"I came this time with another mission as well—I need to recruit a batch of Palu workers."
As Wu Siyuan spoke, Lin Shou, standing beside her, lightly patted his storage belt.
A teapot, entirely emerald green as though carved from jade, suddenly flew out and landed steadily in his palm.
He immediately picked up the conversation and continued:
"Strictly speaking, this is actually my mission."
"Earth's agricultural output has basically stabilized and is now in a state of oversupply."
"There is an abundance of food, with a wide variety available."
"Director Pan has decided to further expand the industrial chain and increase production capacity for forging and pharmaceuticals as well."
"Originally, the plan was to develop automation and have machines replace manual labor."
"But after repeated attempts, the think tank discovered that if we want to forge useful equipment and items, or produce potions and supplements with real effects, players must be involved somewhere in the process."
"If we rely entirely on machinery, we'll only waste materials and produce a pile of useless junk."
"Why does that sound like the observer effect? Players have to participate for the result to occur..." Ma Han couldn't help interjecting after hearing this.
"Is that a restriction imposed by the rules?"
"That's right, it's a restriction imposed by the rules." Lin Shou nodded and continued:
"It's like growing crops. They must be planted and harvested manually, otherwise food production will plummet."
"Without players tending to them, even carefully cultivated superior varieties will quickly degenerate into monsters."
"The think tank on Earth is still conducting further research, but production targets won't wait for anyone."
"So, in order to meet expanding production demands, the labor force has once again become insufficient..."
"I see..." Xu Xiao nodded slightly.
"No problem, as long as those Palu are willing...