25: Chapter 25 The Spirit Rice Ripens

During the three hours spent waiting for the module installation, Zhou An sat on the sofa in the spacious hall, watching Luo Ning, who was busy calibrating the [storm energy pulse submachine gun] to the side.

"Luo Ning, that [Mad Scientist] talent of yours—besides being able to mutate weapons and armor, can it also upgrade these daily life modules?"

Zhou An pointed to the row of water purifiers and kitchen modules on the first floor.

Although these items were god-tier artifacts in the early stages, now that the fortress had been upgraded to LV3 and its area had quadrupled, relying on that [Green Shade Water Purifier]—which only dripped 500ml of pure water per hour—was clearly unable to keep up with daily consumption, let alone the [spatial cultivation chamber] in the bedroom that was still crazily guzzling water.

Upon hearing this, Luo Ning looked up at those green modules and confidently patted her chest: "As long as it's a machine or a system creation, there's nothing I can't upgrade! However..."

She rubbed her hands together and revealed a greedy smile: "Probability-based upgrades are very resource-intensive."

"Materials are plentiful. I'll say it again: as far as I'm concerned, if it can be achieved by throwing materials at it, it's not an issue."

Zhou An waved his hand, directly opening the system warehouse permissions and setting an unlimited extraction quota for Luo Ning.

"Stay on the ship for these next few days and get these life modules upgraded for me first. If there are leftover materials, go ahead and reinforce that piece-of-junk jetpack of yours with Tier 3 materials as well. Since you've boarded my ship, your mobility and firepower need to keep up with the LV3 tempo."

Luo Ning stared at the completely opened resource depot, her eyes widening.

"Boss, you're generous! Long live the Boss! Don't worry, give me a week, and I guarantee I'll turn all these green lights into noble purple lights for you!"

Luo Ning let out an excited howl and immediately began rummaging through the materials.

…Over the next seven days, the [Cloud Top Fortress] cruised steadily at an altitude of 13,000 meters.

With the blessing of [War Treasure III], Zhou An didn't hide when encountering monsters these past few days; he simply drove the fortress right over them, unleashing a barrage of twin machine guns and cutting lasers, and even managed to earn treasure chests in the process.

Meanwhile, on the first floor of the fortress, the sounds of explosions, twisting metal, and Luo Ning's neurotic, manic laughter drifted out from time to time over the past few days.

It wasn't until the evening of the seventh day.

Luo Ning crawled out of the first-floor workstation, sporting dark circles under her eyes and smelling entirely of machine oil. She collapsed onto the sofa like a pile of mud, yet a look of extremely satisfied, manic joy hung on her face.

"Bo-Boss... it's done. Everything is purple."

Zhou An immediately walked down from the cockpit on the second floor. The row of life facilities that had previously emitted a cheap green light now looked brand new, with gorgeous and mysterious purple halos flowing across their surfaces.

Except for the two [multi-functional rehabilitation beds] which were difficult to modify due to their special therapeutic effects, everything else had undergone a qualitative transformation.

Zhou An checked the panels one by one, his eyes growing brighter with each one.

[Source · Potent Water Purification Matrix (Purple)] Original Name: Green Shade Water Purifier. Effect: Filtration efficiency has broken through its limits. Can produce 10 liters of absolutely pure Water of Life per hour.

[Star Eye · Energy Gathering Photovoltaic Panel (Purple)] Original Name: High-Efficiency Photovoltaic Solar Panel. Effect: Photoelectric conversion efficiency increased by 500%. Can maintain basic energy storage even in cloudy or stormy environments, and can provide additional instantaneous power to the fortress's Tier 2 weapon modules when fully charged.

[Manchu Han Imperial Feast · Intelligent Molecular Kitchen (Purple)] Original Name: Basic Kitchen Module. Effect: Cooking is no longer just about heating. Comes with a molecular recombination function; food deliciousness is increased, and ordinary ingredients cooked through this kitchen provide a minor, continuous automatic recovery effect for Stamina and SAN values for 12 hours after consumption.

"A god-tier skill! Absolutely a god-tier skill!" Zhou An looked at the water purifier with its output of 10 liters per hour and finally felt completely at ease. With this machine, his plantation now had an endless source of water as a backup.

"Boss... I need to go sleep for three days and three nights... don't call me..." Luo Ning didn't even have the strength to take a shower; she muttered a sentence and passed out directly on the sofa. During these seven days, in order to pursue the ultimate probability, she had constantly pushed her SAN value close to the red line, and her spirit was exhausted to the extreme.

Zhou An shook his head with a smile, casually covered her with a blanket, and then turned and walked into his bedroom.

Touching the Rubik's Cube pattern on the wall, a pale green portal opened quietly.

Zhou An stepped into the [spatial cultivation chamber].

Upon entering, an extremely rich aroma of wheat, which made one feel comfortable all over just by smelling it, rushed to meet him.

Inside the greenhouse, which was originally only 500 square meters, a perfect constant temperature and humidity were still maintained.

And in the three high-level planting troughs at the very center, those three purplish-red stalks that he had forcibly created using [Level Up!] had completely matured!

They simply couldn't be described as ordinary wheat.

They were nearly two meters tall, their wheat stalks displaying a crystalline luster like rubies, laden with strings of wheat ears that emitted a faint purple light.

[blood crystal spirit wheat (Purple) has matured!] Current Status: Production Period. Yield Assessment: Each stalk can stably produce approximately 500 grams of blood crystal spirit wheat daily.

Zhou An walked up to them and carefully plucked a grain of blood crystal spirit wheat the size of a thumb. The grain was translucent, with the power of Qi and blood faintly circulating within it.

"Three jin of blood crystal spirit wheat a day." A flash of burning intensity crossed Zhou An's eyes.

"Enough for Luo Ning and me to eat to our hearts' content."

He couldn't wait to harvest all three of these mature wheat stalks. With the newly upgraded [Source · Potent Water Purification Matrix] as backup, he no longer had to worry about the high irrigation cost of three liters of water per day.

He clutched the heavy bag of blood crystal spirit wheat, his mind filled with the heaven-defying effects of this stuff.

"Consuming it over a long period will slowly and permanently increase one's physique and Qi and blood limits."

Zhou An carried the bag of grain and walked out of the [spatial cultivation chamber].

"We've got to have a good meal tonight!"