[Quest trigger condition met, issuing task “Rat in the Walls.”]
[Quest issued, please check.]
“Rat in the Walls…” Colin squinted, nced at the giant rat’s corpse, and took out the scroll.
[“Rat in the Walls”]
[Quest Description: In the Watt Manor<sup>1</sup>沃特庄园 with 沃特 being probably the surname and 庄园 tranted to manor, a ritual was held in disappointment with the Church of Suffering. No one knows the oue of this ritual, but afterward, sharp, piercing noises often came from the walls, followed by the first rat gue…]
[During this disaster, the young Kaidish revealed his ‘miracle,’ single-handedly suppressing the rat gue.]
[Everything was sealed at the bottom of the manor, butter, the seal seemed to loosen.]
[Yearster, when the second rat gue broke out, the church concealed the disaster here for unknown reasons. It wasn’t until the priest escorted thest batch of children through this ce that he realized what had happened and understood that the situation here needed to be suppressed.]
[In the end, he mostly quelled the second rat gue, but this left him near death and unable to reinforce the seal.] [Quest Duration: 1 day, 23 hours, 56 minutes.]
[Quest Requirements: Reinforce the seal to prevent the ominous entities from leaking out.]
[Hint: You guess that reinforcing the seal will require arge amount of Condensed Light Stones, and the task itself is not difficult; you just need to ce arge number of Condensed Light Stones in the seal.]
After reading the quest details, Colin rubbed his chin, finally understanding why the rat looked so familiar.
In the “Twisted Souls” scenes involving the priest, he had killed arge beast and then stumbled away, mentally unstable…
“I didn’t expect the ce where he killed the monster to be in the underground area, but how did he get out of here?”
The white fog had disappeared, and now there was no way to turn back. Colin still didn’t know how to leave this ce.
However, it seemed that neither the priest nor the Mourning Watcher left through tunnels but directly appeared outside after leaving here.
“When I find that light source, I should be able to figure out how to leave here. As for this quest…”
Colin shook his head. Seeing no custom design drawings mentioned, he had little desire toplete it.
The priority was quickly reaching the High Court and gaining extraordinary abilities to face uing troubles.
But when Colin paused for a few seconds on the quest rewards, he was stunned.
[Quest Rewards: Raw Potatoes*30, Recovery Card*1, Polluted Eyeball*1.]
“Raw potatoes…”
Colin’s breath hitched, suddenly realizing the system offered an irresistible reward.
Li Chou noticed his reaction, nced at the quest list, and was equally stunned:
“Did I read that right? Raw potatoes? Is the system broken? Shouldn’t it be ’99 hardened ck bread’?”
“Is this food… very important?” Sanna asked, intrigued.
She was always interested in food and was the only one Colin knew who recognized edible roots and gathered them for reserves.
Even with sufficient food, she’d still pull out withered roots asionally, clean them, and stuff them into the Bible…
“Very important. If the system can issue this, it might be trying to reduce survival difficulty…”
Colin’s gaze fixated on the potatoes. A raw potato, with its sprouting “eyes,” could be cut into small pieces and nted—an easy method.
Although there were only thirty raw potatoes…
Once they sprout and are nted, they could fill all the fields in his territory.
A third-level territory’s fields had a “growth eleration” function. Using fog points could speed up crop growth; if willing to spend, he could harvest in a very short time.
The main issue now was theck of seeds.
Or rather, there were seeds, but mostly wild grass seeds with little nutritional value…
It seemed the upgraded territory’s functions were just for show.
Colin initially thought they were meant to explore and find suitable wild seeds for cultivation.
After all, that fits the “survival” concept.
But he didn’t expect the system to provide seeds, and such a game-changing one—potatoes!
When nted and elerated with mist points, he might harvest within a day, then massively sell sprouted potato pieces…
Perhaps, in a short time, everyone could eat his potatoes…
Just like they ate ck bread to the point of nausea!
Frankly, these potatoes might solve the survival issues of many across the globe.
“Initially, the cost of elerating potato growth from sprouting to maturity with fog points will be high…”
But so what if it’s costly?
At this moment, Colin’spassionate eyes saw those green leeks…
No, those struggling survivors, scrawny and barely surviving on hardened ck bread…
With great poweres great responsibility…
How could he enjoy it alone while people suffered?
These potatoes’ significance was immense, potentially easing survival pressure for all.
“Tomorrow, the leeks will have grown again, right?” Colin mused.
Today was the third day; those who survived had learned some survival techniques.
Many areas had formed alliances, with numbers even surpassing his, reaching dozens.
This meant faster resource gathering and more supplies being carried.
And sharing was a virtue. If the quest went well, Colin would personally lead the sharing tomorrow.
Just as he did yesterday…
“Boss, isn’t the field function exclusive to third-level territories?”
Colin nced at Li Chou and said, “With so many survivors in an area, they can pool resources and collectively fund one.”
Third-level territories were expensive, but with about ten survivors pooling resources, it was manageable.
“And this would force survivors to band together, despite potential conflicts, making humanity stronger overall…”
Colin exined. A third-level territory that produced food versus one that didn’t had vastly different value and influence.
Once he spread potato seeds, humanity would surely gain another boost in strength. <ul><li>1
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