Farming Games are All About Grinding-Chapter 293 - 285: Happy Fish Farming

After returning home, Han Qiwu first walked to the icy, snowy environment and used a hoe to dig out four pits.

Then, he took out four ice lotuses and planted them inside, further expanding the snowy environment.

Once finished, he retrieved the large frozen block containing the ice mushroom mother body and carefully placed it in the snowfield environment.

After it was placed, the large frozen block slowly began to thaw layer by layer, revealing the perfectly preserved ice mushroom mother body inside.

Five minutes later, the giant frozen block disappeared, and two ice mushroom mother bodies appeared in its original position—one large and one small. The large one grew about the same as the ones at home, while the smaller one was barely the size of a thumb.

"A little surprise bonus, huh?" Han Qiwu said with satisfaction as he carefully took the two ice mushroom mother bodies and placed them in the snow, cautiously retreating.

He then walked to the fish pond and looked at the Black Seabream King and the Swordfish fry. The former hadn’t changed much in size but had darkened significantly in color, while the latter had grown enormously—almost three meters long now, causing waves with even the slightest movement.

As for the smaller fish, they hadn’t grown much. Who knew what they were busy with all day?

"Good thing Zack sent me those fast-growing composite algae, or I’d never be able to feed all these guys," Han Qiwu chuckled and walked to the large fish pond, placing three small fish pond cores one by one.

The small fish pond cores quickly formed three depressions the moment they touched the ground, bordered by a ring of cobblestones, looking just like the original pond.

After waiting five minutes, the three small ponds fully formed. The water was crystal clear with patches of green water plants inside.

"Spent 500 gold just to get some water plants? That’s a bit of a rip-off," Han Qiwu laughed, then walked over and released straight-shelled nautiluses into the ponds.

The starving straight-shelled nautiluses dove into the water and began frantically twitching, turning into little drills as they burrowed into the bottom of the fish pond.

After a while, several clumps of white mud floated up from the nautiluses’ shells. Han Qiwu had no idea what they were up to.

"Forget it, I’ll check its parent situation in the secret realm later."

Han Qiwu then took out another ice lotus and carefully placed it inside one of the small fish ponds.

"Whoosh."

"Crack, crack."

The moment the ice lotus entered the pond, dense white fog spread out, freezing a thick layer of frost across the pond’s surface.

"It’d be so refreshing to jump in here for a swim during summer," Han Qiwu commented after feeling the icy-frost fish pond’s temperature.

"Splash!"

Fingerling ice river whitefish dived into the water with delight, swimming playfully and occasionally flipping their tails to send frost flying into the air.

So majestic.

Han Qiwu happily watched, then bent down at the Dragon Transformation Pond’s edge. He reached over to nudge aside the feeding Black Seabream King, pulling out a handful of algae before tossing it into the icy fish pond.

Black Seabream King, watching the whole scene: "???"

Does the master’s preference change that easily?!

Seeing the bewildered Black Seabream King, Han Qiwu consoled it kindly, "Be generous, alright? Or should I put you over there and let you share the algae with them?"

Looking at the cold mist rising above the nearby pond, the Black Seabream King chickened out.

If I go there, I’ll turn into a frozen fish in no time.

It quickly shook its head and swam back to the bottom of its own pond to continue munching on algae, thinking to itself, "Algae in, bubbles up! I better work harder to produce more little seabreams!"

Meanwhile, the algae that landed in the icy fish pond froze stiff immediately and slowly sank to the bottom.

When the ice river whitefish sensed food, they quickly swam over, eagerly devouring it. Their unique eating method was fascinating—they would whip their tails to smash the algae into pieces and then nibble on the fragments bit by bit.

"Eat up, eat up." Han Qiwu moved to the edge of the last small fish pond, donning insulated gloves and protective goggles before carefully taking out the electric jellyfish.

The little electric spirit observing nearby seemed unimpressed at first.

Master, why so dramatic? It’s just another fish—do you need all this gear?

Seriously?

"Zzzap!"

Just as the little spirit was being dismissive, the electric jellyfish extended its tentacles and unleashed a current that struck a nearby cobblestone, filling the air with the smell of burnt powder and leaving a distinct white mark on the stone.

"Chirp, chirp!"

Seeing this, the little spirit immediately dove down and zapped the electric jellyfish.

"Sizzle, sizzle."

The jellyfish’s tentacles twitched violently before it calmed down.

"Well done!" Han Qiwu quickly threw the jellyfish into the small fish pond and gave the little electric spirit a thumbs-up.

"Little Spirit, you’re in charge of keeping an eye on it. Make sure it doesn’t go zapping the fish in other ponds."

"Chirp, chirp!"

The little spirit nodded earnestly, staring intently at the electric jellyfish in the water.

In the water, the jellyfish seemed to have recovered, slowly stretching its body while its form gradually turned transparent.

The little spirit noticed something was off.

Is it trying to escape?

"Zzzap!"

Without hesitation, the little spirit launched another zap straight into the fish pond.

"Crackle, crackle!"

The pond water roiled with electricity, as if experiencing a massive short circuit.

"Is this lightning fish pond always this intense? Little Spirit, stop zapping the pond for now," Han Qiwu exclaimed, quickly taking out a Thunder Light Fish fry and tossing it into the lightning fish pond.

The Thunder Light Fish didn’t seem to notice anything unusual, swimming around the water’s surface leisurely.

A few flying ants, drawn by the noise and light, followed their instinct and hovered toward the lightning pond.

Han Qiwu noticed them and frowned.

But before he could act, the Thunder Light Fish fry tilted its head and shot a stream of electrical water at the ants, knocking them down before swimming over to gulp them up.

High-protein snack!

"The Thunder Light Fish can take care of pests too, huh?" Han Qiwu chuckled. "It’s more efficient than an electric racket."

After setting up the three small ponds, Han Qiwu began to think about their food supply.

In the short term, it wasn’t a problem. He could always pluck some fast-growing algae every day.

But for the long run, each pond would need its own dedicated fish food.

"Later, I’ll head to the secret realm for some fishing, then visit the museum to see if I can get more supplies from Zack," Han Qiwu mused.

With a plan in mind, he walked to the mutated Xiao Wang flowers’ planting area, picked up a hoe, and dug six plots, planting the recently obtained mutated Xiao Wang flower seeds.

Once these six mutated Xiao Wang flowers matured, they’d attract carrion insects, boosting farm productivity by 40%.

Delightful.

After planting, Han Qiwu prepared to admire the two mutated Xiao Wang flowers that had already bloomed, when he noticed a few large bees buzzing nearby.

Han Qiwu: "???"

Hey bees, don’t take that nectar!

Who could handle the taste of that stuff?!

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