darknovel Chapter 118: I told you to dig the ground, not to dig through the earth!
Chapter 118: I told you to dig the ground, not to dig through the earth!
While Lin Fan was chatting with Lao Wang, the vegetable garden on the other side of the yard was already in complete chaos.
A group of burly men, led by the "Hellfire" mercenary group leader, now the gardener, were gathered around a newly cultivated vegetable patch, each wielding a brand-new farming tool made of Uru steel.
Everyone's face was flushed red, their breathing was rapid, and their eyes burned with a fanatical flame.
"Heavens...is this the power of a god...?"
A mercenary trembled as he stroked the gleaming black shovel in his hand.
The shovel handle was made of some kind of unknown sacred wood, warm to the touch. A pure energy flowed from his palm into his limbs and bones, nourishing his body, which had been ravaged by war.
The shovel head, forged from Uru steel, has a restrained sharpness. It is engraved with mysterious runes hand-drawn by Master Mu, which are shimmering with a faint light.
They couldn't understand it, but they were deeply moved.
"Boss, quick! Try this hoe!" Another mercenary held up a hoe and handed it to the head gardener.
The head gardener, a ruthless man who had once torn hyenas apart with his bare hands on the battlefield in Africa, now had beads of sweat on his palms as he took the hoe.
This hoe looks ordinary, but it feels as heavy as a mountain when you hold it.
He walked to the edge of the vegetable garden, his chest heaving as he adjusted his breathing.
This plot of land was in a corner of the yard, right next to the wall, and was buried with a lot of construction debris and hard stones, making it the most difficult to work with. Their previous hoes had only left a white mark, the blades chipping away at the surface.
The head gardener firmly planted his feet in a horse stance, his arm muscles bulged, and he instantly poured all his strength into them!
He once used this power to punch through the armor of a tank!
"Hi!"
With a roar, he brought down the Uru steel hoe in his hand, which brought up a dark light that tore through the air!
He had already tensed all his muscles, preparing to meet the reaction force that was enough to break bones.
however.
"Pfft!"
A soft sound.
That feeling wasn't like a hoe hitting hard ground.
It's more like... a hallucination.
There was no obstruction whatsoever, and not a tremor whatsoever.
The Uru Steel hoe easily sank vertically into the ground, its depths unfathomable.
The head gardener exerted too much force, staggered forward, and almost fell over.
He stared blankly at his hands, which were only gripping the hoe handle, then looked down at the deep gash in the ground, his mind completely blank.
"This...this..."
The mercenaries behind him were also petrified, their mouths agape and their expressions frozen.
"Holy crap! Boss, you...you've dug a hole through the Earth?" a mercenary stammered.
The head gardener ignored him, swallowed hard, and picked up the hoe again.
This time, he only used a fraction of his strength, gently digging to the side.
"Whoosh!"
A large chunk of hard soil mixed with stones and concrete was turned over effortlessly.
Those rocks, harder than steel, were silently sliced apart the moment they came into contact with the hoe blade.
The cut is smooth and shiny, reflecting light like a mirror.
"oh--!!!"
After a brief silence, all the mercenaries and gardeners erupted in a roar as loud as a tsunami!
"A divine artifact! This is absolutely a divine artifact!"
"That's incredible! With this thing, I feel like I could flatten the Himalayas!"
"What a load of bull! Compared to now, those days were a complete waste of life! Farming! Only farming is a man's ultimate romance!"
Waving their Uru steel farm tools, they roared and charged into the vegetable garden like a group of children who had just received a toy, and began their frenzied "labor".
"Swish! Swish! Swish!"
In an instant, figures flitted about in the courtyard, and dark light flashed.
That incredibly hard vegetable patch was as fragile as a beach in the face of these "magical tools".
Less than ten minutes.
The entire area was turned upside down, becoming soft and flat, with not a single extra pebble to be found.
They even dug out neat ridges and irrigation ditches according to the plan.
The entire process was filled with exhilarating and unrestrained violent aesthetics.
After the work was completed, the group of strong men were all drenched in sweat, but their faces wore smiles of extreme satisfaction they had never seen before.
They wiped every speck of dust off their farm tools with reverence, and then arranged them neatly in the corner as if offering sacred objects.
After doing all this, they strode up to Lin Fan.
"Thump!"
Everyone knelt on one knee in unison.
"Sir!" the head gardener reported loudly, "The vegetable garden is ready! Please give your instructions!"
His voice was filled with barely suppressed excitement and admiration.
He is now incredibly grateful that being buried alive by those Gold Saints and then being "recruited" by Mr. Lin to be a gardener was the best decision he ever made in his life.
Money? Status?
Compared to the glory of personally wielding the "divine weapon" and participating in the "miracle," those things are worthless.
……
Meanwhile, in the backyard.
Ares, carrying his "divine toilet brush" personally upgraded by Master Mu, rushed into the outhouse.
The brush handle is made of Uru steel in one piece, making it indestructible.
The brush head is made from the mane of some mythical beast, its suppleness containing the divine power of purification.
At the top of the brush handle, there is also a rainbow bridge crystal, which is flowing with seven colors of light.
"Oh! My old friend! You've finally been reborn!"
Ares touched the brand-new toilet brush with tears welling up in his eyes.
"Come on! Let's fight together! For the peace of the gentleman! For the glory of the outhouse!"
He let out a suppressed roar, brandishing his "divine weapon," and launched a new, frenzied "purification" attack on the already spotless toilet...
Lin Fan looked at his group of highly motivated employees and nodded in satisfaction.
Well, this batch of "decoration materials" was well spent.
This has greatly improved employee morale and productivity.
Now, he is one step closer to the day when he can eat vegetables grown by himself (his employees).
He picked up his teacup and took a satisfying sip.
Retirement life should be this simple and unpretentious.
And it's boring.