Arknights, But Farming Terra Chapter 1

Arknights, but Raising Terra Cherry Blossom Cats by Chen Ran

"If Earth were scaled down proportionally to a glass marble with a 1cm diameter, the sun would be a sphere with a diameter of about 1.09 meters, located about 117 meters away from this marble. Coincidentally, my living room is just large enough to fit it."

A solar system model, a very common type of educational material.

Chen Ran was quite sure he had only turned his head, so how did this solar system model come to life?

"Terra? This planet model is labeled 'Terra'?"

Which Terra?

「Detected native of the planet: Skadi...」

Oh, it's that Terra, Arknights, right?

And Skadi, that little orca.

「Skadi is leading the Sea Creatures in an attempt to break through the Starship Pod」

A semi-transparent pop-up box flickered for a few seconds, completing the sentence.

Chen Ran: "?"

Wait a minute?

Which Skadi is this?

And which worldline's Terra is this?

001. Which Skadi is this? And which worldline's Terra is this?

"If Earth were scaled down proportionally to a glass marble with a 1cm diameter, the sun would be a sphere with a diameter of about 1.09 meters, located about 117 meters away from this marble. Coincidentally, my living room is just large enough to fit it."

Chen Ran spoke in a calm tone, his back to the camera as he leisurely adjusted the solar system model.

Creating these kinds of educational videos was actually quite troublesome, but for those who put in the effort, he, as a UP owner in the knowledge and science popularization section, had successfully—

Reached the top of the lifestyle and ASMR resource sections.

Admittedly, this was inseparable from his seemingly aloof but actually lazy personality, his social anxiety, and his tendency to be like a salted fish, without any unnecessary tonal fluctuations.

But Chen Ran didn't care, because he didn't rely on this to make a living; it was purely a hobby.

"On the same scale, Jupiter would be a sphere with a diameter of about 11cm, located about 494 meters away from this glass marble. Coincidentally, my living room is just large enough to fit it."

After placing the models of several celestial bodies such as Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and Jupiter in order, forming a perfect solar system model, Chen Ran finally turned his head to look at the camera.

Convinced that the footage he had just filmed was usable, Chen Ran clapped his hands in satisfaction and turned back, intending to film the next segment—

Chen Ran's hands, which had been clapping, stopped in mid-air.

Because the entire set of celestial body models was also suspended in mid-air.

No wires were used for suspension, yet several planetary models floated in the air. No strings were pulling them, yet several planetary models were rotating and revolving, forming a self-consistent system.

"Am I seeing ghosts in broad daylight?"

Chen Ran was quite sure he had only turned his head, so how did this happen?

A supernatural event? A paranormal phenomenon? Or was he simply hallucinating due to hysteria?

It was slightly eerie, so Chen Ran didn't rush forward. Instead, he frowned and retreated behind the camera.

He wanted to observe carefully through the lens, but discovered that within the camera's view, the planetary models were still placed on the ground, like inanimate objects.

But when he looked up again...

"Electronic devices can't capture it? Am I really seeing ghosts?"

Moreover, due to the contrast, Chen Ran realized that what he was seeing with his own eyes was no longer a solar system model.

At least Chen Ran had never heard of Earth having two moons.

After comparing several times, Chen Ran suddenly noticed that on one of the planetary models, there was a semi-transparent pop-up box flickering continuously, much like a system prompt in a game.

But it was too far to see clearly.

He instinctively took out his phone, intending to use the camera's zoom function to get a closer look, but... his phone couldn't capture it either.

Having no other choice, and after hesitating for a long time, Chen Ran cautiously took a few steps forward until he could vaguely make out the characters on the pop-up box—

「Terra」

The planetary model was labeled with these two words.

Chen Ran: "?"

Terra?

This planet's name is Terra?

Which Terra?

The loyal one? The pixelated one? Or the tower defense one?

While Chen Ran was still confused, even wondering what this semi-transparent pop-up box was, thinking it might be a cheat system—

Another semi-transparent pop-up box began to flicker next to that planetary model:

"Detected native of planet: Skadi..."

"Oh, it's that Terra, the one where 'Doctor, you still have many things to deal with and cannot rest yet'."

Arknights...

Compared to the loyal Terra, this Terra is quite good—

"Skadi leads the Sea Creatures in an attempt to break through the Starship Pod."

The semi-transparent pop-up window flickered for a few seconds, completing the rest of the sentence.

Chen Ran: "..."

Wait a minute?

Which Skadi is this? The red one, right?

What are you doing here? Which timeline's Terra is this?

But the semi-transparent pop-up window ignored Chen Ran's complaints and just kept flashing.

"Skadi leads the Sea Creatures in an attempt to break through the Starship Pod."

"The Starship Pod is indestructible."

"The Starship Pod was smashed."

"Starship Pod, weak."

"Skadi successfully broke through the atmosphere."

"Skadi's entire race successfully ascended."

As if it were a real-time report, the semi-transparent pop-up window recorded Skadi's... no, it should be the red one, so it should be Heart of the Corrupted Skadi's actions.

While Chen Ran was confused, he narrowed his eyes, trying to find the trace of Heart of the Corrupted Skadi outside the planet model.

But this planet model was only the size of a glass marble. At this scale, a human's size... would require a microscope.

So after searching for a long time and not finding anyone, Chen Ran instinctively reached out towards the planet model, wanting to pick it up and examine it closely.

But as Chen Ran reached out, the planet model, which was originally only the size of a glass marble, began to zoom in like pinching to zoom on a phone screen. It gradually enlarged from the size of a glass marble to a tennis ball, a basketball, a yoga ball—

It kept enlarging until Chen Ran could finally see a small patch of dark clouds outside the planet.

It was a dense swarm of Sea Creatures, like a Zerg creep.

And the most conspicuous among them was naturally Heart of the Corrupted Skadi, who swam at the forefront of the Sea Creatures, with white hair, red eyes, and a special appeal to Chinese people.

After all, only Heart of the Corrupted Skadi had a human appearance, while the other Sea Creatures... let's just say they looked... diverse.

The moment he saw Heart of the Corrupted Skadi, Chen Ran had already decided to withdraw his hand.

Because no matter how cute a stray dog is, don't try to pet it casually, or the rabies vaccine will be waving at you.

Moreover, if Chen Ran remembered correctly, the red one was no longer considered Skadi, but Isabella.

But at the same scale, even a one-second hesitation from Chen Ran was enough for him to cross several planets.

So while Chen Ran hesitated, the planet model in front of him continued to enlarge. When he came back to his senses, Heart of the Corrupted Skadi in front of him had been magnified from needing a microscope to about 10 centimeters, the size of a can of Coke.

After a moment of hesitation, Chen Ran still opened his hand and grabbed Heart of the Corrupted Skadi.

Then he withdrew his hand, and the planet model in the background began to shrink.

Until the planet model returned to the size of a glass marble, Chen Ran looked at Heart of the Corrupted Skadi, whom he was holding.

Heart of the Corrupted Skadi did not shrink back with the planet model, but remained at the size she was when Chen Ran grabbed her—

The size of a can of Coke.

At this size, it was already possible to see her facial features and expressions clearly.

But for some reason... Chen Ran felt that the expression on Heart of the Corrupted Skadi's face was a bit silly.

"Are you... Lord God?"

Heart of the Corrupted Skadi was held in Chen Ran's hand. She didn't struggle but tilted her small head, looking at the giant in front of her, asking curiously.

002. You have obtained a decorative fish: Skadi (Red Version)

World destruction.

The cause, perhaps, was simply the Sargol people opening Pandora's Box.

Rising from the sea, the Sea Creatures swept across the entire Terra continent in just one year, devouring hundreds of millions of lives, and humanity was annihilated.

But where the Sea Creatures passed, it was not barren. On the contrary, the ecological environment even improved.

Because they followed only one command—

Planet remodeling.

It's like buying a house, opening the door to find it covered in dust, and wanting to live in it, so you naturally have to clean it up.

So you throw in a robot vacuum cleaner to clean it up—and this robot vacuum cleaner is the Sea Creatures.

Although you don't know why someone would fight with this robot vacuum cleaner, and even lose.

But these were minor issues. The important thing was, after cleaning the house, once its basic duty as a robot vacuum was complete, what else should it do?

"When He decides to perfect this body, the Sea Creatures will ascend from Terra and journey to the endless sea of stars above the sky."

The sea is the sea, and the sea of stars is also the sea.

After cleaning the inside of the house, why not clean the yard and the road outside?

And so, this red Skadi led the entire Sea Creature collective in their ascension.

Like tearing through a piece of paper, they ripped through the Starship Pod and flew into space.

But as they left the planet Terra for the first time, looking around, the Sea Creature collective saw not the barrenness or the magnificent universe they had imagined—

But a colossal figure whose body spanned the entire galaxy, its blinding radiance illuminating the entire universe, whose mere sigh was a storm sweeping across galaxies, and who toyed with planets like marbles with every movement.

The Sea Creature collective, possessing a Hive Cluster Mind, fell into complete silence at that moment.

They could not comprehend, could not know, could not even understand such an existence.

It was like Cthulhu meeting you.

A god.

The Sea Creature collective, who had devoured billions of lives and had been given the title of god, now bestowed that same title upon another being they could not even understand.

But that god had already discovered them and reached out a hand.

They wanted to struggle, to resist, but before they could do anything, the god's hand spanned half a galaxy.

Without any chance to react, that colossal palm had already snatched away their kin, their god, their mother—Heart of the Corrupted Skadi.