Springvale Farm.
The morning sun shone down upon the earth. Thanks to Arkz's hard work, the farm was now completely tidied up. The freshly turned soil still held the moisture from underground, its color slightly deeper than the surrounding earth.
Everything was ready, just waiting for Arkz to scatter the seeds, water them, and then wait for the plants to grow strong and for the bountiful harvest to come soon.
Although he was woken up once in the middle of the night yesterday by the commotion caused by the Patrol Team and Amu, Arkz still slept soundly that night.
Compared to staying in a Mondstadt inn, living in his own home was much more comfortable and relaxing.
Furthermore, in Mondstadt city, he could always hear the drunken shouting and the sound of carriages at night—it was just too noisy to sleep well. In contrast, the small wooden cabin on the farm was surrounded by the sounds of nature, which Arkz greatly enjoyed.
Moreover, with the protection of Elemental Power, Arkz didn't have to worry about being bitten by insects in the wild, which solved a major difficulty of living outdoors.
Sunlight streamed through the window onto the wooden bed. Birds chirped on the treetops. Feeling the Warmth of the sun, Arkz stretched and welcomed the beautiful day.
Outside the door, Amu had returned at some unknown time and was fast asleep, leaning against the exterior wall of the wooden cabin. The morning dew condensed on its wooden body, and nourished by the Hydro Element, a faint green hue sprouted on its head—tiny new leaves were budding.
Without disturbing Amu, who had worked hard all night, Arkz took out his tools and began to start a fire to cook in the open area of the farm.
Yesterday, Arkz had bought some rice at the Mondstadt Department Store for his trip, so today he would make rice porridge for breakfast.
The wooden cabin inherited from the previous farm owner was still too small. Arkz planned to expand this small wooden house once he had money later, making sure to set up a separate kitchen so he wouldn't have to endure sun or rain while cooking on the farm.
However, technology in Teyvat was ultimately not as convenient as in his previous life. He wondered how people in Teyvat preserved food without refrigerators—surely they didn't actually put an Ice Slime in a wooden box to act as a fridge?
Judging by the zealous attitude of the Knights of Favonius who hunted down the Slime when it broke into Mondstadt, this was probably unlikely. After all, if the box broke and the Slime escaped, it would be a huge problem.
To the people of Teyvat, Slimes were undoubtedly very dangerous monsters.
Slimes, which looked adorable and harmless, were responsible for killing quite a few people in the records kept annually in Teyvat.
(Although the number was incomparable to the Slimes killed by Adventurers.)
To truly get Mondstadters to accept an Ice Slime refrigerator, the best method might be to allow humans to use Elemental Power like the Hilichurls did.
Otherwise, no matter how useful a Slime refrigerator was, no one would be willing to keep a monster nearby that could kill them at any moment. Only when Slimes no longer posed a threat to humanity could they enter human life.
Developing Slime technology in Teyvat was a long and arduous task.
It had to be said that the cooking skills inherited from the Traveler in the game never disappointed Arkz. A simple bowl of rice porridge, even without side dishes, allowed him to eat with great relish.
It was just that his own cooking was too good; when he tasted food from the roadside stalls he previously thought delicious, it would now taste terrible.
After enjoying breakfast, Arkz began his work for the day.
The first sowing at Springvale Farm was finally about to begin!!!!
He took out the seeds he had previously purchased at the Mondstadt Department Store: 100 packets of carrot seeds, 100 packets of potato seeds, and 100 packets of strawberry seeds, which he could only get three days later. All these seeds cost Arkz seventeen thousand Mora—enough to buy a common Mondstadt family's rations for a month.
As a fellow allogene like Sayu in the game, her salary was 200,000 Mora a month. Estimating from this, an ordinary person's monthly salary was probably around twenty thousand Mora. After all, although Sayu looked young, as a well-trained ninja, the missions she undertook were very dangerous for ordinary people; she was definitely high-level talent.
If these seeds were scattered and yielded no harvest at all, wouldn't that be equivalent to working for a month for nothing?
However, compared to ordinary farmers, Arkz, as the owner of a Dendro Vision, had a very clear advantage.
Using Dendro Elemental Power to nourish plants could ensure the healthy growth and development of these seeds and result in high-quality produce. Moreover, due to the nourishment from Elemental Power, carrots that originally took two to three months to mature into trees would only take three days.
The maturation time for potatoes was shortened to seven days.
And the most expensive crop, strawberries, had their growth time shortened to eight days. Furthermore, as a continuously harvestable crop, strawberries could be harvested every four days after maturation.
Arkz only learned this after asking the System. When Arkz asked why there were no rumors of allogenes with Dendro Element farming if Dendro Element was so advantageous for farming, the System explained that nourishing crops with Dendro Element required a large amount of Dendro Element, and achieving such precise manipulation required god-level strength. The only reason Arkz could achieve this astonishing feat was because he was borrowing the power of the System.
After hearing the System's explanation, Arkz immediately bowed his head, admitted his mistake, and apologized for previously complaining that the System was useless.
He carefully placed the seeds into the holes and covered them with soil. The entire process looked simple, but with the sheer number of seeds, even though his physical strength far surpassed that of ordinary people, Arkz soon broke out in a sweat.
After a short rest, Arkz continued his labor. He wanted to finish planting all the seeds during this time slot, otherwise, once the sun rose higher, the sowing process under the sun's glare would become more tiring and arduous.
Amu, who woke up at some point, also rushed over to help. Sensing the temperature in the sky gradually rising, Arkz began to speed up his pace.
Finally, with Amu's assistance, Arkz completed the sowing just before the sun rose.
Oh!!!!!!
If he hadn't been too exhausted, Arkz would have cheered and applauded for himself.
But it wasn't time to rest yet. These seeds had only been planted; they still needed to be watered once every day and nourished with Dendro Elemental Power once daily to allow them to grow healthy and fast.
The process of nourishing the farm plants with Dendro Element was contracted out to the System; all Arkz needed to do was water them once a day.
Arkz, resting in a chair, watched Amu standing beside him fanning him, and his eyes couldn't help but light up. This fellow Amu had worked with the Patrol Team all night yesterday, yet he was already so energetic after only a short rest.
The precise operation of burying the seeds just now was something Amu's brainless wooden brothers couldn't manage. This watering task, which required no technical skill, surely wouldn't be messed up by these wooden men!