There were many factors affecting crop growth: sunlight, fertile soil, water, and temperature. In the past, life force had been abundant, so only minimal care was needed. But now that the origin power of heaven and earth had declined, these crops had also become frail and were easily damaged.
This could be addressed through stricter management, but other matters—such as the various diseases affecting crops—also required corresponding measures. That was why so many Scholars were needed for Research.
The seeds also needed improvement. Given Apocalypse World's current condition, things might worsen further, so superior seeds were needed—seeds that could survive harsh environments in the future.
These were the two primary directions of Research, but neither could be achieved in a short time. They required long-term study.
There were simply too many kinds of crops, and every crop had different seeds and different diseases. Each one had to be studied individually. Even improving a single crop was no easy matter; it required countless experiments, and all of that took time.
Zhao Fu understood the difficulty of researching and improving crops, as well as the sheer scale of the undertaking. Therefore, he recruited a large number of suitable talents into the Research effort. Nor did he force them to find solutions within a short period, because there was no point in pressuring them.
Still, the current situation had to be temporarily resolved first. He could not allow it to worsen.
Zhao Fu now understood the cause as well. The decline of heaven and earth's origin power had robbed countless crops of their former vigorous life force, causing all manner of diseases and problems to emerge in large numbers. If there were something that could grant them powerful life force, those problems would disappear. Powerful life force could render them immune to those