He turned his attention to crops.
Lettuce, wheat, and tomatoes had been selling well — but Kai didn't care about "well."
He merged:
[Tier 3 Wheat + Tier 3 Wheat] = Tier 4
[Tier 4 Wheat + Tier 4 Lettuce] = Cross-Sequence Trigger Detected
[MERGE APPROVED: Genetically Stable Tier 5 Hybrid – 'Grainleaf']
Grainleaf grew like wheat, tasted like lettuce, and absorbed water 60% faster.
But the real value?
When consumed, it strengthened digestion, boosted red blood cell production, and accelerated muscular repair.
A superfood.
Kai packaged samples, flagged them for elite private testing, and logged results into the MergeHealth Sector.
🥩 MergePork Market Strategy
With Titanblood Boar production now scalable, Kai mapped out its market tiering:
Tier 4 MergePork: Available to upper-middle-class consumers
Tier 5 Titanblood Cuts: Invite-only black card market
MergePork Protein Bars: New entry product, $15 per bar, for gyms and athletes
He launched the "MergeFit" line through MergeMart's digital storefront.
🐄 MergeCows Phase II
Kai merged 4,000 standard dairy cows into specialized tiers:
[Tier 2 → Tier 3 → Tier 4]
Final Merge: Tier 5 MergeCow – "Oxmilk Variant"
Its milk had zero sugar, high protein, and bioavailable calcium that hit bloodstream in 3 minutes.
He opened a licensing program for exclusive Oxmilk-based formulas — skin creams, protein powder, baby formula.
Two deals closed immediately for $12 million combined.
🌎 Global Tier Grid
MergeCore pushed an update to Kai's HUD:
TIER PRODUCTION GRID – GLOBAL MAP SYNCED
MergeEggs: Tier 4
MergeMilk: Tier 5
MergePork: Tier 5
MergeLettuce: Tier 4
MergeTomatoes: Tier 4
MergeWheat: Tier 5
MergeHorses: Tier 5
MergeCows: Tier 5
MergeTobacco: Tier 4
MergeCigarettes: Tier 4 (Addiction Index 0.7 – healthier variant)
MergeMart was now a Tier 5-grade sovereign farm empire.
Summary
Earnings
MergeFit Launch Sales: +$380,000
Grainleaf Early Licensing: +$720,000
Oxmilk Product Rights: +$12,000,000
MergeMart Standard Sales: +$340,000
Cigarettes: +$90,000
Expenses
Tier 5 Crop R&D: –$160,000
MergeCow Infrastructure: –$490,000
MergeCore Global Sync Systems: –$230,000
Net Profit: +$12,650,000
Kai's Total Net Worth: $646,383,000