no one knows what kind of impact this heavy rainfall will have on the farmland. She's worried that a new round of famine is coming.

Farming is a tough and stressful job, but with Jiang Li, it feels like there's nothing to worry about. Her farm may not be big, but it has everything, giving it a Shangri-La-like feel.

"Have you already sensed something?" Jiang Li glanced at her and could tell that Xie Luan had something on her mind.

Xie Luan chuckled, "What could possibly be wrong with me?"

This kind of information must absolutely not be leaked, otherwise it will definitely cause panic.

Jiang Li: "You don't need to hide it from me. I know more than you do. I can tell you what impact this heavy rainfall will have, and I also have to tell you some things. There are some things that require our joint efforts to accomplish."

Xie Luan's expression stiffened upon hearing this. She looked at Jiang Li with suspicion, "How did you know—"

Before she could finish speaking, Jiang Li interrupted her, conjuring a fluffy yellow duck from her hand and placing it in the water.

Xie Luan: "?"

"Wait, what did you just do?"

Jiang Li: "Aren't you curious about where the things on my farm come from? That's how they came to be, and that's also how the 100% anti-mutation seeds came to be. So the plants on my farm don't mutate, not simply because I'm a wood-type ability user, but because the seeds I use are different from yours."

Jiang Li told Xie Luan about her gold coin shop and how she could buy things with gold coins.

"Moreover, I can obtain not only seeds, but also research plans for new seeds."

Just yesterday, after growing her first evolved plant, her farm reached level three.

It was at this point that she discovered that upgrading the farm to level seven was a rather large undertaking.

Jiang Li opened the panel.

[Host: Jiang Li]

Farm Level: 3

Note: To upgrade a farm to level 4, you need 4 planting robots, 1 staff dormitory building, at least 20 employees, a fishpond area of ​​at least 100 square meters, a planting area of ​​at least 100 mu, and all facilities on the farm must be at least level 3.

The planting robot is a mechanical product from the new world, and it is priced at 999 million points per unit in the store.

This is proof that the farm is moving from modernization to automation, so it is essential.

Although she doesn't have much trouble making money now, it would be quite difficult for her to come up with four 999 million points all at once.

Furthermore, the planting area of ​​a level four farm is not on the same level as that of a level three farm. His farm is currently only 50 mu, and expanding the farm area is not as simple as spending 20,000 points to buy a new plot of land. To obtain the management rights of the land, he must pay an expansion fee of 100 gold coins per mu. In other words, just to expand another 50 mu, he would need 5000 gold coins. This means that he must use his gold coins sparingly and cannot exchange them for points. Under these circumstances, 40 million points is undoubtedly an astronomical figure for him.

This is only the difficulty of upgrading from level three to level four. Jiang Li does not want to underestimate the difficulty of subsequent upgrades. She cannot cultivate so many fields by herself. If she cannot obtain the research data on seeds on time because her farm cannot be upgraded to level 7 in time, it will be a devastating mistake for both her and the world.

Qiu suggested that she cooperate with the authorities, since this was a matter concerning the safety of the entire world, not just her personal matter. With the help of the authorities, she could complete the mission more efficiently.

The amount of information was too much for Xie Luan to process for a moment.

But she only heard one key word: the research plan for the seeds.

"Is it really possible to obtain a research plan for 100% resistant to mutation seeds from you?"

Jiang Li nodded. "Your technology is at least a hundred years behind. Who knows when you will be able to develop a seed that is 100% resistant to mutation? Now that you can obtain research data from the future, I think you can stop being so focused on your research. Besides, time doesn't allow you to keep doing research in isolation."

"So what should we do?"

Jiang Li: "Help me upgrade."

"Upgrade my farm to level seven before the heavy rains arrive and before the food runs out."

Xie Luan: "So, what exactly are the effects of heavy rainfall?"

"Heavy rainfall will bring intractable pollution. A large amount of alien elements will mutate all the crops in the entire planting field. The seeds you have developed will also be unable to resist the effects of this concentration of alien elements. In the end, your planting fields will no longer be able to grow edible food."

Xie Luan remained silent upon hearing this.

After a long pause, she spoke, "I will go back and report this to the base commander."

Jiang Li was surprised that she accepted it so quickly. "You believed it so easily?"

She thought it would take some time to persuade Xie Luan.

Xie Luan glanced at her indifferently, "You just used the fishpond blueprints to expand the fishpond right in front of me, I simply couldn't ignore it."

Jiang Li: "..."

"I'd like to visit your bakery," Xie Luan suggested.

Jiang Li led her into the bread workshop.

"How many recipes does your bakery have now?"

Jiang Li: "Six types."

Plain bread, French baguette, cornbread, milk toast, red velvet cake, tiramisu.

Xie Luan looked at the rows of bread products on the shelves. "So, you obtained all of these by exchanging raw materials, right?"

Jiang Li nodded, "This exchange can turn one crop into several times the output. For example, I can only make less than two loaves of bread with one pound of wheat, but I can get four by exchanging. Moreover, the number of loaves can be increased after the workshop is upgraded."

Xie Luan nodded thoughtfully upon hearing this, "Doesn't that mean that planting on your farm can maximize output?"

"That's right, that's why I suggested you help me upgrade my farm. If my farm could be the same size as my planting fields, I think there would be no one in this world who would lack food or go hungry."

Upon hearing this, Xie Luan took a breath. "This is very important. If this can really be achieved, I estimate that the base's higher-ups will not support you."

She had originally planned to stay here for a few days, but since things have turned out this way, she has to go back to the safe zone tomorrow to report this matter.

"Can we buy seeds from you using points?" Xie Luan asked.

Jiang Li shook her head. "No."

"You can only buy seeds with gold coins, but the problem is that gold coins can be exchanged for points, but points cannot be exchanged for gold coins."

"I can't use gold coins to buy a lot of seeds for you to plant, because upgrading the farm requires gold coins everywhere."

As Jiang Li left the bakery, she saw Xiao Shu and her group of children gathered around the pond, watching the fish inside.

[Visitor: Little Tree]

[Visitor: Xiaoqi]

[Visitor: Xiao Mu]

【…】

Looking at this group of tourists, Jiang Li felt as if she were seeing a walking blueprint for a recipe.

"You've come at the right time. Do you like fishing? Come and try it out," Jiang Li said as she walked over.

Little Tree: "?"

Looking at the expression on Jiang Li's face, he wondered why, for some reason, she looked a bit like the Big Bad Wolf trying to trick Little Red Riding Hood into opening the door.

Xiao Mu was quite interested, even a little excited. "Sister, can we go fishing?"

"Of course, you can take turns fishing, and each of you can catch one fish, which we can give to you for free to take home and make soup."

Upon hearing this, Xiaoshu suddenly felt that Jiang Li didn't seem like a wolf in sheep's clothing anymore. What kind of wolf in sheep's clothing would give them fish for free?

"I want to go fishing!"

"I want to go fishing too!"

"..."

One by one, they raised their little hands, extremely excited.

Jiang Li gave them two fishing rods and told them to take turns fishing.

A group of children were fishing in the pond, their bottoms sticking out.

"Shh, don't talk, you'll scare the fish away."

"..."

Looking at the scene, Xie Luan belatedly realized that she seemed to have been tricked into doing something.

"So, you asked me to fish for you just now so you could fish for the recipe blueprint, right?"

Jiang Li smiled, but remained silent, feeling guilty.

"Sister, I caught one!" Soon, one of the children excitedly lifted the fishing rod, thinking it was a fish, but it turned out to be a pile of garbage.

"Why did you catch a pile of garbage?"

Jiang Li went over, opened the drawing, and saw that it was a recipe for fried chicken legs.

?

Fried chicken legs...

[Fried chicken leg: Must be taken with a fried chicken stand.]

"Sister, what are you looking at?" The child stood on tiptoe, trying to see the words on the paper, but couldn't see anything.

Jiang Li put the blueprints into her spatial ring and laughed, "You guys are in luck. You'll get fried chicken legs tomorrow."