Chapter 464 - 463: The Great Farming Enterprise

Chapter 464: Chapter 463: The Great Farming Enterprise

Right at the threshold, Little Mushroom stopped again. It hesitated for a long time before finally mustering the courage to turn and look back at Seraphina Sinclair. "Ma’am, um... um..."

Seraphina Sinclair raised an eyebrow. "What is it?"

Little Mushroom’s cap trembled as it said quietly, "Um... may I hug your leg?"

Seraphina Sinclair was speechless.

’What kind of request is that?’

She looked down at her own leg, then back up at Little Mushroom’s small, expectant eyes.

’Though I don’t understand, it’s not an unacceptable request.’

"Go ahead."

Little Mushroom’s eyes lit up instantly. It put down the pile of materials, pattered over, and gently rubbed its cap against Seraphina Sinclair’s calf.

Then it backed away just as quickly, its face flushed red as it zipped into the Lightgate.

The Lightgate slowly closed, and the small room grew quiet.

Seraphina Sinclair stared silently at the pile of materials it had left behind.

Sure enough, a moment later, the Lightgate reappeared. Little Mushroom seemed too embarrassed to come out, only sticking a hand through.

Seraphina Sinclair watched as the hand snatched the materials into the Lightgate with lightning speed. Then the Lightgate vanished with a WHOOSH, and she couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

’This little thing is just too amusing.’

’So brave when it wants to hug a leg, but runs away right after, even forgetting its materials.’

She shook her head and withdrew her gaze, only to meet Luna Jacobs’s eyes.

"So? Are you finished?"

Seraphina Sinclair asked casually. If Little Mushroom was the epitome of working fast, then Luna Jacobs was the epitome of being astonishingly slow.

Seraphina Sinclair didn’t even want to recall how long she had procrastinated on the last blueprint.

’She had good reasons, but a delay was still a delay.’

She looked at the blueprint in front of Luna Jacobs. As expected, neither the blueprint nor the Polishing Knife looked like the work was finished.

But Luna Jacobs picked up the blueprint with a touch of pride, waving it in the air. "It wouldn’t have been this fast normally, but I was suddenly hit with inspiration this morning. And just like that, I finished it in one go."

’In one go? Is that even possible?’

Seraphina Sinclair took the blueprint and looked down at it.

This was the blueprint for the Simple Composting Device. It should have had a detailed diagram of the object’s structure, clear at a single glance.

But now, the original lines and markings on the blueprint were blurry and indistinct, replaced by a faint, silvery glow.

The glow flowed slowly, like mercury spreading across the paper.

Seraphina Sinclair narrowed her eyes, looking closer.

Beneath the silvery glow, she could vaguely make out new patterns taking shape.

These patterns were more intricate and precise than the original ones, as if some living thing were slowly growing.

"This is..." She looked up at Luna Jacobs.

Luna Jacobs took a deep breath, trying to keep her voice steady, but she couldn’t suppress her excitement. "Ma’am, while I was engraving, right as I made the final cut, the blueprint suddenly started to glow! I jumped—I thought I’d ruined it. But when I took a closer look—"

She pointed at the silvery patterns forming on the blueprint, her eyes shining with astonishment. "These patterns! They’re moving! They’re growing! I’ve never seen anything like this!"

Seraphina Sinclair’s gaze fell on the blueprint, carefully observing the slowly flowing silvery glow.

"Do you know what this is?" she asked.

Luna Jacobs scratched her head. "I’m not entirely sure... The lore mentions something very similar to this. It says that when engraving blueprints, you can sometimes trigger a special state called ’Engraving Resonance.’ In this state, the blueprint optimizes itself, improving its quality, and might even break through its original grade limit! But as for whether this is really it..."

She spread her hands. "I’ve never seen it myself. This is a first."

Seraphina Sinclair’s eyebrows shot up.

’Improve its quality? Break its grade limit?’

She looked down at the blueprint in her hands.

The Black Fog Crystal Energy Storage Lamp had gone from F-level to D+ quality after being engraved. If this blueprint’s quality could also be improved...

"Will it become C-level?" she asked.

Luna Jacobs shook her head. "Hard to say. The books say it’s possible, but not guaranteed. It could become D+, or maybe C-. We’ll have to wait until it stabilizes to know for sure."

Seraphina Sinclair’s breath caught. She carefully placed the blueprint on the table.

The two of them sat on opposite sides, their four eyes glued to the ever-changing blueprint, as if by staring so intently, they could make the blueprint too embarrassed to disappoint them.

The silvery glow flowed slowly across the paper’s surface. The new patterns squirmed and grew like living things, gradually eroding the original lines.

Seraphina Sinclair held her breath, not even daring to blink.

’When had she ever seen something so magical? How was this any different from the blueprint evolving on its own?’

Time passed, second by second.

The flow of the silvery glow began to slow.

The new patterns gradually sharpened, transforming from blurry, silvery threads into solid lines, stroke by stroke, outlining a brand-new design.

"It’s almost done," Luna Jacobs whispered, her voice hushed as if afraid to disturb something.

She hadn’t been nervous at first, but Seraphina’s tension was making her nervous too.

Finally, the last wisp of the silvery glow merged into the blueprint and vanished.

The blueprint lay quietly on the stone table, its surface covered by a faint, shimmering fluorescence.

Seraphina Sinclair took a deep breath, reached out, and picked up the blueprint.

After she used Insight, a panel appeared.

[Simple Composting Device Blueprint (C-level)]

[Learning Requirement: Intelligence ≥ 15]

[Materials Required: Iron Ingot ×5, wood ×15, Dewdrop of the Life Spring ×1 (Optional)]

[Base Effect: Converts organic waste into high-concentration nutrient liquid! Production: 500ml per 24 hours. While active, the device automatically absorbs monster remains within a 20-meter radius and converts them into compost material.]

[Bonus Effect (Activated by Dewdrop of the Life Spring): The nutrient liquid’s quality is improved. There is a 10% chance to produce "Micro-light Nutrient Liquid," which can be used to cultivate an Unknown Seed, increasing its probability of becoming a rare plant. Also, no tending required!]

[Note: Still cleaning up monster corpses by hand? Still worried about fertilizer? Buy it! Buy it! Buy it! —A tearful recommendation from a certain anonymous owner of an F-level blueprint.]

Seraphina Sinclair stared at the "C-level" designation, the corners of her mouth slowly turning up.

’It really did upgrade.’

From F-level straight to C-level!

It was just a small blueprint, but this was a true qualitative leap.

What caught her attention more was the optional material and the bonus effect.

Seraphina Sinclair had acquired quite a few Unknown Seeds from the trade channel recently. Her original plan had been to plant a batch using the Portable Ecological Maintenance Device she had bought at The Golden Auction House.

But after planting one as a test, Seraphina Sinclair realized that it wouldn’t work.

The Portable Ecological Maintenance Device was completely unable to meet the growth requirements of the Unknown Seed; it still needed her, a human, to tend to it manually.