Chapter 11 Are you a masochist?
As early as the first time he was attacked by the black beast, Rhodes had already come up with the idea of ​​building a protective fence.

But timber resources are limited.

This idea can only be put on hold for the time being.

Now that he saw the dragon blood vine, he was naturally delighted and immediately called the little thing to help him make guide stakes for those vines.

How could the little creature, who had just regained its weapon, dare to approach the vine?

It was babbling at the vine from a distance, looking defensive, with its short spear weapon well hidden behind its back.

Seeing that the cane did not react.

It seemed like he had finally regained his position, and his momentum suddenly became much stronger.

After cursing "arrogantly" for a while, he came to Rhodes and started digging the soil and inserting wood according to his instructions.

It's like making a climbing frame for melon vines.

They first built a circle around the altar and then made a simple fence around the plantation.

After all, the altar is the foundation of their survival and must be protected as a priority.

After doing all this, the remaining wood debris in the altar was finally used up.

Want more.

I'm afraid I have to go outside to collect those black woods.

Otherwise, we will have to wait until the oak plants in the plantation grow up.

“This is too poor…”

Looking at the almost empty altar, Rhodes felt a pain in his liver.

When I used to play survival and construction games, I enjoyed chopping down trees and would spend the whole day chopping.

Now it was his turn to really get into it, and he only regretted not turning on the creative mode to directly copy the materials.

It seems I have to find an opportunity to go out again.

See if you can get some more wood.

"Let's go, let's eat something and recover."

After finishing the fence, Rhodes went to the plantation, picked some ripe black fruits and handed them to the little creature, so that it could absorb nutrients and restore its magic power.

He turned around and carefully checked the growth of other plants.

"what?"

suddenly.

Rhodes asked in confusion.

He found that in addition to the first small tree, the other two trees had also begun to bear fruit, and the fruits they produced were somewhat different from those of the first tree.

Not only is it not that dark.

Even the appearance has changed.

If the first one looks a bit like a black sugar apple.

Then the fruits of the remaining two plants are kiwis.

This is totally not the same breed!
But the problem is.

The seeds of the three small trees are obviously the same, and even the branches and leaves are exactly the same, so how come one of the babies born is black?

"Mutation?"

Rhodes looked thoughtful.

Suddenly I recalled that when I first got the first seed, it was still damp and hot, but the other two were not like that.

Could it be that the first one was blessed by the Moon Goddess?

Is that why different fruits grow?

The more I think about it, the more reasonable it becomes.

I'm afraid it's because of this reason that caused the seeds to mutate. It seems that this first sapling needs to be protected.

soon.

Rhodes had an idea.

Take a look at the dense plantations and transplant the common crops planted around the small trees to other places to make more space.

These crops are planted next to small trees for shelter because they are unable to withstand the erosion of black soil.

Now that the black soil within a ten-meter radius around the altar has been dispersed, there is no need to worry about erosion.

And as far as he knew.

If plants are planted too densely, they will compete with each other for nutrients, which will ultimately affect their growth.

Therefore, if you want to increase your harvest, you must remove excess competition and provide enough space for growth, just like pinching off small branches when planting corn.

"When it comes to farming, I've never lost."

After transplanting all the common plants, Rhodes put his hands on his hips, his eyes full of pride.

Although the plants in this world were strange and many of them were beyond his imagination, he could still cope with them with his farming knowledge. For example, the small tree in front of him had yellow leaves.

"..."

"..."

"Wait a moment!"

"Why did you suddenly turn yellow?!"

Rhodes was completely stunned.

I looked in amazement at the leaves of the small tree which were slowly turning yellow.

How come this is different from what he imagined?

What about the competition for nutrients?

Shouldn't you be given space to thrive?
Rhodes can guarantee it.

He was absolutely very careful when transplanting.

In order not to damage the plants, they even dug out the entire piece of soil, injecting magic power while filling the hole.

But now it's better.

There is no problem with the other transplants.

On the contrary, the small tree that had not moved became listless and looked as if it was about to die.

Even the little creature that was digging the soil for the fence noticed something was wrong. It ran over and looked at the little tree with worry on its face. It stretched out its hand and wanted to do something, but was afraid of hurting the little tree, so it quickly withdrew its hand. It was so anxious that it almost cried, thinking that it had killed the little tree by eating too many fruits.

"Eeeah! Eeeah!"

The little creature hurriedly ran to Rhodes, holding the fruit that it had hidden away because it was reluctant to eat, and pointed at the small tree desperately.

Rhodes looked at the fruit and found that there was still some dirt on it. Even the little guy was dirty, obviously he had just been dug out of the soil.

"Don't worry, Xiaoshu will be fine."

After brushing the dust off its head, Rhodes immediately made a decision.

It just turned yellow after the other plants were transplanted away. At worst, I can just transplant them back to you.

The true art of countercurrent!

Less than half an hour.

Rhodes put all the plants back in place and moved them back to their previous locations intact.

The little guy was helping to dig the soil on the side, working as hard as he could.

It even carefully buried the fruit in its hand next to the small tree, and then watched worriedly with its hands folded beside it.

"Green!"

“It’s actually green!”

With his body almost hollowed out, Rhodes cried out in surprise.

As soon as the scattered plants were moved back, the withered yellow leaves of the small trees quickly turned green, and the weak branches also straightened up, completely losing the dying look they had just had.

This is a strange phenomenon.

He couldn't help but marvel at it.

The little thing was so happy that it cried and ran around the tree, thinking that the fruits it had buried were effective.

Rhodes smiled and didn't expose it.

Instead, he carefully observed the changes in the small tree.

Because it was the first time he had seen such a strange phenomenon, a plant would wither because of the distance between other plants and it was completely against the laws of nature.

It grows better if someone comes to steal the nutrients.

What a top-level masochistic physique.

This little tree might be the reincarnation of a yandere.

After this incident, Rhodes learned his lesson.

I didn't touch the plants around the small tree.

Since the growth of small trees is affected by the surrounding plants, would it be possible to grow them faster if we plant more of them?
As if in response to his thought.

At this moment, the statue of the Moon Goddess in the center of the altar suddenly lit up, and the soft light instantly illuminated the already dark night.

Another reaction?
Rhodes' face lit up with joy. He didn't bother to study the changes in the plants and hurried to the Moon Well.

He had already made up his mind that he must pray more to the Moon Goddess this time.

In addition to the necessary seeds, another thing is needed, that is offensive magic!
After all, the defensive force is too weak if he only relies on this little thing as a combat unit, so he must have some offensive means.

No matter what.

A defensive magic would be fine too.

Otherwise, how can I protect the Dream Forest?

(End of this chapter)