"...failed?"
Looking at the black dust on the ground, Lu Ping'an felt helpless, but more importantly, he felt heartbroken.
A module requires ten fragments, which means at least ten points to start with. Every failed attempt made him heartbroken.
"...Definitely, it was almost something."
Here is the botanical garden of the "courtyard" and Lu Ping'an's experimental field.
Unlike the previous simple fields, this place has been repaired by Big Cat to make it very spacious. Under the neat stone pillars, there are square experimental fields.
Among the subdivided field walkways are various pipelines, including but not limited to "pollution pipelines", "nutrient pipelines", "water pipelines", etc.
On the side shelves, there are various "lamps" that provide various natural environments including "sunlight", "polluted light source" and "shadow source".
After gaining the ripening ability, Lu Pingan did not indulge in the simplicity and speed of the ability.
On the contrary, he spent a lot of money and effort into this plantation, taking the route of a "regular gardener"... Of course, just this land of life beyond the secret realm of the forest, and The so-called "regular" and "average gardener" have nothing to do with each other.
After clarifying his own abilities and distinguishing his own advantages and disadvantages, since he has decided to follow the "gardener path", Lu Pingan does not intend to skip classes, but instead makes up for the basics bit by bit.
He knows that in the initial stage, things he skipped will eventually come back to him at multiple times the cost.
"To know why the fusion failed, I'm afraid we have to start by analyzing why the fusion succeeded and how my abilities work..."
Finally, after another failed "dog bet", Lu Ping'an came to his senses and returned to the basis of the experiment - re-analyzing the principles.
"Transaction, after all, is a collection of 'giving' and 'getting'..."
The upgrade of the innate ability was not without logic. On the contrary, it can be seen from the system prompts of Lu Ping'an's ability upgrade.
The sublimation of the concept of "life transaction" is more similar to the collection of two actions: "life giving" and "receiving (returning)".
"I gave the magic plants a vitality beyond normal. They completed their mature evolution in an instant, and as a price, their essence after death was left behind."
This is also the essence of being a gardener, growing plants, waiting for them to mature, and harvesting the fruits.
The "fruit" obtained, the concentration of the magic plant's life force, is the so-called life essence fragment.
It is intangible, or in other words, only the "life bank" can completely preserve this conceptual "essence".
Then, the bank carried out concept fusion, synthesized and processed the complete essence, which was presented to another magic plant.
"The more I learn about the 'gardener' profession, the more I find this perfect 'fusion' completely incomprehensible."
The fusion of two can give birth to new types of magic plants. It seems reasonable, but in fact it is still the great power of the Life Bank.
First it was "acquisition of essence", then "harmless gift", and finally the two were successfully integrated and a new species was born.
In principle, it makes sense, but at the technical level, any gardener will slap you in the face.
This is equivalent to a cat meeting a dog and directly merging into a cat and dog that combines the advantages of both parties... What about species isolation? What about rejection? The process of fusion/mating to obtain offspring? Can you talk about DNA and science?
Or, to be more straightforward, draw a cat and a dog, and put them together to form a new species... Why don't you draw antlers, snake body, eagle talons, etc. to make a dragon?
"Perhaps, this is the essence of my power, the concept of transaction, the giving and receiving of benefits to both parties..."
Probably, only by understanding at the conceptual level can "cat" + "dog" become the so-called "cat and dog", allowing one magic plant to completely inherit the advantages of another magic plant.
Secondary investment to acquire new species is a concept of life that is far more outrageous than ripening in seconds.
The day before yesterday, those gardening professors were really frightened. They knew how difficult it was to develop a new species, and they couldn't understand how the student in front of them succeeded.
"Oops, I won't scare them...forget it, it doesn't matter."
Lu Ping'an continued to develop his abilities and gained a lot along the way. The only problem was that this ability was too expensive.
10 essence fragments require 10 life points, and if you fail, all will be reimbursed. If you lose too much, your life will be shortened by one month, which Lu Ping'an cannot accept.
Lu Ping'an tried to ripen the second-level magic plants, but he still gave them fragments, in groups of ten.
And since all the second-level fusions failed, and the ones that failed were all very heroic (turning to ashes on the spot), there was no difference.
Level 2 magic plant seeds are not only very expensive and difficult to obtain, but also lose control instantly after successful ripening, and you have to give up in the end.
The strange thing is that the second-level magic plant that Lu Ping'an fused himself has a very high affinity for him, and at least will not attack him.
It is worth mentioning that even the second-level magic plants ripened with the seeds of fused magic plants will bite back instantly.
So, maybe during the "transaction" process, the two parties formed a natural trust?
This obvious differential treatment gave Lu Ping'an a headache. It meant that he might not be able to use magic plants at will.
Advanced gardeners have plant communication and affinity abilities and should be able to make up for this shortcoming, but Lu Pingping obviously doesn't have time.
Third level magic plant? The failure was even more complete. Just like those investing in third-level professions, all direct investments failed.
Eventually, the first-level gardener can only return to the first level.
But it is a pity that even the fusion of first-order magic plants still fails continuously... Even the "recipe" that was stable in the past still has a very high failure rate!
"What's wrong? Why do you always fail? Didn't you succeed once before..."
Even if the magic plant longs for a certain module, the final result is still that the fusion fails and both return to the earth.
Knowing how to succeed and how to fail, Lu Pingan felt that he was missing something, the "glue and fusion agent" needed to "integrate life".
Lu Ping'an had a vague understanding. Perhaps the temporary BUFF given in the secret realm was something more important.
"Then, the so-called affinity and control of magic plants are necessary for higher levels in the gardener path?"
Perhaps this short-term buff can be as valuable as a permanent passive buff because it allows professionals to "try out" high-level abilities in advance.
This not only points out the future direction for professionals, but also provides inspiration for breakthroughs.
Take Lu Ping'an's "Fragments of Super Power Experience" as evidence, give it a try, and maybe it will become something you can possess.
Lu Ping'an asked Big Mao if he still lacked anything, but the answer he got was very subtle.
"I don't understand. I really don't understand the specifics of the gardener path."
"Some professions are absolutely impossible to hold part-time jobs. Once the strong ones take part-time jobs, they will instantly devour the weak ones. The gardener type of magic plant is compared to the trainer/healer type of demonized animals."
Helpless, Lu Ping'an could only rely on himself to explore.
He actually secretly went to the secret realm in the forest to get buffs, but after two low evaluations, he didn't even have the option to "get blessings".
Time is running out, and we can't waste it anymore.
He began to spend points and forcibly expand his armaments, hoping that the final ranking gains would make up for the consumption.
Time and points were consumed bit by bit, and the acre of field in front of him and the dust on the ground were all he had harvested.
In addition to Twisting Poison Beards and Exploding Thunder, he also developed a hybrid magic plant along the way, and integrated it into his own fighting style during actual combat training.
Of course, there is also the crazy increase in "planting" and "grafting" skill experience points. This time Lu Ping'an is not simply making things out of thin air.
Betting on dogs will lead to a good death, and safe road should be a declarative sentence.
"The last time, the last time...come out here! My SSR!"
After another 10 life points were hit, Lu Pingan closed his eyes and didn't even dare to look at the result.
"...Finally, another one was successful."
This time, it seemed that he succeeded by luck, and a brand new magic plant appeared on the ground.
"Although the fusion is not as perfect as the previous two, it can at least be used...heh, there is another way to deal with the enemy."
Four kinds of fusion magic plants (second level), as well as a rich variety of first-level and level 0 magic plants, are enough to surprise your opponents.
Unlike the newly awakened gardener in the secret realm that day, Lu Ping'an now has transformed all the resources at hand into combat power, and his seed bag is already full.
"I should be stronger now than I was in the Knight's Secret Realm..."
But as a price, the 90 life points used in the experiment have exceeded his survival and investment consumption these days.
The dwindling life points also made him heartbroken, so he had to stop all "dog gambling behavior".
"Let's wait until the flaws are made up and the fusion success rate is increased before playing... This is life-threatening. If the failure rate is still so high, we really can't afford to play."
Finally, it’s time for the last round of testing.
