Ch.246246. World Tree

After observing the mine for a day, it seemed to be running well.

The workers were still enthusiastic, and with the good welfare provisions in place, they didn’t seem to have many complaints after working hard.

In reality, though they call it “rest time,” not many people can truly enjoy leisure during a 12-hour break after working for 12 hours.

Even if you sleep for just 6 hours, after eating and washing up, you’re left with barely 5 hours of free time—what can you really do with that?

Of course, you could make good use of that time if you tried, but even hunters naturally want to rest more thoroughly after 12 hours of intense labor.

It seemed like I wouldn’t need to worry about it for a while.

I didn’t think any major problems would arise.

Anyway, the workers who came this time don’t have permission to use the base transfer portal, so even if they wanted to go somewhere, they couldn’t move beyond this mountain range.

Not only is it difficult to find a way through the Ore Mountains, but even if they somehow made it to the farm, there would be no way for them to enter.

The only potential issue I could think of was workers secretly stashing away small amounts of bratrium to take later.

But that could be solved by checking them before they leave.

Honestly, when they’re being paid 100 million per day, I doubted anyone would risk stealing bratrium.

Though I suppose gold might tempt some people if they found it.

“The daily mining yield is impressive, isn’t it?”

Not just bratrium, but various ores are being mined and brought to the warehouse.

They’re placed in the furnace and made into ingots.

Some are used by Kim Sol-i for construction.

The farm was changing day by day.

Starting from the road in front of the farm entrance where people first arrived, now even the internal paths leading to the farm were being decorated.

Most importantly, the World Tree had finally grown to completion.

“This path leads all the way from here to the World Tree. I designed it to feel like a walking trail. This side has a light flower path feeling, gradually transitioning to fields as you go along. And further on, as you approach the Steam Forest, the trees become more numerous.”

“Looks good.”

Bringing Kim Sol-i along was truly my best decision.

If I had to name one thing I lacked, it would definitely be the sense for decorating this farm.

The farm as I designed it didn’t even please me.

Of course, when I copied a farm I liked and tried to imitate it, I could superficially think, “Oh, this is satisfactory,” and feel proud of Suhyeon’s Farming World 1, including the mansion and its surroundings, but I never thought it was perfect.

If I had, I would have been like those guys who take tons of pictures of their farms and show them off in the Farming Gallery.

But now this farm was beautiful enough that I wanted to take pictures and upload them.

And it’s not even complete yet.

It’s just that the different conceptual sections are coming together like Lego pieces, and with each addition, the beauty seems to multiply.

Even though there could be mismatched parts as they overlap, they instead harmonize wonderfully, which is truly impressive.

If it’s this good now, how beautiful will it be when the cabin becomes a mansion and the interior is fully decorated?

I could imagine taking daily walks to admire it all while leisurely enjoying a cup of coffee.

“Oh, and they say the World Tree has fully grown.”

“Really?”

We follow the walking path from the entrance all the way to the farm where the World Tree stands.

“Wow… damn.”

The rice and crop fields stretching along both sides of the path, with the tall, massive World Tree rising between them.

The gently sloping grassy hills around it and the various colorful resources completely shatter the notion that “How could these possibly match with farm fields?” by showing perfect harmony.

The lands surrounding the World Tree.

“Oppa. You’re here?”

Kim Su-jeong, who was spreading a picnic mat and unpacking lunch boxes in the shade of the World Tree, waves and approaches.

She looks completely carefree, enjoying herself with the Naru tribe.

“So, what do you think of the World Tree?”

“The World Tree? It’s amazing! This is insane. It feels almost like a permanent Farming Day.”

Just approaching it, the energy flowing from the World Tree feels healing to the body.

A special point that usually exists only in elven territories.

It’s called a cheat mode for crop cultivation—if you can just plant crops around a World Tree, it’s possible to rake in farms. In Farming World, many people desperately try to complete goodwill quests in elven territories, doing anything to farm near a World Tree.

I was one of them.

But elves don’t allow farming around World Trees.

Nature-protecting elves would never permit digging the land and farming near it.

Moreover, since the World Tree is their home, no matter how friendly you become with them, they won’t grant as much land as you might want.

Yet here is such a World Tree, not in elven territory but inside my farm.

The World Tree itself is enormous, but the land affected by it is much more extensive.

The influence extends almost to the Steam Forest in the east, making Su-jeong wonder if she should expand the fields all the way there.

[World Tree]

– Grade: SS+

– A World Tree that has absorbed the essence of nature. Bestows the World Tree’s blessing on all land within a 5KM radius.

– All crop growth speed +200%

– Crop cultivation grade +1

– 10% chance for crop cultivation grade +2

– Weather and temperature in lands blessed by the World Tree are always maintained at optimal levels.

– Growing conditions for land and crops blessed by the World Tree are always kept at their best.

“It is good indeed.”

I wonder if the pleasant weather I’ve been feeling since returning from Earth, despite it being spring, was because of this.

A 5KM radius essentially covers the entire Level 0 biome.

The Level 0 biome already had distinct four seasons, but now summer and winter have practically disappeared, maintaining only a cool spring-like perfect weather.

Yet the seasons themselves—summer, winter, spring, and autumn—still exist, so we can plant crops for all four seasons.

“By the way, about these mine workers. If they work out well, will you keep using them? I think running things this way isn’t bad.”

“I’ll need to use them periodically, like day laborers. But not as farm members.”

“Yeah. As long as they don’t enter the farm itself… But don’t you think some might try to sneak in and attack the farm later?”

“If there are people with nothing better to do than that, I’ll have to entertain them.”

I’m gathering data on the efficiency of hunters mining ore, and I’ll explore other biomes to find a race I can enslave for mining, then compare to see which is better.

Among the options, each with pros and cons, a race I can enslave would likely be much more efficient than humans.

There’s definitely a different feeling between being able to command easily and having a money-based working relationship.

“I’m going hunting now, so write down anything you need.”

“Okay.”

Having resolved the immediate issues, I prepare to leave.

I’ve been taking it easy since conquering the Level 4 biome.

Now it’s time to break through more biomes.

Especially after seeing the changes in this farm, my ambition has grown.

“If you can get high-grade resources, get them quickly. For the mansion… in Farming World terms, we’d need Level 9 resources, but here the levels are lower, right? I think we should just lay the foundation for now and check what resources are available before decorating it perfectly.”

The final decoration of the farm culminates in completing the mansion.

The place where we sleep, wake up, wash, and eat every day.

We could build it now, but Sol-i wants to make it not just sturdy but a work of art, and I need to support her enthusiasm.

And I was also itching to use my new ability.

“I’ll be back then.”

“Okay. Wow, what’s that?”

I extend my hand to create a rift.

The rift widens like a door, opening into a space in the Ore Mountains.

The range where I can open rifts is limitless.

Though there’s a restriction that I must know the space, in the rift dimension where mapped rifts exist, this rift gap is essentially like a base transfer portal usable from anywhere.

“Where should I go?”

Where should I head to find higher biomes?

For now, I decided to run westward.

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On the Hunter Gallery, heated discussions were taking place.

– Does anyone know about the people who went to work as miners for Farming Company?

– Do phones not work there?

– Of course not lol

– Is it true? That they paid 9 billion in advance, including taxes?

– Yeah, someone I know went there and told me before leaving. Said they received all the money in advance.

– They’re not being taken somewhere for forced labor, right?

– For 9 billion, I’d gladly do forced labor..

– No, I mean for life.

– Why would Farming Company do that? They could easily make that money just by selling Farming Sugar.

The topic of a short-term job paying 9 billion won’t die down easily.

But even money-related topics were suddenly overshadowed by a major incident.

– Breaking news) A-rank dungeon backflow!!!!!

– OMG dungeons are experiencing backflow all over the world right now!!