The effect of the white rice he had recently planted was indeed better. It could help him regain the energy he had spent faster, like some spiritual delicacies.
If he were in his peak form, such an effect would be negligible for him. However, in his current state, it was undoubtedly quite precious.
There were even minor signs of his old ailment showing improvement. Although he knew he couldn’t cure this old problem, he would still enjoy the convenience brought by his body’s improvement.
His body felt a little lighter every time he finished his meal.
At noon yesterday, he had confirmed the pollution level from the recent harvest. It was as low as 8%! Even with the environment in his inner space that was still affected by his old ailment. Before this, his inner space was also a resplendent place instead of a barren one.
Because of his ailment, he thought it would remain barren forever. Yet, that ghostly woman had such a surprise for him.
His inner space was his secret territory and he had complete control of it. He could make rules whether he would allow time in certain areas to continue to flow or remain stagnant.
But... now there was one additional person who had access to it.
Xie Ziyuan was initially indignant and annoyed at her blatant act of invading his most secret place. As more time passed, he saw that she was only interested in farming, so he would just let her be.
Until the clock almost touched the number three in the morning, he still hadn’t slept. There were many things to consider for the development of the base.
Just as he was about to think how he should allocate the new recruits, he remembered it was now time for the harvest.
Once he entered the inner space, he subconsciously stared at the mailbox post and noticed something odd with it. He walked over and pulled the white paper from inside.
Surprisingly... the ghostly woman had replied.
"Xie Ziyuan, how are you?~ Sorry, I haven’t been able to come for the past few days."
She didn’t explain further, but somehow, he could sense her presence now. She was in his inner space.
Su Yining had gone to bed too early, so she was also awoken at such an ungodly hour. At this hour, that wretched Chen Kaixuan wouldn’t disturb her, so she dared to open her phone.
He already disturbed her for the whole night yesterday. As such, she believed he wouldn’t harass her again at this time. Even an unemployed man needs to sleep.
As he stared at the words on the paper, he was a little dazed.
On the other hand, Su Yining was very surprised. Her Yuanyuan had recruited new residents for her! What a cute and obedient silver wolf!
When she saw the cute new chibis, she was quite satisfied. There was a black panther, an eagle, a rabbit, and many more.
Now the total of the residents has become twenty. Unfortunately, the mission still hadn’t been finished. On the task page, it still said the base just recruited 17 new people. The old ones didn’t count.
She recalled that there were over twenty beastmen in the traffickers’ place. Why did they only recruit seventeen now? She was a little puzzled.
So, even if she was doubtful about the quality of the AI, she still tried to interact with the main character. When Xie Ziyuan sent her a message asking where she had been, she wasn’t surprised at all.
After all, she had experienced an app where a certain green bird pestered non-stop even if she just skipped one day of logging in.
"Busy?" Xie Ziyuan asked.
Su Yining didn’t elaborate, and instead mentioned another topic. "Yes, I see that you have been busy too, Xie Ziyuan. You are working hard to achieve the twenty resident recruitment. Good job!"
His eyelashes fluttered as the words appeared on the paper again. His eyes were dark, and it was unknown what he was thinking.
When Su Yining saw him like this, she just thought that the main character was just resting because he didn’t have any mission. She checked the warehouse and was surprised to see 78 portions fo white rice.
Her Yuanyuan recruited so many people. Didn’t he need to feed them all? There were so many portions left! Originally, she was expecting ten or so portions left.
Because she had bought a package last time, she gained some gold coins and other items like pills, water hose, and even some individual teleportation talismans as bonus.
Now, she wasn’t so poor anymore. At least, she had 52 gold coins now.
That person’s money was still useful at least...
She fell into a deep thought. If she accepted Han Zhicong’s plan, that person might not be able to contact her anymore. Therefore, she hesitated.
As she fell in a daze, she received another reply from Xie Ziyuan. He was surprisingly very understanding this time.
"Twenty new residents? Alright. I will go get the rest." Xie Ziyuan wasn’t in a hurry to send the message inside the mailbox again this time. He frowned, considering if he had missed anything else before finally adding. "If you need to do something with the white rice, take them."
Su Yining blinked repeatedly. So, the reason her Yuanyuan didn’t use the rice was because of her, right? What did they eat then? Thinking of this, she couldn’t help but was a little anxious.
"Don’t you need the rice too? I am leaving all those for you. Eat them and share with your residents too!" She clicked send. This was the last message she could send him for today.
She stared at the ceilings in a slight daze, waiting for a reply. The time in the game seemed to be similar to the reality in her timezone. The situation around the castle was a bit dark, like the night time.
Xie Ziyuan pressed his lips together. A mocking smile appeared on his lips. No wonder she only came in quietly and didn’t confront him.
As it turned out that all of this white rice was for him...?
Of course, he didn’t forget that some of the rice also disappeared before. The ghostly woman had some use for them too.
"Use them yourself. Do you think I can’t feed myself?" He wrote, his tone was undoubtedly arrogant.
He waited for a reply, and even after a long time passed, he hadn’t received any. He frowned and his gaze deepened.