Chapter 506

Episode 506. Honestly, didn’t everyone think they could use it infinitely?

Under the pretext of having nothing to do, I was enjoying a sudden taste of rural life.

Since the Parts Tree was a structure where metal parts grew from plants, the water given wasn’t just a simple liquid.

“Commander, you can use plain water, but it’s better to use water boiled with iron fish.”

“Is there such a thing?”

“Yeah, this way the tree absorbs iron better.”

“Y-yes… if you just use water, the Parts Tree will bear fruit s-s-slower…”

Dressed in farmer’s overalls and a straw hat instead of the usual lab coat, holding a sprayer, Gryanarr and Nero explained.

Apparently, only water deeply infused with iron should be used.

And about our joyful rural life and watering, Jessica, who knows nothing about farming, said:

“But that… isn’t that just rusty water?”

“What.”

“What.”

“…Huh?”

Because the iron-infused water was likened to “rusty water,” Grigri and Nero Nero got very, very angry and started trembling.

Anyway, while leisurely watching the Parts Trees grow lushly…

I suddenly wondered how many Parts Trees there were, stopped watering, and decided to ask Gryanarr.

“By the way, Gryanarr.”

“What is it, Commander?”

“How many Parts Trees have grown so far? Including saplings.”

“Hmm, about 10 mature trees and 30 saplings?”

“A-and including sprouts… about 80 trees…?”

“Is that so.”

Hearing Gryanarr and Nero’s immediate responses, I nodded and soon got lost in my own thoughts.

‘Hmm, those Parts Trees… can they be grown infinitely?’

They increase repair and construction speed by 1% per tree, so 10 trees would be 10%.

100 trees would be 100%… meaning repair speed doubles.

At that rate, it’s like a vending machine with the perfect recipe for Solx Eyes.

It’s better than an all-purpose tentacle that can handle meals, cleaning, combat, massages, and even night tasks.

And if you just keep increasing them infinitely, repair speed could increase by 10 times, 100 times.

There’s plenty of space in the base, so planting 10,000 or 100,000 trees would be no problem.

But just as I was having these delightful thoughts…

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[General Notice]

<<[Notice regarding items submitted to the Expo!]>>

[Originally, Commanders should now be able to purchase and use items voted on at the Expo.]

[However, it has been discovered that some items are excessively powerful.]

[As such, the performance of these items has been adjusted.]

[This adjustment is necessary for balance, so we ask for your understanding.]

[The update, including performance adjustments, will begin today.]

[Update Details]

[Some performance adjustments for Expo submissions]

˪[‘Solx Eyes Perfect Recipe Vending Machine’ will now include ‘Mint Chocolate Ice Cream Juice’ recipe.]

˪[‘All-Purpose Tentacle’ combat power adjusted from B-class Superhuman to D-class Superhuman, product rating changed to ‘Adult Only’.]

˪[‘Living Parts Tree’ maximum growth limit set to 100 trees, buff efficiency per tree reduced from 1% to 0.1%.]

…(omitted)…

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‘Sigh.’

Seeing the “1 million Parts Trees army plan” crushed by the developers before it could even sprout.

Feeling bitter, I told Gryanarr to only grow up to 100 Parts Trees.

Of course, even that much would increase repair speed by up to 10%, so I expressed satisfaction, saying this was enough.

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Title: The update doesn’t seem bad

Author: ㅇㅇ

Content: [Screenshot of the developers’ notice message.jpg]

If they had released it after purchase, I would have cursed them out.

But since it’s not even released yet and we haven’t felt it, it’s like, “Oh, okay. Got it.”

Only hearing the sound of success

Comments

-[LOL]

-[What, this is normal]

-[It’s been a while since our real fans’ management team did their job properly!]

-[LOLOLOLOL]

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Title: But is that really normal?

Author: ㅇㅇ

Content: [A screenshot of only the Parts Tree section from the update notice.jpg]

Honestly, if they had released it with its original performance,

just planting 100 trees would double the repair and drying speed,

and 1,000 trees would make it 10 times faster.

But it’s not like users don’t have space to plant trees in their bases,

if they really went all out to make a botanical garden, they could easily plant 10,000 or even 100,000 trees, right?

Comments

-[It’s scary because that’s totally possible]

-[LOLOLOL the performance is insane]

-[Thinking about it, why did that even rank 3rd? It’s such a broken feature LOLOLOL]

-[100x repair speed acceleration? That’s insane LOLOLOL repairs would finish the moment they start]

-˪[Looks like the management team handled it swiftly]

-[Besides that, the all-purpose tentacles were stronger in combat than expected, so that’s another reason they nerfed it]

-˪[And they subtly changed the rating to adult content LOLOLOL]

-˪[Well, they gotta handle nighttime activities too LOLOLOL]

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Other users were praising the management team for noticing and addressing the balance issue even before they made the purchase.

Of course, given the nature of the users, it wasn’t all just praise.

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Title: Is the management team crazy? What are they doing now?

Author: Mint Hater

Content: [A screenshot of the update adding ‘Mint Chocolate Ice Cream Juice’ to the ‘SolxNun Recipe Perfect Vending Machine’.jpg]

What the hell are you guys doing

What kind of nonsense are you pulling with the vending machine now, you idiots

Comments

-[Huh?]

-[Are you insulting the 5 million Mint Chocolate fans right now?!]

-˪[The user count barely exceeds 500,000, where did you get 5 million from?]

-[Honestly, making ice cream out of toothpaste is one thing, but turning it into juice? What’s the point?]

-˪[You tasteless fool···!]

-˪[You’re so dead!]

···(omitted)···

-˪[You motherless brat!]

-˪[Shut up!]

-[LOL the guy above got ganged up on for saying Mint Chocolate tastes bad]

-˪[Definitely more than 50 people]

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Title: Why is the management team so… so… so…?

Author: ㅇㅇ

Content: [A screenshot of adding Mint Chocolate Ice Cream Juice.jpg]

That’s right

Now you’re getting the hang of it

Keep it up like this

Comments

-[Look at these Mint Chocolate minority brats sneaking out again]

-˪[You’re so dead!]

-˪[How dare you mock the 50 million Mint Chocolate nation?]

-˪[Why did the number increase tenfold again LOLOLOLOL]

-[But the Mint Chocolate faction, a small fandom, just loud…]

-˪[Whatwhatwhatwhat](Author)

-˪[Are you calling the Mint Chocolate fans a small fandom?!]

-˪[Take it back, what you just said…!]

-˪[Nope, rainbow reflect]

-˪[Damn it]

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With the dark Mint Chocolate fans and the anti-Mint Chocolate fans clashing everywhere…

Seeing all this chaos, I decided to wrap up today’s work and call it a day.

After parting ways with Grigri and Nero Nero, who were only wearing suspenders and nothing else,

I headed straight back to my room, washed up, lay down on the mattress, and decided to browse the gallery before going to sleep.

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