kingnovel Chapter 16
Chapter 16
In the blink of an eye, Xia Shiyu found himself back in the beginner's thatched hut. Looking at everything before him, Xia Shiyu asked the system, "003, how do I enter the Corn Kingdom world now?"
"We have detected that the host is about to enter the world of the Corn Kingdom Fragments. We are now preparing for you."
Xia Shiyu listened to the system's voice, and after a while, he saw a vortex appear in front of him.
"The host can enter the Corn Kingdom world by passing through this vortex."
Following the system's instructions, Xia Shiyu stepped into the vortex. Inside the vortex was a colorful passage. After walking along this passage for about 30 seconds, she reached the end.
Xia Shiyu jumped off the finish line and opened her eyes to find herself in a town.
Upon closer inspection, she discovered that the first thing in front of her was a city wall, which turned out to be three towering corn cobs.
Wrapped in their outer layers, they stood in a row before the town, forming a wall made of corn, with faint traces of human presence on it, though she couldn't see clearly.
The name of the city was written on it. Xia Shiyu looked at it carefully and couldn't help but read it aloud, "Planting City".
Xia Shiyu suddenly realized that she had come to the planting city of the Corn Kingdom. Judging from this, this must be a place where corn is grown on a large scale.
However, the first problem she had was how to get in. Xia Shiyu carefully examined the outside of the city wall but couldn't detect anything.
She tried shouting at the guards on the city wall, but to no avail. She was somewhat helpless. "System, how am I supposed to get in?"
"The host can wait for the next round of city entry slots to arrive, and can enter together with the residents of the Corn Kingdom."
Xia Shiyu understood after listening. "Really? Then it seems I'm late. I'll wait a little longer."
Xia Shiyu could only wait outside. She wanted to see if there was anything special around her, but everything around her except the city was shrouded in white fog, which probably prevented her from going there.
So after looking around, she could only sit on the grass and wait for the time being.
Fortunately, she soon saw the next batch of residents entering the plantation city.
Xia Shiyu stood up and looked at the group of people walking towards them in the distance. Upon closer inspection, she realized they were all "Minions"?
Xia Shiyu was somewhat surprised. These little minions in front of her were different from those in the movies, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call them little minions.
These Minions are short, only about one to one and a half meters tall, with a body shape like a round corn cob and a color similar to corn kernels. Their hands and feet are also thin and small.
Eyes and mouth appear above, and most of the hair is yellow, looking like corn silk. The clothes are mostly green, with a few being yellow and white.
After her initial surprise, Xia Shiyu found the Minions rather cute. After all, all sorts of things could happen in a fairy tale world, and the way these little people moved forward in their soft, cuddly manner was quite endearing.
Once they approached, Xia Shiyu naturally blended into their group, and they didn't react to Xia Shiyu's presence in any other way, as if everything was perfectly natural.
Xia Shiyu followed the little people slowly forward. Just as she was wondering how to enter the city, the corn husk, which was part of the city wall, suddenly moved. The green corn husk slowly fell to the ground and wrapped around her and the other little people.
Xia Shiyu was a little confused, but seeing that the other little people didn't react, he didn't move either. Soon, the corn husks were raised upwards, and Xia Shiyu was immediately lifted into the air.
"What! Is this how you ride an elevator?! I'm afraid of heights!"
Xia Shiyu looked at the ground receding into the distance, feeling like crying. She was quite afraid of heights, and this corn wall was at least ten meters high, which was really frightening to look at.
She could only close her eyes and wait quietly for the process to end. Fortunately, her feet touched the ground after about a minute.
Xia Shiyu breathed a sigh of relief; she felt her legs go weak.
After catching his breath, he began to follow the crowd down the city wall. The guards on the wall were changing shifts; they were also little yellow men, but with some special markings on their arms.
Xia Shiyu glanced at it a few times but didn't pay much attention and followed them down. The group walked through the inside of the city wall and into the inner city. Only then did Xia Shiyu see the entire corn kingdom's planting city.
The buildings inside are all shaped like corn, except for different colors such as white corn, yellow corn, and black corn. Even the road structure is based on this design.
The bus stops inside were made of red corn cobs with the kernels removed, and the buses were also made of sections of corn laid horizontally with tires underneath.
Xia Shiyu found it very strange, feeling that everything in this kingdom, from clothing and food to housing and transportation, was closely related to corn. She wandered around curiously for a while, but quickly remembered that her main task for coming here was to find seeds.
So she looked around a few times and then found a map next to the bus stop. She quickly ran to it and found that the map marked the various large buildings and residential areas in the city.
However, perhaps because this is an agricultural city, the main locations here are two types: farms and processing plants. Farms are further divided into many varieties such as glutinous corn, feed corn, and sweet corn. Processing plants are divided into beverage processing plants, snack processing plants, food processing plants, and so on.
There are also some large supermarkets and libraries, all of which have the word "corn" in front of them.
Xia Shiyu did some research and decided to go directly to the planting area. Although the planting area included many varieties, these varieties were all grouped together to form a planting area, so going directly to the planting area would solve the problem.
However, it was still quite a distance from the planting area. Xia Shiyu wanted to take a bus, but she realized she had no money on her just as she was about to board the bus.
"System, I don't have any money on me. How am I supposed to get there? Do you expect me to work here? But I don't have that much time."
"Host feedback detected. The host is now given initial funds of 10 Corn Coins."
Just after the system's electronic voice finished speaking, Xia Shiyu felt ten coins fall into his pocket.
I took it out and looked at it. It had a picture of a ripe ear of corn on it, which was obviously the common currency of the Corn Kingdom.
After glancing at it twice, Xia Shiyu boarded the next bus again. She had to bend over to get on, and once inside, she followed the others and put a corn coin into the fare box before setting off together.