Chapter 686: Chapter 452: All Hesitation Comes from Poverty

This situation further squeezes the market for the "Moon God Spring". Currently, one Moon God Spring is enough to stably meet the sales demand, with some surplus for personal use.

Zong Shen does not intend to hastily use such a rare functional artifact.

For this reason, he decided to consult the Guide Module today.

"Should I use the Reproduction Stone on the Magic Hall or the Moon God Spring?"

(The Legendary Level Reproduction Stone is best used on buildings with special functions of the Legendary Level. Currently, there aren’t many buildings in the territory that meet this requirement. You could consider the Moon God Spring, or continue to keep it since it won’t run away with legs.)

The advice from the Guide was simple. After reading it, Zong Shen decided to keep it.

The only building in the territory that matches the requirement is the "Moon God Spring". Others like the "Craftsman Statue", "Red Gold Barrier Pillar", and "Incomplete Thunder Domain Miracle" are at the Epic Level or Miracle buildings, surpassing the Legendary Level limit.

The value of the Reproduction Stone is self-evident. Zong Shen has only obtained it once since landing here.

If used on the Moon God Spring, which doesn’t have an urgent need, there might be no shop after passing this village. After all, there are many powerful special buildings at the Legendary Level.

"Better hold on for now..."

"If only I could get a Rare Level Reproduction Stone."

Zong Shen shook his head and said involuntarily.

Ultimately, all his hesitations are due to poverty, really.

He put away the Reproduction Stone. It’s truly a good thing.

Not being able to use it for now is not its fault; it’s Zong Shen’s own doing.

Zong Shen arranged the situation for Doris and then chatted with the women for a while.

After knowing that the blizzard stopped around 10 in the morning, the bored Zong Shen suddenly called Marie to go out together.

They left the Lord’s Small Tower, with Zong Shen leading the way and Marie following behind him to the open space outside the yard.

Compared to the morning, the snow accumulation has become thicker and has now reached Zong Shen’s lower abdomen.

Luckily, he was leading the way; otherwise, the snow would almost be over Marie’s chest.

They now seemed like they were entering a torrent made of snow, and if it continued for another half day, they feared people might get buried alive.

The difficulty of going out in this weather is comparable to a polar expedition,

Zong Shen was already mentally prepared for this, so he didn’t dawdle and took out the Magic Energy Drilling Machine.

He opened the cockpit and took Marie inside.

After sitting down, he closed the glass cover and took out a Heat Ball to place next to him.

After driving practice in the morning, he found that merely relying on the "Heating Technique" inscribed in the cockpit was insufficient to maintain the cockpit temperature for long in such weather.

So this time, he added an extra Magic Energy Thermal Ball to keep the relatively enclosed cabin at a suitable temperature.

Marie looked around the cockpit out of curiosity. Her curiosity was particularly strong for such rare Magic Energy Mechas, given her age.

Magic Energy products are not often seen in this world and are usually only seen in Giant Cities.

These advanced things serve the Nobles or the Kingdom.

Zong Shen skillfully started the Drilling Machine, activated the drill head, and began plowing through the snow.

This time, his target was the northwest of the territory, to check on the poor cattle and sheep in the Agricultural and Livestock Area.

The Basic-Level Fertile Lands in the central zone were basically dead.

The "Tower of Agriculture" arrived too late, and construction hasn’t begun yet.

Although Zong Shen had made cold resistance preparations for the Pasture before the arrival of Frosty Winter, only heaven knows how many cattle and sheep can survive under such drastic climate changes.

If they froze to death, Zong Shen could only wait until Frosty Winter ends, letting people handle the cattle and sheep with tears, skinning and processing them directly.

After all, food is never too abundant in the territory until farmer reform is achieved for self-sufficiency.

This is why Zong Shen wanted to collaborate with Master Mars to establish a large pasture. Not only does Master Mars have experience and connections, but more importantly, putting the pasture under Master Mars’s name means the cattle and sheep in the large pasture are not affected by challenges.

This setup saves a considerable amount of manpower and resources on operations. Zong Shen only needs to provide money and protection for the pasture.

"Sir, are you going to check on the cattle and sheep?"

After observing the control section for a while, and looking forward through the transparent glass cover, Marie immediately understood Zong Shen’s intention.

"Yes, this challenge is a major blow to the territory’s agriculture and livestock industries."

"Luckily, we’re only starting with agriculture and animal husbandry in our territory."

"For those Lords obsessed with agriculture, they might have already cried in their territories."

Zong Shen said calmly while operating the control lever.

His mentality was quite good; he had this realization long before the coming of Frosty Winter.

Hearing him say so, Marie just nodded.

The Drilling Machine advanced in the thick snow, with the three drill heads at the front boring large patches of snow open.

The scattered ice fragments and leftover snow fell onto the glass cover, melting quickly due to temperature differences inside and outside.

The entire glass cover was foggy, especially the inside, which was almost fully covered with mist, needing occasional wiping.

This is a general-purpose Magic Energy Drilling Machine, whose design didn’t account much for working in cold regions, so it’s not surprising to encounter such a problem.

Zong Shen didn’t mind; he could let the Guide Module display the terrain ahead with golden lines and plan a path without obstacles for him.

After driving the Drilling Machine for about ten minutes, they finally arrived at the Agricultural and Livestock Area.

He parked the Drilling Machine beside the "Basic-Level Pasture", opened the cockpit, and flexibly climbed out.

Then he went to the other side and pulled Marie out with a hand.

The snow here was even thicker than in the Central District by about one or two finger widths.

Just standing in the snow and looking, one felt an inexplicable suffocation.

Zong Shen took out a Trident as his Snow Staff and entered through the gaps in several wind barriers.

The pasture was surrounded by wind barriers, only leaving gaps wide enough for a person to pass.

Several Tier One Grass Huts were built in the middle, with a Large Warm Stove in one of the huts.

Inside were pine tar blocks and wood that burned enduringly, separated into multiple combustion layers to prolong burning.

Currently, the effect was slightly better than Zong Shen imagined.

Due to the wind barriers and grass huts, the visible snow here was four to fifty centimeters less than outside. Combined with the continuous heat supply from the Large Warm Stove, the situation inside the pasture was tolerable.

At a glance, over 80% of the cattle and sheep were still alive, lazily huddling near the grass huts and haystacks, with no desire to move.

About twenty cattle and sheep were stiffly lying on the ground, dead from cold or merely frozen stiff.

As for the pregnant cows brought by Master Mars, they were unaffected by Frosty Winter due to ownership issues, and from Zong Shen’s perspective, these cows stood abruptly in the snow, still able to move indifferently.

This contradictory impression was bizarre; it is no wonder the Indigenous People in the South noticed it, even supporting Puppet Lords in an interference attempt.

As long as the Indigenous People’s eyes weren’t blind and their brains weren’t fried, they could see the strange things about the Lords.

Zong Shen awkwardly twitched his mouth; a 20% loss was still within the acceptable range.

It’s just uncertain how many will survive after the third stage.

The extreme cold, similar to polar conditions, will significantly weaken the stove’s effect.

For this reason, Zong Shen planned to make further supplements and arrangements.