I, Stone Golem, only want to forge.

Ye touched his head where he had been patted, glanced at Old Ke with a puzzled look, and asked.

Why did it suddenly pat me on the head? Is it some kind of custom of the stone people?

Old Ke shrugged and shook his head.

Siri was aware of the Stone Golems' customs; this head-slapping was often how the higher-ranking Stone Golems treated the lower-ranking ones.

But considering Murphy's eyes and habits...

He always felt that this was an insult to Ye, implying that Ye was stupid.

After hesitating for a long time, Sri decided not to tell Ye about it. Instead, he quickly followed Murphy and pressed him for details before Murphy started working.

"Mr. Murphy, I remember you mentioned before that you could make a boat out of spider silk. I wonder if your collection of so many spiders is related to that matter?"

Murphy stopped and looked at Sri with some surprise, then nodded in satisfaction and succinctly stated a few key words.

Spider silk is used for warmth and water retention in planting, and it can also be used to make waterproof boats.

After speaking, it glanced at Ye, who was walking over not far away, and then looked at Srui.

After thinking for a moment, he walked up to Ye, patted him on the head, and then went back to his workshop.

Halfway there, Ye was suddenly ambushed by Murphy, who patted him twice, leaving him looking completely bewildered.

Her bright, watery eyes blinked repeatedly. She licked her lips, looking somewhat bewildered, tilted her head, and twirled a strand of hair that fell from her ear a few times.

Only after Murphy had completely walked away did he utter a quiet sentence.

"Is this stone man trying to comfort me? Why?"

"They probably think you're stupid, old-fashioned."

Old Ke is clearly just a skeleton, but on that skeletal face, there is an inexplicable sense of mockery and scorn.

"……ha?"

Ye raised an eyebrow, glanced at the stone man, then at Old Ke, and said nothing, only sulking to himself.

Siri glanced helplessly at the somewhat bizarre father and son, and shook his head.

But in his mind, he was pondering the words Murphy had just said.

Although as a druid he didn't have any planting-related abilities, he still had knowledge.

According to Murphy, the idea was to mass-produce spider silk to cover the land and provide insulation and moisture retention.

But based on his understanding of Murphy, Sri felt that things shouldn't be that simple.

He always felt that whenever he came up with an idea, Murphy would invariably come up with something more extra.

But is that really the case?

It really is!

Murphy had all sorts of strange and wonderful ideas about spider silk as soon as he saw it.

After initial research, it was discovered that most of these ideas were feasible.

Firstly, as a film used for covering soil, it is obviously capable of providing heat preservation, moisture retention, and strong breathability.

Besides, spider silk differs from other membranes in that it is also a special biological material that can be transformed into the purest essence and absorbed by the soil.

For someone like Murphy, who has thoroughly studied the cave spider, this is a different story.

Modifying a spider's body by feeding it different materials, thereby altering the properties of its silk, is naturally a piece of cake.

Therefore, Murphy made some slight modifications to the spider.

With meat as the staple food, spider silk can be made to have different properties and nutritional components by slightly modifying the side dishes.

Therefore, even if different foods are grown, as long as the spider's diet is slightly modified when feeding, it can still be used normally.

As the first batch of spider silk begins to dissolve, the remaining spiders will spin silk again to create a new film that adheres to the soil.

Continue to ensure that humidity, heat, and nutrients are not lost.

Of course, things didn't end that simply.

In addition to keeping warm and moisturized and providing nutrition.

Spider silk has another, even greater use.

Or rather, this is what Murphy is going to do next.

Centralized control of farms!

Spiders, as non-intelligent life forms, often communicate through pheromones.

Or, as Murphy summarized through his theory of spirit, energy, and vitality, the actions of the cave spider generate a unique kind of energy.

This energy can be understood by the spirits of other spiders, thus achieving the effect of information transmission.

Even though the spiders are now controlled by ice crystals, their instincts remain, so their ability to process pheromones is still intact.

Although spiders can be controlled by manipulating ice crystals, as was the case with the spiders that Murphy previously let Sylph play with.

This method offers greater control and yields better results.

However, the cost is too high, and it is far less convenient than controlling pheromones.

The central source of pheromone production is that giant spider.

Its next step is to build a control console for operation.

As for why pheromones and spider silk are related?

This is not because cave spider pheromones need to be released through silk—they can be transmitted through glandular secretions or scents.

It utilizes another property of ice crystals and spider silk.

Spider silk itself cannot sense the outside world, but it can carry pheromones to transmit information.

However, if ice crystals are allowed to adhere to spider silk, the ice crystals will change depending on the soil conditions covering the spider silk.

Just like when Ye was purifying the ice crystals before, the ice crystals mistook him for Murphy and took him for an elemental lord.

Ice crystals can also exchange information with each other.

This allows spider silk to monitor the soil and plant conditions in real time.

However, because ice crystals can transmit information over long distances with errors, they are far less reliable than pheromones.

Therefore, Murphy abandoned the idea of ​​transmitting the signal directly through the ice crystals and instead decided to try a different method.

Place a node at regular intervals, and place a gland controlled by ice crystals on it.

This ice crystal will connect with the ice crystals in the area on the spider silk and receive their information.

After receiving the information, the system manipulates glands to produce pheromones, which are then injected into the spider silk and fed back to the spider, ultimately appearing on the main control panel.

In other words, it may simply appear to be a layer of spider silk.

However, it is essentially a planting network that integrates heat preservation, moisture retention, nutrient supply, and monitoring.

Moreover, although Murphy hasn't undergone overly rigorous testing, it can determine with considerable accuracy that...

This system should work properly in most environments.

……

After a long while, Old Ke and his group looked at the neatly arranged line of spiders in front of them.

After circling around two or three times, they looked at each other, waiting to see if the remaining two could come up with something.

However, they stared at each other for a long time without uttering a single word that could describe the scene.

In the end, it was Shree, whom Murphy considered a smart man, who broke the silence.

"So, Mr. Murphy, these spiders and this big metal box constitute your planting system?"

He paused for a moment before asking, somewhat hesitantly.

"How do you plant this?"

Murphy shook his head, offering no explanation.

"You'll see when you use it in Gobruna."