Published: March 12, 2025
Chapter 129: Radish
Galen had never played computer games and was unfamiliar with the term "datafication." Zhao Hai's space, to put it simply, was a mutation that stemmed from games; it was a hybrid creature. While he enhanced the functionalities of the game, he also retained some of its characteristics. For example, the things Zhao Hai planted and raised could all be datafied, which was a feature of the space.
The datafied items were rigid, and games like farm simulations were not particularly rigorous in design. In farm games, animals rarely had distinctions of gender; even if there were, they were usually special types of animals. Regardless of whether these animals were male or female, they would produce some items, often unusual ones.
The space retained this ability. As long as the animals were in the spatial ranch, there was no distinction between males and females. However, as soon as Zhao Hai released these animals outside the space, a gender distinction instantly appeared. Moreover, Zhao Hai discovered another characteristic of the space: for instance, if an animal was male outside but could produce offspring in the space, any offspring taken outside would also be male, and females would never be born.
One could say that the spatial ranch allowed animals to reproduce not through mating like outside animals but through a cloning-like method. Of course, the space completely simplified the cloning process; as soon as the animals were herded into the breeding pen, a fixed number of younglings could be cloned immediately.
Naturally, these were just Zhao Hai's speculations, and Galen and the others were unlikely to know. They hadn't even heard of cloning, let alone understand it.
On the way to Casa City, Galen took two days, but on the return trip, he only needed half a day. This made Galen exclaim that was the difference! Even with the improved Scaly Horned Horse, it could not compare to the natural advantages of high-level magical beasts like the Swift Horse and the Snowflake Divine Steed.
As soon as Galen and the others reached the foot of the mountain, the black mist on the mountain parted to reveal a passage. An undead being gestured at Galen from the passage, and he nodded, leading Laura and the others straight up the mountain, along with the convoy that accompanied Laura.
Although Laura brought a convoy this time, it was not large; besides the drivers, there were no other people. Laura knew that bringing many people to Zhao Hai's place would be pointless. Zhao Hai had plenty of undead beings, which could help them load their goods.
As soon as Laura's cart entered the courtyard, Zhao Hai, accompanied by Merlin and Meg, came out to greet her. When Laura saw Zhao Hai coming to welcome her, she immediately got off the cart and bowed, saying, "Laura wouldn't dare trouble you, sir. You are too polite."
Zhao Hai smiled slightly and said, "Miss Laura, you are now my patron; how could I be neglectful? Haha, please come inside." He then led Laura to the guest room in the backyard.
Today, Kun Zheng did not accompany Laura; she only brought Ni'er, who stood behind Laura like her shadow, as usual.
After Meg brought Kaya inside, Zhao Hai turned to Laura and said, "Miss Laura, you came today regarding the magic radish, right?"
Laura smiled slightly and said, "You guessed correctly, sir. I came specifically for the magic radish. It seems you anticipated my visit?"
Zhao Hai smiled and said, "I had a hunch. I'm very confident in my magic radish, but I didn't expect it to be so popular so quickly."
Laura did not hide anything and shared the situation in Casa City with Zhao Hai. After listening, Zhao Hai was quite surprised and turned to Laura, saying, "The magic radish has such uses? I truly did not expect that. Miss Laura, you didn't arrange this specially, did you?" Having been bombarded with various advertisements in his previous life, Zhao Hai was genuinely skeptical about the truth of what Laura said.
Laura was taken aback by Zhao Hai's statement. While the commerce on the Ark Continent was indeed developed, they had never considered arranging for people to make fake advertisements. Laura and the others hadn't even thought of it. Hearing Zhao Hai say so, Laura quickly shook her head and said seriously, "How could you think that, sir? If our Majidel Trading Company did that, wouldn't we be ruining our own reputation?"