The Use of Advancement

King Coconut?

Jack froze for a moment. Wasn't this just a coconut?

He did not expect to encounter such a thing.

It was a treasure as well.

Firstly, the coconut meat was sweet and could be made into various ingredients. It could also be dried and ground into powder to be used as a product.

There was no need to mention coconut juice. It tasted good, quenched thirst, and could be used to stew chicken.

As for the coconut husks, they could produce fire after drying.

Looking down, the information was not much different from what Jack knew.

But at the end, the upgrade notification made Jack stunned.

Then, he clicked on it.

The system automatically opened the advancement panel.

[King Coconut needs 1 merit point to level up.]

Looking at the advancement system prompt, Jack was stunned.

Did this mean that it could raise the level of the King Coconut?

Thinking of this, Jack could not help but become excited.

If he could really upgrade it, wouldn't it help his highland barley and wheat?

The most important thing was the wheat. Now that he was restricted by the quality of the wheat, it was very difficult to increase his yield.

Once he could purify it, wouldn't he be able to obtain high-yield wheat seeds?

For a moment Jack thought a great deal, but, considering the circumstances, he suppressed the impulse.

He did not choose to upgrade King Coconut.

The production capacity of King Coconut was too low, and the growth cycle was too long. Moreover, it occupied a lot of space, so it was very troublesome to cultivate it in the early stages.

With the island's current ability, it was impossible to invest a large amount of energy to nurture it.

Putting down the coconut, Jack looked down at Snike and said, "You did great, Snike. What else is there?"

Upon hearing the president's praise, Snike was extremely excited. He hurriedly said, "Mr. President, there are still some strange animals and some white things there. Because you said that we can't touch anything we don't understand, I got people to surround that place and wait for you to check."

After listening, Jack nodded and said, "You did well. I have more important things to do now. Wait for a while."

With that said, Jack led Eugene straight to the barley field.

The highland barley had become an important strategic resource on the island.

The area of planting had been expanded after the previous harvest and had now reached 100 acres of land.

Arriving at their destination, Jack saw Alice examining the basic situation of the highland barley.

This was the mission that Jack had assigned her. At the same time, she was also the distributor of barley.

Seeing Jack arrive, Alice hurriedly ran over and smiled lightly, "Brother Jack, you came to see me?"

Jack nodded and smiled, "How's the highland barley? Any other problems?"

"Don't worry. I'll take care of the highland barley. The next harvest will be better than the last."

Jack nodded and looked at the endless barley field. They were currently fluttering in the wind and flourishing.

This was the cornerstone of Jack's future development!

With it, he would be able to nurture even more Gold Swordsmen. At that time, he would definitely be able to become a powerful force.

Of course, the prerequisite was to survive the merman attack!

No book had ever recorded the horror of the mermen, but Jack did not let his guard down. In fact, he was on full alert.

Jack very much suspected that the existence of the merman was deliberately hidden by the higher-ups to create a false sense of happiness for everyone!

Of course, Jack's foundation in this world was shallow after all, and he did not know the hidden details behind these things.

But no matter what, he could not be careless about this merman incident!

At the thought of this, Jack could not help but clench his fists and tell Alice his intentions.

Although Alice was puzzled, she still brought over seeds of highland barley and wheat from the warehouse.

Jack took it and immediately activated the system. As expected, the barley could be upgraded.

With a thought, he opened the advancement panel.

[Rare Treasure: One-star Highland Barley. 1 merit point to level up.]

Indeed!

Jack clicked directly on the confirmation button.

"Ding ~ Enhancement successful. One-star highland barley has been enhanced to two-star highland barley."

"Ding ~ Congratulations to the host for obtaining a two-star rare highland barley."

Looking at the seed in his hand turning white, Jack knew that he had successfully upgraded it.

Then, he activated his Inspection skill.

[Name: Highland Barley (Two-star Rare Treasure)]

[Introduction: A variant of highland barley. After a second mutation, it takes 90 days to grow from sowing to maturity, regardless of season. The yield is low, around 100 kilograms per acre.]

[Note: After using it, it can greatly replenish the vitality that the body lacks. If consumed frequently, it can improve one's physique and increase one's battle aura greatly, it can also greatly increase the success rate of breaking through a realm.]

Looking at the introduction of the system, Jack could not help but become excited.

If one-star was already so powerful, wouldn't two-star be even stronger?

It was a pity that he did not have enough merit points. Otherwise, he would have upgraded more of them.

He handed the barley to Alice and instructed her to keep it carefully.

Then, he took the wheat seeds.

He used Inspection again.

[Name: Wheat Seed (Poor Quality)]

[Introduction: This is an extremely low yield wheat kernel. Apart from being able to fill your stomach, there are no other benefits. The yield is about 350 kilograms per acre.]

[Note: None]

[Upgradeable.]

Looking at the introduction of the item, Jack could not help but smirk.

It was indeed trash!

He then opened the advancement panel.

[Wheat seed of poor quality. 1 merit point to level up.]

So expensive?

Jack could not help but curse when he saw that this useless wheat seed actually required one merit point!

Why would he upgrade something like this!

It was completely worthless!

He only had four merit points left, before he learned how to obtain this thing in the future, he would not dare to waste a single point.

He even wanted to split one point into two to use it twice!

How could he waste it on this trash!

It seemed like it was better to trade for wheat.

After thinking about that, Jack threw away the wheat seed and used his remaining merit points to upgrade highland barley.

He then instructed Alice to plant these highland barley separately. They were mutated, their production capacity had increased by 50 kilograms, and their production cycle was reduced by ten days.

Alice was stunned. She really did not know what had happened.

But knowing Jack would not lie to her, she agreed.

When doing the upgrade, Jack had no scruples.

After all, they were on the same side.

In addition, the system's advancement method was very subtle and could not be noticed. Jack was not worried that others would find out.

In any case, he had already shown many mysterious things, so it did not matter what others thought of it!

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