Ding Yun, having decided on her next escape route, cautiously scanned her surroundings, minimizing her presence along the way.
She made sure to hide promptly when necessary.
She feared encountering refugees or famine victims.
When the environment is extremely harsh, and even a sip of water or a grain of food becomes a rare commodity, the people encountered are unlikely to be a source of hope.
Instead, they might be a nightmare.
Moreover, Ding Yun didn't have to worry about starving or dying of thirst at the moment. The only threat to her came from strangers.
If she didn't avoid them.
Should she play the saint and offer them alms?
Ding Yun wasn't that foolish.
She continued south for an entire afternoon until the sky was completely dark. Only then did Ding Yun stop her steps, find a relatively hidden corner nearby, and enter the farm along with her body.
She didn't rush to explore the farm's conditions.
Or to rest immediately.
Instead, she took another large white radish from the warehouse, ate it, and rested for a while.
Only then did she begin to continue exploring the farm's conditions.
At this moment, the small plot of land in the farm was still planted with white radishes, and the number above was stuck at three hundred. Ding Yun stood by and watched for a long time. After waiting for more than five seconds, the number did not increase.
"It seems this white radish isn't infinitely growing without limits. Three hundred is the limit," she mused.
After muttering, Ding Yun reached out and touched the radish again. Then, a large amount of radishes flew out from that patch of land into the warehouse.
The number above the white radish reset to zero.
It began to count down for re-growth.
"Uh, one every five seconds. Three hundred is twenty-five minutes. According to this, the growth cycle of this white radish is actually twenty-five minutes. Both the yield and speed are quite fast, and most importantly, the seeds are free.
I just don't know how to unlock other seeds. It seems I still need to keep exploring the farm."
After a moment of thought, Ding Yun had a general understanding of the white radish cultivation. Then, of course, she quickly opened the farm operation interface again.
She examined every button and detail.
After a thorough exploration.
Only then did she understand the basic information about the farm.
This farm doesn't require purchasing seeds. Once any seed is unlocked, it can be clicked to plant. After planting, it grows very quickly but has a limit on yield. Once the yield limit is reached, plant growth will stagnate.
It must be touched manually.
Equivalent to continuing to grow after harvesting. m..oΓg
Seed unlocking requires experience. One experience point is gained for every crop produced.
Ding Yun's farm is currently level zero and can only plant white radishes. The experience required to upgrade from level zero to level one is a full hundred thousand. White radishes can produce a maximum of seven thousand two hundred in twenty-five minutes. After harvesting, seven thousand two hundred experience points can be obtained. With this, Ding Yun will need at least fourteen harvests of white radishes to accumulate enough experience for an upgrade.
Excluding the one harvest just completed.
She would still need to harvest thirteen more times.
To be able to eat food other than white radishes sooner, Ding Yun immediately decided to stay up a bit late tonight and harvest as many batches of white radishes as possible so she could upgrade sooner.
Then, she stayed up and up.
After harvesting a total of seven more times, she couldn't stay awake any longer and, feeling drowsy, fell asleep.
She slept until the next day when her stomach rumbled.
She woke up in a start, quickly harvested another batch of white radishes, yawned, and took out another white radish from the warehouse to eat raw for breakfast. After eating, she left the farm.
She reappeared outside.
In the hidden corner she had found.
Then, of course, she began to peek around cautiously again, but this time, she could no longer see no one. This time, Ding Yun could clearly see a group of people walking slowly about two to three kilometers behind her.
They were all in tattered clothes, but they were all with their families. She could even see one or two elderly people lying on wooden carts to conserve energy, being pulled forward by their children.
Although these people were also disaster victims, they were much better off than a group of young adults. They were likely families fleeing together, or people from the same village fleeing together. Considering they were even bringing the elderly with them, their hearts wouldn't be too bad.
Even so, Ding Yun didn't intend to meet them or flee with them. She had originally planned to leave immediately, but after thinking about it, she couldn't resist her inner feelings. With a sigh, she took a thousand radishes from the farm's warehouse and filled the hidden corner where she had been staying.
Then she crouched down.
And secretly continued south.
Anyway, the crops grown in the farm didn't need to be sold to the farm for gold coins to buy seeds or anything, so they were just there. She couldn't eat that much alone. Throwing some out occasionally might save many lives.
Seeing this natural disaster and famine, if she did nothing when she had the ability, Ding Yun felt uneasy and guilty.
Now that she had thrown out some white radishes.
Her mood had slightly improved.
Her steps had become lighter.
However, this time, when she walked south, she didn't just walk blindly like yesterday. Every time she walked for a while, feeling like about twenty-five minutes had passed, she would quickly send a wisp of consciousness into the farm to check. Regardless of whether the numbers on the white radishes had reached three hundred, as long as her consciousness entered, she would click to harvest.
After nearly three hours.
A congratulatory message always flashed in the farm, announcing her upgrade to level one, and also announcing the random unlocking of Giant Pumpkin seeds.
In addition, there was also a radish upgrade notification.
White radishes had been upgraded to fruit radishes.
This meant that Ding Yun could now plant white radishes, fruit radishes, and pumpkins. However, she really didn't want to eat radishes anymore, so she quickly opened the seed warehouse and clicked on the newly unlocked Giant Pumpkin seeds. As Ding Yun's consciousness clicked on the pumpkin seed icon, the white radishes that had been growing on that patch of land immediately disappeared, and were replaced by six pumpkin seedlings. In just ten seconds, they took root, sprouted, and bore pumpkins.
Next, similar to the previous white radishes, the number above would increase at intervals. However, the interval was slightly longer than for white radishes. Ding Yun counted and concluded that pumpkins ripened a bit slower, with one more pumpkin appearing every ten seconds.
Moreover, the number of pumpkins that could be planted in that area was less than radishes, only allowing for six pumpkin vines.
It was now noon.
So Ding Yun spent another ten minutes or so finding a more secluded and hidden corner, and once again flashed into the farm. She first touched and harvested a pumpkin, and then took a pumpkin from the warehouse to prepare to eat.
To her surprise, in the next second, the pumpkin that looked small in the warehouse icon suddenly turned into a giant pumpkin weighing at least fifty pounds. With a bang, it smashed onto the ground, appearing in front of Ding Yun, startling her.