Chapter 284: Ancient Weapon – Primitive Cube (6000)

Cao Xing thought to himself, "Because four seeds were planted together, was the vitality of this Human-Faced Tree Heart shared among them?"

He quickly understood the reason behind it.

Thus, he took out a second Life Tree Heart from his backpack and gently smashed it.

"Clang!"

The pure vitality flowed into the soil once more.

The half-grown seedlings began to shoot up rapidly again.

Moreover, because they were magical plant seeds, under the forced ripening of the Life Tree Heart, they directly skipped the seedling stage and entered the flowering stage in the blink of an eye.

The green husks wrapped around the rice inside, and even before they were fully grown, one could feel how plump the grains were.

According to common sense, the next step would be for the rice to enter the ripening stage and gradually turn golden yellow.

Yet at this very moment, the Cold Dew Rice seemed to begin evolving in another direction.

Its husks gradually turned white.

At the same time, it emitted a slight mist.

In the blink of an eye, four plump stalks of white rice emitting a faint chill had finished growing.

From planting the seeds to complete growth,

it took less than a minute.

Even the Tree Spirit Race flower sisters squatted nearby, watching everything before them with looks of joy.

"The process of plant growth is truly wondrous…"

"Indeed it is!"

Through this recent growth, Cao Xing roughly deduced the growth cycle of the [Cold Dew Rice].

From planting the seeds to producing rice grains, it was roughly a growth cycle of over half a year.

Accelerated by the Pale Tree and the fertile farmland, it was shortened to a little over three months.

This speed was still quite fast.

"Not bad, not bad."

Cao Xing picked these four stalks of rice.

[Obtained: Cold Dew Rice Grain (Green) * 1432]

…

"Not bad. According to this proportion, after the four Cold Dew Rice seeds mature, each rice plant can produce an average of over three hundred rice grains."

"These rice grains contain some plantable seeds. Through selection and cultivation, they can become a new round of high-quality seeds."

"Once the first batch of Cold Dew Rice finishes growing, I can expand the farm and start batch planting."

Cao Xing nodded in satisfaction.

He glanced at the stats.

[Cold Dew Rice Grain (Green)]

[Effect: After consumption, it can restore more satiety. Long-term consumption can increase physique (up to a maximum increase of 20 points of physique).]

(Note: A type of rice with a sweet and refreshing taste, and also a high-grade material for brewing rice wine.)

…

Then, after tossing another one into his mouth, he indeed tasted a trace of lingering sweetness.

It was very faint, but just right.

"Not bad."

Cao Xing called Dahua over.

This woman came to their side and respectfully bowed, saying, "Lord, may you be well."

She also slightly bowed to the Tree Spirit Race sisters, and the two women returned the bow.

In Cao Xing's territory, Nive and Juliette's status was higher than that of the regular staff, as they were special talents after all.

They also knew how much the Lord valued these two Tree Spirit Race members.

Therefore, when the staff saw those combat personnel and technical talents, they would all bow to show respect.

However, because the scale of Cao Xing's territory was not very large and personnel management wasn't that cumbersome, he hadn't formulated any management systems yet.

But these things would definitely need to be done in the future.

After all, Cao Xing still wanted to develop his territory into a Giant City in the future.

Once there were more personnel, a complete management system, military system, and reward system would definitely be needed.

And this would also require many talents to improve these systems.

Pushing aside the thoughts in his mind, Cao Xing handed the two bags in his hand to her.

"Dahua, these two types of crops are quite important to our territory. Over the next two days, lead some people to plant them first."

The resident Dahua carefully took them, and then respectfully said, "As you command, Lord."

"I will take good care of them."

After instructing Dahua, Cao Xing brought Juliette and Nive back to the backyard area.

There were still three relatively important seeds in his backpack.

They were [Ice Thorn Convolvulus Seed (Blue)], [Golden Sunflower Seed (Gold)], and [Twilight Vine Seed (Gold)].

However, the other two could wait.

This time, Cao Xing was mainly prepared to cultivate a batch of Golden Sunflowers first.

Then, he took out the small wooden box from his backpack.

After opening it, a golden melon seed lay quietly inside.

Juliette looked at the item in Cao Xing's hand, a trace of surprise appearing in her eyes.

"This is a seed I have never seen before… I sense an ancient aura from it."

Cao Xing secretly nodded.

This seed was indeed very ancient.

He explained, "This seed is called Golden Sunflower. It can grow some special things and needs to be planted as a priority."

"Our territory should be able to cultivate this kind of seed, right?"

Juliette nodded slightly, "No problem, Lord."

"Very good, then I'll have to trouble you to plant it."

Hearing this, Juliette took the golden-yellow seed from Cao Xing's hand.

Then she bent down and began using an iron shovel to dig up the soil near the Pale Tree.

Standing in front of her, Cao Xing inevitably saw that large expanse of fair skin and her pert curves.

He had to admit that Juliette's figure was truly perfect.

From head to toe, every single angle could only be described as exquisite.

Cao Xing comparing her to an action figure girl was completely accurate.

"Rustle…"

Soon, the soil was dug open.

Cao Xing's gaze also withdrew from that large expanse of snowy white.

Then he concentrated on watching Juliette's actions.

She did not sow the seed immediately; instead, she first had Nive fetch a ladle of Cold Spirit Water to sprinkle and moisten the soil.

Then, she carefully took out the Golden Sunflower seed and covered the soil back up.

Juliette raised her head and said with a serene smile, "Lord, it has been planted."

Cao Xing nodded while starting to calculate in his heart.

"According to the system's introduction, the growth time for a Golden Sunflower seed is 6 years, plus 2 years to bear fruit, making a total of 8 years."

"After the acceleration of the Pale Tree, it's about five years."

"And each plant can only consume acceleration items of the same grade three times."

"Three green Life Tree Hearts can conservatively be estimated to accelerate it by at least 2 years."

"In other words, I need 3 green ones, plus one or two blue-quality Life Tree Hearts, to directly force-ripen a Golden Sunflower!"

Cao Xing secretly glanced at his backpack.

[Ice Crystal Human-Faced Tree Heart (Green)] * 478

[Human-Faced Tree Guard Heart (Blue)] * 54

[Human-Faced Tree Elder Heart (Purple)] * 8

…

"Good grief, with so many tree hearts, I can force-ripen at least over forty Golden Sunflowers."

"In other words, I can obtain at least hundreds of gold ancient coins?"

Cao Xing couldn't help but be startled by the number he calculated.

After all, those were not ordinary gold coins, but gold ancient coins!

They could be exchanged for extinct ancient treasure chests.

Of course, he definitely couldn't consume all the Human-Faced Tree Hearts.

In case he encountered other magic plant seeds in the future and didn't have acceleration items, that would be a huge loss.

Therefore, Cao Xing decided to first accelerate 10 [Golden Sunflowers] to test the waters.

However, right now he only had one seed, so he still needed to proceed step by step and cultivate a batch of seeds first.

Thus, following his plan, Cao Xing first took out three green Human-Faced Tree Hearts.

Then he gently smashed them.

"Clang! Clang clang!"

The pure vitality contained within the green agate flowed into the soil where the seed was buried.

That patch of land began to stir.

"Rustle… Rustle…"

After slight, soft rustling sounds,

a tender green seedling drilled out of the soil.

And it quickly began to shoot up, entering the growth period.

Then, green budding appeared, and a tiny flower bud even appeared at the top.

Cao Xing was so excited that he couldn't help rubbing his hands.

Because next was the flowering stage.

However, at this point, this tender green plant stopped growing.

Cao Xing knew that the vitality contained in the three Life Tree Hearts had already been completely consumed.

Without surprise, he once again took out a blue-quality Life Tree Heart.

The sunflower began to grow again, but it did not reach the final stage.

Cao Xing thought to himself, "It still needs another blue-grade Life Tree Heart, right?"

Without hesitation,

when the fifth Life Tree Heart was smashed,

just as expected,

this sunflower began to enter its final stage.

The bud at the top began to transform towards a golden-yellow color.

Moreover, it wasn't an ordinary color change; its petals, flower disk, and calyx all evolved towards golden-yellow.

Gradually, even the flower stalk turned pure gold.

It even began to emit a sacred radiance.

Cao Xing was amazed, "Good grief, as expected of a Golden Sunflower. This thing is quite pretty."

"It's practically like a work of art."

However, this Golden Sunflower was different from ordinary sunflowers.

At the center of the flower disk, Cao Xing saw gold ancient coins embedded within it one by one.

Cao Xing counted them.

"One, two… 10 pieces!"

"There are actually this many?"

Obviously, Cao Xing's luck had burst forth this wave.

After all, according to the system's introduction, each Golden Sunflower could only produce 7 to 10 gold ancient coins, and this one directly hit the maximum value.

"However, how should I take these gold ancient coins out?"

"Pry them out directly?"

Cao Xing pondered for a moment and decided to try it with his hands.

He carefully supported the flower disk and pried out all the ancient coins and seeds inside.

[Obtained: gold ancient coin * 10]

[Obtained: Golden Sunflower Seed * 3]

…

"It really is like that. That's quite simple then."

Cao Xing was overjoyed.

As for the Golden Sunflower whose gold ancient coins and seeds had been taken away, it didn't seem to have changed much.

It was just that the vacant parts in the center of the flower disk gradually closed up.

Cao Xing didn't know what use the remaining Golden Sunflower had, so he simply left it aside for now.

After all, it was quite pretty. Getting a few flower pots later to transplant it for viewing would also be quite nice.

Juliette softly said, "There is an ancient, sacred aura on this Golden Sunflower; it should also be some kind of alchemy material."

Hearing this, Cao Xing suddenly nodded in realization.

In that case, the usefulness of the Golden Sunflower was still quite large.

Thus, he handed the other three seeds to Juliette and let her plant them.

When the soil was covered back up,

Cao Xing followed suit.

Into each seed, he tossed three green Human-Faced Tree Hearts plus two blue-grade Human-Faced Tree Hearts.

"Rustle… Rustle…"

The sounds of breaking soil rang out one after another.

The Golden Sunflowers that originally required eight years to grow

all finished growing within a mere three minutes.

Cao Xing took a look and found that the growth of these three sunflowers was also very good.

Inside every flower bud, there were at least eight or nine gold ancient coins and three or four seeds.

He also stepped forward and took out the gold ancient coins and seeds one by one.

[Obtained: gold ancient coin * 26]

[Obtained: Golden Sunflower Seed * 10]

…

A smile curled up at the corners of Cao Xing's mouth once again.

"Very good! The number of gold ancient coins has broken through 60, and with just the last 40, I can exchange them for an ancient gold treasure chest!"

You must know that this kind of ancient gold treasure chest is not comparable to ordinary gold treasure chests.

Inside, one can actually obtain some extinct formulas, secret medicines, and even equipment…

The formula opened last time brought a huge amount of profits to Cao Xing.

Carrying a feeling of anticipation, Cao Xing distributed the new 10 [Golden Sunflower Seeds] again.

The three of them cooperated to farm together, speeding up efficiency significantly.

Then they continued to use the Human-Faced Tree Hearts for acceleration.

Five minutes later.

The 10 Golden Sunflowers emitting golden light finished growing.

Counting the previous 4, a total of 14 Golden Sunflowers grew side by side, looking exceptionally beautiful.

Cao Xing quickly took out all the seeds and coins inside.

[Obtained: gold ancient coin * 87]

[Obtained: Golden Sunflower Seed (Gold) * 27]

…

Cao Xing instantly felt overjoyed in his heart, "Very good, there are finally enough one hundred pieces!"

The next step, naturally, was to exchange them!

A system prompt appeared.

[Do you want to use gold ancient coin * 100 to exchange for ancient gold treasure chest * 1?]

Without the slightest hesitation, he directly clicked 'Yes'!

The next moment, a hexagram formation appeared in front of the three of them once again.

"Hum!"

From within the hexagram formation, bursts of intense light erupted.

Within it, the three of them once again felt an ancient aura.

It was as if they saw an abandoned city, with collapsed city walls everywhere, a desolate feeling of broken walls and ruins…

A moment later, a gold treasure chest sealed in a different dimension for who knows how many years appeared in front of Cao Xing.

The appearance of this ancient gold treasure chest was a bit different from the ones they were opening now, and it was similarly engraved with some incomprehensible patterns.

Cao Xing did not think much and stepped forward directly.

[Unlocked ancient gold treasure chest discovered, do you want to open it?]

"Yes."

[Successfully opened.]

[Obtained: Ancient Weapon · Primitive Cube (Gold)]

[Obtained: Mithril * 37]

[Obtained: Shotgun Ammunition * 37]

[Obtained: Large Resource Pack * 5]

[Obtained: Decayed Magic Seed * 17]

…

"Oh? Another ancient weapon."

"What is this Primitive Cube?"

A strange item suddenly appeared in Cao Xing's hand.

It looked like a small black box, or perhaps a Rubik's cube, with a surface as deep and dark as a starry sky.

Staring at it for a long time made it feel as though one would be sucked in.

Taking a glance at its attributes.

[Ancient Weapon · Primitive Cube (Gold)]

[Equipment Slot: Special Equipment]

[Unique Special Effect: After use, creates a simulated black hole within a 200-meter area ahead, forcibly sucking and gathering all enemies within a 100-meter radius toward the center, lasting for 10 seconds, cooldown time 200 seconds]

(Equipment Description: Due to a failed experiment, all personnel of the Napui Laboratory disappeared, and even that laboratory as well as the surrounding mountains completely vanished without a trace. When we rushed over, only a black metal box was left in place…)

Later, through researching the power on this box, we developed a replica, the Primitive Cube —— Investigator: Perine Abate)

…

After seeing the attributes above, Cao Xing's pupils shrank abruptly.

"Holy shit! A simulated black hole! It directly adsorbs enemies within 100 meters!"

"This is way too overpowered!"

Clearly, the special effects on this mysterious box were extremely powerful.

It integrated monster gathering and crowd control into one, and the range was also large.

Moreover, the duration was as long as 10 seconds.

This period of time was enough for Cao Xing to throw all his skills for a round!

"Not bad, not bad, as expected of an ancient gold treasure chest!"

"I didn't expect it to roll such an artifact for me right off the bat!"

Cao Xing even wanted to open another one right on the spot to play with.

However, he took a look at the number of gold ancient coins in his backpack.

There were still 47 left, which was not enough to exchange for a new gold treasure chest.

Thus, Cao Xing simply distributed all the remaining 27 seeds.

The three of them began to divide the labor and cooperate once again.

The two Tree Spirit Race beauties bent down to work.

Inevitably, large patches of snowy whiteness appeared at their chests.

As the saying goes, one pair was round and jade-smooth, and one pair of jade bowls were half-inverted.

The two sisters each had their own beauty.

While farming, Cao Xing feasted his eyes.

A few minutes later.

All 27 seeds were planted.

Then Cao Xing took out a large amount of Human-Faced Tree Hearts from his backpack.

The familiar sound of breaking earth appeared.

In less than three minutes, all 27 Golden Sunflowers finished growing.

Cao Xing also stepped forward and dug out each gold ancient coin and Golden Sunflower seed from within the flower buds.

[Obtained: gold ancient coin * 216]

[Obtained: Golden Sunflower Seed (Gold) * 54]

…

"Haha, there are actually over two hundred coins, I can open two more ancient gold treasure chests!"

Cao Xing was extremely pleasantly surprised.

I have to say, farming is indeed the way to go.

If possible, Cao Xing even wanted to plant several hundred Golden Sunflowers on the spot.

Relying solely on opening these gold treasure chests could directly make one immensely rich!

But what was a bit regrettable was that the remaining Human-Faced Tree Hearts were no longer enough to support his next round of sowing.

But this was nothing either.

At least, he had already harvested more than fifty Golden Sunflower seeds.

You must know that according to the price on Marita's side, the value of a single seed was 1.5 million crowns.

And Cao Xing had more than fifty here, worth tens of millions of crowns!

"Tsk tsk, these Human-Faced Tree Hearts were really worth spending!"

"What's a pity is that I can't go to the Witch Forest recently, otherwise if I wiped out all the human-faced trees inside, I could harvest a lot of Human-Faced Tree Hearts again."

The storm from Cao Xing wiping out the Red-robed Bishop last time had not passed yet.

So he had to act cautiously now.

Carrying an excited mood, Cao Xing started the exchange.

[Do you want to consume gold ancient coin * 200 to exchange for ancient gold treasure chest * 2?]

"Yes!"

This time, two hexagram formations appeared simultaneously in front of Cao Xing.

"Hum! Hum!"

Golden light flashed past.

Then, two golden treasure chests engraved with intricate patterns abruptly appeared.

[Unlocked ancient gold treasure chest * 2 discovered, do you want to open it?]

"Yes!"

[Successfully opened]

[Obtained: Advanced Modified Life Secret Medicine Formula * 1]

[Obtained: Ancient Weapon · Illustrious Hunter's Tricorne Hat (Gold) * 1]

[Obtained: Advanced Magic Energy Crystal * 12]

[Obtained: 12.7mm Bullets * 327]

[Obtained: Large Resource Pack * 8]

[Obtained: Decayed Beast Meat * 47]

…

"Holy crap! Advanced Modified Life Secret Medicine Formula!"

"It actually let me roll it out! Haha!"

Cao Xing instantly grew excited.

The attributes of that intermediate modified Life Secret Medicine formula opened last time were already far too much stronger than ordinary Life Secret Medicine!

And now, he had rolled out an advanced one, and it was also a modified version!

Needless to think, the secret medicine produced by this formula would definitely be even more powerful!

Impatiently taking a look at the attributes.

[Advanced Modified Life Secret Medicine Formula]

[Blueprint Introduction: Can be used to craft Modified Life Secret Medicine (Large) through this blueprint]

[Effect: After consumption, instantly recovers 8000 points of Health, and recovers 6000 points of Health over the next 30 seconds, cooldown time 60 seconds]

[Required Materials for Crafting: Advanced Alchemy Workshop, Glass Bottle * 1, Dragon Blood Grass * 1, Ice Luan Petal * 5, Extreme Ice Water * 200ml.]

(A Life Secret Medicine formula meticulously modified by a certain alchemy master, now extinct on the continent.)

…

"Instantly recovering 8000 health, recovering another 6000 in 30 seconds, adding up to a total recovery amount of 14,000!"

"So terrifying, truly worthy of being a modified version!"

Moreover, the key point was that the latter 'recovering 6000 Health within 30 seconds' could also be blessed by the [Eternal Power] talent.

This equivalently increased Cao Xing's survivability in disguise.

However, the cost of crafting such a bottle of high-tier secret medicine was also extremely high.

At least the [Dragon Blood Grass] and [Extreme Ice Water] required above were things Cao Xing had never even heard of currently.

But if he could gather these materials, it would bring him near-terrifying profits.

Because the secret medicine produced by this formula could definitely cause the Survivors to scramble for it madly!

Carrying a look of joy, Cao Xing took out another piece of loot from his backpack.

This was a white hat, crafted from who knows what kind of creature's leather, and it faintly emitted fluctuations of energy.

Taking a look at the attributes.

[Ancient Weapon · Illustrious Hunter's Tricorne Hat (Gold)]

[Quality: Treasured]

[Equipment Level: Level 40]

[Armor: 75 ~ 81]

[Attached Special Effect ①: Agility + 80, Hit Rate + 20%]

[Attached Special Effect ②: Illustrious Hunter (When attacking an enemy's head, deals an additional 20% damage)]

[Attached Special Effect ③: Executioner Hunter (Every attack will accumulate energy; when accumulated energy points reach 10, the damage of the next attack is increased by 100%)]

(Equipment Description: There was a legend circulating on the former continent: when you see a female hunter wearing a tricorne hat, carrying a hunting rifle on her back, and possessing a devilish figure, remember to protect your head well…)

…

"Such strong equipment!"

Cao Xing exclaimed in praise: "This hat can be used no matter who it's given to."

"That last special effect, if operated well, will greatly enhance damage."

"For example, my Thousand Miles of Frost, for example Assam's Sword of Divine Light, and so on…"

…

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