OFR – Chapter 2 The reborn cactus

Mu Bai’s heart was pounding heavily now. He felt that what was happening in front of him was somewhat surreal, yet it happened vividly.

After taking several deep breaths to calm his heartbeat, Mu Bai looked at the magical farm with eager eyes.

He now fully believed in the authenticity of this magical farm.

This magical farm indeed was a path to wealth, and the money earned from it was very clean.

“In the future, I can buy some seeds of potted plants to plant in the magical farm. With the tenfold time flow speed of the magical farm, I can definitely produce a batch in two or three months. The money will come quickly.”

Mu Bai thought to himself. Although he didn’t know much about flowers and plants, he knew that some potted plants were difficult to take care of, so they were expensive. They often cost thousands or even tens of thousands. There were also many varieties like the Da Tang Fengyu and Ghost Orchid, worth tens of millions.

Mu Bai carefully observed the magical farm for a while, then looked at the time on his phone. It was already past one in the afternoon, and he also felt a bit hungry.

With a thought, Mu Bai left the magical space, turned off the small lamp, and the basement became pitch black. However, he still skillfully walked out of the basement.

Outside, Mu Bai went to a nearby snack bar and bought a bowl of eight-yuan knife-cut noodles. After finishing it, Mu Bai felt like he hadn’t showered for two days, so he found a clean set of clothes and went to a nearby cheap bathhouse to take a one-yuan cold shower.

Although it was autumn, Mu Bai insisted on taking a cold shower to save a few yuan because he didn’t have much money left in his bank card, and the magical farm of the virtual tycoon hadn’t earned any money yet. So Mu Bai tried to save wherever he could.

The act of taking a cold shower in late autumn made the bathhouse owner couldn’t help but give him a thumbs-up and said, “Mu Bai, young man! But come for a hot shower next time. It’s the same price. I’m worried you might get sick seeing you’re so young.”

“Thank you, boss.” Mu Bai, in clean clothes, looked quite handsome. He smiled slightly at the boss.

In this world, there are still many good people.

After chatting casually with the boss for a while, Mu Bai went to a nearby café to mooch on the internet for a while, downloaded a few episodes of a TV series, and then returned to the basement room.

The basement Mu Bai lived in was very dark and damp. Otherwise, in the expensive Nanjing City, it wouldn’t only rent for 200 yuan.

He came to the basement, groped for the small lamp, and then turned it on. Suddenly, the pitch-black basement was illuminated by a dim light.

“I wonder how the cactus in the magical farm is doing?” Mu Bai said excitedly.

He picked up the jade pendant hanging on his chest, and with a thought, he entered the magical space and looked at the cactus.

He found that six hours had passed since noon, and the cactus in the magical farm had absorbed nutrients for six hours, still lacking 12 hours to reach saturation.

“Ding! Would you like to check the current status of the cactus?”

Such a prompt appeared in the magical farm.

Mu Bai clicked to check.

Then the current status of the cactus appeared in the magical farm. Normally, in such a dark and lightless environment like the basement, even the most tenacious cactus would be in a semi-dead state.

But now, the cactus in front of Mu Bai seemed to have transformed miraculously.

The color of the cactus changed from a lifeless dark green to a very beautiful, pleasing shade of green, and it even bore several red flowers.

The emerald green cactus, with its red floral ornamentation, stood tall and elegant. The red flowers resembled pink bracelets, making it particularly novel.

If Mu Bai hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn’t believe that a semi-dead cactus could transform into such a beautiful appearance in just six hours.

This scene of the cactus made Mu Bai feel incredibly amazed at the effectiveness of the magical farm.

Mu Bai pondered. It seemed that the magical farm not only had a tenfold time flow speed but also cultivated plants far superior to those outside.

Thinking of this, Mu Bai rubbed his hands excitedly.

Mu Bai used to be a poor boy who only worked in a massage parlor giving massages to women. Now, a huge treasure was right in front of him, which made him excited for no reason.

However, Mu Bai still didn’t know what the final cultivated cactus would look like, but now it should be right.

Although the cactus is a very common potted plant, Mu Bai has seen top-quality cacti and cactus balls that have sold for thousands of yuan.

For wealthy people, money is secondary compared to appreciation value.

Mu Bai felt that the cactus in the magical farm now was even more beautiful than those sold for thousands of yuan before.

“I hope it will look even better tomorrow,” Mu Bai said.

By now, it was already past six in the afternoon. Mu Bai came out of the magical space with a thought, lay on the sofa, picked up his phone, and began to watch the TV series he had downloaded earlier.

After watching for a few hours, he felt a bit sleepy around ten at night, so he lay down on the single bed and fell asleep.

……..

He woke up to find that it was already dawn.

He reached for his phone on the bedside table and found that it was already past six in the morning, and he had slept for eight hours at a stretch.

He yawned, got up, put on his clothes, and didn’t forget about the virtual tycoon system and the magical space he obtained yesterday. So he picked up the jade pendant on his chest, thought for a moment, and continued to enter the magical space.

“Ding! The cactus in the farm has absorbed enough nutrients, further absorption will be useless, you can harvest it.”

As soon as he entered the magical space, Mu Bai heard such a prompt, and then a few lines of small characters appeared in front of him.

“Confirm harvest.”

Mu Bai reached out and confirmed.

Then the cactus in the magical farm disappeared in a flash and appeared in Mu Bai’s hand.

The light in the magical space dimmed slightly, and Mu Bai held the cactus and returned to the basement.

At this moment, under the light of the table lamp on the table in the basement, the beautiful cactus, with its refreshing emerald green color, reflected one green hue after another.

“My goodness, so beautiful.”

Mu Bai couldn’t help but marvel.

After marveling, Mu Bai picked up his phone and took a few photos of the cactus.

When Mu Bai was working in the massage parlor before, he heard a white-collar beauty mention that there was a forum in NJ City dedicated to trading and discussing potted plants.

So he wanted to post these photos on the forum to have someone help estimate how much this cactus was worth.

After taking the photos, Mu Bai reluctantly turned on his data, and then searched for the potted plant trading forum in NJ City on the browser.

After finding it, Mu Bai went in and took a look. It was indeed the forum that the white-collar beauty had mentioned before.

After confirming, Mu Bai casually created an account and posted these pictures.

Little Mu: Are there any experts in cacti here? Please help me appreciate how much this cactus is worth. I’m short of money and want to sell it.