Now, with the corpse of the Vicious Claw Wyvern serving as a super fertilizer and energy source, these seeds were finally free from the limitation of only being able to draw energy from already sprouted plants. Arriving at the spacious plot of land he had previously reserved for the Ancient Tree seeds, Andrew sighed in relief; his decision to keep the area as large as possible had been the right one.
However, with a corpse as massive as the Vicious Claw Wyvern's, digging a pit for it was a monumental undertaking.
Even with Andrew's strength, digging a pit deep enough to contain the Vicious Claw Wyvern's body took a long time. But the main reason the task took him the entire afternoon and still wasn't finished was the detailed process of parting out the monster's materials.
More accurately, it was about separating the bones, which could be used as materials, from the flesh that would all decompose into nutrients. He had to strip them clean.
After busying himself for quite a while to extract all the bones, the sun had already slowly journeyed from the center of the sky to its westernmost edge. Andrew tossed all the unusable flesh directly into the pit as fertilizer. Once that was done, he prepared to head back to the base for dinner.
With no time to cook, he decided to have a restaurant-bought dinner for a change. Twiggy had confidently thumped her chest and taken on the task of choosing and buying the food.
But as Andrew approached the dining hall, the increasingly rich aroma of hamburgers made him realize he might have forgotten to give some specific instructions when he made that arrangement. He pulled open the door, and the mountain of hamburgers piled on the dining table turned his premonition into reality.
On the dining table was a mountain of hamburgers.
A quick glance showed Andrew many different kinds of burgers from what must have been a wide variety of shops. For a moment, he couldn't decide if tonight's dinner was diverse or monotonous.
To ensure everyone could eat at the same time, this many hamburgers had to have been bought and brought back almost simultaneously. To achieve this, Twiggy must have devised an incredibly detailed plan. And the other members, as the executors, had perfectly carried out the operational directive.
Why was Andrew so sure it was an 'operational directive'?
Because when Andrew walked in, he saw Number 1 Iban, Number 2 Ryuban, and Number 6 Shiban reporting the mission's completion to their captain, Anby. Their solemn expressions made it seem as if they had just completed an incredibly important mission.
Watching this scene, Andrew couldn't help but facepalm.
If there had been at least some fries and cola, Andrew wouldn't have been so speechless. But they had clearly not considered any food other than hamburgers.
He should have seen this coming.
Entrusting the choice and purchase of dinner to a group of hamburger fanatics... what else could he expect?
What made Andrew's head ache even more was hearing from Nicole that after he left yesterday, they'd also had hamburgers for lunch.
Maybe... he should find some time to get membership cards for all those burger joints. At this rate, becoming a top-tier member was just a matter of time.
For Andrew, who cooked for himself most of the time, eating a few burgers now and then was a nice change of pace.
But for Soldier 11, whose objections were shot down every time and who hadn't had her beloved Hellfire Spicy Ramen for two or three days, the situation was less than wonderful.
Frowning, she finished the burger in her hand. As soon as she felt full, Soldier 11 immediately stopped eating, grabbed her phone, and rushed to the training room.
Although the nickname of this netizen she had recently met was very strange and its meaning was unclear, composed of the three inscrutable digits 1, 7, and 0, she had many unique insights on how to train and become stronger. Most importantly, she answered every question on the web with great patience. Although her replies sometimes went off-topic like an AI bot, after a bit of clarification, she would receive the other person's unreserved guidance.
Soldier 11 was already eager to go to New Eridu and meet this selfless teacher in person.
Once the thought appeared, it began to grow like a weed. The desire to go to New Eridu grew stronger in her heart. Many of the training methods her teacher mentioned were difficult to practice in the Outer Ring, for example, meditating on a telephone pole in the street without being noticed by birds.
But there were no birds in the Outer Ring!
That's right! Andrew said he'd go back to New Eridu to forge after he was done with the farm work!
Realizing this, although Soldier 11 was still very eager to try the new training methods her online teacher had mentioned that could make her stronger, she suppressed the urge to train nonstop, stopped in her tracks, and waited by the dining hall entrance for Andrew to come out.
After once again finishing his portion under the envious gazes of the Silver Squad, Andrew had just walked out of the dining hall when he was caught off guard and almost collided with Soldier 11, who had been waiting by the door.
Looking at the only girl in front of him with a side ponytail, Andrew quickly identified which member of the Silver Squad she was.
"Soldier 11? Do you need something from me?"
"Sir, reporting! I'd like to request a change of my station from the Silver City to Sixth Street."
Over the past two days, although Andrew had tried to get her to be more casual, Soldier 11 remained quite stubborn, firmly maintaining her soldierly demeanor towards him, just as before. Even the way she spoke was exactly like military protocol. After Andrew tried persuading her twice and found it had no effect, he just let her be.
However, for Soldier 11, who spent every day in the training room, to make such a request piqued Andrew's curiosity, and he asked:
"Can you tell me why?"
"I met a very strong teacher on the web. She taught me many training methods to get stronger, and many of them can only be attempted in New Eridu."
Soldier 11's answer was a bit unexpected, making Andrew even more curious.
"Training methods? Like what?"
"Um…"
After a moment of hesitation, remembering that her teacher hadn't placed any restrictions on sharing, Soldier 11 started counting on her fingers and said,
"Training to determine the watermelon content in watermelon products just by eating them, training to meditate on a telephone pole without being noticed by birds, training to communicate with ferocious beasts… and many others."
Listening to Soldier 11's list, Andrew's expression grew puzzled.
"This kind of training… does it really work?"
Soldier 11 nodded firmly and said:
"Because the other, more normal training methods she taught me resulted in significant improvement after I tried them. So these must also have their merits!"
Honestly, no matter how he looked at it, these bizarre training methods seemed unreliable. Andrew began to suspect that Soldier 11 might have run into a scammer online.
But for now, it seemed to be giving her daily motivation.
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