Chapter 706: Bumper Harvest at the Farm, 42,000 Tons of Wheat, Visiting the Insect Breeding Base

Wasteland Calendar Day 122.

The Alliance of Nations welcomed a major event.

The high-energy automated farm in the Giant Tree World had harvested its crops.

Of the 5,000 hectares of farmland, one-fifth was allocated to the Morning Dew Sprites for planting flower fields.

The remaining 4,000 hectares of wheat had all matured.

Harvesters moved across the farm in a stepped formation, reaping the crops slowly, and the air itself was filled with the joy of the harvest.

Glamour Elves, Morning Dew Sprites, Flower Language Sprites, Quis, Mona, Simon... practically everyone who had received the news showed up.

Even Xiao Xi, who was still busy with post-war reconstruction work.

And Ladiz, who was busy studying with Masier how to squeeze value out of the Mechanist Supremacy, both rushed over the moment they heard the news.

Standing on the cliff of the Giant Tree Valley, they watched this exhilarating scene from afar.

No other reason.

In the wasteland world, seeing such a large-scale planting and harvesting scene again was far too rare.

Xiao Xi especially felt a swirl of mixed emotions.

After all, this High-Energy Automated Farm, as a Gold-tier item, had once been her treasured possession.

She had carefully kept it in her treasure vault.

She knew exactly how valuable this item was.

If her Reversal World hadn't been unsuitable for growing crops, there was no way she would have left it unused.

Now, seeing this item finally unleash the value it deserved.

She felt both excited and somewhat strange.

"Zhou Yuan, how's the harvest this time?"

As the Chief Executive of the Giant Tree World, Zhou Yuan naturally understood how much Yu Yuan valued food.

Whenever he had time, he could see Yu Yuan inspecting the crops every morning.

So he had already made thorough preparations.

"Leader, according to our current data, the first round of crops planted was T-1 type high-quality high-yield wheat, covering 4,000 hectares, which is 60,000 mu. The wheat yield is about 700 kilograms per mu, with a total output of 42,000 tons.

This can meet the annual food needs of 150,000 people."

"42,000 tons!"

This number filled Yu Yuan's heart with a deep sense of security.

With food in hand, the heart does not waver.

Zhou Yuan then handed the tablet in his hand to Yu Yuan.

"Leader, this is the next phase planting plan formulated by Elder Gralmon. With this batch of wheat plus the grain harvested earlier from Reyes Town, the staple food demand is temporarily satisfied.

For the next 4,000 hectares, we'll allocate 2,000 hectares to rice cultivation, and the other 2,000 hectares to various vegetable crops."

Yu Yuan looked at the list on the tablet.

It was comprehensive and detailed.

Cucumbers, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, potatoes, pumpkins, corn... everything was covered.

"How's the Vertical Hydroponics Farm doing lately?" Yu Yuan looked at Zhou Yuan.

There were two planting farms in the Giant Tree World.

One was the High-Energy Automated Farm currently being harvested, and the other was the Vertical Hydroponics Farm.

Unlike the High-Energy Automated Farm, the Vertical Hydroponics Farm mainly grew various leafy green vegetables and mushrooms.

Spinach, lettuce, chives, bok choy, enoki mushrooms, oyster mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, wood ear mushrooms, and more. These vegetables and mushrooms grew quickly and produced high yields.

Currently, it could already satisfy the need for everyone within the civilization to eat vegetables once a week.

And mushrooms had reached the level of once every three days.

At the end of the day, it was all thanks to the relevant materials Yu Yuan had found in the microbiology laboratory within the Morphis Civilization Relic, which included content on optimizing mushroom spores.

After the biological laboratory formulated a batch of spore vitality nutrient solution, mushroom cultivation entered an explosive growth phase.

So much that they couldn't finish eating it all. Absolutely couldn't finish it all.

This was evident from the smile on Zhou Yuan's face.

"Great, this is simply great, especially the mushroom yield. Ever since that spore nutrient solution from the Biological Research Institute came through, those mushrooms have changed day by day. I estimate that in a while, these mushrooms will be able to meet the standard of everyone having them once every two days.

As for leafy green vegetables, we can still only guarantee the once-a-week level for now.

However, I'm already planning to build another Vertical Hydroponics Farm. Plus, the third batch of the High-Energy Automated Farm will be entirely planted with vegetables. Perhaps before long, we can return to a dietary level where vegetables are available every day."

Zhou Yuan had clearly made comprehensive preparations and research for this Giant Tree World.

"As for protein, Professor Dale's mealworms have been fully scaled up. The first batch of mealworms was harvested a couple days ago and is currently being dried. After that, they'll be crushed and made into protein powder.

Added to the food nutrition plan, although the current breeding quantity isn't enough to meet everyone's daily high-quality protein intake standard.

But it's sufficient to supplement the nutrition of combat and core department personnel.

For regular members, one can of meat per day can still be guaranteed for protein supplementation, mainly fish cans."

Yu Yuan was somewhat surprised. "Fish cans? Do we have a food recipe for that?"

With the four little turtles around, the fish population in Seaway Lake multiplied very quickly, and Yu Yuan knew this.

Fish had also become one of the civilization's main protein sources.

"Yes, Leader.

The logistics department has found quite a few food processing recipes among the spoils of war.

Whenever Carmen discovers any, he sends them over.

Now the food production recipes in our food processing plant are already very comprehensive. Once the mealworm output from the Insect Breeding Base ramps up, achieving freedom in protein and high-quality fats won't be a problem."

Yu Yuan's interest was piqued, and he immediately headed to the Insect Breeding Base.

Dale, who had originally been watching the wheat harvest, was also called away by Zhou Yuan.

"Leader, our mealworm breeding has now reached scale. With a breeding density of 20,000 per square meter, we've achieved a scale of 600 square meters. Current monthly output can reach about 3 tons, which comes to roughly 1.5 tons of dried worms after drying."

1.5 tons of dried worms per month, this number also surprised Yu Yuan.

Dried worms had extremely high nutritional density, especially their fat and protein content.

Yu Yuan recalled that dried worms had a protein content of 45% to 50%, and fat content of around 30%. This was already a terrifying number.

In other words, every month, the mealworms could produce about 0.75 tons of pure protein and 0.45 tons of high-quality fat, plus minerals, vitamins, and other trace elements.

These were all essential nutrients for human survival.

In the current wasteland environment, this was absolutely critical.

Led by Dale, the group quickly arrived at the breeding base.

"Leader, the mealworms are currently still raised using a layered breeding principle. With three-dimensional cultivation, we've greatly reduced the space requirement. All the worm feed right now comes from the aged grain transported earlier from Reyes Town.

Combined with the wild vegetables and wild fruits produced by the nearby forest, the food supply is abundant."

After touring the mealworm breeding room, Dale brought Yu Yuan to a heavily guarded room.

Not only were several surveillance cameras installed here, but there were also password doors, fingerprint locks, and other identity verification facilities.

The most exaggerated thing was that two soldiers stood guard outside the door, on duty 24 hours a day.

Just as Yu Yuan was wondering about this, Dale spoke up.

"Leader, this is the Mutant Insect Breeding Room, specifically managed by Simon and myself. Only the two of us have access permissions."

Yu Yuan was momentarily stunned.

"Mutant Insect Breeding Room?"