This city simulation game can affect reality.

"The agritainment businesses are currently undergoing consolidation, and the orchards may also need some renovations. Taking advantage of this break, I'll give you three days off."

"I will seriously consider your suggestions and implement them as much as possible."

Before leaving, Chen Jun gave the caretaker a notice of leave and asked him to pass it on to the rest of his companions.

"That's great. If we can solve these problems, our customers will have fewer problems, and our daily work will be much easier."

The park keeper's response was very honest, and he did not hide his true motive for making the suggestion.

After saying goodbye, Chen Jun walked back to the parking lot in front of the farmhouse and drove towards the resort.

City attractiveness: 109

Resident satisfaction: 80%

Nighttime, in the bedroom.

On the interface of "City Simulator", both city attractiveness and resident satisfaction have seen a certain degree of breakthrough.

In particular, its attractiveness has jumped by 4 points compared to when I checked it two days ago.

The significant increase is likely due to the initial renovations to the appearance of agritainment businesses.

"Organizing a thorough cleaning by the logistics staff over the weekend should bring another surge in prices."

"With proper renovation and optimization of the orchard, I estimate that prices should rise somewhat."

Chen Jun was making plans in his mind.

With the integration of the new map, a surge in data growth was to be expected.

Regarding resident satisfaction, perhaps due to the continuous feedback from the "Amazing Bookshelf," it has barely broken through the 80 mark.

In theory, this data should be climbing faster than the current results—the first batch of books has been distributed for more than half a month, placed in the activity center and the resort's bookshelves.

Even if there are probabilistic factors involved, widespread feedback should have already begun.

The slow growth is probably due to the short-term impact of the acquisition of agritainment businesses.

After all, the regime had just changed, and many of the newly added "residents" were still anxiously watching.

Neither tourists nor employees were sure what the merger meant.

Perhaps it's higher prices, stricter management, or even... more brutal exploitation.

Until both sides have fully integrated, no one can know for sure what will happen next.

[Resident satisfaction reaches 80%, unlocking a new skill: Waste Enhancement]

[Waste Enhancement: This ability enhances waste within the city, improving its physical properties, appearance, and potential uses. Only one type of waste can be selected as the enhancement base at a time. Enhancement must be completed to its maximum level before selecting another type of waste.]

Chen Jun read through the instructions on the screen.

When he first saw the skill preview, he thought it was a common "turning waste into treasure" type of production skill.

For example, converting waste into some kind of token, and then using the token for a second exchange or something.

However, the specific description in front of us seems a bit different, more like cultivating the waste itself.

"We need to figure out the definition of waste first."

Does it refer to all garbage in general, or a specific type of material?

With this question in mind, Chen Jun turned his attention to the farmhouse, found the temporary garbage room there, and zoomed in.

Due to the turbulent period of management handover these past few days, the recycling company that was originally responsible for collecting garbage regularly has not yet been contacted, and the garbage room is already piled up with waste, mostly unsorted waste.

Since the purpose was to test his skills, Chen Jun didn't bother to carefully select the bag and just randomly picked a torn red plastic bag from the vast sea of ​​garbage.

After clicking the mouse, an outline appeared on the plastic bag.

"You really can choose..." Chen Jun said with some surprise.

With the plastic bag selected, he right-clicked it again, and an option appeared on the screen: [Reinforce].

This is clearly new content added to the game. Before this, Chen Jun could only use the mouse to drag items, throw them away, or move them to a designated location.

The word "enhancement" that appeared out of nowhere probably refers to the new features brought by the skill.

Chen Jun clicked on [Enhance].

A confirmation window popped up on the screen: "[Do you want to select 'worn red plastic bag' as the reinforced base?]"

【Yes】

Chen Jun moved the cursor and clicked again.

[A worn-out red plastic bag]

[Level: Lv0]

[Materials needed for the next level: Any plastic bag]

The panel that appeared on the screen left Chen Jun somewhat confused.

The so-called reinforced base is actually just a cheap plastic bag that can be found everywhere. No matter how it is upgraded, how can it become a high-value item?

To further verify the claim, Chen Jun found a second plastic bag in the garbage dump and used it as the upgrade material.

Click to confirm reinforcement, and the plastic bag instantly turns into light spots and disappears.

[A worn-out red plastic bag]

[Level: Lv1]

[Materials needed for the next level: 3 black plastic bags]

On the screen, the model of the originally tattered red plastic bag underwent a visible change. The holes were repaired and some wrinkles were smoothed out.

The next level of enhancement even included specific color restrictions.

"It seems to be a skill that uses redundant scrap materials to continuously change the form of the base item... I wonder if it will undergo some kind of qualitative change after being upgraded to a higher level?"

Filled with confusion and curiosity, Chen Jun quickly used the mouse to purposefully search through the garbage heap.

Soon, three black plastic bags were collected, one of which was even rotten beyond recognition, but the system still identified it as a material that met the requirements.

【strengthen】

This time, the base of the red plastic bag has changed again, and the texture with dust and stains on the bottom has disappeared.

Although the signs of use are still very obvious, it at least looks much cleaner.

To upgrade from LV2 to LV3, the material requirement is five transparent plastic bags.

Chen Jun still spent several minutes meticulously searching every corner of the garbage heap, clicking pixel by pixel, until he finally collected everything.

【strengthen】

[Ordinary red plastic bag]

[Level: Lv3]

[Under upgrade protection; the next level of material requirements will be unlocked in 24 hours]

On the panel, the prefix for the red plastic bag changed from "worn-out" to "ordinary".

The texture of the plastic bags themselves is visibly enhanced through the game's rendering.

The material is thicker and the volume is also larger than that of Lv0.

It transformed from a grocery bag into a medium-sized shopping bag.

However, the system also has clear limitations: to advance to the next level, you must wait until the 24-hour cooldown period is over.

"In other words, as the grade increases, the size, texture, and integrity of the base waste will undergo phased changes."

Chen Jun has finally figured out the mechanism.

Therefore, it seems that the main function of this skill is to recycle resources.

Although it requires a continuous input of similar waste as "nutrients", the cost-effectiveness is relatively high.

Most importantly, the waste substrate is not just plastic bags.

If you choose discarded items with functional potential as a base, such as metal toolboxes or old radios, the upgrade may be more cost-effective.

"This is a logistics skill with a high ceiling, but it requires time and resources to prove its worth."

"Different base items, enhancement paths, and ultimate forms are all worth looking forward to."

Chen Jun gave his initial assessment in his mind.