Maybe it's a bit of an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like in games where you want a complete set of equipment rather than scattered pieces, Chen Xin prefers complete sets of things rather than a single item, so he hopes to upgrade the room as a whole rather than a single item.
This is, of course, for convenience and ease of mind; after all, you can use a whole set right away without the hassle of adjusting the compatibility between various components.
For someone knowledgeable, they certainly know which parts work best with which items, integrating different things for optimal performance.
But what about those who aren't knowledgeable? Clearly, they wouldn't be able to do that; those unaware might not even know what each component is for, so how could they integrate a whole set of things?
So, complete sets may not always be the best, but at least they are usable.
Although Chen Xin has put in effort to study survival in the apocalypse and has seriously understood some data from various aspects, he is obviously not an all-knowing survival expert.
Like a planting greenhouse, are there conflicts between a hydroponic planting tray and a drip irrigation system? Can drip irrigation be used in hydroponics? How should supplementary lights be used to ensure sufficient lighting for different crops?
These questions are something Chen Xin clearly can't answer; his greenhouse setup came from a friend in his survival group who does hydroponics. If left to his own devices, he would probably just plow, plant seeds, and water them.
It's impossible for someone to be completely comprehensive in everything. If Chen Xin were a survival master, he could know what suits him, what functions to upgrade, and how to ensure the highest chance of survival.
But Chen Xin is just an ordinary outdoor survival enthusiast; his professional knowledge is limited. Being able to judge what functions he needs based on the system's upgrade plan is already pretty good.
For others, they might already be clamoring for everything.
Of course, Chen Xin also wants everything, but that clearly requires capital. Where would he get enough survival points to have all the plans?
Moreover, this system is a bit strange; the upgrade plans are all either-or, meaning that if you use survival points, you can only choose one of the two options.
If you want both and have the effects of both upgrade plans at the same time, you need to provide the materials required for both upgrade plans to achieve that.
So now Chen Xin can only accumulate survival points while thinking about how to spend them once he has enough.
Currently, he can't leave, so he can't go outside to collect resources and can only rely on survival points for upgrades.
With his current rate of accumulating 10 points a day, he could have 3600 points in a year, which is enough to upgrade a whole room. However, Chen Xin thinks that if that's the case, the existence of the system seems a bit trivial.
Therefore, Chen Xin is considering upgrading some key equipment to improve his survival conditions, allowing him to get more survival points from the system daily.
He just doesn't know what would be best to upgrade, so he's feeling a bit troubled.
It's not that he can't find anything to upgrade, nor is it the urgency of not having survival points, but rather that there are too many things he can choose from, making it hard for him to decide what to upgrade so that the system determines his survival conditions improved and grants more survival points.
Fortunately, Chen Xin doesn't have many survival points left to upgrade things now, and there's not much to do in the shelter, so he has a lot of time to think about how to handle this issue.
For now, Chen Xin still needs to take care of the 100 square meters of land in the planting greenhouse where the seeds have already been sown.
Chen Xin has planted three types of seeds, which are carrots, cabbage, and lettuce.
Among them, the cabbage seeds have already sprouted due to Chen Xin's prior treatment, while the lettuce and carrots will take a few more days to grow.
Originally in Chen Xin's plan, the dry rice seeds should have been sown together, but since he miscalculated the area, he can only prioritize planting the vegetables first to at least ensure a vegetable supply.
Among these vegetables, lettuce grows the fastest, and if the temperature and humidity are maintained, it can generally be harvested in a month.
Cabbage's growth cycle is similar to lettuce, and under suitable temperature, it can also be harvested in about thirty days.
However, carrots take longer; even if the temperature is suitable and irrigation is ensured, it takes three months to harvest, making it the longest cycle among the three vegetables.
But compared to the less storable lettuce and cabbage, carrots certainly store better and can be eaten over a longer period.
The reason for planting vegetables first is also here, because vegetables can be harvested in a month, quickly yielding a return.
If he were to plant dry rice, although two seasons could be grown in a year, the six-month growth cycle is a bit long for Chen Xin at the moment.
If Chen Xin didn't have the system, he would have chosen to plant dry rice first, ensuring grain supply while his food reserves haven't run out, and then suitably planting some vegetables for flavor adjustment, while also using some of the yield to trade for things at other shelters.
But with the system now, everything is different. By planting vegetables first, not only can he improve his meals and survival conditions, but he can also save some of his food reserves.
Once Chen Xin gathers enough survival points to expand the greenhouse planting area, then planting dry rice wouldn't cause a food shortage, as he can always trade fresh vegetables with other shelters for food.
To those who've been eating mushrooms and rats, fresh vegetables are very precious, so Chen Xin isn't worried about not being able to trade for food.
After checking the moisture level of the soil in the greenhouse and turning on the supplementary lights, Chen Xin left the planting greenhouse.
Greenhouse planting has one advantage over outdoor planting, which is not having to worry about pests and diseases. Just ensuring irrigation and lighting and maintaining a suitable temperature will lead to a harvest.
Now that the crops haven't sprouted yet, Chen Xin doesn't have much else to do, so just a quick check if they need watering is enough.
Closing the greenhouse door properly, Chen Xin walked to the storage room, picked up a pack of self-heating food and a bottle of mineral water, and went back to the living room to have his meal.
With limited food and low consumption, Chen Xin now only eats two meals a day. Though it doesn't feel quite enough, it still fills him up.
But while heating the self-heating food, Chen Xin suddenly thought about whether he should get himself a kitchen. Would that count as improving his survival conditions?