Chapter 53: Harmony

The pros and cons of the wooden spear have already been clearly explained in the introduction. Among melee weapons of the same tier, the spear is arguably the most powerful, precisely because it’s so well-rounded.

It has attributes that other melee weapons lack.

And for the attributes that other melee weapons do have, the spear not only matches them, but often surpasses them in value.

However, its drawback is just as obvious: it requires a lot of strength from the user… which is actually apparent from the materials used to make it.

After all, it’s a weapon made from five pieces of wood. For an average person, just picking it up and walking a few steps would already be impressive, let alone wielding it in combat.

If you’re not strong enough, you might end up falling flat on your butt while swinging the spear. Embarrassment is one thing, but risking your life is no laughing matter.

But since Lyle said he could handle it, Su You naturally chose to trust him. After all, he wouldn’t joke around with his own life.

Once the wooden spear was finished, Su You first went to check on Duoya in the residential house. After confirming that her injuries had fully stabilized, she began preparing another item she’d need for tomorrow—a healing potion.

[Basic Healing Potion] (Consumes: Red Herb*1, Water*1, Container*1)

Category: Medicine

Quality: White

Effect: Restores 10 HP upon use and grants the “Healing” status.

Description: A basic healing potion brewed by mixing red herb with water, offering a certain degree of healing.

[Healing]: Continuously restores a small amount of HP.

Red herbs come in bundles of 20. Su You took five to make red herb seeds, and used the remaining fifteen to craft basic healing potions.

Speaking of seeds, Su You glanced at the progress of the four farm plots.

[Farm Plot 1]

Status: Under Construction

Time Remaining: 09:15

[Farm Plot 2]

Status: Under Construction

Time Remaining: 09:18

[Farm Plot 3]

Status: Under Construction

Time Remaining: 09:23

[Farm Plot 4]

Status: Under Construction

Time Remaining: 09:29

…

Since all four plots were started around the same time, the remaining times are pretty close.

She’d rushed back before dark, and since building a farm plot takes two hours, they should be ready around 9 PM.

Now there were less than ten minutes left until the farm plots would be done—in other words, it was just under ten minutes to 9 PM.

For some night owls, 9 PM is just the start of the party.

Su You wasn’t exactly a night owl, but she wasn’t an early sleeper either. Especially in this data-driven world, as long as you sleep enough, you won’t get any negative status effects. So Su You waited the ten minutes, and once the farm plots were finished, she grabbed the pile of seeds and the shovel she’d prepared earlier and got ready to start planting.

Farming in this digitalized world wasn’t particularly complicated. All you had to do was turn the soil, dig a hole, plant the seed, and water it. Once that’s done, the seeds would enter the “growing” state.

Of course, this only applies to lower-level seeds.

Later on, if you want to plant rare medicinal herbs or top-tier crops, the requirements become much stricter—but that’s a concern for another time.

Since the soil had already been tilled when the farm plots were built, Su You didn’t need to spend time tilling again. She just had to dig holes, plant seeds, and water them.

Each farm plot is divided into four smaller sections, meaning each planting session uses four packs of seeds.

It’s possible to plant four different crops in one plot, but if you plant the same crop in all four sections, the plot gains a special aura called “Harmony.”

[Harmony I]: All plants in this plot get along very well. Growth speed +8%, yield +5%.

Actually, you don’t have to plant only the same crop to trigger “Harmony.” If you plant compatible crops with “mutual growth” traits together, you can also trigger Harmony—and possibly even higher-level versions of it.

Even just the first level of Harmony gives an 8% boost to growth speed and a 5% increase in yield. Imagine how powerful the bonuses would be at higher levels!

But right now, Su You didn’t have enough different types of seeds to trigger a higher-level Harmony, so she had to settle for the basic version.

Given the situation, Su You planted red-berry bushes in both Farm Plot 1 and 2, red herb in Plot 3, and cotton in Plot 4.

This way, across the four plots, she had food, medicinal herbs, and basic crafting materials all covered—a very well-rounded setup.

Although she didn’t need to till the soil, digging holes, planting seeds, and watering wasn’t exactly easy work. Su You was busy for quite a while—so long that by the time Dolly finished making the items Su You needed, she still hadn’t watered Plots 3 and 4.

After Dolly finished crafting, she brought the items over to Su You, took the watering can, and volunteered to finish the remaining watering.

Su You, meanwhile, returned to the central fire to check out what Dolly had made, as well as the two pieces of equipment she’d previously upgraded.

[Enhanced Leather Tunic]

Category: Equipment

Quality: Green

Durability: 130/130

Attributes: Defense (8+5), Resistance (1%+0.5%)

Description: An enhanced leather tunic made from animal hide. Thanks to expert tailoring, its durability, defense, and resistance have all been improved.

[Enhanced Leather Pants]

Category: Equipment

Quality: Green

Durability: 130/130

Attributes: Defense (5+2), Resistance (1%+0.2%), Special Resistance (1.3%)

Description: Enhanced leather pants made from animal hide. After careful modification, both defense and resistance are improved, and they now also offer resistance to special attacks.

[Leather Gauntlets]

Category: Equipment

Quality: Green

Attributes: Attack (15), Defense (5), Resistance (5%), Stun (1%~5%)

Description: Leather gauntlets made from animal hide. Not only do they effectively protect and cushion the hands, boosting the wearer’s hand-to-hand combat ability, but they also have a small chance (which increases with attack strength) to stun enemies. The duration of the stun depends on the strength of the attack and the enemy’s own abilities.

…

After looking over the details of these three pieces of equipment, Su You was a bit surprised.

But it wasn’t the enhanced leather gear that surprised her—after all, with all the materials used, these attributes were to be expected. Otherwise, it would have been a waste of enough resources to make a whole second set of leather gear.

What really surprised her was the leather gauntlets."

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