Experimental Field = Inverse Scale

To solve the problem of food shortages in the territory, hoping to achieve this in this Experimental Field.

To quickly upgrade the territory, solve the problem of insufficient bunker rooms, and even solve the problem of this territory not resembling a territory, hoping to achieve all of this in this Experimental Field as well.

It can be said that the root of all the biggest problems in the territory currently lies in this Experimental Field. The importance of this Experimental Field is self-evident.

This Experimental Field is important, not because of the plants already grown to dozens of centimeters tall, but because of the soil.

This soil is no different from the soil in other parts of the territory, and for Landen, this lack of difference is precisely the most important thing.

Since there is no difference, if this piece of land can successfully grow grain, then other lands can too. At that time, as long as there are enough people skilled in Planting Technique, Landen will be able to quickly open up large tracts of land. Then, with a single cast of All Things Grow, the territory's food shortage problem will be immediately resolved.

But all of this is based on the premise that the Experimental Field can successfully grow grain.

To sum it up in one sentence, this Experimental Field, for the current Landen, can be said to be the most important, even more important than the bunker.

Moreover, the bunker has a strong individual like Lilith guarding it, but the Experimental Field only has a few Dark Elves watching it in shifts. Not only is there a huge gap in strength, but more importantly, they wouldn't think of destroying the bunker, they would only think of infiltrating it and messing with Landen. However, for the Experimental Field, they don't even need to care if Landen is present; destroying this field alone would be enough to deal a huge blow to Landen.

Therefore, when Landen heard that there were people appearing around the bunker, he wasn't worried at all, and even had the mood to go out with his people.

However, when he heard that people were also coveting the vicinity of the Experimental Field, and had been doing so for several days, Landen became nervous.

"Where were the traces found? Take me to see." Upon hearing Ibaka's report, Landen couldn't even bother to check on the growth status of the crops and immediately asked Ibaka to lead the way.

The place where Ibaka found traces was not far from the field, near a rather hidden small mountain hollow. This place was probably used by the Dark Elves to relieve themselves, as a foul smell could be detected as soon as they approached.

Fortunately, Ibaka didn't lead Landen into the small mountain hollow but continued forward for a short distance before pointing to a spot and saying, "I came here to relieve myself that day, and that guy was hiding here. At first, I didn't notice him, but for some reason, he suddenly moved, and that's when I discovered there was someone. His speed was faster than mine, and his familiarity with the surrounding terrain was no less than mine. I chased him for a while but lost him."

"So, you concluded that he had been here for several days based on this?" As the group walked back, Landen asked, "Then, what race was the other party?"

"Dark Elf!" Ibaka replied.

"Heh, it seems I've really been targeted." Landen gave a wry smile again. If it were another race, he could have speculated it was a wild species that stumbled upon this place. But if it were a Dark Elf, he could be 100% sure that they were sent by someone else.

"How much longer until those grains mature?" Landen turned to ask Avina.

"The growth of those plants is a bit strange." Avina did not answer Landen immediately but said seriously. Whenever it came to professional matters, she would immediately transform into a different person.

After a pause, Avina continued, "Regarding the plants in the Underworld, I don't have many records. The growth cycle of this Lavon Wheat is about a month. However, it has only been nearly a month, but judging by the growth of this Lavon Wheat, it's similar to what my records show for plants that have grown for about two months."

"Meaning, the growth rate has doubled?" Landen finally heard some good news, and his expression slightly eased. He then continued to ask, "Then, what about the yield? Based on the current situation, if it can be harvested, how much grain can be collected?"

Avina shook her head and said, "I'm not very clear about the specifics, as I've only read about these things in books. This is also my first time actually doing this. However, judging by the current situation, the final harvest should be slightly more than what is recorded in the books."

"Very good." Landen's expression finally relaxed.

Farming in the Underworld is very different from farming on the surface, not only in terms of sunlight but also in terms of fertilization.

The races of the Underworld are completely different from those on the surface, and their diets vary greatly, resulting in extremely different excrement.

There are no high-tech compound fertilizers in this world. The only fertilizer is animal excrement. Animal excrement from the surface world can be used as fertilizer to promote crop growth. However, it is completely different in the Underworld. The animal excrement here cannot be used as fertilizer at all because it contains strong corrosive properties. If it were spread on the land as fertilizer, the seeds planted in the ground would be corroded and rot before they could even sprout.

Therefore, in the Underworld, crop growth relies entirely on the fertility of the land itself. The fertility of a piece of land almost completely determines the final harvest of the crops.

A piece of land that was originally extremely barren now possesses fertility comparable to the most fertile land in the Underworld. Moreover, planting grain on such land results in a growth rate nearly double that of normal. If these grains were to fully mature and be harvested, this barren land, which was previously disdained by several forces, would immediately become a highly sought-after place in the entire Underworld.

Landen was delighted by the changes in his territory, but he did not want this change to be known to the outside world at all.

Vivian's arrival earlier had served as a great warning. He did possess considerable strength now, but compared to the major powers that truly had their own cities and territories, he was still just a tiny bug. The reason these powers did not dare to openly attack him was due to his mother, Matriarch Isis, and his three elder sisters.

After all, the Isis family was a large clan that owned dozens of cities and occupied a large amount of resource production. Although the surrounding forces constantly made small moves against the Isis family in private, they never dared to do so openly. War was a minor issue; cutting off trade relations was the major one.

However, once Landen's territory revealed that it could produce large quantities of grain, the most basic commodity in the Underworld, he could not guarantee that these major powers would be able to control their desires.

"At the time, I was purely thinking about solving the territory's problems and didn't consider these issues. Now, it seems a bit troublesome." Landen looked at the thriving Experimental Field with a slightly cold expression. "Although I am not yet powerful, no matter who dares to lay a hand on my Experimental Field, on my territory, even if I can't kill you, I will bite off a piece of flesh from you, making you suffer for a lifetime!"