"I trapped the one in the middle with a Hopper. He could neither get out nor run away."
"Although doing this wouldn't kill him. Even if he stayed there for the rest of his life, he would still live perfectly fine!"
"But that wouldn't stop him from feeling hungry!"
"Although we couldn't see that feeling, the other Villagers could see and sense it!"
"And once they sensed it, Villagers with food would voluntarily share their food with him!"
"But because I deliberately controlled the distance, the eight Villagers working the fields couldn't directly reach the one in the middle. So they would throw the food directly to him!"
"And that was when the Hopper I placed beneath the middle Villager's feet came into play!"
"The food they threw wouldn't even have time to be picked up by the Villager in the middle before the Hopper below sucked it away and stored it in the Chest underneath!"
"And all we needed to do was collect the food from that Chest at regular intervals every day!"
"That's the underlying logic and principle behind the Automated Farm I mentioned!"
Gu Changge succinctly explained the core principles and logic of the Automated Farm to everyone.
After hearing him out, everyone immediately understood what he meant.
Dugu Bo, Ye Guanlan, and Mu Qingyu were simply surprised and curious about it.
Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, on the other hand, were still young and at an innocent, carefree age.
So when faced with Gu Changge's setup,
they first gave it a thumbs-up, agreeing that the logic was truly excellent.
Then they expressed sympathy for the Villager trapped in the middle.
They felt that if things continued this way, it was somewhat unfair to the Villager who was always left hungry.
So they suggested to Gu Changge, "Could our farm use a competition and rotation system? Every month, whichever plot collects the least food, one person from there gets swapped with the hungry Villager for the next month?"
Naturally, Gu Changge only indulged his little girlfriends' suggestion. "Of course. If you like, I'll leave this task to you from now on. Any Villager who dares slack off gets to go hungry!"
And just like that, the work-based rotation system was established.
Gu Changge himself also received fragrant kisses from his two little girlfriends as a result.
Though those two kisses were rather bold, considering they happened right in front of Dugu Bo, Ye Guanlan, and Mu Qingyu.
Comrade Old Ye's blood pressure did indeed rise a little from watching.
He clamored for Gu Changge not to use the authority of the World Master.
Instead, he wanted to settle things with a real fight on the spot.
Gu Changge felt that beating up his future father-in-law would be somewhat lacking in martial virtue.
But seeing how sincerely Comrade Old Ye had begged for it,
he was willing to give him a chance.
Unfortunately, Comrade Old Ye himself failed to measure up.
This outrageously backward challenge had barely been proposed
before Mu Qingyu, his wife, grabbed him by the ear and dragged him aside to deal with him.
After being dealt with, Comrade Old Ye was no longer smiling.
Neither were Gu Changge and the two girls.
Because after returning, their future mother-in-law gave the three young troublemakers a scolding as well.
"You're not children anymore. Especially you, Chang Ge—you're now the World Master, the true pillar supporting both our families!"
"At home, as your elders, we naturally won't say much to you."
"But you should restrain yourselves a little and pay attention to the occasion!"
"Especially you two, Lingling and Yan Yan. As girls, being bold in love and hate is a fine quality, but being all lovey-dovey without regard for the setting makes you two rather improper!"
Faced with their future mother-in-law's reprimand, Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan both turned into quails.
They hunched their necks and obediently accepted the scolding.
As for Gu Changge?
Sorry, but he was useless in a situation like this too.
After all, his future mother-in-law's words were reasonable, well-founded, and measured.
Even as the World Master, Gu Changge still had to obediently take the scolding in this situation.
After Mu Qingyu suppressed the unruly behavior of the three youngsters,
she did not continue chasing after them with more scolding.
Instead, she asked curiously, "You said earlier that one Villager was actually enough for farming, so why did you put two Villagers into each of the four plots?"
Now thoroughly obedient, Gu Changge explained, "For farming alone, one Villager per plot really is enough. But don't we lack Villagers?"
"So I figured we could use the Automated Farm's effect to pair them up. Without affecting the Automated Farm itself, we could also produce some additional population!"
There were ten Villagers in total, plus one fool.
Only nine of them were actually useful.
The Villagers definitely had to keep breeding.
Otherwise, the Iron Farm could not even be activated.
But night was about to fall.
And they were still only at the very beginning of things here.
When it came time to rest at night, they would definitely return to the Douluo Continent.
So, following the principle of not wasting anything, he stuffed two Villagers into every plot.
If those Villagers did their job well, then perhaps when they returned tomorrow,
they would have gathered enough Villagers to activate the Iron Farm.
But when everyone heard what he said,
they were thoroughly startled.
"These Villagers can have children too?"
Dugu Yan asked in utter surprise.
"Of course they can!"
Gu Changge smiled. "As long as there's enough food and two Villagers are present, they'll pair up and naturally produce baby Villagers!"
After hearing Gu Changge's words, everyone stared at the Villagers with curiosity written all over their faces.
"But you can't even tell their genders!"
Ye Lingling was full of question marks.
"They don't need genders, and these Villagers don't have specific genders to begin with!"
In MC animations, Villagers did have gender distinctions.
And in the early days, besides the male protagonist Steve, MC also had the female Alex.
But as versions continued to update over time, and all kinds of skins emerged one after another,
the female character Alex quietly disappeared at some point.
Of course, the most important point was that MC's official side had given a clear response
on whether Villagers had genders.
And their answer was no.
Therefore, MC Villagers naturally had no gender distinction.
"Their breeding mechanism is that as long as they have sufficient food, any two of them can pair up. Then little red hearts appear above their heads, and after that, a baby Villager simply comes into existence out of thin air!"
Gu Changge matter-of-factly explained the Villagers' breeding mechanism to everyone.
But Dugu Bo and the others were left dumbfounded and unable to believe it.
No genders were needed? Any two Villagers could produce a baby Villager???
Wasn't this world far too absurd?
It was only because they had gradually built up some immunity after being shocked by so many absurd things over the past two days.
Otherwise, the moment this unscientific breeding mechanism appeared, their worldview would definitely have collapsed all over again.
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