Ch.506″Honestly, none of you thought you could use it indefinitely, right?”

While enjoying fragments of an unexpected farming life under the pretext of having nothing to do…

Since the component trees had a structure where metal parts grew from plants, the water I needed to give them wasn’t just simple liquid.

“Commander, you can use regular water, but it’s better to use water boiled with iron fish in it.”

“There’s such a thing?”

“Yeah, this helps the trees absorb iron better.”

“Th-that’s r-right… If you just g-give regular water, the c-component trees will b-bear fruit m-more slowly…”

Just as Griyanar and Nero explained while wearing overalls and straw hats instead of their usual lab coats, holding spray bottles.

Apparently, I needed to use water richly infused with iron.

And regarding our enjoyable farming life and water spraying, Jessica, who knew nothing about farming, said:

“But isn’t that… just rusty water?”

“What.”

“What.”

“…Pardon?”

There was an incident where Gri-gri and Nero-nero trembled with extremely angry faces because she compared iron-rich water to “rusty water.”

Anyway, while leisurely watching the component trees grow vigorously…

I suddenly wondered how many component trees there were, so I stopped watering and decided to ask Griyanar about my curiosity.

“By the way, Griyanar.”

“What is it, Commander?”

“How many component trees have grown so far? Including the saplings.”

“Hmm, there are 10 mature trees, and about 30 saplings?”

“A-and if you c-count the sprouts too… there should be a-about 80 trees…?”

“I see.”

After hearing Griyanar and Nero’s immediate responses, I nodded and soon became lost in my own thoughts.

‘Hmm, those component trees… can I grow them infinitely?’

They increase repair or construction speed by 1% per tree, so 10 trees would mean a 10% increase.

With 100 trees, that’s 100%… meaning repair speed would be twice as fast.

At that rate, it seemed even better than a vending machine containing the perfect recipe for Sol-X-Noon.

Or better than those all-purpose tentacles that could not only handle household chores like meals and cleaning, but also fight in battle, and even give massages and perform night duties.

And if I could increase them indefinitely, wouldn’t the repair speed eventually become 10 times, 100 times faster?

Since there was plenty of space inside the base, there was more than enough room to plant 10,000 or even 100,000 trees.

But right at that moment, while I was enjoying such pleasant fantasies…

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<General Announcement>

<<<Notice Regarding Items Submitted to the Expo!>>>

<Commanders should now be able to purchase and use products that received votes at the Expo.>

<However, we have identified that some items possess excessively powerful capabilities.>

<Therefore, the performance of these items has been adjusted to some extent.>

<This action was necessary for balance adjustment, and we ask for your understanding.>

<The update including performance adjustments will begin today.>

<Update Contents>

<Performance modifications for some Expo entries>

˪<“Perfect Sol-X-Noon Recipe Vending Machine” will have “Mint Chocolate Ice Cream Juice” recipe added.>

˪<“All-Purpose Tentacle That Does Everything” combat power reduced from B-rank Superhuman to D-rank Superhuman level, product rating changed to “Adult Content”.>

˪<“Living Component Tree” maximum growth limited to 100 trees, buff efficiency per tree changed from 1% to 0.1%.>

…(omitted)…

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‘Heeng.’

Seeing my “Component Tree 1,000,000 Army Theory” crushed before it could even sprout by the administrators.

With a bitter feeling, I ordered Griyanar to grow only up to 100 component trees.

Of course, even that would increase repair speed by up to 10%, so I expressed satisfaction saying this was enough.

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Title: The Update Doesn’t Seem Bad

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Screenshot of administrators’ announcement message.jpg]

I would’ve cursed them out if they’d rushed this after we purchased items,

But since they’re doing it before release when we haven’t even experienced the items yet

My only feeling is “Oh, I see, that makes sense”

Comments:

-[For real lol]

-[This is how it should be]

-[Our truly devoted admins are finally doing their job properly!]

-[LOLOLOLOL]

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Title: But This Is Actually Reasonable

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Screenshot of component tree section from the update notice.jpg]

Honestly, if they had released it with the original specs

Just planting 100 trees would double repair and construction speed

With 1,000 trees, it would be 10 times faster

And it’s not like users don’t have places to plant trees in their bases

If someone seriously decided to make an arboretum, they could easily plant 10,000 or 100,000 trees, right?

Comments:

-[That’s truly possible and that’s what makes it scarier]

-[LOLOLOL the performance was really insane]

-[Come to think of it, why did this rank 3rd? It had such an absurdly broken function lol]

-[100x repair speed acceleration is crazy lol. Repairs would complete instantly]

-˪[That’s why the admins dealt with it so decisively]

-[I heard they also nerfed the all-purpose tentacle because its combat power was stronger than expected]

-˪[And they subtly changed its rating to adult content lol]

-˪[Well, it does provide night services too lol]

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Other users were actually praising the administrators for identifying and addressing balance issues before purchases, rather than forcing an update after items had been bought.

Of course, given the nature of the users, it wasn’t all praise…

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Title: Are the Admins Braindead? What Are They Doing?

Author: MintChocoHater

Content: [Screenshot of update adding “Mint Chocolate Ice Cream Juice” to the “Perfect Sol-X-Noon Recipe Vending Machine”.jpg]

You crappy game

What the hell are you doing to the vending machine you idiots

Comments:

-[Huh?]

-[Are you insulting 5 million mint choco fans right now?!]

-˪[The user base barely exceeds 500,000, where did you get 5 million from, damn it]

-[Honestly, I don’t understand the intention behind making toothpaste ice cream, and then turning that into juice]

-˪[You tasteless bastard…!]

-˪[You’re so dead you little piece of-!]

…(omitted)…

-˪[You disrespectful jerk!]

-˪[Shut up-!]

-[Look at the comments above, how many people are ganging up on someone for saying mint choco tastes bad lol]

-˪[At least 50 people]

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Title: Why Are the Admins Finally Doing Their Job?

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Screenshot of adding Mint Chocolate Ice Cream Juice.jpg]

That’s right

You’ve finally found your groove

Keep it up from now on

Comments:

-[Look at these mint choco minority freaks slithering out again]

-˪[You little piece of-]

-˪[How dare you insult the 50 million mint choco nation?]

-˪[Why did the number increase tenfold again? lololol]

-[But the mint choco faction is a minor fandom that’s just loud…]

-˪[W-w-what?](Author)

-˪[Did you just call the mint choco clan a minor fandom?!]

-˪[Take that back, right now…!]

-˪[No, rainbow reflection]

-˪[Ah damn]

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With battles breaking out everywhere between the omnipresent Dark Mint Choco Clan and the Anti-Mint Choco Clan who despised them…

As things were becoming quite chaotic in various ways, I decided to wrap up today’s activities.

Saying we’d continue tomorrow, I parted ways with naked Gri-gri and Nero-nero in their overalls.

I immediately returned to my room, washed up, and lay down on my mattress, planning to browse the gallery before going to sleep.