Natural God's Gift

After returning, Si Ye continued to work diligently on the Dragon Bamboo Plains. Such is the life of a Zerg warrior, endlessly patrolling their territory, year after year.

Si Ye was somewhat fortunate, managing to venture out every few days. Some Zerg warriors, however, would spend their entire lives within their territory, their existence reduced to three simple acts: eating, sleeping, and working.

However, in recent years, the kingdom had become more lively, owing to the increased activity and workload for everyone.

In Si Ye's domain, both the Shellfish Farm and the Dragon Bamboo Plains required a large number of Flame Spider warriors.

The public territory managed by Jin Kui also needed many Zerg warriors to work.

Even Tong Quan, the lord of the territory, required Flame Spider warriors to weave silk pouches. Everyone was busy, and even Lord Qing Feng remarked that everyone seemed more energetic than before.

This was only natural. In the past, with nothing to do, everyone could only till the land and plant trees, hoping to cultivate a God-given Seed.

Now that they could earn Primal Stones, they naturally became more motivated, and the increased activity brought vitality.

On the Dragon Bamboo Plains, the Dragon Bamboo God-given Seed had begun to flourish. After advancing to the intermediate level, its growth seemed to accelerate.

Its roots relentlessly absorbed nutrients from the soil, spreading in all directions, both above and below ground.

According to Si Ye's mental probes, the roots of the Dragon Bamboo God-given Seed had likely occupied an area within a one-kilometer radius underground.

Si Ye believed that the ample supply of fertilizer also contributed to this growth.

After all, the growth of a plant in barren soil would undoubtedly differ greatly from its growth in fertile soil.

To illustrate, the foxtail grass growing on the Dragon Bamboo Plains was much larger than that in other areas.

Even the Ginkgo Spider King had come to observe, and based on its past experience, it judged that with a continuous supply of fertilizer, the Dragon Bamboo God-given Seed might advance to the King level 50 years earlier than normal.

Originally, the Sea Soul Cedar God-given Seed had estimated that due to its immense size and scale, the Dragon Bamboo God-given Seed would be slower to advance to the King level than ordinary arboreal God-given Seeds.

Even within the Flame Spider Kingdom, it might take around 800 years to advance. Accelerating the process by fifty years was already a significant improvement.

Moreover, since Angelica had bestowed Time Acceleration upon the Dragon Bamboo God-given Seed, one year of its growth was equivalent to 2.1 years under normal conditions. If this could be sustained, it might advance to the King level within 500 years, a speed comparable to that of some Zerg warriors advancing to the King level.

Furthermore, due to Angelica's age advancement, its ability could now accelerate the growth rate of an area or a plant by 2.5 times. If it advanced further in the future, it might be able to further shorten the growth time of the Dragon Bamboo God-given Seed.

Years passed, and Yun Shi continued its usual routine, transporting fertilizer three times a month. The 20,000 bamboo tubes were quite useful, and after six or seven years, only a portion of them had been damaged.

However, their usefulness was likely nearing its end, because in winter, Boss Xiao Ji notified Si Ye that the first ship it had ordered was nearing completion.

Upon receiving this news, Si Ye was immediately delighted. The ship it had commissioned, after so many years of construction, was finally about to be completed.

It rushed to Boss Xiao Ji's shipbuilding location to see what the ship looked like.

The shipbuilding location was also at the Great River, as it was convenient to cut down trees there.

On the Great River, a giant ship, 150 meters in length, constructed from giant trees and iron rivets, stood horizontally on a temporary dock. Flame Spider warriors surrounded the giant ship, curiously examining it.

This giant ship, which clearly deviated from the style of the Star Realm, was the ship that Si Ye had commissioned Boss Xiao Ji to design and build.

Boss Xiao Ji stood on the giant ship, speaking eloquently as he introduced it to Si Ye: "According to my design, this ship is 150 meters long, 80 meters wide at its widest point, and 18 meters high, even larger than a marine bionic warrior.

It has three propulsion methods. One is wind power, with three sails that can navigate with the wind and ocean currents.

The second is sea beast towing. At the bow of the ship, there is a giant woven silk rope that can be used to have Lord Dragon Beard tow it.

The third is Primal Stone propulsion. At the stern of the ship, there is a motor that imitates bionic warriors and can crush Primal Stones for power. Using Primal Stone propulsion can also make the ship travel quickly, but the cost is quite high, costing 5,000 Primal Stones for a trip between the islands."

"Primal Stone operation is so expensive?" Si Ye curiously looked around the ship.

The ship was made quite simply, with only a large, empty cabin besides the driving position.

However, Boss Xiao Ji handled the details quite well. The wood on the ship was dried in a cool place and carbonized on the surface to prevent insect bites.

In addition, they adopted an iron-clad wood method, asking the Purple Rainbow Flame Spider warriors to wrap a thin layer of iron skin on the surface of the ship, leaving no gaps.

At some key positions of the ship, huge rivets were used to nail it together, making the ship extremely strong.

In the central position of the ship, there were also huge masts and sails made of spider silk. The sails could be lowered and raised, and the angle could be adjusted, which was very convenient.

In addition, on the outside of the ship, there were hatches that could be opened for goods to be transported directly from the side.

Si Ye inspected the ship with satisfaction. It had spent 220,000 Primal Stones to build this ship, a considerable cost.

Of course, with such a large investment, the return would certainly be very generous. According to Boss Xiao Ji's explanation, the ship could carry 70,000 cubic meters of dry bird droppings at a time, with a limit of 80,000 cubic meters.

With this giant ship, it could carry the goods that Yun Shi used to carry in 30 trips in one trip. With it, Yun Shi could finally take a break.

Of course, with such a large ship, it could not rely on the dozen or twenty Zerg warriors on Yinmei Island to load the goods.

Such a large cabin, I am afraid they would not be able to fill a ship in a year.

In fact, it already had several Zerg tribes pre-selected for loading fertilizer.

One was the Coastal Isopod tribe recommended by the Ziyun Merchant Guild. This tribe was built along the coast and lived around the sea. It can be said that most of the coastline was their territory. The total area was only more than the Flame Spider Kingdom, and the number of insects was also four or five hundred.

The other was the Deep Sea Giant Isopod tribe recommended by Lord Longxu. Si Ye did not know much about this tribe, but according to Lord Longxu, the entire deep sea was their territory.

They occupied the deep sea and some islands far from the coast, and were an extremely powerful kingdom.

However, it was a bit early to say this now. It was just thinking about it. It did not know whether the other party would be willing to do this dirty, tiring, and hard work.

Thinking of this, Si Ye was wondering whether it should ask Lord Ziyun or Lord Longxu to act as a liaison and discuss matters with the other tribe before taking action.

It just so happened that Lord Ziyun and the others had returned a few days ago, so it could tell them.

Si Ye asked: "What processes are still needed before the ship is completed?"

Xiao Ji: "There are still some finishing touches to be done now."

"There is one more thing, Si Ye, have you considered what to use for loading?"

Xiao Ji and Si Ye had been dealing with each other for so many years, and also knew what it was going to do to make a ship, and now asked a more critical question.

As far as it knew, Si Ye and the others were now transporting fertilizer in simple bamboo tubes. After the ship was built, they certainly could not use this method. What to use now became a more urgent matter.

This was indeed a problem. It was impossible to pour all the fertilizer into the cabin, right?

Cleanliness was irrelevant, but how long would it take to load and unload?

Thinking of this, Si Ye said: "Xiao Ji, do you have any good suggestions?"

Xiao Ji raised a whisker and said: "You can make iron boxes and use boxes to carry fertilizer, so that Zerg warriors can load the fertilizer into iron boxes, and after the ship arrives, they can transport the boxes back and forth.

When the time comes, assemble a few pulley blocks on the dock to directly lift the boxes, so as to achieve the purpose of rapid handling."

While Xiao Ji was speaking, Si Ye had already used its earth and stone abilities to imitate the production. It made a 1.5-meter ship according to the ratio, and then made several 5 cm by 3 cm squares and placed them on the ship.

As soon as it put it down, Si Ye immediately noticed the problem: "The iron box is too heavy."

"Yes," obviously, Xiao Ji had also considered this problem: "If you use iron boxes, it will be much more convenient to transport, but the volume of fertilizer transported will definitely be greatly reduced."

"Therefore, I give the second method." Boss Xiao Ji raised the second whisker: "Use spider silk to weave giant bags to carry fertilizer."

Si Ye: "..—"

Spider silk bags are extremely tough and good, and can carry several tons of goods, but a large spider silk bag costs 40-50 Primal Stones. To weave giant spider silk bags, it would cost at least hundreds of Primal Stones. It does not want one or two, but thousands of them. Does it still have to spend millions of Primal Stones to weave the bags for transportation?

This plan was directly ruled out.

"I will think about the carrier for transporting goods again, you finish up here first."

Boss Xiao Ji said: "I originally thought that if iron containers were used as carriers and a row of rollers were installed under the ship, should we make rollers now?"

"Do it first." If there is really no way, it is not impossible to use iron boxes, and it does not matter if the load capacity is reduced.

In fact, the biggest limitation now is that there are not enough insect power, not enough Flame Spider warriors, and not enough Zerg warriors to work, which seriously delays the progress of the Dragon Bamboo Plains.

Si Ye said: "Boss Xiao Ji, when can the remaining two ships be completed?"

Xiao Ji calculated and gave an approximate time: "With the experience of the first ship, the construction of the remaining two ships should be much faster, and I will try to get it done within ten years."

"Okay, it's fine as long as you can arrange it well." Si Ye bought from Boss Xiao Ji according to the price of each ship. As for whether it will take eight or ten years to complete, it does not care, as long as it does not drag on for seventy or eighty years.