eurekapd Chapter 7 Garden Secret Realm Side Quest
Chapter 7 Garden Secret Realm Side Quest
"To finish up, first check the trending topics, and you'll know."
As I finished browsing the game news section, the first article was: "The absolutely stunning moment I missed, I'm so regretful!!!"
This trending topic is not only a hot gaming news item, but it also ranks third in the social section, and it's showing signs of rising.
Clicking on it reveals many videos, all featuring Qingfengyi.
Clicking on one of the videos, I saw a beautiful woman dancing with flower petals in the night, a truly breathtaking sight.
At first, I was happily watching the ending, but when the petals disappeared, a line of text appeared: "Thank you for your understanding, thank you for your companionship." A gorgeous special effect will appear within half an hour of the game update starting—a surprise for everyone! Each letter will only have this effect once, hoping to leave you with a beautiful moment. Beauty is Qingfengyi's eternal pursuit.
"Hahaha, quickly take a screenshot, the final meme will be ready in an instant."
"I'm stunned. There's a streamer here who lost 100 million just like me."
"I feel at peace and comfortable now."
"Comfortable."
The final product was unbelievable; "The designer created special effects for the product!"
"Yes."
A large swath drifted by, even covering the large face of the tail end.
"What I missed, my God."
He quickly entered the game; there were no special effects, and a letter was on the table.
My heart is bleeding. "Brothers, my favorite game updated without waiting for me. It feels like I missed the beauty emerging from the bath."
"No, you also missed your wedding night, brother."
"The bride is cold, quickly open the envelope. There's a big surprise waiting for you inside."
Even after finishing up, the envelope was still very beautiful.
Open:
Dear players, the following content is included in this game update. We hope you enjoy it.
1. From now on, delivering messages will be accompanied by special effects. The form of the effects is uncertain, they will appear only once every half hour, and only in the room where the player is present. This is a surprise for all players, we hope you like it.
2. This game update includes free ways to obtain copper coins, silver, and gold, and adds a pearl recharge option. See the link for details. (link)
3. This game update includes a free Garden Secret Realm, filled with surprises waiting for players to explore. The Garden Key is delivered along with a letter; open it to access the secret realm, and the garden will then become part of the player's house.
4. Garden plants may be added later, and more exciting gameplay will be updated soon, so stay tuned.
After finishing, he picked up the envelope. Inside was indeed a milky-white jade pendant, engraved with the words "Garden Secret Realm" in a flowing, elegant style. After observing it for about a minute, the pendant automatically flew to the elevator and transformed into one of the buttons. The button displayed "Garden."
After finishing, I pressed a button, entered the elevator, opened the door, and arrived at a desolate place. The ground was covered with wild grass and small wildflowers, which looked incredibly beautiful.
There was also a rather dilapidated little wooden house, with a sign outside that read "Large Garden," which was very eye-catching.
Walk over there and the game instructions will be displayed. First, weed.
Looking at the beautiful flowers and plants in the field, Saowei exclaimed in astonishment, "Does 'weeding' mean removing all the beautiful weeds in front of us?"
"Yes, I don't know what the designer was thinking. Such beautiful grass, and they actually designed it for players to pull up. It's such a waste."
"Yeah, I've been watching since midnight, but I still can't bring myself to do it."
"Me too! These flowers and plants are so beautiful, the designer is inhuman!"
.......
A large number of people are criticizing the designer, arguing that in an environment of interstellar radiation, no plant can possibly grow. The only opportunities to see plants are in museums or glass-enclosed laboratories, surrounded by several feet of thick radiation-shielding glass walls, where even with your eye pressed against the glass, you might not be able to see clearly. And now, there are so many right in front of them, and the designer is telling them to pull them all out!
"Waaaaah, the designer is so heartless, so incredibly heartless."
"These flowers and plants are so lovely, how could I bear to pull them out!"
"These flowers and herbs have a fragrance that is more refreshing than the best perfume."
"Ahhh, I love this scent so much too! Where did the designer get the inspiration? I thought it was the scent of flowers and herbs."
"As agricultural students pass by, they smell the fragrance of flowers and plants, which is dozens of times stronger than the fragrance of real flowers and plants."
.......
After silently admiring the finishing touches for a moment, he picked up his sickle and hoe and began to work.
The moment the sickle cut the flowers and grass, sap would ooze out, followed by an even more fragrant aroma of herbs that filled his nostrils. He was stunned!
He was inhaling deeply as he cut the grass.
An hour later, the grass covering more than 300 square meters was completely cleared.
Looking at the barren land, it's really heartbreaking.
"You're ruthless in cleaning up the mess!"
"In the cleanup, you've created a wasteland."
"You've ruined the game environment by cleaning up the mess."
"Finish this job, give me back my flowers and plants!"
I only had time to look at everyone's comments now that I was finishing up, and I didn't expect them to be all criticizing me.
He said, "This is like playing a game; if you don't follow the designer's steps, it won't progress."
After saying that, he ignored the comments and started tidying up the remaining bits of grass.
After weeding, I went to the sign to hand in the task.
Then the following message popped up:
[Congratulations on completing the weeding task! Now it's time to plant flowers and earn silver. Higher-level flowers sell for more, so work hard to level up and plant more flowers. Remember to sell them here after harvesting! Flowers will wither and rot if not harvested, so remember to collect them to realize their value. Also, flowers have a chance to mutate; you can take the mutated flowers home to decorate your garden!]
This message was displayed on the big screen, and the audience became excited.
"Can I take the mutated flower with me?"
"What kind of flowers are they? I can't wait!"
"The cleanup operation, the environmental destroyer."
"Let's wait until the finishing touches are done before we talk about it. What if they don't look as good as the current flowers and plants? Wouldn't that be a waste?"
"Yes, this place can also be used as a small garden for relaxation in the future."
In the interstellar world, having a yard full of plants is a luxury; you can only grow artificial flowers. But artificial flowers simply don't have the realism and feel of the flowers in Qingfengyi; they're obviously fake.
"Yes, yes, you can't find a holographic environment with a more pleasant scent than the plants in the gentle breeze."
"It's not that we can't find it, it's that it simply doesn't exist."
"Seriously, has the designer ever seen a scene like this before? It's so realistic."
"It's so realistic. The smell, the soil, the texture, the appearance of the flowers, everything is so real."
"I was amazed when I saw the plants in the glasshouse before."
"Stop exaggerating, it's all fantasy. How could plants in reality be like that? The flowers inside the glasshouse are even incredibly fragrant, while the flowers I've seen in museums have no scent at all."
"Upstairs, you have no right to criticize a designer who can imagine such a wonderful fragrance. What's wrong with giving the most beautiful plants a scent?"
..........
Ignoring the arguments in the comments, I followed the clues to the seed shelf in the cabin and found a half-sack of seeds. The seeds were small and yellowish-brown, plump and quite beautiful.
Take the seeds and drop them into the ground according to the instructions, then go to the well to fetch water and water the plants.
After finishing, he took a small stool from the cabin, sat down on the ground, and chatted with the audience.
"Just wait, everyone. Soon, new flowers and plants will sprout up in front of you. The game will give players a bag of free seeds. After that, you'll have to buy the seeds with money. But don't worry about the money, because you can sell the flowers you plant. I wonder what rapeseed flowers will look like when they grow."
Surprisingly, the player who started the game is currently the first to plant flowers, because other players are reluctant to remove the plants.
"I'm waiting to see the finishing touches and the flowers bloom. If they're really prettier than the previous plants, I'll plant them."
"You're cleaning up the mess! You're ruining the environment. The flowers and plants were so beautiful, how could you bear to pull them out, you executioner!"
"Finishing the work, waiting for you to plant flowers."
.......
Ignoring the insults, I silently watched the seedlings sprout in the field!
"Look everyone, it's really growing!"
To finish, widen the shooting angle and aim at the two heart-shaped tender green leaves on the ground.
Wow, this is so cute!
"So tender, looks so fragile."
"I was so touched, I almost cried~"
"Is this what a newborn looks like? How amazing."
"Keep your hands cleaned up, don't break it."
Saowei said excitedly, "I don't know what it will look like when it grows up, but it's already so beautiful."
The moment I looked up, all I saw was green, tender little seedlings. I froze, completely captivated by the scenery before me.
The camera just stood there, motionless, focused on the two leaves.
"This looks similar to the plant growth process reported by the Academy of Sciences."
"Yes, who exactly is the designer, and how does she know how plants grow?"
"Could he be a big shot in agricultural science?"
"I can't take it anymore. I have to go back and pull out the flowers and plants. It's worth it just to see these little seedlings."
.......
After a long pause to catch my breath, I excitedly waited for ten minutes. The rapeseed had grown to about half a person's height and started to bud. In the blink of an eye, the yellow flowers burst into bloom. I aimed my camera at the flowers, and the moment the rapeseed flowers opened was breathtakingly beautiful!
The petals opened one by one, as if you could hear the flowers making a soft, popping sound. Looking up, the land before you was covered in a sea of yellow flowers. Waves of fragrance wafted over, too much to take in.
From afar, a yellow cloud appeared. At that moment, a gentle breeze swept in, gradually growing stronger, blowing countless petals into the air and making them dance.
The shower of flowers turned into a reminder:
Congratulations to the player who unlocked the rapeseed flower by finishing the game! Keep up the good work selling flowers to earn fifty coins and buy new seeds. The seed shop is now unlocked, come and buy your flower seeds!
Then the shower of petals transformed into a book that landed in the hands of the person sweeping up the back, with the words "Flower Classic" written in large characters on it.
The first page features rapeseed flowers. The following pages are filled with many, many more question marks.
The comments section was flooded with messages.
"Ahhhh!"
"It's so beautiful! I'm going to plant flowers right now, I'm going to plant flowers right away."
"My God, what kind of genius is this designer? How could he come up with such a beautiful picture?"
"I'd be doing myself a disservice if I didn't plant flowers."
Saowei patted his chest and said, "I was so scared! I thought the wind was going to blow all these flowers away."
"I was also worried about dying, but the moment it was blown up was really beautiful."
"I remembered the moment when I delivered the letter. If planting flowers had this special effect, it would make up for the regret."
"No, it can't be made up for; it's different."
.........
The action of quickly harvesting the rapeseed flowers to finish off the harvest once again drew jeers and complaints from the audience.
"It's inhumane to clean up the mess; how could you bring yourself to cut down such beautiful flowers?"
The harvester said helplessly, "If we don't harvest, we can't sell the crops and we can't plant new ones. Don't you want to see what the new plants look like?"
I don't know what the designer was thinking, but you can't spend money here.
Upon hearing this, the audience's attitude changed instantly, urging him to harvest quickly and plant new plants.
Meanwhile, taking a break, I switched to my own game world and started weeding and planting rapeseed flowers.
As they finished up, suddenly, a flash of golden light appeared, and before them, a mutated flower with sparse heads and a rather thin cluster of blossoms appeared.
[Mutant rapeseed flower: Should I add it to my inventory? If not, will it be sold along with regular flowers?]
Despite the flowers looking rather shabby compared to the others, he still put them in his backpack. He remembered that there were many vases in each room, but they were all empty now, so he could use them to decorate the place.
He then received several more mutated flowers.
The whole harvesting process felt like a treasure hunt, with everyone hoping the next plant would be a mutated flower, or even more beautiful.
After harvesting them all, I had five bunches of flowers. Only one bunch was full and compact, with many flowers and a beautiful shape; the others were just average. I carried the rapeseed flowers to the front of the hut, and soon I felt a little tired.
"Are the designers devils? There's a backpack, so why do players have to move it over bit by bit?"
The player was very dissatisfied with this and immediately left a comment on the game's message board, asking the designer to allow flowers to be added to their inventory, otherwise it would be too tiring.
Mental exhaustion.
Unfortunately, Lin Shuying won't see it.
She is now obsessed with making clothes and quilts.
Yes, I also plan to make two sets of quilts, duvet covers, pillows, etc., so I can have clothes to change into.
After making a spare set of quilts, quilt covers, mattress pads, and pillows for Xia Chunqi and myself, I started making clothes. I made a cheongsam, which is relatively simple and quick to make for now.
She made a cheongsam consisting of a top and a skirt. Making them separately meant she didn't have to worry too much about body shape and measurements, so she could just make a rough draft. The hem of the dress was simply embroidered with orchids, lotus flowers, and plum blossoms.
When she has time and isn't in a rush, she has time to make some nice things.
Xia Chunqi was forced to cut the fabric on the side; she had been taught beforehand to cut according to the pattern, while Lin Shuying was in charge of sewing. Sparks flew from the sewing machine as Xia Chunqi watched her cousin's deft movements in disbelief. Changing the thread in thirty seconds, and not even needing to look at the stitches?
"Sis, you're amazing!"
Lin Shuying said proudly, "That's right."
Having practiced it for several years in my previous life, how could I not be skilled?
When you take a look at a garment embroidered with a sewing machine, the flowers are actually not very attractive; they look heavy, stiff, and the stitching is too neat. Traditional Chinese clothing is generally much better when embroidered by hand. The resulting flowers are delicate, the stitches are fine, and the garment has a high-quality feel.
Machine-embroidered garments are too thick and heavy; sometimes they not only look unappealing but can also ruin the shape of the garment.
"Chunqi, do you have any printed fabric? I've been looking for a long time but haven't found any printed fabric."
Xia Chunqi said, "Who has nothing better to do than make printed fabric?"
Print design fees can significantly increase costs. Nowadays, designer designs are not cheap. Haven't you seen that spray-painted clothing designers start at hundreds of thousands for their designs?
Lin Shuying was speechless. "Print it out to make clothes. This bare fabric doesn't look good."
"But nobody makes clothes like you. Fabric clothes are usually only found in the holographic world. It's not like there's anything wrong with making these kinds of clothes in reality."
It's ridiculously expensive; only wealthy people can afford it. Wealthy people all have their own designers and don't wear it often, so there's absolutely no market for it.
Lin Shuying squinted at her. Xia Chunqi heard the sewing machine stop, turned her head and saw her cousin's dangerous expression. Thinking of what she had been doing, she immediately said, "Those people are incompetent at making clothes, they don't know the techniques, so they can't make them. Cousin is the best... Cousin, I was wrong!"
Lin Shuying smiled slightly, "Keep it up with the editing."
"it is good."
"It's finished. I'll embroider some pretty flowers for you."
"Thank you, cousin."
Why does that sound so chilling?
Lin Shuying still couldn't understand, "If no one knows how to make it, why are there scissors, a sewing machine, and fabric?"
The original owner's memories contained no related knowledge whatsoever, which she couldn't understand.
Xia Chunqi didn't know either.
"I don't know, but I use scissors often, I use them to cut hair."
Lin Shuying glanced at her bald head and asked, "Do I need scissors?"
Unable to figure it out, Xia Chunqi decided to spend some time searching the StarNet using her personal terminal. Seeing Lin Shuying using her personal terminal, Xia Chunqi wanted to ask why her cousin wasn't working hard, but she didn't dare say it...
I'm afraid my pretty clothes will fly away.
The cheongsams that Lin Shuying is making now are absolutely gorgeous; she can't afford to lose them.