#44 - Chapter 44 Fertilization

"Congratulations, you have activated the fertilization maintenance task. The reward is the fertilizer needed for the current land (300 kg). Please complete the fertilization task as soon as possible. For subsequent fertilization tasks, you can go to the Star Origin Mall to purchase them."

As this prompt from the Star Origin World appeared in Shen Xingyan's ears, he immediately realized what this unfamiliar icon meant, and thought with some doubt:

"I learned when checking the information before that the farmland would have fertilization prompts after the farmer's profession reached level ten, but I am only level five now. How could it be triggered in advance?"

Shen Xingyan thought like this, feeling somewhat confused.

But then he combined it with his own situation, and when he thought of the "planting privilege" he had obtained when breaking the record, he couldn't help but suddenly realize: Could it be related to his planting of potatoes?

The more he pondered, the more determined he became in this idea. The early appearance of the fertilization task must have an inevitable connection with the level two seed, the potato:

"The explanation in the information should be wrong. It is not that new tasks will appear after level ten, but that they will appear after planting a higher-level seed. The person who wrote the information did not have my kind of privilege, so they misunderstood this."

After figuring out the reason, Shen Xingyan also shook his head slightly to express his sigh. It seems that what the ancients said was true; it is better to have no book than to believe everything in it!

After sighing, Shen Xingyan also opened the backpack space to check the fertilizer rewarded by Star Origin:

Item: Fertilizer

Quantity: 300 kg

Applicable Range: 3000 square meters

Attribute: Can improve field nutrition, improve soil quality, and is used for farmer's professional maintenance tasks.

Looking at the fertilizer that occupied one slot in the backpack space, Shen Xingyan couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"According to the records in the information, during the seed planting period after level 10, there will be two to three times when fertilization is required. This should be correct.

However, the specific time for fertilization is uncertain. If this prompt appears while I am not present, and the fertilizer is in my backpack, how should the little skeletons fertilize?

If the "task stagnation" phenomenon occurs because there is no fertilization, causing crop yield reduction and affecting the record-breaking, then it will be a bit troublesome!"

Shen Xingyan thought about the solution to this problem, and suddenly saw the water well not far away. He immediately had an idea in his mind, and slapped his head, muttering to himself: "I am really confused. I still need to think about such a simple matter. Just let the little skeletons fertilize in the same way as irrigation!"

Thinking of this, Shen Xingyan immediately took action. After all, the ancients said that practice is the only standard for testing truth. Taking advantage of the current fertilization prompt, letting the little skeletons learn it will save a lot of trouble in the future.

He went to the open space next to the warehouse and spent 100 copper coins from the Star Origin Mall to buy a sixteen-square-meter wooden board and placed it on the ground.

Then, he took out the fertilizer just rewarded by the Star Origin World from the backpack space and threw it on the wooden board.

This 300 kg of fertilizer only occupied a small slot in the backpack space, but when placed on the wooden board, it almost couldn't fit.

Afterwards, he spent another 100 copper coins from the Star Origin Mall to purchase 20 buckets, the same as the buckets purchased during irrigation, and placed them next to the wooden board for the little skeletons to use for fertilization later.

Seeing that everything was ready, Shen Xingyan clapped his hands and, as usual, called Wang Cai to his side and began to teach him how to fertilize by hand.

The clever Wang Cai naturally lived up to expectations. Under Shen Xingyan's guidance, he quickly mastered all the essentials of fertilization.

Then, Shen Xingyan asked it to guide the other skeletons. He himself was not in a hurry to go to the field to fertilize immediately. He wanted to wait until all the little skeletons had learned before starting to act. After all, sharpening the knife does not delay the work of chopping wood.

During this time, his talent summoning skill also completed its cooldown. He skillfully used his talent skill to summon his twelfth little skeleton.

Looking at the little skeleton summoned in front of him, which was obviously cleaner and stronger than the earliest Wang Cai, Shen Xingyan was very satisfied. However, after checking its attributes, all attributes were still 1 point. He was also used to it and, according to the old rules, he still handed it over to Wang Cai for guidance.

Then, he searched for fertilizer in the Star Origin Mall. The price of fertilizer here was indeed not expensive, only 2 copper coins per kilogram.

Shen Xingyan spent 1200 copper coins to purchase the amount needed for two fertilization tasks.

When all the little skeletons had finished learning, Shen Xingyan divided the 300 kg of fertilizer into five portions, 60 kg each, and directly used the backpack space to put them in the center of each acre of land, and then officially announced the start of work.

In terms of fertilization, the work efficiency of the little skeletons was not as good as Shen Xingyan, only because he had a space backpack, and only needed to put a portion of the fertilizer into the backpack to sprinkle it at will.

He didn't need to run back and forth like the little skeletons did.

It was a pity that the Star Origin World did not allow Shen Xingyan to put the water from the well into his backpack, otherwise the irrigation task would have become even easier.

During the entire fertilization period, Shen Xingyan didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that Wang Cai had a look of envy in his eyes when he saw him fertilizing.

But since the other party had no eyes, he just thought it was his own illusion.

The fertilization task was quickly completed under Shen Xingyan's almost cheating method, and the Star Origin's prompt also appeared at the same time:

"Congratulations, you have completed the first fertilization task. The reward is a 10% increase in the growth progress of all crops. I wish you a happy life!"

With the appearance of this reward prompt, the originally very calm crops began to "riot" again, and the branches began to grow crazily.

If this kind of thing were to happen to other farmer professionals, they would probably be greatly surprised and overjoyed for a while before stopping.

But for Shen Xingyan, who was already used to this scene, he was only slightly surprised before returning to calm.

"The reward for this fertilization task is actually the same as the effect of my professional skill. The reward is okay. The skill that was used before because the wheat broke the record has now been made up for." Shen Xingyan nodded in satisfaction, feeling that the Star Origin World was still very considerate.

However, he was also very clear about the after-effects of this kind of reward. Not long after the professional skill was used, the farmland's prompts had just slowed down, and now suddenly there was such a reward. Under the superposition of the two, the intensity of the Star Origin prompts would reach a new high!

Sure enough, not long after, the roaring maintenance prompts from the Star Origin World came swiftly, and looking at the strength of their appearance, he knew that this battle would not be easy.