194: Chapter 190 Zhou Liang accidentally enters the Peach Blossom Spring
No announcement.
No golden-bordered notification.
No notification sound of any kind.
Although the physical Farm Realm base had not yet finished its renovation, Yang Hang still quietly launched the game version of the Farm Realm.
He leaned back on the sofa, enjoying the service of the Bionic Maid beside him, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up. His attitude was: If someone discovers it in the next two days, then I'll just play along with them.
If no one discovers it... then I'll just wait for the official launch in three days.
Yang Hang did not go in to play by himself like he did in the morning; instead, he chose to go to his parents' place and spend the rest of the evening with them and his younger sister.
He usually accompanied his parents and sister in person. Although his Clone was essentially just a Puppet created from his own flesh and blood and controlled by his Divided Soul, it was not his main Divine Sense where he consistently maintained his primary consciousness. Therefore, except in non-essential situations, Yang Hang handled his own social interactions personally.
The few days he spent researching energy rules last time were truly unexpected. And just as Yang Hang was eating with his parents and playing around with his younger sister, unbeknownst to him...
Not long after the Farm Realm went online, a Survivor who intended to browse the Karmic Trading Realm while resting at night discovered that, right next to the Causality Enhancement Realm, a new icon with a background color identical to the base interface of the Fate Platform had appeared at some unknown time.
Zhou Liang, thirty-four years old, a Yanhuang Survivor.
He had just finished his evening personal Sequence Battle—earning nine victory points.
Not much, but for a Bronze Grade Survivor, it was already pretty good.
His Houseboat was Bronze Grade, six meters long, with a half-cabin cover. On the deck hung a coat that still smelled of fish despite being washed three times. Inside the cabin were stacked compressed rations bought from the Trading Realm and two barrels of fresh water.
Seven-thirty.
According to the schedule of his eight-person mutual aid team, his patrol shift was from nine-thirty to eleven-thirty in the evening.
He had two hours of free time.
Zhou Liang lay on the sheet in the cabin, bored, and opened his life ring.
He scrolled through some posts in the Symphony Realm—still the same discussions about the "golden figure," repeating the same few viewpoints over and over; he was tired of seeing them.
He switched to the food god shrine and glanced at today's deliciousness ranking list. The first place was a serving of red oil wontons, and the accompanying photo was incredibly tempting.
He swallowed his saliva.
A serving of red oil wontons cost nine karma points. His account balance was fifty-seven.
Forget it.
He exited the food god shrine and habitually scanned the arrangement of icons next to the entrance of the Karmic Trading Realm.
Karmic Trading Realm.
Causality Enhancement Realm.
Then—
His gaze froze.
On the right side of the Causality Enhancement Realm icon, something had appeared at some point.
To be precise, it wasn't that it had "appeared"; it was that he almost didn't notice it at first glance.
The background color of that icon was identical to the base interface of the Fate Platform, a milky white tone that almost blended into the background. If his gaze hadn't happened to sweep over that spot, he wouldn't have noticed it at all.
He leaned in to take a closer look.
A sprout breaking through the soil.
The lines were extremely faint, as if lightly sketched with a pencil; one had to get very close to distinguish the outline.
"Huh?"
Zhou Liang furrowed his brows.
Was there such an icon next to the Causality Enhancement Realm entrance before?
He tried hard to recall. He couldn't remember.
The memory of the AI Customer Service quietly appearing last time surfaced instantly.
"Could it be another new feature?"
He immediately went to check his life ring mailbox.
There were no new official notification emails from the Fate Platform.
He pulled down the System message bar of his life ring.
There was nothing.
Last time when the AI Customer Service went online early, the life ring had vibrated slightly and included an email notification. This time, there was nothing.
"So it's not a new feature?"
Zhou Liang stared at the sprout icon, feeling more and more that it was just an interface decoration—compared to the official functional entrances next to it like the Causality Enhancement Realm and Karmic Trading Realm, which had golden borders and a 3D relief texture, this one was too plain.
It was probably just an aesthetic element added when the Fate Platform optimized the interface.
Thinking this, his finger still acted on its own, tapping on it.
No response.
He tapped it again.
Still no response.
It really was just a decoration.
Zhou Liang pursed his lips, his finger already moving away.
But for some unknown reason, inexplicably—his thumb moved back, and he tapped it a third time.
White light.
An overwhelming white light instantly filled his entire field of vision.
A dizzying sensation of spinning swept through his entire body, as if he had been picked up by an invisible giant hand and thrown into a washing machine. Zhou Liang subconsciously wanted to shout, but his throat felt as if it were blocked by something.
The whole process lasted about two seconds.
Then the dizziness disappeared.
The light faded.
Zhou Liang collected himself.
He found himself hovering in mid-air.
Beneath his feet—
Not the sea.
It was a meadow.
A boundless, emerald-green meadow undulating with the wind.
In the distance, there were patches of woods, their canopies swaying gently in the breeze. Further away, rolling hills undulated, and the silvery reflections of several streams were faintly visible.
Above his head was—
A blue sky.
A blue sky.
Not the eternal dark purple dome of the Magic Sea, not the pale, blinding sky under the scorching twin suns.
It was blue.
A pure, clean blue sky with white clouds slowly drifting by.
Zhou Liang was stunned.
A pop-up window appeared in front of him.
[ Welcome to the Farm Realm! ]
[ This is a harmonious and beautiful pastoral world. ]
[ Come and start your own wonderful farming time! ]
[ Warm reminder: Pay attention~ The vegetables you plant and the poultry you raise are at risk of being stolen by other farm owners. If your farm is not managed well, you can also visit other people's farms and take a look~ ]
Zhou Liang didn't look at the pop-up window.
His eyes were fixed intently on the meadow below.
Then, a second layer of interface popped up below the window—Initial Farm Site Selection.
Four options:
[ Mountain Farm ] — Sloping terrain at a higher altitude, suitable for planting mountain crops such as tea trees, medicinal herbs, wild mountain vegetables, and alpine potatoes; can raise goats and free-range chickens. The thatched cottage is built along the slope, with stone fences and terraced fields.
[ Meadow Farm ] — Open and flat meadow terrain, suitable for planting plain crops such as wheat, Chinese cabbage, radishes, and pumpkins; can raise dairy cows, sheep, and geese. The thatched cottage is a standard bungalow structure, with wooden fence enclosures and a grain drying yard.
[ Woodland Farm ] — Openings in the forest, suitable for planting under-forest crops such as mushrooms, wood ear, bamboo shoots, and berries; can raise bees, wild boar piglets, and grouse. The thatched cottage is a stilt wooden house structure, with rattan fences.
[ Streamside Farm ] — Gently sloping terraces beside a stream, suitable for planting aquatic crops such as rice, lotus root, water celery, and wild rice shoots; can raise fish, ducks, and river crabs. The thatched cottage is a stilt structure by the water, with bamboo fish baskets and a small waterwheel.
Zhou Liang saw the options clearly.
He didn't choose.
His gaze moved past the pop-up window and landed back on the green below his feet.
Then his eyes reddened.
He was a thirty-four-year-old man.
Before Transmigration, he ran a small noodle shop in Hefei. His wife had taken their six-year-old daughter back to her parents' home, and when the Transmigration happened, he was alone in the shop kneading dough.
It had been twenty-four days.
The only colors he saw every day were four—the dark purple sky, the grayish-blue sea, the brown deck, and the red blood.
Now he saw the fifth.
Green.
"Meadow." His voice was trembling. "I choose Meadow."