There is something important about doing factory farming.
Sustainable farming is incredibly difficult.
First of all, there is a limit to the fertility of the land, or in other words, the nutrients that the land possesses.
Fritz Haber is a writer who received the Nobel Prize and is revered as a great man for his contribution to the creation of chemical fertilizers, despite the fact that he created poison gas and killed millions.
Because thanks to chemical fertilizers, the Earth's population has increased from 1 billion to over 8 billion, and it seems that even 10 billion or more is not a problem.
Oh my goodness. You're even more of a bastard than I thought. You've multiplied the number of sentient beings by tenfold, already numbering a billion?
"No matter how much a country grows, it is known that the soil's fertility declines."
"It's happening."
"I've been raising the level of the land in the way of Mihun and Seisaisa. But you, Wahwando, are different from those two, so I'll use a more life-friendly method."
I'm not a chemist, and I don't know how to make fertilizer. I don't know if Fritz Haber's method could be achieved with this ancient technology. Probably not. Unless you use magic, I don't know.
But I do know about ecological farming methods, sustainable farming, and how to increase the fertility of the land.
"What method?"
"Simply put, it's about planting plants that increase the fertility of the land."
"Are you kidding me? Growing those plants consumes a lot of energy."
"No. There are plants that actually increase them. If you can tolerate lower yields, they can last almost indefinitely."
A representative example is soybeans. To be precise, it is a root nodule bacterium that lives on legumes.
This produces nitrogen, essential for plant growth, in the form of ammonia. Instead, it absorbs nutrients from the plants, and the plants, in turn, use the ammonia to grow. Therefore, growing soybeans helps restore soil fertility.
"I can make those root nodules and legumes right now. Your species, which only eats meat, doesn't need them, but my original species could eat those beans too."
"Huh. I guess there was no such thing in my world."
"That may be so. Or maybe you didn't know. But we can't stop here. We need to implement better farming methods."
Something like the three sisters farming method of the Mesoamerican indigenous peoples.
What this means is that you plant corn, beans, and pumpkins at the same time.
The corn forms a support for the beans to climb.
Beans fix nitrogen in the soil, helping corn and pumpkins grow well. Pumpkins shade the soil with their broad leaves, conserve moisture, and suppress weed growth.
And corn, soybeans, pumpkins—all edible for human consumption. This farming method is so incredibly efficient that it guarantees a sustainable yield that's hard to believe was possible before the advent of chemical fertilizers.
This harmonious farming is being attempted through a combination of livestock feeds.
"Is it true that your species can't eat plants at all?"
"Grass is something that animals eat."
"Then, since we're really only going to use it as livestock feed, let's focus on cultivation efficiency and soil conservation, regardless of taste. It's practically military supplies, so manage it well."
First of all, there were several useful plants in the world of Wahwando. There were even plants that Wahwando had intentionally created as food for the land snails. These land snails even eat soft rocks and dirt to make shells? They're like the Dessert Army.
There's also a nice mechanism called magic, and the world of Wahwando has such a vast administrative power that it allows for elaborate and thorough agricultural planning, so it seems possible to use not just three plant combinations, but four or five or more.
First, a crop that condenses the magical power of the air and places it in the ground. It's nothing special, but it also forms a support.
Second, a crop that consumes the earth's magical energy to create nutrients such as nitrogen compounds. It is a type of magical plant.
Third, plants rich in protein and boosting energy, like soybeans, that coexist with root nodule bacteria. I made this so that even hermit crabs can eat it.
Fourth, stem-fruit crops that thrive by consuming a great deal of energy, ground and stem
I tried making it like a 'park' that opens up in a bunch.
Fifth. And it is a plant that controls the humidity and temperature of the field with its leaves and roots, and above all, it is a relief crop that grows whatever it can regardless of whether it is slightly barren, wet, dry, cold, or hot, and leaves at least one type of crop that can be eaten by livestock even in the worst case scenario where the entire crop is ruined.
Combine these five. Since there are all kinds of materials in the world, it's possible to create them with just the right combinations and breeding.
The only problem is that management is incredibly difficult, but the crazy
They just feed the crops produced in such large quantities to livestock. I thought that the livestock might not have an appetite for these new crops, but fortunately, they were delicious and ate them up in a hurry, putting on weight.
And the Wahwando tribe, who had eaten the livestock like this, were filled with admiration. It seemed to be even more delicious than anything they had ever eaten before.
He raised his tongs at me, seeing the
"Vein! I will personally award you the Special Forces Medal!"
"I will gladly accept it."
Anyway, I understand why you're so incredibly happy. And I think you understand that you've received such a ridiculous amount of world contribution points that you've literally been ripped off millions of points.
Now, it's time to receive some consulting from the "Overlord of the Asura Way".
I, along with Wahwando, have moved into my own ecosystem.
I had already moved the terrain as instructed by Wahwando, but Wahwando had many other things to say, such as how to arrange the coral, how to place the mountains and valleys, and how to make the wetlands longer and more complex.
But since it didn't seem logically wrong, I did as he said and changed the terrain, twisting my world into the most fucked up terrain for the armies of the civilized world to break through.
"So, this is a consulting that increases military power by about 30%, and what about the remaining consulting that increases military power by about 270%?"
"It's similar to what you gave me. The first is 'disease type,' and the second is 'knowledge'."
Yes.
"No matter how much I think about it, you don't know anything about military strategy."
That's a bit harsh. Of course, I'm not a military otaku.
"I heard you're planning to release the soldiers like this, is that right?
Step 1. Candy, Bisyakheet, Stylish Sweet Tooths, and Yogur-Thoth
Step 2. Meat bread + meat pudding + sugar lumps
Step 3. Cream + Caramel Camel + Yogurt.
And when the dimensional passage opens, you can throw in a bunch of jellies and bread, including a bunch of squid, and scorch the enemy world's farmland. Is that right?"
That's what I did during the seventh clash. It got a bit messy, though, with Tademoira getting mixed in.
"That's right?"
"The order in which you're deploying your troops is completely wrong. Let me explain, along with the new units I'm adding. What is Phase 1 of the war?"
At least I've heard of the Art of War.
"First is scouting. You have to know your enemy to win."
"Yes. Your creatures are tough, but they don't use the information you get from scouting at all.
"I can't do it. Those creatures called Stylish Sweet Tooths sent to stage 1 are my scouts, not the scouts of the Dessert Army."
"I can hear you just fine. The Stylish Sweet Tooths' reconnaissance didn't dictate the Dessert Army' movements. You just know about the opposing world."
"But they can't speak. They're not intelligent enough to report in detail."
"That doesn't matter."
I thought, 'What the hell are you talking about?' but Wahwando continued talking.
"The second stage of war is to scout and attack the enemy if you find that he is weaker than you. Now, think about what it means to say that the enemy is weaker than you?
It's a matter of numbers. War is decided by numbers. If the enemy's numbers are smaller than yours, it's standard to go in."
"Oh... well, that's right. But I'm saying that they can't report it?"
Wahwando hit the floor with his tongs.
"You idiot. There's absolutely no need for the Sweet Tooths to report it."
"???"
"All you have to do is have the guerrillas circle around the enemy in proportion to their numbers and strength. Then, the guerrillas, who know how to count and understand the numerical advantage, can see the new numbers and attack."
When I heard that, I wondered why I hadn't thought of something like this.
When a bee finds a flower field, it dances to let its fellow bees know the distance and location of the flower field.
And incredibly intelligent birds, such as crows, collaborate with wolves to hunt prey they cannot hunt themselves.
It moves like a trained falcon, informing the location of its prey and sharing the food with the wolf when it hunts.
It was already present in nature. We knew how to apply it militarily, but we hadn't yet connected it.
"And it seems like the Dark Rim can replace heavy infantry, and the Caramel Camels can replace heavy cavalry. First, create favorable terrain and deploy the sturdy Dark Rim, and then sequentially deploy the Caramel Camels.
As they attack and eat people along with plants with their powerful ground forces, they also use martial monsters and cavalry to follow the camels, which are heavy cavalry.
{Caramel Camels} have excellent eyesight and a remarkably high neck. They can react to the movements of their herds, attacking or retreating, commanding the herd.
{Candy} should be deployed behind them. They seem to be light cavalry, but where on earth would you find an idiot who would force light cavalry to attack head-on?
Once the infantry forms the anvil, shouldn't the cavalry be the hammer? And the light cavalry, the candy, are most effective when the enemy formation collapses, so they should be deployed afterward. Why are the candies being deployed first?"
There's nothing logically wrong with this either. It's not that difficult to adjust.
"And next, I'll explain how to use magical monsters, not martial monsters. Magic monsters seem to have a lot of memorization skills and can pass on knowledge. You're going to recruit Tademoira, right? If you can make various plants, make something like a flower that makes the jellies chase after you and have them carry it around."
"Why is that?"
"That's because jellies are basically 'creatures that emit magic'. In other words, when the magic monsters pour out magic on the enemy and then run out of magic power, you go around the jelly and get magical power. Then the magical monsters can continuously use magic."
Use jelly as a supply?
"And since the dull but strong magic monsters have a habit of protecting the area, it seems like they are only used as a defensive force. Just hand these guys over to the enemy world and let them hide in a quiet place and use magic. The magic they will use is
"No matter how strong Yogur-Thoth is, opening a dimensional gate and casting magic alone is too much of a burden. Magical monsters skilled in stronghold defense should act as a kind of beacon to make it easier for Yogur-Thoth to cross over to the opposing world."
Oh my goodness. That works too.
Yeah. The Magical Monsters might be able to learn space-time magic. I hadn't even considered using that to summon Yogur-Thoth from another world.
"The Magical Monsters must be more proactive in destroying the enemy's Mysterious Zones, feeding them to the Jellies and releasing pure magical power.
No matter how you look at it, Yogur-Thoth's combat power is at least half that of your world. For a decent match to be possible, Yogur-Thoth must be able to destroy the enemy world as quickly as possible.
Rather than waiting for the dimensional rift to occur, you need to be more proactive in guiding the environment."
Wahwando also mentioned three or four more strategies that even a fool with a brain as small as a monkey could understand.
He needed a new unit, and he could have done it right away. But he had been so tormented by his own subordinates that he had to strategize while assuming they were complete idiots.
"In short, there are strong and weak. Instead of mixing troops like this, we should divide them into 'arms' such as scouts, infantry, cavalry, archers, engineers, etc."
"There are no archers."
"Instead, there is the air force. Whether it is archers or artillery, their role is ultimately to strike the enemy from a distance where they cannot be attacked.
The Bisyakheet, though fighting at close range, essentially performs the functions of archers or artillerymen. They are living, moving projectiles that land precisely on their target, causing carnage and destruction.
"And you need to link up with the scouts mentioned earlier and Bisyakheet. For that, you use Bisyakheet's sense of smell. The scouts that inform us of the number and strength of the enemy will emit a signal that is strong but does not consume much in proportion to the strength of the enemy.
It is best to let the flow be emitted along with the olfactory signal.
And those herds are incredibly smart. Does it make sense to simply let them eat grain on their own? Now, listen. This is something I learned while consulting with you on livestock feed: The spread of plant-based ingredients…"
A constant barrage of military strategies. Knowledge I could have used right away, but wonder why I hadn't thought of it.
Even for Wahwando, rather than saying that he had secret knowledge, he just thought, 'If you look closely, you can do this much with the creatures you have, so why don't you do it?' and ironed things out.
So after hearing so much military advice, I was left speechless.
I'm glad I can remember all of this with divine power. I'll write it down somewhere and continue to use it as a military strategy book.
"That's it, Angel. Now that my advice is over, would you like to compare our contributions?"
"You damn crab. You're such a crab boss."
"Ha! I don't know what you mean, but since you're saying I'm the boss, I'll take that as a compliment."
I felt miserable. No matter how much I thought about it, this was…
"[Vein] must give 361,628 points to Wahwando-nim."
I knew it would be like this.
Fortunately, the difference is only this small. Since each contribution point is worth 4 points, the difference is effectively only about 80,000 points.
"So, are you going to pay with points?"
Then goodbye to the mythical trait.
"No, I'll offer you the resources of my ecosystem at the price you gave me last time. I'll pay off my debt and give you 300,000 points worth of resources, so go ahead and sell them to other worlds."
"I'm so grateful that you're selling it for more than half off. I'll gladly do it."
In the end, I was the one who received the points, but I felt bitter. That guy will probably use the supplies he received to sell to other players or increase the military power of his world.
Well, that's good. Anyway, the military consulting was good.
Next clash, whoever comes out, I'll crush them with a dessert army of 1 million soldiers.
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