Shennong Garden

After the Shadow landed.

Qin Yiguan arrived at the small oasis and was even more pleasantly surprised.

It turns out this wasn't a desolate oasis after all.

Instead, it's a small courtyard of about 1,000 square meters.

Behind the courtyard was a transparent cultivation room, like an old-fashioned greenhouse. Inside the glass dome, patches of lush green grass were growing. Qin Yiguan had just looked down from the distance and mistaken it for an oasis.

and.

There's also a row of not-too-high fences here, and surprisingly, there's a plaque at the entrance that reads ' Shennong Garden '.

"That's interesting."

"Deep in this desolate Experimental Zone, a small courtyard was built, and many green grasses were planted."

The name also references the ancient China figure Shennong.

Qin Yiguan pondered for a moment, then raised his hand to knock on the wooden fence gate, but the rumbling sound from his stomach acted as a doorbell.

The next moment.

A young woman emerged from a thatched hut on one side of the courtyard. She wore simple black cloth trousers and a red coarse cloth long-sleeved top embroidered with golden ears of wheat on the hem. She carried an old-fashioned basket containing some black seeds.

The girl had her hair in a ponytail. She wasn't particularly pretty, but she gave off a very simple and pure feeling.

She tilted her head to look at Qin Yiguan, then turned back and called into the house, "Grandpa, we have guests!"

Then an old man came out of the house. He was wearing a white undershirt, black trousers, and cloth shoes. His skin was dark, and he looked like a simple farmer who worked in the fields all year round.

"Young man, what's wrong?"

"What happened?!"

The old man shouted from afar, his expression showing no wariness, but rather an extremely simple and warm enthusiasm.

In that instant.

Various questions also flashed through Qin Yiguan's mind.

This art style is a bit off!

This is neither the real world nor the old era; this is the Metaverse era of technological explosion, and the present is merely Experimental Zone the Metaverse.

A grandfather and grandson built a greenhouse in the middle of nowhere, millions of kilometers away?

And judging from his appearance, does he work in the fields every day?

Their clothing, demeanor, and speech were all very simple and honest!

Even their houses are thatched huts?!

Even though he was hungry, Qin Yiguan suddenly became cautious.

"Hello."

My name is Zhichun.

He went to see the girl in red, and she had already arrived in front of Qin Yiguan. She was still holding the basket, and her smile was simple and touching.

"Oh, just call me Lao De!"

The old man approached Qin Yiguan and looked him up and down. Suddenly, he clicked his tongue and exclaimed, "My goodness! How did this child get so thin? He's practically dead! Has he not eaten for days? Look at his skinny frame, he'd fall apart in the wind!"

The old man held up a finger and waved it back and forth in front of Qin Yiguan. "Kid, can you still see these numbers clearly?"

Qin Yiguan: "..."

"I, an old man, simply cannot bear to see others go hungry!"

"Zhichun, hurry up and get some food!"

But then the old man quickly led Qin Yiguan into the courtyard and sat him down at the very simple wooden table and stool.

Thump!

A bowl of fruits and vegetables was placed on the small table by Zhichun.

Thump!

A steaming pot of sweet potatoes, corn, and pumpkin was also placed on the small table by Zhichun.

"Son, I have plenty of fruits and vegetables, but no meat!"

"Let's build it quickly!"

The old man lit his pipe and grinned from ear to ear.

Zhichun smiled, tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, and stood to the side, watching with a beaming smile, carrying the basket.

Before me, two bowls of food were piled up like a mountain.

Even the basin was an old-fashioned wooden basin.

If it weren't for its own Shadow, traveling at 8% of the speed of light, it would have stopped outside the fence.

Qin Yiguan even felt as if he had traveled through time, because the courtyard gave off the feeling of a small mountain village from the old days.

Looking at the expectant eyes of Zhichun and Lao De.

Qin Yiguan sighed inwardly.

Okay, let's build it!

While the Experimental Zone may be strange and eccentric, there's no need to assume everyone there is evil!

The boy grabbed a sweet potato and started biting into it. With one bite, the tender yellow flesh was revealed. This sweet potato didn't look like much, but it was unexpectedly soft, glutinous, and sweet!

Tasty!

At the same time, Qin Yiguan was also slightly taken aback. "I don't have Nutrient Pod, yet I can taste the flavor!"

He started eating tomatoes again.

It's both sour and sweet, extremely refreshing, absolutely amazing!

Then he started munching on corn, the aroma filling the air!

He then spotted a yellow bell pepper, grabbed it, and took a bite. He was immediately stunned. "Is this a bell pepper? It tastes even better than fruit?!"

Tasty!

I'm hungry!

Eat, eat, eat!

Two large bowls of food were devoured at a speed visible to the naked eye by the skinny Qin Yiguan!

Lao De was slightly taken aback. "My goodness, the whole family going hungry tonight... that's impossible! Haha, I have plenty of food!"

After finishing all the food.

Qin Yiguan's hunger subsided somewhat.

He looked at his stomach, but there was no sign of it bulging.

What's going on?

At the same time, Qin Yiguan had another feeling: after swallowing so much food, he imagined he should be bursting with hunger, but he wasn't.

He was feeling somewhere between having eaten and not having eaten; he wasn't hungry, but his mouth felt bland, as if something was missing.

Could it be...?

Is it really because there's no meat?

I'm completely baffled.

Qin Yiguan looked up at Lao De and Zhichun. He could now conclude that there was nothing fishy about the food, and it was even top-quality. These two were indeed 'helpful villagers'.

"Thank you so much, your help is like saving my life."

Qin Yiguan looked at the two of them, "I'm curious, why do you live here?"

Lao De laughed heartily, "Farmers, we're wherever the land is. 'A lifetime spent on the fields' perfectly describes people like us!"

"Land?"

Qin Yiguan looked at the young grass and seedlings in the sunroom with a puzzled expression. "You mean the fields?"

"Against Liao!"

Lao De tapped his pipe on the sole of his cloth shoes, tilted his head back, and said, "Zhichun, take him to see the sights!"

Following Zhichun, they slowly arrived at the transparent door of the sunroom.

Zhichun turned around and said, "Yiguan, wherever I go, you go. Don't take an extra step, and don't touch anything."

Qin Yiguan, not understanding why, nodded and said, "Okay."

Zhichun smiled and slipped an apricot into Qin Yiguan's hand, saying, "Our greenhouse has a lot of rules, don't find them annoying, have an apricot."

Qin Yiguan smiled and said, "When in Rome, do as the host says. Zhichun, there's no need to be so polite."

Once inside the greenhouse, Qin Yiguan followed the rules closely, stepping wherever Zhichun stepped. After all, the soil inside was fresh, and there might be seeds buried somewhere. If the soil was compacted, the seeds wouldn't be able to germinate.

We arrived at the center of the greenhouse.

Qin Yiguan also gained a clear understanding of the entire greenhouse's structure.

The lush green lawn on the ground is actually divided into small squares, about the size of mahjong tiles. The entire greenhouse covers at least seven or eight hundred square meters, and there must be hundreds of thousands of these mahjong tiles.

As for that 'lawn,' Qin Yiguan squinted but couldn't make out what it was, because the plants were too small, like moss. If you didn't look closely, you'd think it was patches of green velvet, and you couldn't see any individual plants at all.

But it was at this moment.

The simple and honest Zhichun straightened up, took a slow breath, and softly uttered, "Shennong."

"I am here."

A synthesized mechanical voice rang out.

And in that very instant.

The entire greenhouse shimmered with a bright blue light.

Countless data points floated on the 'lawn' on the ground: light angle, duration of sunlight, soil analysis, and so on... All sorts of data, like little elves, danced around inside the room.

Before Zhichun unfolded an incredibly complex control panel.